Case 39 Page #4

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Sweetheart, that would

never be allowed.

Why?

Well, it's complicated, I mean,

there's this whole process,

and I'm not even a foster parent. So...

It'll be fine.

- Hi, Barb.

- Hi, Em. Right this way, little lady.

I'll check in, in a couple of days, okay?

I don't want to stay here,

I want to live with you.

Please. I'll be good.

Lily, it's impossible, I told you.

Will you try?

Honey, listen, even if they said yes,

it would never work.

I work all day and

I'm hardly ever home and...

I'm sorry, I'm just not mom material.

How do you know if you've never tried?

So, it's just until we can find

the right family for her,

just until we can place her

in a really good home.

You know you'd have to give up

the case, conflict of interests and all.

Yeah.

Can I ask you a question?

Why are you doing this?

What Lily needs right now is

a safe, supportive environment

with someone she trusts.

The system can't provide that for her,

I think that I can.

Better than anyone, given my training.

We spend so much of our time

negotiating red tape,

I think if we look at this situation,

this one situation,

this one child,

it's clear what's best for her.

How long till Foster Services can

place her in a permanent home?

Three weeks, three months,

it's hard to predict.

No more visits.

- What?

- They said yes.

It's your new beginning.

Okay. It's what I like to think of as

a glass-half-full situation.

Bathroom. Kitchen. Fish.

And this is your room.

Be okay?

- You live alone?

- Just me.

Just us.

- What's this?

- It's chamomile.

Helps me sleep.

You know none of this

should ever have happened.

If I could make it go away, I would.

You did.

Here. Climb in.

Night night.

- Okay. All right.

- Here we go.

- Just got to grab some of her things.

- Okay.

- So, here's the key.

- You're not coming?

I got 15 other places I got to be.

So make sure you lock it on the way out.

Okay? Bye.

The kids at school are

saying all this stuff like saying

my mother is a puta

and I mean, I know

we can't go back home

but I miss it.

Sometimes when our parents

aren't getting along,

it's better if they spend some time apart.

That's what a restraining order does.

She's starting to come out of her shell.

It's good,

but you got to expect some hiccups.

And you can't undo

School? Too soon?

No, I don't have a problem

with her going back,

just as long as she's comfortable with it.

I went by the house.

I think her mom and dad were

barricading themselves

in their room at night.

How sick is that?

Well, fear and hatred are

part of the same pathology.

- See you. Bye, Diego.

- You too, Lily.

- But I forgot.

- Bye.

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