At The Start

　

"Just help me to the car. Fast!"

 

[ Busy waiting area, Jai sits alone.

The minutes on the clock draining

by. Without any contact for hours

his mind can't help but wander to-

ward the worst possible scenario. ]

 

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[ Parked & safely home now. Jai hands

over the keys to A'myan who is slowly

prepping himself to get out. ]

　

 

JAI: Maybe you should consider

quitting. There's plenty of other

things we could focus on our

time on. It's almost summer.

　

 

"For the last time, it wasn't how

much I did. It was that fake

ass supplier.

　

 

I'll let him know. Trust me."

　

[ The car door slams. Window

still down. ]

　

 

"Are you coming in?"

　

A Few Weeks Later. | TACare.

 

　

[ Jai is pacing around his shared

office when a video call comes

through on his computer. ]

　

MARK: The DM will be here soon.

Just making sure you don't want

me to meet you over there.

　

[ Jai sits down.]

　

JAI: I've had two school free

weeks to prepare for this. And

I've basically been here the

entire time.

　

I got this Dad.

　

[ Later on, there's a knock on

Mark's office door. ]

　

"Hey, I thought you were

stopping at Care first."

　

[ Jim enters the room. ]

　

JIM: I was. But first we need

to talk.

　

[ He shuts the door behind

them. ]

　

Front entrance. | Still at Care.

　

[ Stuu is playing with his daughter

Mila when he sees Jenni passing

by the door. ]

　

STUU: Hey. Do you have a minute?

JENNI: Sure. Hi Mila.

She can come in now if you want.

　

STUU: It's cool. I needed to ask

you a question anyway.

　

[ She sits down by Stuu. ]

　

JENNI: What's going on?

STUU: Has anyone besides me,

Weis, or my brother came around

for Mila?

JENNI: Of course not. She's only

cleared for you and Weis. What

would make you think that?

　

STUU: Just yesturday she started

saying words that reminded me

of my Dad.

　

[ Jenni is distracted when the District

Manager enters. ]

　

JENNI: Sorry I have to go. Good

morning Jim.

　

Across town. | Amber & Dyminic's.

 

　

[ Dyminic gets out & immediately is

at his wife's side, helping her out the

car.

Once she is steady, he goes to get his

newborn out of the back. ]

　

"Welcome home Dibur Stallion Jones."

　

AMBER: You think we went to far

with the name?

DYMINIC: It's perfect. And so are

you.

　

[ He kisses Amber on the cheek.

　

Now inside, they are sitting in the

living room & watching Baby Dibur. ]

　

DYMINIC: When are you due back to

work babe?

AMBER: Two more weeks. Honestly

I'm not sure if I'll be ready to leave

him. Maybe I should have taken

the extra time.

　

[ She states getting a random wide

eyed look from Dibur. ]

　

　

Middle Of The Day. | TACare.

　

SUNSHINE: Right now we're in the

process of hiring for the overnight

shifts.

　

[ Jim looks pleased. He walks over

to find Jai & Jenni's office.

　

Sunshine is inspecting the entrance area

area when she sees an older man

leaning on the glass.

　

She walks towards but he notices

her shadow & leaves. ]

　

JENNI: Jim wants to go over numbers

with you before he goes.

　

[ Sunshine doesn't answer. ]

　

JENNI: Sunny? He's waiting.

　

SUNSHINE: Yeah. Be right there.

　

　

Late evening. | At Mark's.
 

[ Mark is in bed on the phone. ]

　

MARK: All three sides had good

reviews.

SKI: I knew they would. I bet Jai

and Jenni are thrilled.

　

MARK: You know what would be

exciting for me?

SKI: What's that?

MARK: If you we're here instead of

spending the night at TA.

　

SKI: I know. One day.

　

MARK: Jim is retiring at the end of

the year.

SKI: I see. And?

MARK: I got an offer to replace him.

SKI: That's awesome. Wait, why

don't you sound excited?

　

MARK: Because not only would I

have to give up my store but I would

no longer be able to own TACare.

　

I don't know what to do.

　

Late that night. | TheAisles.

　

[ Tiesun is standing at the self check

counter when Weis & Larrie
approach her. ]

　

TIESUN: Don't you two have some

work you could be doing?

　

[ Larrie looks at her as if he doesn't

know what she means. ]

　

LARRIE: Work, who does any of

that around here?

WEIS: Yeah. I did some working

out of my lungs before I walked

in.

　

TIESUN: Cute. But as you can see

from those loaded carts over there

　

I do actually have things to do.

　

[ She walks toward the door with

Larrie & Weis close behind.

　

The glass opens a few feet away

& a masked person enters, gun

pointed in front of him. ]

　

"Hey! Get over here & lock these

doors. Now."

　

[ Tiesun is stunned. She attempts

to move as the gun is staring her

down. Larrie gets in front &

grabs the key from her. ]

　

LARRIE: Here.

　

"Get over there. And don't

speak."