Away from Her Page #3

Fiona arranges wild flowers while Grant makes drinks. Warm

spring light pours through the house.

GRANT:

I’ve never seen those white ones

before.

FIONA:

The earth must really suit them

there.

Grant goes to the kitchen and notices something as he goes to

get a spoon to stir the drinks. On each of the kitchen

drawers there are post it notes saying,”cutlery, dishtowels,

knives.” He looks at them, debating whether or not to say

something. He laughs.

Fiona is busily arranging the flowers.

GRANT:

You could always just open the

drawers. Remind yourself.

6A.

FIONA:

What?

He comes into the livingroom and stands in the doorway to the

kitchen.

GRANT:

Maybe all the labels... All the

lists are defeating the purpose.

(MORE)

7.

GRANT (cont'd)

If you stop thinking about things

the moment you write them down,

maybe that’s the end of your need

to recall.

Fiona seems unperturbed by this question. Doesn’t turn

around.

FIONA:

If only we recalled just what we

needed.

She lets this hang in the air a moment. Then continues

lightly.

FIONA:

There was a story I heard at a

dinner party, about the German

soldiers on border patrol in

Czechoslovakia during the war.

Remember that Czech student you

had? Veronica? We spoke once at a

dinner party.

Grant is absolutely still. She tosses this casually.

CUT TO:

12A INT 1970’S DINNER PARTY 12A

Veronica, a gorgeous young girl looks at us across the table.

CUT BACK TO:

12B INT ANDERSSON’S LIVINGROOM - JUNE 2003- AFTERNOON 12B

Fiona glances at Grant. He is stock still.

FIONA:

Don’t get nervous. It’s a good

story.

And now she looks at him with a smile.

FIONA:

She told me that each of the German

patrol dogs wore a sign that said

Hund. Why? said the Czechs, and the

Germans said, Because that is a

Hund.

8.

She gives him an amicable smile. Not threatening in any way.

He watches her, his breath is caught in his throat. She

leaves the room and he lets his breath out. Stares at the

post it notes.We flash quickly in and out of:

13 INT DINNER PARTY - 1970’S -NIGHT 13

GRANT’S MEMORY: Veronica, a beautiful creature with dark hair

and shiny eyes, talks to someone animatedly at a dinner

party, stealing furtive glances at us. We see her foot crawl

up a pant leg under the table.

14 INT ANDERSSON’S LIVINGROOM - JUNE 2003-EARLY EVENING 14

The doorbell rings. Fiona answers the door. Phoebe and

William Hart, a couple in their 60’s stand at the door. Fiona

throws her arms around Phoebe.

PHOEBE:

Where the hell have you two been?

WILLIAM:

Phoebe’s a nightmare to live with

when she hasn’t played bridge in a

while. Call more often will you?

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