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REECE A song for a picture? Sounds like a fair trade to me. Reece grabs his guitar, gives it a quick tune, and starts the quiet country ballad “A Man Who Was Gonna Die Young .” REECE (CONT’D) I like fast cars and shop dreams, Chased a lot of crazy things, Left behind my share of broken pieces, This morning I turned 36-- LAUREN (interjects) 36, is it? Lucy laughs as her father keeps playing. It’s a soulful song, and Reece is surprisingly good. The lyrics resonate deeply with Lauren for reasons we’ll soon come to understand. REECE
...I put the rage in a river, roll in a thunder, But you kept me from going under, When that current got too heavy... I always thought I'd be a heap of metal, And a cloud of smoke, foot stuck to the pedal, Sold for parts like a junkyard rusted-out Chevy... Fear I've had none, What the hell made you wanna love, A man who was gonna die young?...
Reece finishes and Lauren brushes away a tear and pulls him in for another kiss. This time she won’t let him go. Reece doesn’t want her to. But they’re interrupted by a loud THUMP. It jolts them out of the kiss, and all three members of the Reece family walk to the sliding glass door. Outside, on the back patio... A MOTIONLESS STARLING THAT FLEW INTO THE GLASS. LUCY Is she okay, Daddy? REECE She’ll be fine. She’s probably just stunned. (then) Now, a trade’s a trade. Let me see that picture of your-- But when Reece looks up Lucy’s gone... HER CRAYON rolls across the floor and disappears under the couch.
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