DOCTOR
Has she been disoriented, confused?
MOTHER
She said she saw a man in her bedroom.
SUSAN
Someone's out there.
The little girl smiles at the Man in the raincoat. He smiles back.
SUSAN
Are you cold?
They wheel the girl into a room. The man in the raincoat waits outside. Susan's face covered with an oxygen mask. The nurses hover over her until she is completely obscured. The voices and BEEPING MACHINES FADE under the sound of her LABORED BREATHING. . . and then. . . that STOPS as well. In silence we see the doctors working frantically.
Across the room, the man in the raincoat is no longer alone. Susan, the little girl, stands with him. She looks up at him.
SUSAN
Are you God?
MAN
No. My name is Seth.
SUSAN
Where are you going?
SETH (MAN)
Home.
SUSAN
Can Mommy come?
SETH
No.
SUSAN
She won't understand.
SETH
She will, someday.
He holds out his hand. She takes it. He leads her away, as the edges of what is familiar in the hospital corridor become fuzzy, suffused with light. . .
SETH
Can I ask you something?
SUSAN
Yes.
SETH
What did you like best?
SUSAN
(thinking)
Pajamas.
SCENE 4 STORYBOARD
EXT. HAZY SKY
Pale with the morning sun. Seth and a friend in similar dress, CASSIEL, are outlined against it.
CASSIEL
Pajamas?
Seth reads from a small spiral notebook.
SETH
Flannel. With feet.
Cassiel reads from his spiral notebook.
CASSIEL
Yesterday. Sunrise at 6:18, sunset at 7:33. A mechanic hummed show tunes all morning for no reason.
SETH
A man gave his girl friend a box of Crackerjacks. Inside the envelope containing the toy surprise she found a diamond engagement ring.
CASSIEL
The envelope was sealed?
SETH
Like it came from the factory.
CASSIEL
Nice.
(reads)
A busy man turned back in the doorway and took his child in his arms.
SETH
A man touched a woman's bare skin, quite by accident, but it made her turn and look at him in such a way. . .
Seth holds the book open, remembering.
SETH
Don't you ever wonder what that would be like? Touch?
CASSIEL
(thinking)
Touch. . .
He closes his book.
WIDE SHOT
Seth and Cassiel are sitting on a green freeway sign. Their legs swing down over the opalescent reflective paint reading, "10, downtown Los Angeles."
Below them, morning traffic moves at a crawl through the city, clogging the air with yellow smog... the mass of cars is five lanes wide and stretches for miles.
SCENE 118
DARKENED LIVING ROOM
Maggie looks at Earl. His tail wags. The ball has rolled into the middle of the room.
Maggie looks out. Into the empty space before her.
MAGGIE
Hello?
Maggie ventures in. Her eyes scan the room.
MAGGIE
Seth?
Seth steps out from the foyer. He is directly in front of her. She does not see him.
MAGGIE
Are you here?
He reaches out. Touches her face. She feels it. She touches her cheek where she felt his caress.
SCENE 119
INT. BEDROOM - NIGHT
Seth stands in the corner. Maggie pulls down the covers on her bed. Takes off her robe. She is naked.
Seth approaches her. He touches her back. Maggie stiffens. His hands encircle her waist. She feels it. His hands move up her body. Cup her breasts. Her breath catches.
MAGGIE
(turning)
I want to see you. Let me see you.
No on is there.
She gets into bed. Lays on her side. Seth gets into the bed beside her. Folds his body into hers, wraps her in his arms.
Maggie's eyes close. She feels his body pressed against her.
MAGGIE
Will you stay? Until I fall asleep?
He kisses her temple. She closes her eyes.
