A Daughter's Deception (2019) - full transcript

- Laura, Laura
- Yeah

We're almost there, okay?
We're gonna get her out, okay?

- Oh, yes!
- Just breathe

Just breathe, Laura
Come on

- Mom! Mom! Mom!
- Okay, honey

- Okay, you're okay
- Laura

Laura, I need you to push like
we practiced chin to chest

Okay, ready?
You're gonna push

All right, keep pushing

You can do it
You can do it

- One more big push, Laura
- Okay



- One more big push
- Squeeze, squeeze

Give me one more
Ready?

Go, Laura

She's here!
She's here!

Oh, honey!

Breathe. It's done.
It's done. Breathe

She's perfect

- She has ten fingers and ten toes
- Okay

- Just rest
- Where is my baby?

No, no, no.
Rest

- You need your strength
- Where is my baby?

- Where... where's my baby?
- No, no, no

- It's time to rest. Can you just...
- Where's my baby?

- Lemme see her!
- You need your strength



- Time to rest. You need to sleep
- Where is she? My baby...

Where is she?
Give her to me!

"Why did you let me
eat that last piece?"

So who's, who's ready for dessert?
Anyone?

Okay. Okay

This is why Americans are so overweight

We don't need dessert every night, dad

Yes, we do, every night, daughter

- No, we don't
- I love dessert

Well, then, by all means

In Europe, they eat their dessert
with their breakfasts

So that way they have all day
to burn off the calories

Is that right?

That makes sense

- That is a very impressive fact
- It is. Thank you

You guys expecting anyone?

Um, nope

All right
I'll be right back

But you know, here, when we grow up
we clean our plates

so we have to do the dishes

- Hello. Can I help you?
- Hi

Uh, I...

I'm looking for the Andersons

Sorry, not us

I must have the wrong house

Wait. We... we know most of the families
on the block. There are no Andersons

I must have the wrong neighborhood
Um, sorry to bother you

Okay

"So, yeah, tell me"

"Okay, if...
If you... If you do that"

then mom should be really, really happy
and we gotta make mommy happy

That was weird

What?
Who was that?

I don't know

It was a strange girl at the door
looking for the Andersons

But I had the feeling
she was making stuff up on the spot

It's probably nothing

It's like that one scary movie

Maybe she's gonna come back with
all her friends in masks and kill us all

You watch too many movies

- Don't scare your mom
- I'm fine

I'm gonna get ice cream

- I don't know where it goes
- It's unbelievable

- I know
- Do you want ice cream?

Hey...

- What's the matter?
- Nothing

Nothing?

Well, your face is telling
a different tale, darling

What could possibly be the matter?

I don't know
That's why I'm asking

Are you happy?

You know, just, like
with everything, like, with...

Our life and our family?

What?

I couldn't be happier

- Yeah. Are you?
- Yeah. Oh, yeah

It's just, you,
do you ever get the feeling

that when things are going really
really well

you get this feeling that something
awful is gonna happen?

You know, like the other
shoe's bound to drop

No, I don't

When things are going really well
like they are right now...

I count my blessings
and I enjoy them

Yeah

We're allowed to be happy

You are allowed to be happy
You know that

- So stop
- You stop

You stop it

Ah! It's the girl from last night
Well, we are still not the Andersons

Uh, to be honest, I wasn't
really looking for the Andersons

I was looking for you

You are Mrs. Laura Parker
formerly Laura Bishop?

I think you better tell me
who you are

I'm your daughter

I, uh, I don't usually
drink during the day

Well, or ever

But, um, but today...

Don't worry. I understand
how much of a shock this must be

I mean, I've had time
to prepare for this

I just, um...

I don't...

I don't know where to start

It's Bree?

It's a beautiful name

And you, um...

You're good?

Yes, I'm good

Well, before you, uh, before you tell me
all about yourself, um...

How did you find me?

Because they told me that those records
were sealed to all parties involved

That's just, um...

You know, that's just how
they did it back then

So I'm guessing you never heard
of Lighthouse Of The Lost?

Well, it's a group

An organization, really

They believe that adopted children
have the right to know the truth

about their biological parents

no matter what
the previous agreement was

They helped me find you

I hope you're okay with this

- Again, I know it's a big shock
- No...

I mean, yeah
You know, of course

Look, I know you're not gonna believe me

but there isn't a single day that
went by that I didn't think of you

I was 17...

And you know the story
I was young, I was stupid

I didn't know what I was doing

And, uh, and my parents, well...

Well, for me, abortion just
was not an option I would consider

And so I did what...

We did what we thought was best
for you

And your adopted family
are they... Are they...?

I was one of the lucky ones

The Hogans. They're everything
you could want in a mom and dad

They had a biological daughter
my sister before they adopted me

Um, they wanted to have more kids
but my mom couldn't conceive

so they decided to adopt

Voila!

So you have a family

Yeah, I do
I have a family

I have a husband
His name's Michael

And I have a daughter
named Skylar

So I have a sister

Yeah
Yeah, I guess you do

So what now?

Well, I'd like you to meet everybody

Only if you want
I don't wanna...

- I just...
- No, I... I'd like that

- Thank you
- Great

Great

I should actually be going
So...

Okay

Okay

Bree, what I said before...

You know, about we thought adoption
was the best option...

