Original subtitles

- J'

- My name is Joy White-- l'm here to see Ann Pettway.

- MALE GUARD: Does she know you're coming?

- No.

- GUARD: Park over there--I'll put you through security.

- J'

' [9"°flI\il\g in pain]

I was on my way to school and my water broke.

- We almost didn't make it.

- What's your name, honey?

- Joy. Joy White.

- And, Joy, how old are you? - She's 16.

- And this is your first pregnancy?

- Yesl

- Name? - Ann Pettway.

- You want to tell me what happened, Ann?

- I started having pains, so I came here.

- Is this your first pregnancy? - Nol

- ls there anybody you want us to call?

- No. Nol Nol - A family member?

- [machines beeping]

- DOCTOR: Scalpel.

- NURSE: Pushl - [groaning]

- Push, now--come onl - You're almost therel

- DOCTOR: Scissors...

Forceps...

and suction, please.

. Big pushl - [roaring]

- [machine beeping]

- [baby crying]

- [machines beeping]

- I told you it was a girl. - But I was surel

- Your mom owes me a chocolate cake now.

' [both laughing]

- I always wanted a baby girl. - Yeah?

- Don'! nobody love a guy like his baby girl.

- Isn't she beautiful? [coos]

- She looks just like you.

- She's got your eyes. - [laughs]

- What are we gonna call her?

- I am not naming her after your mom.

- I guess Carl Jr.'s out of the question.

- Who says? - [chuckles]

[chuckles] Carlina Renae White.

- Daddy's little girl.

We love you.

- Nol I did everything right.

Everything rightl

I didn't drink--I didn't smokel

Why did this happen again? - DOCTOR: The blood work shows

some abnormalities with your hormone levels.

- What?l I don'! even know what you sayin'l

- ll is unlikely that you could sustain a full-term pregnancy.

- Mm. Mm-mm. Mm-mm. I don'! even believe you.

Stop lyingl Stop lyingl - Nursel

- Stop lying-- what you do with my baby?l

- DOCTOR: Nursel You need to calm down.

- What'd you do with my baby-- I'll find her myselfl

I'll find her myselfl - Get some Ativanl

- I want to know where it isl - Hold her downl

- What did you do with my baby?l

- This is my grandbaby,

Carlina Renae White.

Oh, precious.

Why she's named after her father instead of me, I don'! know,

but the Lord works in mysterious ways.

[chuckles]

Can we bow our heads?

Heavenly Father, we'd like to thank you

for bringing this healthy little girl into our family.

May she always know how it feels to be loved.

Amen. - Amen.

- Amen. - Amenl

- What's that Carlina-- I think she said, "Let's eatl"

- [all chuckling]

- Let's eat.

- She's gorgeous.

Welcome home, sweetie pie.

- DOCTOR: How is she?

- NURSE: She hasn't eaten in days--she just lays there.

- We need the bed.

- Should we try the psych ward?

- Nah, there's no beds there, either.

- Miss Pettway...

Your vitals look good.

We can have you out of here this afternoon.

How's that sound?

- [machine beeping]

- Have you thought of other alternatives?

You can foster a child, you can adopt a baby...

My wife and I adopted just last year.

- [softly] Nobody's gonna give me no baby.

- J'

- [babies crying]

- J'

- [cooing to baby]

. [baby cries]

- J'

- J' All night J'

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J' Angels watching over me, my Lord J'

J' All night J'

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J' Angels watching over me N'

- [phone ringing] [cash registers ringing]

- Are you ready?

- To try on shoes?

- No, you know--for the baby.

Because you look like you're about ready to drop.

You're carrying it high... like it's a girl.

Is this your first?

I had one last year.

You won'! sleep, but you'll love it.

You'll see.

Now how do those feel?

Ma'am?

- I think they're kinda tight“ can I get a size up?

- I'll go check.

- J'

- Good morning, Doctor.

Her history?

The patient's had three miscarriages,

and according to her blood work,

it appears her body is too weak to have a child.

But, like I told her, there's a cure for everything

if you're willing to take matters in your own hands.

Yes, Doctor?

- J'

[voice breaking] I knew you'd have a solution.

- J'

- [baby crying]

- I just took it again--it's 104I

I'm leaving right now.

No, Carl--tell your boss you're leaving now.

Meet me at the hospital?

Okay, bye.

- [baby crying]

- J' All night, all day J'

J' Angels watching over me, my Lord J'

- [baby crying, ¢°'-l9l\il\9]

- J' All night, all day J'

J' Angels watching over me, my Lord J'

- Uh, the children's ward-- where is it?

- J' All night, all day J' - Thanks.

J' Angels watching over me N'

[baby crying]

- I never should have took her to the park.

It was too soon. - It's not your fault.

- No, no--maybe I'm not ready to take care of a child.

I'm just--[whimpers] I'm just too tired.

- You are a great mother.

- [sniffles and groans]

- It's gonna be fine, right?

Our baby is gonna be fine.

- Oh, girl, yeahl

I see this all the time.

Babies bounce back faster than us.

- See? - [laughs weakly]

- [baby gurgles]

- What's your baby's name?

- Carlina.

- Your name Carl, right? - Yeah.

- [all laughing] - That's cute--I like that.

- Okay, we're giving her antibiotics now,

and the fever should break by morning.

Did you want to stay the night with her?

- I may have to get back to work.

I'll make a call. - [whispering] Okay.

Okay.

- [sighs] You're gonna be okay.

' [baby fusses]

- WOMAN ON INTERCOM: ...on hold, line two--on hold, line two.

. HEY-

. HEY- . HEY-

- What's your name? - It's Joy.

- I just want to tell you I overheard you earlier,

and you're a good mother, Joy. - You think so?

- Yeah, girl, I can see it. - Thank you, Miss...

- You know what else I can see? - What's that?

- You tiredl - [laughs] I am.

The baby keeps me up. - Oh, she keep you up, right?

- The baby keeps me up.

- Why don'! you go home and rest for a few hours?

- I should stay here.

- Girl, don'! be silly--for what?

All you're gonna be doin' is sittin' round here waitin'.

We got your number--if anything happen, we'll call you.

- I don'! want to leave her here alone.

- Joy, the baby don'! cry for you.

You cry for the baby.

I tell you what-- I tell you what.

I'll watch her myself.

. Okay-

Maybe a quick shower, just...

I'll just go home and pick up a few things.

- I got you, I got it-- I tell you, I got it.

- I gotta get back to work.

- Can you run me home on your way back?

- Let's go.

