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In the Movie |
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Sutter's dad is a fun loving drunk who has lost track of time and his family. |
He seems like a cranky person. |
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Sutter's dad has to leave to take his girlfriend home after she breaks a glass during their fight. |
He says he is going to drive a girl home who he talked to, but it isn't clear that she is his girlfriend.
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Sutter's dad leaves him 20 dollars for the bill, but it isn't enough. |
He just tells Sutter to pick up the tab. He doesn't have enough money and asks Amy to help him. |
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They wait at Sutter's dad's house for 30 minutes and leave after he doesn't show. |
They wait and then drive to see he is in a bar with his friends and leave.
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After Sutter kicks Amy out of the car she is hit by a car and she ends up in a field. Sutter goes to find her and she says she doesn't go to the hospital. She goes the next day. She tells her family that he was a hero because they were changing a tire. |
She goes to the hospital right away and he calls his Mom right away. |