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00:00Sous-titrage Société Radio-Canada
00:38Sous-titrage Société Radio-Canada
01:00You did. Maybe the cold will knock some sense into you. When you stop wanting what isn't yours, you can
01:06come back in.
01:14We're doing this for your own good. Fresh air's good for you. Stay out there a while.
01:22If Brenda wakes up in a good mood, she might let me in before sunrise to sweep. If she's not,
01:30I might not eat till noon.
01:38One, two, three. If I count to a hundred, I won't feel so cold. That's how I fool myself.
01:52Jayma, Hope, wait a more. Her mom and dad have been looking for her for seven years. No one ever
01:59kept looking for me like that.
02:00What if I really am her? The birthmark matches. The age matches. I even look like her.
02:10Brendan said they brought me home. She didn't give birth to me.
02:14I was saving this 50 cents for an eraser when school starts. Not anymore. An eraser helps me write.
02:22A phone call could get me a new dad. Worth it.
02:33What am I supposed to say?
02:35Hi, I'm your daughter? No, that's too sudden.
02:38Hi, I saw your missing child flyer?
02:41That doesn't sound right either. I'm not just some stranger.
02:45Hello? Who is this?
02:48Hi, I... I saw your missing child flyer?
02:51The little girl. Gemma Hope Whitfield?
02:54You saw her? Where is she? Where are you?
02:56I was going to tell him I was her. But then I heard him crying. And I got scared.
03:01What if I'm wrong? What if the DNA test says no? Then I'm just some lying eight-year-old.
03:08I, I'm...
03:09Hello? Hello? Please don't hang up. Have you seen my daughter? Is she alive? Please tell me!
03:15I...
03:15Are you an adult or a kid? You're a kid?
03:18Mm-hmm.
03:19How old are you?
03:21Eight.
03:22Where did you see the flyer?
03:25Is there an adult with you? Are you alone?
03:28No.
03:30I found it in the trash.
03:32A trash can?
03:33Yeah.
03:34They threw me out. I found it by a trash can.
03:37They threw you out?
03:39In this snow?
03:41Tell me what town you're in and what road I'll come get you.
03:45No.
03:46I wasn't trying to tell you where I saw your daughter.
03:49I was trying to say...
03:51I might be her.
03:52What did you say?
03:54The missing child flyer said she has a maple leaf birthmark on her right arm.
03:59I do too.
04:00Exactly the same.
04:02I was born in January 2016 too.
04:06Brenda said they brought me home.
04:08She didn't give birth to me.
04:10I don't know for sure, but I think...
04:13Where are you?
04:15Pine Creek.
04:16At the payphone outside the gas station convenience store.
04:20Stay right there. Don't go anywhere.
04:22Are you cold?
04:23Do you have a coat?
04:26Is there anywhere you can get out of the snow?
04:30He was crying.
04:32A grown-up was crying just because I might be his daughter.
04:39If I really am Gemma, then I have a dad.
04:42A dad who'd cry for me has to be better than one who'd hit me.
04:46Forget it.
04:47I've spent my whole life just trying to survive.
04:50One more night won't matter.
04:55Over here!
04:56Left side!
05:03This way!
05:04Left!
05:05The payphone's over there!
05:06Mr. Whitmore, watch it!
05:07The ground's slick!
05:09Move!
05:14Is it her?
05:15He looked like he was in his 30s.
05:17Thin face, hollow cheeks, deep-set eyes.
05:20His eyes were red, and there were tears on his lower lashes.
05:25Sir?
05:30Are you cold?
05:33The coat was still warm.
05:35It was heavy, and it smelled good.
05:37Not like Ray, with the smoke and booze.
05:41Just clean.
05:42I need to see your right arm, okay?
05:52Gemma, it's Dad.
05:54I'm here to take you home.
05:56Gemma, no one had ever said my name like that, and Dad was never a word I got to use.
06:02She's so thin, so dirty.
06:05The lines around his eyes were deep.
06:07There were dark circles under them, and his lips were cracked.
06:11He looked even older than Ray.
06:14He'd spent seven years looking for one person, and I had almost lied to him.
06:19I wasn't even sure I was Gemma.
06:22I just wanted a home where nobody hit me.
06:27Sir, I'm not sure I'm really her.
06:30What if you've got it wrong?
06:32No.
06:33No mistake.
06:35I knew the second I saw you.
06:38You're Gemma.
06:39You're my Gemma.
06:44Every breath smelled clean.
06:46Warm.
06:47No one had ever held me like this.
06:50Not even a blanket had ever wrapped me this tight.
06:54It's okay now.
06:56Dad's here.
06:57No one will ever hurt you again.
07:00Call Mrs. Whitmore.
07:01We found her.
07:03Yes.
07:04We found her.
07:05She's alive.
07:06Mr. Whitmore, let's get her in the car.
07:08She's freezing.
07:10Gemma, are you hungry?
07:15Take us to Hudson Valley Children's Medical Center.
07:17Have some food sent over, too.
07:19What is she like?
07:22He's holding it back, keeping himself from getting mad in front of me.
07:26I knew it wasn't for me.
07:27It was for the people who hurt me.
07:29Ray never held back.
07:31He took all his anger out on me.
07:34I'll eat anything.
