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HF: NB #36
Topic Started: Mar 4 2013, 09:59 AM (36 Views)
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Scene One: Mike Whitfield's apartment. Amy Smythe is talking with the man who had once gone out with her aunt Allison.

MIKE: Are you certain about what is going on, Amy? Why did you divorce Eric?
AMY: Ever the psychiatrist aren't you, Mike?
MIKE: I can't help it, Amy.
AMY: I couldn't deal with what he did.
MIKE: Can you expand on that?
AMY: Look, I am here to talk with you, because you dated my Aunt Allison, and we're still family friends.
MIKE: I knew about what happened with Eric and you.
AMY: How did you know about that?!
MIKE: Eric came and talked to me about it!
AMY: I don't believe it! That bastard talked to you about what he did.
MIKE: I am sorry, Amy.
AMY: Not as sorry as I am having come here! You lied to me!
MIKE: Amy...
AMY: Get away from me! No wonder my Aunt Allison threw you over!
MIKE: I didn't mean to say anything.
AMY: It doesn't matter. The damage was already done!

(Amy storms out of the apartment)

Scene Two: Minuteman Motel in Ipswitch. John Amsburg is watching his wife, Amber Eagan, look in shock at his being around.

JOHN: It's no surprise that you are still at it. Always marrying for money. More and more money!
AMBER: Better than your scrimping and saving! At least now, I have power and money and influence! Something YOU never gave me!
JOHN: You know, Amber, if I wanted a snob for a wife, I would have married Beth Chase!
AMBER: John, you are a fool!
JOHN: And YOU, my dear, are a bitch and a slut!
AMBER: I got money and what do you have?
JOHN: My dignity and respect! Something which you NEVER had!
ERICA: Also, I have some very distressing news. which I KNOW you are not going to like!
AMBER: I don't care to hear ANYTHING out of you!
ERICA: Your money has been frozen. And will remain so for the time being!
AMBER: Why is that?
JOHN: Because your marriage to Ebenezer Eagan was found to be invalid!
MICHELLE: And you will be promptly arrested for bigamy!

(Amber is enraged at these turn of events which have decimated her.)

Scene Three: Harper Mansion. Vivienne is chatting with her nephew, Eric.

VIVIENNE: How does it feel to be a part of a large family?
ERIC: It seems fine, Aunt Viv. I love it. Dylan, Rosemary, Hannah and I get along wonderfully. Sheila and her family have went out of their way to make Mom and I feel welcome. I really enjoy that Mom is married to Michael....er Dad. And it's been a real treat to have a real family. What's going on?
VIVIENNE: There is something about your Uncle Mike that I don't get.
ERIC: What do you mean?
VIVIENNE: He left a good job in Gordon Bay, California, for a better job here in Boston. I don't get it, unless there is something else that he hasn't said anything about.
ERIC: Uncle Mike has never been an open book. He was more open about things than his brother, Dane.
VIVIENNE: That is true. But it stuns me that he never talked to Shane when he was out there in California.
ERIC: Now, THAT I am worried about.
VIVIENNE: Have you thought about school here in Brockton.
ERIC: I have one more year of school, and I am thinking that maybe I could finish here at Harper Academy.
(Enter Michael)
MICHAEL: You found me out, didn't you?
ERIC (grinning): No, I just took a guess.
MICHAEL: And your guess was on the mark. I am getting your records transferred here to Harper, so you can graduate with the upcoming senior class.
ERIC: That would be wonderful, Dad.
(Enter Alex and Dylan, who are visiting)
ALEX: What is going on, Michael?
MICHAEL: Eric is coming to school at Harper Academy!
DYLAN: That is awesome, Eric! You will love it.

(Eric is thrilled to be a part of the family. Vivienne is still trying to figure out Eric's uncle's motives.)

Scene Four: Harper Academy. Zachary Wortham is taking a look over the campus that he now lives at during the school year. He comes across his friend, Andrew.

ANDREW: What are you doing out here, Zach. Where's Scarlett?
ZACHARY: She is at her dorm. She met one of the girls in her hall and they are having a marathon session. Just like a girl, eh?
ANDREW: Well, I have some news. The headmaster's adopted son is going to be joining our class!
ZACHARY: Wait a minute. You mean, Mr. Harper is remarried?
ANDREW: Yep, to Wendy Schraederman. They eloped in Vegas, and then they're gonna have a more formal ceremony later. It will coincide with Eric Whitfield being adopted as a Harper.
ZACHARY: Wow, Eric is really hitting the gravy train!
ANDREW: I can understand it. Eric never had a father, his own left him in the lurch. Which I kind of wonder if my dad did that when I was younger.
ZACHARY: Is that bothering you again, Andy?
ANDREW: It will always bother me, Zach. Nobody has heard a thing from that man since he left Mom and I years ago.
ZACHARY: I don't get it, Andy. You've NEVER been this upset about it.
ANDREW: Because there is something else too.
ZACHARY: What is it?
ANDREW: I can't say. Because if I do, my uncle will kill me!

(Andrew runs off while Zachary is really worried. Something is going on, and he can't even help his friend.)

Scene Five: Outside of Mike Whitfield's apartment. He is trying to talk to Amy.

MIKE: I didn't mean to insinuate that your situations were lesser than Eric's.
AMY: The insinuation was there, it can't be taken back!
MIKE: Eric came to me! I didn't go to him!
AMY: Fine. Then you tell him that he had no say to say ANYTHING about me to you, because at that time, you were dating my aunt.
MIKE: I couldn't do that.
AMY: Don't try to excuse what you did. I was a fool to even have THOUGHT I could get a straight answer out of you!
(Amy storms off. Mike follows her.)
MIKE: Amy, please.
AMY: What?!
MIKE: I should have said something, and I was the fool who didn't.

