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Said he’d bought it for me. And

then he asked me to marry him.

GARNET:

No he didn’t.

MILDRED:

Yes.

Mildred’s hand covers her mouth trying to contain her

excitement.

GARNET:

Right out in the field? Oh Lord

that man might be crazy. When you

gonna do it?

MILDRED:

He didn’t say. Soon though.

Before the baby comes.

Garnet’s eyes move upward as she takes in a long breath. She

seems troubled.

GARNET:

He’s gonna take my sister from me.

7.

MILDRED:

No. We’ll be right down the road.

Garnet takes Mildred’s hand and holds it to her face.

Mildred smiles, which leads her sister to as well. They

giggle at one another as evening takes hold.

10 EXT. LOLA’S HOUSE - DAY 10

Chickens peck the morning dew in the yard around a tin roofed

shack. This is one in a collection of houses built together

in a small community.

Richard’s car pulls in next to a rusty pickup. He climbs out

as LOLA(48), a weathered woman already missing teeth, helps a

very pregnant WHITE GIRL(17) out of the front door.

RICHARD:

Hey Momma.

LOLA:

They out back.

RICHARD:

Here now.

Richard grabs the young Girl’s hand to help her down the

porch steps. On the ground, she heads to the pickup.

PREGNANT GIRL:

Thank you Miss Lola. We’ll see you

soon.

LOLA:

We’ll be here.

As Richard moves around to the back of the house, the Girl

cranks up the pickup and rattles away.

11 INT. BARN GARAGE - DAY 11

The wooden barn has a poured concrete floor showing its

conversion to a makeshift garage. The walls are lined with

tools and parts.

Raymond takes a bite from a bologna sandwich before ducking

under the hood of their Chevy race car parked inside.

Richard walks in and surveys the work.

RICHARD:

How we doin’?

8.

RAYMOND:

Get that board and get up under

there. See if you can’t get this

manifold loose.

Richard snags a roller board and wrench from the corner and

slides on his back under the front end.

The two work in tandem, Raymond from above, Richard from

below. They work in silence for awhile. Then...

RICHARD:

I’m gonna take Mildred up to D.C.

to get married.

Raymond takes this in, but doesn’t stop working.

RAYMOND:

You sure about that?

RICHARD:

Yeah.

Raymond lifts the part out and carries it to a table.

RAYMOND:

Hold on, stay under there.

Raymond returns with another piece that he drops under the

hood. Richard, with no need for explanation, grabs the piece

and starts to affix it to the car.

RAYMOND (CONT’D)

You need a witness?

RICHARD:

No. I was gonna ask her Dad to

come with us.

As they continue to work, Virgil enters the barn. He

immediately finds Raymond’s sandwich. He picks it up and

smells it.

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