(gentle music)
(siren wailing)
(jenny grunts)
- license and registration, ma'am
you aware you ran a red light two blocks back.
- I'm aware there is no light, two blocks back, officer.
- Step out of the vehicle, ma'am.
- What?
Officer is that standard procedure?
- Step out of the vehicle, ma'am.
- Officer, is this...
What are you doing?
(they kiss) (bird chirping)
you better stop, cowboy.
Save the hot stuff for tonight, or
there's gonna be blood in the streets.
- Buzz kill
- I'm making chicken mole for dinner,
supposed to be an aphrodisiac.
- Promises, promises.
(jenny chuckles)
- okay.
Hey, don't forget to pick up the munchkin
at five from daycare.
I'm cramming, big time to finish my latest blog post.
- We aim to serve, ma'am
- by the way, you are getting way to go
to this christian gray thing.
This attractive self assemble crib
and solid beech frame with collapsible sides for ease of use
and assembly using an allen wrench,
and twist in place screws.
Firewood.
Look for your brainiac moms who enjoy doing rubics cubes,
hours of assembly wait for you.
But if you would rather spend time with your darling,
wee one and their hot baby daddy,
there are no sweet dreams in store for you with this crib.
- Hey, there she is.
How's my big girl?
- Good.
- You have fun today?
- Yeah.
- Yeah?
And what do you say to ms. Cooper?
- Thank you, mrs. Cooper.
- You're a good girl, lily.
Lily, where is your book bag?
- Oh, get your bag.
- Can I talk to you a moment, mr. Markham?
- Yeah, sure.
- Lily is a bright and well-behaved little girl,
but almost a little too well-behaved.
- What do you mean?
- She's very quiet, a little too quiet.
By now most kids would have joined playgroups
or have some friends,
but lily stands back to play with her imaginary friend.
- Imaginary friend?
- Lily acts like no one else is in the room.
She calls her “milly.”
- thank you for bringing that to my attention.
I'll discuss it with my wife,
and see if we can do something to bring her out of her shell.
(upbeat music)
- [woman] contact us now at info@echohilldesign.Com.
(suspenseful music) (machine beeping)
(jenny grunting)
- [kelly] one live twin and one stillborn.
- [milly] where are you mommy?
Come find me!
Where are you, mommy?
Come find me!
- Honey, we're home!
All, right let's see here.
- Hey.
- It's already 5:30, I had lost track of time.
I haven't even started dinner.
- Well, pizza it is then.
- No, no, I'll think of something.
- What do you here, sweetheart?
- It's cory's mermaid's night, with sequence, seaweed,
and everything!
See it's the color of the ocean.
- Wow.
Well, nothing says lingerie like seaweed, right, daddy?
- Cute, right?
- Say it mommy, say it!
- This wash and wear aquatic nighty and tule and velvet
with glitter applique and sensational seaweed trim
is a must-have for all fish fans aged 3 to 5.
And it retails for $39.95.
You were in such an oipmp.
- I am not an over-indulgent parental meat puppet.
- These are not the sales you're looking for, luke.
You must never pay retail.
(connor growls) (jenny laughing)
stop! Stop! Stop!
- Hey, hey, a just punishment
for misquoting "star wars" classics.
- Stop!
- Mine turn, daddy, my turn.
(connor growling) (lily laughing)
- gimme that.
- Okay.
Omg.
I just paid 40 bucks for fish lingerie.
I really am an oipmp.
- [jenny] yeah.
- Hey, do you know it comes in your size?
- Don't push your luck, aqua man!
- Okay.
My bad.
I'll just smuggle it out tomorrow and return it.
Then you can do your magic blogger thing
get it wholesale.
- Good luck with that.
- Look how pretty, mommy!
- How was school, honey?
- We learned about “stranger danger.”
- what do you mean, “stranger danger?”
- remember like you said, never talk to any strangers
if you or daddy aren't there.
And then we played a pretend game,
someone tries to pick you up, you flop down on the ground
or scream.
Drag me mommy, drag me!
Bet you can't
(lily screaming)
it's the world we live in, babe .
- [lily] mommy!
- You're like a baby whale.
- A whale is not a fish, mommy.
Everybody knows that.
- You're right.
You're my clever little girl.
(gentle piano music)
- [lily] look how pretty she is.
- Mrs. Cooper said, she's still really shy
with the other kids.
- Hmmm how about that, honey?
Wouldn't it be nice to make some friends.
- I don't need to, I have milly.
- Come here, baby.
Wanna play a song?
- [lily] yeah.
- Okay.
(soft piano music)
good.
Hey, you remember how we talked about
how your sister can't come back?
Yeah, so milly's not real anymore, honey.
You need some real friends to play with, okay?
(lily pounds piano keys)
- she is too, daddy.
Just ask mommy.
- Hey sweetie, why don't you go wash your hands
and then you can come help me set the table
for dinner, okay?
- Oh, goody!
Cory loves water!
- Yeah, don't make a mess! (water splash sounds) lily: Os: Swish, swish, swish
(soft music)
- seriously?
Don't you realize what you're doing to her?
Putting these ideas in her head.
Do you not want her to have friends?
- Of course I do, but I'm not gonna lie to her.
I feel milly's presence.
I know you don't wanna talk about it-
- five years, jenny.
