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EPISODE 58
19.
ROBERT:
Ssshh! You are the one making noise now Vicky!
2.
SCENE 1(R.5.10)
20.
VICKY:
What do you expect me to do Robert?
3.
Location: Ext./Int. Monday’s garage. Night.
21.
ROBERT:
Follow me!
4.
B/G SFX: Occasional vehicle, drunkards arguing outside bars a little way away,
restless birds
22.
(CRACKING GATE OPENING)
23.
VICKY:
Are you sure about this Robert?
5.
ROBERT, VICKY
24.
ROBERT:
Don’t worry! That’s the blue car we need Vicky!
6.
SFX
LOUD FIDDLE OF LOCKS
25.
VICKY:
(AFRAID) I’m scared. Lets go back Robert.
7.
ROBERT:
(LOUD WHISPER) Keep watching as I unlock this padlock,
Vicky!
26.
ROBERT:
(REASSURING) Hay, everything is fine. This is my car.
8.
VICKY:
(SCARED) Be careful Robert!
27.
VICKY:
How come you’ve never told me about it?
9.
ROBERT:
Pass me that stone Vicky.
28.
ROBERT:
The thing is, it’s a family car, so its as good as mine.
10.
(VICKY TRIPS. STONE TUMBLES)
29.
VICKY:
What will your family think if they learn about this?
11.
VICKY:
(YELLING) Help me Robert!
30.
ROBERT:
(BRAGS) I always use these cars even if they are not mine.
Its my fathers garage!
12.
ROBERT:
(ANGRY) Stop shouting! Do you want people to find us?
31.
SFX:
BOTTLE FALLING DOWN
13.
VICKY:
You didn’t tell me there was a pothole here.
32.
VICKY:
Your beer is pouring, Robert!
14.
ROBERT:
Okay, pass me the stone. I have to smash this padlock
33.
ROBERT:
Its okay, the gods need to drink too!
15.
VICKY:
(FRIGHTENED) It will make noise, Robert!
34.
VICKY:
I can’t see where I’m going. We need some light, Robert.
16.
ROBERT:
(CONFIDENTLY) Don’t worry, I’m in control. This padlock
is just being stubborn.
35.
ROBERT:
Light will attract people, Vicky
17.
SFX:
LOUD PADLOCK BANG
36.
(BOTH SCUFFLE)
18.
VICKY:
(SCARED) Stop Robert, its making noise
37.
VICKY:
(PANTING) Stop it Robert
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38.
ROBERT:
(WHISPERING) Its okay! It won’t take long Vicky.
39.
VICKY:
(PROTESTS) No Robert, I can’t. It’s getting late. I have to
go.
40.
ROBERT:
We have to first finish what we have started Vicky.
41.
VICKY:
But I’m not into it right now.
42.
ROBERT:
Okay open the gate and we go.
43.
SFX:
CAR REVVING
44.
VICKY:
No Robert I am not going anywhere. We are not going
anywhere
45.
ROBERT:
Why not?
46.
VICKY:
Where are we going anyway? I am even late.
47.
ROBERT:
I don’t know. Maybe the forest will make a good love nest.
It’s more quiet there.
48.
VICKY:
No I don’t want to go there. And why are we going there
anyway?
56.
57.
B/G SFX: Night village sounds.
SOLOMON, ELDER
58.
SOLOMON:
It’s been long since I last sat round a bonfire, Elder!
59.
ELDER:
Go ahead and enjoy the heat but remember we have a
journey to make tomorrow, Solomon.
60.
SOLOMON:
But elder, do you really have to come with me to Rock
Point?
61.
ELDER:
Of course. Didn’t you hear what that man from your place
told us? Our daughter is in really danger.
62.
SOLOMON:
I know…but may be I can handle this...moreover the bridge
is flooded with water. I just don’t want you to be risking
your life.
63.
ELDER:
Let me assure you Solomon that anything concerning our
daughter, I am ready to give up my life but for her
wellbeing.
64.
SOLOMON:
(SCARED) Oh!...of course yes...yes.
