Game 6 Page #5

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A taxi pulls up alongside. Nicky notices the young woman in

the rear seat. It is his daughter Laurel. He opens his

window.

NICKY:

Laurel, stay there.

(to his driver)

Keep the meter running. And try to

stay abreast.

Nicky leaves his taxi and gets into Laurel's.

INT. SECOND TAXI

Nicky pushes in next to her. Laurel is eighteen, slightly

overweight, with a pleasant and expressive face. She is

carrying books in a nylon haversack.

NICKY:

I never see you anymore. Where are

you all day?

LAUREL:

I go to college. I thought you

knew.

NICKY:

Do you want to get some coffee?

LAUREL:

I don't drink coffee, Daddy. And

this is not what we should be

talking about.

NICKY:

What do you want to talk about?

I'll talk about anything. What's

this?

Nicky lifts a small radio and headset out of her bag.

LAUREL:

I'm seeing your play tonight,

remember?

NICKY:

Why do you need a radio?

LAUREL:

So at the intermission I can listen

to the ball game. Do you know that

mother is seeing a prominent

divorce lawyer?

NICKY:

That's completely crazy.

LAUREL:

Is it?

NICKY:

Don't talk like that. How

prominent? What are you implying?

LAUREL:

She's doing like those Iranians. `I

divorce thee. I divorce thee. I

divorce thee'

NICKY:

(indicating driver)

And he hears it the same time I

hear it? What happened to family

secrets?

Driver's nameplate ---

TABATTABI:

ABULHASSAN:

LAUREL:

Mother is totally, you know, upset.

NICKY:

Abulhassas, we'll be getting out

here.

Nicky pays the driver.

EXT. THE STREET

Nicky stands alongside the first taxi and pays his original

driver. Laurel reluctantly exits the second taxi.

INT. COFFEE SHOP

47th Street between First and Second Avenue.

Nicky and Laurel enter the coffee shop they are greeted by

the owner, a hefty Greek named GEORGE.

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