Five years, milly's been gone,
and you have a living daughter to take care of.
You have got to move on - for all of our sakes.
- Twins are so naturally bonded.
It broke my heart to lose her sister.
- You don't think it broke my heart too?
But lily never knew her twin,
she gets this fixation on milly from you.
- Then why do I still feel her?
- You know what your therapist said?
This obsession isn't healthy for any of us?
You used to be so active in the community,
you used to have tons of friends.
Now you hardly even leave the house anymore-
- my work keeps-
- don't say your work.
You choose to work at home instead of the magazine.
You choose to work all these crazy hours,
when you know, you know we get by with less.
You and lily, you need to get out of the house more,
make new friends.
Connor: Look,
why don't you go see dr. Ormandy again?
It's been a while.
- I'll think about it.
- You know we can't go on like this.
- Okay.
I'll make an appointment this week.
I promise.
(kettle whistling)
(birds chirping)
- seems like a good place to start getting out a bit more.
It's not too far, it's right up your alley.
- I'll think about it.
- Well, you've got some time,
it's not for another month.
Hey! - Stranger danger!
- Oh, nice one!
Oh, it's like that, is it?
Is it two against one, eh?
Well, daddy's gonna need a forklift,
and some pizza to refuel.
- Oh, come on pizza it's just a grilled cheese on steroids.
(thunder rumbling)
milly!
- [milly] mommy
[milly] mommy!
- [jenny] milly!
- [milly] where are you, mommy?
(jenny groaning)
mommy! I'm so sad, mommy.
Where are you, mommy?
Why can't you find me?
Mommy, find me
- milly!
(soft music)
fudge and biscuits, get it together, jenny!
Dr. Ormandy! Oh, I'm gonna be late.
(engine revving)
(jenny screams) (tires screeching)
- whoa lady, what are you doing?
(jenny sighs) - okay.
Custard and bacon!
- [ormandy] you're making good progress, walter.
- Thank you, doctor, you've been immensely helpful.
Thank you.
- Let's see how those affirmations do for you
and see you next week?
- Same time, yes.
- Yes, thank you.
- Okay.
- Did mrs. Markham call to cancel?
- No, doctor.
She should be here.
I'm sorry, I'm late! I'm sorry.
- Come in, jenny.
Please make yourself comfortable
it's been almost a year
- my husband and I thought it might be a good idea
to review some of the ways you taught me to deal with
everything after the birth.
And I've been feeling and sensing...
- Milly?
- Yeah, milly.
It always comes back to milly.
- I know how very difficult this has been for you.
But we made such progress before.
Was there something in particular that brought this on?
- I mean, I had it under control
lilly's getting older now she's five, talks a lot,
and she's been talking about milly too.
- When you say “too”
are you saying that you also talk about milly
with your daughter?
- I don't talk to her
I mean, she has questions, you know?
So I don't wanna ignore her.
She talks about her like she's there.
She can sense her too.
- Is that so unusual?
- Is what unusual?
- That a child who takes her worldview from you, her mother,
her primary caregiver would mirror your feelings
and your emotions - would feel what you feel?
Shy children make up imaginary friends all the time.
But in cases like this, associative effects
can be unconsciously transferred from parent to child,
especially ones weighted with heightened emotions like grief
or guilt.
- I don't think that that's what's happening-.
- But how can you be sure
that she's actually feeling something
or she's just parroting your own distress?
Let's look at this from a different angle.
How are lily's relationships with other children?
Is she well adjusted?
Does she have healthy relationships with children her age?
- Oh, she's a little shy.
Oh no!
I'm the reason that she's so shy
and so I'm the reason she's so withdrawn from other kids!
- Let's not do the blame game, it's counterproductive.
But I do think it's time
that no matter how much you still feel milly
that you begin to ask yourself: What is best for lily?
- Hi, mrs. Cooper is jenny markham.
I'm just letting you know that I'm gonna be a little late
to pick up li-
- oh, you know, I am aware it's inconvenient
no, you absolutely have a right to your own life-
I'm very sorry!
I'll be right there.
(birds chirping)
sorry, thank you!
Hey sweetie.
- I don't wanna hear it.
This isn't the first time this happened, ms. Markham.
It is inexcusable to keep your child waiting,
let alone her teacher. [jenny groans]
I'm not at your beck and call.
I suggest that you pull yourself together for her sake [jenny: But I-]
or find another daycare.
- Oh, I'm sorry.
I...
Oh.
- I know you're always be there to find me.
- Of course I will ,my little minnow.
- How come mrs. Cooper is really upset?
- Mommy was late again, honey.
Let's go home.
- Mommy, it's a mess. [jenny groans]
- okay, come sit on the front while I fix this.
Of course, of course, okay.
I'll just be a sec, honey.
Okay?
(jenny sobbing)
- hey, are you okay?
- Yeah, I'm fine.
Jenny's just, it's been five years, man.
I don't know what to do anymore.
- It's gonna be all right.
Stand by her, you must.
Get through this, you will, young jedi!
- Okay, what did I tell you about that?
- Hey, all right, all right, all right! {connor's friend makes yoda sound]
♪ in the silence deep resounding violence of two hearts ♪
♪ beating for each other ♪
♪ in the quiet stillness I'm reminded of what ♪
♪ it means to love another ♪
♪ I will carry it on for you ♪
♪ when the light has gone
♪ and all the night has fallen
♪ when the lights off, says good night ♪
- hey, handsome.
