The Client
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:59:00
What's that thing you always wear
around your neck?

:59:03
This is my mama's compass.
:59:06
I wear it so I'll never
lose my way again.

:59:12
Anything else?
:59:14
These your kids?
:59:17
They chained down in the basement?
:59:19
They're with their daddy.
:59:21
- There was a divorce.
- You ever see them?

:59:24
They don't want to see me.
:59:26
Because you was drunk
and on drugs?

:59:29
Because after the divorce
I drank some, yes.

:59:36
I drank a lot.
:59:39
Why?
:59:43
You're right, there must be
a cigarette around here someplace.

:59:48
I married a doctor, worked my ass off
to put him through medical school...

:59:52
...and when he became rich and famous,
he traded me in for a younger model.

1:00:03
I didn't have a dollar to buy food...
1:00:06
...or a car to go look for a job.
1:00:09
But I figured I could
handle it myself, just like you.

1:00:12
But...
1:00:14
...I was wrong.
1:00:16
So then you started to drink?
1:00:19
First...I stopped sleeping and eating.
1:00:23
I kept staying up every night,
watching my babies...

1:00:26
...trying to figure out what to do.
1:00:29
Finally, I took some pills to sleep.
1:00:32
Hell, he prescribed them for me.
I was not trying to kill myself.

1:00:38
But that's when he pounced.
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Got himself a fancy lawyer.
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I didn't have anybody.
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But I figured after all those years
of blowing noses and wiping butts...

1:00:49
...fixing meals and carpooling kids,
that it would count for something.

1:00:54
I was a fool.
1:00:58
The court declared me unfit.

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