07:36Just be gentle putting me in the car.
07:38I hurt my knee.
07:41The snow was still falling, but I wasn't cold anymore.
07:45We found her.
07:46Yeah, take us to Hudson Valley Children's Medical Center.
07:49A regular room?
07:51Are you out of your mind?
07:53Get a private pediatric suite ready.
07:55Full trauma workup.
07:56Treat the external injuries first, then run an expedited DNA test.
07:59I don't care what it takes.
08:00I want preliminary results in three hours.
08:05Don't be scared.
08:11What if he's a bad person?
08:13They said on TV some people trick kids.
08:16But bad people don't cry like that.
08:19Probably not.
08:20Sir...
08:21Call me dad.
08:26Sir is okay for now.
08:28Go ahead.
08:29How'd you get here so fast?
08:31I was about two hours away when you called.
08:34So...
08:35I was doing over a hundred.
08:37That fast?
08:38And you didn't crash?
08:43Not on the interstate.
08:45On back roads.
08:46And I was already driving when you called.
08:48Why were you already driving?
08:50For seven years, I've searched every day.
08:51City to city.
08:52Town to town.
08:53Countless leads.
08:55Fakes, scams, wrong kids.
08:57I chased everyone myself.
08:59When you called, I was nearby, following another one.
09:02That lead was fake, too?
09:04Every last one.
09:06Until you.
09:08What if I'm lying?
09:09What if the DNA test doesn't match?
09:12What if I really am Ray's daughter?
09:14He drove her a hundred to get here.
09:16And what if I'm not his?
09:19Don't be scared.
09:20No matter what the test says,
09:23you're staying with me tonight.
09:26Come with me.
09:27It's still snowing.
09:28And that place you told me about?
09:30That's not a home.
09:39Mr. Whitmore, this way.
09:41Megan, get warm water ready.
09:42She's been hyperthermic too long.
09:44No hot water yet.
09:45Imaging is ready.
09:46We can take her in any time.
09:49I'll carry her myself.
09:56Don't go to sleep yet.
09:57The doctor needs to examine you.
10:00Gemma, let me take a look, okay?
10:03Okay.
10:14Keep going.
10:18Mr. Ethan Whitmore.
10:19Gemma, tell dad.
10:22No, tell me.
10:23Who did this to you?
10:23My mom and dad.
10:24They're not your mom and dad.
10:26Then, the two people who threw me away?
10:30Okay.
10:30I know now.
10:34I want everything on those two.
10:36Tonight.
10:46She's severely malnourished.
10:47Her height and weight are both well below the normal range for her age.
10:50She'll need long-term nutritional support and regular monitoring of her growth.
10:55Also, there are signs of healed old bone fractures on her back.
10:58At least two sites.
11:00They never got proper treatment.
11:03Just healed up on their own.
11:05That's enough for tonight.
11:06Give her something light and easy to digest.
11:08Let her take a warm bath and make sure she gets some rest.
11:11We can deal with the rest of the tests and everything else tomorrow.
11:14How long till the DNA test results are back?
11:16The paternity test's been fast-tracked.
11:18About three hours.
11:19Okay.
11:25You hungry?
11:29Send up plain oatmeal.
11:31Nothing added.
11:32Her stomach's still weak.
11:34And soft scrambled eggs.
11:35Warm, not hot.
11:38When you were with the Carters, did you go to school?
11:41Yeah.
11:42Second grade.
11:44How were your grades?
11:45Pretty good.
11:46What's pretty good?
11:48Top five.
11:49In your class?
11:50In the whole grade.
11:52Hmm.
11:53What was the school like?
11:54Not great.
11:56Just two old buildings and the playground was all dirt.
12:00When it rained, my pants got muddy.
12:02But my teacher was nice.
12:04Sometimes she'd sneak me a pack of crackers.
12:08Were you hungry at school too?
12:10Not exactly.
12:12Brendan wouldn't give me lunch money.
12:15And she wouldn't sign me up for free school lunch.
12:19Sometimes not even that.
12:26Please don't be mad.
12:34I'm not mad.
12:36You are.
12:37The vein here is throbbing.
12:41You notice that much?
12:42I always had to watch their faces.
12:44After a while, you know what they're about to do.
12:51From now on, you don't have to watch anyone's face.
12:58This is your mom, Claire.
13:01Why didn't she come?
13:03She's at home.
13:04I haven't told her yet.
13:06Why?
13:07Because we've been here too many times.
13:10Every time I told her, I think we found her, it wasn't you.
13:16She can't take one more heartbreak.
13:18Oh, did she look for me for seven years too?
13:22Last year, she fell on a pedestrian overpass in Manhattan, putting up missing child flyers.
13:27She had a compression fracture in her lower spine and was bedridden for three months.
13:33She's better now, but she can't keep pushing herself like she used to.
13:37They've been looking for me for seven years.
13:40One drives like nothing else matters.
13:43The other broke her back, hanging flyers.
13:46If I really am their daughter, I hit the jackpot.
13:50If I'm not, then I stole someone else's mom and dad.
13:54Dinner's here.
14:03Take it slow.
14:06I couldn't even put the feeling into words.
14:09Like I was dreaming.
14:11And I could wake up any second.
