Mommy Group Murder

‐ Hi. You must be Grace.

‐ I lost my mother 28 days

after I found out I was pregnant.

Before she died, she told me two things.

"Trust your instincts, even when you're not certain,"

and "Love your child every moment,

even when it's not easy."

I wish she had told me

how hard this would be without her.

Maybe she knew I couldn't imagine how strange

and uncomfortable I'd feel,

up all day...

and all night...

It's okay.

Changing diapers ten times a day.

You're so good, baby. There we go.

That's right.

Feeling week and sick...

It's okay. Come on.

Hook a stranger to myself...

Please, please, come on baby.

And guilty that I'm somehow supposed to be doing it

all better.

I wish she could have told me how to be perfect

like she was.

[music playing through earphones]

‐ Nat?

‐ Yeah.

‐ You all right?

‐ Yeah, yeah, I'm fine.

Just a sec.

Hey.

‐ Hey.

‐ I'm fine. ‐ Come here. Come here.

Let me take her for a second.

Come to Daddy, okay?

Hey, let's go to the bedroom for a sec.

I know it's a lot. I'm sorry.

‐ No, I'm fine. ‐ You keep saying that.

‐ Because it's true.

‐ New town, new house,

new people, baby girl, it's a lot all at once.

‐ I'll be fine. I'm serious.

This is‐‐this is a great opportunity for you.

‐ It's a great opportunity for the family...

right?

‐ And there are good schools in the area.

‐ Yeah, and Lincoln has an opening

for you in the fall, if you want it.

‐ Yeah, if I want to teach third grade,

which I hated last time, but, yeah.

Honestly, with the cost of child care, I just...

I just want you to focus on crushing it, okay?

I'm serious.

This is a good job that could turn into a great job.

‐ Yeah, well, with a little time

and a little elbow grease, trust me.

‐ Well, if I didn't trust you,

I wouldn't have let you move me out here.

Hi.

‐ Hey.

You didn't wake me up.

‐ She's been asleep since 1:00.

‐ Really?

‐ I'm making breakfast.

‐ All right, babe. Sleep in for once.

‐ Mmm...

This is the most sleep I've had in 22 weeks.

She must know that it's Daddy's first day.

‐ Wow, who's this woman?

Who is she, Hannah Banana, huh?

I don't recognize her.

‐ Yeah, Mommy loves when you let her sleep.

Isn't that right, baby girl?

‐ Medication's working huh? You seem lighter.

‐ Yeah. ‐ Thank you.

Well, how do I look?

‐ You're a tie guy now.

‐ I look like my dad.

‐ You look great.

Have some eggs, handsome man.

‐ Oh, okay.

‐ Okay, say good‐bye to Daddy.

‐ Wish me luck.

‐ You don't need it.

‐ Bye.

‐ So, how was your day?

Did you go crazy being here by yourself?

‐ Um, it was fine.

‐ Really?

‐ Yeah...

Did you know that soap operas are still a thing?

‐ No, I did not.

‐ Yep, for all of those lonely housewives that

still want to live out their high school drama.

‐ Hey, I liked high school.

‐ Of course you did, prom king.

‐ It was homecoming king, thank you very much.

‐ Oh, well, that's less cool.

Will you get my back? ‐ Yeah.

‐ Thank you.

It's just right‐‐oh, yeah.

So, um... I used that gift card

that your parents gave us to buy a jogging stroller today.

‐ How is that different than a regular stroller?

‐ Because you jog with it.

‐ Do you want my help or not?

‐ Wait, will you go lower?

Lower. Oh, right there.

‐ You're not looking at the scale again, are you?

You promised. ‐ Trust me.

We're well beyond that point.

‐ Well, I just want you to be healthy,

and I know you love running, so...

‐ Well, nobody loves running. ‐ Some people love running.

‐ Masochists, maybe. ‐ Olympians.

‐ Olympians love winning. ‐ And so do you.

The defense rests, your honor. ‐ Thank you.

Okay.

All right.

You ready for our first jog, baby girl?

Okay, baby girl. Let's finish strong.

You want to do that? Okay.

Let's go. Honey, let's go.

Okay.

We did it. We did it.

Okay.

Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you.

I have these‐‐ these terrible nightmares

where I make these awful mistakes,

but...this was real.

This actually happened, I mean...

If she'd gone into the water...

‐ Let's not think about that, okay?

‐ Thank‐‐thank you.

I'm Natalie, by the way.

‐ Grace.

‐ "Amazing Grace." ‐

My mother used to call me that.

‐ He's beautiful. How old?

‐ We'll be one next month, won't we?

‐ Mm‐mm. ‐

‐ This is Hannah, sorry. My head's still spinning.

‐ You're fine.

She's what, five, six months?

‐ Almost six, yeah.

‐ She's precious...

‐ You don't sound like you're from here?

‐ No, the two of us moved here last year.

‐ Just the two of you?

‐ Yeah, I was married,

almost two years.

He wasn't ready for kids.

I got pregnant and that was that.

‐ Oh, I'm sorry. ‐ Don't be.

Keeping Thomas was more important

than trying to sustain a suffocating marriage.

How about you?

‐ Yeah, my husband and I just moved here two weeks ago,

up on Saddle Creek.

‐ Really? Oh, my gosh, we're neighbors.

‐ Really? ‐ Yeah.

Aw, new neighbors.

‐ I love the wind chimes.

‐ Thanks.