The Cemetery

Kyle: Why do we always meet at the cemetery?

Samantha: Because that stone keeps your father at bay. It repels him.

Kyle: Cause he’s hurting.

Samantha: No Kyle. Because he’s never wrong. Kyle can’t debate the truth. Samantha sighs.

Samantha: There's something you should know, hon.I think you're old enough now to understand. Her expression alarms him.

Kyle: Mom? What is it? EXT. HARRIMAN RESIDENCE - NIGHT Donny and Bridgett, outskirts of the drive, parting whispers under a CHORUS OF CRICKETS. Donny makes a nervous gesture. So unlike him.

Donny: What happens when the summer ends?

Bridgett: Can we let it begin, first?

Donny: I don't go to the Naval Academy. And I can't --

(bluntly)

Bridgett: Brad and I are through. Silence. 45.

Bridgett: I realized it a while ago.

Donny: Wow. I had no idea.

Bridgett: Just row me out to one of those crazy little islands tomorrow. The ones in front of our place. I'll steal some vodka from my dad’s war chest. CUT TO: SAMANTHA & KYLE - AS BEFORE

Kyle: Mom? What is it? She hesitates, then...

Samantha: Was a sweltering August night. I was eight months along at the time. Your father was sleeping beside me. DISSOLVE TO: WATERMAN BEDROOM - SIX YEARS BACK - NIGHT Samantha reads. Maynard snores quietly. Her swollen belly protrudes uncomfortably into the blankets.

Samantha: Suddenly your dad just jolted from the covers. Maynard explodes from the bedsheets, seizes her by both arms, perspiration dripping down his face.

Maynard: Bobby -- He came to me in my dream. Her pregnant belly. He points to it.

(touches it)

Maynard: He's in there. That's him! Unseemly beat. Deranged eyes. 46.