My Sister's Keeper - Unexpected Encounter in the Waiting Room
Secretary: [Over the intercom]
Your 11 o'clock appointment is here.
Alexander:
I don't have an 11 o'clock appointment.
Secretary: [Through door]
Wait, you can't go in there!
Sara:
Get your hands off me. Mr. Alexander, I'm Sara Fitzgerald, Anna's mother.
Alexander: [To secretary]
It's okay, Gloria.
Gloria:
Are you sure? Because I don't mind calling security.
Alexander: [Gloria leaves]
No, no. Thank you. What can I do for you, Mrs. Fitzgerald?
Sara: [Reaching into her bag, taking out a card and handing it to him]
The legal age for emancipation of a minor is 14 in the state of California. It's the law, you might want to check it out. Anna is only 11.
Alexander:
I'm aware of the law she's challenging.
Sara:
She can't. She's too young to stand for herself.
Alexander:
I'm filing for her as guardian ad litem.
Sara:
As what? A family independence agency?
Alexander: [Hands the power of attorney over to her]
I have 15 years as a volunteer member of the ACLU. In addition to which, I have this power of attorney signed by your daughter.
Sara: [reading]
This'll never hold up. It's not even legal.
Alexander:
Anna doesn't want to do it any more. And 11 years old or not, she has rights. And so long as she wants to move forward, I am going to help her.
Sara:
Why? What's your interest? This isn't a case for you. There's no money!
Alexander: [outraged]
What's my interest!? Eight hospitalizations in eleven years, six catheterizations, two bone-marrow aspirations, two stem-cell purges!
Sara: [Indignantly]
She was helping her sister!
Alexander: [Ignoring her]
Not to mention the side effects, including bleeding, infections, bruising. Filgrastim shots! Those are growth hormones, am I correct?
Sara:
Something like that.
Alexander:
Drugs for nausea, opiates for pain, Ambien for sleep. Not exactly the proper medication for a pre-teen!
Sara:
Every procedure had its risks and complications! Anna understood that, she was okay with it!
Alexander:
Really?
Sara:
Yeah!
Alexander:
At five years old?
Sara: [Angrily]
Oh my God, you're good. You're really good. You know, I've seen your commercials, right? I mean, who hasn't! I always thought you were some sort of headline-seeking hack, but you have real talent. You almost had me believing that you cared about Anna!
Alexander: [Coldly]
Funny, I was about to say the same thing to you.
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