Devotion: "All My Children" Transcript

"All My Children"
Anna Tells David She's Leaving Town
Transcribed By Poonam

David: Oh, you got to be kidding me. This is what I get for finally being honest with you, for once? For telling you the truth, that I put a drug in Cambias' scotch?

Anna: This isn't punishment, David.

David: I apologize for upsetting you, all right? But I will not apologize for wanting that pathetic pervert killed!

Anna: don't. I don't want any apologies or explanations. I was in that hearing. I saw the smirk on Michael's face over what he had done to that poor child.

David: Well, then, if you understand, what are you talking about?

Anna: I kept thinking of Leora. What if it had been our daughter or Robin that he had attacked? It could drive anyone who loved Bianca to do anything, even murder.

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David: You know what this is really about? You still blame me.

Anna: Oh, no, I don't.

David: Yes, you do.

Anna: I don't want you to think that.

David: Yes, you do.

Anna: No. I lost -- I lost more of myself with Leora than I realized. I prayed that that wasn't so and I could get it back, and I keep trying to find the missing piece of me.

David: We can weather this, Anna. We can. We'll seek counseling. We'll work through this.

Anna: You know it's too late.

David: When the hell did you become so lazy not even to fight? I mean, are we worth it, Anna? If you ever really valued anything about us --

Anna: Oh, I valued this more than anything, certainly more than my honor and integrity. I'm not just saying, "Oh, gee, you know, my relationship isn't working, I'm bored." No one fights harder than I do when there's something to win.

David: Well, thanks a lot. Thank you.

Anna: I'm not doing this lightly, David; and it's not you. I don't blame you. It's me, my heart. It's just shut down. Maybe it's temporary. Maybe I'll feel again or love someone the way they deserve; but it's not going to be here, now, with you.

David: So where's it going to be, hmm? Do you have an itinerary?

Anna: I'm going to go to Paris.

[David chuckles]

David: That's great. Oh, that's great. The city of lights and love --
good choice.

Anna: Yeah, well, I want to see Robin, you know. I've really thought a lot about her since we lost Leora.

David: I never would have stopped you from going there to see her or living with her for as long as you wanted.

Anna: If we're going to get on with life and find reasons to do that, we have to be apart. If I wasn't so convinced that our lives depended on it, I wouldn't go. I'm so sorry that I couldn't -- I couldn't force this to work. I'm so sorry that I failed you, that I failed us.

David: No. Don't you ever say that. Do you hear me? You didn't, Anna! You couldn't have! It's just the way things worked out, that's all.

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