Never Here Page #3

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And there she goes.

( SOFT MUSIC CONTINUES )

Mommy!

MIRANDA (V.O.)

October 28th. 6:
00pm.

I have found you,

man number five.

And a new project begins.

PAUL (OVER PHONE)

Hello? It's me. Hello? It's me.

( SOFT MUSIC PLAYING )

MIRANDA (V.O.)

First floor.

Third floor.

October 28th. 8:
30pm.

I am in number five's hallway.

Right now the man is walking

around behind...

...this door.

The guy from the lineup

showed up at the gallery?

And the victim was in my house

just days ago.

PAUL (OVER SPEAKER)

Wow.

Yeah.

And it's not just that.

First time I saw him--

He probably followed you

from the police station.

The point of a line up, Paul,

is that they can't see you.

You know some of these guys

are real criminals.

It could have been the guy

that assaulted her.

What-- what is this piece

you are doing anyway?

What exactly are you

trying to do?

I don't know.

[PAUL'S WIFE] Paul?

Coming, darling...

to be continued.

Hi.

You wanted something?

No? Water? You sure?

MIRANDA (V.O.) October 31st...

you were never here.

Last night a man walked

into myself.

Let me take that again.

Last night, a man walked

into my life.

Hi, sorry, I'm a little late.

[MIRANDA] Hi.

Good to see you.

Have you been here long?

I can amuse myself.

Happy Halloween.

Would you like something

to drink?

Happy Halloween!

Come on!

Takes one to know one.

There you are.

Can I get you something?

Yeah... um... oh... hey!

Where's James tonight?

Excuse me?

Oh... I don't know,

I'm new here.

Well, you still serve scotch,

right?

[NEW BARTENDER] Always!

Yeah.

Well, I'll have a Macallan

on the rocks.

Sure thing, beautiful.

So?

Ignocio, where is James?

I have no idea.

Never showed up to work Monday.

We left a couple of messages.

So that's that. This guy here,

very nice.

That's that?

What can I say, I'm running

a business.

He's been here since

I moved here.

Years.

Well, do you have anyway

of getting in touch with him?

No, this way my way.

How is your family?

Happens all the time

in my business.

People getting fired?

No, people suddenly

not showing up anymore.

Ah... you'd be surprised.

Talking about the people

that just vanish.

Family files a report.

They think they're dead.

And then five years later,

they turn up...

somewhere across the country.

They don't take money

or clothes?

Sometimes... sometimes

they just--

That really happens?

That really happens.

Taxi! Airport, please.

( INDISTINCT )

Taxi! Airport, please!

Airport, please!

Taxi! Airport, please.

How's it going? How's the case?

It's over and done with.

[MIRANDA] What?

That's my news...

What happened?

They got their man.

Colleague of mine obtained

a confession...

to a bunch of different

assaults...

and your case was one of them.

One of the men in the lineup?

Yes.

When, when did this happen?

Uh... yesterday.

They incarcerated him yesterday?

Yes, they incarcerated him

yesterday.

That's good news.

That's good news.

That's really wonderful.

It is.

What about the other men

in the lineup?

Who were they?

What do you mean, who were they?

Were they all violent criminals?

Ah... no, they were not violent

criminals.

No?

Just a couple of cops.

A couple of petty thieves.

Thank you.

There is nobody violent,

dangerous?

Nobodies.

Incognito.

That was fun.

It was.

Um....

Goodnight.

Goodnight.

Get home safe.

MIRANDA (V.O.)

November 4th. 4:
00pm.

From here on in,

let us call the man "S".

I follow S to a fairly busy

shopping district.

And I watch him buy a wrinkled

green and pink polka dot scarf.

Which the sales girl, in red,

is about to give him.

In a white bag.

I wonder, who is the woman,

that S is buying the scarf for?

[MIRANDA] Jax!

Hello?

Jax?

Jax!

Come here, boy.

Jax!

[MIRANDA] Hi, baby.

Hey.

Don't you feel well?

What the hell, Jax?

[MIRANDA] What the hell?

You peed?

Jax, what the hell?

[MIRANDA]

Get the ball, boy.

Don't you wanna play more?

Come on, baby.

Fetch the ball!

Come on, Jax.

Here we go. One more time.

Oh, there you are.

Here I am?

I've been here for the last

3 hours. Speaking of which...

Well, I was looking for you

ten minutes ago.

You weren't here.

Yes, I was.

Must of been in the bathroom.

I haven't left my chair

for literally three hours.

Whatever. I, um, I just wanted

to let you know...

that my nephews are here.

Oh... Nino and Sammy.

And... Detective Andy called

on the office line.

I know.

It was the same in college.

Trust me.

Oh, my goodness.

Did you guys have a thing?

Oh, come on, just tell me.

That's not going to work...

because I'm actually not going

to be here.

[KARIN] Yeah, we leave...

Come on, soccer! Yeah!

...on Thursday night and

get in Friday morning.

[MIRANDA]

Get the ball!

[KARIN] Wednesday, we're coming

back. Uh-huh.

So we're gonna get in Friday

morning.

So it's just a little tight.

Hey, Jax! Where are you, honey?

Come here, sweetheart.

Bang!

Jax is acting strangely, huh?

Uh, yeah...

it's like somebody's replaced my

dog with another dog.

Bang!

This looks yummy.

I'm making them dinner.

Do you want some?

Yes, please.

Mm-hm.

What's wrong?

No, I'm stressed about my trip.

Honey, your trip is going to be

wonderful.

I told you my cousin

is gonna be here.

She said she'd be happy

to help with anything.

No strangers in the house.

What's with that self portrait?

What self portrait?

That's the assailant!

That's the police sketch.

Oh, I thought it was you.

[BOY] That's not a real gun.

Because it was Halloween...

and they wanted the full like

haunted house experience.

And then all of a sudden,

I just feel myself grabbed...

and pulled up, and I can't even

breathe.

And I'm snorting out

of my nose...

to wake up the people

in the room.

Thank God they saw me.

I'm like at 45 degrees.

They spring up.

And they're shaking me,

and my eyes are open.

And I'm going.

Like trying to get to them.

And then finally whatever it was

was released.

Instead of me getting out of bed

or anything you'd imagine.

I just curled up into this fetal

position.

Felt so violated and I was

like no.

Oh, no.

That's terrifying.

It was terrifying,

and then I stayed awake.

I would not...

Of course, you did.

And waited until--

Oh wow, waited for her

to come back.

That was it, I was done.

I haven't had anybody this nice

to me in a long time.

Did you know that heart cells...

want to beat at the same time.

So, like if you put a cell

from my heart...

and a cell from yours...

in a dish together, within

however many, I don't know...

hours they would be pulsing

at the same time.

They like reach towards each

other to try to sync up.

It's true.

I'm waiting to see if they

start to sync up.

[MIRANDA]

Jax?

Hello?

Yeah, yeah.

Well, he wouldn't be putting

the painting up...

if he wasn't trying to sell

the f***ing thing.

Tell him he's a surrealist.

I think Arthur may have been

in my apartment.

What?

Twice now I've come home...

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