"Just help me to the car. Fast!"
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. ]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[ 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 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.
[ 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. ]
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."