Is she sleeping? I wanted to kiss her goodnight.
- I wouldn't do that
we had to find waldo 17 times before she nodded it off.
Speaking of finding waldo,
I am going to finally clean the basement tomorrow.
- Oh no, I'll do it.
- Are you sure?
- Yeah, just not tonight
I'm too tired - I can't even watch tv.
- Well, there are always alternatives to tv
organic ones
you might even say, “bionic” ones
- oh, you think you're all that,
you've been watching too much nick at night!
(funky upbeat music)
- okay, show me what you got $6 million man.
(both laughing)
♪ have the time of our life ♪
♪ let's have the time of our life ♪ [jenny giggling]
- tinkers in time, another wonderful gift idea
about tinkers in time,
a fun, family-friendly sci fi series about the cool
and quirky tinker family who gets sucked
into a temporal wormhole in their custom rv
that jumps to different high points in history.
Makes history fun for kids ages 8 to 16.
- I love that book, especially anya.
- Yeah, she's the best
- daddy!
- Hey.
- How's my blue tang?
- Good.
- Yeah?
- Still swimming!
Hey. - Hey.
- How's work?
It's wine o'clock!
(thunder rumbling)
- no milly, no! Don't go!
No milly, no! Don't go!
Don't go! It's dangerous out there!
Mommy, mommy, mommy, wake up!
Milly!
(suspenseful music)
lily?
Lily?
Are you in the bathroom, baby?
Connor, lily's gone!
Lily?
Oh, my god! The door's open!
- Hey hello little girly, you wanna take a ride with uncle ernie? [jenny screams!]
- [driver] hey earnie! Let's go, right now!
- Hey you!
- Take good care of that little girly, or we will.
- Baby, are you okay?
- Look, grace, baby, what are you doing out here alone?
You could have been badly hurt!
You hear me?
You scared daddy so much.
Never ,ever do that again!
- I was looking for a milly.
- What?
- I was looking for milly.
- Oh my god!
You're still doing it, aren't you?
You still talking about milly!
Are you satisfied?
You wanna lose our other daughter too?
- No.
Connor! Of course not!
I'm sorry-!
- No more!
You hear me? No more!
This stops now or I am taking lily and moving to a hotel!
Is that what you want?
- No!
- I need you to say it and mean it!
- No more milly.
No more milly, okay, I'm sorry!
I'm sorry.
- What do you mean about milly, mommy?
- Oh baby it's just...
Milly has to go on a trip
a really long trip.
So from now on, it's just gonna be you and me and daddy,
okay?
- Cory too, right?
- Yeah.
- But where is milly's going?
- Milly is gonna go somewhere
where she gets to be happy all the time.
- Why can't we all go?
- It's not our time yet, but I promise you one day,
we're all gonna be together, okay?
Just not for a really long time.
- Corey says no.
- Honey-!
- Young lady, you will never, ever,
ever go outside without our permission, do you understand?
I'll take her back to bed now.
And install coded locks on the doors tomorrow.
(jenny crying)
- daddy, you're squishing me.
-Sorry, baby,
daddy loves you so much.
- I love you too, daddy.
This one's for milly.
- No, we had this conversation last night, remember?
Milly's not with us anymore.
Cory is gonna get a time-out if you don't behave.
- No mommy, poor cory.
- Then eat your cereal
- that's my big girl, daddy's proud of you.
You gonna be you okay here?
- Yeah.
- I'll be home early.
Bye, little fishy.
- Bye, daddy.
(door closing)
- hey, babe.
Mommy has some stuff to do in the basement,
so I want you to color me a really pretty fish picture.
Can you do that?
- Yeah.
- Okay, you and cory, okay?
- Did you hear that, cory?
You and me and miil-
you and me get to color a picture.
- Yeah.
Okay, all right, I'll be right back.
Eat all your cereal, please.
(suspenseful music)
♪ something perfectly works, spin around like a child ♪
♪ going on that you are ♪
♪ you are good for my heart ♪
♪ something rare something strong ♪
♪ stands against all the odds ♪
♪ love that blooms in the dark ♪
♪ you are good for my heart ♪
- my darling milly.
My whole life is wrapped up in words, but for this,
there are none
a mother's love flows wordlessly from deep in our souls
where love and loss and fear and hope
are all tangled up in our anxious hearts.
I mourned that I would never see you giggling
at tea parties with your sister
or sliding into home base or tossing your cap at graduation
or inventing a cure for cancer
or walking down the aisle in your own incandescent joy
or with little darlings of your own.
But I get comfort from knowing that
you will never feel sorrow, sickness or suffering.
Never feel the winter of old age.
You'll be perfect just as you are, forever.
I thought my love for you left me empty,
but now I see that it's made me full,
full of love and compassion
that binds me to all living things.
That was your gift to me, my little darling.
And my gift to you is: I release you -and me.
You were made with love and I release you with love.
I release all sorrow from my heart.
So only love remains, so that you, my star child, and soul daughter,
can soar up to light the heavens with your radiance and joy
until we all meet again someday
so if you're struggling with something
and you need to connect just know that
there's people out there
who understand what you're going through
- what you coloring me, little minnow?