Well, we didn't

My parents did that without my consent

And I never forgave them for that

I am so sorry

Can I hug you?

- Yes
- Yeah?

We're getting lot of traffic
out of Prague, Croatia

the Yukon territories
in Canada, Tasmania

I mean, I don't think that's ever
happened for a tech company before

Anyway, we're getting 75 percent
activation

from users with this free upgrade

which is great!
Well above the normal adoption rate

But a little less than we anticipated

I had Andrea run the analytics again

I'm trying to get a macro view
of the situation

Really, like, get in there
and see what's bugging people out

Boss

Boss, you listening?

Of course
You're gonna run analytics

I already had Andrea
run them a second time

Right

- Right
- What's going on?

What, did you
and some of the other bigwigs

go for one of those
three-martini luncheons?

Yeah, I wish
I...

Let me, let me grab this

Hey

Sort of.
Why?

You're kidding me

Okay, 15 minutes

- No, Michael, that's...
- Hold on

That is the wrong way

"Unfortunately, we have some bad news
and there's no easy way to say it"

"so I'll just get right to it"

"Your parents were in an accident"

Look, I don't mean to sound
insensitive, detectives, I don't

but I haven't seen or spoken
to my parents in...

20 years

We had a...

Well, we had a falling out

I'm sorry
But why is this a police matter?

Carbon monoxide poisoning...
It's, it's... It's a tragedy, but I...

You're right
typically, something like this is not

But with older couples in older homes

it happens a lot more
than you might think

But...

But the piping connected to the furnace
was compromised

Well, can't that happen from age
or normal wear and tear or something?

It can.
For sure it can

But the fire inspector said
well... He said it was fifty-fifty

Fifty-fifty what?

Fifty-fifty
that it was done intentionally

So you might not have seen them
in years

but do you have any idea
if they had any enemies

anyone who'd wanna do them harm?

When I was a kid,
we went to First Methodist

They were very,
very active in that church

- You could start there, I guess
- We tried

We talked to some
of the parishioners

Everyone we spoke to said
your folks was just a lovely couple

Couldn't imagine anyone
wanting to hurt 'em

Right

Well, um...

Yeah, I don't know how else
we can help you

I don't know either, ma'am
I'm... I'm sorry to say, but...

If you do think of anything...
Anything that could possibly help us

- Here's my card
- Thank you

You know,
the more I think about it

the more I'm convinced it was probably
just a terrible accident

Again, sorry for your loss

- Well, thank you, detectives
- Thank you

Let me show you guys out

So if there's anything else
you guys need I can help you with

just let me know, okay?

- Thank you
- Thank you

All right

- You okay?
- Yeah, I'm fine

It's okay to be sad

You know,
they were your parents

You didn't know 'em

God!

You know,
this is, this is just like them

I mean, even in death
they figured out a way to ruin it for me

I just get reunited with the daughter
that they took away from me

And now this

It's just...

It never stops, you know?

Okay, well...
Don't be nervous

- What am I supposed to say to her?
- Whatever you want

Just say what comes natural, darling
She's gonna love you

She's gonna be nervous, too
Okay?

So it's our job
to just make her feel comfortable

I still can't believe you never
told me about her

Baby, it's not a conversation
that you're super eager to have

with your teenage daughter

And besides, before this, there
has never been a reason to tell you

Okay

Yeah

I just, I don't get why she wants
to meet us if she has her own family

Well, think about it, honey

If you were adopted
wouldn't you be curious?

And we're so awesome as a family

- Yeah. Kinda
- Kinda?

You look beautiful

Speaking of awesome...

- I'm so excited...
- Dad, it's so embarrassing

- What? No! Come on!
- It's so embarrassing

- You're gonna meet your sister
- You make me feel bad

- Do I look fine? Is this fine?
- You look great. Let's go

- Come on
- Okay

- Come on
- Fine, fine

It's all, like, really, like, strange
but different, like...

Yeah, exactly

Bree, this is,
uh, this is my husband Michael

- Hi. So nice to meet you, Bree
- Hi. Nice to meet you

- Thanks for coming here
- And this is our daughter Skylar

- Hi
- Hi

Guys, this is Bree

All right
Yeah

Bree, sorry
Uh, please, come in

- Let's... Let's sit down
- Yeah. Yeah, let's come here

- Come on
- Yeah

Do you, do you want
a glass of iced tea or...

- I'm okay, but thanks
- There it goes

- Sit down
- Make yourself at home

- That out of the way
- All right

Sky, right there

So, Bree,
did you grow up in Highland Park?

I did
Proud graduate of Memorial High School

Where is that?
I've never heard of it

Oh, it's about half an hour from here

Well, Skylar is a senior in high school

She's on the National Honor Society
the yearbook committee...

Mom

What? Sky, we're proud of you
You worked so hard

- Very smart
- Yeah

So were you totally freaked
when your mom told you about this?

You know, about me?

Yeah, I don't blame you

I mean, I knew I had to have
a mom out there somewhere

but, you know, actually
getting the information, it was...

Just nuts

Uh, Bree, I hope you're planning
on staying for dinner, please

Oh, come on, you have to

- I wasn't really thinking about that
- Please

Then I guess I am

- Great. Settled
- All right

I'm just gonna order the pizza

- Thank you, honey
- All right

I like your nails

Thanks

Do you have any polish
or nail stuff in your room?