- I'll be back soon.

Please look out for my baby.

- I 901 you--I got you.

Go on... go. - Okay.

- WOMAN ON INTERCOM: ...to radiology, please.

...to radiology.

- J' Watchin' over me J'

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J' All night J' - [baby gurgling]

- J' Angels watchin' over me M

- [suspenseful music]

' [baby fussing] - Ohl

Oh nol

- J' All day, all night J'

J' Ange-- N' - [bell dings]

- GUARD: I haven'! seen you around before.

- I just started. - That explains it.

The only way to survive the late shift

is by making sure you get plenty of sleep on your day off.

- I'll keep that in mind, thank you.

- [bell dings]

- Have a nice night.

- [horns beeping]

- MAN: Just keep the meter running--I'll be right back.

- [police siren wailing]

. [baby cooingl

. [§ighS] It's okayl

It's okayl - [baby fussing]

- It's okay. - [baby fussing and coughing]

- I got you-- I got you now.

L 901 you.

- J'

' [lelephone rings]

- Hello?

Yes, this is Carlina White's mother.

No, I left her at the hospital.

Wh-What's wrong?

Missing?l

What do you mean she's missing?

- [shouting] What the hell happened?l

- [gasps]

- Detective Dalton, N.Y.P.D.

Between 2:30 and 3:30 a.m.,

medical personnel, or someone posing as medical personnel,

removed your daughter from the ward.

- Will she hurt my baby?

- I can'! answer that, Miss White.

- Security cameras--there's gotta be something on those.

- DALTON: Unfortunately, cameras aren't working today.

- Fingerprintsl

- We can only match them if the perpetrator

has committed a crime in New York.

We believe the kidnapper worked at the hospital

or pretended to work at the hospital,

so we're scouring files. - How long is that gonna take?

- I can'! answer that, Miss White.

- Well, maybe you can answer this.

How are you gonna find my baby?

- Why don'! you tell us what you know.

Did you speak to anyone privately?

- No. - Yes, that nurse, remember?

- Yeah, she told me, "The baby don'! cry for you.

"You cry for the baby."

That lady was trying to get me to leavel

- Did you get her name? - She wasn't wearing a tag.

- Can you describe her? - She was black-

- Around my complexion- - O-older--

- --heavy-set...

- Like she just had a baby...

- Or just lost one.

- [sobbing]

- [train clacking over tracks]

- We have reason to believe that this woman is involved

in the kidnapping of Carlina White.

The city of New York has posted a $10,000 reward

for any tip leading to the baby's return.

This is the first time in the history of this city

that a child's been taken from the hospital.

- FEMALE REPORTER: Sir, another comment?

- [other reporters muttering]

- [sobbing] I want my baby back.

She didn't have to do that to me.

I was carrying her for nine months.

She didn't have to take her from me.

[sobbing]

- I think the lady's just scared

because she thinks we're gonna press charges,

but I just want to tell her,

"l won'! press charges against you.

Just bring our daughter back."

- [train whistle blows]

- WOMAN: Ohh, hiiiil - ANN: Heyl

I need a picturel Eh--stop--awwwl

- [camera clicks]

- Heyl - [cooing] rm

[gasps]

- Okay, be careful now. - WOMAN: Okay.

- Be careful. - Okay.

- [baby coughs] - She been a little sick.

' [baby ¢oughing] ' l 901 you.

Hil - That's my girll

Hey, babyl - What's your name, baby?

- Say, "My name's Nejdra Nance."

"My name Nejdra Nance." - Where's your daddy, Nejdra?

- "My daddy's out working today."

- Dealing drugs ain't working.

' [baby fusses]

- You look like a Netty

I'm-a call you Netty

You hear that, Netty?

I'm your Auntie Cassandra. - I'm gonna get the bottle.

- Can you say, "Cassandra"?

- [horns beeping, traffic droning]

- [street din]

- Excuse me, miss, my daughter's been kidnapped.

If you could give me a call if you see her--

Excuse me, sir, my daughter's been--

[sighs] Excuse me, sir--

- [child lau9l\i"9]

- [children playing]

- CARL: Hey.

[sighs]

I spoke to my boss.

I'm gonna get that raise

so we can start looking for our own place.

- Don'! bother.

They're never gonna find her. - Yes, they will.

- Carl, just stop.

- [hotly] Why are you so mad at me?

Joy, no one could have known this would happen.

It was late, a shift change,

the cameras not working-- it was like a perfect storml

- I keep thinking about that night--

that... nurse,

all those things she said to me.

She--I called a lawyer today.

Somebody's gotta pay for this.

Somebody's gotta pay.

- CASSANDRA: When's her birthday?

- July 31.

- Why did it take you three weeks to bring her around?

- They kept us in the hospital

for a little while. - And you didn't call nobody?

- I didn't want to bother folks.

- I ain't "folks"-- I'm your sister.

- Okay. I started having contractions.

I didn't want to take no chances,

so I went straight to the hospital.

I didn't want no problems.

I got there.

They didn't think she was gonna make it.

But she did.

- [ominous music]

- You're my little miracle baby, Nejdra.

You're my little miracle baby.

- [door creaks]

- [sniffs and sighs]

- J'

- It's been nearly a year that 19-day-old Carlina White

was snatched from a Harlem hospital.

Parents have filed a $100 million lawsuit

against the city

that charges lax security and shoddy hiring practices.

- Carlina's life is priceless.

No settlement in the world could ever measure up

to having my daughter back.

- I can't believe the police haven't found my daughter yet.

In the beginning, there were helicopters

and police officers everywhere,

but it all died down rather fast.

- Detective Dalton? - [phones ringing]

I need some good news. - We're working on it.

- [whispering] You said you'd find her.

- Look, there was a woman.

Someone saw her at the hospital, then on the train with a baby.

We're checking-- - If Carlina was a white girl,

you'd have found her by now. - You really believe that?

- At least she'd still be in the papers.

- What do you want me to say? - I want you to keep your word.

Find my daughter.

- [printer screeching, phones ringing]

- And that's $43.96.

- WOMAN ON INTERCOM: Cleanup in aisle 2.

Cleanup in aisle 2. - Here you go.

- Keith, I need an authorization.

Hold on a second, Mrs. Alexander.

- Is there a problem?

- Uh, no--there's just been an uptick in fraud.

We just need to verify this quickly.

- I got cash.

- Sure. Thank you.

. Okay-

- Hold on a second, Mrs. Alexander.

- [irritably] What? - Your change.

- WOMAN ON INTERCOM: Marcus, can you come to the deli?

