DANNY/DANI rushes in, stops by Maddy side.
DANNY/DANI
(whispers)
Aunt Maddy.
Maddy continues to snore.
DANNY/DANI
(just above a whisper)
Aunt Maddy.
Maddy is sound asleep.
DANNY/DANI
(normal voice)
Aunt Maddy.
Not loud enough to wake her up.
DANNY/DANI
(louder)
Aunt Maddy.
No response, but snoring.
DANNY/DANI
(screams)
Aunt Maddy!
A startled Maddy slams her head into the wall.
MADDY
What? What? What?
DANNY/DANI
I’m scared.
Maddy grabs her heart.
MADDY
You’re scared?
DANNY/DANI nods.
MADDY
You’re scared? I’m the one who you just gave a heart attack to.
DANNY/DANI
I don’t want to sleep in my room. It’s too spooky.
MADDY
Oh, it’s too spooky?
DANNY/DANI nods.
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Hunter:
EXT. TRAILER HOUSE - YARD - DAY
Rural.
The sound of a GUNSHOT immediately results in a full beer can exploding off the ground.
Standing a good distance away, with a gun in hand, Maddy aims at the next beer can in the line of beer cans on the ground as SISSY, a bulldog, rests on the porch.
Maddy shoots. The next beer can explodes.
Hunter rides up on his Harley-Davidson.
Maddy watches as Hunter dismounts, makes his way to her, while Sissy remains calm.
HUNTER
What’s wrong?
MADDY
Nothing’s wrong.
HUNTER
I swung by the bar and you weren’t there. You never miss work.
MADDY
Can’t I have a little me time once in a while?
Maddy shoots another beer can.
HUNTER
Look, you only shoot your gun when something’s bothering you.
MADDY
Is that so?
Maddy shoots another beer can.
MADDY
I’m going to be a mother.
Hunter stands silent, then cleans his ear with his index finger.
HUNTER
What did you say?
MADDY
I’m going to be a mother.
HUNTER
But, but, but we’ve been careful.
MADDY
It’s not yours.
Hunter stands silent, then cleans out his other ear with his other index finger.
HUNTER
What do you mean it’s not mine?
MADDY
It’s not yours.
HUNTER
Don’t tell me it’s that vending machine guy’s?
Maddy shakes her head.
HUNTER
Harold the plumber?
Maddy chuckles, shakes her head.
HUNTER
Not one of the beer deliverers?
Maddy shakes her head.
HUNTER
Tell me who. I promise I won’t break his legs.
MADDY
That’s good to know.
HUNTER
I’ll only break one of them.
MADDY
You’ll do no such thing. I’m not pregnant.
HUNTER
But you said . . .
MADDY
I said I was going to be a mother. My sister and brother-n-law willed me custody of my nephew DANNY/DANI.
As Maddy aims to shoot another beer can --
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Shelia:
INT. ROAD - TOWN CAR - DAY
As DANNY/DANI and Shelia unbuckle their seat belts --
DANNY/DANI
Aunt Shelia, can I ask you a question?
SHELIA
Sure. Anything, sweety.
DANNY/DANI
Aunt Maddy says you don’t like her because Grandma Wonder liked her more than you. Is that true?
Shelia gathers her thoughts, then --
SHELIA
Really?
DANNY/DANI
Yes, ma’am.
SHELIA
For the record, while your Aunt Maddy was out partying, running away from home, doing who knows what with the wrong crowd, and getting in trouble with the police, I followed my mother’s rules.Your Grandma Wonder was a widow raising three teenagers and needed all the help she could muster around the house, but Maddy didn’t care a bit about that.
SHELIA
Your mother and I were God fearing children and Maddy wasn’t and every time Maddy came back home from running away or from the police station, your Grandma Wonder treated her the same as she treated your mother and me. Maybe even better. Does that sound right to you?
DANNY/DANI absorbs Shelia’s diatribe.
EXT. TRAILER HOUSE - PORCH - DAY
As Shelia and DANNY/DANI wait --
SHELIA
Now don’t tell your Aunt Maddy, but your Uncle Jon and I will be working on something that will enable you to spend more time with us.
Shelia does the “zip your mouth” charade.
DANNY/DANI imitates.
As Shelia puts the shot bullet she picked up in her purse --
SHELIA
(sotto)
A whole lot more time.
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Jonathon:
INT. CHURCH/SCHOOL - PASTOR’S OFFICE - LATER
PASTOR JACOBS reads the will.
PASTOR JACOBS
-- at twenty-four ten Lamar Street.
Jonathan rubs a happy Shelia’s back.
PASTOR JACOBS
Furthermore, our wholesale company, Madison Supplies, located at fifty-two seven Research Boulevard is to be awarded 51% ownership to Shelia Smith and 49% to DANNY/DANI Madison with all of DANNY/DANI’s earning to be held in a trust until he reaches eighteen years-of age.
Jonathan does a clinched fist victory movement.
SHELIA
That’s it. We got everything that was important.
(to Maddy)
Sorry Maddy, but I think this definitely shows you who they regarded as family and who they didn’t.
JONATHAN
No hard feelings. Tell you what. We’ll give you the S-U-V.
MADDY
Thanks, but it was totaled.
JONATHAN
My bad.
Shelia and Jonathan chuckle.
PASTOR JACOBS
Hold on folks. There’s more.
SHELIA
Our day is just getting better.
PASTOR JACOBS
Last, but not least, we award custody of our son, Daniel Madison, to Madeline “Maddy” Wonder or as she’s known to DANNY/DANI, Aunt Maddy.
As total shock crosses Shelia and Jonathan’s faces, a slight grin crosses Maddy’s.
JONATHAN
(to PASTOR JACOBS)
You’re joking, aren’t you?
PASTOR JACOBS shakes his head.
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SALESMAN
FLORIST
TERESSA
ER RECEPTIONIST
REV. FRANKLIN
ZEKE
BAILIFF
BIKER #4
BIKER #2
BIKER #1
BIKER #3
POLICE OFFICER
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