WRITTEN BY
Roger Newcomb
STARRING
Wendy Hammer
as Miranda Phillips
Anne Sayre as
Barbara Whitman
Barbara
Thomas as Eve Morgan
Stephen
Seidel as Dante Ramos
Abby Wathen
as
Na’Vell Lee
as Damien Givens
Ryan Chandler
as Elijah Phillips
Delaina Dixon
as Dr. Angela Givens
BARBARA is
sitting in the family room when MIRANDA escorts EVE in.
MIRANDA
You have a
visitor, Ms. Whitman.
BARBARA
(sees Eve)
Oh God.
EVE
Hello
Barbara. It’s been a long time.
BARBARA
Not long
enough. Miranda, can you escort this
“woman” out of here?
MIRANDA
Oh, uh,
alright. She said she was family.
BARBARA
Hardly.
EVE
Oh, Barbara, we
haven’t seen each other in years, and you’re going to turn me away like
this? I thought you’d at least invite me
in for tea.
BARBARA
Eve, I don’t
know how you tracked me down, but I want no part of you so get the hell out of
here.
EVE
Have you
heard from Frank lately?
BARBARA
No, I
haven’t, and it’s been wonderful.
EVE
I can’t
believe I ever fell for your no good, cheat of a brother.
BARBARA
(looks up to the sky)
God, what did
I do to deserve this? It’s like my
entire past is haunting me lately.
EVE
You’re
looking a little rough around the edges, Barbara. Are you getting enough sleep?
BARBARA
Get out of
here, Eve! Miranda, get her OUT!
MIRANDA
Yes,
man. I’m sorry miss, but you’ll have to
go.
EVE
You really think
you’re all high and mighty having your maid throw me out, don’t you.
MIRANDA
I’m not a
maid. I’m the housekeeper here.
EVE
Whatever,
honey. Enjoy it while it lasts,
Barbara. Something tells me you’re
living in a house of cards.
BARBARA
Go back to
EVE
I know you’ve
been turning them against me. You’re
gonna pay for that.
BARBARA
Oh
please. What could you possibly do to me?
EVE
Well, I’m not
leaving
DANTE is
sitting at the bar talking with DAMIEN and ARDEN, who is working her first
shift.
DANTE
So how’s your
first night going,
Let’s see, I’ve
spill drinks on two people, and nearly tripped with a huge tray of food, but
other than that, things are wonderful.
DANTE
(laughs)
First days
are always the worst.
DAMIEN
I remember my
first day here. This one guy had a few
too many drinks, and I had to cut him off.
It wasn’t pretty.
Elijah walks
up and sits down at the bar next to Damien.
ELIJAH
Hello
everyone.
DAMIEN
Hey
Elijah. What can I get for you?
ELIJAH
I’ll have a
Jack and Coke.
DAMIEN
You got it.
Damien starts
making the drink.
ELIJAH
(notices
Hello there!
Hi.
DANTE
That’s my
girlfriend, Arden.
I am?
DANTE
Well,
yeah. Right?
(laughs)
I guess I am.
ELIJAH
Geez,
Dante. She doesn’t sound too sure. Maybe you’re not keeping her happy.
DANTE
Don’t be disrespectful,
Eli.
ELIJAH
Don’t call me
that. It’s Elijah.
DANTE
Whatever.
Oh, the guy
in the corner looks like he needs a refill.
I’ll be back.
DAMIEN
Here you go.
ELIJAH
Thanks. (takes a drink) You know, Dante. That girlfriend of yours is pretty hot.
DANTE
You’re
right. And she would never give you the
time of day.
ELIJAH
Is that a
challenge?
DANTE
No. Stay away from Arden, Eli. And stay away from me too for that matter.
ANGELA has
just arrived home from seeing a movie with KAREN.
ANGELA
Ah, home
alone. Again.
Angela walks
over the answering machine.
ANGELA
No messages
either. He’s not going to call,
Angela. You’re wasting your time.
Angela walks
into the kitchen.
ANGELA
But why do I
feel like I need to talk to him right now?
Angela picks
up the phone and dials Brian’s number.
ANGELA
Damn, his
voice mail. (beep)
Brian, hi. It’s
me, Angela. I guess you’re still mad at
me since I haven’t heard from you, and I understand. But I wanted to call and talk, just to at least have some closure to us, whatever we were. Anyway, I don’t want to ramble on your voice
mail, and I know I will if I keep talking so have a good night and call
me. I hope to hear from you. Bye.
Angela hangs
up.