Date: 10-12-06
Scene: The Morning-Joan and Adam's bedroom
(Tired, Adam rests in the bed while Joan is in the bathroom urinating)
Joan (crying, she screams from the bathroom): Adam!
Adam (worried, he runs into the bathroom): Yes, what is your problem?
Joan (shows Adam some blood clots in the toilet): I urinated and blood clots came out of my body
Adam (choked up): I know it isn't normal for pregnant women to have blood clots
Joan (putting the blood clots in a plastic bag): I need to go to the hospital right now
Scene 2: The hospital-Obgyn's office
Joan (giving the doctor the bag containing the blood clots): Blood clots came out of my body when I urinated in the toilet this morning.
Obgyn(looking into the bag): I see
Adam (anxious): So is everything alright with the baby?
Obgyn(placing a fetal monitor on Joan's stomach): I don't know,but let me check
Joan (praying): OH GOD, please save my baby
Adam (assuring Joan): Our baby is alive
Obgyn(showing Joan and Adam an image of the baby): I can see the fetus and its body is not moving. No fetal heartbeat can be located on the ultrasound. Your daughter died as the result of a miscarriage.
Joan (heartbroken, she sobs): I miss my baby
Adam (devastated): No!
Obgyn(giving Joan some pills): The baby needs to be delivered in order for you to feel better. These pills will be able increase your contractions. Your labor should start either tomorrow or the next few days.
Joan (sniffling): OK
Adam (kissing Joan): I love you
Date: 10-13-2006
Scene: Adam and Joan's bathroom-the bathtub
Situation: Joan is in labor and it is Adam's job to deliver the child in the bathtub.
Joan(entering the final stages of labor, she cries out in pain): Adam, is it time for me to push yet?
Adam (checking Joan's cervix): You are fully dilated so you can start pushing right now
Joan (struggling with an extremely painful contraction, she screams and begins pushing): AHA..AHA..AHA
Adam (holding a tiny dead baby girl in his arms): Hope is finally here
Joan (exhausted from pushing): Hope is so tiny and yet beautiful
Adam(putting Hope in a shoe box): Rest in peace, my angel
Joan (sobbing): We should bury Hope in the cemetery after her memorial service
Adam (kissing Joan): I love you
Joan (sniffling): I love you too
Date: 10-14-2006
Scene: The Cemetery
Situation: Hope's Funeral
Joan (crying, she holds the shoebox containing the dead fetus): Goodbye, my angel
Adam (choked up): Hope will never be forgotten for as long as her spirit remains here with us
Joan (giving the shoebox to the pastor): We can bury the baby now
Pastor (burying the shoebox in the ground): Rest in peace, precious beloved child of God
Joan (crying in Helen's arms): Mom, I miss my baby. Judith is gone and now so is Hope.
Helen (consoling Joan): Joan, God will give you and Adam more children in the future
Joan (angry, she breaks out of Helen's embrace): Please don't mention him meaning God to me anymore. I am suffering right now
because of him.
Helen: Joan, thats not true
Joan (hysterical): I don't understand why I am in so pain if he does love me
Will: Joan, God must be testing your faith
Joan (yelling): I don't believe you
Kevin: Joan, you need to calm down. You might disturb the dead from resting in peace.
Joan: Please shut up, Kevin
Luke: Joan, I am very deeply sorry for your loss. What can I do to ease your pain?
Joan (sobbing): I am dying inside myself. Why have you decided to open your eyes now instead of during the times when I needed you the most?
Luke: I was blind to the truth
Joan: Unbelievable
Carl Rove: We all are here for you now. That has to count for something, right?!
Joan(looking down at the ground): Somewhat
Adam (pulling Joan into a tight embrace, he kisses her): I love you
Joan (becoming emotional again): I love you too
Adam: Eventually things will get better with time
Joan (doubtful): What if..
Adam: Nomore What ifs, Jane. Let us dream and think positive thoughts.
(Joan kisses Adam one more time then she pays a visit to Judith's grave. Heartbroken, Joan pours out her heart before Judith in the form of tears. Patiently, God stands in the shadows waiting to embrace Joan)