Marcus to the deli.

- [door swishes]

- [baby crying]

- Auntie Cassandra's gonna get you some milk.

Ugh, we're out of milk.

- That's why I went to the store.

That's why I went to the store" get my baby some milkl

Yesl Mwahl You miss me?

Yes, you didl - [baby gurgling]

- Oh, baby. - [carton hits trash]

- What you gonna do with that?

- I am gonna make Nejdra a new outfit.

A dress and a hat--you like it? - That's sweet.

I like that. - It's sweet, right?

- I like that--I like that one.

- Her daddy's taking us out for her first birthday,

and I want us to look extra nice.

- You need to cut him loose and get yourself a job.

- [baby cooing] - For your information,

Miss Holier-Than-Thou, I gets me a job.

- [scoffs] Well, let me show you

what we been doin' all day. - Nol

- [Cassandra, in baby voice] I'll go with you, mamal

' [baby squealing]

- Come here, preciousl - [both women squealing]

- CASSANDRA: Hi, mamal

- You did itl - CASSANDRA: That's rightl

- We'd like to open up three accounts.

One in my name.

- One in mine.

- And one is a trust in the name of Carlina White.

- And she is?

- Our daughter.

- That's good planning- where's the little one?

- Do you see her? - Uh, Carlina's not with us,

but we're hoping she will be soon.

- Well, our minimum deposit is $100 per account.

Is that okay?

That's almost half a million dollars.

What do you have to do to make that kind of money?

- It was a settlement, okay?

- Want to get a coffee or something?

- I'm gonna be late. - How about tonight?

- I can't. - You can'! keep avoiding me.

- I've got to get to class.

- How's the studying going?

- Carl, I know you've been trying,

but every time I look at you, I see Carlina.

I see her face.

I see her eyes.

I don'! want to be angry anymore.

- It's my fault, right?

We both left the hospital that night.

You think you're the only one that's angry.

There's not a day goes by

I don'! think about what our lives could've been like

if this didn't happen.

- I'm sorry.

I just... can't.

I just can't.

- MAN: Hey, what's up, cutie?

- Don'! you ever talk to strangers, you hear me?

What do you do if a stranger tries to give you candy?

- I scream "Nol" and run. - Good. Good.

- Do I gotta go? - Yes, you gotta go.

- Can'! you teach me?

- Mama can'! teach you everything, baby.

Don'! you want to grow up and be smart,

like the Huxtables on TV? - I don'! wanna go to schooll

- Look here-- don't test me today, okay?

Don'! test me today-- do you hear me?

[slap] [loudly] Do you hear me?

- [Sobbil\g] Ygs_

- [kids lav-I9l\i"9]

- Don'! be upset, okay?

Mama just loves you so much

that she wants what's best for you.

- You mama's miracle baby, Nejdra.

Can I get a smile?

You can do better than thatl

Come on, give me a smilel [laughs]

- [school bell rings] - Come on.

Mwah... let's go to school, big girl.

- [Dave Barnes singing "Very Merry Christmas"]

J' The blinds are pulled J' - Hurry up, mama--it's limel

- What'd I tell you about bothering me this early?

- J' With both of us, this house might bust J'

- I'm comin'l - J' You and me J'

J' And all this family J'

- I'm cumin'.

- J' We're gonna have a merry Christmas, babe J'

J' A very merry Christmas, baby J' - Let's see what you got.

- J' A merry Christmas, babe J' - Are all these for me?

- J' Very merry Christmas, baby J'

- Yeah, you been a good girl this year,

so here--open this one first.

No, no, no--open this one.

Open this one first.

- [sweetly] Herel - Look, baby.

- J' The old neighborhood always looked so good J'

- And this one's for you.

- J' We say hello to the friends we can and can'! remember J'

- I know you want to do hair when you grow up,

so I say you could practice on her.

- J' Then the handbells ring J' - Can I brush it now?

Can I, please? - Yeah, yeah.

Go get my brush. - J' And then the children sing J'

- I don'! get no sugar--what?

Huh? [laughs]

- J' the fireplace is on the embers J'

- And Netty, hurry up,

'cause we're already late to your grandma's house.

- J' You and me and all this family J'

- Mm... all these presents?

You didn't have but two pennies to rub together last month.

- Ain't you gonna open it?

- Huh... well, whatever you're doin',

you better watch out before you end up

in a prison cell right next to Netty's daddy.

- Why don'! you see what you got?

You're acting like a prison guard yourself.

- I'm just sayin'-- - I'm just sayin',

it's Christmas“ why don'! you enjoy yourself?

- J' The old neighborhood J'

J' always looked so good each December J'

- Remember that day?

- J' We say hello to the friends we can and can'! remember J'

- Thank you.

- Mama, where's your brush? - Um, it's in my top drawer.

And, Netty, get a move on, all right?

We ain't got all day.

- I can'! find it.

- Well, it's in there, but you gotta go.

- Fine.

Bye, mama.

- [sarcastically] Bye... Netty.

. [phones ringing]

- [computer beeping]

- Excuse me, I'm looking for a Detective Dalton.

- Oh, he retired last week.

Can I help you?

- I'm Joy White.

My daughter Carlina White was kidnapped

16 years ago.

I'm hereto look at the book.

- Yeah, he told me you were gonna come by.

Uh, let's see here.

Here.

Not a lot of new faces in the book

since last month, though.

Here, have a seat.

[police siren wailing]

- I'll never forget hers.

"The baby don'! cry for you.

You cry for the baby."

. [phones ringing]

- J'

- When were you gonna tell me?

- What?

- Ride or die, right?

- Besties.

- Ann ain't stupid.

And when she find out, she gonna be real mad.

- What if she kicks me out? - Come live with me.

- Will you tell her for me?

- Mmmm... we'll tell her together

when I get back from Atlanta.

- You know you're my girl, right?

- Mm-hmm.

- [hip-hop music] J' Everybody move, man J'

J' Just groove, players gotta do your dance J'

J' Just breathe, ladies better choose a man J'

J' Let's go, let's go, let's go J'

J' Just clap M

- I'm-a have to beat these boys off her with a stick.

- Least she got better taste than you do.

- Oh, no, you ain't gonna start. - Hey, hey...

- You ain't startin'l - 'Cause I'm scared of you.

I'm really scared of you. - Oh, you should be.

You should be.

Huhl Huhl Huhl Huhl

Hal Hal Hal Hal

- [hip-hop music continues]

- Why don'! you go say something to your guests, please?

