4400 Ariana Jackson 2nd Rev Network Draft 1/19/21 27.
ACT THREE EXT. MIDTOWN HOME/MIDTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD - NIGHT Shanice is on the porch, SUVs and cop cars closing in. She RUNS. She takes off behind the house. INTERCUT WITH: INT./EXT. GOVERNMENT VEHICLE/MIDTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD - NIGHT Jharrel sits next to Keisha in the backseat, annoyed by this ridiculous display of force. Something catches his eye and he SEES between houses -- Shanice darting through backyards. As the vehicles screech to a halt at the house, everyone exits. An AGENT in a BULLETPROOF VEST approaches from another SUV -- AGENT
Owner called the cops on a vagrant. We’re gonna fan out. She’s close. JHARREL (thinking fast) And she’s got nowhere to stay on a cold night. She’ll try to find a place that’s open late to warm up.
The Agent looks down the street to a more commercial area at the end of the block, nods. As he moves off, Jharrel sighs with relief -- he sent them in the opposite direction from Shanice . He doesn’t notice -- Keisha clocking his reaction, suspicious... EXT. MRS. GROVER’S HOUSE - NIGHT Shanice runs past an overgrown lot, adrenalized, to a run-down house. She KNOCKS on the door and waits, stressed. Finally -- WOMAN’S VOICE (O.S.) Who is it? SHANICE It’s Shanice. Shanice Mitchell. Silence. Shanice starts to speak again when she hears the distinct sound of a SHOTGUN BEING COCKED. Shanice swallows. WOMAN’S VOICE (O.S.) Haven’t known anyone by that name in a long while. Shanice closes her eyes, takes a deep breath --
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