No More Waiting for Daddy

Synopsis

<p style="margin-bottom: 1.2em;">In No More Waiting For Daddy, six-year-old Ellie loves drawing and dancing ballet. She dreams of her dad, Graham, picking her up from school and taking her to the amusement park. Instead, he leaves her waiting in a downpour while he drives his childhood friend Paige and her daughter, Mia, home.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 1.2em;">When Ellie gets sick, Graham takes the last of her fever medicine for Mia. Even when Ellie’s temperature reaches 104°F, he accuses Nora of lying. Ellie eventually recovers and gets ready for her ballet competition, but her foot starts to hurt just before she goes onstage. There’s broken glass in her ballet shoe. Graham and Paige put it there so Mia could win.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 1.2em;">Graham celebrates Mia’s win with Paige, but Nora is done waiting for him to keep his promises to Ellie. She contacts a divorce lawyer and books two tickets, one for herself and one for her daughter. Then she starts packing without telling Graham.</p> <h4 style="font-size: 1.2em; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.4; margin-top: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Characters</h4> <h5 style="font-size: 1.05em; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.4; margin-top: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0.4em;">Nora</h5> <p style="margin-bottom: 1.2em;">Nora is Ellie’s mother and Graham’s wife. She believes Graham will keep his promises until she sees him refuse to care for their daughter. She starts preparing to leave with Ellie.</p> <h5 style="font-size: 1.05em; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.4; margin-top: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0.4em;">Graham Bennett</h5> <p style="margin-bottom: 1.2em;">Graham Bennett is Nora’s husband and Ellie’s father. He repeatedly puts Paige and Mia ahead of his own daughter, even when Ellie is sick. He celebrates Mia’s ballet win while Nora prepares to leave him.</p> <h5 style="font-size: 1.05em; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.4; margin-top: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0.4em;">Paige</h5> <p style="margin-bottom: 1.2em;">Paige is Graham’s childhood friend and Mia’s mother. She plays on Graham’s sympathy to keep him on her side. After Mia wins the ballet competition, Paige sends Nora texts to provoke her.</p>