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PETE:
Good girl.
They have reached an office marked "DR. PHILLIP PARSONSDIRECTOR" and peer in to see Parsons (50's,
distinguished, commands respect from everyone) on thephone. He gestures for Pete to sit. Miranda is about to
exit when he covers the mouthpiece -
PARSONS:
Miranda, my wife keeps wanting toset that dinner with you and Doug.
Are you free tonight?
MIRANDA:
meeting.
Parsons looks through his appointment book.
(CONTINUED)
6.
CONTINUED:
PARSONS:
You've been here a year already,
Dorothy's starting to take thispersonal. How's next Wednesday?
MIRANDA:
Next Wednesday it is, Phil.
He nods at her with a smile and returns to his phonecall.
EXT. WOODWARD INSTITUTE - NIGHT
Miranda drives off, leaving the majestic grounds behind.
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EXT. ROAD - NIGHT
Miranda slows down at the sight of colored lights upahead. A knocked-down telephone post blocks the road.
EMERGENCY VEHICLES at the scene. A patrolman waves herdown.
INT. MIRANDA'S CAR - MOVING - NIGHT
SHERIFF RYAN, 40'S, recognizes her and ambles over.
MIRANDA:
Anybody hurt, Sheriff?
SHERIFF RYAN:
Nah, telephone post just decidedto fall. It'll take us a while to
clear this up so I'm afraid you'regonna have to take the long wayhome, Miranda.
MIRANDA:
If you say so.
SHERIFF RYAN:
And tell your husband he owes me aphone call.
MIRANDA:
Will do. Wouldn't want him in
trouble with the authorities.
(CONTINUED)
7.
CONTINUED:
SHERIFF RYAN:
That a girl. The law never sleepsand all that. You take care now.
He taps on her hood and heads back to the site. She
shifts into reverse and makes a U-turn.
Miranda drives down the curvy road toward an old bridge.
Something definitely creepy about this deserted place -
INT. MIRANDA'S CAR - MOVING
Miranda dials a number on her cell phone, gets themachine.
MIRANDA:
(into phone)
Hi, it's me. Are you there? Pick
up, pick up. I'm on my way but I
just got detoured so I'm...
A bump on the road makes her drop the phone on the
passenger seat. She reaches for it and when she looks up
we see:
A TEENAGE GIRL stands smack in front of us. Naked.
About to get pummelled by us.
BACK TO SCENE:
Miranda swerves to avoid her and slams into the railing.
METAL SCREECHES as she struggles to regain control of thecar and finally BRAKES TO A HALT -
She looks in her rearview mirror: the girl is standingback there. Drunk or high or in any case completely outof it.
MIRANDA:
(into phone)
Stay on the line. Don't go
anywhere. The weirdest thing
just -
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