Carol Aird[while driving back to Chicago]What are you thinking? You know how many times a day I ask you that?
Therese BelivetSorry. What am I thinking? I'm thinking that I'm utterly selfish.
Carol AirdDon't do this. You had no idea. How could you have known?
Therese BelivetAnd I should have said "No" to you but I never say "No". And it's selfish because... because I just take everything and I don't know anything. And I don't know what I want. How could I when all I ever do is say "Yes" to everything?
[turns head and cries]
Carol Aird[pulls car to side of road and stops, moves close to Therese and caresses her face]I took what you gave willingly. It's not your fault, Therese.
[Carol whispers to Therese when they pause to look at each other as they have sex for the first time]
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Carol AirdJust when you think it can't get any worse, you run out of cigarettes.
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Carol AirdDearest. There are no accidents and he would have found us one way or another. Everything comes full circle. Be grateful it was sooner rather than later. You'll think it harsh of me to say so, but no explanation I offer will satisfy you. Please don't be angry when I tell you that you seek resolutions and explanations because you're young. But you will understand this one day. And when it happens, I want you to imagine me there to greet you, our lives stretched out ahead of us, a perpetual sunrise. But until then, there must be no contact between us. I have much to do, and you, my darling, even more. Please believe that I would do anything to see you happy. So, I do the only thing I can... I release you.
[Letter from Carol to Therese, heard in Carol's voice]
Carol AirdNothing lately. Maybe you'd like to come visit me some time. You're welcome to. At least there's some pretty country around where I live. Would you like to come visit me this Sunday?
Carol Aird[addressing Harge]So that's the deal. I won't, I cannot negotiate anymore. You take it or leave it. But if you leave it, we go to court. And if we go to court... it'll get ugly.
McKinley Motel ManagerOur standard rooms come equipped with stereophonic console radios, or we do have the Presidential Suite available for a very attractive rate.
Abby GerhardOh, you've got some fucking nerve ordering me around... and, no, she's not here.
Harge AirdThat's impossible. Because she's not at home and she's not with me. So she must be with you.
Abby Gerhard[pauses for a moment]Yeah, you know Harge, you have a point. You've spent ten years making damned sure her only point of reference is you. Your job, your friends, your family.
Harge AirdWHERE IS SHE, GODDAMMIT! She's still my wife, Abby. She's my responsibility.
Abby GerhardYou know, that's some way of showing it. Slapping her with an injunction. I'm closing the door.
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Carol AirdI'm no martyr. I have no clue what is best for me. But I do know, and I feel it in my bones, what is best for my daughter.
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Carol AirdNow, I want visits with her, Harge. I don't care if they're supervised. I just want them to be regular.
[Carol stands up, puts on coat, preparing to leave]
Carol AirdThere was a time when I would have done almost anything. I would have locked myself away to keep Rindy with me. What use am I to her, to us, if I'm living against my own grain?
Dannie McElroyYou don't like others. And you don't know why you are attracted to some people and not others. The only thing you really know is - you either are attracted or you're not.
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Carol AirdMy conduct! Jesus Christ. I'm her mother, for God's sake.
Carol AirdHarge, I want you to be happy. I didn't give you that. I failed you. We both could have given more, but... we gave each other Rindy. And that is the most breathtaking, the most generous, of gifts.