Asunder, One Flesh Divided

In the beginning, God said,

"Let us make man in our image, according to our likeness".

And the Lord God formed the man

from the dust of the ground,

and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life,

and man became a living being.

But the Lord said,

"It is not good that man should be alone".

"I will make him a helper comparable to him."

Then the rib, which the Lord God had taken from the man,

he made into a woman,

and brought her to the man.

Adam said, "This is now bone of my bones,

and flesh of my flesh".

"She shall be called woman

because she was taken out of man."

"Therefore, a man shall leave his father and mother,

and be joined to his wife,

and they shall become one flesh."

Hello?

Yes, this is she.

Oh my god!

What happened?

Yes.

What happened?

What hospital?

Hey, baby.

- What's up? - I...

What's goin' on?

What happened?

It's my dad, he's sick.

What do you mean he's sick?

I mean, he's sick, baby.

He's in the hospital right now.

What happened to him?

I don't know,

that's why we need to go and find out.

Oh, no.

I'm sorry, baby.

We need to go to the hospital.

I can't.

I can't go to the hospital right now.

This motion is due by seven tomorrow.

I need to go to the hospital.

Yes, baby, I'll take you, but I just can't stay.

Can you stay an hour?

Okay, just one hour?

I don't think I...

- I can't do this by myself. - No, I can't.

Please, don't do this.

Do what?

You're always try to guilt trip me into doing things,

and when I don't, you make me feel like a freakin' jerk.

Fine, don't go.

I'll see you later.

This is what

- I'm talking about. - Enough, Brandon.

I don't have time for this, okay?

I will go to the hospital by myself, okay?

Look, I'm sorry about your dad.

Let me know how he's doing,

okay?

Whatever.

Hey, sweet pea!

What's goin' on?

What happened to you?

Out of no where,

my stomach started hurting me something terrible,

so go inside, use the bathroom,

and there's blood in the toilet.

What really made it worse,

was I took some pills for the pain,

and after a couple of hours, pain came back so strong

I could barely hold myself up.

After a while,

your brother came and found me,

and took me here to get me checked out.

Oh god.

Has the doctor seen you yet?

Yep.

Yeah.

Yeah, yeah, he saw me, ran some tests,

and we'll see what it looks like later on tonight.

Daddy, I'm gonna come and stay with you for a few weeks.

Mm-mm, no.

- Honey, no. - Daddy, no.

- No, no, no. - It is not up for discussion.

I said no.

You have your own life, your own family

- to take care of. - Daddy,

Brandon will understand.

You need me right now.

No, I need you to be at home with your husband.

You all need each other.

I'm gonna be all right.

Besides, I still have your idiot brother with me.

(MR. TAYLOR SNIFFS LOUDLY AND GROANS)

I love you so much sweetie.

And I'm proud of you.

Your mama would be proud too.

I know.

I love you too.

(MR. TAYLOR SNIFFS LOUDLY AND GROANS)

I gotta go to the bathroom.

Here, here, let me help you up.

No, no, no, no, no.

Are you all right?

- I'm fine, I'm fine- - Mr. Taylor,

are you all right?

I'm fine, I'm fine.

Just let me get ahold of my breath.

- To my knees. - What happened?

Ow.

Come on, I got you.

Take your time.

I gotta go to the bathroom.

- All right. - Daddy, your socks are

on the wrong way.

Let's sit you down first,

all right?

Let's go over some results.

I gotta see a man about a horse.

Don't worry,

I'm gonna take you to see that man, all right?

Just listen to me for one second, all right?

You his daughter?

Yes, yes.

Good, glad to have some support here.

Are you all right?

Yes, yes, I'm fine.

What do the test results show?

Have a seat for a moment, please.

Please.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER IN BACKGROUND)

I didn't hear you come in.

How is he?

Do you care?

I wouldn't ask if I didn't care.

He's sick.

They say he needs surgery three weeks from now.

Man, sorry about that.

What happened to you?

I tried to lift daddy out of the bed,

and he pulled my arm trying not to fall.

It's not a big deal.

I'm fine.

Hmm.

Well what did he say was wrong with him?

They say that daddy has-

It's Matthew.

I gotta take this.

Babe, just give me a second,

and I'll help you rub your shoulder, okay?

Matt, did you get the draft I sent you?

Good.

Excellent.

I need you to look at the bottom of page three.

Yeah. Yeah.

You see it?

Jamison, Wilson, Stewart.

Yes, of course.

No, she's in litigation.

Maybe I can put you through to her secretary?

Mm-hmm.

Hold, please.

Jackson Black.

I'm here to meet with Ruth Stewart.

Of course.

If you have a seat, please, Mr. Black,

I'll make sure that she know you're here.

All right, thank you.

Ms. Stewart, Mr. Black is here to see you.

Yes.

Mm-hmm.

Okay.

Jackson?

Yes.

Jackson Black.