I'll See You in My Dreams Page #2

23 INT. CAROL’S HOUSE - KITCHEN - DAY 23

Carol pours herself a glass of white wine. She pauses, then

adds a bit more. She has a sip and takes a deep breath.

24 INT. CAROL’S HOUSE - LIVING ROOM - DAY 24

Carol is sitting in her living room. She has another sip of

her wine. She looks around. The house feels big and empty.

All the lights are off.

Carol hears a rustling nearby. She looks over, then stands up

and takes a few tentative steps toward the sound. At first

she sees nothing, and then sees the snout of a small animal

poking out from behind a cabinet. It stops moving at the

sound of Carol’s footsteps. Carol stares in shock, unable to

speak. The animal then comes out from the cabinet and

scuttles along the wall. It is a RAT.

Carol screams at the top of her lungs and runs out of the

living room.

25 EXT. CAROL’S HOUSE - POOL - DAY 25

Carol runs to the back doors and opens them, finally getting

outside. Carol, shaken by the whole incident, looks in the

door to see if she can see the rat.

6.

26 EXT. CAROL’S HOUSE - POOL - DAY - LATER 26

Carol, having nodded off on her outdoor couch, wakes up. She

looks over to see LLOYD (early 30s), a pool guy, standing

there with all of his pool cleaning gear. He has a pair of

headphones on. He pulls the headphones down around his neck

when he sees Carol staring at him.

LLOYD:

Afternoon.

(pauses)

You okay?

CAROL:

Okay?

LLOYD:

You seemed...

CAROL:

What? Are you saying you thought I

was dead?

LLOYD:

No, not that. Sorry.

Lloyd begins unloading his gear by the pool, trying to avoid

the conversation.

CAROL:

Because I’m an old person and I had

my eyes closed.

LLOYD:

I was just making sure you were

okay.

CAROL:

No, I’m not okay. I’m terrible.

Lloyd just stares at her, unsure of what to say next.

CAROL (CONT’D)

Who are you? It was always another

guy. Richie?

Lloyd has already moved to the edge of the pool and begun

setting up his cleaning gear.

LLOYD:

Richie, uh, moved on. He had a

difference of opinion with the

owners. I’m the new guy.

7.

CAROL:

Okay, clean away, new guy.

She begins to open the door to go back inside, then hesitates

and shuts it. Lloyd puts his headphones on and begins

assembling his gear to clean the pool, then pauses and

removes the headphones.

LLOYD:

You don’t look that old, by the

way. I mean, I wasn’t worried

because you look old.

CAROL:

(distracted)

You always gotta assume the worst.

Don’t worry about it.

Lloyd puts his headphones back on. Carol peers into the

house and then looks back at Lloyd.

CAROL (CONT’D)

Um... excuse me?

Lloyd removes his headphones.

LLOYD:

What’s that?

CAROL:

I’m sorry. I... Can I ask you a

favor?

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