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VINCE You guys gotta stop being stupid and get more proactive about fuel removal -- CHERYL Vince! I’ll remind you that among the three of us on the board we have over 30 years in the field and several graduate degrees; I’d watch who you’re calling stupid.
Vince takes a breath. Regroups. VINCE
Sorry. I get passionate. Look, I’m third generation Cal Fire. You don’t remember the Hanley Fire, but I do. My dad was gone 6 months. He missed my high school graduation. 56,000 acres. 84 structures. 19 fatalities including 2
firefighters. That area hasn’t burned since then. Campaign fires historically follow the same path. This IS gonna happen. The question is what are we gonna do about it? His passion was clearly effective. OFF the Board members, considering -- 25 The pool is empty except for Arabella who’s on the edge of the springboard, facing backward, her face a mask of INT. MIDDLETOWN HIGH SCHOOL - POOL - DAY concentration. The stillness gives way to sudden movement, her body twirling through the air before it slips into the water with barely a splash. She emerges and hears clapping. She looks to the doorway and sees Jake. JAKE That was perfect. She swims over to the edge and gets out. JAKE (CONT'D)
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I wanted to see you before I have to work tonight. I’m on for the next 24. ARABELLA I’m doing a shift at Smokey’s for Maya. One of her waitresses quit.
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