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ABBY #2

Bye lady!!

KATE:

Bye! That was really good!

Kate turns, unable to hide her tears. A sob escapes.

MRS. MELNICK

You’re going to have to leave.

KATE:

I know, I know - I’m so sorry, so

sorry...

97 INT. HOME FOR PHYSICALLY DISABLED/RESTROOM - DAY 97

Inside the stall, Kate is sitting on the toilet trying to

stop crying. She mops up her tears with rough toilet paper.

She hears the door to the rest room open and she stiffens.

After a beat...ABBY #2 ENTERS.

ABBY #2

Do you need help?

Kate doesn’t answer, doesn’t know what to say.

ABBY #2

Do you want someone to help you?

98 INT. ANDRA’S APARTMENT/LIVING ROOM - DAY 98

Mary is in the other room while Rebecca sits on the couch.

Andra is still in her chair.

REBECCA:

(beat)

I should’ve been here. I would have

been here.

MARY (O.S.)

Oh, please. If I’d bought her her

f***ing groceries I would have been

here.

REBECCA:

Why didn’t you buy her groceries? I

thought you were supposed to.

MARY (O.S.)

How can she not have any papers?

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I thought you knew where she put

everything.

REBECCA:

Not her papers, I guess. She didn’t

own anything. What are you looking

for?

MARY (O.S.)

I don’t know. It’s what you do. Oh,

now here’s something she got a lot

of use from.

Mary enters the living room and holds up the new nightgown

they bought her. She shakes it at Andra.

MARY:

No special occasion, Grandma! You

should have worn the f***er!!

REBECCA:

God, Mary. You’re so mean.

MARY:

Grandma was mean.

(beat)

Why do you think Mom took eighty

five Valium? Because her mother was

loving and kind?

REBECCA:

You can’t blame Grandma.

MARY:

Why not?

REBECCA:

I don’t know.

(beat)

We don’t have any family anymore.

MARY:

Oy.

(beat)

I have to go back to work.

REBECCA:

Now?

MARY:

I have appointments. You’ll wait

for the guy?

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MARY (O.S.) (cont'd)

REBECCA:

(struck)

We have no family left and you’re

going to work.

MARY:

Oh. Okay. You’re right.

Mary sits beside Rebecca on the couch. Long pause. They sit

there.

MARY:

Oh look! We still have no family

left! Bye.

She gets up.

REBECCA:

You’re so cold.

99 OMITTED 99

100 INT. KATE AND ALEX’S KITCHEN - DAY 100

Kate is washing dishes, crying. She hears a KNOCK on the

front door.

101 INT. KATE AND ALEX’S APARTMENT - CONTINUOUS 101

Kate opens the door and finds Rebecca. She tries to clear

away any tears.

KATE:

Oh, Hi.

REBECCA:

Are you all right?

KATE:

(brushing it off)

Oh, I’m fine! I guess washing

dishes just makes me want to kill

myself!

(remembering)

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(MORE)

I mean - not really - it’s just an

expression - I didn’t mean -

REBECCA:

I just wanted to tell you my

grandma died.

Kate pulls her inside.

KATE:

Oh my god! Are you all right?

REBECCA:

Can you die if you eat something

from a dented can?

KATE:

You think that’s what happened?

REBECCA:

We’re not sure.

(beat)

I’ve been taking care of my grandma

for so many years. This pill that

day, this doctor, this medicine,

not that medicine. And she dies

from drinking bad juice.

KATE:

You’re a good person.

Rebecca has to hold back tears, for this is exactly what she

needed to hear.

REBECCA:

Thanks. So are you.

A102 INT. ANDRA’S APARTMENT - DAY A102

Andra, alone in the room and still in her chair, slowly fades

away.

102 OMITTED 102

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KATE (cont'd)

103 INT. FACE WORKS SPA WAITING ROOM - DAY 103

THROUGH THE STORE FRONT WINDOW, WE SEE ABBY approach the spa

and check the name of it. She nervously enters.

TOMMY:

Welcome to Face Works. How can I

help you?

ABBY:

I’m a walk in.

TOMMY:

Excuse me?

ABBY:

It says you welcome walk ins. I’m a

walk in.

TOMMY:

We certainly do welcome walk ins.

What can I do for you today?

ABBY:

I want a facial with Mary, please.

He checks his book.

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TOMMY:

She actually had a cancellation, if

you can wait thirty minutes.

ABBY:

Sure.

She sits down in the waiting area and turns on her ipod. The

music is VERY LOUD, and the song keeps repeating MOTHERF***ER

over and over. The PEACEFUL WOMAN seated next to her is

severely agitated and shoots Abby, whose oblivious, dirty

looks. Abby picks at a zit.

104 INT. FACE WORKS SPA - DAY 104

Abby is lying down on the table with steam blowing on her

face. Mary is sitting behind her.

MARY:

It really worked out well, someone

had just cancelled.

(beat)

This is quite a surprise.

ABBY:

Rebecca said she thought you could

do something for my bad skin.

MARY:

I’m sure I can. We’ll open up these

pores and clean you out. Ever have

a facial?

ABBY:

Well, my mom took me for one, once,

at this really fancy place? She

thinks it’s good for people to

spoil themselves, or something.

Anyway, it didn’t help. They just

rubbed a bunch of cream on and made

it worse.

MARY:

That’s too bad. Well, just know

it’s not your fault. It’s

hereditary.

ABBY:

Yeah, my dad supposedly had bad

skin.

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MARY:

That’s right, he said it was

terrible.

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ABBY:

(beat)

Yeah.

MARY:

But have you noticed it now?

ABBY:

What do you mean?

MARY:

He doesn’t have acne anymore but I

think we’ve really improved the

quality of his skin.

ABBY:

I don’t know what you’re talking

about.

MARY:

(beat, blase)

He’s come in for facials.

ABBY:

(beat, tensing up)

My dad?

MARY:

Sure. Hey, Howard Stern gets them.

A lot of men do.

Abby smiles, uncomfortable. She doesn’t understand what Mary

is telling her, but she knows it’s making her feel bad.

MARY:

Anyway, that’s enough steam. Let’s

get started.

She puts the little black eye cups on Abby and then turns a

bright light over her face, illuminating every blemish. Mary

starts to squeeze the zits.

MARY:

Sorry, honey. It’s not fun.

She squeezes hard. Abby braces herself.

ABBY:

Ow ow ow.

MARY:

So. Your parents will be glad to

know my grandmother died.

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