#lisacole

DAVID- “Oh, that Nico....yeah I know him but he ain’t been here in a while.

MATAIS “How long is a while? Like today, yesterday, last week??

LISA- “David, I am not lying...yes Miss Boedell, your son was here. He and Shane and our friend Clifford left for St. Louis about this time yesterday. They aren’t in any trouble are they. He seems like a really nice kid.”

MATAIS- “No, no one is in trouble, she just wants her son. Thanks for the information.  Do you know where exactly in St. Louis they were going?”

DAVID- “No, have no idea....”

LISA- “David, stop lying....they were going to Clifford’s cousins place. His name is Tate McCalister.”

AVA- “Thank you miss, I really appreciate it.”

CLIFFORD- “Yeah, who is your friend Shane?”

SHANE- “This is my boyfriend....his name is Nico.  Nico this is Clifford, and my brother David, and his girl Lisa.”

NICO- “Hey.”

LISA- “Hey there sweetie, how old are you anyway, about 12 or thirteen??”

NICO- “I’m 15 thank you very much.”

DAVID- “So is this the kid you have been talking about?”

SHANE- “Yeah, and we need to borrow your car Clifford, we need to get out of town, as soon as possible.”

MATAIS-  “Uh....Hello?!”

DAVID- “Who the hell are you two, and how did you get in here??”

LISA- “David...shhh, you don’t know who this is?”

DAVID- “How the hell would I know who this is?”

LISA- “It’s Ava Boedell....she is a movie star!”

AVA- “I’m sorry that we just walked in, but we knocked and no one answered, so we came around the back.”

DAVID- “Okay, I still don’t know who you are, and this place is pretty hard to get into for a reason...”

MATAIS- “Yeah, we had to climb through a window....”

LISA- “So why were you so bent on going to St. Louis with the boys yesterday?”

DAVID- “Like I said, babe...we could get a fresh start there. The opportunities are endless.”

LISA- “Not any more than here, I thought maybe it was because of Tate.”

DAVID- “What about Tate?”

LISA- “You know why....he sold you that weak shit and wanted top dollar for less than quality product.”

DAVID- “You really don’t miss a beat do you, but no...Clifford is taking care of that for me...”

(KNOCK KNOCK)

LISA- “You expecting someone?”

DAVID- “No, everyone that knows we are here, are gone to St. Louis....just sit quiet, they will leave.”

Nico hurried and got dressed, by the time they got downstairs, David and his friends were already in the living room....

SHANE- “Hey David....you decided to come home I see...”

LISA- “Oh, sweet Shane, who is the pretty little boy you have there?”

SHANE- “We really need to leave...I mean we have to go, like now!’

LISA- “Hey kid, did he say your name was Nico?  Are you that kid the police are looking for?  I heard on the news, they are looking for a kid by the name of Nico or Nicky.  About some house catching fire and some old lady caught inside...”

DAVID- “Sorry, still don’t know you, and there has been no one here but us in quite a while.”

AVA- “So you haven’t seen your brother either?”

DAVID- “Oh, you know Shane?”

DAVID- “Lisa, listen, we can come back for her. We can find jobs in St.Louis...Tate knows people there.”

LISA- “Who the hell is Tate, and what people does he know?  Drug dealers?”

DAVID- “No baby...listen.  Tate is Clifford’s cousin.  He has connections in St. Louis.  We can start over there.  Me you and your baby girl.”

LISA- “I AIN’T Goin, David!  And if you go. don’t come back.”

DAVID- “Okay...okay...how about then we let Clifford take them to Tate’s and then he can come back and get us later. You can get Lorna and we can all go then.”

DAVID- “Baby, you know all I want is what’s best for you and that little girl, right.  We will wait and go late...is that okay?”