WRITTEN
BY
Roger Newcomb
STARRING
(in order of appearance)
Stephen Seidel as Dante Ramos
Angela Mazziotta
as
Na’Vell
Lee as Damien Givens
Jeffrey Richardson as Dr. Brian Morgan
Delaina
Dixon as Dr. Angela Givens
Crystal Rose as Ashley
DANTE
Hey
gorgeous. I was wondering when your
shift started.
Hi.
DANTE
I
tried calling you earlier.
Yeah,
I was out shopping in Piermont with your friend, Elijah.
DANTE
Elijah
Phillips? Arden, that guy is definitely not my friend. What were you doing with him?
Well,
he stopped by the guest house and was trying to be nice since I’m fairly new in
town. I’ve gotten the sense that there’s
some tension between you two, but you haven’t talked about him much.
DANTE
That’s
because the tension between us is all him.
I’ve known that guy my entire life and we’ve barely had a
conversation. He has some kind of
problem with me, but I’ve never done a damn thing to him.
So
why would he stop by the guest house and invite me to go shopping then?
DANTE
I
have no idea, but stay away from that guy, Arden. He has a chip on his shoulder a mile
wide. And whatever his motives, they
were probably no good.
ANGELA
is talking with DAMIEN and BRIAN in the living room.
DAMIEN
Karen
said that?
ANGELA
Yes. She basically said I had to choose between
Brian and her. This whole situation is
spiraling out of control.
BRIAN
Angela,
I’m sorry I’ve put you in this position with your best friend.
ANGELA
Brian,
you didn’t do anything. This isn’t your
fault.
BRIAN
Are
you also still sure that Karen isn’t doing all this on purpose?
DAMIEN
Wait
a minute, you think Karen is making all this up? Why would she do something like that?
BRIAN
To keep Angela and me apart.
DAMIEN
But
I don’t get it. What would she get out
of that?
BRIAN
The
hell if I know. Angela?
ANGELA
You
guys, when we talked earlier, she seemed genuinely hurt that I didn’t believe
her about Brian. We’ve always been able
to read each other so well.
BRIAN
Is
there anyone else who could talk to her?
And maybe get a different perspective on all this?
ANGELA
I
don’t know. If I can’t read her, then I
don’t think anyone else will be able to.
DAMIEN
Angela,
why don’t you let me talk to her?
ANGELA
Well,
you guys have always been close too. I
guess it couldn’t hurt.
DAMIEN
I’m
curious about the whole situation myself, and there’s one thing that’s never
been clear to any of us. Who sent you
those letters and then sent Karen that one letter?
BRIAN
That’s
a good point. Do you think this is
connected somehow?
ANGELA
How
would it be connected?
BRIAN
Angela,
you didn’t see Karen that night at the hospital. I’ve had this theory ever since then but
didn’t want to tell you because I figured you’d get upset.
ANGELA
What
kind of theory?
BRIAN
It’s
just way too convenient that Karen received that letter after her dinner with
me. Now if I was the one writing them, that would be one explanation. But since I’m not, the only other thing I can
think of that makes sense is that Karen wrote that letter to herself.
ANGELA
WHAT?! You can’t be serious, Brian.
BRIAN
Think
about it, Angela. She knew you were
getting letters and she could have used that to try and frame me.
ANGELA
But
her letter looked just like mine. You
think she copied the original sender?
BRIAN
No,
Angela. I don’t. I think Karen was the original letter writer
as well. Karen was your secret admirer!
ASHLEY
So
Arden, that guy over there is your boyfriend?
Yes. Dante Ramos.
He’s having dinner with his uncle.
ASHLEY
Ramos? As in the family with that
big mansion in Piermont?
Yep. And believe it or not, I’m staying in the
guest house right now, which is bigger than any house I’d ever been in until
now.
ASHLEY
So
you’re living at the Ramos estate but working as a waitress at Sutter’s
Mill? What gives?
Well,
I’m just staying there as a favor from Dante.
But I want to earn enough money to get my own place, a studio or a one
bedroom apartment.
ASHLEY
Girl,
why would you give all that up to move into a studio? You can’t be serious.
I
want to make it on my own, Ashley. Is
that so hard to understand?
ASHLEY
From
where I live in Monsey (pronounced mun-sey), Piermont
looks pretty damn good. I’m sure if you
played your cards right you could stay there as long as you wanted.
Dante
walks up.
DANTE
Hello
ladies. Arden, who’s your new friend?
Dante,
this is Ashley. She just started here
recently.
ASHLEY
(coming on to him)
Hello
there.
DANTE
I
hope that’s a good thing.
ASHLEY
Oh
yes. It most definitely is.