14:14Slow down.
14:16Don't choke.
14:25Go take a warm bath.
14:27The nurse has left you clean pajamas and hot water.
14:30I'll wait right outside the door.
14:32Wait for what?
14:33For you to come out.
14:44You look exactly like Claire did at your age.
14:47I'm sleepy, mister.
14:51Then let's get you to bed.
14:53Come on.
14:57I'm turning off the lights.
14:58Leave one on.
15:03Aren't you going home?
15:04No.
15:05Why?
15:06I'm staying with you.
15:07Sir, the DNA test results aren't back yet.
15:11I know.
15:11What if it doesn't match?
15:13Then I'm still staying.
15:18You're eight years old.
15:20You were thrown out in a blizzard and slept beside a trash can.
15:24Whether you're my daughter or not, you're staying here tonight.
15:27We'll deal with tomorrow.
15:28Okay.
15:29Good night.
15:30Good night.
15:31This warmth wasn't from the heat or the blanket.
15:34It was from someone staying with me.
15:36Gemma!
15:37My baby!
15:39Gemma!
15:39My baby!
15:40What are you doing here?
15:41I told Patrick not to tell you yet.
15:43Ethan, are you out of your mind?
15:45You think you may have found my daughter and you were going to hide that from me?
15:50How many times do you think I can lose her?
15:58Gemma.
15:59It's you, my Gemma.
16:01The DNA test isn't back yet.
16:03I don't need a DNA test to know my own child.
16:06I carried her for nine months.
16:08You think I wouldn't know my own daughter?
16:09She is my daughter!
16:13Gemma, mom's here.
16:15I was too late.
16:17My baby, where were you?
16:18I've been looking for you.
16:19I've been looking for you for seven years.
16:21Even in my dreams, I was looking for you.
16:23It was too much all at once.
16:25In seven years with the Carters, no one had ever held me.
16:29But tonight, two people already had.
16:32Ma'am?
16:35Call me mom.
16:36The DNA test still hasn't...
16:38Ethan, say DNA test one more time!
16:41Look at her face.
16:42Her eyes.
16:44Her nose.
16:45She's exactly the same as when she was little.
16:48Claire, let go for a second.
16:49She's hurt.
16:50Don't make it worse.
16:57Who did this?
16:58I've handled the immediate danger.
16:59I already have people looking into it.
17:01Just calm down.
17:02How am I supposed to calm down?
17:05My daughter was missing for seven years,
17:07and someone did this to her.
17:09How am I supposed to stay calm?
17:12Gemma, does it hurt?
17:14Anywhere besides your face?
17:17Not that much anymore.
17:20And it still hurts a little.
17:22Where, honey?
17:23Tell me.
17:23I scraped my knee.
17:25The nurse already cleaned it and wrapped it.
17:31Rachel, it's Claire.
17:33I need you to look into something right now.
17:35Yes, now.
17:36How will it quiz me down?
17:37What do you mean it's three in the morning?
17:39I don't care.
17:40Secure the hospital records first.
17:42Then call the Pine Creek Sheriff's Office
17:43and Child Protective Services
17:45and send everything to the District Attorney's Office.
17:47Child abuse.
17:49Ray Carter from Pine Creek
17:50and his wife, Brendan Carter.
17:53I don't care what it takes.
17:54File the emergency protective order first.
17:57I want the full legal plan before sunrise.
18:01Those two will pay for every injury they put on her.
18:04However many years that is,
18:06they don't get one day less.
18:08Ma'am?
18:09Call me mom.
18:12Ma'am?
18:15All right.
18:16Until the DNA test comes back,
18:18you can call me whatever you want.
18:20Are you still hungry?
18:22Thirsty?
18:22Want some warm milk?
18:25You keep talking about the DNA test.
18:28When do the results come back?
18:30The doctor said three hours total.
18:32One more hour.
18:33In one hour, I'll know.
18:36If it really is me,
18:38I'll have a mom and dad.
18:39Rich ones, too.
18:41If it's not,
18:43I go back by the trash can.
18:46Either way,
18:47I still came out ahead.
18:49One more night of heat,
18:50a bowl of hot oatmeal,
18:52and a hot shower.
18:53What are you thinking about?
18:56Nothing.
18:57You were frowning.
18:59I wasn't.
19:00Right here.
19:01It tightened for a second.
19:03You're worried.
19:04She was even better
19:06at reading people than I was.
19:07She's worried the DNA test won't match.
19:12Listen to me.
19:14That test will match.
19:16I know it.
19:18But even if by some miracle it doesn't,
19:21you are not going back to the Carters.
19:23Do you understand?
19:25There was something heavy in her tears.
19:28Not pity.
19:29Anger and tenderness tangled together.
19:32because no one had ever told me
19:34being hit, starved,
19:36and thrown out of the house
19:37wasn't discipline.
19:38It was a crime.
19:40I always thought it was
19:42because I wasn't good enough.
19:44Not good enough.
19:45Not obedient enough.
19:47Not useful enough.
19:49And because I ate meat
19:50that wasn't meant for me.
19:51An eight-year-old was thrown out
19:53in a blizzard
19:54and left to sleep
19:55by a trash can
19:56covered in injuries.
19:58This isn't about biology anymore.
