Annabelle lights up a cigarette.

                                                ANNABELLE
                                           I am not a child anymore. In a couple weeks                
                                           I will be 18. So what is the big deal.

                                               SENATOR
                                                You are still my child.

                                    Simone should not be punished for something                
                                     that we both wanted and did. I love                   
                                    her and I know she loves me. Just                        
                                    accept that please.

                                    Maybe it’s just a crush and it will go                    
                                      away.

Annabelle quickly finishes her cigarette. Fearing that she is not getting through to her mom she changes her approach.

                                  You once told me that grandpa was more than                
                                   20 years older than grandma. They                       
                                 married before she was ever 18.

                                                   SENATOR
                                   That is true.

                                                                Where would you and I be if someone stepped                
                                                                in and not let there love be?

                                           That is a little different.

                                            Not really. She was younger than I am. He              
                                             was older than Simone. They were                       
                                               straight. We are not.

                                                   SENATOR
                                          What are you saying?

                                         Maybe it’s hard to accept the fact that              
                                          your daughter is a lesbian.

                                        I thought it was just a stage you was going through    
                                      That you would grow out of it.