A Dead Living

LUCY:

Correct

60 EXT. TAXI – DAY 60

The taxi driving off.

61 INT. MOVING BUS – DAY 61

Tour Bus.

SUZY to passengers

We're approaching the Summit

of Neve building up ahead on

the right. The building

houses two thousand staff

members.

PASSENGER putting his hand up

PASSENGER:

Is that the building that

helped resurrect the New

England wildlife foundation?

SUZY:

Give that man a prize

everybody. It's been home

to so many important

cultural programs over the

last decade or so.....

If you guys look to your

left, any of you know

what that building is?

PASSENGER:

Columbia University

SUZY:

That's right. The training

ground to celebrities like

Timothee Chalamet, Alicia

Keys, Katie Holmes

SUZY continued

The building just up ahead

of that is....

62 EXT. WAREHOUSE – DAY 62

Lucy walking up to the reception door.

63 INT. RECEPTION – DAY 63

Lucy entering. RECEPTIONIST

RECEPTIONIST to Lucy

Hi – How can I help you?

LUCY:

Hi – You keep anything here

that'll tackle an outbreak

of Mice?

RECEPTIONIST:

You called the exterminators

yet?

LUCY:

No – there's only about three

of them.

RECEPTIONIST:

Sure – Well, arsenic is the

strongest thing we keep, but

if you think something milder

could do the trick?....

LUCY:

No – I want those pests gone.

How much for a bottle?

RECEPTIONIST:

You know, truth be told us

being a warehouse means we

only sell the stuff to

wholesale manufacturers

LUCY:

Oh come on – One little

bottle – Who's gonna miss

that?

RECEPTIONIST:

Oh I guess not – Besides

you don't look like the

serial killer type

LUCY:

Ha ha...Just to unwanted

mice.

RECEPTIONIST:

It's just out back – Hold on

Receptionist leaving. Receptionist returning

with bottle of Arsenic and handing it to Lucy.

RECEPTIONIST continuing

There you go....You paying

cash or charge?

LUCY:

You know, just this once I'll

do cash.

64 INT. SHOP – DAY 64

Flower Shop – Jane buying flowers. CUSTOMER

CUSTOMER:

He died peacefully in bed

JANE:

Sorry to hear that

CUSTOMER:

It took us one hell of a

time to get an order to

bury him out back

JANE:

Out back?

CUSTOMER:

State jurisdiction try to

force us to bury him in

a standard graveyard – I

wasn't having any of it

JANE:

Good for you

CUSTOMER:

Ha ha...Then there was the

my cousin realized we'd

buried him wearing my Aunt's

sacred ring – So we had

to dig him up again – Course,

this was three years after

died.

JANE:

Really?

CUSTOMER:

It wasn't easy finding the

spot in the garden where we'd

buried him, because the top

soil had equated itself

CUSTOMER continued

by then

JANE:

So how did you manage to

eventually locate him?

CUSTOMER:

Well – Honey, I'll tell you...

65 INT. HOUSE – DAY 65

Suzy and John's house. John talking on the phone

INTERCUT.

JOHN:

You're on your way home?

SUZY:

No way honey – I'm calling

to say I love you

JOHN:

Wow – I'm speechless – I love

you too.

SUZY:

And to tell you not to

eat anything major until I

get there tonight.

JOHN:

Why?

SUZY:

I'm bringing some corn bread

and open cooked broccoli home

together with.....

JOHN:

OK, don't tell me because

you'll ruin the surprise.

It sounds scrumptious.

A knocking at the front door.

JOHN:

Honey – There's somebody at

the front door. I've gotta

go.

SUZY:

OK I'll see you tonight -

Love you

JOHN:

Love you too...Missing you

already

John closing the phone. John walking to the front

door and opening it.

JOHN:

Lucy – What are you doing

back here?

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