A older couple deserve peace and quiet, but disaster strikes when three generations of women hole up in one house, running from the law.
1. Moving in – Short period of time, maybe a month
- Cathy and husband, blissfully alone in their house
- description of scene
- Meet the ex, surprising them after sex
- angry conversation w/ex in kitchen
- proper adult behavior, star’s recent activities – dui
- Star moves in
- things star can’t stand (heat, light, scavenging, food), adjustments everybody has to make (airflow, doors, TV, phone ringing at night, laundry, bathroom stuff, smelly things)
- spread out
- Cathy rearranges the spare room
- recabling the office, making new arrangements for sewing area
- A garbled version to Cathy’s mom
- trying to keep Mom ignorant of everything that’s going on
- different version to lawyer friend
- The boyfriend comes to dinner – bounty hunter
- guns on the bed, stories of apprehension, swagger
- Star continues being rebellious teenager
- won’t get a job, won’t feed herself, won’t clean, won’t eat in the kitchen
- driving on suspended license – caught speeding
- Meet the drug friends
- Greanne, a pregnant used-too-be meth dealer, and Saphyr, a witch who also states she is pregnant, but doesn’t get any larger
- Cathy and husband unhappy
- too much change, too large a burden, no time to be alone with each other, too expensive, court, no sex
- dog hunt
2. Moving out – One or two months
- Ex helps move
- star has had enough restrictions, and wants to be free, so she’s going back to live with dad
- dad’s parting shots – i told you so
- Drug friends visit
- they’re saying upsetting things about star, hinting she’s been stealing from them, driving
- Cathy rearranges the room
- recabling, moving heavy furniture, taking down drapes, opening windows
- Cathy and husband blissful again
- sex in unusual ways
- cathy gets a dog
- Garbled version to Mom
- star wasn’t happy because we don’t like air conditioning
- different version to lawyer friend
- Star moves in with boyfriend
- unexpectedly. ex has little to say, doesn’t care
- Cathy visits Star at boyfriend’s
- too much opulence, the mess of lots of roommates, no food. lies
- Ex relays drug friends’ tales
- cathy worries about star, is unhappy whenever she thinks about her
3. Jail – Maybe a month and a half
- Breakin at boyfriend’s, jail
- drug deal gone bad, cleaning out boyfriend’s house, meet the parents
- Ex’s reaction
- wash his hands, again. leave her in jail
- Jail visit
- prison uniform, cold, not sleeping, contrite and promising. court
- Boyfriend’s parents
- leave him in jail, bail out next day, ban contact with star, whose fault it is
- Garbled version to Mom
- she’s fine, i don’t hear from her often
- different version to lawyer friend
- Star bailed out by boyfriend
- he loves her, he’ll fix it, they’ll stay together
- Star goes to rehab
- dad hires a fancy lawyer, takes her advice to get her admitted
- Star learns she’s pregnant
- blood test done twice, mentioning it casually to cathy, reaction
- Ex upset
- he washes his hands of her again, advises abortion and bars her from contact with boyfriend
- Rehab visit w/husband and boyfriend
- 12-step meeting, parents in denial, cathy’s confession, boyfriend says all the right things, marriage plans
- Garbled version to Mom
- she’s pregnant and not getting an abortion, praise the lord. are they getting married?
