Adopting Terror (2012 TV Movie)
Samaire Armstrong: Cheryl Broadbent
Quotes
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Officer Groves : Someone came to your door, you let him in, he stayed until he was asked to leave, and he left. Did he make any threats?
Cheryl Broadbent : Well no, but he behaved in a threatening manner.
Officer Groves : Did he specifically threaten you with violence?
Tim Broadbent : Not with words, no.
Officer Groves : What exactly is the nature of your relationship with this man?
Tim Broadbent : There's no relationship, he showed up at Mona's birthday party and he claimed to be her biological father.
Officer Groves : Is he?
Tim Broadbent : I don't know, I mean he could be I guess, but how am I supposed to know?
Officer Groves : And you're the *adoptive* fathe.r
Tim Broadbent : Yes, I, I will be as soon as the finalization hearing is done. Look, he has no claim to her! The state took her, and we adopted her.
Officer Groves : It sounds like something you're going to have to take up with a judge. Now until there's a legitimate threat against you or your baby, there's really nothing we can do. You folks have a good night.
Tim Broadbent : [closes door behind them] Unbelievable.
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Cheryl Broadbent : This man tried to kidnap our baby, I think if ever there was a time to open a file, it would be now.
Dr. Ziegler : I'm sorry, Cheryl, I know this has been a nightmare, but we have to protect the mother's anonymity.
Cheryl Broadbent : What about *our* anonymity? Nobody's protected that!
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Tim Broadbent : [having a security system installed] This is outrageous.
Cheryl Broadbent : Well I've compared the prices, this is the best of them all.
Tim Broadbent : No, not the prices, I mean this! The fact that we can be targeted, and there's nothing in the system to protect parents who are adopting when this crap happens. I mean when you adopt a baby, you're helping society, right?
Cheryl Broadbent : Yeah?
Tim Broadbent : Well we shouldn't be punished for it. Maybe we should just get out of town for a while.
Cheryl Broadbent : The adoption finalization hearing is less than a week away. But what if we found Mona's biological mother?
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Tim Broadbent : Look, you're stressed, I'm stressed, we just have to work together, alright?
Cheryl Broadbent : [near tears] She cries and you comfort her and she stops crying. She cries and Fay calms her down and she stops crying. She cries and I try to calm her and she just cries harder.
Tim Broadbent : No she doesn't.
Cheryl Broadbent : Yes she does.
Tim Broadbent : No she doesn't. Look, it just takes time.
Cheryl Broadbent : It's not about time. She knows I'm not her real mom.