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AND I FELT... (tentative) Proud. NOT ASHAMED (Pause)

[Piano: begin slow, steady rhythm]
IF I HAD ONE CHANCE
NOT JUST TO TASTE WHAT I HAD ONCE
BUT CHANGE ALL THAT I‘VE HAD SINCE

TO SHOW THE BENNY I IMAGINE
NOT THE BENNY THAT EXISTS

TO SHOW EACH FAILURE HAD A REASON
AND EACH REASON LED TO- TO- (Brenda has entered)What!? [Piano: abrupt stop]

BRENDA
(Entering) Excuse me. Mr. Rosen? Madalyn Shapiro's on the phone.

BENNY
(Moment) I'll- I'll call her from the studio.

BRENDA
(Indicating something's very wrong, as if warning him) Might want to wait. A few days. Or weeks.
(Exits)

[Piano in/bass roll]

N
(Long moment) Benny takes Madalyn‘s check out of his pocket. (Long moment as he stares at it)

BENNY
One chance.

N
(Moment) He puts the check back. (Long moment) He takes the check out again. (Long moment as
he stares at it again) He starts to put it back, stops himself, then…

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