Apartment 4E

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Woman:
WHAT DO YOU KNOW

ABOUT HER? HUH? THIS?

THIS IS THE BES THAT YOU COULD DO?

IT'S BULLSHIT!

( clanking )

OKAY.

I'M SORRY, PIPER.

JUST UNLOCK THESE HANDCUFFS.

I'LL LEAVE, I PROMISE.

YOU PUT THEM ON.

I DIDN'T MEAN TO.

HMM... COME ON, JOHN.

THIS IS WHY YOU CAME HERE.

WHAT? TO CHAIN MYSELF

TO YOUR BED?

OR TO CHAIN YOURSELF TO ME!

TO THROW YOURSELF

IN FRONT OF THIS...

LITTLE TRAIN WRECK.

SAVE ME.

PIPER, I'VE TOLD YOU

ALL THAT MATTERS.

SHE WAS WORRIED:

ABOUT YOU,

WORRIED WHAT YOU

MIGHT DO TO YOURSELF.

SO, SHE SENT YOU

TO LIE FOR HER?

NO, NO. SHE SENT ME

HERE TO TALK TO YOU.

FIRST RULE OF THERAPY:

DON'T UPSE A SUICIDAL SHUT-IN

BY LYING YOUR WAY

INTO HER APARTMENT.

YES, I'M SORRY THE WAY

THINGS TURNED OUT HERE.

OH... IMPRESSIVE BI OF ABDICATION THERE, JOHN.

THINGS DIDN'T JUS TURN OUT THIS WAY.

YOU MADE IT ALL HAPPEN.

YOU KNOCKED ON MY DOOR,

REMEMBER?

YOU MADE CHOICES,

AND YOU FOLLOWED THROUGH.

TAKE SOME CREDIT, JOHN.

THIS IS YOUR SHOW-

YOUR SHOW AFTER ALL-

AFTER ALL WE'VE

BEEN THROUGH.

WOULDN'T I FEEL BETTER IF...

YOU TOOK SOME RESPONSIBILITY?

( sighs )

IT WOULD BE SO FUCKED UP,

IF I PULL THIS TRIGGER

RIGHT NOW, WOULDN'T IT?

PIPER, STOP IT.

WHAT WOULD YOU:

TELL MOLLIE?

( exhales deeply )

HERE COME THE LAST WORDS,

JOHN. READY?

PUT IT DOWN.

( breathing heavily )

STOP IT.

YOU MADE ME DO IT!

( acoustic guitar plays softly )

( "No Sorrow"

by Alex Paul plays )

( indistinct yelling )

( typing )

I AM... I AM...

( groans )

I AM-I AM...

OH, SHIT. ALWAYS ME.

ALWAYS ME.

HOW SELF-CENTERED.

SELF-CEN- HOW SELFISH.

SELFISH- LIKE-LIKE SELF.

HAVING THE APPEARANCE

OF-OF SELF.

AH, UH... AS-AS-AS IF SELF

AS IF SELF, AS IF A-AGREEABLE

TOWARDS SELF.

SELF- AS IF... HMM.

OH.

IF SELF.

( groans )

( indistinct muttering )

( doorbell buzzes )

( continues muttering )

( doorbell buzzes )

Piper:

WHO'S THERE?

UM... PIPER?

I ASKED WHO'S THERE.

YEAH, IT'S-IT'S-IT'S-IT'S

JOHN SHARP.

UM, I'M...

I'M, UH, I'M MOLLIE'S BROTHER.

MOLLIE'S-

M- MOLLIE WHO?

MOLLIE SHARP.

YOU ALONE?

WHAT? YES.

WHAT DO YOU WANT?

UM, UH, SHE-SHE

SAID SHE MENTIONED ME,

MENTIONED SHE HAD A BROTHER.

YOU MET HER ONLINE.

MOLLY SHARP. SHE LIVES

DOWN IN VIRGINIA, OUTSIDE D.C.

WHAT DO YOU WANT?

I- COULD I COME UP?

I DON'T REMEMBER A BROTHER.

WELL, SHE SAID

SHE-SHE MENTIONED ME.

SHE SAID YOU MIGHT NOT REMEMBER.

SO, YOU EAVESDROP

IN CHAT ROOMS?

WHAT? NO, NO, NO, NO.

( chuckles )

MOLLIE'S MY SISTER.

THAT'S HOW I KNOW YOU.

UH, SHE SAID

SHE SENT YOU A BOOK.

A BOOK OF POETRY.

YOU GAVE HER YOUR ADDRESS,

THAT'S HOW I FOUND YOU.

WHAT IF I DON' WANT TO BE FOUND?

UH... THEN YOU WOULDN' HAVE GIVEN YOUR ADDRESS.

GOOD POINT.

HMM. WELL, WHY DIDN'T SHE COME.

I SENT HER-

I GAVE HER MY ADDRESS.

HELLO?

WHY DID I DO THAT? WHY DIDN'T-

WELL, WHY DIDN'T SHE-

WHY DIDN'T SHE COME?

I GAVE IT TO HER.

I GAVE IT TO HER. WHY-

UH, WHY DIDN'T SHE COME?

I LIVE NEARBY, IT WAS...

EASIER. OKAY?

NO, IT IS NOT OKAY.

IT'S NOT- IT'S-IT'S KNOTTED,

IT'S ALL TWISTED UP.

( sighs )

Y- Y-YOU'RE JUST GONNA

HAVE TO TRUST ME.

TRUST YOU?

I'M GONNA HAVE TO TRUST YOU?

THAT-THAT MOLLIE SENT ME.

THAT I'M A FRIEND.

THAT I'M HERE TO HELP.

HELP? WHO SAID I NEEDED HELP?

MOLLIE. MOLLIE SAID THAT YOU-

MOLLIE SAID.

HOW ARE YOU GOING

TO HELP ME, JOHN?

I DON'T KNOW YET, EXACTLY.

BUT SHE SAID THAT YOU

MIGHT NEED SOMEONE TO-

YOU DON'T KNOW?

WELL, THAT-THA YOU MIGHT NEED TO-

ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO HELP ME,

OR AM I SUPPOSED TO HELP YOU?

MAYBE THAT WE SHOULD TALK.

THAT I COULD HELP YOU

SORT THINGS OUT.

SORT THINGS OUT?

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