Criminal Minds2005

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David Rossi:
Hey, what's going on with you?

Carolyn Baker Rossi:
Um... You know, I... I don't know how to say this, except to just say it. [pause] Last year, I was diagnosed with ALS, Lou Gehrig's disease.

David Rossi:
Carolyn...

Carolyn Baker Rossi:
Like you always said, nobody lives forever.

David Rossi:
Why didn't you call me earlier? I could have...

Carolyn Baker Rossi:
Please let me finish. Because if I don't get this out now, I don't know that I ever will. I've had this disease for over a year. To live 18 months is a gift. The last few weeks I've started noticing the signs. It won't be long now. I came to ask you when the disease reaches the point, and I'm too weak or too afraid, I want you to help me leave this world on my own terms. When it's time, will you help me end my life?