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Crash sits beside her.
CRASH
Dad died twenty years yesterday.
Mom told us why.
They are too busy to notice that Shay has disappeared from
sight.
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HOSPITAL ICU - CONTINUOUS - INT
Maxie is sprawled on top of a comatose Felix, trying to hug
him through all the medical equipment. Nana is holding one
of Felix’s pale hand to her face and sobbing faintly.
She strokes his hand and glances at his monitor, beeping
away.
NANA
You should have left her there.
It could have been over.
She watches clear liquid drip from a bag on a stand, travel
down a plastic tube, ending in the syringe in the back of
his hand.
Maxie climbs off him and looks at his father. His face is
waxy but slightly flushed. His eye lids tremor ever so
slightly.
MAXIE
Don’t cry. He’s getting better.
NANA
He’s just dreaming.
MAXIE
Oh.
(TO FELIX)
Will cartoons make you feel
better?
HOSPITAL CORRIDOR - EVENING - INT
Young Crash and Lee are sitting on red plastic seats. Lee
is playing with a Rubiks Cube. A wall clock ticks loudly,
a nurse pushes her way though a door with a too-wide smile.
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Their mother, a thin woman with glazed eyes and stiff
movements, walks out of the same door and falls into the
opposite seat.
LEE
Mom. Are you okay? The nurse
gave me a lollipop but I didn’t
want it. Do you want it?
She reaches into her tiny jeans and holds out a slightlyfurry
lollipop.
MOM
No.
CRASH
You look sad. And scared.
LEE