The O.C. (TV Series)

The Gamble (2003)

Daphne Ashbrook: Dawn Atwood

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• Dawn : I didn't know what I was doing when I married your dad. I was too young when I had your brother. But with you... You were always the smart one. You know? The good one. When you got arrested... I knew I'd failed, and... you were my last hope. I should go.

  Ryan : Wait.

• Ryan : What are you even doing here?

  Dawn : I came... for you.

  Ryan : Why? What do you want from me? You left a note. A note.

  Dawn : Okay, let me explain...

  Ryan : You abandoned me. You threw me out. You just took off.

  Dawn : I know, honey. I was... and A.J., and... the drinking, and... It's going to be different now.

  Ryan : That's what you said when we moved from Fresno after dad got arrested.

• Dawn : So... you caught me.

  Kirsten : You can't do this. You're his mother.

  Dawn : I'm a mess. Not a mother.