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ETHAN
(wide-eyed) What are they doing? TABITHA Can we just go please? JIM Yeah, let's uh, yeah.
Jim looks back as they head to the minivan. The murder of crows continues to grow. Staring after the family. Cawing. And cawing. And cawing. The shrieking chorus building to a crescendo as we -- CUT TO: EXT. STREET, EDGE OF TOWN, COLONY HOUSE - AFTERNOON Sheriff Boyd stands in the quiet afternoon breeze, looking up the hill at The Colony House, the rundown three-story estate at the edge of town. We see people doing various activities on the grounds surrounding the house - gardening, reading, meditating, etc. Boyd looks at the house, conflicted. EXT. COLONY HOUSE - AFTERNOON DONNA (53), stout, earthy, no nonsense, is on her hands and knees in the garden, digging in the soil with rudimentary, homemade tools. She's completely at peace - until she looks up and sees Boyd approaching. Donna stands, her demeanor going ice cold. Boyd walks towards her, stops about ten feet away. There's no love lost here. BOYD (nods) Donna. DONNA We got an arrangement, Sheriff. You don't come here. BOYD I came to see my son. (hates having to add this) Please. She stares at him with cold eyes. Weighing her options. Then - DONNA Come on in then.
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