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CONTINUED:

There is love in his look, and then a passing question,

too, a residue of fear now that their relationship has

begun in full --but it all ends up in a soft smile for

her as he walks Bob to the door. He hesitates at the

door --then walks into the kitchen and slides open that

drawer of toys, stares at them.

INT. BEDROOM -MORNING (MINUTES LATER)

Sharon is waking, sleepy. She rises, finds a robe and

slips it on, calling out softly for Catch.

INT. LIVING ROOM -MORNING

Sharon sees that Catch and Bob are gone. She drifts to

the window, looks at the day, looks down at the street -and

she sees them.

SHARON’S POV

She sees Catch and Bob on their way into the park across

the street from the building.

ON SHARON:

She smiles and moves into the bedroom to dress.

EXT. CITY PARK -DAY (MINUTES LATER)

Catch is walking Bob in the park, but is also checking

for someone, studying the playground. He begins walking

toward the swings.

ANGLE -SANDBOX

Tommy, Catch’s neighbor, is playing in the sand with a

metal truck. Catch walks up to Tommy, carrying a bulging

plastic bag --but Tommy’s attention is on Bob, and pets

the big, friendly dog.

ANGLE -CANDACE

She sits on a bench nearby, watching this, smiling a bit.

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ON CATCH, TOMMY

Catch kneels in the sand, beside the boy, and he spills

out the contents of the bag --action figures,

superheroes, soldiers. Tommy goes wide-eyed at the

array. Catch is pleased by the boy’s reaction. Catch

keeps a layer of emotion covered here.

CATCH:

You like these?

TOMMY:

Yeah!

CATCH:

Well... They’re for you. We can

pretend it’s your birthday.

Tommy stares at him, then back at the toys in delight.

Candace is walking toward them, and Catch turns to her.

CATCH:

I hope you don’t mind.

TOMMY:

They’re for me, Mom!

Her look of surprise questions him.

CATCH:

Yeah. I’ve... kind of been saving

them up.

CANDACE:

For Tommy?

He nods. She kneels close to her boy, the toys, pleased

but not quite knowing what to say.

CANDACE:

Well, thank you. Thanks a lot.

Catch nods, grins at Tommy who is already at play with

the figures.

ANGLE -SHARON

She has entered the park and witnessed this from a

distance. She is angling toward the playground.

ON CATCH:

He watches Tommy at play with the figures, but it’s

almost too much for him. He touches the boy and rises,

smiles and nods at Candace and begins to walk off.

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ON SHARON:

She hurries her steps to intersect with Catch.

ON CANDACE, TOMMY

CANDACE:

Wow, Tommy --Look at them all.

Did you say thank you?

Now Tommy looks up. Catch is moving away with Bob,

walking home. Tommy stands up, Candace calls out to stop

Catch.

CANDACE:

Excuse me!

ON CATCH:

But he is walking on, some of the emotion seeping

through, not darkness, some old joy welling up. We see,

in b.g., Tommy starts to run after him to say thanks. We

now have a convergence of Tommy, Sharon and Catch, who is

moving steadily toward the street, crossing a bike path

now. A BIKER is coming on. All in one moment Catch

hears the WHIZZ of the BIKE, Tommy calling out "Thank

you," and Candace shouting "Be careful!" And Catch goes

cold inside and turns quickly and rushes onto the bike

path, taking the collision with the bike so Tommy is sure

to be safe. Catch and the biker fall hard. Sharon stops

--holding her breath. Tommy watches, wide-eyed, and

Candace comes running.

Catch is rising, a little sore and soiled. The biker is

angry.

BIKER:

Goddammit --I saw the kid.

Jesus. I wasn’t even close.

But Catch is walking away with that frozen, numb look,

all shut down by his fear and his memory as Bob trots

along beside him and the Biker comes after him and Tommy

and Candace watch him go and Sharon hurries her steps to

catch up. The Biker reaches Catch first.

BIKER:

Wait a minute! Hey!

But Catch won’t turn to him, walking on --and the man

gets in front of him, raging.

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CONTINUED:

BIKER:

Why the hell did you cause a

wreck?! I told you --I saw the

kid, you idiot. I was...

Pain and darkness build in Catch’s eyes until he says in

a quiet, choked voice, right into the Biker’s face...

CATCH:

One more word, and your life will

change forever.

The man stops talking, looking at the dead certainty in

Catch’s eyes. He wants to say more, to save face, but

Catch’s look holds him like a fist. Sharon has stopped,

frozen, watching. The Biker turns away and walks back to

his downed bike as Catch moves on. Sharon can hardly

believe all of this, following Catch again.

ON CATCH, SHARON

SHARON:

Catch! Catch!

It takes a moment for her voice to penetrate, then he

quickly turns and sees her approaching.

SHARON:

Are you all right? Your elbow’s

bleeding. I...

But he is tight, nearly frozen, everything held in.

SHARON:

What’s wrong?

He walks away from her, and this shakes her, and she

catches up again.

SHARON:

Where are you going? Catch -you’re

scaring me. Please...

But he walks on, desperate, and she gets in his way,

faces him.

SHARON:

Please, Catch, don’t... Can’t you

talk to me?!

He turns and walks off, heading for the street.

(CONTINUED)

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CONTINUED:

SHARON:

Please. Wait. I... Catch!

He has walked into traffic --not completely unmindful of

the cars, but desperate to get away. She watches this,

frozen, as HORNS BLARE. He has to stop in the middle of

the street to wait a moment, and he stands there,

stricken.

ON CATCH:

As the traffic moves around him and the dog --a HORN

BLARES, BRAKES SCREECH, and he thrown into a storm of...

FLASHBACKS:

That come sharper and faster than before, bits and pieces

of memory outside any order: He is driving, Annie smiles

at him, headlights blind him, Annie screams, the little

boy in Annie’s arms grins at him, BRAKES SCREAM, Annie

says something to him, calmly, but he can’t hear her, the

headlights blind him again and BRAKES SCREAM again, and:

BACK TO SCENE (PRESENT)

Catch stands there shaken and shut down.

ON SHARON:

Watching him, shocked and frightened for him. She sees

the traffic let up, and Catch crosses and walks toward

home. She watches him go.

EXT. BUSY STREET -DAY (LATER)

As Robby and Sharon’s police unit moves along with

traffic. In a moment they pull over and park beside an

office building. It is the same building the man entered

shouting, "Catch!" Sharon watches the building’s

entrance. After a while...

ROBBY:

Are you going to tell me why we’re

sitting outside this building

again?

SHARON:

Watching for somebody. Tall guy.

40s. Grey-blond hair.

(CONTINUED)

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CONTINUED:

ROBBY:

What’s it about?

SHARON:

It’s personal.

ROBBY:

Fine --what am I supposed to do?

SHARON:

Chill.

She watches the building, studying the people who come

and go.

INT. CATCH’S APARTMENT -DAY

Catch is at home, still shaken by what happened to him in

the park. He reaches for the PHONE, punches in a number.

It RINGS and Elanora Chu picks up. Catch is deep in his

pain.

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