4400 Ariana Jackson 2nd Rev Network Draft 1/19/21 58.
INT. SHANICE’S OLD HOUSE - BEDROOM - FLASHBACK - NIGHT Shanice frantically packs a BAG. Logan looks stricken nearby -- SHANICE
I’m drowning here, I can’t breathe. I just need some time, I need... LOGAN What? Please tell me, I’ll do anything. I know it’s been hard since you quit your job -- SHANICE
I quit because Zaleski made my life hell. And trashed me at every firm in town! All I ever wanted was to be a lawyer -- LOGAN I know. I know. But we’ll get through this. Don’t walk out on us. I know your father -- SHANICE Don’t bring him up. I’ll come back. This isn’t about him. LOGAN Isn’t it? Why would your first instinct be to run -- The door CREAKS open and little Mariah, now 5, walks in -- MARIAH Why are you yelling? You’re not supposed to yell. Logan looks too upset to speak. Shanice goes over, hugs her tight -- too tight. SHANICE I’m sorry, baby. I love you so much, you know that right? MARIAH Ow, too hard, Momma! ‘Gnight... Shanice lets go and Mariah shuffles off. A heavy silence as Logan and Shanice are left alone. She can’t look at him. She zips up her bag, final and deafening -- ANDRE (V.O.) Mrs. Mitchell. Shanice .
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