TRUDY a TIRED SCRUFFY looking mother and KATIE a SMARTLY
dressed doctor walk through to join SIOBHAN a WELL DRESSED,
WELL GROOMED LAWYER who is sitting at the LARGE dinning table
drinking wine. JESSICA a TRENDY CASUALLY dressed events
planner walks over from pouring drinks, greets Katie and sits
down.
JESSICA
You see married men are a no
brainer their bedroom changed,
their low maintenance and you've
got a ready made excite strategy.
No mess, no fuss. Hi
KATIE
Hi
SIOBHAN
Except sometimes the wives catch
you.
TRUDY
Well isn't that the whole point?
JESSICA
No the point was to shag him in the
top 3 Parisian bridal suites at our
client's expence.
SIOBHAN
God I want your life Jess
TRUDY
How can you say that. Harry's the
loveliest man in the world.
SIOBHAN
Alright I'd only want her sex life.
And your kids.
TRUDY
Ahh. Well at least your in love.
KATIE
Put together you'd make one
perfectly satisfied individual.
JESSICA
No I'm satisfied with sex.
TRUDY
Jess you don't die if you don't get
your leg over.
JESSICA
Clearly I would have buried you
years ago.
KATIE
No fighting
SIOBHAN
Ok. Katie multiple choice sex, love
or kids?
KATIE
What can I only have one? Ummm.
Love
TRUDY
I think someone asked me out today
KATIE
Really
JESSICA
Oh yeah
SIOBHAN
Hello
TRUDY
He's a new dad at school and I
think he's just got divorced and we
got chatting at the supermarket and
he said that we should go for a
coffee and I went "errrmmm errrmm"
JESSICA
Hang on a minute he asked you out
for a coffee in Sainsbury's?
TRUDY
No. In Tesco actually and well I'm
not really sure he was asking me
out.
SIOBHAN
What did he say? Exact words
TRUDY
Do you fancy going for a coffee?
SIOBHAN
He said fancy?
TRUDY
I think so
SIOBHAN
If he said that he was asking you
out
TRUDY
Oh no maybe he said won't
SIOBHAN
Well that's different. That's more
tricky to interpret.
JESSICA
Stands up and takes an empty bottle of wine and puts it on
the side.
You see this is exactly why I
switched from English to modern
languages
TRUDY
Sorry do we want to talk about your
sex life some more?
SIOBHAN
Come on women think. We've been
waiting 6 years for this. Want? Or
fancy?
Jessica picks up a letter, with a cheque for £2,000,000
attached to it,from the side and reads it. Then looks at
Trudy.
TRUDY
Fancy
SIOBHAN
He was asking you out
TRUDY
Really
JESSICA
Walks back to the table and shows Trudy the letter she has
found.
Trud. When did this come?
Siobhan takes the letter and reads it
TRUDY
It came this morning
SIOBHAN
So you've scored a million and
pulled on the same day
Siobhan passes the letter to Katie. She studies it for a
while.
INT. TRUDY'S HALL WAY
Trudy sees Jessica and Siobhan out of the door.
JESSICA
See ya Trude
INT. TRUDY'S KITCHEN
Katie is standing up still looking at the cheque. Trudy is
clearing the table.
KATIE
Why haven't you paid it in yet?
TRUDY
Guilt. I know everything is
screaming at me to move on the
girls are both at school finally
settled for money and someone's
even asked me out after 6 years. I
mean someone I quite like. I mean
how can I move one? I still don't
know what happened to Paul. I mean
what if he is still out there.
KATIE
No he's not out there
TRUDY
There's phone calls
KATIE
Police traced them
TRUDY
But they were from public places
KATIE
Thousands of people died in the
towers Trudy where else would he be
TRUDY
Well maybe he lost his memory
KATIE
Then he wouldn't be calling you
from pizza restaurants and cab
firms would he?
TRUDY
You don't understand what it's like
not being able to say goodbye to
him properly ...
KATIE
... It's been 6 years Trudy let it
go for christ sake. I'm sorry
TRUDY
Katie. Is everything alright?
KATIE
I've been having an affair
TRUDY
What?
KATIE
For 2 years he was married. He was
going to leave his wife but he got
ill and he died last week. John's
funeral was this morning.
TRUDY
Oh my god. Why didn't you tell me?
KATIE
I couldn't. I wanted to loads of
times and oh god I know it sounds
completely mad but I just couldn't
TRUDY
Why not?
KATIE
Because he was my patient and
because you would have told me to
stop
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