Safe Haven

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(PANTING)

(DOG BARKING NEARBY)

(WHIMPERING, SOBBING)

Open the door! Open the door!

Oh, my gosh, what is the matter?

- I don't know what happened.

- Are you OK? Erin...

(SIRENS WAILING IN DISTANCE)

- All right.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER OVER PA)

There you go, miss.

Thank you.

(SIRENS WAILING OUTSIDE)

Oh, sorry. Ma'am, I'm so sorry.

Are you all right?

Are you all right?

Wait, they're not boarding

in there yet.

(CARS SCREECHING OUTSIDE)

Come on!

Excuse me, I'm sorry.

Have you seen this woman?

- I don't think so.

- Are you sure?

- Yeah, pretty sure.

- No?

- Dino.

- Yes, sir.

Guys, have you seen this woman?

- Isn't she blonde, with short hair maybe?

- Thank you.

Stop the bus! Boston PD.

Excuse me.

Hey! Stop the bus! Open up!

(MID-TEMPO POP SONG PLAYS)

(GULLS CRYING)

DRIVER:
Folks, we'll be stopping

for 15 minutes here in Southport.

WOMAN:
Do you have

any fresh coffee?

It's so thick,

it tastes like lukewarm mud.

- I don't know what to tell you, ma'am.

- You're gonna have to throw it out.

- It's a fresh Ethiopian blend.

- It's not...

I've never tasted Ethiopian

that tasted like that in my life.

- It's Ethiopian. Yeah.

- It's Ethiopian?

Just the mud for you then?

That'll be 97 cents.

Out of one.

- Thank you.

- Thank you.

(GULLS CRYING)

(WOMAN SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY)

And I wish they would, you know,

take us to places that...

(BIRDS TWITTERING)

(BUOY BELL CLANGING)

(BUS BRAKES HISSING)

- Here you go, Kevin.

- Thank you.

Hey, you catch the game?

Patriots killing 'em.

Hey, we got security footage

from the bus station.

- Want me to take a look at them?

- No, I got it.

(COMPUTER BEEPS)

(TAPPING KEYS)

(KIDS CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY)

All right. Have a good one, buddy.

See ya.

OK, how many in your party, three? OK.

- Excuse me.

- Yes?

Is your owner available?

I'm the owner.

How can I help you?

Uh, do you guys have any job openings?

Uh, well, we've been awfully busy lately.

I might can work you in.

I'm not sure.

Do you have any experience?

(LOUD HISSING)

(LAUGHING) So sorry. Frankie!

Yes, I have experience.

(BOTH LAUGHING)

(MOUSE CLICKING)

(SIGHS)

(TAPPING KEYS)

I'll be damned.

Don't hover at the tables.

Make sure their glasses are always filled.

Hi, Mary Ann.

And ask 'em if they need something,

but don't ask more than once.

- When you hear this ding...

(DINGS)

...try to beat me up here

more times than I beat you.

WOMAN:
Perfect size for you.

It's got hardwood floors,

some wainscoting.

It's a great location to town.

(FLOORBOARDS CREAKING)

A little bit of a fixer-upper,

but it's got a lot of potential.

(INSECTS CHIRRING)

What do you think?

I'll take it.

(WOMAN AND MAN GRUNTING

WITH EFFORT)

(WOMAN WHIMPERS)

(GASPS)

(COYOTE BARKS IN DISTANCE)

(COYOTES BARKING,

HOWLING DISTANTLY)

(WOOD SPLINTERING)

(SHRIEKS)

(POSSUM GROWLS)

(GASPS)

(GULLS SCREECHING)

(DOOR BELL JINGLING)

MAN:
Josh!

Two feet on the dock,

I'm not gonna tell you again.

- Hi.

- Hi.

- Um, are your mom and dad around?

- Um, no, but I can help you.

You looking for anything?

Well, now that you ask...

do you have any paint?

Um, we have this book that's...

...with all different kinds

of colors that you can get.

- Oh, really? Oh, that would be great.

- What are you painting?

I'm painting my kitchen floor.

(GIGGLES)

- The floor?

- Why is that funny?

