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| AlbieGray | Mar 4 2013, 09:58 AM Post #1 |
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Scene One: Outside of the Minuteman Motel in Ipswitch. Erica and Michelle wait for Amber Eagan to show her face. ERICA: She is usually this predictable. MICHELLE: We will wait as long as we have to to confront this woman. ERICA: Why is she playing the waiting game? MICHELLE: To see how long we can hold out. She is absolutely stubborn. ERICA: That she is, but what do we do? MICHELLE: Wait, here she comes! (Amber steps out of her motel room. She glares at Erica and Michelle) AMBER: I should have known that you wouldn't give up until you cornered me! ERICA: You think you can put one over on a Harper? AMBER: Well, I have a name for you, do you remember Ebenezer Eagan?! MICHELLE: He was an investor who got rich in gold and silver speculation. AMBER: Yes, I was married to him! (Erica laughs in derision) ERICA: You were married to that old bag?! AMBER: Yes, I was, and he left me his fortune! ERICA: Well, well, well! That DOES change the game somewhat. AMBER (smugly): Now who is wearing the pants here?! MICHELLE (coldly): Certainly not you! (Erica is amazed. She had never heard Michelle dress someone down. She is pleased) AMBER: Who the hell do you think you're talking to?! MICHELLE: Listen to me, you little wannabe who never was! You ever try to threaten ANYONE in my family, me, my sisters and brothers, my children, my nieces and nephews, or ANYONE even remotely connected to the Harper family, and I will see to it that you are destroyed, and destroyed good. I don't care if your late old fogey of a husband left you his entire fortune, wealth or no wealth, you mess with the Harpers, you will be BURNED! (Michelle and Erica get in their car. Erica smiles smugly at Amber who is seething in rage) Scene Two: Sheila Watkins Designs. Christina Burkhardt; Cynthia Archer and Sheila are working on some designs, mostly for Wendy Harper's wedding dress. CYNTHIA: Darling, that is one of the most ravishing designs I've ever seen! SHEILA: I agree, Christina, you have outdone yourself on this one. CHRISTINA: I am glad you all think so. CYNTHIA: I was wondering, with your talent, why didn't you go into design right off the bat? CHRISTINA: My mother wanted me to get into a job with more stability, so I became an art teacher. But as I told her, guaranteed poverty doesn't often wear well. CYNTHIA: Well, now you are making some very good money. CHRISTINA: Well, with you and Sheila, how can I lose? SHEILA: Such loyalty! CYNTHIA: Yes, it is. And we think we should have Christina come in as a partner. (Christina is pleased, but very surprised) CHRISTINA: Do you think I would do all right? SHEILA: Of course you will. CYNTHIA: Sheila's right, honey. You'd be wonderful as a partner. (The three toast to their new partnership) Scene Three: Atchley Mansion. HANNAH: I just got off the phone with Erica. CRAIG: Are you all right? HANNAH: More than all right, honey. CRAIG: What happened? HANNAH: Erica has dropped any claims to Maggie. She is safe. CRAIG: That is sensational news, darling. What caused her change of heart? HANNAH: What I am hearing is that Erica ran across an old essay that Dylan had wrote when he was younger. She kept it all this time. CRAIG: Wow. HANNAH: She finally saw in black and white what she thought Dylan wanted her to be. To him, she was a heroine. CRAIG: And she dropped all claims to Maggie? HANNAH: Yes. CRAIG: That is superb. HANNAH: I hope it all works out. CRAIG: It will. (Hannah and Craig kiss) Scene Four: The Atkinson Home. A moving truck is there in the circular drive of the mansion. Jane is directing the movers to move things well. Cliff comes to the driveway. CLIFF: How are things? JANE: I am still not sure about us moving out of here. CLIFF: I found us a nice townhome in the Beacon Hill area. Right next door to the Harper's new home. JANE: I am sure it will be fine, but this was our home. CLIFF: This had a lot of memories of Diane. JANE: I know, and it's time we forge new memories. CLIFF: I will miss the old home. LIANE: So will I, daddy. MARK: Beacon Hill sounds awesome though. LIANE: And right next door to the Harpers, that will be great. MARK: Will they still be living there in Brockton? CLIFF: Yes, they are keeping their mansion. JANE: Sounds wonderful. CLIFF: Let's get us moved here. (The family gets into a car, and they lead the caravan to their new home in Beacon Hill.) Scene Five: Harper Industries headquarters. MICHELLE: The look on that harridan's face was PRICELESS! ERICA: Yeah, it was, however her news has me rattled. MICHELLE: What is that, Erica? ERICA: Being the widow of Ebenezer Eagan. MICHELLE: I can have that looked up, if you want me to. ERICA: That would be wonderful. If we had some dirt on Amber, that would neutralize anything she would dare to use. MICHELLE: She seemed like that she had all her ducks in a row. She could stretch this out into a stalemate. ERICA: What I knew of the old goat was that he had married a younger trophy wife. MICHELLE: It was unusual that he would have married someone young enough to be his daughter. (Enter Sydney) SYDNEY: I figured that you two would want some information on that woman, and I found this, I think you will have all the information you want about that Amber Eagan. MICHELLE: Oh my