Spare Me Page #5

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THEO:

She's my mom.

Theo stands and takes the ball from Buzz's hands. Buzz is in

shock, staring at Theo.

BUZZ:

(regaining his voice)

Who are you? Who sent you here?

THEO:

I'm your son. You're a hard father to

find.

MILLIE:

Son?

BUZZ:

(to Millie)

Millie, please.

(to Theo)

I don't have a son.

I think you better leave now young man.

Buzz gestures towards the front door.

THEO:

(calmly)

Grace Skinner Fazeli, you must remember

her?

Buzz takes Theo by the elbow to eject him from the house.

BUZZ:

I don't know no Grace Skinner.

THEO:

(pulls his arm away)

You knew her. You married her in 1963.

MILLIE:

Married?

Buzz grabs a large bowling trophy and waves it at Theo.

BUZZ:

You're a bullshit artist, that's what you

are. You got no right to be here! Theo

yanks the trophy away from Buzz.

THEO:

I got a right. You're my father.

BUZZ:

I ain't nobody's father!

Theo hurls the trophy at Buzz. He ducks and the trophy sails

into a large glass trophy case. Broken glass and trophies fly

everywhere.

MILLIE:

(noticing Zeus)

ZEUS!

Zeus is laid out cold near the spilled orange whip on the

living room floor. Millie hunches over her comatose poodle.

MILLIE:

My poor baby!

BUZZ:

(to Theo)

You see what you did?

(he picks up the ball)

Take your ball and get out.

Theo takes the ball and exits the house.

23 EXT. BRIDGE - NIGHT 23

Theo, bathed in sweat, practices his release form with

obsessive determination. He is alone near the empty bridge.

Sheila spies on him from behind the bridge control booth.

Theo takes a long slug from a bottle of liquor. He hears a

motor scooter start and ROAR off into the night.

24 INT. 7-ELEVEN - DAY 24

Theo stands at the self-serve island sipping coffee. A muzak

cover of 'Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head' PLAYS.

THEO:

(resignedly)

99 years, 241 days,

(looks at his watch)

15 hours, and 20 minutes of no bowling.

Alfie shuffles up to the self-serve

island and begins wiping it down.

ALFIE:

Find your bowler?

THEO:

Yeah, but it didn't go so good. He wasn't

the man I thought he'd be. Theo is trying

to affix the lid on his cup, but his

hands are trembling, spilling some of the

coffee.

ALFIE:

My father used to say to me "Never..."

no, hmmm. "Always..." No, no...

(puzzles)

Ah! Love and hate are blood relations.

THEO:

Maybe I should have left the ball in the

car.

25 EXT. BUZZ'S HOUSE - DAY 25

Millie kneels on the front lawn patting dirt down on a little

grave marked by a wooden cross. Theo walks up.

MILLIE:

He's not here.

THEO:

I'm sorry about Zeus, Millie.

MILLIE:

(points to grave)

This is a sign! Someone's coming to take

Buzz away from me. I don't know if you're

the guy or what, but I'm not letting it

happen. I'm leaving him first.

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