- [rapping indistinctly]

- And stand still. - [music stops abruptly]

- Hi, y'all. - ALL: Hey.

- So glad you guys could all come to my "Sweet 16."

It's really nice to have all my friends here today.

I don'! know what I'd do without you guys.

All y'all are me.

Know what I'm sayin'? - ALL: [murmuring and chuckling]

- [music resumes]

[rapping indistinctly]

J'

J' Dudes can'! pick that up J'

J' Slackin' in the game so I came hereto pick that up J'

J' Just clap Everybody movin', man J'

J' Just groove players gotta do your dance M

- What I tell you-- - [police siren chirps]

- --About getting all close up with these boys?

- We weren't doing nothing. - I know what I'm talking about.

- All right, people, party's over.

You all need to go home.

- We are home.

- Go inside.

- Why?

- Because we said so.

- Becau-- [scoffs]

Becau-- [scoffs]

Last time I checked,

it was legal to stand on the street.

- Come on, mama, let's go. - Get your hands off me, girl.

I ain't scared of these copsl

- [doors slam]

- Is there a problem? - Nol

- Yes... you.

- Mama, he's serious. - So am ll

This is my house.

This is my streetl

My streetl

- What are you on, ma'am?

- What am l-- [scoffs]

I'm high on life.

All right--I'm high on life.

- [softly] Go inside... right now.

- Or what? - You need to stop and be quiet.

- Get your hands off me, girll

Don'! you touch.

Or what?

What you gonna do?

Huh?

You gonna beat me in the street?

You gonna beat me in the street like Rodney King?

[shrieks] What you gonna do?l - What's goin' on?

- They violatin' my human rights.

That's what's goin' on. - You're coming with me.

- I ain't goin'-- - Officer, waitl Waitl

Please, please, wait- l'll take her back in the house.

- You don'! have to beg for me, girl.

These cops ain't got nothin' on mel

Get off me--I can walk-- I can walkl

Get off mel

- JOY: Bless us, Lord,

make us thankful

through Christ our Lord.

And, Lord, as we celebrate Carlina's 16th birthday,

please keep her safe and happy.

And I humbly ask

you bring her back to me

when you see fit.

Amen.

- Are you gonna do this every year on her birthday?

I will...

until Carlina comes home or I die.

- That's not healthy.

- So you a psychologist now?

- We're just saying maybe it's time to let her go.

- If, God forbid,

something happened to you or your sister,

would you want me to let it go?

. [phone rings]

. [phone rings]

- Hi, Carl.

Thank you for the flowers.

- Thanks for the card.

- How are the kids?

- [laughing] My oldest boy just got his learner's permit

last month. - JOY: Now that can'! be good.

- [laughing] You ain't lying.

- Really, Carl, how are you?

- [quietly] Well, you know, this is always

one of the hardest days of the year for me.

- Me, too.

- ANN: Hey, sis, so how was the interview?

- CASSANDRA: Well... [squealing] I got the jobl

- ANN: [shrieking]

Yeah, Cassie" look at youl

- CASSANDRA: Yeah, I'm gonna be moving down there.

Atlanta is real nice.

The streets are full of hard-working brothers

with suits... suitsl - Mm-hmml

- ANN: I don'! care if they all look like Denzel,

it's too damn hot down there for me.

- CASSANDRA: So maybe Netty could come down there.

It's a great place to start a family.

- What you talking about?

- I can get a job...

and, uh, a place for me and the baby.

- You pregnant? - Wait...

before you get mad, remember how you were at that age.

- No. No.

No grandbaby of mine is gonna be raised in no Atlanta.

We puttin' a child-pen right here.

- You're not mad? - No, girl, I'm happyl

I'm happy-- I'm gonna be a grandmamal

[laughing] ls it a girl?

Is it a girl--it's a girl?

Oh, my God, I want a girl-- I want a girll

- Well, we gotta get prenatal vitamins

and a checkup. - We might need a bigger place.

- How are we gonna pay for all this?

' [$COffs] I can payl

- The state will pay for some of it.

- No grandbaby of mine is gonna be raised by no welfare.

I can P3!!-

Credit card.

- We'll get her in the system just in case, okay?

- [footsteps descending stairs]

- Hey, did you find my birth certificate?

I need to go to the appointment soon.

- It's here somewhere.

I'll handle it when I gel home from work.

- That's what you said last week.

- I'll handle it when I gel home from work.

I promise.

- [door slams]

- J'

- [clatteringl

. [sighs]

- [drawer clattering]

[drawer clattering]

- MAN: Next.

- Here are the forms and...

my birth certificate. - Okay.

- [paper shuffling, keyboard clicking]

. [phone ringing]

- We have no record of your birth.

- What?

No Nejdra Nance born July 31, 1981?

Bridgeport, Connecticut.

- We have no Nejdra Nance in the system.

- I didn't make it up-- can you check again?

- This document is a forgery. - No, it's not.

- Don'! make me call the police.

- [ominous music]

- I'd like to thank the DJ for starting my set off

on a racist note. - [laughing]

- Everybody else came up 10-- - [switches TV off]

- What did you do with my real birth certificate?

- Have you lost your mind-- I was watching thatl

- The state of Connecticut has no record of my birth.

- Who told you that? - I went downtown

with the fake certificate I found in your closet.

- You went in my room? - To find my birth certificate.

- I done told you about gain' in my rooml

- They almost called-- - I done told youl

- They almost called the cops on mel

What's goin' on?

Why don't I have a real birth certificate?

Why?l

- She left you and she never came back.

- What?

- She was a friend of your father's.

- What are you talkin' about? - Your mother.

She left you on my doorstep.

- [suspenseful music]

- You're not my real mother?

- She left you

because she knew I'd raise you right.

And I did.

I did raise you right, didn't I?

- What was her name? - Didn't I?

- [bitingly] What was my mother's name?

- You don'!--you don'! even need to know all that.

- Yes, I do.

- All that matters right now is you and me.

- You call me "Little Ann..."

'cause I look just like you.

You pretended to be my real mother.

What--how could you lie like that?

To me?

. Netty...

Now you can'! be mad at me for that now.

Come here-- come on, don'! be like that.

Come here.

Now you can'! be mad at mel

I took you out of a bad situation,

and I did my best for you.

I did my best for you-- that's all you need to know.

Look here.

Netty... I did my best.

What--Netty... Nettyl

Nettyl

- [door slams]

- CASSANDRA: You sure you don'! want me to stay

till you have the baby? - Netty: We'll be fine.

- CASSANDRA: You could always come stay with me.

