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Billy puts a couple of thighs on a paper plate and hands them to Ptolemy; who stands at the counter eating hungrily and sloppily. Leaving...
INT. NIECIE'S HOUSE, KITCHEN - CONTINUOUS Robyn and Billy. ROBYN Look at him. Just eatin’ like a pig. BILLY FRERES He took care of Reggie when he
needed a gentle hand. When we were kids he’d let us play for hours and never, not one time, said a hard word.
Robyn understands. She takes the few steps back to Ptolemy, who has just finished his chicken. She takes the plate and bones. ROBYN You need anything else? PTOLEMY
I wanna see Reggie. I wanna see my nephew. Then after that I need to go to the baf’room. Robyn’s stern façade hides her secret pain. ROBYN Come on.
INT. NIECIE’S HOUSE, LONG HALL - LATER Robyn is leading Ptolemy down a long hallway that goes past back rooms. Coming out of the hall is ALFRED GULLA (black man, 35, street). Gulla is a brutal man. He walks past Robyn but is stopped by Ptolemy who doesn’t have good spatial awareness. ALFRED GULLA Move. Ptolemy looks up at the rude brute trying to understand something. He sees a medallion of faux-gold the reads -PETER G.
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