Please Stand By Page #4

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and I wrote a script.

Oh, wow!

Today is the last day

to send it in,

but I didn't want to send it in

until it was absolutely ready.

So, I double-checked

and triple-checked,

and quadruple-checked,

and it's ready to go

to the post office now.

So, if we mail it,

it'll get there right on time.

It's ready to go.

So, we can go to the post office

and then I can go home with you.

Wendy, we talked about this.

After I win, I'll have $100,000,

and you won't have to take care

of me anymore,

and you won't have

to sell Mom's house.

But I don't want to take you

out of here

when you're doing so good.

It's not that I don't want to,

it's that it's not a good time.

Don't you like it here?

No, I have to eat pizza

on Thursdays

even if I don't want to.

I can't watch TV when I want to.

I can't write when I want to.

So, I'm ready to go home

with you now, Audrey.

Wendy, please don't do this now.

I have a job now.

I can get there all by myself.

Ask me anything,

I'll tell you the right answer.

Please, stop.

I can take care of myself now.

So, I'm ready

to go home with you,

and I can help you

take care of Ruby.

Wendy, you can't.

You can't take care of a baby.

How do you know?

How do you know I can't?

Wendy...

I'm ready

to go home now, Audrey.

I wanna go home.

I'm ready to go home now.

(shouting) Scottie!

Can you please tell Audrey

that I'm ready to go home now?

Wendy, it's okay.

Have you been encouraging this?

Shut up.

We have to discuss

everybody's future,

where they want to be,

where they see themselves.

- This is where she lives now.

- Shut up!

Audrey:
Because Wendy,

I don't think

- I can take care of you.

- Shut up!

Wendy:
Shut up!

- (Wendy screaming)

- Wendy, please stop.

- Shut up!

- Wendy, stop.

Shut up!

Please stand by.

Please, stand by.

Please, stand by.

Please, stand by.

Please, stand by.

Scottie:
Breathe.

Please, stand by.

- Please, stand by.

- (Wendy gasping)

Breathe.

Scottie:
That's it.

Please stand by.

You're gonna be okay.

Please, stand by.

That's it.

Please, stand by.

You're gonna be okay.

You're gonna be okay.

Scottie:
Please, stand by.

You're gonna be okay.

(Audrey sobbing)

(dog whimpers)

(knocking on door)

Wendy.

Scottie:
It's 7:00 pm.

Come on, we have to move on

to the next item

in your schedule.

It's dinner time.

You wanna come downstairs?

We're having chili mac.

Scottie:
You know what?

If you want,

you can skip chores tonight

and write instead.

Okay, well...

We can talk some more

in the morning.

Okay, Wendy?

"Your completed, properly-

formatted, printed script

must be received

by Paramount Pictures by

5:
00 pm on February 16th."

February 16th is this Tuesday.

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