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Reece grabs a towel... applies PRESSURE to the wound... which only makes Lauren buck in pain... LAUREN (barely audible) Reece... REECE I’m here... I’m home... LAUREN Luce... REECE --I’m going to get you to a hospital... But when he tries to pick Lauren up, she SCREAMS... Reece sets Lauren back down. She looks up at him. LAUREN Run... REECE What? LAUREN Don’t... Stop... REECE Quiet, Laur. Save your strength. He’s close to her now. Trying to stop her from talking. He kisses her. Trying to will his breath into her body. They break apart. For a moment, there’s light in her eyes. LAUREN Don’t stop... And then it’s gone. Reece sinks against the kitchen island... incomprehension turning into outright RAGE... Reece looks down at the gun in his lap... It would be so easy to end it here... To join them... But whoever did this would want him to pull the trigger... So Reece wipes away tears and does what he does best... he compartmentalizes his pain... and rises.
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