Yeah

I can teach you how if you want

Really?

- I mean, if that's okay with you
- Yeah!

- That's great. Absolutely. I mean...
- Okay

- Okay. Yeah, let's go
- Great

So do you have a boyfriend?

It's complicated

Isn't it always?

It's nothing, really

Relationships are hard

Trust me, I know

I don't know, I just thought that maybe
it gets better when you get older

that guys could change

Guys change, all right

I wouldn't say
it's necessarily for the better

Does your mom know?

- About what?
- The guy

My parents are clueless

All parents are clueless

But yours seem really great

I guess

I always wanted a sister

I thought you said you had a sister

I do

But, you know... by blood

Pizza's here, girls

Well, come on
Let's get it while it's hot

- Let's go
- All right

We have a whole other pizza
So there's no shortage

So, Bree, um, what do your parents
think about you meeting us?

I mean, assuming that you told 'em
what you're doing of course

They're supportive

I mean, they'll always be
my mom and dad

But they also knew that I was
always curious about my birth mom

And they wanted to help
but didn't have any of the information

because those records
were sealed to everyone

But when I found you, they said I should
do whatever I thought was best

Well, I'm glad you did

Yeah, me too

Hate to interrupt, but, uh
why is my car still in the shop?

Oh, just a few more days
Yeah

- What the hell is taking them so long?
- Skylar!

It was a recall
They had to order the parts

Okay, well, I'm staying after school
tomorrow to make up for my science quiz

so one of you needs to pick me up

I'm not gonna be home in time
Sorry, sweetheart

- Yeah...
- You?

No, I'm sorry, Sky
I have an appointment

Okay. Well, then
how am I gonna get home?

Skylar, I can pick you up

- Yeah. Yeah, okay
- Cool

That sounds great

Bree, that's, that's really nice

I... I'm just, I'm not sure
if that's a great idea

I... I think it's a great idea

- Yeah
- You do?

God, yeah! It gives them the chance
to spend a little more time together

I mean, that is, Bree
if... if you don't mind

It'd be my pleasure

Nowhere to run to, bitch!

- What are you gonna do, huh?
- Stop!

- Get off of me!
- What are you gonna do?

Come on!

You know, I always wanted
to kick your ass just because...

And now I have a reason, too

You think you can mess with my boyfriend
and get away with it?

What are you talking about?

I never spoke with him

Wait, wait

Are you talking about last night when
he was crawling out of my window?

- How did you know about...
- Shut up!

I'm gonna enjoy this

Hey, Sky

Forgot you were picking me up

I thought I was gonna have
to take a substantial beating

Oh, you will

You got lucky, little slut

See you tomorrow

All right. Sounds great
See you then

Looks like I got here
in just the right time

Yeah
That's Chloe LoPresti

Anyone even glances at her boyfriend
and she goes ballistic

No one messes with her
unless they wanna end up in the hospital

Wait, you've gone
with her boyfriend?

No, no

He wasn't even talking to me
It was the girl next to me

She's just crazy

So this happen a lot?

Pretty much, yeah

Looks like I don't have a long life
expectancy at this school

Here. Just go to the car
I'll be there in a minute

Okay

Seems like you and Sky
have a little issue

Something I can help you with?

And who the hell are you?

I'm her sister

Then you should probably mind
your own business

Maybe tell your sister
to mind her own business, too

Wow!
You're scary

How about this?

You mind your own business
and leave all the other kids alone

See, sweetie, this stuff might've
worked in high school

but you're in for a rude
awakening in college

Whatever

Or at the local strip club

Yeah, you'd fit right in
at the Leopard Lounge

Bitch!

That was easy

Not so tough now, are you?

Now you listen to me, you little skank

I'm here for the long haul

And if I hear that you're messing
with someone

or if you even look at my sister

you know what
I'm gonna do to you?

I will carve up
that pretty little face of yours

and not even the janitor
would take you to prom

Now do you believe me that
I am totally and completely serious?

Good

I didn't mean for you
to take this the wrong way

What I meant was
we don't really know her...

I know everything
that I need to know about her

Now, I know that
she's your biological daughter

but that doesn't really mean
she's your daughter daughter

Okay, wait, what the hell
does that even mean?

It means that you didn't raise her
that we didn't raise her

It means that we don't know
anything about her values

her decision-making
how she feels, what she thinks, anything

- Yeah
- Yeah

So we just get to know her better

Okay

But until then, I really wanna treat her
like a member of our family

But she's not really
a member of the family

Yes, she is

Michael, I owe her that much

Please?

Okay, well...

If that's what you think
no nooky for you tonight

- Well, you should be so lucky
- Yeah

Get your light

I'll get your light

Hi

- Can I help you?
- Yeah. Mr. Parker?

- Yup
- My name is Jon LoPresti

It appears that your daughter

had an altercation with my daughter
at school this past week

Well, come in
Let's, let's talk

Right in here, please

Jon? Yeah?

Just give me a moment
I'm gonna call Skylar down

Hey, Sky, can you and mom
come down, please?

So I'm sure this is just
all a big misunderstanding

Yeah, I hope so because your daughter

made a lot of vile threats
to my daughter

And Chloe's really
really shaken up about it

I can't even imagine

Yeah, you can't

Yeah, dad?

This is Mr...

