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INT. NIECIE’S HOUSE, LIVING ROOM - CONTINUOUS Two dozen or more BLACK PEOPLE are celebrating a repast/wake. They are mostly dressed nicely from conservative to sexy. They’re eating, drinking, and talking but mostly being considerate. Making their way through the crowd they are stopped by a man CHARLES FONTANOT (40s, dark-skinned, angry) and woman MIMI FLOOD (30s, light-skinned, intense). CHARLES FONTANOT Hey, Hilliard. (to Ptolemy) Ptolemy is a little afraid. The anger an the words make no sense to him. Hilly takes him by the elbow and leads him away to a short sofa that has only one inhabitant: HILDA ‘NIECIE’ BROWN (black woman, 50s, filled with life). When she sees Ptolemy Niecie bounces up from the sofa and rushes to embrace him. NIECIE Pitypapa! Baby, it’s been too long. The hug goes on a beat or two. Ptolemy likes being hugged. But when she let’s go he’s confused at who she might be. NIECIE (CONT'D) It’s me, Pitypapa. Your favorite Niece. Niecie. Ptolemy struggles for the memory... and finally it comes to him. PTOLEMY June, um, June’s girl. NIECIE That’s right. You remember. You okay. And here you are at my house. PTOLEMY Where Reggie at? He ain’t been to my house in eight cans. Niecie is both saddened and confused by her uncle. She looks around the faces of the wake finally seeing... Mr. Grey, you don’t know me. I’m Charles, Charles Fontanot and this is Mimi Flood. I just wanna tell you that if we find this man we will kill him. You hear me?
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