INT. HARMONY'S APARTMENT - DAY
Harmony pulls her sweatshirt out of Lucy's hands and gets back into bed, pulling the covers up over her head.
LUCY
You're right. I'm sorry. It's just I
hate to see you so down. We all have to
keep on trying. What choice do we have?
Look at me.
HARMONY
You! You don't have any problems. You!
You're beautiful, you're happily married,
you're going to have a baby. Your husband
is successful and happy and you love him.
Lucy gets up with some difficulty, and sits down on the bed.
LUCY
I know. But besides that. I always wanted
to be like you! Independent, courageous...
HARMONY
Alone, scared...
LUCY
Strong. You never needed people...
HARMONY
And no one ever needed me.
LUCY
I guess it depends on your point of view.
There is a knock on the door. JOE's voice calls out.
JOE
Harmony Brown?
LUCY
Yes?
HARMONY
(whispering)
Tell him to go away.
JOE
Are you Harmony Brown?
LUCY
No, but she's sick. She can't come to
the door.
INT. THE HALLWAY - DAY
Out in the hall, Joe nudges LES in the ribs and smirks.
JOE
Well I have a check here for her from the
law offices of Pritcher, Pritcher and Burns,
but she has to sign for it.
LUCY
Well, I don't know...
HARMONY
Let him in! Let him in!
Lucy hesitates, then opens the door. The two men push their way in.
JOE
Sorry ladies.
HARMONY
What about the check?
JOE
We come for the furniture.
HARMONY
(cringing)
The furniture!
JOE
(walking toward her)
Yeah, we gotta repossess it.
HARMONY
No! Don't come near me! I'm contagious!
JOE
As long as I keep picking up furniture
from people with your disease lady, I'll
stay healthy. Let's load the dresser
first Les.
They go to the dresser and start emptying the drawers on the floor.
Harmony throws the things back in as soon as they take them out.
JOE
Listen, we can move it just as easy full
as empty. You want to keep any of this
stuff?
HARMONY
(grabbing her clothing)
How can you do this? Don't you have any
heart? Stop!
She hangs onto the dresser as they begin to move it from the room.
HARMONY
Lucy, help!
Joe puts his end of the dresser down and walks threateningly toward
Harmony, who backs up into the bed and abruptly sits down.
JOE
Now, that's enough. You didn't pay for this
stuff and it don't belong to you no more.
They exit with the dresser. Harmony slams the door and locks it.
LUCY
Can they do that?
HARMONY
Of course they can do that. The whole
world is set up so that people like that
can do this to people like me.
LUCY
But can't we stop them?
HARMONY
I don't know. We can...barricade the door!
She starts pushing the table toward the door. There's a knock on it before
she gets there.
JOE
Hey lady, open the door! What do you want
to do, make a federal case out of this? You
can't win, you know.
Harmony hesitates, then opens the door, watching in growing agitation as
they remove the armchair. At the door, Joe stops and puts down his end of
the armchair. Les looks at him questioningly. Joe stands there for a
moment looking Harmony over. She steps back involuntarily.
Joe moves forward and leans close to whisper, loudly, in her ear.
JOE
I'll tell you what. I can't do nothing
about the furniture. It's my job see? But
maybe I can help you out. I could maybe
come up with say...twenty bucks...
LUCY
What?
JOE
Oh not you lady. No offence but you're a
little too far gone...
LES
Even for him.
HARMONY
What?!
JOE
Twenty bucks, you and me...we get it on...
you know.
With a shriek, Harmony lunges at him and tries to strangle him.
JOE
That's the idea. But not so loud okay?
He puts his arm around her waist and pulls her closer. Harmony struggles
free and moves back. When her arm comes in contact with something
solid, a lamp, she grabs it and throws it at Joe. He catches it before it hits
him. Harmony picks up a book and throws that. Joe ducks.
JOE
Okay, you don't have to get huffy. I was
only trying to help. Hey Les, is this lamp
on the list?
LES
Yeah.
JOE
Well, let's move it man.
They exit with the chair and the lamp.
HARMONY
I'll kill him. He comes in here again and
I'll kill him.
LUCY
Harmony. Now calm down.
HARMONY
I need a knife. Where's a damn knife?
She goes over to the kitchenette but can't find a knife for all the dirty
dishes in the sink. Joe comes back for the end tables.
HARMONY
(still looking in the sink)
Twenty bucks! Can you believe it? Twenty
bucks!
JOE
What's the matter? It's not enough?
HARMONY
Get out of here!
Harmony walks around in circles, trying to contain her agitation. Finally,
she gets back into bed and pulls the covers up to her chin. Lucy follows
her around throughout this process. Joe and Les re-enter the apartment.
Having removed everything else, they now head for the bed.
JOE
Okay lady, get up. We gotta take the bed.
HARMONY
Oh no. I paid over 1200 dollars in
installments before I went broke. That's
enough to pay for the bed and probably
half an end table. So you just leave the
bed and go away.
JOE
Oh man, oh man. Look you, it don't work
like that. Now get offa the bed!
HARMONY
If you come near me, I'll scream rape!
JOE
Are you kidding? This is New York.
Joe goes to one end of the couch, Les to the other. They fold the couch
with Harmony in it as far as it will go and carry it out of the room. One leg
and one arm are sticking out and these wave wildly in the air. Harmony's
muffled screams panic Lucy who runs heavily after the moving men.
LUCY
Stop that! You can't do that!
After a moment, Harmony comes storming back into the room, Lucy
following. She looks around and all the steam goes out of her.
HARMONY
Looking on the bright side, I no longer
have to worry about where to store my
furniture when they evict me.
LUCY
Get your things together, Harmony. You'll
come and stay with me. It'll be all right.
HARMONY
No. It won't be all right. It'll never be
all right again. I don't know what to do!
I want to go back to sleep, Lucy, but...my
bed...my bed...!
She starts to cry.
FADE OUT
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