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CRASH
When it works.
SHANNON
He won’t hold out any longer will
he?
CRASH
Come on. We need a way to get
you out. Safely.
SHANNON
Will he?
Crash crouches at her feet and squeezes one hand.
CRASH
It’s gotta be 75 degrees. You’re
freezing.
LEE (OS.)
Shannon? You need to see this!
Crash heads to the door, grabbing her hand. Shay pulls
away and follows him.
CABIN PORCH - CONTINUOUS -EXT
Lee is leaning on the porch jamb, back to Crash and Shay.
Dead leaves are caught in her hair.
LEE
Look.
She points down. A thin trail of blood leads from where
Paul was and tracks along the grass into the trees.
The door cracks open and Shay pushes past him and out. Lee
notices her brother standing behind Shay.
32.
LEE (CONT'D)
No strings? I haven’t even had
time for a hangover and you’re-
CRASH
What are you even doing here?
You hate Shannon.
(TO SHANNON)
Sorry, but she does. Thinks
you’re no good.
SHANNON
I’m more concerned about that.
Gestures to the blood tracks. She moves to the edge of the
porch, jumps down and starts to follow the tracks.
CRASH
It’s back, isn’t it? Back for
us.
Lee watches the other girl picking through the fallen
branches and slivers of broken home.
LEE
Yes.
She sits on the little swing sofa, crosses her legs Buddhastyle.