- I'm sorry, um...
- Yeah, it's Jon

- Jon LoPresti
- So...

What's going on?

Well, Mr. LoPresti here says

that there was some sort of an
altercation at school with his daughter

and some threats were made

- Sky?
- I... I...

I think I can clear this up

I spoke to your daughter

I was picking Sky up from school
and I saw her picking on her

You know,
bullying her pretty badly, actually

Who are you now?

I'm Sky's sister

Mr. LoPresti, is this true?
Was your daughter the instigator?

Look, I don't know, but I doubt it

What I do know for a fact is what
you said and the threats that you made

you can't just go around talking
to other kids like that...

Wait, wait, wait

What exactly did your daughter
say that she said?

- She, uh, she... she...
- Look

I may have been a little harsh
Yeah, I'll admit that

But when I saw her...

When I saw your daughter
picking on Sky

My sister, who wouldn't hurt a fly

I guess I just got a little angry

And that is perfectly reasonable

Mr. LoPresti, if I could give you
a little bit of advice, parent to parent

maybe you could have your daughter
stop harassing my daughter

I will show myself out

God!

Are you okay, honey?

- Yeah
- Why wouldn't you tell me that?

It's... No big deal

It's a big deal

- Thank you so much, Bree
- Of course

For looking out for her

Oh, girls!

I got your barbecue invitation
for this weekend

Your wife sent it to me

No?

I didn't realize we were... inviting

What's the occasion?

Well, I don't know
if there's actually an occasion

But I might as well tell you since
everyone's gonna be talking about it...

This is getting good

No, no, no

So, um, when Laura was young...

Well, before she knew me...

She gave a child up for adoption

Everything was supposed to be
confidential but she found us, the girl

She tracked Laura down
and so the party is...

Are you kidding?

No kidding

Is she some kind of lunatic?

Uh, no, she's... She's actually...
She's actually a perfectly lovely

well-adjusted young woman, so...

So what's the problem?

I really don't know

Well, I, for one, am stoked to meet her

What's, uh, what's her name, anyway?

Her name is Bree

- Your new daughter?
- No, Bree, Bree, Bree Hogan

Bree Hogan

That sounds made-up

Look, I gotta get going and...
Don't you have work to do?

- Don't you have to go?
- Get to work

- I pay you for that
- Such a good boss

Grade-A boss

You should get some sort of award

Search Bree Hogan
H-O-G-A-N

Hogan, not cheese
Hogan

Hi

Girls

Okay, Tom
There you are, buddy

- The truth. Lost Lighthouse
- "Information"

All right, Mr. Tom
The truth, the whole truth

All right, well, first, let me
preface this by saying

I'm sure that their internal counsel
looked at everything very closely

But I'm not convinced
that the entire enterprise is legal

Leave it to a lawyer to think
about the legal aspects of the story

That's why he is the best

And I mean, the best

No, in all seriousness, though, this...

It seems that this entire company, this
Lost Lighthouse or whatever it's called

It was formed solely for the purpose
of encouraging people

to breach confidential legal documents
all right?

Honey, you're acting like this
is some kind of corporate espionage

They're just reuniting
parents and children

Well, intent is irrelevant,
I mean in the eyes of law

You know this

Really?
Okay

Well, then why are serial killers
punished more harshly

than someone who accidentally
killed someone in a car crash?

Okay, first off, easy,
Clarence Darrow

- First off
- I wanna know

In this instant
it's just irrelevant, okay?

I mean, if you're going to induce
someone to break a contract

even if your, uh, your... your...
your intentions are noble, okay?

It's still illegal

I'm glad she found us
I don't care how it happened

- Me, too
- Yeah

So where is this young woman
I've heard so much about?

She is...

Oh, she's over there talking to Sky

Oh, yeah
She looks very sweet

Yeah, she is

You know, it's so funny. Usually,
Sky hates meeting new people, right?

But the two of them
have just really hit it off

- Are you gonna introduce us or...
- Oh, let 'em be

Yeah, I don't want her to feel
like she's on display, you know?

- Later, later
- Well, on that note...

Here comes someone
who's never been confused with sweet

- There he is
- Hey

- Gareth
- Hey, man, Michael

Good to see you, man
Thanks for coming

- Good to see you
- Tom, Clarissa

This is Gareth Drury
He is our top programmer

Have you met Tom Caldwell?
He is our company lawyer

Of course

- No, not officially
- Yeah

But I've seen your e-mail
on plenty of memos

- And invoices
- Invoices, memos

- Still a pleasure
- Yeah, well, good, man

- This is my wife, Clarissa
- Oh, lovely Nice to meet you

- Join us, man. Come on
- Please

- There he is
- Last, but not least

- Come here, you
- Hey, sweetheart

All right. That's enough
That's enough

- Oh, please!
- Who are you, Sinatra now?

Baby, you know
I'm the leader of the rat pack

Don't even start with me

So I brought you this Bourbon
I've been drinking

- It's very smooth, small batch
- Nice

I bring it to your bar, and what
do I see but wine coolers and light beer

I'm guilty

Oh, so you open a gift to us
and proceeded to help yourself

- No, no, no
- And drink it

I did not have a choice, did I?