20:00It's child abuse.
20:02It's a crime.
20:14Come in.
20:19Mr. and Sis is Claire Whitmore.
20:20The results of the rapid DNA test are in.
20:23Just tell us the result.
20:24The probability of parentage
20:25is 99.999%.
20:27Congratulations.
20:28Gemma is your daughter.
20:29I knew it.
20:32I knew it the second I saw you.
20:37Gemma, my Gemma.
20:38Call me mom.
20:40Okay.
20:41Okay, what?
20:43Okay, mom.
20:46Oh.
20:50Patrick, it's her.
20:51The DNA test confirmed it.
20:52She's my daughter.
20:53Tell everyone
20:54my daughter's been found.
20:57I'm sorry.
21:03So this is what mom and dad smell like.
21:06Home.
21:06We're going home.
21:08We'll never be apart again.
21:09I bet right.
21:10Two quarters,
21:11a payphone call,
21:13and a missing child flyer
21:15I pulled out of the trash
21:16got me my home back.
21:18It was worth it.
21:21Hmm.
21:22Right, it's confirmed.
21:23Don't release a public statement yet.
21:25Handle Pine Creek first.
21:26Yes.
21:26Go today.
21:31Morning.
21:32Morning.
21:33Hungry?
21:34Mm-hmm.
21:38You like it?
21:39Mm-hmm.
21:40From now on, every day.
21:41One in the morning,
21:42one at night.
21:43Mm-hmm.
21:48Slowly.
21:51Not hot.
21:53No fever.
21:54Thank God.
21:57Mr. Ethan Whitmore.
21:58We've confirmed what happened
21:59in Pine Creek.
22:00Ray Carter, 44,
22:01unemployed,
22:02long history of alcohol abuse.
22:03Brenda Carter, 42,
22:05does temp work
22:05at the town farmer's market.
22:06They have a biological son,
22:08Tyler Carter, 12.
22:09In March 2017,
22:11they paid $5,000 cash
22:12to an illegal middleman
22:13for a baby girl,
22:15about one year old,
22:16your daughter.
22:17What about the middleman?
22:18We found him.
22:19Larry Sloan.
22:20He used to work the mall area,
22:22targeting kids who were alone.
22:23He was arrested in 2019
22:25in another child trafficking case.
22:27He's still in state prison.
22:28Ray and Brendan?
22:29The Pine Creek Sheriff's Office
22:30picked them up
22:31at 6 this morning.
22:32What charges are they
22:33pursuing right now?
22:34Child trafficking
22:35and receiving a kidnapped child.
22:37Legal team is also moving
22:39to add multiple felony
22:40child abuse charges.
22:41That still isn't enough
22:43for child abuse.
22:44Mr. Whitmore,
22:45sentencing is set by law.
22:46I don't want to hear the minimum.
22:50Did they photograph
22:51and document every injury?
22:53The hospital's
22:53pediatric forensic team
22:55finished the injury documentation
22:56and evidential photos
22:57last night.
22:58Good.
22:59Pursue every charge
23:00we can to the end.
23:01I want them to serve
23:02every day they deserve,
23:04not one less.
23:08How'd it go?
23:09It's handled.
23:11I hired a lawyer too.
23:13I know.
23:13Have Rachel work
23:14with my legal team.
23:15No point duplicating the work.
23:16Jima,
23:17did you hear what we just said?
23:18You know,
23:19you were never really theirs.
23:20You're our daughter.
23:22You were stolen from us.
23:24From us.
23:25I know.
23:26Do you hate them?
23:28I just don't want
23:29to see them again.
23:30Okay.
23:31You won't.
23:35It was the first time
23:36she'd ever wiped my mouth.
23:38I was already eight.
23:40She'd missed
23:40the first seven years.
23:42Maria,
23:43call the private
23:43pediatric team
23:45in Manhattan
23:45and set up
23:46Gemma's follow-up care
23:47starting tomorrow.
23:48Helen,
23:49send me the
23:49nutritionist meal plan
23:50and get Gemma
23:52a few new outfits.
23:53All soft,
23:54organic cotton.
23:56Gemma,
23:56is there anyone
23:57in Pine Creek
23:58you'll miss?
23:59Any friends?
24:00Mrs. Miller
24:01next door.
24:02She was nice to me.
24:04She'd secretly
24:05give me bread and money.
24:07I'll have someone
24:08thank her.
24:09Anyone else?
24:10No.
24:11What about kids
24:12at school?
24:13No.
24:13Not even one?
24:14I had classmates.
24:16Just no friends.
24:17Why?
24:18My clothes
24:19were always torn
24:20and I smelled bad.
24:22They didn't
24:23want to play with me.
24:33not anymore.
24:35From now on,
24:36you can wear
24:37whatever you want
24:38and be friends
24:39with whoever you want.
24:41Mm-hmm.
24:42This feels like
24:43suddenly holding
24:44a huge birthday cake.
24:46I'm scared to move
24:48because if I do,
24:49it might break.
25:07How many floors
25:08are in this building?
25:0932.
25:10We live in the penthouse.
25:12You mean this whole
25:13top floor is yours?
25:16Ours.
25:18Huh?
25:21Welcome home,
25:22Ms. Whitrepair.