I mean it.

You and that baby are always welcome.

- Tell me the truth.

Did you know?

- She told me she gave birth to you, and I believed her.

- Why--Why did you believe her?

I didn't think she would lie about something like that.

Look, Netty, here's the truth.

I don'! care who gave birth to you.

- But I do.

- You sure you want to know?

- 'Cause the truth don't always turn out the way you want.

- Cassie, if I don'! know who I am,

how am I gonna tell my baby who she is?

- ANN: All right, I got the last two.

Here you go.

[sighs]

. [laugl\$]

- I'm gonna miss you, girl.

- Baby on the doorstep?

You gonna have to tell her more than that.

- Mind your business, Cassie.

- You be careful.

Call mel

- [fliPPil\g channels]

- FEMALE REPORTER: She was a tiny figure

they knew for a tiny time,

but 11 years after she was snatched away,

the ache remains. - JOY: I feel it in my spirit.

- REPORTER: --says Joy White,

the mother of the abducted child,

who works for a financial brokerage firm.

- JOY: I use that name as my e-mail address,

- Someone out there has her-- I could walk past her any day,

and she wouldn't know her own father.

- REPORTER: Back to you, Bill.

- [switches off TV]

- J'

- Netty: [reading] "Dear Oprah...

"l'm writing to you because...

"l can'! think of anyone else who can help me.

"L've recently found out the woman who raised me

"is not my mother.

"L had a healthy baby girl

"and moved to Atlanta to be near my aunt.

"My baby makes me happy,

"but inside, I feel lost.

"Can you help me find my parents?

"L need to know the truth in a life filled with lies.

"Sincerely...

Nejdra Nance."

- Smilel

Perfect. - [shutter clicks]

- Have a great day, beautifull - Byel

- CASSANDRA: Byel

- My name is... - Maya Nance.

I'm 6 years old. - And I live in...

- Atlanta, Georgia. - But I was born in...

- Bridgeport... [faltering] Con-nect-i-cut.

- [laughing] Very good-- that's hard to say.

Your teacher's gonna be very happy.

- Mama? - Mm-hmm?

- Were you born in Con-nect-i-cut, too?

- I don'! know where I was born, baby,

but I'm gonna find out.

- Look at this. - You on that web site again?

- No, look at this- she was born July 15, 1981.

That's about right.

I was born July 31, 1981.

You think it's me?

- Mm... that baby ain't you.

She got too much hair.

- She looks just like Maya did.

Look again, for real.

- She does look like you did at that age.

- "Carlina Renae White was last seen

in the Harlem Hospital Children's Ward."

- Hm-mmm... Ann's twisted,

but she wouldn't have done all that.

Call the number.

. [phone ringing]

- Center for Missing and Exploited Children...

This is Keith.

- I may have information on a missing child.

- Well, we're not sure she's missing.

- She's missing.

She thinks she was abducted from a hospital.

- Is the child in immediate danger?

- No, but we been trying to get information

for the last five years with no luck.

- Can you tell me something about her?

- Like what? - How old is she?

- 23. - And her race?

- I guess African-American-- could be Dominican.

- Probably African-American. [sniffs]

- Does she have any identifying characteristics"

any birthmarks? - No.

- Yes, she has a birthmark on her right arm.

- Right, a birthmark.

- Who is "she"-- who's missing?

- Me.

I am.

- WOMAN: Keith, take a look at this.

Okay, we took the photograph that Nejdra Nance sent us

of her at 6 months,

and the one Joy White sent us of Baby Carlina at 9 days old.

- We did an aging progression sequence on both,

and I think we have a match.

- [notification blips]

- [keys clicking]

- J'

- [key clicks]

- [shrieks] Carlina's alivel

Oh, God--praise Godl

My baby's alive- it's Carlinal

[sobbing] My daughter" she's alive.

- J'

- [street din]

- What's up?

- They think they found her.

- My God.

- She's living in Atlanta.

- How do they know it's her?

- We have to take DNA tests.

- We shouldn't get our hopes up.

- Look at this, Carl.

- She has my eyes.

- Oh, my God, Joy, I--

It's her.

We found our baby girll

[laughing]

. [sniffs]

- J'

- [keys clicking]

- J'

- [keys clicking]

- "He secretly wept at night. - "...at night.

- [in unison] "He felt nobody wanted him.

- MAYA: "Why am I d--

[in unison] "different from my brothers?"

- [squealing] Oh, look at you readin'l

- [giggling] - Look at youl

- He's not ugly. - He ugly for a duckling.

' [both giggling]

- Grandma? - Yeah, baby?

- Why do you live so far away?

I want you to come live with us one day.

- Oh, that' sweet, baby-- maybe one day.

- MAYA: Mama, Grandma Ann might come live with us one day.

- Maya, will you leave me and Grandma

alone for a minute?

- All right, bye, Smarty-Pants. - Bye.

- We gonna read later, okay? - Okay.

- All rigM-- she readin' so goodl

- I need to know about my parents.

- Netty, I didn't come down here to argue with you.

- Mama, no matter what you say,

as long as it's the truth, I won't get mad.

I promise.

- [sucks teeth]

You want to know the truth?

Hmm? - Yes.

- [slams book shut] Okay.

Your mama was a crack ho.

You was a crack baby-- she didn't want you,

so Hook you in, and now you sittin' up here

treatin' me like I did something wrong.

Puttin' me on trial like I did something wrong...

when I did the right thing.

You know what I shoulda done?

I shoulda left your little crackhead behind

out on the street, just like your mama.

- Get outl - It's in the genesl

- Get outl - Get out?l

- Girl, who you think you're talkin' to?

- I'm talkin' to you-- I want you out of my house.

Take all your stuff and get out.

[voice breaking] All I wanted was--

All I wanted was the truth.

That's all.

- [shouting] I don'! need thisl [slams book]

- Iiewelry rattling]

- [dialing ph0I\9]

- Hello. [Clears throat]

Is Joy White there?

- [engines rev, ambulance siren wails]

- J'

- [doors slamming]

- Thanks.

- [engine starts]

- [exhales and whimpers]

[sobbing] Baby.

- It's you.

- Here, let me get a hug.

- J'

- You must be Maya.

Ohh... [sniffs]

- [all gushing]

- JOY: Carlina, this is your Aunt Lisa.

She's been crying all day.

And this is your auntie and your uncle.

There's your cousin back there.

- [laughs nervously]

- This is your half-sister Tina.

And this is your half-brother Trey.

- How y'all doin', everybody?

