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INT. KING FAMILY KITCHEN - DAY

SUPERIMPOSE: June 22, 2006

ALBERT KING, a 46-year-old man, balding, beer gut, sits at
his kitchen table, sweaty, distressed, bordering on drunk. A
large bottle of wine is half empty next to him. He’s writing
a letter.

ALBERT (V.O.)
My name is Albert Wayne King. And
yeah, that’s me right there. The
middle-aged drunk trying to write a
letter, though he can barely hold
the pen.

He takes a swig from the bottle and wipes his chin. Then he
wipes away a tear.

ALBERT (V.O.)
The day is June 22nd, 2006. And
it’s a big one. I’m sure none of
you remember what you were up to
that day -- if you were even born
yet. But me, well, that was the day
I died.

He scribbles something off the letter. The audience sees that
he is now writing:

-- KILL ME --

ALBERT (V.O.)
For the record, I knew it was gonna
happen. I just didn’t expect it to
be so soon. But I could’ve had a
million years to prepare and it
wouldn’t have made a difference.

He gets up from the chair and brings his hands to his head.
Then he paces around the table and reaches for the bottle
again.

ALBERT (V.O.)
I know what you’re thinking -- I
don’t make a lick of sense. You
might want to get used to that,
this whole story is insane. No
wonder I couldn’t stop drinking.