Episode 222, Scene 4. Dialog between Rita and Ada: AJ: You came all the way down here just to raid the ice-box? RH: Nope, just to talk. AJ: Well, there's got to be a first time for everything. [Ada tries to hand a plate of food to Rita.] RH: Uh, uh. That's your breakfast, I'm not hungry. AJ: You've got to build yourself up. RH: Who have you been talking to? AJ: Dr. Rossi. RH: How come? AJ: He dropped in. RH: Mom? AJ: Well, just because he's a doctor, can't he drop into a bar? Since when did you become such a snob? RH: What did he say? AJ: That you shouldn't skip meals. Now what do you want to talk about? RH: Do you think it was wrong of me not to want a baby? AJ: Now, that's kind of hard to answer a question out of left field like that. RH: I'm confused. Norm figures how we can afford to have one. And I'm all for waiting. Then he decides it would be a good idea to wait, and I change my mind and want one. AJ: That's normal. Everybody . . . RH: No it's not. Women shouldn't not want babies. It's wrong. I'm scared, mom. What if I couldn't? AJ: You'll be perfectly all right. You're just nervous. RH: If we really decide to have a baby and I couldn't, I'd die. I'd really just die. RH: Well, say something. AJ: What do you want me to say? RH: Tell me I won't be punished for not wanting a baby. AJ: I wasn't. Your father and I weren't getting along. Our marriage was on the rocks and I thought maybe having a baby might help. It never does. He left before you were born. And there I was pregnant when I needed to be attractive. I didn't just not want you. I hated you. If anyone gets punished, I ought to be. I was going to give you up for adoption. RH: What made you change your mind about giving me away? AJ: I started to, to like you. RH: Mom, tell me I'll be able to have a baby, sometime. Episode 222, scene 4 HOME