Mark Damon Puckett

LAUREN and ALEX look up the stairs after MOTHER and then look at each other. LAUREN furrows her brows and ALEX blows air through her

teeth at her sister’s confusion. LAUREN: What the hell is that supposed to mean? Why would Claud just— ALEX: God, Lauren. Don’t you get it? All of a sudden, Claudia gets picked up and then Mother comes back with five-thousand dollars in cash and some story about a new job? We need to make some stops before we go to the clinic. C’mon. And keep holding pressure on your head. ALEX makes her way through the door leaving LAUREN standing in the threshold with her hand on the rag on her head and a blank look on her face that turns into one of horrified recognition. The lights dim.

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