The Horse Whisperer

      LIZ
      It isn't right to make him suffer...

      ANNIE
      And I can say the same thing about my
      daughter! But she is suffering! Can you
      solve that problem!
       (Liz is quiet)
      I can't deal with this now, Liz! If you
      need a yes or no right now, then no --
      don't do it! Not until I know Grace is
      all right. Now, please! Just do what you
      can. Okay?
         (softer)
      Please.

 Liz is stopped by Annie's almost pleading tone.

      LIZ
      All right...

 They hang up. Annie takes a breath. Robert re-enters.

      ANNIE
      What did he say?

      ROBERT
      Nothing new. He's just going off duty.

 Beat. Silence.

      ANNIE
      I'm going to get all the nurses'
      names... It's good to know all their
      names.

 Robert nods. But neither of them moves. They stand motionless
 for a beat, then Annie begins to break down and eases herself
 into Robert's arms.

 Robert embraces her, kissing her head, with an almost fatherly
 comfort. His expression tells us it's the moment he's been
 expecting... and wanting. Now she'll be all right, in his arms.
 Whatever distance between them, whatever problems felt
 insurmountable last night on the phone, are now, for the moment
 -- for Robert -- gone.

 But Annie's expression tells us something different. Her
 instinct to hold him was honest... but the effect isn't the
 same anymore. Something doesn't feel right. Something isn't
 working anymore about his comforting embrace.

      ANNIE
      I should go get some of her things.