CLAUDETTE (CONT'D) 4400 Ariana Jackson 2nd Rev Network Draft 1/19/21 46.
And I can’t say what’s happening here other than to take as truth
what I’ve seen with my own eyes. But I do know one thing -- you’re not alone. You, me, the doc, everyone in here -- we’re all in this together. And that’s the only way we’re going to get through it. You feel me? LaDonna nods, buoyed by solidarity amidst all the uncertainty... EXT. BOIS BLANC HOTEL - ENCLOSED COURTYARD - DAY Andre guides Shanice to a bench, concerned at her bleak expression. ANDRE Mrs. Mitchell, what’s happened? Are you alright? SHANICE
Not really, Doc. My husband is now married to someone else who also raised my sixteen-year-old daughter. ANDRE I -- the world is a bit topsy-turvy for us, isn’t it? SHANICE But it’s the truth now... I was so scared when I got pregnant, I wasn’t ready to be a mother, we were too young, I had so much to do. And when she was born...
CUT TO: INT./EXT. SHANICE’S CAR/SHANICE’S OLD HOUSE - FLASHBACK - NIGHT Shanice sits in a car outside of her house. There’s a hastily- packed BAG next to her, she holds an ENVELOPE with Logan’s name scrawled on it. Her eyes look vacant, her clothes and hair a mess, spit-up all over one shoulder. SHANICE (V.O.) It wasn’t that immediate connection they tell you it’s gonna be. She gets out, puts the note in their mailbox, gets back in the car, starts the engine. She looks back at the house one more time, can see Logan inside rocking their wailing baby.
Made with FlippingBook flipbook maker