25:26Why are they all
25:27standing here?
25:29Don't be scared.
25:31They're the house staff.
25:32They help cook
25:33and take care of the place.
25:47Is this really my home?
25:50It is.
25:51This home is yours.
25:53If you want to roll around
25:54on the carpet,
25:55you can.
25:56Really?
25:57Really.
26:05Is it soft?
26:07Yeah.
26:08It is.
26:10Up you go.
26:11Let's go see your room.
26:13I get my own room?
26:14Of course.
26:16We kept your nursery
26:17exactly the way it was
26:18before you went missing.
26:20But you're a big girl now,
26:22so we had a new room
26:22made just for you.
26:25When did you do all this?
26:26Weren't you at the hospital
26:27all night?
26:28Made a call from the car.
26:29Had it set up.
26:44Do you like it?
26:53I just had the bunny brought in.
26:54If you don't like pink,
26:56we can change everything.
26:57Don't change it.
26:58I like it.
27:03From now on,
27:04if you want something,
27:05tell me.
27:06Anything.
27:07It's yours.
27:10This is my home now.
27:12No one's ever
27:13throwing me out again.
27:20All this is for me?
27:22Mm-hmm.
27:23The nutritionist
27:24put it together.
27:25You're too thin.
27:26We need to build you
27:27back up slowly.
27:37Miss Whitfield,
27:39have some soup first.
27:40It'll warm you up.
27:46Can I eat by myself?
27:48I mean,
27:49can you not watch me
27:50the whole time?
27:51Okay.
27:52We won't look.
28:07What?
28:09Who does she think
28:09she is making that demand?
28:18Eat slowly, okay?
28:20Mom's just gonna
28:20check on something.
28:22Brenda's making a scene
28:23at the sheriff's office.
28:24She says she paid for Gemma,
28:26raised her for seven years,
28:27got attached,
28:28and now she wants
28:29to see her.
28:30Not a chance.
28:31Absolutely not.
28:35She has the nerve
28:36to say she cares?
28:38She beat that child
28:39until she broke her bones!
28:41I've already told our lawyer.
28:42No contact.
28:44No visitation.
28:45This isn't just about visitation.
28:46I want more charges.
28:48Submit every photo
28:49of Gemma's injuries
28:50and make her serve
28:51ten more years.
28:52The team is already on it.
28:53But she has a lawyer, too.
28:55What kind of lawyer
28:56defends someone like that?
28:57A course-appointed
28:58public defender.
28:59The court assigned him.
29:01He doesn't get
29:01to choose his clients.
29:07Gemma, just eat.
29:08Don't...
29:08She wants to see me.
29:10That's not happening.
29:11She's not seeing you.
29:12I know.
29:14But why does she
29:15still want to see me?
29:16Probably so you'd
29:17speak for them.
29:18Say they treated you well.
29:20It could help her
29:21get a plea deal
29:22or a lighter sentence.
29:24Yeah.
29:24She's dreaming.
29:31Gemma, listen to me.
29:32Whatever she says
29:33or does,
29:34you don't have to respond.
29:35We'll handle it.
29:36You just eat well
29:37and grow up.
29:38And as for you
29:39going back...
29:40I know, Mom.
29:41I'm not scared of her.
29:42I was scared at her house
29:44because I couldn't get away.
29:45Now I have you.
29:47I'm not scared anymore.
29:49Then she can stay locked up.
29:50I'm going to eat my salmon.
29:52Dad missed a bone.
29:53It almost got stuck
29:55in my throat.
29:56What?
29:56I checked every tiny bone
29:58three times with threesers.
30:00Kidding.
30:15Miss Whitfield,
30:17don't touch that.
30:17I'll get it.
30:18It's too heavy.
30:21I've got it.
30:25Mom will help you.
30:28There were no strings attached.
30:31No,
30:31do this first
30:33if you want to eat.
30:34And no,
30:35be good
30:35or you'll get hit.
30:37They just ask what I want
30:39then give it to me.
30:41Like I'm enough
30:42just for being here.
30:43It feels so strange.
30:45I lie awake at night
30:47thinking,
30:48what if one day
30:50they don't want me anymore?
30:53What if I do one thing wrong
30:56and get thrown out again?
30:57The DNA test proved it.
31:00I'm their real daughter.
31:02You can't return
31:04your own daughter,
31:06can you?
31:12I'm a little thirsty.
31:20My whole body locked up.
31:22My hands shook
31:23like I'd touched
31:23a live wire.
31:24If you broke something,
31:26you got thrown out.
31:27You didn't get fed.
31:28I'm sorry.
31:30I'm sorry.
31:30I didn't mean to.
31:32I'll clean it up.
31:33I'll pay for it.
31:36Miss Whitmore,
31:37it's okay.
31:38It's okay.
31:40Did you step on any glass?
31:42I'll pay for it.
31:43I'll clean it up.
31:44I'll pay for it.
31:45Don't pick it up.
31:46You'll cut your hands.
31:47Miss Whitford,
31:48don't touch it.
31:51What happened?
31:58Gemma, look at me.
31:59Gemma, look at Dad.
32:02Let me see your hand.
32:05It's okay.
32:06It's just a glass.
32:07We have a hundred more.