Well, it doesn't seem like it
I'll tell you what

You're a man after my own heart
I'm gonna get one

No. Sit, sit, sit
Please, I'll get you a glass

- Sounds good
- Sounds good

- All right
- You gotta watch out for that guy

Not too carefully, I hope

Well, well, well

You must be the one and only Bree

I've been looking for you

Excuse me?

I was hoping you
and I could have a little chat later

Who are you?

I'm Gareth Drury

I work for Michael
and I have heard a lot about you

See... Part of my job is knowing
how to actually use the Internet

And correct me if I'm wrong

but you've not been completely honest
with your new family, have you?

I'm sure I don't know what you mean

No, I think you do

Have you told anyone?

Well... not yet

I was thinking I'd give you
an opportunity to explain yourself

Thank you

Don't thank me yet

Well, that was fast

Well, I was just pouring it
Not distilling it

Okay. That's clever
Yeah. I appreciate it

It's good, right?

Yeah, that's nice
Thanks, man. I appreciate it

- Yeah, of course
- Have a seat

I will in a minute

I still need to use the facility

- Two seconds, promise
- All right

All right

- "In a minute"
- Oh, come on, man

Watering the flowers?

Oh, God, you scared me

You know, I've been thinking about it

Yeah?
About what?

About what you said

You know, you really should've told
Michael when you had the chance

And why is that?

'Cause now it's too late

- It wasn't last time they stayed here
- So bad...

Sure you'll pay for it...

Oh, wait. Bree!

Hey, honey
Come on over

I want you to meet some friends of ours

Hey!

- This is Mr. and Mrs. Caldwell
- Hi

And Tom just so happens to be
the attorney at Michael's company

- He's my hero
- Hi

- Not really. Everybody says that
- Well, Tom and Clarissa

- No need to be so formal
- Nice to meet you

We've heard so much about you, Bree

- Why don't you sit down and join us?
- Yeah

I... I'd love to

But I actually promised Sky
that I would help her with something

We got a new filter for the yearbook

- That's great
- Okay

Well, don't leave without telling me,
please because I want you to meet Gareth

- Oh, yeah!
- He's the only one you haven't met

- He's dying to meet you. Yeah
- You'll love him

Gareth
Is that the young...

Tall hair, big mouth...
You got it

Did you guys meet?

Yeah, uh, for like two seconds

He was actually going to his car

His Uber, actually

I know, 'cause, um...

I made a joke about how he was walking
maybe he shouldn't be driving

Oh, yeah
That sounds like Gareth

- It's, uh, early
- All right, well, maybe next time

- Yeah
- Excuse me

- Okay. It was great meeting you
- Yeah, nice meeting you

You, too

Well, I dunno about you
but I could certainly use another

- Yes, please
- How about you?

- I could use one
- Yeah

but should I have one?
That's the question

- Do you want anything, honey?
- No

Gentlemen
Nothing?

I'm good, honey
Thank you

You're right, man, she's lovely

Who, Laura?
Thank you very much

- Eyes over here, pal
- Come on

So I, uh...

I thought you could do something
for me

Just, maybe, look into her

Do a background check...

Whatever it is that you,
you know, you do

Why?
Are you worried about something?

No... No, I'm just...
I'm just curious

All right, I charge $500 an hour
Are you that worried?

Well, I was hoping maybe you
could just do this kind of unofficially

you know, off the books
As it were

So you're really, really worried

Come on, man
What is it?

It's just all too convenient

You know, she just shows up
out of the blue

Laura is head over heels for her

Even Sky loves her

I just... I just wanna make sure
everything is on the up and up

I don't want anyone to get hurt

Then why not hire
a private investigator?

No, I'm not completely paranoid

Can you just...
Can you just look into it for me?

For me

Yeah, no...

I'm just kidding
Yeah, I can

See?
I knew you were my hero

- Thank you. Yeah
- Cheers, man

I'll have to teach your friends
some manners, they are a mess

Yeah

- Whoa, get it!
- Oh, my gosh

- Good job!
- Good catch

All right. Bye, dad
We're gonna go help mom

- So have fun
- Help mom?

Helping her...
Yeah

- Oh, okay. I see it
- I think... I think...

- No, I got it. We're good, we're good
- I think you'll be fine

I don't have a choice

Detectives

- Hi
- We stopped by earlier in the day

but it looked like you
were having a nice little party

Didn't wanna disturb you

Yeah, just a little gathering
with some friends

Did I miss something important?

- Should I, should I get Laura for this?
- Maybe we can have a chat first

Somewhere a little more private

Yeah, sure
I mean, I'm just finishing up here

If you guys will just follow me

- Follow me, gentlemen, please
- Yeah

"Hey, Bree
Can you help me with this?"

Okay, detectives
So, uh, what's going on?

I'm afraid the odds
have changed a bit, Mr. Parker

And not in our favor

Sorry, I'm not following you

The death of your wife's parents

if you recall we told you it was
a 50-50 chance that it was an accident

Well, it seems we now have reason
to believe it was intentional

Intentional?

Afraid so

Seems that one of the neighbors
under further questioning

remember seeing a young woman
visit the property

on the day of the accident

- Well, who was she?
- We don't know yet

The neighbor didn't get
a good look at her

Just said she was a young woman

Look, there was no reason to suspect
that something might have went amiss

Detective

You need some help over there?

No, I'm okay

So, um, I just wanna confirm

Your wife really
hasn't seen her parents in...