This is my daughter, Maya.

- [sobbing] Praise be to Godl

Welcome home, childl

I'm your Grandmother Elizabeth.

- Thank you, Grandmother.

- [all laughing and sobbing]

- Let us pray.

Heavenly Father,

You are a mystery we cannot comprehend.

None of us know why we are meant to suffer,

but we do believe in Your infinite wisdom.

There is always a reason and a purpose.

We hope that one day you will reveal it.

And we pray that one day

we will forgive those that took Carlina away.

- [ominous music]

- Most of all, we thank You

for returning our lost daughters to us.

Amen. - ALL: Amen.

- Netty: Amen.

- J'

- We didn't know what you'd like,

so we made you macaroni and cheese, and...

- [all laughing] - curry chicken

and lasagna and ox-tail soup.

- [all lau9l\i"9]

- CARL: And that's just to start.

- [all lau9l\i"9]

- J'

- [dishes clinking, hum of conversation]

- JOY: [sniffs]

You got your daddy's eyes.

- And I love music.

- That's because I used to sing to you when you were a baby.

- I'm a neat freak-- I clean all the time.

- I know where she got that from.

- I wish you would have gotten some of the same from me, too.

. [laugl\$]

- Was the woman who snatched you a neat freak?

- Not like me and Joy.

- Is it true that the news said you grew up on welfare?

- Tinal - And drugs...

They said the woman who raised you was on drugs.

- That's enoughl - I just want to know

about her life. - It's okay.

The house I grew up in was nothin' like this.

And the woman that took me is nothin' like Joy.

But you can'! believe everything you hear on the news.

- [dishes clatter]

- Where'd you learn how to do hair like this?

- When I was 6, this Christmas,

my mom got me a doll. - Your mom?

Styling's a good skill to have.

- I know.

I just started working at this hair salon part-time

I know I'll always be able to make money as a stylist.

People will spend their rent money on their hair.

But what are you thinking about college?

- I don'! know yet.

- Carlina...

we may not have the past together,

but we will have a future.

- TINA: Are you mad at Ann Pettway?

- Netty: What do you think? - Was she mean?

- Was she scary-- what was she like?

- She had two sides.

One time she got so mad at me

that she hit me in the face with a shoe.

Then she felt so bad she figured out a way

to sneak me and all my friends into the movies.

- Wow... a shoe?

- What was it like for you, growing up here?

- Wasn't perfect.

Ma was always worried something would happen to me or Trey.

We didn't have much freedom.

You know, she cried a lot for you.

- I'm sorry.

- Yeah, well, she's happy now,

so even if the DNA doesn't match,

can you still come visit?

Just you being here gives her hope.

. [sighs]

- Hey, it's me.

- CASSANDRA: [on phone] What took you so long to call?

- We had a big family dinner.

- Is DNA back? - They're my parents--I know it.

Kinda feels like home. - [flatly] That's great.

- Why don'! you sound happy for me?

- Netty, just don'! forget who you are.

Okay?

- [phone clicks off]

- J'

- Heyl - You're late.

You were supposed to be here an hour ago.

- Sorry, I got held up at work.

[sighs]

- What?

Do I have somethin' on my face or somethin“?

- Nah.

You don't understand what me and your mother went through.

Just seeing you standing here...

[laugl\$]

So... if you could do anything today,

what would you do?

- I'd like to do a girl thing, like gel my hair done,

but... - But what?

I'll take you.

- Might feel strange having a man come with me.

- Well, I ain't a man-- l'm your dad.

- Papers haven'! come back yet. - You giving me attitude?

' ['3'-l9h$] Sorry.

I've never had a father before.

- J'

' [both laughing]

- [suspenseful music]

- It's positive.

- [gasps] - It's positive?

- Thank you, God.

- Mmm:

- It's a miraclel - I knew it.

I knew it... from the first time I saw that picture.

- Oh, the phone's been ringin' off the hook.

The press is comin' by tomorrow to interview us here.

It's official now, Maya.

You can call me "Grandma."

- Just like Grandma Ann?

. [sniffs]

- CARL: [chuckling]

Aw, come herel

- Mmm:

- We can come down to Atlanta next weekend

and help you and Maya move up here.

- J'

- FEMALE REPORTER: Carlina White, who was kidnapped

from Harlem Hospital over 22 years ago

solved her own kidnapping.

She will be reunited with her biological parents"

- [sirens wailing] - [suspenseful music]

- REPORTER: --today in what is sure to be an emotional reunion.

In local news, police say a propane explosion

destroyed a suburban Charlotte house

that killed a toddler and injured 11 other people.

Investigators are on the scene now.

In other news, Michelle Obama...

[suspenseful music continues]

- [knocks]

[continues knocking] - [police scanner chattering]

- [suspenseful music continues]

- WOMAN: I'm Special Agent Thompson.

Thank you for coming in. - DALTON: Happy to help out.

It's the kind of case that haunts you even into retirement.

- Is there anything that didn't make it into this file?

- We interviewed just about anyone breathing

at Harlem Hospital that night-- a number of people

l.D.'ed another woman besides Pettway as the perp.

We tracked her down to Baltimore,

but couldn't pin it on her. - THOMPSON: Your gut?

- It's the woman who raised her.

- I'm about to run into another conference--what's up?

- CASSANDRA: Have you heard from Ann?

- No, why? - The police

came looking for here-- they say she disappeared.

She's not answering her phone--I'm worried.

- Look the conference is about to start--I gotta go.

- [dial tone buzzing]

- [suspenseful music]

- [news droning in background]

- Fill it up, please. - Yeah, sure.

Nope. [smacks "P51

This one's declined.

- [flatly] Oh.

Try that one. - Okay.

- [card swishes, buttons clacking]

- [machine beeps] - Hunh-unh.

Sorry.

- Can I pay another way?

- Cash.

- I got a computer in the- - [tires squeal]

- [voice falls] --car. - [police scanner chattering]

. Lady...

we don'! take computers.

Mm-hmm?

- Yeah.

All right.

' [9I-Iffaws]

. [gruck pulling away]

- MALE REPORTER: ...23 years ago,

White has reunited with her biological parents.

Pettway is believed to be in the tri state area.

- [suspenseful music continues]

- How do I feel? - [car horns beep]

- I feel complete.

- JOY: I've always dreamed about this.

Now after 23 years... [voice breaks]

I can sleep.

- MALE REPORTER: Do you have anything to say to Ann Pettway?

- I want her to suffer.

I want her to do time like I suffered

for 23 years.