'Cause you usually don't paint floors.

You usually put a rug on them.

Well, I'm thinking that I

want to brighten the place up, so...

- What's a happy color? What could I do?

- Hm... there's yellow.

- Yellow?

- Yeah. The color of the sun.

OK, that is happy. I think you

just sold me on that. All right.

I can go get some samples of it.

I'm Lexie.

- OK, I'm Katie.

- Hi, Katie.

Thank you.

Lower on three. One, two, three.

(INDISTINCT SPORTS

BROADCAST ON TV)

I'll just... I'll grab the rest.

- What, you're still here?

- Mm-hm.

Let me, uh... let me check you out.

It's just that usually people

are just passing through, you know?

It's kind of a pit stop. Ten minutes

is usually enough. All right.

- I like it.

- Yeah?

LEXIE:
Found it!

- Thank you.

- No, no, that's not for...

You're painting something?

Yeah, she needs to paint

her floors in her kitchen.

Ah, OK.

- Yeah, I can take them home?

- Yeah, yeah, take it home.

Pick out your color and we'll...

we'll order it up for you.

- Thank you.

- All right.

- Thanks, Lexie.

- All right, there you go.

- Rice. Ah, basmati, the king of rices.

- Yum.

Good catch.

- Light bulb, ding!

- Tuna.

LEXIE:
- Tuna.

- Soap.

LEXIE:
- Soap.

- And that'll be 18 even.

OK, thank you.

- All right, out of 20.

- Bag.

Two dollars is your change. We have

some books down here. They're free.

People just leave them

on vacation, so...

Yeah.

You can take a book.

All right. Well, thank you, Lexie.

- Thank you.

- Bye!

Grab a book.

- Yeah, they're really good books.

- How do you know?

- You didn't read any of them.

(GIGGLES)

(BELL JINGLING)

- Bye.

- You want me to go get Josh?

- Yeah, go grab Josh, will you?

LEXIE:
- Josh!

- "The king of rices"? (LAUGHS)

(ROCK MUSIC PLAYING)

(DINGING)

MAN:
- Hey, Maddie.

MADDIE:
- Hey, Rhett.

RHETT:
- How are we doing?

MADDIE:
- Hey, Bass.

Hey, are you OK?

- Yeah, I'm fine.

MADDIE:
- Y'all looking for somebody?

RHETT:
Yeah, I sure am.

Got a white Honda Civic

parked in a handicapped space outside.

You wouldn't happen to know the owner,

would you?

I sure don't. Can't help you there.

You got our lunch?

MADDIE:

Katie! You got the chief's order?

- Sorry it took so long.

RHETT:
- Oh, no problem at all.

- Can I help you?

- Oh! Ooh.

Oh! Uh... You scared me.

Uh... I'm sorry.

I didn't mean to be snooping. Um...

I wish I had a good excuse,

but it's just idle curiosity.

You're the first neighbor

I've had out here in ages.

Yeah, my Realtor said

I didn't have close neighbors.

Oh, well, I'm not close by city standards.

I'm Jo, by the way.

- Katie.

- Nice to meet you. Um...

Look, I moved out here

same reason as you, I think.

To get some peace and quiet,

so I get it if you just...

Yeah, I like the fact

that I can hear myself think.

Yes, thank you.

I mean, isn't it so nice to be away

from all that noise and that chatter?

(CHUCKLES) I mean, it can be a little bit

deafening sometimes, so it is...

...it is nice to meet somebody

as rustically inclined as I am.

- Yeah. OK.

- All right, well, it was nice to meet you.

- Yeah, you too.

- I'm down the road if you need anything.

I'm stronger than I look.

So, if you get in any trouble...

- OK.

- OK, I'm sorry again.

- It's OK.

- OK.

- Walk safe.

- Thank you.

All right.

How many stops are on your route

from here to Atlanta?

- To Atlanta? Um...

- Yeah.

- Quite a few. I wouldn't know offhand.

- You got a ballpark?

Um...

Come on, buddy.

You gonna buy a ticket or what?

Uh, no, I'm not gonna buy a ticket,

but I can help you. I can help you out.

Uh... Can we open another window

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