EXT. PARKING LOT - DUSK
A large shopping center with a huge grocery store, a liquor store next to it, and various other suburban stores.
Rose exits the grocery store carrying two bags of groceries in one hand. She stops before stepping off the sidewalk and surveys the area. Her eyes pan all around the center, finally stopping on the liquor store.
She walks up to the liquor store and enters.
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INT. LIQUOR STORE - SOON AFTER
A rather large store with lots of choices. This is drinking country.
Rose walks through the isles, looking around for nothing in particular.
Her cell phone rings. She looks at the id revealing "Iris".
She sighs and presses the answer button.
ROSE
Hello.
IRIS (O.S.)
(from phone)
Hey Rose. How you doing?
ROSE
The same mom.
IRIS (O.S.)
(from phone)
I thought about it and there is something I want.
ROSE
Yeah.
IRIS (O.S.)
(from phone)
Vera . . . Mom had a necklace. It was a gold cross
with a diamond in the middle. She had it since
pop was alive. She wouldn't have thrown it out. Should
be around there somewhere. Can you try and find it
for me?
A surprised, uncomfortable look appears on Rose's face. She looks down and spots a vodka bottle. It's an unknown brand, but it has a big "on sale" sticker on it. She grabs the bottle.
ROSE
I'll let you know if I find it.
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Mind the Gap
Short StoryThis is an adapted screenplay for a short film based on a story published in the New Yorker in 2011. The story is called "Sun City" by author Caitlin Horrocks. This screenplay was originally written in 2011.
