WRITTEN BY
Roger Newcomb
STARRING
Bev Hromec as
Detective Dee Levin
Erika Crocco as Caroline Hart
Wendy Hammer
as Miranda Phillips
Ryan Chandler
as Elijah Phillips
Na’Vell Lee
Jason Nishimoto-Thompson
Brandon de Laurentiis as Ian Levin
Abby Wathen as
Anne Sayre as
Barbara Whitman
MIRANDA has
just opened the front door sees DEE and CAROLINE on the doorstep.
We’re not
here to talk to Paul.
MIRANDA
Then what do
you want?
CAROLINE
We’re looking
for you son, Miranda. Have you seen
Elijah?
MIRANDA
Why on earth
would you be looking for my son?
CAROLINE
Miranda, I
don’t know if you’re aware of this or not, but I was nearly run down a couple of
months ago in front of the
MIRANDA
I had no
idea. But what does this have to do with
Elijah?
Miranda, I
did a check on the car Caroline saw that day.
It was a 1993 blue Mercury Marquis.
MIRANDA
So?
That doesn’t
sound familiar to you?
CAROLINE
Elijah drives
a 1993 blue Mercury Marquis. There are
only two on the list of register vehicles in
MIRANDA
What are you
trying to say? That my son tried to run
you over, Caroline? Don’t be
ridiculous. He’s a sweet boy.
We don’t know
anything for sure, but that’s why we want to talk to him.
Elijah walks
up.
ELIJAH
What’s going
on here?
CAROLINE
Elijah! (gasps) Wait a
minute. It WAS you. You were at Sutter’s Mill the night I saw the
car, and then you took off before I went back outside.
ELIJAH
I have no
idea what you’re talking about, Caroline.
MIRANDA
Son, tell her
you had nothing to do with her hit and run accident. Tell her!
ELIJAH
It wasn’t me,
I swear.
Elijah, I
need to know exactly what you were doing the afternoon of May 18th.
ELIJAH
That’s
easy. I was taking my Accounting finals
all afternoon. I never left campus.
And there
were witnesses I assume?
ELIJAH
A
whole classroom full of them.
And your car
was in your possession that whole time?
None of your friends borrowed it or you didn’t leave the keys lying
around?
ELIJAH
Nope. My car was parked outside my door all
day. I swear.
CAROLINE
Then we have
to follow up on the other car. That’s
all we can do.
CAROLINE
It can’t
hurt.
Fine.
Thanks for your time.
MIRANDA
I can’t
believe you would accuse my son of something so awful.
CAROLINE
We’re sorry,
Miranda. Really.
Caroline and
Dee leave and Miranda shuts the front door.
MIRANDA
The
nerve of those two.
ELIJAH
Mom, you are
either the best actress in the world or something is seriously wrong here.
CYRUS is
standing at the nurse’s station when DAMIEN walks up.
DAMIEN
Hey. Is my sister in?
CYRUS
Damien,
hi. Yes, she is, but I believe she is with a
patient right now.
DAMIEN
Oh,
okay. I was driving by and thought I’d
stop in. I’ll catch her later.
CYRUS
Damien,
wait. Look, I’m sorry if I made things
awkward between us by telling you what I did.
DAMIEN
Why don’t we
just forget about it? Okay?
CYRUS
I think
that’s a good idea.
Ian walks up.
IAN
Hey there.
CYRUS
Hi. Ian, this is Dr. Givens brother, Damien.
IAN
I think maybe
we’ve met before, somewhere.
DAMIEN
Maybe.
Look, I’m going to be taking off.
Take care, Cyrus.
CYRUS
Bye, Damien.
Damien
leaves.
IAN
What’s going
on with him? Is there a problem?
CYRUS
Well, if there
is, it’s all my fault.
BARBARA is
sitting in the family room when
Aunt Barbara,
is it true?
BARBARA
Is what true?
Have you been
in touch with Dad? Dante told me his
father mentioned that you had been in contact with him!
BARBARA
Oh.
I don’t
understand.
BARBARA
Well, I had
to make up a little story for Paul and I used your father’s name, but I never
expected it to get back to you.
What kind of story? What are you up to, Aunt Barbara?
BARBARA
Nothing,
sweetie. I really don’t want to get into right now,
but it’s nothing for you to worry about.
Unfortunately, or fortunately maybe, your father hasn’t been in touch
with me since the day he left. I’m
sorry.
He just ran
out on us. How could he do that, and
leave us with Mom?
BARBARA
I wish I
knew. By the way, your “mother” stopped
by here. Don’t know how she found me,
but she was being nasty as usual.
I can’t
believe she followed me to
BARBARA
I hear ya. The woman needs
to get a life and stay the hell out of mine.