What, twen... twenty years?

- That's a long time
- Yeah

Detectives, I hope you're not suggesting
that Laura had anything to do with this

No, no. Of course not
Of course not

We just wanna make sure
that there's nothing...

Nothing at all that
you're not telling us

Like what?

You tell us, Mr. Parker

Well, like I already told you
I don't know anything about this

I mean, you guys are welcome to ask
Laura more questions if you like...

- Nah. I don't think that's necessary
- No. Yeah

Yeah, we're sure you're right, you know?

She wouldn't know anything
about this mystery woman

We'll let you get back to cleaning up

Mr. Parker, do us a favor

Give it some more thought

You know, something might shake loose

It's amazing what people can remember
when they need to

Hey I thought you got lost

Michael?

You okay?

Yeah, yeah
No, no. It's a...

- That was a big party
- Yeah

A lot to clean up
Shed was a mess...

- Those kids, they can, they can...
- I think I should probably get going

I... I said that I'd be back for dinner

Well, I can probably
never eat again, but...

Oh, thank you so much
for coming, Bree

I know that everybody
just loved meeting you

- Hey, thanks for helping me today
- Well, yeah

- I'll see you later? Cool
- Yeah, totally

- All right. Bye
- Bye

- Thanks again
- Yeah

Bye, mom

Maybe he really doesn't know anything

- He knows something
- Yeah

They don't seem like killers to me

I never said they were killers

I said they know
more than they're letting on

There's something
they're keeping from us

What?

That I don't know

But I think I'm gonna pay them
another visit

One when they're least expecting it

No way a judge
is gonna give us a warrant

Not even your buddy Adam
and not for something this flimsy

Since when do you need a warrant to go
for a stroll on a beautiful afternoon?

Are you okay?

You're just, I don't know...

You've been kind of quiet
since the barbecue

Yes, of course

Okay

Well, I think everybody
had a really good time. Don't you?

I do.
Congratulations

Thank you

So...

Did Tom say anything?

You know, about Bree

No, not really

Except that she seemed sweet

Yeah, yeah, she is

Well, I'm exhausted

Okay

You know, I've...
I've been thinking

About your parents

My parents?

I haven't even thought about my parents
Why would you?

Did Bree know anything about them?

I mean, yeah, I told her

You know, how...
How it was their decision to...

Their decision to give her up
for adoption

Yeah. Why?

Nothing, just...

Tom put something in your head?

'Cause, you know
it's just like him to be suspicious

Tom didn't say anything

Okay, well, then why the third degree?

This is hardly the third degree, Laura

All right, well...

Look, I'm just too tired
to talk about this nonsense

Honestly

It was such a beautiful day

Please don't ruin it

"You've reached Gareth
You know what to do"

Gareth, it's Michael

Hey, buddy

You're not responding
to my e-mails or texts

I need you today
Call me

And I better not hear you're hung over
You got that?

Call me

Yeah
How you doing?

I am sorry, man
Please, sit

- Sorry
- What's up?

You remember Gareth
the one you met at the party

Yeah, yeah
That guy

I can't get in touch with him
and...

Ah, come on. He's young
Come on, he's... he's irresponsible

Just like I assume we were

Yes, but not on my dime

- Right, right
- Anyways. So, uh...

What you got for me, huh?

So, listen, I... I didn't dig too deep

But I, um,
I did what you asked me to

And, you know, I'm happy to say it's...
It's everything she said it was gonna be

So...

See, it's, uh, Bree Hogan
adopted in the State of California, 1996

She graduated from Judd Elementary,
went to Memorial High School

and attended West Lake College

So...

That's it?

I'm sorry
No

Apparently, she's also a cannibal
with multiple personalities

- Oh, come on
- So there's that

I mean, what... What did you think
I was gonna find here?

I don't know
I just... I don't know

Okay, listen, look, this corroborates
everything she said, all right?

Unless you have other suspicions

and a good reason for 'em,
man, you gotta let it go

- Yeah. Okay, all right
- All right?

- Thank you. I appreciate it
- Yeah. Listen to me

I did this as your friend, but as your
lawyer you need to get back to work

You need to forget about all this stuff

All right?
It's fine, trust me

- A lawyer that says, "Trust me"
- Okay, come on I gotta go

Thank you
Sorry for missing you

It's okay, you owe me a drink

- Hey, I owe you one
- Yeah

Yeah

I can't believe this
This is so ridiculous

So I know she only posted that
to embarrass me, right?

And, of course, she denied it
and took it down

but Justin had already seen it
Of course

She's such a...

You should probably be careful

Yeah, it's just really messed up

Look

I don't wanna sound like
that annoying older sister

but you should probably watch
what you post on social media

I mean, I have friends who lost jobs

because their employers saw some
embarrassing photo of them online

I mean, don't get paranoid
Just be smart

Yeah

So tell me, what's it like?

Is your sister upset that you're
spending so much time here?

We don't have to talk about it
if you don't want to

No... No, it's okay
It's...

To be honest, we weren't...
Never really that close

Must've been hard being
the adopted one, huh?

Actually, it was quite the opposite

My sister always had it harder than me

I mean, my parents...

They wanted to make sure that because
I was adopted, I never felt different

So they wanted me to feel like

I was just as much
their kid as their biological one

So what was the problem?

