DAMIEN has
just finished taking a shower when he hears a knock on the door.
DAMIEN
Oh dammit.
Damien puts a
towel on and walks over to the front door and opens it.
FELICIA
Well, well,
five o’clock and you’re naked. I take it
you have some tramp in your apartment.
DAMIEN
What are you
doing here, Felicia? And no, I’m home
alone.
FELICIA
Rumor has it
you’re seeing your mystery lady again. I
came over to find out if it’s true.
DAMIEN
It’s none of
your damn, business. You are the one who
cheated on me, so don’t even get started with me today.
FELICIA
How do you do
it?
DAMIEN
How do I do
what?
FELICIA
How do you manage
to keep this mystery woman of yours such a secret?
DAMIEN
Now why one
earth would you think I have a mystery woman in the first place?
FELICIA
Get off it,
Damien. We both know that you would have
taken me back once you got over it, if you hadn’t met someone. And from what I hear, the two of you split up
and now you’re seeing her again. But no
one seems to know who this woman is. I can’t believe not one person knows about this.
DAMIEN
My personal
life is no longer any of your concern.
And you’re wrong about me taking you back, Felicia. You broke the trust and I was never going to
forget it. It doesn’t matter anyway,
because we are all wrong for each other.
FELICIA
You think
so? Well, there’s something you’re
forgetting about me, Damien. I don’t
like being rejected. And if I can’t
have you, then I don’t want anyone else to have you either.
DAMIEN
Come on,
Felicia. Just let it go. We had some good times. Let’s just leave it at that.
FELICIA
No! There’s obviously some reason you don’t want
anyone to know about this new lady friend of yours and I’m going to find out
why.
DANTE RAMOS
and ARDEN MORGAN have arrived and
Well, this is
it.
DANTE
Do you want
me to come inside with you?
No. That’s not necessary. Look at her in there in that interrogation
room. She is totally oblivious about how
much damage the long line of men she’s paraded in and out of her life has done
to Brian and me.
DANTE
And your dad
was Barbara’s brother? What happened to
him?
He was my
mom’s great passion really. When he left
she fell apart and she’s never been the same.
Always looking for love in all the wrong places.
DANTE
She can’t be
all bad if she’s willing to go to jail for something you did.
I guess it’s
time to find out what happened after I left town.
DANTE
I’ll be right
here if you need me. I can see you
through the glass and I’ll be in there so fast if you call for me.
You’re sweet,
Dante. I’ve never met anyone like you
before.
DANTE
I feel the
same way about you, Arden.
Okay, here
goes.
DANTE
Good luck.
EVE
Well,
well. I was wondering if you would ever
show your face again.
Mom, I came
as soon as I heard you confessed to killing Cliff.
EVE
Killing?!! Honey, Cliff’s not dead.
What?!! But Mom, I shot him. And there was so much blood.
EVE
But
not nearly enough. He’s over at
Oh my
God. I thought I killed him.
EVE
What the hell
happened,
Mom, he came
home angry and drunk and started attacking me.
I ran out of the house and before I knew it, I had taken the gun out of
his truck. We struggled and it went off. I was so scared I just jumped into my car and
drove off.
EVE
Leaving
me holding the bag.
No. I didn’t realize you were going to
confess. That never crossed my
mind. I just wanted to find Brian so I
drove to
EVE
Brian. That ingrate son of mine? What did you think he could do for that I
couldn’t?
I don’t
know. I was scared and in shock. I just had to get out of there. But what I don’t understand is, why did you confess?
You didn’t shoot him, Mom.
EVE
When Cliff
woke up after the shooting, the cops asked him who shot him. He didn’t know, but said he thought there was
a good chance it was me. I told him I
had no idea what happened at first, but when I first found Cliff, I picked up
the gun. They found my fingerprints on
it, along with Cliff’s and a third person’s they couldn’t identify. So they hauled me down here for questioning.
But that’s
not enough evidence to put you in jail.
You didn’t have to tell them that YOU shot him.
EVE
I found your
earring next to Cliff’s body Arden. I
knew it had to be you that shot him and left him there. I took that earring and through it as far
into the woods as I could while I waited for the ambulance to arrive.
So you
confessed to shooting Cliff just to protect me?
No other reason?
EVE
He’s going to
be getting out soon,
I was in
shock at the time, but now I realize that it was self-defense Mom. If I tell the police the truth, they will let
you go.
EVE
And what’s
going to happen to you? Even if the
police don’t arrest you, Cliff and his family will come after you.
I can’t
believe you’re willing to go to jail to protect me.
EVE
Damn,
When this is
all settled, Mom, I’m leaving
EVE
I’m sorry,
but I have to. Brian is in
EVE
So Brian
talked you into this? Just because he
left here and never looked back doesn’t mean you should do the same. He hasn’t been any kind of brother to you. Or any kind of son for that
matter.
Mom, you
don’t realize what it’s been like for us, living here, watching you
self-destruct. As soon as one man walks
out on you, have are bringing another one into our house. I’m eighteen now, and I can’t take it
anymore.
EVE
Oh, I see
your gratitude lasted all of about two minutes.
Well, gee,
Mom, I am
grateful to you for trying to protect me against Cliff, but that doesn’t make
up for a lifetime of men and drinking and pills. I will never have any kind of life of my own
if I stay in
EVE
So while I’ve
been here sitting in a jail cell for you, you’ve been off letting your brother
turn you against me.