32:08One doesn't matter.
32:09Ten don't matter.
32:10Yet you're not gonna hit me?
32:12No.
32:14No one will ever hit you.
32:15Gemma, listen to me.
32:16In this house,
32:17you don't get hit
32:18for breaking something.
32:19Doing badly on a test
32:20or making a mistake,
32:22no one gets to hit you.
32:23Ever.
32:24Because you're my daughter.
32:25My job is to protect you,
32:27not hurt you.
32:27Okay.
32:36Come on.
32:37Let's get that cleaned up.
32:55Does it hurt?
32:56Just a little.
32:59Hang in there.
33:04Your mom bought that.
33:06She changed everything she could
33:08to things you might like.
33:10It looks pretty.
33:12Dad.
33:13Yeah?
33:14I might still break things sometimes.
33:17Then let them break.
33:19What if it's something really expensive?
33:22How expensive?
33:23Like that vase on the cabinet?
33:26That one's worth over a million dollars.
33:28But if you broke it,
33:29I'd make sure you weren't hurt first.
33:31Then blame the vase for being there.
33:33What did the vase do?
33:34It dared to trip my daughter.
33:36It deserves to break.
33:37Then I won't break it for now.
33:39It's too expensive.
33:40That'd be a waste.
33:41Go watch TV.
33:42If you want some water,
33:44have Helen get it for you.
33:45I can get it myself.
33:47Use a plastic cup.
33:49Okay.
33:58This feels really nice.
34:01So being alive can actually feel nice.
34:09Giamma, do you want to switch schools?
34:13To where?
34:14Best private elementary school in Manhattan.
34:16We'll pick the one you like best.
34:17There's no rush.
34:18You can stay home and rest first,
34:19then start when you're feeling better.
34:21I want to go to school.
34:22I always got good grades,
34:23and I learned faster than the other kids.
34:25My old school just wasn't very good.
34:26I already knew a lot of what they taught.
34:28I want a better school.
34:29Okay.
34:30I'll have someone contact them tomorrow.
34:32But...
34:33What is it?
34:34I don't really know how to make friends.
34:36At my old school, nobody talked to me,
34:38and I'm not very good at talking to people first.
34:40What if I go to a new school,
34:42and nobody wants to play with me again?
34:44Then don't play with them.
34:45Is that really what you're teaching her?
34:47I mean, she doesn't have to force it.
34:50Not with friends.
34:51Just be yourself.
34:52The people who like you will come to you.
34:54And the ones who don't,
34:55they're not worth changing yourself for.
34:57He didn't say it very well, but he's right.
35:00Jema.
35:00There are going to be lots of kids your age at your new school.
35:03They won't push you away for old clothes or anything like that.
35:07You won't have to wear worn-out clothes anymore,
35:09and you don't have to worry about that now.
35:12Just be yourself.
35:14It's not the clothes.
35:15I'm scared I don't know how to smile.
35:17In the seven years I lived with the Carters,
35:19I hardly ever did.
35:20Over there, smiling was dangerous.
35:22But I'm only eight.
35:23I shouldn't be thinking about stuff like that.
35:26Jema.
35:27What did they call you before?
35:29Daisy Carter.
35:30They just made it up.
35:32Daisy.
35:33Your real name is Jema Hope Whitmore.
35:35Your dad chose it when you were born.
35:37Jema means a precious jewel.
35:39And hope?
35:40Because with you,
35:41tomorrow always felt worth believing in.
35:44Jema Hope.
35:45Honestly,
35:47it sounds a thousand times better than Daisy Carter.
35:50Jema's enough.
35:51Your mother and I have always called you Jema.
35:55Jema.
35:56I like it.
35:57It sounds like a real name.
35:59One that's mine.
36:01Okay.
36:02I'm Jema Hope Whitmore.
36:06My tummy's full.
36:08And so is my heart.
36:10Jema.
36:11What grade are you in now?
36:13Second grade.
36:14But I can skip straight to third.
36:16Are you sure?
36:17I've read third grade textbooks on my own.
36:19The town library had them.
36:20And I read almost all of them.
36:21Then let's test her.
36:22Please prepare a third grade placement test.
36:24Okay.
36:33I'll take care of it.
36:34What do you want for lunch?
36:35I can have Helen make something and bring it over.
36:37The school has a cafeteria.
36:39The cafeteria food might not be very good.
36:41Mom,
36:42I want to eat in the cafeteria.
36:44I want to have lunch with the other kids.
36:46Okay.
36:47Eat at school.
36:48Okay, I'm going now.
36:50Wait!
36:53Wait!
37:01Gemma,
37:02I'll pick you up after school.
37:04If you're upset,
37:05call home.
37:05My number's saved on your smartwatch.
37:07Got it.
37:10She's so fair
37:11and her braids are so mean.
37:13Okay.
37:13Gemma,
37:14take your seat.
37:15Your third row by the window.
37:21Hey,
37:21I'm Chloe.
37:22Where'd you go to school before?
37:25Near Pine Creek.
37:26That's so far.
37:28Why'd you transfer here?
37:29We moved.
37:31Oh,
37:31so where do you live now?
37:32Chloe Quinn.
37:33Here.
37:34Class has already started.