- Carl, you said before you didn't want to press charges.

Do you still feel that way,

or have your feelings changed over the years?

- Well they have changed over the years,

but right about now, whatever the court decides,

that's all right with me.

I don'! want to say too much about it,

because I got other things in my heart.

- Can I get a shot of the three of you, please?

- JOY: Sure.

- [shutters clicking] - Great.

How about a kiss on the cheek by both parents?

- [all lau9l\i"9]

- [shutters continue clicking] - CAMERAMAN: Nice, thank you.

- CARL: All right, thanks. - WOMAN: Carlina,

do you have anything to say about Ann Pettway?

Is it true she was drug-addicted and abusive?

- [street din]

- When I look at Joy White,

I see me.

With Ann, my mother,

the other lady-- I don'! know what to call her--

I would always be searching for things we had in common,

but we had nothing in common.

- All right, no more questions“ we gotta go.

Thanks--thank you-- excuse me.

Hey-

[exhales] Can you believe this?

- JOY: Oh, God is so good. - [cell phone ringing]

- Hello?

[louder] Hello?

- [clicks off cell phone]

- So what do you think, Carlina?

She wants to fly us to Chicago and everything.

- I don'! feel like sittin' on Oprah's couch for an hour

talkin' about Ann.

- What's wrong?

- Cassandra's flippin' out, and Ann's missing.

- You don'! have to worry about them anymore.

They're not your family, Carlina.

- [cell phone ringing]

- I know it's you-- say somethingl

- I know this looks bad. - You stole my lifel

- ls that her--is that Ann?

- Just give her a minute“ it's okay.

- Look, just give me a minute, and I'm-a straighten this out.

I'm-a straighten it out, okay?

- Either you did it or you didn't.

You never take responsibility for anythingl

- [dial tone drones] - Nettyl

- J'

. [phone ringing]

- MAN: Federal Bureau of Investigation,

How can I help you?

- My name is Ann Pettway.

I'm here to straighten out this mess.

Where's your boss?

- [recorder chirps]

- [exhales]

Tell me what happened.

- There was this girl,

and she loved dolls--

- [dramatic music]

- --All kind of dolls,

but she got tired of these dolls because...

they couldn't walk.

They couldn't talk.

They couldn't love her back.

So she got pregnant...

three times.

And every time the baby died.

And that wasn't fair, was it?

[more quietly] Was it?

- No.

- It wasn't fair.

- [dramatic music continues]

- She just wanted somebody to love her back.

- Ann Pettway, you're under arrest

for the kidnapping of Carlina Renae White.

- [dramatic music continues]

- Will you tell my daughter now?

- Why don'! we get a mani-pedi?

- [sighing] I think it's time to go home.

- Ok, let's go home.

- No, I mean back home to Atlanta.

- No, don't--you--

Am I being too pushy?

- Nol No, it's not that.

I appreciate all of this, really I do.

- [street din]

- A reporter told me about the trust fund,

and I was hoping to take that money,

close out my life in Atlanta,

and--I don'! know--

maybe get a place up here.

That way I'd be closer.

- Carlina...

- What?

- The trust fund dissolved when you were 21.

- What happened to it?

- We needed that money.

- Were you ever gonna tell me?

- I'm sorry, Carlina.

- REPORTER: Hey, Carlina, do you have a quote?

- REPORTERS: [overlapping] Carlina Whitel Carlinal

- REPORTER: Ann Pettway turned herself in--any thoughts?

- REPORTER: Do you have anything to say to Ann Pettway?

- Netty: No comment. - REPORTER: How was the reunion?

- REPORTER: We want to hear your side of the storyl

- MAYA: Auntiel

- Hey, preuy girll

Did you miss me? - Mm-hmm.

Could you come to New York with us next time?

- [inhaling] W-- - Netty: Maya,

go put your stuff in your room-- I'll be there in a minute.

. 'Kay. - Netty: 'K8!!-

- So you heard the news?

- I saw it on TV.

- Her lawyers want to meet with you

so they can discuss strategy.

- I can'!-

- You can and you will.

She's family.

Netty, you hear me?

You can'! leave her hangin'. - Look,

I'm goin' by Carlina now. - You're Netty to me.

- But my name is Carlina. - Your name is Nejdra.

- Not according to my birth certificate.

- J'

- [footsteps departing]

- [prison door clangs] - [bangs on door]

- WOMAN GUARD: Rise and shinel - WOMAN: Stop bangin'l

- [banging on door] - Rise and shinel

- WOMAN: [muttering]

- GUARD: Pettway.

- J'

- J'

. [sighs]

- J'

- ANN: You gotta make her.

If they convict me, it's 25 to life.

- She don'! wanna testify, and she don'! wanna see you.

- You gotta make herl

- I can'! keep cleanin' up after you where Netty's concerned.

She's her own person. - Cassie...

- Ann, you took that child's life from her,

then you kept her in the dark about her family for years.

You had plenty of opportunity to make this right,

but you didn't.

- What am I supposed to do now?

[sighs]

' [98llery muttering]

- [dramatic music]

- [muttering continues]

- [dramatic music continues]

- That woman took everything from us.

- BAILIFF: All rise.

- How does the defendant plead?

- My client pleads "not guilty," Your Honor.

- [quietly] Not guilty?l What?

- ANN: [reading] "Dear Nejdra,

"l think of you every day.

"L miss you and Maya so much it makes me want to cry.

"L hope I see you soon.

Love, your mother."

- JOY: Has she returned any of your calls?

- CARL: I've left five messages.

- Carl, we can'! lose her this time--we can't.

- CARL: Now that's enough, all right, excuse me.

- REPORTER: What will you do in the future?

- REPORTER: Joy? Joyl Give us a statement, please.

- Hi, Carlina, it's your mom.

[gasps] I can't believe I can actually say that to you now.

Listen, I tried to call you the other day

and never heard back.

I tried texting you, never heard back.

Carlina, please call me and your father.

We need to hear from you.

- [phone clicks off]

- [cell phone jinglésl

- J'

- [scoffs] Now I am happy

my daughter came back to me,

The problem we're having right now is just...

it's hard for her to cope with us.

She hasn't been with us for 23 years.

- Is there anything you'd like to say to Carlina?

I love you.

I want you to come back.

Give us a chance.

Let's make-- make up for lost time.

- JOY: I was on such a high when I was first reunited

with my daughter.

You couldn't tell me nothin', you know?

I was floatin' on air.

That was a great moment.

And then one day after telling her story

to "The New York Post,"

she changed.

In just that day.