65.
ELDER:
And that’s why I am ever grateful to you for what you did
for our daughter, Lillian.
66.
SOLOMON:
SILENT.
49.
ROBERT:
Okay…if you don’t want to go there, it’s okay. We can do it
here in the car. It’s even more comfortable.
67.
ELDER:
No don’t keep quiet Solomon. Every one here in the village
knows very well what you have done to our child, Lillian.
50.
VICKY:
Lets first settle in that car and drink our beers…/
68.
SOLOMON:
(CAUGHT OFF GUARD) Eh! What?
51.
ROBERT:
And when we are charged up…we do the real thing
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ELDER:
52.
VICKY:
Robert, remember I have to get home. Its getting late.
(SHOCKED) Why do you sound surprised, Solomon? Don’t
you know what you have done for Lillian? Took her in your
home, took care of her, even took her back to school.
53.
END
70.
SOLOMON:
Aa..a…
54.
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SCENE 2 (Sol. 5.10)
Location: Solo/Lillian’s village.
71.
ELDER:
I am telling you, you have helped her. If she had stayed
here in the village, who knows, may be these bad men
around here would have spoilt her by now
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90.
JACK:
[PONDERING] That car is open…
91.
SFX:
FOOTSTEPS
92.
JACK:
[A LITTLE SCARED] There seems to be someone there.
(CALLING OUT) Who is there? Who is in that car?
But I am going to crack them down. Am I not the head of
the clan?
93.
ROBERT:
(WAKING UP FROM SLEEP) Eh? Vicky! Vicky…eeh!
Jack? Where is she? Where is Vicky?
SOLOMON:
Yes you are.
94.
JACK:
(SURPRISED) Robert!! What are you doing here?!
77.
ELDER:
I have no kind words for such men.
95.
ROBERT:
How did you get in here? What time is it?
78.
SOLOMON:
Really?
96.
JACK:
79.
ELDER:
Yes. How can a full grown man spoil a young girl?
You don’t even know what time it is? Its morning. Did you
break into the garage Robert?
80.
SOLOMON:
(VERY UNCOMFORTABLE) Aaa…aa..i think we should
really go and rest since I have a journey to make tomorrow.
97.
ROBERT:
Do I look like a thief to you?
98.
JACK:
And broke the padlock?
81.
ELDER:
And don’t forget that I am going with you Solomon. Lillian
is our daughter and I will do whatever it takes to see that
she is okay.
99.
ROBERT:
Aaaa!
100.
JACK:
And spilled your beers in a customer’s vehicle?
101.
ROBERT:
I think it must be you who is drunk, Jack.
102.
JACK:
And slept with your Vickys in someone else’s car?
103.
ROBERT:
I told you, you must be drunk.
104.
JACK:
Eee? You think I am drunk. You will say that to your
father.
105.
ROBERT:
(SCARED) Aaa…Jack please don’t tell my father.
106.
JACK:
But Robert why do you want to ruin your life?
72.
SOLOMON:
(UNCOMFORTABLE) No…no…don’t say that Elder.
73.
ELDER:
Yes. I know what I am talking about. There are some bad
men here who go spoiling other people’s daughters!
74.
SOLOMON:
Sure?
75.
ELDER:
76.
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END
83.
SCENE 3 (R.5.12)
84.
Location: Monday’s garage.
85.
B/G SFX: Birds, cock crowing
86.
ROBERT, JACK
87.
SFX:
CARS PASSING BY IN A DISTANCE
88.
JACK:
Oh my God! What happened to this padlock? Did thieves
break into the garage? [PAUSE] Let me look around.
89.
SFX:
FOOTSTEPS.
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107.
ROBERT:
Come on, Jack. I didn’t even do anything. Take it easy.
108.
JACK:
You broke into your father’s garage…slept with some girl in
a customer’s care…and you say you did nothing?!
109.
ROBERT:
I was just/
110.
JACK:
/I must let your father know, Robert.
111.
ROBERT:
Man, Jack take it easy.
112.
JACK:
This is no easy issue, Robert.
