Someone Else

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INT. HART HOUSE — MASTER BEDROOM — NIGHT

Darkness. A clock ticks somewhere on the nightstand. Soft, low moans drift across the room.

Roger lies flat on his back, pressed against the far edge of the bed, his body angled as far from his wife as the mattress allows. His eyes are open. He stares at the ceiling.

The moans continue. Quiet. Deliberate.

ROGER

GENEVA

Roger says nothing. The clock ticks.

GENEVA

A long silence. Then Roger reaches over and clicks off the lamp beside him. He rolls onto his side, his back to her.

Geneva lies alone in the dark, her hand still, her question hanging in the room like smoke.

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INT. SECURITY GUEST HOUSE — KEITH'S ROOM — NIGHT

A modest, spare room. Keith sits at the edge of his bed. Ava Bearden sits beside him, legs crossed, arms folded. It has clearly not been a short conversation.

AVA

KEITH

AVA

Keith rubs a hand over his face.

AVA

KEITH

AVA

Keith stares at the floor. The silence stretches.

AVA

KEITH

AVA

Keith stands. Tired. Worn through. He crosses to the door and opens it.

KEITH

Ava rises slowly. She stops in the doorway, searching his face for anything she can hold on to.

AVA

She steps out into the night. Keith closes the door behind her and leans against it, alone.

END OF EPISODE. COME BACK TOMORROW FOR EPISODE 12.