And then I fell it, as her heart stops beating beneath my palm-that tiny loss of rhythm, that hollow calm, that utter loss.
Anna
Anna Fitzgerald is your typical 13 year old girl, she loves playing sport and hanging out with friends, she loves animals and going to the beach, except her sister has leukemia.
Anna isn't sick but she may aswell be she has had countless surgeries, transfusions and transplants so her sister might overcome her illness, but shes had enough and its a choice that may tear her family apart.
Anna files a law suit against her parents for medical emancipation so her parents cant force her to give anything else to her sister Kate so that she might live a normal life. Only there's a catch, it wasn't Anna's decision she wasn't the one who decided to stop, It was Kate.
“See, unlike the rest of the free world, I didn’t get here by accident. And if your parents have you for a reason then that reason better exist. Because once it’s gone, so are you.”
Anna isn't sick but she may aswell be she has had countless surgeries, transfusions and transplants so her sister might overcome her illness, but shes had enough and its a choice that may tear her family apart.
Anna files a law suit against her parents for medical emancipation so her parents cant force her to give anything else to her sister Kate so that she might live a normal life. Only there's a catch, it wasn't Anna's decision she wasn't the one who decided to stop, It was Kate.
“See, unlike the rest of the free world, I didn’t get here by accident. And if your parents have you for a reason then that reason better exist. Because once it’s gone, so are you.”
Kate
Kate Fitzgerald, she has a rare case of leukaemia that is slowly killing her Anna is the only one keeping her alive with regular transfusions of blood and bone marrow. Kate has grown up being sick and when she realises the pain she is causing her sister Anna and her brother Jesse she decides its time, she's ready to die.
For a short while Kate had a boyfriend another cancer patient shed met in hospital together she experiences something she never thought she would, Love.
Until he dies.
Despite Anna not wanting to help Kate anymore they are best friends Kate is the only one that notices Anna and what she wants, she's someone who looks in on Kate's ordeal from the outside. Kate wants Anna to live so one day she asks Anna to stop giving her help, so Kate files the law suit.
“If you have a sister and she dies, do you stop saying you have one? Or are you always a sister, even when the other half of the equation is gone?”
For a short while Kate had a boyfriend another cancer patient shed met in hospital together she experiences something she never thought she would, Love.
Until he dies.
Despite Anna not wanting to help Kate anymore they are best friends Kate is the only one that notices Anna and what she wants, she's someone who looks in on Kate's ordeal from the outside. Kate wants Anna to live so one day she asks Anna to stop giving her help, so Kate files the law suit.
“If you have a sister and she dies, do you stop saying you have one? Or are you always a sister, even when the other half of the equation is gone?”
Campbell
Campbell Alexander is the lawyer Anna enlists for her case. he took her on for free as he secretly is an epileptic and wants to help her.
He has the service dog Judge who is his seizure dog that goes crazy when hes about to have a fit as in the court room.
"There are some things we do because we convince ourselves it would be better for everyone involved. We tell ourselves that it's the right thing to do, the altrusistic thing to do. It's far easeir than telling ourselves the truth."
He has the service dog Judge who is his seizure dog that goes crazy when hes about to have a fit as in the court room.
"There are some things we do because we convince ourselves it would be better for everyone involved. We tell ourselves that it's the right thing to do, the altrusistic thing to do. It's far easeir than telling ourselves the truth."
Sara
Sara Fitzgerald plays the role of the selfish mother who although only wants the best for all her kids. She is only worried about the survival of Kate that she doesn't notice her family falling apart around her.
She is married to Brian and has two daughters Kate and Anna and a son Jesse.
“Although I am nine months pregnant, although I have had plenty of time to dream, I have not really considered the specifics of this child. I have thought of this daughter only in terms of what she will be able to do for the daughter I already have…Then again, my
dreams for her are no less exalted; I plan for her to save her sister’s life.”
She is married to Brian and has two daughters Kate and Anna and a son Jesse.
“Although I am nine months pregnant, although I have had plenty of time to dream, I have not really considered the specifics of this child. I have thought of this daughter only in terms of what she will be able to do for the daughter I already have…Then again, my
dreams for her are no less exalted; I plan for her to save her sister’s life.”
Brian
Brian is Anna, Kate's and Jesses father he is married to Sara.
Brian is the chief volunteer fire fighter at the local fire station and loves his work and sees it as an escape from the drama at home. His work mates are his second family.
He is a very kind and considerate father who will do anything he can for his kids, except Jesse who no one can seem to keep a handle on.
“Maybe it’s because Jesse isn’t all that different from me, choosing fire as his medium, needing to know that he could command at least one uncontrollable thing.”
Brian is the chief volunteer fire fighter at the local fire station and loves his work and sees it as an escape from the drama at home. His work mates are his second family.
He is a very kind and considerate father who will do anything he can for his kids, except Jesse who no one can seem to keep a handle on.
“Maybe it’s because Jesse isn’t all that different from me, choosing fire as his medium, needing to know that he could command at least one uncontrollable thing.”
Jesse
Jesse is Brian and Saras only Son. He is the oldest of the three kids. Jesses reaction to the family dramas and Kates illness is very rebellious he drinks and takes drugs, he is failing school and becomes an arsonist as a way of attention.
Jesse is very left out and different from the rest of the family as he is always the one left in the background because (as he feels) he isn't important enough to be worried about compared to Kate and Anna
Jesse is very left out and different from the rest of the family as he is always the one left in the background because (as he feels) he isn't important enough to be worried about compared to Kate and Anna
Judge
Judge is Campbell Alexanders epileptic dog. he is there to help Campbell for when he way have a fit, judge is also one of Campbell's best friends and they go everywhere and to everything together.