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reads)Ah. Yes. We were talking about yourfather. |
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SARAH I have nothing more to say. |
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MAN You’re making this difficult. |
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SARAH I’m making this difficult? |
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MAN You do want to get better. Don’tyou? |
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SARAH Of course I do. |
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MAN Then you have to engage. Talk tome, Sarah. |
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She turns away from him. |
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MAN (CONT’D)Fine. Have it your way. |
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He gets up and exits. The LIGHT blinds her. She opens hereyes and SEES ANOTHER MAN emerge from the light and sitacross from her. |
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He stares at her. Stares right through her. It’s unnerving. |
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SARAH I don’t know you. |
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A long pause. He doesn’t blink. Looks into her very soul. |
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MAN 2 You know that voice...the one in your head...the one you hear from time to time...the voice of reason... |
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(waits for her response)I’m not that voice... |
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He changes. Looks at her now. |
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MAN 2 (CONT’D)The time for reason just up andleft... |
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SARAH What do you want? |
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MAN 2 I’m that other voice. The naggingimpulse to do something you knowyou shouldn’t do. The negative thatoutweighs the positive. The voicethat makes you do the things youwill always regret. |
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She covers her eyes. |
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SARAH This is not happening. |
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And when she looks back up the first Man is there. Man 2 is gone. |
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The Man opens his notepad again. Clicks his pen about to write. |
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MAN You are in control. It’s all up to you. |
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SARAH I can’t think straight. |
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MAN Then don’t think. Feel. (beat)How did you get here?(beat)Tell me about your father. |
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SARAH Why are you hurting me? |
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MAN I’m helping you. |
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SARAH Then why does it hurt so much. |
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MAN Because you are getting better. |
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She covers her eyes. |
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MAN (CONT’D)You are hurting yourself. |
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SARAH That’s not fair. |
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MAN Life isn’t fair. |
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She sits back. Folds her arms. Defensive. He closes the notepad. |
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MAN (CONT’D) |
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Believe it or not I’m here to help |
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you. |
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SARAH You really want to help me? |
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MAN Of course. |
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SARAH |
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Why do you think you are helping |
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me? |
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MAN Well... |
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SARAH |
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...by asking about my father? By |
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asking me questions I already know |
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the answer to? |
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MAN That’s the process. |
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SARAH |
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Well I don’t need your process. I |
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know what’s wrong with me. People |
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like you are what is wrong with me. |
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People who think they can fix me. I |
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don’t need fixing. My problems |
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don’t come from some illness or |
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troubled past. My problems come |
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from a world that doesn’t care. A |
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world without heart. You want me to |
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feel? I can’t feel more. I already |
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feel too much. Every spurned lover |
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hurts me. Every hungry child makes |
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my heart ache. I feel every pain in |
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every person in this godforsaken |
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world. |
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The BRIGHT LIGHT blinds her revealing Man 2, standing next tothe Man. |
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MAN |
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Do you know the meaning of your |
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name, Sarah? |
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(MORE) |
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MAN (CONT'D) It’s from the Hebrew bible. Her name was originally Sarai, which means quarrelsome, but Godcommanded that her name be changedto Sarah before the birth of her son. |
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SARAH And what does Sarah mean? |
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MAN Pure. Happy. |
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The Man smiles for the first time. Sarah smiles back. |
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MAN 2 I think our work is finished. |
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The Man nods in agreement. They get up and walk away into THELIGHT. |
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THE ECHOING SOUND of PLAYING CHILDREN FADES UP... |
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INT. BEDROOM - MORNING |
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Sarah at the window, opens her eyes. |
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SARAH’S P.O.V. Through the window: A playground filled with happy children. |
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She turns to the bureau and SEES the notepad and pen The Man was holding. She opens the notepad to a blank page and writes: |
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Sarai. |
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Sarah. |
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She smiles. |
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It’s going to be OK. |