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SCENE 4 (SB5.10)
INT. STEVE’S HOME. MORNING.
STEVE AND BETTY
116.
SFX:
SOUND OF BRUSHING TEETH, SPITTING, WATER
DRIPING TO THE GROUND
117.
STEVE:
Betty, bring some more water.
118.
SFX:
PAUSE
119.
STEVE:
Betty! I said bring me some water.
120.
BETTY:
(OFF MIC) I don’t want.
121.
STEVE:
Betty what is wrong with you?
122.
BETTY:
Nothing.
123.
STEVE:
Betty you know I am not playing games you can see I am
not feeling well.
124.
BETTY:
But you said you don’t want anyone to help you.
125.
STEVE:
When did I say that?
126.
BETTY:
I heard how you were talking to Blessing the other time.
127.
STEVE:
When?
128.
BETTY:
The time she brought you mango juice in your room.
129.
STEVE:
I don’t remember.
130.
BETTY:
I remember, you woke me up shouting at her.
131.
STEVE:
I think I must have been dreaming that day.
132.
BETTY:
You are no longer my friend Steve.
133.
STEVE:
(MOVED) Betty please don’t get annoyed at me?
134.
BETTY:
You treat my friend badly.
135.
STEVE:
Blessing? She is that close to you?
136.
BETTY:
Yes and that means you also don’t like me.
137.
STEVE:
Betty, you know I love you very much.
138.
BETTY:
(FIRMLY) No.
139.
STEVE:
I’d do anything for you my dear; you know that!
140.
BETTY:
Then why do you treat Blessing badly yet she treats me
well?
141.
STEVE:
It was just a mistake Betty. I am sorry I didn’t know that…/
142.
BETTY:
/You are not fair Steven. Blessing treats us well but you
don’t.
143.
STEVE:
Betty/
144.
BETTY:
You are bad.
145.
STEVE:
(FIRMLY) Betty please don’t talk to me your brother like
that. That’s for spoilt kids.
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146.
BETTY:
(IN TANTRUM) It is you who is spoilt. (VERBOSE)
Moreover you no longer live with us here all the time. You
are always at that woman’s place who does not even help
mummy at all. I hate you.
166.
ROBERT:
Aaaa.
167.
MONDAY:
Didn’t you spend the whole night drinking in the Major’s
car?
147.
STEVE:
(QUICKLY, FIRMLY) Betty shut your mouth.
168.
ROBERT:
That’s not true daddy.
148.
BETTY:
BURSTS INTO TEARS.
169.
MONDAY:
Okay if it’s not true where did you spend your night?
149.
STEVE:
(MOVED) Betty I am sorry, I didn’t mean to shout at you.
170.
ROBERT:
SILENT.
150.
BETTY:
Leave me alone.
171.
MONDAY:
You didn’t come home last night. Where were you? Are you
running mad my son? What is wrong with you?
151.
STEVE:
Okay okay tell me what you want.
172.
ROBERT:
Jack is just exaggerating daddy.
152.
BETTY:
Tell Blessing you are sorry.
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MONDAY:
153.
STEVE:
Stop crying now, okay?
Do you know that I am now tired of you? All the time you
are looking for trouble and when ever they try to talk to
you, you start telling us how you are crippled.
154.
BETTY:
Will you say sorry to her?
174.
ROBERT:
But daddy you very well know that I had an accident.
155.
END
175.
MONDAY:
You think all the cripples act like that?
156.
SCENE 5.
176.
ROBERT:
Like what?
157.
EXT.MONDAY’S GARAGE.DAY.
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MONDAY:
158.
B/G SFX:
GARAGE SOUNDS. MONDAY, ROBERT.
Let me tell you Robert, I am giving you the last warning.
Next time you do such, you are out of my garage.
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MONDAY:
Robert come here quickly.
178.
ROBERT:
Okay daddy.
160.
ROBERT:
Daddy, I know what Jack has told you but it’s not true.
179.
MONDAY:
161.
MONDAY:
What’s not true?
