October Gale Page #3

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JAMES:
A little bit.

HELEN:
I worked this

16-hour day yesterday.

16 hours.

JAMES:
You need a foot massage.

[APPROACHING MOTORBOAT]

[DOOR SLAMS SHUT]

AL:
I say your boat. I

didn't know you were up!

HELEN:
I had to open the

cottage sooner or later.

AL:
I just wanted to make

sure you're alright, you know.

A big storm's coming in, there's

thousands already out of power.

HELEN:
Oh!

AL:
They're saying

she's a big one.

WILL:
F***!

WILL:
Hey, do you

know that guy?

HELEN:
Yeah, sure. He

can give us a ride.

WILL:
Listen to me,

you cannot let him in.

HELEN:
What, why?

WILL:
Helen, if you let

him in, we are both dead.

HELEN:
What?

WILL:
Shh. Get rid of him.

HELEN:
Oh...

HELEN:
Sorry it's not fresh.

AL:
Oh, that's alright.

So, how have you been?

HELEN:
Oh, fine.

Better.

AL:
Hey, how's the

roof holding up?

HELEN:
No leaks.

AL:
Didn't take long, few days.

We got a big snowfall this

winter so I'm happy I insisted

otherwise the whole roof

could've caved right in, right?

HELEN:
I appreciate it, Al.

Thank you.

Do you want sugar?

AL:
Ah, no.

Thank you.

I didn't know you had, uh...

I didn't know you

had any visitors.

HELEN:
Oh, uh, a man.

His boat washed up

on my shore so...

AL:
Did you call the cops?

HELEN:
Well, I can't get

a signal on my cell phone

and the Pro-Line's

in the shop, so...

But I do need to

get him into town.

AL:
Oh, yeah, yeah. Sure, of course.

Of course, yeah.

HELEN:
Great.

I'm going to grab a

few things and...

I'll get him and...

AL:
Okay, but I mean, you know that

storm's coming fast, right, so...

I mean they're saying

it's going to be

bigger than last October's.

HELEN:
Help.

[RUSH OF AIR]

[TENSE MUSIC]

HELEN:
What the hell?

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God.

[HOWLING WIND]

HELEN:
Oh. Ah!!

HELEN:
Ah!!

[BUBBLES]

[COMPLETE SILENCE]

[EMOTIONAL SCORE]

HELEN:
Ah! Okay. Ah!

WILL:
[LAUGHING]

HELEN:
[LAUGHING]

[RAIN]

[HOWLING WIND]

[FOOTSTEPS]

[THUNDER AND RAIN]

[FOOTSTEPS]

WILL:
Oh, f***.

HELEN:
Did you hurt yourself?

WILL:
No, its fine.

It's nothing.

HELEN:
Let me see.

WILL:
It's nothing.

It's okay, doc. I promise.

HELEN:
What are you doing?

WILL:
What do you mean?

What are you doing?

What's the matter?

Huh, what?

HELEN:
What's going on?

I mean who's after you?

I've known Al for years,

I've treated his family.

Why would he strand me here?

What have you done to

make people come after you

to the middle of nowhere?

What happened?

WILL:
[SIGH]

It was an accident.

HELEN:
What?

WILL:
An accident.

A bar fight

got out of hand and um

It was my fault.

[THUNDER]

And I did all of the time.

All of the f***ing time.

But the guy's father

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