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"MELODY."

(sighs) WOW. OKAY.

I'M IMPRESSED.

YOU DID ALL THIS YOURSELF?

WHAT? STRIP AWAY

ALL THE OLD,

REBUILD THE FOUNDATION

ON MY OWN,

REFINISH EVERYTHING MYSELF?

YOU'RE NOT SPEAKING

METAPHORICALLY, ARE YOU?

WHAT ARE YOU GONNA CALL IT,

THE BITTER B&B? (chuckles)

I SEE YOU IN THERE, MEL.

I-I SEE YOU UNDER ALL THIS,

UNDER--UNDER THE...

TAILORED SUIT AND ALL THA MAKEUP YOU PUT ON...

(whispers) JUST TO MAKE YOU LOOK

LIKE YOU'RE NOT WEARING ANY.

F.Y.I.--I'M HAPPY. THIS IS

WHAT HAPPY LOOKS LIKE. SEE?

SERIOUSLY? HALF-STARVED?

PHYSICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY?

(huffs) WAIT.

DO YOU THINK:

I LOOK SKINNY?

HA! I THINK YOU ARE RUNNING

FROM WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW

TO WHAT YOU'LL NEVER KNOW

BECAUSE YOU CAN'T ACTUALLY

END UP AT A PLACE

THAT DOESN'T EVEN EXIST.

AT LEAST I'M TRYING.

ON THE WAY HERE,

I PASSED BY THE CEMETERY.

THAT IS FARTHER THAN MOS LOCALS GET FROM STREETSVILLE.

HAS IT EVER:

EVEN OCCURRED TO YOU

THAT STREETSVILLE

ISN'T WHERE THEY ENDED UP

BUT WHERE:

THEY ACTUALLY WANTED TO BE?

(cell phone vibrates)

I HAVE TO TAKE THIS.

WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT,

YOU ARE STILL YOU,

AND I AM ME,

AND WE ARE RIGHT HERE

IN THIS PLACE:

THAT WE USED TO BE US.

WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME?

WHAT? IT WAS A LONG TIME AGO.

IT WAS LIKE A HUNDRED YEARS AGO.

WE WERE YOUNG. I DON'T KNOW.

IT WAS BAD TIMING.

CONGRATULATIONS:

ON A JOB WELL DONE,

BUT I'M GONNA LEAVE NOW.

AFTER EVERYTHING I'VE DONE HERE,

YOUR LAWYERS ARE, UH,

THEY'RE PRESSURING ME TO--

WELL, NO, THREATENING ME TO SELL

JUST SO THEY CAN

TEAR IT DOWN.

I... I REALLY HAD

NO IDEA.

OUR BED & BREAKFAS IS RIGHT WHERE

THE PARKING LO IS GOING TO BE.

OKAY. IT'S NOT OURS.

IT'S YOURS.

AND I'M SURE YOU WERE OFFERED

FAIR MARKET VALUE.

AND I'M NOT SURE

YOU EVEN KNOW:

THE MEANING:

OF THE WORD "VALUE," MEL.

MAYBE YOU SHOULD

LOOK THAT UP.

THANKS FOR THE TOUR.

I'LL WALK BACK.

I WON'T LET IT HAPPEN.

OH, REALLY?

WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO

ABOUT IT?

MELODY, DON'T--DON'T--

OKAY, DON'T CALL ME "MELODY."

FINE.

JUST PLEASE, REMEMBER--

I REMEMBER EVERYTHING!

THE RUNNER'S LOOSE!

(screaming)

MEL?!

(groaning softly)

OH, MELODY.

(exhales)

OH. SWEETHEART.

OH, THANK GOD. YOU HAD US

SCARED TO DEATH.

HEY. (whispers) HI.

HOW YOU FEELING?

WHOA. WHAT--WHAT--

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

WHAT, A MAN CAN'T KISS

HIS OWN WIFE, MEL?

WIFE? WE'RE NOT MARRIED.

WHERE DO YOU LIVE, MELODY?

MEL. 6001 LAKE STREET.

CHICAGO.

CHICAGO?

AND WHERE DO YOU WORK?

I'M THE VICE PRESIDEN OF OPERATIONS AT SAVE NOW.

YOUR FULL NAME?

MEL.

MELODY GERARD.

UH...

MELODY McCLURE.

AND WE LIVE ON ELM STREET,

RIGHT HERE IN STREETSVILLE.

WHAT?

OKAY, I DON'T KNOW

WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING,

BUT I AM NOT BUYING IT.

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