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ALEXANDRA:

Drop it, Dad. You've got way bigger

fish to fry than confronting f***ing

Brian Speer. Are you recording this?

MATT:

I'm summarizing a deposition.

ALEXANDRA:

How can you work?

MATT:

How can you go to a movie?

ALEXANDRA:

To get Scottie out of the house. And

you're going to tell him to come back

and see Mom.

MATT:

I think... I just think she would want

him to know.

ALEXANDRA:

Just call his office and say it's an

emergency.

MATT:

On the phone he can escape. In person

he has nowhere to go. I want to see

his face. I want to change his life.

Alexander senses his resolve -- it's kind of refreshing,

actually -- then breaks into a wicked little smile.

ALEXANDRA:

Then I want to go too.

MATT:

No, you stay with Scottie.

ALEXANDRA:

F*** that. Let's all get out of town.

79 EXT. AIRPORT - DAY 79

A Hawaiian Airlines inter-island airplane takes off.

80 INT. AIRPLANE - DAY 80

Matt sits isolated from his daughters and Sid across the

aisle from him.

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81 INSERT -- MAP OF THE ISLANDS 81

A DOTTED LINE goes from Honolulu to Lihue.

82 EXT. KAUAI AIRPORT - DAY 82

Matt leads his daughters and Sid toward the rental car

shuttle when --

COUSIN RALPH (O.S.)

Yo, Matt King!

Matt turns to see COUSIN RALPH loping over, briefcase in

hand. Like Matt, he wears the island businessman's uniform --

Khakis and a Reyn's Spooner shirt.

Grinning and nodding, Cousin Ralph gives Matt a back-slap hug

and greets Scottie and Alexandra, whose names he clearly

forgets.

COUSIN RALPH (CONT'D)

Whatcha doing here?

MATT:

Just came over for a day or two.

COUSIN RALPH:

Yeah, I just got back from Kahului. A

little business over there.

MATT:

Yeah.

COUSIN RALPH:

All right. So you here to talk to some

of the cousins? Make sure everybody's

happy with your choice? Pay your

respects to Cousin Hugh?

Matt's smiles to cover the fact that he hasn't actually been

thinking about this stuff.

MATT:

No, no, nothing like that. Just a

little holoholo. Get the kids out of

town.

COUSIN RALPH:

But it is Holitzer, right? We all know

it's Holitzer. Cousin Hugh wants him,

they go way back. I got my misgivings,

though. It's not the highest bid by a

longshot.

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COUSIN RALPH (CONT'D)

There's an argument to be made for

maxing it out. We only do this once in

a lifetime. And in this economy --

MATT:

Yeah, no, I know. I want to work with

you guys, Ralph, I really do. Whatever

the majority wants, I'll go along with

it. Let's just get it over with.

COUSIN RALPH:

How's Elizabeth doing? She going to be

okay?

MATT:

The same.

COUSIN RALPH:

Well, she's a tough gal. She'll be

okay. Yeah. Say, where you going,

Hanalei?

MATT:

Yeah, Princeville.

COUSIN RALPH:

Come on. I'll give you a ride.

83 EXT. COUSIN RALPH'S JEEP - DAY 83

It's an open jeep with bad shocks, and Cousin Ralph drives

fast. The passengers hold on, their hair blown back.

MATT:

Hey, Ralph.

COUSIN RALPH:

Yeah.

MATT:

Turn off over here. Let's go see the

land.

COUSIN RALPH:

Take a last look, huh?

MATT:

You got time?

COUSIN RALPH:

I got nothing but time.

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84 EXT. TURNOFF POINT - DAY 84

Cousin Ralph makes a turn and heads inland.

85 EXT. COUNTRY ROAD - DAY 85

The Jeep stops at a FENCE, where a HERD OF CATTLE graze on

the other side. Matt jumps out to let the jeep through.

RALPH:

I think this is where a golf course is

going to be. They want the golf course

to rival Pebble Beach, you know, bring

in the big boys.

86 EXT. BUMPY ACCESS ROAD - DAY 86

The Jeep ascends through pastoral countryside.

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