37:36Oh.
37:38Want to go to the snack shop after class?
37:41I'll treat you to flaming hot cheapos.
37:43Sure.
37:54This one's for you.
38:05spicy,
38:06salty,
38:07and really good.
38:08The kind you know is junk food,
38:10but you still can't stop eating.
38:12Good, right?
38:14Mm-hmm.
38:18My mom doesn't let me eat these.
38:20She says they're full of artificial coloring,
38:23but I can't help it.
38:24What about you?
38:26My mom doesn't know.
38:28Then it's a flaming hot Cheetos pact.
38:31Secret between us.
38:32Okay,
38:33flaming hot Cheetos pact.
38:34I didn't have to watch anyone's mood
38:36or try to please them.
38:37We just had to finish a bag of snacks together.
38:45Gemma,
38:45Was your old school big?
38:49Not really.
38:50So is our school big?
38:52Really big.
38:53Even the playground has a rubber surface.
38:56Yeah,
38:56and we even have an indoor pool.
38:58Can you swim?
39:01No.
39:03That's okay.
39:04We'll teach you.
39:05Run with us in gym.
39:09What's your favorite color?
39:12Pink.
39:13Me too.
39:16I like purple.
39:21Purple's pretty too.
39:24I didn't know what to do with that kind of warmth.
39:29They weren't going to hit me or yell at me.
39:32They just wanted to talk to me.
39:42How was it?
39:44It was good.
39:46Did anyone give you a hard time?
39:48No.
39:49Did you make any friends?
39:51I made one.
39:53Her name's Chloe.
39:55Chloe?
39:55What's she like?
39:58She's kind of chubby,
40:00eats a lot,
40:00and talks really loud.
40:03She sounds nice.
40:08Dad?
40:09Yeah?
40:09Someone asked what school I used to go to today.
40:12I just said it was far away.
40:14They didn't ask anything else.
40:15Hmm.
40:16If anyone asks about your family,
40:18you don't have to answer.
40:19Nobody gets to make you explain what you've been through.
40:25Dad?
40:26Hmm?
40:28Are people in Manhattan all rich?
40:30No.
40:32Some are very rich,
40:34and some are just getting by.
40:36Then are we the rich kind?
40:40You could say that.
40:42How rich are we?
40:44Why are you asking that all of a sudden?
40:46Just curious.
40:47Chloe said her dad owns an ice cream shop,
40:49and she thinks her family is already really rich.
40:52so I want to know if we have more than they do or less.
40:56Hmm.
40:58A little more.
40:59How much more?
41:01Gemma, you're eight.
41:03You don't need to worry about that yet.
41:05Okay.
41:08You're back.
41:09How was your first day?
41:11Pretty good.
41:11I made a friend,
41:13and I had Flamin' Hot Cheetos.
41:15Flamin' Hot Cheetos?
41:16Yeah.
41:17Chloe shared them with me.
41:25A Flamin' Hot Cheetos packed.
41:31You're crying over one little short rib?
41:35I'm not crying.
41:36I just got dust in my eye.
41:38What are you two talking about?
41:39Why should you-
41:40Nothing.
41:40Sit down and eat.
41:43A month went by,
41:44and my life settled into a rhythm.
41:46Every day felt safe.
41:48Safe in a way I could count on.
41:50I didn't have to be scared all the time anymore.
41:53Who put these here?
41:55No idea.
41:57Your dad spent two hours online last night
41:59figuring out what books eight-year-old girls like.
42:10Thanks, Dad.
42:12Hmm.
42:20Not sure yet.
42:21Brenda may have sent him after you,
42:23or he was just there to cause trouble.
42:25Starting today,
42:26you'll have protection to and from school.
42:27I'll assign a security team.
42:29They'll keep their distance
42:30so your classmates won't notice.
42:31You don't need to worry about it.
42:33Okay.
42:34Brenda Carter.
42:35Her name felt like a bug
42:37crawling out of the trash.
42:38I thought she was in prison,
42:40but somehow she was reaching for me again.
42:42Dad.
42:44Yeah?
42:45How long did Brenda get?
42:47Child trafficking,
42:48plus multiple felony child abuse charges.
42:51She got five years and six months.
42:53And she's still causing trouble from inside,
42:56sending her brother after you.
42:57Trying to get less time on appeal.
43:01She actually claimed she'd done her duty by you.
43:04She's asking for a reduced sentence.
43:07Taking care of me?
43:09She hit me?
43:11Starved me?
43:12Blew me out in the cold?
43:14That's taking care of me?
43:16It's not happening.
43:17My legal team won't let her cut even one day off her sentence.
43:21What about her brother?
43:23We reported him to the police.
43:24He got a formal warning.
43:25If he comes near the school again,
43:26they'll detain him.
43:27Dad.
43:28Yeah?
43:28I'm not scared of her.
43:31Really.
43:32I was scared before because I couldn't get away,
43:35and no one helped me.
43:40It's different now.
43:48Yeah.
43:49I'm here.
43:51No one gets to touch you.
43:55Yes, we've already called the police.
43:57But that's not enough.
43:58I want an emergency protective order.
44:00Yes, emergency.
44:01I don't care what the court needs.