God! ERICA: What? MICHELLE: I recognize her! ERICA: You're right! That is Amber! Amber Jamison! She was a real pain in school when we were there, and she's become an even bigger pain than ever. SYDNEY: There is something else you need to realize about her. MICHELLE: What's that? SYDNEY: I got her marriage certificate. ERICA: What does that have to do with anything? SYDNEY: It's WHO she was married to, or I should say, she's STILL married to, and it's not Ebenezer Eagan. MICHELLE: He's dead, isn't he? SYDNEY: Eagan is, but not her current husband, whom she was still married to when she married Eagan! ERICA: Oh my GOD! You mean....? MICHELLE: I think we found that something to neutralize any threat that Amber has! SYDNEY: Right, and I happened to find her husband. (Enter John Amsburg, the husband of Amber Eagan) JOHN: Ladies, I am dead sorry for what my "wife" has done to you. ERICA: Did you know what she was doing? JOHN: No, I didn't. MICHELLE: She threatened us. (John listens aghast at the recitation that Erica, Michelle and Sydney have as they show him what a monster Amber was.) (Voice of Stephanie Beacham: "Harpers Falls: A New Beginning will continue in a moment, here on ONtv.") Scene Six: Harper Headquarters. JOHN: This is what she did? ERICA: Yes, and more of it. JOHN: Ms. Harper, I am very sorry to have heard about what she did. MICHELLE: She is a very deadly woman. JOHN: I see that. And bigamy. ERICA: What will this mean about her money being used against us, Syd? SYDNEY: I contacted the executor of Eagan's will. That money is now frozen. MICHELLE: Oh boy, I would LOVE to see the look on her face when she tries to buy something! JOHN: I contacted the lawyer as well. Her name was Griswold? MICHELLE: Camilla Griswold. She's a family friend. JOHN: She froze the money and has said that the money will not be unfrozen until the situation has been rectified. SYDNEY: I think it may have been too. JOHN: What do you mean? SYDNEY: Camilla called me, and she has removed herself from the case, but not before she declared the marriage null and void. She can't touch that money! (Erica is exultant. She can't wait to tell off Amber) Scene Seven: Harper Mansion. Michael is talking to Cliff. CLIFF: We're almost all moved in. MICHAEL: That is good. CLIFF: Have you heard from Natalya? MICHAEL: She called us. Her mother, Annie, has died. CLIFF: I am sorry. How did that go? MICHAEL: Not sure. She had a lot of things to do with the funeral, but she wished me and Wendy well. CLIFF: I am very glad. Hope it works out. MICHAEL: It will. I am in love with my wife. Wendy is something special. CLIFF: She is. Are you coming to our housewarming party? MICHAEL: Wendy and I both will be. CLIFF: Can't wait to see you there. (Michael hangs up the phone) Scene Eight: Camilla Griswold's office. She and Anyssa are checking over papers. ANYSSA: I am stunned that Amber Eagan has been playing bigamy! CAMILLA: I had to freeze the assets, and now, I will have to wait for what happens with that. ANYSSA: What was she planning? CAMILLA: Amber was going to live it up on her dead husband's money, but now that the marriage wasn't valid anyway, she has no claim to the money. ANYSSA: She is going to be sore about losing billions of dollars. CAMILLA: Well, that is too bad. Her lying and her bigamy wiped that out! Now, she wants a fight, the gloves will come off! ANYSSA: You let me know what you want to do, and I am there for you. CAMILLA: I could well use your help. ANYSSA: Anything I can do for you, I will be there for you. CAMILLA: Thank you. (The two lawyers plan for this court case) Scene Nine: Dylan and Alex's home. ALEX: Why do you think we should forgive you for what you did to Dylan? MITCH: I had no idea about Amber and her conniving. ALEX: That is no reason. MITCH: I had no idea what she was doing. DYLAN: Then why did she call you her boyfriend? MITCH: Who knows. ALEX: That is a mite suspicious. DYLAN: Yeah, curiouser, and curiouser. MITCH: She had been very secretive about a lot of things. DYLAN: How much did she tell you about her past? MITCH: Nothing. ALEX: There was the key! She let on NOTHING about her past? MITCH: Not a thing. DYLAN: That makes this a even MORE mysterious case. MITCH: Will she go down? ALEX: Definitely. DYLAN: And if not by us, then by someone else. (Mitch gets forgiven by Dylan and Alex.) Scene Ten: Outside of the Minuteman Motel. Erica and Michelle are outside waiting to meet him. AMBER: Well, well, have you two losers come to concede defeat at the hands of someone who is better?! ERICA: I wouldn't be so smug if I were you! AMBER: Oh, really? You know I have more than a billion dollars at my disposal to take care of the likes of you! MICHELLE: I don't think so, Amber! AMBER: And WHY, pray tell, you tell me that?! ERICA: Mainly, that your marriage to Ebenezer Eagan was invalid! AMBER: What?! What do you mean by that?! ERICA: You are a bigamist! AMBER: Don't you dare call me names! (Enter John) JOHN: Hello, Amber! Did you think you would forget your husband, your REAL husband? (Amber's jaw drops in shock and in fury!) (Voice of Josh Quong Tart: "On the Next Harpers Falls..." AMBER (to John): You are a FOOL! VIVIENNE (to Eric): There is something about Mike that I don't get. AMY (to Mike): I couldn't deal with Eric's cheating. I just can't deal with it. |
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