Veronika Decides To Die Page #3

Someone please send in,

Mr. and Mrs. Deklava.

Veronika always had good grades

and... made friends with nice people.

Always had good paying jobs.

Never had a speck

of trouble with her. Never.

She...

You always made us...

very proud.

Doctor, help to make her

get better, I mean...

back to normal.

He's a good doctor.

Well...

you see, first of all...

your daughter tried

to kill herself,

now that's nothing for you

to be ashamed of.

In our society, we feel we must

be happy, if we're not happy...

we feel hopeless,

we feel like... failures.

The plan... is to talk

with Veronika, mainly.

Talk?

We have to go back...

Why would you listen?

Dad, how much you think they are

charging you for this place?

Oh, it's nothing. Forget it.

The most important thing

is your health now.

Of course it would be better

if you stayed home with us...

- and rest with us, but...

- Sometimes,

being away from everyone,

even loved ones,

will help people

to get calm.

This... this place...

is worth it.

I even noticed on the way here,

they have a nice piano.

You play piano?

No.

- Oh yes, Doctor, she...

- She used to play lovely...

- Mozart... Bach...

- Oh, yeah.

Debussy.

Every teacher said

she has a gift.

It doesn't matter, I don't play

any more. It's nothing.

Well, she even had a scholarship...

- from the Juilliard.

- Oh, yeah...

But we really expected her to go

to a bigger school, so that she...

So, she would never have to... uh,

be lacking for a good-paying job.

Could... could we not have

this conversation, please?

We just want you to be happy.

Could we just not.

I'm sorry.

It's okay, sweetheart.

It's okay.

Sorry.

Veronika.

There's nothing else you want to say,

while your parents are still here?

Are you sure?

Well, it's a long drive

back to Brooklyn...

if you want to beat

the rush-hour traffic.

Yeah, I guess.

Getting back to Brooklyn

at this hour, could be... horrible.

Listen.

When Dr. Blake says

it's okay...

you come home.

Then you'll spend

some time with us, okay?

- Thank you.

- Good bye.

See you soon.

Take care.

Is this it?

There she is.

You gave us a startle, young lady.

We're going to try adjusting

the dosage on your medication.

We wouldn't even be involved,

if she'd succeeded.

But fortunately she didn't, okay?

We're talking about a womans life.

And jobs like this have always been taken

over by these Ad-Agencys when you look...

None of you all

sell fruit-cake.

Honey, I'm a fruit-cake.

They're dissing on all the publicity

around this and they're trying to...

Well?... Aren't you gonna

react at all?

No. You won't be with us...

much longer...

anyhow.

Good thing about being

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