Louder Than Words Page #4

Thank you.

WOMAN:
Come on. You

want to find...

[ BOY CHATTERS ]

I'm sorry. Can we, uh,

have a moment here?

Sure. Uh, hey,

come on. Come on.

Come on.

BOY:
Why do we have to go?

Hope you're feeling better,

Austin.

Uh, we just wanted to ask if

there's any chance

that either of you were aware of

that Maria might have been

bitten by an animal

in the past few months?

Scratched?

Other than the tick?

I mean, not that I'm aware of,

but...

As you know, she's grown worse.

I think we actually have to

consider another possibility here.

What?

That, uh, Maria may have

contracted rabies.

[ GASPS ]

They tell me that the odds of

it being rabies are tiny,

like 160 million to one.

They're gonna run some tests,

but odds are,

it's encephalitis,

overwhelmingly.

What if it were rabies?

What will we do?

Noth... there's nothing.

Well, we've already gone ahead

and contacted the center

for disease control

and the pasteur institute

looking for any insights

they can provide us with

moving forward,

but main thing we

want to do now,

we want to try and slow

her system down

so that she has the energy

to fight the virus,

which would also help with

the encephalitis,

if that's what it

turns out to be.

Do it. Whatever it takes,

do it.

[ CRIES ]

[ RESPIRATOR PUMPING ]

Excuse me. Yes?

Are you Mrs. fareri? Yeah.

I wonder if you had a

moment for me.

I just had a couple

of questions.

[ OVERLAPPING CHATTER ]

She does not have rabies,

and this is not a news story.

This is my daughter that

we're speaking about.

I understand, but if

there's a chance

there's rabies in the area,

people should...

miss, miss, the emergency

room is that way.

I'm not looking for the

emergency room.

You will be in about

two seconds.

You understand?

I don't know how they

got your name.

We've tried to keep this quiet.

Well, this woman had no

trouble finding me.

If I find out who leaked it...

clearly we need to run

a tighter ship

around here in more

ways than one.

Let... let me go see

if there's anything I can

do for you guys.

[ WHEEL THUMPING ]

Hyah.

[ INDISTINCT P.A.

ANNOUNCEMENT ]

[ MOP SLAPPING ]

Mom.

Mom.

Mom.

I'm here, Maria.

It's us.

You guys look awful.

Come here.

[ RESPIRATOR PUMPING ]

Why did she tell us not to come?

[ CRYING ]

Why won't you at least try it?

Well, number one, it's too

sparkly for me,

and, number two, that's

not my color.

Don't you just die of boredom

putting on the same thing

day after day,

month after month,

year after year?

Nope.

[ CRYING ]

Mom, you're missing a diamond.

I know. I know. I'm looking for

it. Don't tell dad.

What, he hasn't noticed?

Heh. Your father?

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