(Mike takes Amy to his apartment, and begins to kiss her. Amy is stunned.)

(Voice of Pauley Perrette: "Harpers Falls: A New Beginning will continue in a moment, here on ONtv.")

Scene Six: Harper Academy. Andrew is sitting in his dorm. He is not happy.

ANDREW: How could I have told Zach about what Uncle Wayne had done to me?! Nobody would understand. NOBODY! It's not easy on my own. I couldn't say anything to anyone about my dad's brother! And how he molested me!
(Enter Roger Lambert, who overheard Andrew's words.)
ROGER: What's going on, Andrew?
ANDREW: How do you know who I am?
ROGER: I am now working as a records officer here at the school. Michael told me that you were a student.
ANDREW: Why are you talking to me?
ROGER: I know what it is to be molested.
ANDREW: You do?
ROGER: I was molested myself when I was younger. I held it in for a long time, until I talked with my Uncle Jeff. He helped me through it.
ANDREW: It was my uncle who molested me.
ROGER: You need to talk to someone about it. I can't be that objective. Professional help helped me, it can do that for you.
ANDREW: I am scared that my uncle could kill me.
ROGER: We will see to it that doesn't happen.

(Andrew feels a bit more secure)

Scene Seven: Sheila Watkins Designs. Wendy is there to try on her new wedding gown.

SHEILA: It looks LOVELY on you, Aunt Wendy!
WENDY: Thank you, Sheila.
CHRISTINA: Hope you didn't mind the roses in the design.
WENDY: How did you know I like roses?
CHRISTINA: A guess.
CYNTHIA: I am glad you like this, darling. The dress was made with you in mind.
SHEILA: And nothing is too good for my uncle's new wife.
CHRISTINA: The skys the limit.
WENDY: I love it, you are all very good to me for this.
SHEILA: How's Eric doing? How did he take the news that you and Uncle Mike eloped?
WENDY: At least he feels like a part of a family now.
CYNTHIA: Whatever happened to his father?
WENDY: The man was a loser, Cynthia.
SHEILA: I agree. Dane Whitfield was nothing more than a loser.

(Wendy looks at her dress and is pleased that she is with a man who loves her)

Scene Eight: Mike's Apartment.

AMY: You bastard! You dated my aunt. How DARE you seduce me!
MIKE: I am sorry!
(Amy slaps him across the face)
AMY: I don't want to EVER speak to you again! You disgust me!
MIKE: Let me explain!
AMY: What's there to explain? I bet that is why you left Gordon Bay and to be here in Boston. In a supervisory capacity, you can't try to seduce your female patients, am I right?
MIKE: How did you guess that?!
AMY: You ought to know that. Your counseling practice was lackluster, and then you hired my Aunt Allison. Oh my GOD, how could I have been such a FOOL?!
MIKE: You could have enjoyed it.
AMY: Touch me again, and I will see to it that you are destroyed. You have no shame!

(Amy storms off to find a nearby police man. She tells what happened. And Mike is immediately arrested!)

Scene Nine: The Minuteman Motel.

ERICA: How does it feel to be neutralized?
AMBER: I will get even with you lot! Believe me!
JOHN: No you won't. You have lost everything.
AMBER: What do you mean?!
JOHN: As you always have done, you've overreached! You lost your claim to the Eagan fortune, and you have also lost me! I am filing for divorce immediately, and NO man will EVER touch you again, when I get through with you!
ERICA: You thought you held ALL the cards to defeat me and my family, didn't you?
AMBER: This is a minor setback!
MICHELLE: Not so minor! More so a MAJOR setback for you! You lost, Amber Jamison! And you are just too stupid to even think otherwise.
JOHN: I am going to sink you, Amber! Completely!
AMBER: You will do no such thing!
JOHN: I think you will. As of now, I have removed you from my will!
AMBER: You BASTARD!
(A shot is fired. John is down on the ground, shot dead!)
ERICA: Oh my GOD!
AMBER (aiming her gun at Erica and Michelle; after shooting John): NOW, I have the power!
(Immediately, SHE is shot dead! A security officer comes in)
OFFICER: Ms. Harper, are you two all right?
ERICA: We are now. What happened?
OFFICER: Amber could have killed you two.
MICHELLE: Now, SHE'S dead. She asked for it.

(Michelle and Erica leave.)

Scene Ten: Harper Academy.

ZACHARY: Are you EVER going to tell me what is going on, Andy?
ANDREW: Yeah, right now.
ZACHARY: I am all ears, pal. Why are you so upset about your father leaving you?
ANDREW: Had he not left me, I would have never been molested!
(Zachary is stunned)
ZACHARY: Who molested you, pal?
ANDREW: My Uncle Bryce! He was the one who molested me!
ZACHARY: My GOD! And nobody even tried to help you?
ANDREW: I was too scared!
ZACHARY: I would be too! My GOD, what did your mom do?
ANDREW: Dismissed my fears!
ZACHARY: NOW, I understand why you are so mad at your father.
ANDREW: Yeah.

(Zachary comforts his friend)

DAVID JONES-ROBERTS (Andrew Davidson, III): Molestation is a crime that is so underreported. Most children are scared to even tell their parents. Because of retribution, the pain goes on for years. Break the cycle of abuse, if someone is molesting you, TELL someone.

(Voice of Emily Symons: "On the next Harpers Falls...")

MIKE (to policeman): I didn't seduce Amy Smythe!

VIVIENNE (furiously at Mike): NOW, I know what it was you did! You LIAR!

ERIC (to Mike Whitfield): Get away from me! I don't ever want to see you again!
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