- Blue tang.
- Yeah.
- I forgot my lunch.
- Hi.
- Hey, what do you say we go out to dinner tonight?
Huh?
We'll go burger shack, dino's, maybe get some nice fish filets?
- No fish, daddy, it could be cory!
- Oh, right!
- When are they gonna find that darn fish?
I'm starting to miss my fish fridays!
(jenny chuckles)
♪ catching on like a wildfire ♪
♪ feel as though there's a brand new star ♪
♪ pain is gone now is so much brighter ♪
♪ a new song in my heart ♪\
- I love you milly.
♪ I'm seeing everything new ♪
♪ all things new ♪
♪ like for the first time a perfect view ♪
♪ you could feel like this too ♪
♪ catching on like a wildfire ♪ feeling a brand new start ♪
- mommy! Mommy!
♪ pain is gone now is so much brighter ♪
♪ a new song in my heart ♪
♪ pain is gone now is so much brighter ♪
♪ a new song in my heart ♪
- I think the fringe needs a new picture.
What'd you say?
- Yeah.
- Okay.
♪ storm is over and a new morning is something beautiful ♪
♪ oh so wonderful, I can feel it now ♪
♪ sun come through the clouds ♪
♪ it's brand new day ♪
(upbeat music)
- well, what do we have here?
- Carnival bean bag toss.
Sports four 10-oz, durable poly bags
and a two by three target with a four-inch hole.
- All right here we go.
Oh, good thing the boys can't see me right now,
I'd be the laughing stock!
- Hey!
- Oh, there's just no winning with you two!
- Oh, you know, 2-time softball champion,
old habits die hard!
That was funny.
- Okay, daddy's getting tired.
Oh, what a day
feels good to get out of the house.
- Yeah.
Yeah, I've been thinking about the mommy and me expo
that you told me about
I think that I'm gonna go.
That's a good idea, there's tons of products to review
it'll keep me busy for weeks on my blog.
- Babe, that's a wonderful!
Hey, I'm proud of you.
- Thank you.
I can take lily with me, she can help me kid-test
some of the products
have nice three-day weekend - leave on a Friday
I love it.
- Thank you for the suggestion.
- You bet.
Hey, hey, did I mention
that they have a licenses child-minding station?
We could have a couple hours to ourselves
in the bed and breakfast officer.
- Well, in that case
I'm gonna have to take a very thorough witness statement.
What's the matter?
- Oh, nothing
I just thought I lost lily for a second.
She's right there.
- I think we could all use a weekend getaway.
I'll see if I can get Friday off.
- I just had a great photo shoot
for the cover of tots and toys magazine.
It's such an honor and I had a blast!
So make sure to pick it up at a newstand near you
next month!
Hey danny, how was dwayne's game?
- Oh, ms. Markham you should have seen 'em!
Made a 30-yard pass right in the pocket,
won the game 15 to 12 with two seconds to spare!
- This is a first.
Doesn't it feel good not to be so rushed.
- You know, it does.
- I saw your interview in tot's and toys! Great piece.
- Thank you.
I'm proud of it.
- You should be.
Well, we are making great progress, jenny.
It's clear you are committed to a happier more outgoing life
and putting your past behind you
same time next week?
- Actually I'm driving up state.
I'm going to cover a me and mommy expo at springfield.
- Springfield?
Oh, isn't that nearby-
- where I gave birth and lost milly? Yes.
- Is that wise?
Being near there can trigger
really difficult emotions for you
and you have come so far with your progress.
- Well, I gotta make a living, doc.
Plus I feel really good.
You know, I feel like I'm getting it together.
- Well good.
(soft music)
- well, I really wish that you could come early.
- I finished that monthly paperwork.
- Yeah, I know.
Well, I will try and get my work done early
then we have a little extra time.
Love you.
Hey guys, it is a gorgeous day in sunny ole california,
and lily and I are taking a little weekend getaway upstate
to have some fun at the me and mommy expo.
Come by and say hi and take selfies with me!
- Are we still looking for milly, mommy?
You know, sweetie, you've been really good about this,
but remember we promised daddy,
we wouldn't talk about milly anymore,
she's in a good place and we can still love her,
but we've got to make new friends, okay?
- Finding cory
[whispering under her breath] finding milly
- look!
- [lily] cool!
- [jenny] guess what?
You were born a couple of miles from here.
Mommy got caught in a thunderstorm
and I went into labor and, presto: My little angel!
- Milly too, right?
- Yeah, baby, milly too.
(upbeat music) (indistinct chatter)
(girl singing in chinese)
(upbeat music)
- hey guys, so lily and I just showed up
to the me and mommy expo.
And I just want to encourage all you new moms
to go find your tribe.
There's some really great vendors.
There's some really creative people
and overall just a wonderful support system.
So I'm gonna keep you posted on my adventures today.
(upbeat music)
- this is so wonderful.
- Mommy, come slide with me!
- Oh, I think this one's for display, honey.
- This was actually our stainless steel
rust resistant model,
ah, it has 150 pound weight capacity.
So I think you're both safe.
- [jenny chuckles] okay, great, we'll take a flyer, thank you.
- All right.
(camera clicking) (jenny laughing)
- ooh and a boomerang.
- It's not a toy.
- Oh, you are right.
Look at this one: Making room for nona.