My sister, Jessica,
she resented that

She felt like they favored me

So she started acting out
you know, try and get attention

You know, usually, the adopted one's
the one that causes problems

but in our family
it was the other way around

That must have been really hard
on you to deal with that

You know, for the most part
we were a normal happy family

I mean, Jessie and I
had some great times together

It's just, sometimes she'd...
Lose it

Lose it?

Yeah, she, uh, got into some fights

We actually
had to put her into an institution

A mental institution?

It's over now

But I... I just
don't wanna talk about it

Yeah. Yeah
No, I'm sorry

I... I... I didn't mean to pry

No, you're not prying
I mean, we're sisters

- But I do have to go to the bathroom
- Okay

Yeah

Hey, when you get back do you think
we could do our nails again?

Sure
There's polish in my purse

- Okay. All right.
- I'll just be a minute.

That's my favorite
Azure Sky, right?

Yeah.
Right

I actually have to go soon

I've been wanting to take these classes
at the community college

and it's orientation tonight

- "Great, yeah"
- "Thank you for those"

So...

So I had something that I wanted
to discuss with everyone

Like what?

Okay, so you know the third room
the guest room that nobody ever uses?

Well, what do you think about turning
that into a room for Bree?

Have you mentioned this to Bree yet?

No, of course not

I wanted us all to discuss it first

But, I mean, frankly, I thought
you'd be a little more excited

Sky?

Honey, I thought you'd be thrilled

- Hey, mom
- Yeah?

What was grandma's name again?

Eleanor

Why?

What made you ask me about her?
Did, did Bree say something to you?

She didn't

I mean, she didn't tell me anything
about them

So?
What about the room?

Not yet, mom
Okay?

Honey, did something happen between
the two of you that you wanna tell me?

No, no

We're fine, mom

Bree's great

It's just... It's too soon

Well...

- It's been almost 20 years for me
- Honey...

What?

- Hey
- Hey

- Are you okay?
- Yeah, I'm fine

I'm not the one in this family
who's completely lost it

Hey, come on.
Just cut her a break

Look, you know, I like Bree

I like having her around
She's cool

I just don't understand
why we have to pretend

like all of a sudden
she's a part of this family

when she's obviously not

I know, I know that

But just try to understand
how your mother feels

This is very emotional for her

And I realize that you didn't know
about any of this

And what happened all those years ago,
you know, giving up the baby

it was extremely hard on her

- Yeah
- I just want you to know

If you ever wanna talk,
I'm here for you

Okay
Thank you, dad

- Love you
- Love you, too

"Coming"

- Hi
- Hello

I'm looking for Elizabeth Hogan

I'm Elizabeth Hogan
Who are you?

I'm Skylar

Bree's half-sister

- Hi
- Hi

- Come in
- Thank you

Sure
Of course

So, Skylar,
what can we do for you?

Like I said, a few weeks ago, your
daughter Bree showed up at our house

She told us she was
my mother's biological daughter

Some agency helped her find us

- I told you something was up
- No, you didn't

I did
I thought it was a new boyfriend

You didn't think anything
Ignore this one

So she was gone
more often than normal but...

Well, she probably told you
this as well

- She's just been trying to find herself
- Find herself

That's what she told us
Yeah

She's thinking about what to do
with her future

Yeah, but even when she was home
she was perfectly happy

And she didn't tell you guys anything
about how she was looking for us

that she found us?

No. I mean, Bree's always
been a very private person

- Even as a kid, right?
- Yeah

Yeah, I don't know
if that's just who she is

or if it's just a part
of the adoption...

Well, she was only a day old
when we adopted her

I mean, she didn't even know
she was adopted for ten more years

I mean, what would that have
to do with anything?

This one knows nothing
about child psychology

So it's all true then?

You guys adopted her right away?

The two of you
raised her in this house?

Do you have any reason
to believe otherwise?

I mean, there was one time when
in first grade where she stole something

Right?

Besides that, she's always been
a very, very honest child and adult

No, no

We all love Bree

It's just that I wanted
to make sure that...

Well, that everything
was what she said it was

You know, it was kind of a shock
her just showing up like that

Well, I imagine it was pretty
rough on her, as well

Yeah, no
Of course

So she still lives here with you
guys and her sister?

Well, Jessie
doesn't live with us anymore

She hasn't for quite a while

How much did she tell you
about her relationship with her sister?

She... She said that she loves her
and, well, it was complicated

Well, Jessica thought we favored Bree

Well, we actually may have
overcompensated

We were just, we were trying
to do the right thing

We never wanted Bree to feel like

she was anything other than
our actual daughter

But maybe we went too far

Oh, no, we didn't go too far

I mean, Jessie just needed
to be more understanding

Well, there's no such thing
as a perfect family, right?

No matter how hard you try

That's for sure

But if it makes you guys
feel any better

according to Bree
your family was as close as it gets

- Come on, Banks
- Hello, detective

- Aren't they beautiful?
- Yeah

Are you sure I can't get you
something to eat?

Oh, no
I'm okay, thank you

You know, actually
I should probably start heading out

I didn't tell anyone
where I was going

To be honest, I kinda felt a little bit
silly about coming here

No, do not feel silly at all

You are a very mature
and smart young lady

And I bet, your parents
are very proud of you

You know what?
I think Bree's home

I didn't know she was gonna be here

I didn't even think
of what I was gonna say

Well, don't worry about it
It'll be fine

- Yeah
- I hope so

- Hi, honey
- Hi

- Hey
- Hi, I'm Bree

Wait

You...
You don't know who she is?

