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BENNY
Ha!!!

MADALYN
Sshh! (Listens) Yes, Jean. Thank you, Jean. Bye, Jean. (Hangs up) Don‘t know who‘s driving me
more meshugga- the kid or the mom.

BENNY
Maddie. I got it. Figured out how to-

MADALYN
Fifteen hundred a week, up in smoke. Or... pills in her case.

BENNY
Terrible. Listen. I finally found a way to-

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We hear the buzzer of Madalyn‘s telephone-intercom.

MADALYN
(On phone/intercom) Yes, Ann. (Listens) What!? She‘s not doin‘ it for scale. It‘s a lousy cereal
commercial--not the Movie of the Week. Remind him- she‘s still a name. (Hangs up) Cheap bastards.

BENNY
We done with that cockamamie kid?

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And... the buzzer sounds again.

BENNY
Guess not.

MADALYN
Yes? (Listens) Fine. Done. Have them messenger me the paperwork. (Hangs up) So.

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