4. Moving in, again – Several weeks to a month
- Star, reformed
- glad to be out, looking in the eye, straight talking, discussing the past
- her dog
- Cathy cautious
- no more money, no more waiting on star hand and foot
- Rearrange room
- recabling, hanging curtains, tv, dad buys her a window air conditioner
- Boyfriend sneaks visit
- parents won’t let them see each other, cathy enables
- Star gets a job, pays fines
- cathy drives her – suspended license
- Visit to OB, hospital
- not like cathy’s experience
- Star learns to cook
- allrecipes.com vs cathy’s food sensitivities
- Mom wants to visit
- garbled version, sure, come on down, but mom gets sick
- different version to lawyer friend
- Ex disapproves
- of everything, complains about money, boyfriend, pregnancy
5. Hiding – Four or five months
- Star skips a court date
- has heard court will take baby, fueled by greane’s experience
- Star wants to hide to protect baby
- husband is against it, cathy gets irrational about it, fight w/dogs
- what laywer friend has to say
- Cathy rearranges two rooms – renovation, robbery as excuses
- star moves into the attic – anne frank
- Cathy brushes up on her midwife skills
- hours on the internet, chat groups, old textbooks, gathering instruments
- Boyfriend comes looking for Star
- bounty hunter looking to protect his investment. honeyed words, suspicious eyes
- star’s dog
- Mom’s visit is blown off
- ready to come, no too busy right now, come later nearer birth time
- Garbled version to Mom – she’s fine, learning to cook, sleeping alot
- Using pregnant drug friend’s medical ID
- shenanigans to hide star from greane, sneak star out of house
- greane tells boyfriend
- Ex has nothing good to say
- abortion, bad genes, money, his own job and future at risk because of star
- Boyfriend stakes out house
- only gradually do they notice his truck across the street, reactions of cathy and husband
- husband makes arrangements to observe boyfriend’s activities around their house
- Cathy and husband sneak off and have sex
6. Waiting – Four or five months
- Star very pregnant
- tv, chocolate pudding, sleeping, up all night. phone calls
- Cathy waits on Star
- food, interruptions, walking in on them in bed, nursery item list, dog
- shopping for clothes and nursery items, all wrong
- lawyer friend
- Drug friend has her baby
- blood test, custody, involuntary admission
- Mom arrives
- unannounced, pick me up from the airport. too much luggage – i prayed
- sees how things are – doesn’t understand or condone hiding, they keep the details from her
- Mom gets sick
- flax seed creates constipation creates diverticulitis
- Mom takes over
- tv, temperature, blinds, phone, slip-ups all over
- Cathy and husband hide
- downstairs in husband’s sanctum. sex at last except for interruptions
- husband says something bad, cathy thinks he hates her
- another fight, dog walk, wish to get away from family stress
- Birth
- mom objects, threatens
- not like cathy’s experience
- A lull, ex, drug friends
- they think everything will be all right
- dog
- lawyer friend
- Husband takes ill
- hospital, heart, noises, sleep, nurses, temperature, sex
- cathy goes home to walk the dogs
- Mom and Star go shopping while Cathy’s not there
- leave openly in the car despite all cathy’s warnings, when they are out
- Boyfriend observes
- prowls around, plants devices
- Boyfriend threatens Cathy
- cathy stands up to him
7. Birth – About a week
- Husband gets out of the hospital, weak
- notices boyfriend, takes steps to protect family
- Boyfriend sets up Cathy
- in the midst of threats, a plant on her porch
- doesn’t care about baby
- Cathy and Mom arrested
- mom because she causes a ruckus, boyfriend across the street
- Boyfriend apprehends Star
- amid promises of love and devotion, dragging her to the car
- star hands baby to husband as she goes to answer the door
- Husband watches the baby
- weak, has to put baby in carriage and go for formula
- dog walking
- rekindling knowledge put aside decades ago – how to feed and change, burp
- dog hunt
- Star, Mom and Cathy in jail
- passing messages
- mom in infirmary
8. Resolution – A couple of weeks
- Lawyer visits Cathy, Star
- new information about boyfriend, activities, phone calls
- prosecutor wants to make example of star
- Lawyer investigates boyfriend
- informer – her client being set up by him
- still selling drugs
- Boyfriend visits Star in jail – marriage?
- not sure about the baby, maybe he has a plan to get rid of it?
- Drug friends something, ex something
- don’t know yet
- Star’s charges dismissed
- because of boyfriend’s deal w/cops
- Cathy bailed out, Mom sent home
- dog
- evidence that drugs were planted by boyfriend
- tapes and photos
- Star moves out
- Cathy rearranges room
- Star moves back in
- Boyfriend comes to get her – that’s my baby
- Boyfriend confronted by Star, lawyer, Cathy
- know what he’s up to, reports to cops and informees, parents
- boyfriend gives up and goes somewhere else
- or, house arrest = parents, then mercenary army
- Star decides to stay
- cathy rearranges room to accomodate star and nursery
- What happens to ex, drug friends, Mom
- mom’s officially a hypochondriac, others end up worse off
- Cathy and husband blissful
- sex is still furtive, but they keep the futon open in husband’s sanctum
- dogs
