The Descendants Page #4

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MATT:

You're lying. And Jesus Christ, enough

with the goddamn texting! Give me that

phone! Give it here!

Scottie fights him as he snatches her phone away.

MATT (CONT'D)

Jesus, Scottie. Okay, you win. Let's

go.

Scottie springs up out of the sofa.

MATT (CONT'D)

At least say goodbye.

SCOTTIE:

Bye, Mom!

Scottie bolts out the door. Matt takes a last look at Liz,

panic and sadness rippling across his face.

MATT (V.O.)

My wife -- the sportswoman, the model,

the drinker.

MATT (CONT'D)

Would you please wake up already? I

need you. I can't do this alone.

15 EXT. BRIEF MONTAGE - DAY 15

Images lead us up the PALI HIGHWAY and into the lush old

neighborhood of NU'UANU.

16 EXT. KING HOUSE - DAY 16

This STATELY OLD HOUSE shows signs of neglect but feels

impressive and welcoming nonetheless.

MATT (O.S.)

Is this Barb Higgins?

BARB HIGGINS (O.S.)

Yes, it is.

MATT (O.S.)

Hi, Matt King returning your call. I

assume your daughter is a classmate of

my daughter's.

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BARB HIGGINS (O.S.)

Yes, Lani is a classmate of Scottie's,

yes.

17 INT. KING HOUSE - DAY 17

As Matt speaks on the PHONE, he wanders out of his cluttered

HOME OFFICE and into the DINING ROOM.

MATT:

How can I help you?

BARB HIGGINS (O.S.)

Let's see, where to start? It's

Scottie. She's been texting some awful

things to Lani, and I'd like her to

stop.

MATT:

For instance.

BARB HIGGINS (O.S.)

Here's the latest one. "We all know

you grew pubes over the summer." She

sends little messages like that for no

reason. She even wrote it on Lani's

Facebook wall.

MATT:

Huh.

BARB HIGGINS (O.S.)

She calls my daughter Lanikai, implying

she's like the size of an entire

neighborhood. Do you think that's

nice?

MATT:

That's not like her at all. She's

usually very sweet.

He glances out the window at Scottie, who sits on the ground,

back turned, POUNDING something with a BIG ROCK.

MATT (CONT'D)

As you may know, her mother isn't well,

and maybe this is how she's dealing

with it.

BARB HIGGINS (O.S.)

I don't care about the backstory, Mr.

King. My daughter comes home from

school in tears.

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MATT:

Yeah, no, I get it. I'm very sorry.

BARB HIGGINS (O.S.)

Scottie should be the one who's sorry.

I want her to come over and apologize

to Lani, and I don't ever want her to

write to my daughter again.

LANI (DISTANT O.S.)

She can in a good way.

BARB HIGGINS (O.S.)

If she doesn't apologize, I'm going to

tell the headmaster. You can't buy

your way out of this.

Matt draws a long exasperated breath, as if everything else

weren't enough already.

MATT (V.O.)

See what I mean? Everybody sees me as

the rich guy, the inheritor. People

resent us. I resent us. Even our last

name -- King. How irritating.

18 INT. MATT'S CAR - DAY 18

Matt drives Scottie.

MATT:

You need to say you're sorry, and you

need to mean it. No dicking around. I

have a ton of work to do tonight. Do

you have any idea how behind I am?

You made her cry. Why would you want

to be so mean to someone?

SCOTTIE:

(irritated)

I don't know!

MATT:

Is that what you text all the time,

nasty things?

SCOTTIE:

No.

MATT:

Well, what then?

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SCOTTIE:

I write them with Reina. They make her

laugh, and then she shows Megan and

Brooke, and they laugh too.

MATT:

I should have known Reina had something

to do with it. I don't want you

hanging out with her.

SCOTTIE:

Wait, I told Reina she could visit me

in the hospital since I'm not in school

anymore. Can she?

MATT:

We'll make a deal. You apologize to

this girl, and you talk to your mother,

and then we'll see about Reina dropping

by the hospital. Okay?

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