4400 Ariana Jackson 2nd Rev Network Draft 1/19/21 47.
SHANICE (V.O.) I was so worried about my career, about my life changing and she was this little alien thing. I was in pain and my head wasn’t on straight.
Shanice takes deep breaths, her eye catching on something on the floor of the car -- the purple baby quilt -- strewn amid a mess of other baby stuff. Fuck. She can’t do it. She gets out again, grabs the note from the mailbox, sticks it deep in her glove box. One last deep breath and she heads back in the house... BACK TO: EXT. BOIS BLANC HOTEL - ENCLOSED COURTYARD - DAY Shanice continues talking to Andre -- SHANICE But I got help, and she and I...we grew into our love. We fought to get where we were, you know? And I was never gonna stop fighting for her. But I missed it all -- her first words, her first steps, her first everything. She was this tiny blob in my arms and now she’s had a whole life and...she didn’t need me. Shanice can’t help herself, leans into Andre’s arms and cries. INT. HIGH SCHOOL - PRINCIPAL’S OFFICE - DAY Jharrel paces in another makeshift detention center, a Guard at the door. Jharrel buzzes with nervous, excited energy. He sits, smooths his shirt -- stops himself. He’s acting nuts. Calm down . He jumps up as the door opens, turning with a smile blossoming on his face until he sees -- a Guard leading A MAN in -- MAN ‘Sup, holmes? You here to get me out? Jharrel’s face falls, devastated. Almost to himself -- JHARREL You’re not Manny. And as Jharrel processes this fact, gutted...
END OF ACT FIVE
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