You know, this book is about a family
who's lost someone they love and they're sad.
- Like our family.
- Yeah, like our family.
Hi five! Whoohoo! Whistling frisbee it's music to my ears -
but not during nap time!
Thanks.
[jenny] okay, sweetie, mommy has some extra work to do.
So I'm gonna take you to the daycare
so I can finish my day, okay?
- But I wanna go with you.
- I know, but it's cold and it's windy outside.
I'm gonna take you to daycare,
they probably have snacks and lots of toys.
Hi, I'm jenny markham, I'm here to register my daughter.
- Sure, ms. Markham, we'll take good care of her.
What's your name, dear?
- It's lily, she's really shy.
She doesn't really play with many kids
look, face painting! She loves face painting.
- I just need your license and cell phone number.
- Sure.
- Thank you.
- Great, I'll be back in a couple hours, okay, bug?
- I'm not a bug, I'm a blue tang.
- Wow, you've got a regular little zoologist there!
- Have fun, thank you.
- Come on in.
You can play.
Hey ,cindy.
Oh, I love the adventures of alex walker books!
It's great for kids 8 to 16.
- Who doesn't love talking animals.
- Oh my lily's certainly does.
- Jenny, hi it's just so amazing to meet you in person.
- It's an automatic “three heart “ mom rating,
it's a great gift and a good read, thank you.
- Thank you.
- Hi, would you mind if we took a selfie?
- No, I'd love to!
- Thanks.
- Hi.
- [all] hi.
(girl speaking mandarin chinese)
- hi welcome.
- To the great wall and the silk road
- beautiful, thank you.
(girls say goodbye in mandarin)
(indistinct chatter)
- how's it going?
- Good though, I must say she doesn't seem shy at all.
She's been chatting away this whole time
with another little girl.
- My lily?
Lily!
Oh, my god.
- Stop that!
Who said you could photograph my daughter?
Are you some kind of creepy stalker?
- Of course not!
I was taking a picture of my daughter.
Who are you?
Why does your daughter look so much like mine?
- {lily] no!
- Lily, stay here, okay?
I'll be right back.
I need to talk to you!
Where'd they go? Where'd they go!
Come on.
Help me please! A woman just stole my daughter!
- Oh, where?
When?
Description?
- At the child-minder station, she's getting away!
Oh, she had fairy paint and a white tutu.
She actually, this woman,
she stole my daughter's twin five years ago.
I thought she died, but she didn't die.
- So let me get this straight
you're looking for a baby who died five years ago,
who is somehow maybe taken by some unknown person
and you just realized it now?
Do you have any proof of these wild allegations?
- I have a picture.
You see?
- Uh uh. I'm sorry, ma'am, you know, these are useless as evidence.
Mrs? - Markham.
Look, I know that this sounds far-fetched but, look,
you can tell that they're identical!
- Okay
why don't we go to my office and I'll take a statement.
- She's getting away!
- Nope, mrs. Markham, my office now!
- They took my id at the babyminder station
so maybe they have some information
♪ 49 bottles of beer on the wall ♪
♪ 42 bottles of beer ♪
- okay, enough, you guys!
Sunshine boys you're not! I've called you a lyft!
♪ you are our sunshine ♪
♪ our only sunshine ♪
♪ you makes us happy ♪
♪ when skies are gray ♪
(indistinct chatter]
- look, I realize it sounds crazy,
but I gave birth here five years ago, just down the road.
- [sheriff] ah...Huh.
[sheriff] so
you saw your - excuse me -
you saw your deceased baby with your own eyes?
- Sorry, I couldn't get here sooner.
What's the status?
- We managed, doctor. One live twin
and, sadly, the other stillborn
and one live birth in the next room.
- [doctor] my my, you've been busy!
Shame about the stillborn, but-
- my baby! My milly.-!
- [nurse] doctor, I think she needs a shot.
- No!
- [nurse] lie down, lie down!
- Yes, but that never felt real.
A mother knows these things.
My therapist didn't underst-
- therapist?
- Clearly I was distraught.
- Your name please?
- Jennifer.
Jennifer markham.
Look, I don't understand how this has any relevance,
we have to go after this woman before she gets away!
- So it says here that you were given
two months of mandatory psychiatric observation
after the birth - death - of one of your babies.
And then you harassed some random woman
insisting her baby was yours.
- I had a baby and I don't know where she went-!
- [cop] we have a posible 151-50 -
- no, no I lost my baby and-!
It was a terrible mistake.
I had just come from the hospital and I wasn't
it was postpartum depression!
I know that wasn't my baby, but I saw this one - she's mine!
- I understand the pressures of motherhood.
It took me years to conceive.
But with a history of psychiatric issues,
no proof of any crime, no child in evidence
you're on very thin ice.
My advice to you would be to go home before this woman -
whoever she is - decides to press charges against you
for slander or worse, stalking,
both of which could have serious repercussions on you
and your fitness to care for your other daughter.
That one's trouble.
- Hey, baby!
Mommy missed you so much, baby!
- What's wrong, mommy?
- Nothing.
Mommy is just a little bit stressed out,
but everything's better, I promise.
- Now that we found milly,
everything's gonna be okay, right, mommy?
- What did you just say?
What did you say?
- Milly's coming home with us, right, mommy?
