Ruby Sheridan - a star is born

Mum...I need you

5 years later

Ruby buy already a big Villa in Las Vegas. She move with Donna after John's dead. Still is the relationship with Donna really difficult and that's why she calls a babysitter so that she don't have care for Donna.
Ruby sits in the dressing room because she has a rehearsal now for a concert. Suddenly rings the phone in her dressing room and Ruby's sighs deep as she make her make up on her face. Then she takes it

"Hello?"

She says that annoyed

"Hello are you the mother from Donna Sheridan?"

asks a friendly voice. Its the director from Donnas school.
Ruby lies two fingers on her forehead and leans her elbow on the table.

"Yes...I'm the mother from her. What's wrong now?"

She asks that annoyed again

The director answers:

"Her stomach hurts and she vomits."

Ruby laughs and she is not in the mood to pick up Donna now.

"God she do that everyday...she imitate only. Do you not see that too?"

The director sighs:

"She vomits really...I would pick her up."

Ruby answers:

"Can't pick her up our babysitter? Do you ask her?"

The director says strict:

"She can't...so come...please."

then he hung up.

Ruby sighs deep and rams the listener on the telephone.

"God...she do this again."

She stands up and walks to her bodyguard

"We must displace that for few hours." She packs her bag and takes her sunglasses

"Donna imitate that she is ill again and our babysitter can't...so tell them we must replace."

Then she wears the glasses on her nose and her bodyguard nods. But nevertheless he asks:

"Are you sure that she imitates that only to annoying you?"

Ruby looks to him, sighs and lift her hands short up

"I know Donna...she is my daughter even though I don't see her as a daughter...I'm sorry I must go.."

Ruby walks then out and drives alone with her car to Donnas school.
As she is there she go annoyed in and opens the door from the director.
Donna looks to her shy. Ruby takes then her arm and looks to the director
"Okay...thank you that you call. We look if she feels better." Then she smiles irony. The director stands up

"Please Ruby Sheridan sit down, we want talk with you."

Ruby looks to him

"What?

But I must go to a rehearsal"

she touches with her index finger on her watch...

"I can't talk with you now."

The director answers really strict and hits with his hand on the table:

"Mrs. Sheridan please down..."

Ruby sighs deep and rolls her eyeballs and sits down. Then she stands her bag on her lap. Donna looks then back to the director. The director sighs and leans with his elbows on the table

"Well...for me is it a bit weird that Donna wants pick up everyday because she don't feel well...is everything okay at home?"

Ruby looks short to Donna and then back to him

"Well...I can say to you that everything is okay.. I'm a single mother and Donna get love what she need. I show her how she should cook because I go to concerts often. My God maybe she eats something bad"

She looks to Donna short and then back to the director. Donna rolls short her eyeballs and she can't believe that her mum lies in front of him.
Ruby stands up, takes her bag and Donnas arm

"Excuse me I must do a rehearsal."

She looks to Donna and whispers to her:

"Come now."

Donna takes her rucksack and her jacket.
Then go Ruby with Donna out from school. Outside she looks to Donna and let her arm. Mad she says to her:

"Donna! What was that again? Because of you I must replace my rehearsal for few hours! And you have nothing! Nothing! I mean look at you! You don't look ill!"

Donna crosses her arms

"I want that you do something with me.. I need you...always when I'm at home you're never there."

Ruby sighs deep and takes her arm and walks with her to the car
"Donna...I'm not a clown who cares of little kids and play with them. I have other things to do. To sing and to stand on stage and you have not other hobbies and imitate that you're ill! When you not imitate that you're ill then I can do my rehearsal now!"

Donna looks mad to her
"You only think about your sing and so on."

Ruby sighs deep and answers:

"That's my job Donna...my fucking job.."

She let Donna sit on the behind seats and Ruby drives back to home. At home she let Donna in her room and looks to her strict

"Donna...if you do this again...I will not pick you up again and I will not talk a word with you anymore."

She looks on her watch

"God I must go now..."

then she close the door and walks then away. Donna stands in front of the door and cries a bit and lies then on the bed.
Ruby drives then back to the concert hall and comes back "okay I'm sorry we can do the rehearsal now..."

Few days later is Donna again at home but this time with her babysitter. She is drawing something on the paper and the babysitter sitting next to her. She reads a magazine and Donna looks to her

"Frances...do you ever have a mum who cares of you ? Or are every mommies like mine."

Frances looks to her and lies the magazine on the table

"Of course I have...my mum was always there for me."

She smiles.

Donna asks then:

"Can I have you as my mum?"

Frances laughs short and strokes over her hairs

"No I can't...but...do you want that your mum care of you?"

Donna sighs and nods. Frances strokes over her arm

"Donna look...I'm sure that she loves you. But this is her job to stand on stage. And sometime she do with you something."

Donna looks sad to her

"I'm not sure Frances...with 18 I just want move out from here."

Frances sighs and she is just sorry for her and hugs her, lies Donnas head on her chest. Then she strokes over her hairs....