The Hollars Page #14

DON:

How are you feeling?

REBECCA:

Better.

Beat.

DON:

Thank you for being here.

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Rebecca looks up at him. He smiles. It’s the first

moment Rebecca’s had with Don.

68 EXT. HOSPITAL PARKING LOT. DAY. 68

Ron stands outside. John comes out and joins him.

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JOHN:

How you doin’ Ron?

RON:

I’m fine. I’m good.

JOHN:

We are terrible liars.

Beat.

JOHN (CONT’D)

How’s the job search going?

RON:

Okay. I’m waiting for a second interview

at Amazon.

JOHN:

Oh. Wow. That’s a good company.

RON:

No, not that Amazon. The club in Bristol.

They need bartenders.

JOHN:

Do you bartend?

RON:

No.

John smiles.

RON (CONT’D)

I just need a job.

JOHN:

You know dad wants you back?

RON:

What? No he doesn’t.

JOHN:

That’s not what he told me.

RON:

Dad wants me to work for him again?

JOHN:

Not for. With. He wants you to run the

company with him.

RON:

You’re right you are a terrible liar.

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JOHN:

No. I’m not. He’s just too proud to ask.

But he can’t really pay you until the

company gets back on its feet.

RON:

He can’t pay me?

JOHN:

Well, you’re staying at his house rent

free.

RON:

Yeah. That’s his duty as one of the

people who brought me into this world

without asking.

JOHN:

Come on, Ron. He needs your help.

Ron looks kind of intrigued.

RON:

I’ll think about it.

Beat.

JOHN:

Hey, what did mom say to you?

RON:

Nothing. Just that she loved me. Why,

what did she say to you?

JOHN:

The same.

Ron and John smile.

JOHN (CONT’D)

See you inside.

John walks back in. We hold on Ron’s smile

69 INT. HOSPITAL WAITING AREA. DAY. 69

John re-enters the waiting area. And goes to his father.

JOHN:

Dad?

DON:

Yeah?

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JOHN:

Ron wants his job back.

DON:

What?

JOHN:

He needs to work. He’s willing to come

back without pay until the company gets

up on it’s feet again.

DON:

He said he’d work for no pay?

JOHN:

That’s exactly what he said.

DON:

Hmmm.

JOHN:

But you’ll have to make him vice

president.

DON:

I’ll make him queen of England if he can

start makin money again.

JOHN:

Great. He’ll start next week.

John looks up at Rebecca, who saw the whole thing. She

smiles knowingly at John. He smiles at her genuinely.

70 INT. HOSPITAL WAITING AREA. LATER. 70

John paces around while Rebecca sleeps and Ron and Don

talk. Dr. Fong comes out into the waiting room.

Everyone looks at him.

DR. FONG

Well, the operation was a success.

Everyone cheers.

DR. FONG (CONT'D)

We were able to remove 95 percent of the

tumor.

RON:

95%? Why couldn’t you remove it all?

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Ron looks to John.

DR. FONG

The tumor is putting a good deal of

pressure on the brain stem. You don’t

want to mess with the brain stem.

JOHN:

So, it could grow back?

DR. FONG

It could. We’ll have to watch it.

DON:

When can we see her doctor?

DR. FONG

We’re moving her to intensive care. You

can visit her once she’s settled. But

she’s still heavily sedated.

DON:

Thank you, so much, Dr. Fong. I can’t

tell you how much we appreciate

everything you’ve done for her.

DR. FONG

Let’s just keep an eye on her. See how

she progresses. We’re not out of the

woods yet. She’s been living with that

tumor for a long time. We have to see how

the brain responds to it’s removal.

71 INT. INTENSIVE CARE. DAY. 71

Don, John and Ron stand in front of Sally. Her head is

heavily bandaged. Her heart is hooked up to a monitor.

DON:

I’ll stay with her. Why don’t you boys go

home and get some rest?

RON:

We want to stay.

DON:

No, no, take Rebecca home. You two should

sleep in a real bed.

JOHN:

Are you sure?

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DON:

Yeah. Go. You, too, Ron.

Ron doesn’t move. Don speaks right to him for the first

time.

DON (CONT’D)

It’s gonna be okay.

Ron and John leave the room.

72 INT. HOSPITAL ELEVATOR. DAY. 72

John, Ron and Rebecca walk into a hospital elevatortogether.

RON:

She is going to be okay, right?

JOHN:

Yeah. Better then ever.

RON:

Tell Dad I’ll take the job.

A73 EXT. STACEY’S HOUSE. DAY. A73

Ron knocks on the door. Stacey answers with ReverendDan. The girls run out with back packs on hugging Ronthen running to the car.

RON:

... Thank you.

73 INT. INTENSIVE CARE. NIGHT. 73

Don sits next to Sally and holds her hand.

74 INT. HOLLAR HOUSE. TV ROOM. NIGHT. 74

Ron plays Dance, Dance, Revolution with his daughters.

They are all surprisingly good. John and Rebecca watch onthe couch.

JOHN:

Are you sure you’re okay?

REBECCA:

Yeah, fine. *

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Rebecca is not convinced.

JOHN:

We’ll get you back home soon.

Ron stops dancing. He looks at John.

RON:

You want to try?

John and Rebecca get up and play the dancing game.

Everyone is laughing and happy. It’s a very warm moment

between the family.

75 INT. ICU. NEXT MORNING. 75

Don sleeps holding hands with Sally. Sally opens her

eyes.

SALLY:

(whispers)

Don?

Don wakes. He smiles.

DON:

Hey, Chief. How you doing?

Sally smiles.

SALLY:

Did they get it?

DON:

Yeah. They got it. The tumor’s gone.

SALLY:

Oh, good.

DON:

You did great, Chief.

Sally blinks. And then without warning her heart rate

drops. Don turns to the machine in a panic.

DON (CONT'D)

Sally? Sally? Honey? Sally?

A nurse runs into the room.

ICU NURSE:

What happened?

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DON:

I don’t know.

More nurses come into the room.

ICU NURSE:

We need a doctor in here right away!

A nurse starts pumping Sally’s heart.

DON:

What’s going on? What are you doing to

her?

ICU NURSE:

I’m sorry, sir. You’re going to have to

leave the room.

DON:

But Dr. Fong said the surgery was a

success.

ICU NURSE:

Please, sir.

DON:

I don’t understand.

Don steps backwards towards a chair. Time slows down.

Sound fades out to the sound of the heart monitor. Slowly

the beep turns into a faint flat line.

76 INT. HOLLAR HOUSE. TV ROOM. DAY. 76

Ron sleeps in a make shift fort with his daughters. The

phone rings. Ron gets up and answers it.

RON:

Hello.

Ron looks very upset.

77 INT. JOHN’S ROOM. DAY. 77

Ron walks into John’s bedroom. He and Rebecca are

sleeping in each other’s arms. Ron gently wakes his

brother.

RON:

John. John.

John wakes up in a panic, as if in a bad dream.

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JOHN:

What? What is it?

78 INT. DR. FONG’S OFFICE. DAY. 78

Don, Ron and John sit in Dr. Fong’s office.

DR. FONG

I’m sorry. There was just nothing we

could do. She had lived with that tumor a

long time. Her body just couldn’t adjust

to the change.

RON:

I thought the procedure was a success?

Ron looks to John.

DR. FONG

It was.

RON:

(truthful anger)

Do all your successes end in death???

JOHN:

(calming... like his mom)

Ron.

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