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- INT. DON AND JACKIE'S HOUSE - DAY
- Ash walks over to the attic entrance, then walks away to
- INT. BEDROOM - DAY
- She peers outside the window.
- ASH
- I got some time.
- Ash goes back out to the
- HALLWAY
- Then, makes her way into
- INT. ATTIC - DAY
- Ash walks into the dark attic. Darkness consumes the room.
- Ash tugs on the lightbulb switch. The light comes on, but
- then dies in a moment.
- ASH
- Motherfucking...
- Ash reaches into her pocket and takes out a flashlight. She
- turns it on and shines it around the attic.
- Dust is piled in the attic.
- Ash coughs and examines the other boxes.
- She looks around the room and stops at one box that reads,
- "Los Angeles".
- Ash opens the box.
- A plastic ID sits in, with a younger version of Don. The ID
- reads "Joe's Pizza Palace".
- ASH (CONT’D)
- Dad delivered pizza... Weird to
- think about.
- Next to it, sits a red Gameboy Advanced SP with its charger.
- Ash picks it up and opens it.
- She flips it over. Some writing on the back of it reads, "LA
- April 19th 1998".
- She cocks an eyebrow at this and pockets the Gameboy.
- Ash goes back into the box. A picture frame sits inside the
- box. She pulls it out.
- A picture of Don and his sister sit in it. His sister wears
- her graduation gown from UCLA.
- Don stands next to her and puts two fingers behind her head.
- The two are happy and smiling.
- The bottom of the frame reads, "Class of 2014".
- ASH (CONT’D)
- I didn't know I had an aunt...
- A noise comes from downstairs.
- ASH (CONT’D)
- Shit!
- Ash closes the box up and puts it back.
- She runs down the attic stairs, then puts them back.
- Ash looks both ways and wipes dust off herself.
- DON (O.S.)
- Ash? You wanted to talk to me about
- something?
- ASH
- Yeah, uh... Give me a second, dad!
- Ash brushes the dust off herself with her hands.
- She goes down the downstairs. Don is covered in blood.
- ASH (CONT’D)
- Oh my god.
- DON
- It's not mine, don't worry.
- Ash looks at Don with a genuine look of concern.
- ASH
- Jesus, dad! What's that supposed to
- mean?
- DON
- There was a fight at the bar... It
- happens.
- ASH
- Go get changed!
- DON
- What did you want to talk about?
- ASH
- It's not important right now. It
- can definitely wait.
- DON
- Uh. Oh... Kay... You know, you can
- talk to me about anything, right?
- Ash lets off a nervous laugh.
- ASH
- Dad, you're covered in blood.
- DON
- You sure?
- Ash gives him a look of mild annoyance.
- DON (CONT’D)
- Al-Alright.
- Don walks away.
- Ash stops.
- ASH
- Dad?
- Don turns back around.
- DON
- Yeah?
- ASH
- You're... Going to my softball
- game, right?
- Don pauses for a moment and looks down at the ground.
- DON
- I'll do what I can. I'll ask my
- boss.
- Ash smiles.
- ASH
- Thanks, dad.
- Don nods and Ash walks away.
- She looks down at the Gameboy and goes up the stairs to
- ASH'S ROOM
- Ash opens up her laptop and takes the Gameboy out of her
- jacket.
- She turns the Gameboy around and looks at the writing.
- She puts it into Google.
- Ash looks at the results.
- "Good Friday/Belfast Agreement for Northern Ireland is signed
- by the British and Irish governments"
- "Pakistan tests medium-range missiles capable of hitting
- India."
- "Unemployment rate drops to 4.3%"
- ASH
- No...
- She clicks around, but stops.
- Ash pulls a cardboard poster out from next to her with a
- family tree. She stares at Don's sister's name.
- She places it to face her and jumps on Facebook.
- She looks up "Dawn Paulsen".
- Ash clicks through a few of the name and with a bored
- expression scrolls through them.
- She stops at one: "Went to school at UCLA, Works at Knight
- Pharmaceuticals - Researcher".
- Ash looks back at the main name on it. From there, she clicks
- around in her pictures then stops at one.
- A picture of a newspaper clipping. The post reads, "You were
- taken from us too soon. RIP".
- ASH (CONT’D)
- Oh, fuck.
- DON
- Everything okay?
- Ash shuts the laptop.
- ASH
- Yeah! It's okay!
- DON
- Ash?
- ASH
- It's my boyfriend! Don't worry
- about it!
- DON
- He sending you something he
- shouldn't?
- ASH
- No, I mean- No, everything's fine.
- Ash slides herself between the gameboy.
- DON
- Alright uh. If he gives you
- trouble, I'll break his fucking
- legs, you know that right?
- Ash lets off a nervous smile.
- ASH
- 'Course!
- DON
- Seriously Ash, you can tell me
- anything.
- ASH
- This is something I gotta sort out
- on my own, dad.
- DON
- Well if you need anything you can
- talk to me. I'll make dinner
- tonight. What sounds good?
- END SCENE.
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