Adopting Terror (2012 TV Movie)

Samaire Armstrong: Cheryl Broadbent

Quotes 

• 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.

• 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!

• 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?

• 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.