Don’t blame
this on Brian, Mom. I think
EVE
Barbara! Your father’s tramp of a
gold-digging sister?!
Mom, I didn’t
want this conversation to turn into some big fight. I don’t want to leave things like that with
you.
EVE
Well, it’s
too late, kiddo. You’ve shown your true
colors today and I want you out of here, and out of my life.
Don’t do
this. I’m finally speaking my mind for
the first time, and I should have known better I guess, but a part of me
thought you might understand.
EVE
Trying living
on bread and water a few days and see how understanding YOU are. This is it,
(upset)
Mom.
EVE
Just go. Get the hell out of here. When Cliff Myers comes looking for you, don’t
come crawling back to me, you hear me?
Goodbye Mom.
DANTE
No. I’m not.
CAROLINE is
having an early dinner with MANNY
MANNY
I can’t
believe this. You walk out of the
hospital and almost get mowed down by an oncoming car? What did the police say?
CAROLINE
They are
looking for the car, but we didn’t exactly give them much to go on. I don’t know if they’ll find out who it was.
MANNY
Caroline, you
don’t think this person was trying to hit you on purpose, do you?
CAROLINE
I don’t know
what to think, Manny. The last time I
was at the hospital, I had an ugly run in with Paul and he threatened me.
MANNY
Threatened
you? How?
A waitress
walks up.
WAITRESS
Hi. Can I get you another drink from the bar?
CAROLINE
No, I’m fine
for now.
MANNY
I’ll have
another soda, please.
WAITRESS
Sure. I’ll be right back.
The waitress
walks away.
CAROLINE
What happened
to the Manny I used to know who would have whiskey with every meal?
MANNY
Just tell me
how Paul threatened you. What did he
say, Caroline?
Caroline sees
Cyrus and Karen walk in.
CAROLINE
Oh no. There’s that psychic again.
MANNY
Oh, you mean
the kid who told you that you were in danger.
CAROLINE
Yes, and he
right. I’d hate to find out what else
he’s predicting for my life. How totally creepy.
MANNY
Well, here he
comes.
Cyrus and
Karen walk up.
CYRUS
Hello, Ms.
Hart. How are you feeling today?
CAROLINE
I’m fine,
Cyrus.
KAREN
That was
quite a scare you gave us yesterday at the hospital. Everyone is still talking about it.
MANNY
Hello
Karen.
KAREN
Manny.
CYRUS
Well, didn’t
mean to disturb you. Have a nice day.
CAROLINE
Bye.
Karen and
Cyrus walk away.
MANNY
So aren’t you
the least bit curious?
CAROLINE
About
what?
MANNY
About
this guy? The psychic intern or whatever he is.
CAROLINE
No. I just want to forget about his freaky
premonition and the fact that he was right.
MANNY
Maybe he
knows who did this? If he could see that
you’re in danger, maybe he knows more.
CAROLINE
Oh, Manny,
come on. You don’t really believe in all
that hooey now do you?
MANNY
Look, all I’m
saying is, if I were you, I’d be finding out every detail that guy knows. If the person who almost hit you did it on
purpose, then there’s a good chance they’re going to try again.
BRIAN has
just finished showing ANGELA around the burn unit.
BRIAN
So what do
you think of
ANGELA
Well, it has
one thing that we definitely don’t have in
BRIAN
And what’s
that?
ANGELA
A hot,
young burn specialist.
BRIAN
(laughs)
Hot? Me?
Come on.
ANGELA
Oh
please. Don’t get modest on me now. When we first me, you sent a picture of you
wearing an extra small t-shirt, you were obviously wanting to impress me with
your body.
BRIAN
Uh,
not really. That’s actually the only picture I have
scanned. Well, that and the same picture
you see on my badge here, but that’s not exactly flattering.
ANGELA
Well, either
way, it worked. I was intrigued.
BRIAN
And I thought
it was charm that won you over.
ANGELA
That
too.
BRIAN
So do you
have time to grab some coffee or do you have to get back to
ANGELA
I have a
little while. Karen’s coming over later
for a movie night.
BRIAN
Oh, that’ll
be fun.
ANGELA
Yeah. We both love romantic comedies so we’ll be
all weepy during the movie and then happy at the end when the heroine and her
hero finally get together.
BRIAN
That sounds
nice. The movie, I mean.
ANGELA
I always
picture myself as the heroine in those movies.
I guess I’m a hopeless romantic at heart. My brother, Damien, definitely is too. Must run in our family.
BRIAN
That’s a good
thing, right?
ANGELA
It would be,
if I didn’t always get burned. But like
I said, I’m hopeless so I’ll just keep trying.
BRIAN
Oh, I don’t
think you’re hopeless, Angela. Not at all.
BARBARA walks
in and sees PAUL working at his desk talking to a man she can only see from
behind.
BARBARA
Oh,
sorry. Margie said to go right in. I didn’t mean to interrupt.
PAUL
You’re not
interrupting, Barbara. I was just
talking to an old friend of yours.
BARABARA
Huh?
Benny turns
around and faces Barbara.
BENNY
Hello Barbie.
BARBARA
(gasps)
Benny!
PAUL
Benny here
has been filling me in on quite a few things I didn’t know about you Barbara.
BARBARA
Paul, I can
explain!