She's not happy where she is
she wants to be with me, with us.
- You saw her too, right?
- Yes, mommy.
- Okay.
- [connor on voicemail] this is connor, leave a message.
- Hey, I found milly! She's here at the expo.
I know I said I would drop it and I promise you, I tried,
but oh my god, connor, lily saw her too.
And the sheriff,
she doesn't believe a word that I'm saying.
So I'm gonna go after her, okay?
I love you.
Hey, mommy's gonna go get milly.
You stay here, and I'm gonna be right back, okay?
- Good afternoon, sir.
Reason I pulled you over is you've got a taillight missing.
How long has that been broken?
- I don't know officer, I had no idea.
It was fine the last time I drove it.
- Well, it is a correctable violation
let me see your driver's license and registration, please.
- Yes, officer.
You're just doing your job.
- Be with you in just a moment.
- This is coming out of your allowance!
(phone dialing)
- [jenny's voicemail] I found milly!
She's here at the expo.
I know I said I would drop it and I promise you,
I tried, but...
- Damn it, jenny.
- Ah, you have a nice day, sir, you're free to go,
get that taillight fixed!
- See? A little common courtesy goes a long way. [soft music]
- here we go again.
[jenny takes cell photo]
- I need to see the sheriff.
- Slow down, ma'am.
I'm sergeant tsu and you are?
- Jenny markham.
Sergeant zoo, I-
- tsu.
- Sergeant shoe.
- Tsu, sergeant tsu. Oh, never mind.
How can I help you?
- Um, I just really need to see the sheriff.
- She stepped out a minute ago.
Can I help you with anything?
- Yeah, actually do you, um, know this little girl?
She looks so familiar.
- Oh, gosh, that could be melinda.
Not quite sure though.
- [jenny shows picture of lily] how about that one?
- Oh, yeah, that's definitely melinda.
What a little cutie.
- Melinda milly!
Does she live near here?
I should say so.
That's the sheriff's daughter.
Isn't she precious?
But awfully shy. Doesn't make friends easily.
(suspenseful music)
um
who's this woman?
That's the sheriff's sister, kelly.
She's an obgyn nurse at the clinic in town.
Great nurse.
Pillar of the community that one.
(jenny groaning)
- almost there, almost there mama. You're doing great!
You're doing great
breath in, you're okay
I have a gift for the sheriff
I was wondering, could you tell me where she lives?
Sorry ma'am, we're not allowed to give out
private information, but you can leave it here with me -
- that's ok, thank you.
(phone ringing)
- jenny.
- Oh my god, connor, I found her!
It's milly, it's really milly. She's here.
I've got to get our daughter back, but the sheriff -
- jenny, slow down.
What about the sheriff?
(phone disconnects) connor?
- Jenny? (connor redials0
- [jenny's voicemail] hi, you've reached jenny markham. Sorry, I missed your call
leave me a message, and I'll get back to you as soon as possible.
- Jenny, I'm - I'm on my way, kay?
Don't do anything stupid, baby.
I mean, I mean, just rash! Look, just to hang on,
I'll be there as fast as I can, okay?
(connor fumes) (tire screeching)
(indistinct chatter)
hi, I'm here to pick up my daughter, lily markham.
- Lily?
We don't have a “lily” on the register.
What?
No, but -
lily! Where's my daughter?
This is a mistake -
this is lily - my daughter - lily.
- I don't know what game you're playing, lady,
but that's the sheriff's daughter.
- She's in my preschool class.
Her mother just picked her up five minutes ago.
Oh my god!
I'm looking for sheriff! Have you seen the sheriff?
Have you seen the sheriff, please anybody?
No? God!
I'm looking for the sheriff, have you seen the sheriff?
Has anyone seen the sheriff?
- The lady cop?
- Yes.
I think she just left.
Where? Which way did she go?
With her little girl. Where, where, please?!
- That way.
- Thank you, thank you so much, I'm sorry!
Where'd they go?
There.
No! They're leaving!
Connor, where are you?
Just follow her !
She's alive!
Oh, okay, oh, okay!
Come on, come on, where' are they,? Where are they?
Come on, come on, come on!
(dramatic music)
no, no, no!! Ahhhh!
Ahh, okay!
Oh, lily, lily, lily, oh!
Go, go, go, go, go!
Move! Move!
(phone ringing)
- come on, let's go.
There you go.
All right, then.
Get in the car.
Get in the car, come on, hurry!
-I got you, got you!
Milly - she's alive, I knew it!
- Get in the backseat, okay?
Oh my god!
Are you out of your mind?
What's she doing here?
We could have bluffed it without her disappearing too!
I don't know, I don't know what came over me, but I mean,
they just look like they belong together.
Never mind, I'll figure something out.
We could have bluffed it without her disappearing too!
Are you out of your mind?
[nurse kelly os] why are we - what is your plan?
I'm scared, milly.
- [nurse kelly os] what were you thinking? - Me too, lily.
- I want mommy! (crying)
- [sheriff] am trying to focus on what the plan is gonna be.
- Don't go, don't go.
Sheriff's department, sergeant tsu speaking.
What can I do for you this fine day?
- Yes, hi, this is officer markham with lapdp
may I speak with the sheriff, please?
Pretty sure sheriff cowl is not in at the moment,
she's feel popular today.
