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Karolina sniffs back a tear.

KAROLINA:

I am... I'm so sorry. I...

KYLE:

I can reach you at your brother's,

right?

Karolina nods. The moment hangs. She steps out.

KAROLINA:

Please. Try to sleep tonight.

Their eyes lock. Kyle smiles thinly. Karolina goes. Kyle

pauses a moment, then shuts the door.

INT. KYLE'S APARTMENT - DEN - LATER NIGHT

This was an office just a few days ago. A desk is strewn with

files, notepads, books - all of it regarding Rudyard Kipling.

Five boxes marked "David's Research" wait. But they're empty.

Kyle sits on the floor, her back against a bare wall...

wearing that thousand-mile stare again. Just can't move.

JULIA (O.S.)

Mommy?

That was the voice of a little girl. Kyle doesn't react.

JULIA (O.S., CONT'D)

Mommy?

Now Kyle turns, as if awakening from a dream.

JULIA, 4, stands in the doorway, wearing pajamas. In her hand

is a one-armed chenille teddy-bear named Harry.

JULIA (CONT'D)

Everything's in boxes.

Kyle tries to smile, but the effort is obvious.

JULIA (CONT'D)

Is Daddy in one of them?

That cut right through Kyle.

KYLE:

No, sweetheart...

INT. KYLE'S APARTMENT - JULIA'S BEDROOM - LATER NIGHT

Kyle, still dressed, lies beside Julia as the child sleeps.

A carousel-nightlight throws moving reflections across the

walls:
horses and cows and cherubs, chasing one another

against pale blue wallpaper. Kyle, wide awake, eyes them.

More MOVING BOXES in here. Everything has been packed except

an outfit for tomorrow: (jacket, tights, boots, etc.)

The curtains are open. Kyle rises, careful not to awaken

Julia, and crosses to them. She reaches for the curtains,

then notices something, through the window:

TWO MEN, visible across this building's courtyard. They seem

to be looking from their third story window into this one.

They're Middle-Eastern. Persian. Maybe Turkish - but staring

right at us. Kyle shuts the curtains.

A beat. She turns to go, then turns back - just has to look

through those curtains again. She peeks out.

Shutters have now been drawn where the Persian-looking men

were standing only seconds ago. Odd...

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