44:03If that man comes within 500 yards of my daughter again,
44:07I'll make sure he goes to prison with his sister.
44:13You're back.
44:14Hungry?
44:15Don't worry.
44:18Mom's not worried.
44:19Mom's just angry.
44:21I know.
44:22The vein right here is throbbing.
44:24You got that from me, too?
44:26Genetics.
44:29Okay, go wash your hands.
44:30Helen made honey glazed ghost chicken.
44:38Mom.
44:38Hmm?
44:39Can I learn something later?
44:41Like what?
44:42How to fight.
44:45Not because I want to hurt anybody.
44:47Just in case.
44:49If someone comes after me,
44:51I don't want to just wait for help.
44:52I want to protect myself, too.
44:54Taekwondo, boxing, or judo?
44:56Any of them.
44:57I'll find you a coach.
44:58Weekend classes.
44:59It won't affect school.
45:01I could protect myself, too.
45:03That felt safer than a soft pillow and hot short ribs.
45:09Summer came.
45:09I grew almost an inch, and my face finally filled out.
45:15My face wasn't all yellow anymore.
45:18I finally looked healthy.
45:20Mom measures me every week and marks it on my door flying.
45:23Every little bit, she snaps a picture for the family group chat.
45:27Dad says she takes it more seriously than company quarterly reports.
45:30I've had eight Taekwondo classes.
45:33I can do front kicks and roundhouse kicks now.
45:36Coach says I'm explosive.
45:38I was weak before, but I'm getting stronger fast.
45:42School's getting better, too.
45:43I got an A on the midterm.
45:46You've only been here three months.
45:48How'd you get an A?
45:49Reading.
45:51What book works that well?
45:52I'm buying it, too.
45:53Did you eat so many Flamin' Hot Cheetos you left your brain in the bag?
46:00I've noticed I smile more than I did a month ago.
46:03It's still small, but it's enough.
46:12Gemma, look here.
46:16What are you doing?
46:18It's your first midterms at your new school.
46:20Of course we need a picture.
46:22Mom, this is so extra.
46:23It is not.
46:24It's your first big test here.
46:25We have to get a picture.
46:30Mom, if you cry again, I'm not posing.
46:34I'm not crying.
46:35The sun's just too bright.
46:37Come on.
46:37We're getting barbecue tonight.
46:39Dad already made a reservation.
46:41Really?
46:41Really.
46:42He said top three calls for a celebration.
46:46That was my shadow.
46:47Clean, whole, and held.
46:51It was the same girl who'd curled up by the trash can three months ago.
46:58But it didn't feel like her anymore.
47:02Mom.
47:03Yeah?
47:04Thank you.
47:06For what?
47:09For looking for me for seven years.
47:13Mom, I don't blame you.
47:15Either of you.
47:18You don't have to thank us.
47:21Your dad and I are the ones who owe you.
47:26We didn't protect you.
47:28It wasn't your fault.
47:31It wasn't your fault.
47:38Manhattan is alive in June.
47:41People sell ice cream.
47:43Walk their dogs.
47:45Ride bikes.
47:48Everywhere I look, life feels warm and real.
47:53That winter three months ago.
47:56That blizzard.
47:58It already feels so far away.
48:14Can you handle spicy food?
48:17Yep.
48:18How spicy?
48:21As spicy as the flaming hot Cheetos Chloe gave me.
48:32All right.
48:33Family barbecue platter.
48:34Half plain, half spicy.
48:35You help her with the meat.
48:37I'll handle the salad.
48:40Why are you only eating vegetables?
48:42Your mom's got me cutting back.
48:44That's so sad.
48:45You're eight.
48:46You don't need to feel sorry for your dad.
48:55This is so good.
48:57Slow down.
48:58Don't choke.
49:02Dad, have one.
49:06Thanks.
49:12Ah.
49:15I ate too much.
49:17A second ago, at wing number eight, you were asking for one more.
49:21That was eight-wing meat.
49:23This is 12-wing meat.
49:25Totally different.
49:30Have some fruit.
49:31You're not eating that much tomorrow.
49:33We'll see tomorrow.
49:46Three months ago, when I found that missing child flyer, I thought maybe I could be their daughter.
49:53Back then, I thought I was pretending.
49:56If I played along, maybe I'd get food and a place where nobody hit me.
50:00But the DNA test said I wasn't pretending.
50:04I really am their daughter.
50:06I didn't lie to anyone.
50:08I just found my way home beside a trash can.
50:12Two quarters, one payphone call, and I got a home.
50:16What if I'd spent that 50 cents on an eraser?
50:19What if I never found that missing child flyer?
50:23What if I'd been a little more scared and never made that call?
50:27I'd probably still be with the Carter family.
50:31Claire's humming on my left.
50:33She's off-key, but I didn't tell her.
50:37The streetlights turn everything warm and yellow.
50:40The wind is hot.
50:43June hot.
50:46There aren't any stars.
50:48The city lights are too bright.
50:51But that's okay.
50:53I don't need stars anymore.
50:56I have streetlights.
50:58A road home.
51:01And people waiting for me.
51:04That's enough.
51:06The city lights are too bright.
51:07The city lights are too bright.
51:08The city lights are too bright.
51:08The city lights are too bright.
51:08The city lights are too bright.