I think it had a lotto do with the Pettway family.

She asked a lot of questions about the money--

the trust fund

and the $10,000 reward.

That money's gone.

It really hurts because it's about money.

She won'! return my calls.

- [cell phone dialing]

- I'd like to change my phone number.

- Where's Grandpa Carl?

- Netty: He's in New York.

- Where's Grandma Joy?

- She's in New York, too.

- Can we visit her soon?

- I don'! know.

- Where's Grandma Ann?

- What's with all the questions?

- Where's Grandma Ann?

- [sighs] She went away.

- Is she mad at me?

- No, baby, she's not mad at you.

Sometimes people do bad things.

When they get caught, they have to go away.

- Did she say she was sorry?

When I do something bad,

I say sorry, and you give me a hug.

- [exhaling] Ms. Johnson,

What is your relationship to the defendant?

- Ann Pettway is my sister.

What you're saying she did was despicable,

but I love my sister.

She's not perfect.

She's deeply flawed.

But she loves Netty

Ann is a good mother.

- [breathing shakily]

- Ann Pettway knows she caused a lot of pain.

She'd had several miscarriages,

and she never believed she'd be able to be a parent.

So in my opinion, she did kidnap Carlina White,

and she as much as confessed to it in my office.

- [door clattering]

- [TV droning in background]

- Get up.

. [kgys jangling]

- Get up now.

What happened to your phone?

- I disconnected it.

Needed to just drop out.

- Well, you need to drop back in.

- Why--so I can help Ann?

- Because you have a life to live.

- Whose life am I livin'?

Joy's?

Ann's? Yours?

If I spend time with Joy, I'm betrayin' you.

If I spend time with you and we talk about Ann,

I'm betrayin' Joy.

- Look, I know this has been hard on you.

I know I helped make it hard on you.

Look, you can call yourself Carlina or Nejdra.

I don'! care.

It doesn't matter to me what you call yourself.

Point is...

you gotta get up and get on with your life.

- I just keep wonderin' what my life woulda been...

had I grown up with my real parents.

. Okay-

But where do you go from here?

- [knocking on door]

- [gasps]

MII1II1I

Thank you for cumin'.

- About the money-- - Carlina...

[sighs] Nobody told us to set up that trust fund.

We had it for 21 years,

and if I had to do it all over again,

I never would have spent it.

- It's not about the money.

You could have told me.

But-- [sighs]

I'm just tired of people keepin' things from me.

- I'm sorry.

- Why didn't you look harder?

- Excuse me?

- Anyone who knows me knows how much I want to find my parents.

I searched and searched for you.

Why didn't you look harder?

- Carlina, you have no idea

how hard we looked.

I knocked on more doors--

I passed out more flyers,

than you could have ever imagined.

[voice breaking] We couldn't find youl

But... we never stopped looking.

- Sorry.

. [sniffs]

There's been so much pain.

[sighs]

Liust want you to be happy, Carlina.

- But I'm just not ready.

I'm not ready to leave my whole life

and start over as Carlina White.

. [sighs]

You know, for the past 23 years,

I've talked to you in my head...

and in my dreams.

All this time, you been a part of my life.

And you've only just found out about me.

We'll take it slow.

- J'

- [dramatic music]

- [brakes squeal] - My name is Joy White,

and I'm hereto see Ann Pettway.

- Does she know you're coming? - No.

- Park over there" we'll put you through security.

- [éngine revving]

- [buzzer honks]

- [door creaks, slams]

- [people talking far away]

- [person whistling a tune]

- I could just slap that smile off your face.

- Is that why you're here?

- I came here

because I have to find a way to forgive you.

Why did you do it to me?

- From over here, it don'! look like nothin' been done to you.

What you so upset for?

You got her now.

- [angrily] I may have Carlina now,

but you stole 23 years of my life.

I wasn't there when Carlina took her first step.

I didn't get to see her go to the prom.

I wasn't there when she had my grandbaby.

Those are moments I'll never have.

- I lost three babies. - I lost a childl

I didn't go around stealin' nobody's babiesl

- See, that's what I'm sayin'-- you lost one.

I lost three" I heard you got two more now.

They told me I couldn't have none.

- That's no excusel - I needed that child, okay?

- [buzzer honks, door slams]

- I saw y'all on TV,

and I thought about givin' her back.

But then Netty would look up at me.

People started sayin' we looked alike.

They even called her "Little Ann."

Every day, she became more and more mine.

- [shouts] She wasn't yours-- she was minel

[pounds table] - I fed herl

I clothed herl

I taught her right from wrongl

That little girl who you paradin' around

on TV and everything“

[pounds table] I did thatl

You should be thankin' me.

- I should be thankin' you? - Thank mel

- It's takin' all I got not to jump across this table

and kill you. - [sucks teeth]

[quietly] I know you hate me.

[inhales] And I know, somebody like you,

you'll never understand this.

Somebody like you, you know-- [sobbing]

--You got a lot of love in your life.

[continues sobbing] Me...

I been lovin' people and lovin' people

and doin' for people...

[continues sobbing]

It's one thing to love somebody,

but it's another thing for somebody to love you back.

Netty loved me back.

- [sobbing]

I ain't ever felt that before.

[9roans]

[$obs]

- You could have taken any other child in that nursery.

Why'd you take mine?

Was it 'cause I was young?

- It didn't' have nothin' to do with you, Ms. White.

- [shouts] It had everything to do with mel

It had everything to do with mel

[$obs]

- [prison doors clanging]

- J'

- [plate rattles]

- ANN: On August 4, 1981...

I went to Harlem Hospital.

Hook a child.

I got back on the train,

I went back home,

And I raised her as my own.

I knew it was wrong.

- [sobbing]

- JUDGE: Ann Pettway.

You've pleaded guilty to one count of kidnapping.

In light of your confession,

the court hereby sentences you to 12 years in prison.

' [gallery whispering]

. [bangs gavel]

- [whispering continues]

- J'

- [street din]

- CARL: That's it?

That's what our suffering's worth?

I thought it was a mandatory life sentence.

- She plea bargained.

- I lost you, I lost my family-

I lost everything.

We gotta appeal this.

- We just gotta live with it.

All of it.

- HOST: I have a few questions for you, Carlina.

Or would you prefer I called you Nejdra?

Or Netty?

- I'm not Nejdra.

That's the name that was forced on me.

I'm not Carlina.

That's the name that was taken from me.

My name is Netty

That's the name that feels more like me...

...the name that feels most like home.

- Grandmal

. [laugl\$]