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MATT:

In fact there is. I'll tell you in a

moment. Who is he?

(off their silence)

Does she love him? Who is he?

KAI:

Matt.

MATT:

I'm sorry to put you in this position.

But I'm not really the one who put you

there, am I? I just want to know who

this guy is that my wife has been...

seeing.

KAI:

Oh, Matt, you're angry.

MATT:

You could be a therapist. Very keen

powers of observation.

KAI:

Wow. I think we should talk another

time. I think you need to cool it.

Matt sits. He's not leaving. No one speaks.

MATT:

Is it Troy? That f***ing Neanderthal?

MARK:

You don't know him.

KAI:

Oh, don't you even, Mark. Shame on

you. You're her friend.

MARK:

I'm Matt's friend too. And this is a

very unique and dramatic situation.

I'd want to know.

KAI:

Don't betray her when she can't even

defend herself. Matt, you may not be

able to hear this right now, but it's

not her fault. Women have needs.

MATT:

Are you f***ing kidding me?

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KAI:

Your marriage was not... You worked so

hard to make partner, and no one can

take that away from you. But then you

made partner, and you only got busier.

And it's not like you were so involved

with the girls. She was lonely.

MATT:

So you're going to talk to me in

clichés about women? Nothing is ever a

woman's fault. Was it still going on

when she had the accident?

Kai looks away. Mark nods.

MARK:

But I stayed out of it, Matt. Anytime

Kai talked about it, I walked away.

MATT:

(to Kai)

And you what? You probably egged her

on. Add some drama to your life

without any actual risk. Whom do you

think you're protecting anyway? She

doesn't need your protection -- it's

over. She's going to die.

KAI:

Don't say that.

MATT:

I almost told you yesterday. She's

never going to wake up. It's for sure

now. You hear me? We're pulling the

plug. You were putting lipstick on a

corpse.

MARK:

Come on, Matt. That's a little

intense.

Kai's face dissolves into tears. Mark reaches out to comfort

her. Everybody falls back to Earth.

MATT:

I'm sorry. I didn't mean to take it

out on you guys. I just... Does she

love him?

Matt looks at him blankly, then at Kai. He'd like to know

too.

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KAI:

How can you ask about him when she's

going to die? Who cares? Yes, she

loves him, loved him, whatever. She's

crazy about him. She was going to ask

you for a divorce.

Matt is stunned but oddly relieved. The truth, once

revealed, blows a calming wind.

MATT:

You still haven't told me who he is. I

guess it doesn't matter.

Matt rises to his feet and leave.

55 EXT. THE MITCHELLS' HOUSE - DAY 55

Just as Matt reaches the sidewalk, Mark comes loping out of

the house.

MARK:

Brian Speer. His name is Brian Speer.

Two e's.

A PET GOAT tied up in the front yard watches.

56 EXT. NU'UANU NEIGHBORHOOD - DAY 56

From a discreet distance, we notice that Matt has stopped

walking to cry.

57 EXT. KING SWIMMING POOL - DAY 57

Wandering up the driveway, Matt finds Alexandra sitting with

Scottie and SOME GUY. Scottie now wears an oversized t-shirt

reading, "She's fat. I'm drunk. It's on." They stop

laughing when they see Matt.

SCOTTIE:

Hi, Daddy.

ALEXANDRA:

Dad, this is Sid.

MATT:

(sizing him up)

Hello, Sid.

Lanky and odd, a permanent smirk on his face, SID rises from

his lounge chair.

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SID:

`Sup, bro?

As they shake hands, Sid pulls Matt into a man-hug and thumps

him on the back.

MATT:

Don't ever do that to me again.

(to Alexandra)

Get ready, okay? We're going to

Grandma and Grandpa's.

(to Scottie)

Auntie Esther will come over to watch

you.

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