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Something outside the window catches Scottie's attention.

SCOTTIE:

Dorks!

Matt looks to see --

SIX FAMILY MEMBERS,

walking on the sidewalk with KAYAKS, wearing T-SHIRTS reading

"Melnick Family Reunion."

SCOTTIE (CONT'D)

Dorks!

MATT:

Scottie, knock it off!

Scottie sits back in her seat, laughing. Matt glances in his

rearview mirror to see a TEENAGE SON taking off his T-shirt

and throwing it to the ground.

19 EXT. LANI'S HOUSE - KAIMUKI - LATE AFTERNOON 19

The car drives down a block of MODEST HOMES.

SCOTTIE:

Her house is down there on the corner.

MATT:

You've been here before?

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SCOTTIE:

Yea-uh. She invites me to her

birthday, like, every year.

MATT:

So you guys are actually friends?

SCOTTIE:

Until last year's party, when she

locked me out of the house and I had to

sit outside all day while everybody was

inside. She thought she was so great,

but then I became friends with Reina

and Brooke and got popular.

MATT:

(processing)

What?

20 EXT. LANI'S FRONT PORCH - LATE AFTERNOON 20

BARB HIGGINS answers the door.

BARB HIGGINS:

Thank you for coming by.

21 INT. LANI'S HOUSE - CONTINUOUS 21

As Matt and Scottie are shown inside, they remove their

shoes.

BARB HIGGINS:

I forgot to mention the time Scottie

said she didn't want to be Lani's

partner at the rock wall because she

didn't want to fall into my daughter's

butt crack. That doesn't even make

sense.

Barb now leads them into --

THE TV ROOM --

-- where LANI HIGGINS sits on a couch. Matt is impatient to

be done with this meaningless task.

MATT:

Scottie, do you have something you want

to say to Lani?

SCOTTIE:

Sorry.

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LANI:

It's okay.

MATT:

Great. Well, nice meeting you both.

Lani, you should come over sometime.

Come for a swim or a hike or something.

BARB HIGGINS:

Scottie, the things you said were

simply evil. Do you realize that? I

don't know what's led you to be such a

nasty young lady.

MATT:

Hey, hey. We came over. She

apologized. We're dealing with it.

Kids are mean sometimes. They grow out

of it. It's a kid thing. Here,

Scottie, you're going to stop, right?

And you're really, really sorry, right?

Scottie makes a big exaggerated nod.

BARB HIGGINS:

I don't think she's sorry at all.

She's going to keep doing it. I can

tell.

MATT:

No, she won't. It's like the time Lani

locked Scottie out of the house at her

birthday party and Scottie sat outside

by herself. It was a mean thing to do,

but Lani here probably did it just to

show off, right?

Lani thinks a moment, nods.

MATT (CONT'D)

But I'm not about to declare that one

action defines a human being's entire

character. She's a work in progress,

and like all complex people is a bundle

of contradictions.

BARB HIGGINS:

I didn't know about that.

SCOTTIE:

You brought me cake.

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MATT:

You brought her cake. So, I don't

know, maybe Lani should be the one to

apologize, since this incident may have

been the catalyst for all this...

"evil" was the word you used.

22 EXT. LANI'S HOUSE - DUSK 22

The door opens, and Matt and Scottie pause to slip their

shoes back on.

BARB HIGGINS:

Oh, and Mr. King?

MATT:

Yes?

BARB HIGGINS:

Good luck with the sale.

Matt turns to look at her. So that's what all this was about

on some level?

BARB HIGGINS (CONT'D)

They say your decision will have a

major impact on Hawai'i's real estate

world, not to mention the whole

landscape of Kaua'i. Hundreds of

millions of dollars, yeah?

MATT:

Big decision.

BARB HIGGINS:

My husband's family is from Kaua'i.

Hanapepe, born and bred. They hope you

don't sell.

MATT:

You don't say.

BARB HIGGINS:

All the traffic it's going to make.

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