I'm sorry
Have we met somewhere before?

Whoa, whoa, wait a minute
What...

You wanna let us know
what's going on here?

Who's this?

That's our daughter, Jessica

I'm sorry, can somebody explain to me
what exactly is going on?

I'm sorry

Wait!
Wait, wait, what?

"Sky?"

"Bree?"

Are you guys home?

Sky?

Bree?

Skylar?

Guys?

Come on

Come on, come on, come on

Come on, mom

- "Hey, you've reached Laura..."
- Mom...

"Leave your name
and number after the beep"

"and then text me and let me know
you left me a voice mail"

Mom, listen to me

Whatever you do
do not let Bree into the house

She's not who she says she is
She's her sister

Just trust me on this one
Don't let her into the house, okay?

Don't let her in

Mama's awake

Please, you don't need to do this

You have no idea what I need

None!

I am so, so sorry

I never ever wanted to give you away

You have to believe that

You didn't give me away

No, I didn't
You're right

They did

My parents did that

and... and then when they did that
I... I never spoke to them again

You have no idea who I am, do you?

You're my daughter

I wanted to be

I wanted to see what it felt like

to have a mother
who'll love you unconditionally

because I never had that

I don't understand
You...

You told me that they loved you

They loved their adopted daughter

Loved her until they had no more love
to give to anyone else

When something went wrong...

Who do you think they blamed?

When one child was chosen for something
who do you think they chose?

When opportunities were to be had
who got them first?

Oh, my God!

She did

You're not Bree
You're not...

And if it wasn't for you...
If it wasn't for you giving her away

I wouldn't have had to deal
with any of it

I would've had all the love
from both of my parents for myself

Bree, or whoever you are
you have to believe me

- I... I didn't...
- Yeah, I know, I know

It was mommy and daddy
They made you do it

Well, you know what?
I took care of that

But if you would've kept
your slutty little teenage legs closed

we wouldn't be in this situation
in the first place

Mom?

Mom?

Oh, no!

Mom...

Oh, God!

You have to pay

You have to pay
for everything that you did to me

You... you... you,
you can't do this

- You can't...
- Jessica!

Skylar!
Run!

It's too late, mom

Yeah, that's right

After everything she did to you

I couldn't just allow her
to get away with it, could I?

What are you talking about?

I was just at the Hogans' house
Nice people

You're lying

There's a, there's a blue wind chime
with a starfish on it

outside the front door

on on the mantel, there's pictures
of you and Bree on it, and happy

I'm sorry, it's too late

- I can't go back
- Skylar, run!

Leave her alone!

Sky!

Don't hurt her!

Oh, God!

Please, leave her alone
Just leave her alone!

- Mom...
- Go, baby, run

You can do it, yes, you can
You can

Look out!
She's behind you!

You should've stayed out of it

No

Now you have to go

Get off of me!

Jessica

Sky...

Sky, baby...

Oh, baby!

Sky!

- Show me your hands!
- No, no, no, no, no!

Laura!

That's her right there

Guys...
Oh, God!

You okay, guys?

Let me see, let me see, let me see

Oh, baby

- I'm sorry
- You're okay

Honey, are you okay?
Are you okay?

- No. No, no, no
- You have the right to remain...

- No! No! No...
- It's okay

- Oh, guys
- Laura!

Laura!

- Get her out of here!
- It's okay, it's okay

Let me see

Oh, God, we gotta get you
to the hospital. Guys...

Oh, God!

"It was on and off for years
Ms. Hogan was institutionalized"

And now she's back where she belongs
where she can't hurt anyone ever again

Well, I'm so sorry
about your partner

Thank you

I'll leave you all alone now
Ms. Parker

- Detective, thank you so much
- Please...

- Get some rest and heal up, okay?
- I will

- I can't thank you enough, detective
- Absolutely

Thank you

- Who's hungry?
- I could use real food

Okay.
Well, I will be right back

- Anything but pizza
- Oh, of course, yeah

- Thank you, honey
- Love you, guys

- Mom
- Yeah

There is someone that
we'd like you to meet if...

- If you're up for it, of course
- Honey, I'm fine

- Are you sure?
- Yeah, I'm fine

I hate being stuck in this bed
But I'm fine

- Yeah
- All right

Knock, knock

I have someone
I would like for you to meet

Laura, this is your daughter Bree

I wish we could've met
under better circumstances

I am so sorry

For what?

You gave me...

The best gift you possibly could have

A life

That is something that...

No matter what, I will never forget

It's really you

You did this?

Come here

Good afternoon, everyone

As you know I'm Dr. Ray
and I'm here to help you

I wanna be your friend

I want you to consider
this your safe space

You can tell me anything
at all that you'd like

No one will judge you

So why don't we start over here?

Anybody wanna tell me anything
that's bothering them?

Anything at all going on?

How about over here?
Anyone?

Nothing?
No one?

What about you, Jess?

Would you like to join us?

Jess, honey,
there's an empty chair here

Bree, can you join us?

I'm Bree

"They didn't understand me"

"My next family will love me"

"I promise"

"I promise"

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