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listens to the tires thump the road.

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I/E. RICHARD’S CAR/COUNTY LINE HIGHWAY - NIGHT 73

Richard’s car slows on its approach down the highway.

The headlights snap off as the car eases over to a stop on

the shoulder. It sits idle in the dark.

INSIDE THE CAR,

Richard sits in the dark watching the road. Nothing.

Waiting. Still nothing.

Headlights appear. They approach fast and then fly by.

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In the rearview, Richard watches as the car pulls a U-turn in

the middle of the highway.

It speeds up to them and brakes to a quick stop.

It’s Raymond in his own car. He smiles across the bench seat

at Richard before hopping out. He leaves his car in idle.

OUT ON THE HIGHWAY,

Richard quickly gets out and opens the back door. Raymond

joins him and they help Mildred step out and transfer over to

Raymond’s car.

Raymond rushes to get back behind his wheel. The car speeds

off, leaving Richard alone in the road.

He watches their taillights disappear before climbing back

into his own car.

74 EXT. LOLA’S HOUSE - NIGHT 74

Richard’s car pulls into the drive at his mother’s house.

Raymond’s car sits parked on the front lawn.

Richard maneuvers his car around back.

AT THE BARN GARAGE,

Richard passes their race car, which has been parked outside

of the barn and covered with a tarp. Richard pulls into the

open bay.

Richard peeks out of the open barn doors. He sees no one and

makes a B line for the back of the house.

75 INT. LOLA’S HOUSE - NIGHT 75

Richard enters the kitchen area at the back of the house. He

hears voices in the main room.

IN THE FRONT ROOM,

Richard enters to find Mildred sitting with her family.

Raymond hangs out by the front door and Lola tends the fire

in the stove.

RICHARD:

Hey Momma.

LOLA:

Fetch me that wood.

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She points to a pile in the corner. Richard grabs two logs

and delivers them.

Mildred, flanked by her parents, makes eye contact with

Garnet and motions her toward Richard.

Garnet stands and goes over to him at the stove.

GARNET:

Thank you for this.

Richard smiles at her. She gives him a hug.

RAYMOND:

All right String Bean. It’s on you

now.

Theoliver laughs and the room relaxes. Lola carries a cup of

steaming liquid and puts it in Mildred’s hand.

LOLA:

Drink this.

Lola exits to the back of the room. Mildred looks up to

Richard, smiling. She takes a sip. It’s stout.

76 EXT. BARN GARAGE - DAY 76

The tarp covered race car sits shaded under a tree beside the

barn out of view from the other houses.

Richard lies underneath adjusting something on the rear end.

A shout comes from inside the house.

GARNET (O.S.)

Rich!

Richard pushes himself free and runs to the house.

77 INT. LOLA’S HOUSE - DAY 77

Lola is helping Mildred onto the bed that has been pulled to

the center of the room. Garnet helps.

Richard runs inside.

GARNET:

Her water broke.

Richard grabs a bucket and rushes back out of the room.

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INT. LOLA’S HOUSE - NIGHT 78

Mildred is still in labor. She is drenched in sweat and

pushing hard. She’s at the brink of giving birth.

Richard, at home in this situation, holds her hand. Lola is

by her legs keeping count by tapping her foot.

LOLA:

Keep on. And...bear down.

Mildred pushes.

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EXT. LOLA’S HOUSE - NIGHT 79

It’s late. The house is quiet as is the neighborhood.

Richard stands on the front porch smoking. Lola steps out

side and dumps a bucket of water off the side of the porch.

Richard speaks just before she’s back inside.

RICHARD:

Thank you Momma.

Lola pauses in a rare moment of introspection.

LOLA:

You never shoulda married that

girl.

Richard doesn’t even turn to answer this.

RICHARD:

I thought you liked her.

LOLA:

I like a lot of people. That

doesn’t mean you shoulda gone and

done what you did. You knew

better.

Richard doesn’t engage. He takes a pull from his cigarette

and goes back to watching the street.

Lola walks inside.

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INT. LOLA’S HOUSE - DAY 80

A new baby’s face swaddled tight.

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GARNET (O.S.)

Sidney. Sidney.

Garnet holds him, speaking gently.

Mildred and Richard sit on the couch watching. Mildred is

dressed and looking somewhat recovered.

Mildred’s mother is also there. They all study the child.

Garnet stands and hands the baby back to Mildred.

The SOUND of cars pulling up.

Richard cranes his neck but has to stand to see out front.

He sees two Sheriff’s patrol cars in the front yard. Sheriff

Brooks steps out of one and the Deputy from the other.

The two men walk forward and stop by the hoods of their cars.

They wait there.

Richard turns to Mildred.

RICHARD:

Call Frank Beazely.

Richard walks outside. Mildred doesn’t move from the couch.

81 EXT. LOLA’S HOUSE - CONTINUOUS 81

Richard steps onto the front porch. His eyes meet the

Sheriff’s. He steps down into the yard.

Richard stays several feet back from the men. He and the

Sheriff stare at one another.

SHERIFF BROOKS:

Tell that woman to come out here.

RICHARD:

She’s not here.

SHERIFF BROOKS:

Boy. I will split your head to the

white meat and then go arrest every

soul in that house. I won’t ask

again.

82 INT. LOLA’S HOUSE - CONTINUOUS 82

Mildred kisses the baby on the forehead and hands him over to

Garnet.

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GARNET:

No.

Mildred stands and slips on her coat. She walks out of the

house. Lola has appeared at the kitchen door. She watches

this all.

83 EXT. LOLA’S HOUSE - CONTINUOUS 83

Sheriff Brooks sees Mildred step outside.

Never looking up, Mildred passes behind Richard and heads for

the Deputy’s car. He opens his door and Mildred takes her

place in the backseat. The Deputy closes her in.

Sheriff Brooks stares at Richard. He eventually follows suit

and walks toward Brooks’ vehicle.

84 INT. DEPUTY’S PATROL CAR - MOVING - DAY 84

Mildred sits quietly in the backseat.

The Deputy barely turns his head to speak to her, but given

the circumstances his voice is kind.

DEPUTY:

You’re in luck. The Judge is in

today. You’ll go straight there.

Mildred takes this in. Nods a little.

85 INT. CAROLINE COUNTY COURTHOUSE - DAY 85

Richard and Mildred find themselves standing once again at

the table in front of Judge Bazile’s bench.

The Judge studies a transcript and looks lowly at them over

the bridge of his glasses.

JUDGE BAZILE:

For violation of your parole, you

are ordered to post a two-hundred

dollar bond and are to appear in

front of this court on...

The Judge looks to the COURT SECRETARY for his answer.

The doors at the back of the courtroom swing open,

interrupting the proceedings.

Frank Beazely rushes inside.

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He begins to gather himself as he walks up to join the

Lovings. Bazile waits for him to catch his breath.

JUDGE BAZILE (CONT’D)

Yes Frank.

FRANK BEAZELY:

We ask the court for leniency. I

incorrectly told the Lovings it was

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