Hey there, did you say, “markham?”
could that have been your pretty little wife
in here a minute ago?
- Yes, yes, yes it was.
Ah, is she still there?
- No.
She popped out of here like a jack-in-the-box.
What did she want?
Well, now she was mighty upset about some little girl.
She thought she saw at the expo.
(voicemail to connor) babe, I'm going after them.
Please don't be mad.
I'm not losing them - not both of them!
I love you.
Ah, you've been very helpful, thank you, officer um
- sergeant tsu.
- Sergeant zoo, right.
Look, if my wife comes back in,
would you please have her call me? She's -
- her battery's probably dead again, thanks.
Yup, trouble.
(connor growls) (siren wailing) (jenny pounds wheel) please, please!
- I can't believe you would do this to me
after all that have done for you.
- Shut up!
Shut up!
I have to think - there's a way out of this!
And you are in up to your neck,
so why don't you shut up and help me?
- [jenny] where have they gone?
[jenny] there they are!
- Okay, we keep them both under wraps
and say markham went crazy and attacked us with a knife.
- [sheriff] and I had to defend my family
- yes.
You know what you have to do.
- Silence her.
- Connor come on.
(phone ringing)
dang it!
- Come on, out of the car.
- All right.
- Let's go, go inside.
- Okay.
Let's go. - Let me go!
- Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on.
Come on, let's go! - Time to go, come on.
- Move! - Don't pull.
- Right now. - Come on, let's go.
- Stop pulling! Come on, get inside.
- Oh, my babies, no, no!
- Don't pull. - Okay, come on girls, come on.
Get inside, both of you - don't do that!
Kelly get the bags!
- What are they doing, what's going on?
Connor, where are you?
No, no, no!
I can't wait for connor.
- Ann, she's here! She's here!
- You're persistent, I'll give you that much,
but this is the end of the line for you.
- Just give me my daughters!
- Not gonna happen!
Move your car, markham.
- Please
please, just give me my kids
and I won't say anything, you guys can go!
- Move. Your. Car!
This is your last warning, I'm not gonna ask again.
I will not leave my daughters.
(gun fires) (glass breaking)
this is jenny morgan,
I'm unarmed, being held at gunpoint by sheriff cowl.
- Are you seeing this?
It's jenny from the jenny mom blog!
- I'm unarmed, I'm being held at gunpoint by sheriff cowl.
- Are you kidding me?
That's our sheriff.
This can't be real
it's some kind of publicity stunt.
- She kidnapped my daughter,
this is not a hoax! If you're seeing this, send help!!
- Ann!
Lower the gun, please.
We'll take the girls across the woods to sarah's.
I'll get them.
Come on.
- [lily] mommy! Help me, mommy!
- [milly] don't hurt milly!
- Shut up!
- Maybe we should just call the cops
and let them sort it out?
- Sheriff's department, sergeant tsu speaking
what can I do for you this fine day?
- [woman] there's been an emergency!
You're not gonna believe it!.
- Shut up stay behind me, come on.
- Lily, don't be scared, mama is here for you -
and milly.
(gun fires) (jenny moans in fear)
- what's happening?
- [jenny] lily don't be scared, mommy is here!
I'm gonna help you - and milly!
- I don't know what to say.
You better do something quick or they're gonna get away.
This is an all-points bulletin on our very own sheriff cowl
for the abduction of child or children -
oh heck, just go find her, okay, guys?
Last seen at 9451 corner of pine.
Maybe consider her armed and dangerous.
- Run!
(gun fires) (jenny moans, pants with exertion)
- come on, come on!
- Oh, my god, they're getting away! They're getting away!
- Kelly?
- Just stay behind here and you don't make a sound,
do you hear me?
Sit down - come on!
Stainless steel, rust-resistant slide with a 150-pound weight limit.
Whistling frisbee music to my ears -
just not during nap time.
Please work.
(frisbee whistling) (gun firing)
this classic carnival game, bean bag toss comes with three,
10-oz, easy-to-throw polyester bags.
How could you?
How could you steal my baby?
I loved her!
- Don't talk to me about love!
You have no idea what it is like.
Year after year, trying to conceive.
Then finally conceiving only to miscarry over and over.
Do you know what that does to a woman's soul?
Finally, I carried a baby to full term
(sheriff screaming in childbirth)
- okay, push, push! Okay, I can see her -
I can see her head!
Breath, breath, I need one more push! Yes!
(cowl screaming) one more push, yes!
There you go.
There you go, there you go, there you go.
- Oh, no! - Give her to me.
[sheriff] what's wrong?
[nurse kelly] I'm so sorry, she's gone.
(sheriff crying unconsolably)
ann, I need you to lie down!
I need you to lie down!
- Just let me die!
Just let me die! [nurse kelly] ann, no!
- [jenny] help! Help, please!
Help, help.
- I'll be right back, don't do anything. (sheriff still sobbing)
[jenny] oooooooo! [nurse kelly] okay, all right.
Just gonna deliver baby number two, mama.
All right?
(jenny grunting)
there you go
there you go!
There, you got a baby girl!
(baby crying) (sheriff crying)
(thunder rumbling)
ann! Ann! (sheriff crows in delight)
(dramatic music) [nurse kelly] okay okay
- [doctor] sorry, I couldn't get here sooner.
What's the status?
