BLACKOUT III: THE OTHER SIDE - by Femzywrotethis

(A single light comes on.)(DANIEL sits alone at the kitchen table. It is 3:12 p.m.)(His phone is on the table in front of him.)(It rings.)DANIEL:Hello?VOICE:Are you alone?DANIEL:Yes.VOICE:You sure?DANIEL:I said yes.(A pause.)VOICE:Then we need to talk.DANIEL:About what?VOICE:Your brother.(DANIEL looks toward the stairs.)DANIEL:Leave Sam out of this.VOICE:You already put him in it.(The call ends.)(DANIEL immediately deletes the call.)(A door opens upstairs.)DANIEL:Sam?(No answer.)(DANIEL stands.)DANIEL:Sam?(Blackout.) (Lights up. Interrogation room.)(SAM sits opposite MORROW.)MORROW:You said Daniel was drinking every night.SAM:He was.MORROW:You said he was taking painkillers.SAM:Yes.MORROW:You said you two weren't getting along.SAM:We weren't.MORROW:But you never mentioned the woman.(SAM looks up.)SAM:What woman?MORROW:The one Daniel was seeing.(Silence.)SAM:I didn't know about any woman.MORROW:Really?SAM:Really.MORROW:Then why did Daniel tell her you knew?(SAM stares at him.)SAM:Who is she?MORROW:That's the interesting part.(MORROW places a photograph on the table.)(SAM looks at it.)SAM:I've seen her before.MORROW:Where?SAM:Daniel's phone.MORROW:You said you didn't know about her.SAM:I didn't know who she was.MORROW:So you were in his phone.SAM:He was my brother.MORROW:That's not an answer.SAM:He'd been acting strange.MORROW:Strange how?SAM:Messages. Calls. He'd leave the room whenever his phone rang.MORROW:And you were curious.SAM:I was worried.MORROW:What were you looking for?(SAM hesitates.)SAM:I don't remember.MORROW:You don't remember?SAM:I remember seeing her picture. I just don't remember why I was looking.(MORROW studies him.)MORROW:Daniel made a call that afternoon.SAM:To who?MORROW:We don't know.SAM:What do you mean?MORROW:The number isn't in the phone anymore.SAM:Then how do you know he called anyone?MORROW:Because the call is still in the records.(A beat.)MORROW:Thirty-eight seconds.SAM:Could've been nothing.MORROW:Maybe.(MORROW leans forward.)MORROW:You told me you heard voices.SAM:Yes.MORROW:And one of them sounded like you.SAM:Yes.MORROW:What if it was you?(SAM's face goes still.)SAM:It wasn't.MORROW:How do you know?SAM:Because I wasn't there.MORROW:You were found beside your brother.SAM:After I was hit.MORROW:And before that?(SAM says nothing.)MORROW:Sam.SAM:I don't know.(The lights flicker.)SAM looks toward the observation window.SAM:She's here.MORROW:Who?SAM:The woman.(MORROW turns toward the glass.)Nothing.MORROW:There's nobody there.SAM:She was standing behind you.(MORROW slowly turns back.)SAM is staring at him.SAM:She said something.MORROW:What?(SAM's breathing changes.)SAM:She said...(A beat.)SAM:"Ask him what happened at 4:47."(MORROW freezes.)MORROW:How do you know that time?(SAM looks confused.)SAM:What time?MORROW:You just said 4:47.(Silence.)SAM:I...(He looks down at his hands.)SAM:I don't know.(MORROW slowly reaches for his notebook.)MORROW:I never told you the time.(A phone begins to ring somewhere outside the room.)(SAM looks toward the door.)SAM:That's Daniel's ringtone.(Blackout.) TO BE CONTINUED...

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