Roll With It

Ellie catches her mom working on assisted living forms for her grandpa. Alice tries to reassure Ellie that putting her grandpa into assisted living is a contingency plan and it will only happen if they are no longer able to take care of him. Ellie cries and asks her mom if she plans to place her into assisted living as well. Alice asserts that she would never make that decision. Ellie understands that what is happening with her grandpa is different to her own disability. Part of her fear arises from a girl whom she met in elementary school, named Rita, who also had CP. She was placed in assisted living because her parents could not care for her. Ellie recalls her disappearing from school unexpectedly and not knowing what happened to her.

Bert shows up in a suit at Ellie’s grandparents’ trailer on the day of the Valentine’s dance. Ellie is adamant that she is not attending a dance. Coralee shows up in her Valentine’s attire as well. Bert, Ellie’s grandparents, and Coralee assure Ellie that they will not be attending a dance. Mema says that she told Bert’s dad that Alice would drive, and Alice consents although she does not know where they are going.