- We managed doctor one live twin in here and, sadly,
one stillborn and live birth in the next room.
- [doctor] my, my, you've been busy.
- Where's my baby?
[doctor] now, now a little rest [jenny] no! No !
- I was ready to kill myself rather than endure
one more day without a child to love,
until kelly put a darling, living, breathing baby
in my arms.
- That is no excuse to steal another woman's child.
You could have adopted.
- You already had a daughter.
You didn't need another one.
Not when it was a matter of life and death to me!
- Your pain does not make it right.
I nearly drove myself mad knowing that everyone,
but me thought she was dead.
Even my husband - her father!
I knew she was out there somewhere,
and I couldn't hold her when she was crying,
and I couldn't protect her when she was in danger.
I'm taking my lily back now.
(gun cocks)
- shut up and drop the bat.
Don't try any funny stuff.
I'd hate to have to shoot you
you being such a devoted mother and all.
- What she said.
- Lily, milly! I'm here!
- Mommy!!
- Get back there!
Both of you get back there - now! (the twins wimper in fear)
- mommy's here, girls! (sheriff pistol-whips jenny)
(jenny groans)
you're not their mother!
I would rather kill them than let you have them!
What's wrong with you? (jenny groans in pain)
you call yourself a mother?
What kind of a mother eats its young!
Don't you get it?
It's over!
The whole world saw what you've done!
I am their mother.
They are mine!
Not gonna happen.
A deranged woman came at me and my daughter with a knife
(dramatic music)
unfortunately, I had to put her down to protect my family!
You have a history of mental illness
who's gonna believe you over me?
A decorated police officer.
- I would, a decorated police officer.
Babe!
Would you please tell me what in god's name
is going on here?
- Your wife, she went crazy, she took -
[jenny] connor! Look!
Mommy!
- [nurse kelly] run! Run into the woods!
(gun fires) (connor yells in pain) (gun shot)
(sheriff groans in pain) (lots of groans and anxious noises) (connor groans in pain)
(sheriff groans in pain) [nurse kelly] it's okay, let me see!
He got you real bad.
I need to bandage this right away, okay?
[sheriff] kelly, get out of here.
Go. Get the girls and get out!
Oh, babe, I'm so sorry, I'am so sorry.
She's alive!
She's alive.
(connor cries out in pain)
- babe, you're hurt.
- No, I'm not leaving you.
- Please.
- No, I'm not gonna leave you.
- Please, kelly .
This is .. This is the last thing I'll ever ask you.
- I won't leave you!
- Mouse go.
Go.
- Okay.
Let's go, stop pulling.
Come on.
Oh no, they're getting away! Come on, let's go! (connor cries out in pain)
- babe, you gotta go after them. She's unarmed.
You got this.
Hey, you got this.
Go get our babies back, my killer - love you!.
[jenny} I got this.
- Hey, here's a wooden angled-
- it's a weapon!
Yeah.
Get our girls!
I love you, mrs markham
go.
I'll keep that monster busy.
(gun fires) (dramatic music)
hey, listen at me is psycho cop killer!
You're not going anywhere, and neither our girls!
- Damn you, markham!
- Here comes the calvary!
- Come on, come on, come on, stop pulling!
- [lily] let me go, you're hurting me.
- Let's go!
Pick up the speed, let's go!
- Oh, lily, milly!
- Let's go, come on!
(lily screams)
- lily!
- Come on! Stop crying - let's go!
- Lily!
- [kelly] come on!
- Milly!
[nurse kelly] stop pulling!
(kelly groans)
hey, no, c'mere! Get back here, both of you - now!
(lily cries out in pain)
come on, pick up your feet.
(dramatic music)
- what happened?
Where's ann - I mean sheriff cowl?
- She shot me.
Careful, she's still dangerous! She's right over there.
My wife went up there and girls in the woods!
Please help us, hurry! - Keep pressure there.
Come on, come on!
Let's go get them!
Ann! Ann!
(sheriff gasps in pain) how could you?
How could you?!
What were you thinking?
Come on, go get the kids!
I'm sorry.
Let me go!
Mommy!!
Lily! Stranger danger!
[nurse kelly] what are you doing?
Come on!
Come here!
[lily] milly, don't go - we just found you.
Stay with us!
- What are you doing?
Oh my god, get up!
Get up!
(sound of flying boomerang) fool! We've been one step ahead of you since the very beginning.
We've got eyes on the back of our heads!
Looks like you're blind as a bat to me.
- No, no, no, no, you don't want to get too carried away.
(jenny cold cocks nurse kelly) (kelly groans)
- shut up.
This is our mom.
And if we ever get lost, she'll find us.
Mom, meet milly.
- Milly, my sweet darling.
I've been waiting to meet you for so long
(sirens wailing)
(soft music)
- daddy!
- No, don't touch my kids.
- Milly, come meet daddy.
(soft music)
what's wrong?
- Absolutely nothing.
So if happily ever after had a face - these last few weeks -
having milly back and feeling my family complete
and knowing that what I knew all along was true,
it's like a dream.
I can't even explain it.
And I just wanna encourage everybody out there that
if you know something,
if there's something deep inside of you,
that you have a deep understanding of,
I want you to follow that.
Trust that. Trust your truth, and find those around you,
who support you and love you.
And I'm just so grateful