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Ma runs her hand along her coat.

NANCY:

(off Ma’s clothes)

I kept everything.

Jack is finding his shoes - the first he's ever worn -

irritating. He starts to take them off.

(CONTINUED)

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MA:

Leave them, Jack, you’ll get used

to them.

Pause.

(CONTINUED)

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ROBERT:

You’re here.

They hug again. Letting go at last they smile at each other

for a long moment. We feel a history of great closeness

between them. Ma wipes away her tears.

MA:

So, what’s in Michigan?

Robert and Nancy exchange glances.

MA (CONT’D)

(sensing something)

OK.

She waits.

ROBERT:

I’m working out of the Grand Rapids

office.

Beat.

ROBERT (CONT’D)

I live there now.

NANCY:

Oh, Sweetie... There have been a

lot of changes in our lives since

you've been gone. Your dad and I...

losing you, was very hard on us.

And he and I...

ROBERT:

We had to go our different ways. It

was what we had to do.

Jack doesn't understand any of this but hates the tension.

MA:

Whoa. This is not what I thought

was happening.

NANCY:

Your father felt we had to accept

that you were...

She stops herself. Robert suppresses his anger.

ROBERT:

People deal with things in their

own way.

(CONTINUED)

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NANCY:

I knew you’d come home one day.

They sit.

MA:

Wow.

(CONTINUED)

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NANCY:

I'm so sorry, I didn't know how to

tell you. They said we should talk

to you together.

Nancy is upset.

ROBERT:

The Doctor mentioned this other

place where they could help you,

because it’s hard, you know, to

suddenly -

MA:

(interrupting)

He has no idea what we’ve been

through. Nothing could compare to

that.

Robert and Nancy sit with this.

MA (CONT’D)

I told him we’re going home.

(to Nancy)

Unless, you’d prefer us ...

NANCY:

Of course not.

(CONTINUED)

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Again a look passes between Robert and Nancy.

NANCY (CONT’D)

Honey, there's something else I

have to tell you. After your father

and I separated I got close to

someone else. Actually someone you

know.

ROBERT:

(in quickly)

Leo.

Beat.

MA:

OK, this is a lot of stuff.

NANCY:

Yes it is.

Nancy is upset.

ROBERT:

Leo's a good guy. Your mother is

much happier. It's a good thing.

Jack tugs at Ma.

(CONTINUED)

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MA:

(a hint of irritation)

What, Jack?

But he won’t say it loud and she has to lean down to him.

JACK:

It's too big here.

MA:

It's OK.

JACK:

I want some.

He starts to burrow under her coat. Robert is horrified.

ROBERT:

What .. what's he doing?

Ma is surprised by her father's reaction. She barks at Jack.

MA:

Just wait a moment. We'll go inside

in a moment.

Nancy tries to calm her.

NANCY:

It's OK.

MA:

I need to go back now, anyway.

There are things we need to do

inside.

Ma pulls Jack to his feet. Jack risks a look at his

grandparents. Robert looks down, can't look Jack in the eye.

Ma notices Jack has taken his shoes off. She starts to fuss

with them, then gives up and lifts Jack into her arms to

bring him inside.

49 INT. HOSPITAL - CORRIDORS/NURSES STATION - DAY 49

Ma and Jack, still masked, walk through the hospital corridor

accompanied by A NURSE and a POLICE GUARD. Jack is fascinated

as they pass a nurses station, a man rolling a drip on a

stand, the door to a day room where several patients sit

playing cards, reading.

49A

INT. HOSPITAL - MA AND JACK’S ROOM - DAY 49A

Jack lies on the bed listening to music on headphones. In the

background Ma talks to two DETECTIVES. They show her images

on a laptop which is turned away from Jack.

50

INT. HOSPITAL EXAMINATION ROOM - DAY 50

Jack being weighed and measured.

(CONTINUED)

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Jack getting his shots.

Blood being taken. Jack is left with a little cotton swab

fixed to this inner elbow with a thin band-aid.

51 INT. HOSPITAL - MA AND JACK'S SUITE - NIGHT 51

Later. Quiet at last. Ma and Jack alone, shoes and masks off.

Out of the big window as the last of the sun fades.

Ma picks at something plain from their dinner tray, while

Jack breastfeeds. In the background the TV news.

NEWS ANCHOR (V.O.)

Which the major utility companies

say they will not cover. Tenants’

organizations have said they will

fight this decision, if necessary

at the federal level.

Beat

NEWS ANCHOR:

And now to developments in the case

of the young woman, believed to be

Joy Newsome,

(a picture of a smiling Ma

as a teenager comes on

screen)

who was rescued last night, along

with her child, from a garden shed

having allegedly been held captive

there for over seven years.

We are getting unconfirmed reports

that an individual has just been

arrested, after what one witness

has called a 'short stand-off' at a

house on the east side.

Footage of Old Nick’s house.

The room phone starts to ring. Ma picks up.

MA:

I know, I'm watching it right now.

I can't believe it. I just want to

be home now.

NEWS ANCHOR (V.O.)

Both victims are understood to be

receiving medical attention at an

unknown location.

(MORE)

(CONTINUED)

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NEWS ANCHOR (V.O.) (CONT'D)

The child, of unknown gender, was

described by one eyewitness as

unable to walk ..

MA:

Wait, wait a second.

She switches off the set.

52 OMITTED 52

53 INT. CLINIC - FOYER - DAY 53

Ma, Jack (masked, with sunglasses on), Nancy and Robert move

towards the doors of the hospital where the Resident FBI

agent waits for them. Robert is carrying the small bag that

contains all of Ma and Jack’s possessions.

Ma puts her sunglasses on as they go through the doors.

DR. MITTAL

You have your schedule of

appointments, and your medications.

Please completely finish the course

of antibiotics.

MA:

I understand.

DR. MITTAL

You have my number.

MA:

Got it.

DR. MITTAL

If you need anything, if you just

want to talk, you use it, alright?

Ma nods.

They pause at the doors until they’re beckoned by FBI agents.

(CONTINUED)

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Ma accompanies Jack through the door.

54 EXT. CLINIC - DRIVEWAY - DAY 54

POLICE and HOSPITAL SECURITY are outside along with FBI

agents, a VICTIM LIASON person and Ma’s LAWYER.

As Jack again takes in the scale of the outside world the

adults get caught in the logistics of who goes in which car,

who will take Ma’s bag, what will happen at the other end of

the journey. Jack observes the little clusters of people with

their overlapping voices raised in clarification,

reassurance...

Ma and Jack are led to one of the waiting cars. Jack bumps

his head getting in.

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