This Is Hush

( Starring Amber/ Landyn )

Breakroom, at TheAisles.

[ Amber & Monica are sitting

close watching what appears to

be a video on Amber's phone.

Kristyn walks in as they are

smiling and gushing over the

view. ]

"Are you two using the security

cam app to spy on hot male

customers again?"

AMBER: Of course not. I mean,

who even still does that?

[ Kristyn sits down next to Monica

whose sly silence says it all. ]

MONICA: No one at all.

AMBER: We're actually monitoring

Diber over at Care.

KRISTYN: Really? I didn't know they

had that.

MONICA: They have everything and

more.  You know Mark and his con-

stant flow of "ideas".

[  Amber moves her phone so Kristyn

can see it. ]

AMBER: All I have to do is sign in.

Not only can I see what room he's

in but I can also click it to view

live video.

See. Right now he's in the activity

room.

KRISTYN: Oh yeah.  There's Jenni.

Awe that's sweet.

[ They see a baby girl sitting near

him & Jenni on the floor playing.

She takes his hand then leans

down, giving Diber a peck on

the mouth. ]

AMBER: That was so cute.  I'm going

to send it in a clip to Dyme.

[ Kristyn looks surprised. ]

Yes. You can do that too. Oh wait.

He just text me.  That's weird at

this hour.

"Call me when you get a chance."

Upstairs, Mark's office.

[ Landyn sits across from him.

Wide eyed & in good spirits as

Mark is noticeably dragging off

of the events of last night. ]

MARK: Before we start shooting

scenes I need to go over some

things with you.

LANDYN: Right.  I figured we

weren't doing a normal ad

thing. That would make life

way too easy for me.

[ Landyn states while Mark shovels

in massive gulps from his paper

coffee cup. 

He starts to smirk. ]

MARK: Not exactly.  We've decided

to go in a different direction to

set us apart from the other big

food store ads.

Take a look at this.

[ He hands Landyn a sheet with

marked changes when his phone

starts to ring.

He quickly silences it but then he

gets a text. ]

"I'm here.  Can we talk quick?"

MARK: Must be important.

[ Landyn shows him Caleb's

message. ]

MARK: We have time. Go on down.

[ Landyn leaves for downstairs

unaware that Mark already has

a clue of what's going on. 

He walks out into the back employee

only lot, throws on his shades & 

joins Caleb inside his car. ]

CALEB: I'm not sure how to

start this so I'll just come

right out with it.

I had sex with someone else

a couple weeks ago.

Next door, TACuts.

[ Slow morning, Lorenzo is coloring

a regular customer while his 

manager Acer sits down in

the station next to him. ]

"That looks incredible Mrs.

Mason."

[ He gives the older women the

phoniest "customer service"

smile he can manage to pull

off at 8am.

Later on, after she leaves. ]

"How we're the drinks last

night?"

[ Acer flattens himself into the

seat, almost falling out. ]

ACE: My head is killing me right

now.

I will never again do that on

a Sunday.

LORENZO: Should have joined

us at Tila's instead.

Trust me.  It got way more interes-

ting then some dips in the pool.

ACE: Oh yeah.  In what way?

[ Pierre enters the salon & starts

walking toward them. ]

LORENZO: Here's the guy who

can tell you all about it.

PIERRE: What, am I late?

LORENZO: No but we'd love to hear

about what happened last night

after I got dragged away.

PIERRE: I bet you would but

I refuse to get into details. 

The main thing we decided is

it was a one time situation.

LORENZO: And what are you

going to do about Ry?

PIERRE: I plan on avoiding 

him from now on.

Outside TACare.

[ Amber meets her husband Dyminic

in the parking lot who is frantically

walking toward the entrance. ]

AMBER: Hey, what's going on?

[ He stops & turns to Amber with

noticeable frustration on his

face. ]

"I'm here to talk to someone 

about the video you showed

me."

[ He turns around & she follows

after him. ]

AMBER: That's fine.  Just please

don't make a scene.

[ Inside they head toward the front

counter. ]

"I need to speak to the manager."

SUNSHINE: Yes.  How can I help you?

DYMINIC: Can you tell me how this

seems like appropriate behavior

to encourage with a baby?

[ He shows Sunshine the video from

earlier. ]

SUNSHINE: That was just Mila's way

of playing with him Sir.  We actually

see this a lot in here but we never

tell them to do this.

DYMINIC: You should be pointing out

that it's not okay.  Especially to the

older ones.

There's something called personal

space. Even with a baby.

[ He begins to raise his voice, mean-

while a young couple has just 

entered the lobby. ]

SUNSHINE: I apologize. While the other

parents may not have expressed any

issues.  We want to make sure you

are personally comfortable with

your child's care here.

AMBER: Thank you.  Why don't

we discuss this somewhere

in private.

[ Dyminic looks unsettled, follow-

ing them to the back. ]

Back inside Caleb's car.

"I knew this was a bad idea."

CALEB: It wasn't. We aren't.

LANDYN: We? So were you

thinking about me when you

did this?

For fuck's sake, we've only

been dating a couple months

man.

CALEB: I know. But you have

to understand.  I've never been

in a real relationship.

LANDYN: That's no excuse. You

said you wanted to be serious.

This was your idea.

[ Landyn puts his hand on the

door but Caleb locks it. ]

CALEB: Wait. We have to talk

about this.  Can't you just give

me another chance?

[ He waits for a glance but 

Landyn keeps staring forward. ]

LANDYN: Who was it?

CALEB: I can't tell you.

LANDYN: Oh you're going to 

tell me.

CALEB: I know I've messed

up our relationship but

if this gets out it.

LANDYN: What?

[ Caleb looks away. ]

CALEB: I don't want to be

responsible for ruining a

marriage.  A family.

I know I'm asking a lot but

can we please just drop it.

Home, later that night.

[ Dyminic is in the kitchen putting

the finishing touches on his ground

turkey pasta

& made-from-scratch garlic bread. ]

[ Amber is seated at the dining room

table when Dyminic enters sitting

the plates down on the table. ]

"My favorite."

DYMINIC: I just wanted to say I

may have overreacted a bit

earlier.  I know how important

TA as a company is to you and

I never want to put you in a bad

position.

AMBER: Don't worry about it

babe.

We're both new parents and

I want you to express how you

feel about raising Diber.

As long as we talk everything

through we should be fine.

[ She smiles at him while taking

a piece of bread from the basket

in the middle of the table. 

They are talking back and forth

when Dyminic phones rings. He

excuses himself into the hall. ]

DYMINIC: You found me the

top ones?  Cool.  Just send the

list to my email.  

Thank you.

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