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REBECCA:

The boy done went into my walnuts! I skin my

fingers to the bone to pick two pounds that's

worth almost nothing at the commissary and he

done took almost half of what I pick!

NATHAN LEE:

The boy is hungry, Rebecca.

His words cut through her frustration -- she puts down the bowl on an old

dresser next to the door that leads to the children's room and just stands

there for a moment -- she and NATHAN, looking directly on each other -- after

a moment she moves across the floor and nestles into the embrace of his arms

-- he holds her close to him for a moment and then they break the embrace --

NATHAN LEE:

Dammit!

He moves halfway across the floor and stops as REBECCA goes to the stove to

prepare his coffee --

REBECCA:

We been through these off-seasons before -- we

made it.

NATHAN LEE:

What we make it to? The next season to work

ourselves to death, share croppin' for ol' man

Howard, so he can get richer and we can't even

eat when the croppin' time is done?

His coffee is ready -- she puts it on the table -- he moves to it and sits

and takes a sip with the frustration still nagging him. She stands over him

from behind and puts her hand on his strong neck for a moment and then she

moves for the children's room and enters -- he drinks his coffee --

INT. REBECCA and NATHAN'S BEDROOM - NIGHT

REBECCA enters, unrobes and crawls into bed -- she lies there for awhile in

thought, rolls over to position herself and then she hears the back door

SLAM. She raises her head for a moment and then she decides to get up. She

puts her clothes back on hurriedly and moves out of the room.

INT. KITCHEN-SITTING ROOM - NIGHT

REBECCA moves with directness through the room, on out door to the backyard.

EXT. THE BACKYARD - NIGHT

REBECCA stands in middle of the backyard, looking about in the area.

REBECCA:

(softly).

Nathan?

There is not a sound -- then she moves hastily around the side of the house

to the front yard.

EXT. THE FRONT YARD - NIGHT

She looks down under the edge of the porch to see SOUNDER fast asleep. She

turns and tries to see through the darkness down the road -- she slowly moves

up on the porch and stands in the doorway looking out into the night. She

begins to hum -- the kind of hum to relax the nerves -- to move the thoughts

away from the mind -- thoughts that were plaguing her.

DISSOLVE TO:

INT. THE MORGANS' KITCHEN - DAY

It is about six a.m. the following morning and hot food is piping on the

stove.

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