And I will also have to think twice before I pay you this
month’s salary since it looks like it’s the money that is
exciting you all this much.
162.
ROBERT:
That i...i
180.
ROBERT:
Then how will I survive without a salary daddy?
163.
MONDAY:
Didn’t you break into the garage?
181.
MONDAY:
164.
ROBERT:
I…i…didn’t.
Do you pay rent? Do you buy food? Don’t be stupid. And
your laziness and carelessness around the garage must
stop.
165.
MONDAY:
Didn’t you break the padlock?
182.
ROBERT:
But daddy…/
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183.
MONDAY:
One more silly thing and you are out of here. Stop acting
like a kid!
203.
GUMA:
(INQUISITIVELY) Any problem?
184.
ROBERT:
(OFFENDED) A kid?
204.
JUDITH:
Yes, something I want you to look at. It’s a letter.
185.
MONDAY:
A stupid one at that.
205.
GUMA:
(PUZZLED) A letter?
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187.
188.
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SCENE 6 (RP 5.12)
EXT. RADIO STATION. DAY
B/G: ROCK POINT AMBIENCE
GUMA, JUDITH
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GUMA:
Here read this.
207.
SFX:
PAPER SCRAMBLING (UNFOLDING)
190.
SFX:
208.
JUDITH:
What is this?
CAR DOOR IS SLAMMED SHUT, CAR ALARM SETTING
SIGNAL GOES OFF.
209.
GUMA:
That was a letter written to me by Lillian.
191.
GUMA:
WHISTLING TO HIMSELF
210.
SFX:
PAUSE, PAPER FOLDS
192.
JUDITH:
(OFF MIC, A BIT OF EXCITEMENT) Hello there Mr.
Guma.
211.
GUMA:
Judith, this is very sad.
212.
JUDITH:
Since I read it I feel so guilty that I rejected that girl.
193.
GUMA:
(GLADLY) Oh, Judith it’s been a while. How are you?
213.
GUMA:
194.
JUDITH:
My dear I am fine. And you?
That girl has suffered. I understand she was beaten by the
women in the market because of Solomon.
195.
GUMA:
Fine, fine, no complaints.
214.
JUDITH:
And how silly is that?
196.
JUDITH:
Surely I can see. (AMUSED, TEASINGLY) You have gained
some kilos/
215.
GUMA:
The girl’s poor life is now in danger.
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JUDITH:
197.
GUMA:
/LAUGHING/
The way I see it Don, Rock Point is a dangerous place for
Lillian.
198.
JUDITH:
/What are you eating these days the rest of us don’t know
about?
217.
GUMA:
(AS A MATTER OF FACT) Can you imagine? Lillian is just
a girl.
199.
GUMA:
(JOKINGLY) It must be the peace of mind.
218.
JUDITH:
Just to think that this could happen to my own Rebecca.
200.
JUDITH:
(AMUSED) The way you pose!
219.
GUMA:
Thank God its not.
201.
GUMA:
My dear if I don’t toot my own horn, who will do it for me?
(BOTH LAUGH OUT THE CORDIALITY) So where are
you heading?
220.
JUDITH:
Nevertheless Guma, I have to take it upon myself to do
more than sympathize.
221.
GUMA:
What do you mean?
202.
JUDITH:
Actually, I have specifically come to see you Don.
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222.
JUDITH:
Am going to take this very personally to help Lillian and
anyone in similar trouble.
241.
SOLOMON:
Yah!
242.
ELDER:
Hm! It’s such along journey, not so?
243.
SOLOMON:
Yes it is.
244.
ELDER:
Especially when all the anxiety is on your mind. Wanting to
find out what exactly is wrong with my daughter.
223.
GUMA:
(IMPRESSED BUT TEASINGLY) Judith, you are always
the one with a cause
224.
JUDITH:
Something has to be done.
225.
GUMA:
So how do you intend to carry out your mission?
226.
JUDITH:
You remember the play I told you about? Lillian wrote it
about her involvement with you know who. I want it to be
performed.
245.
SOLOMON:
Hmm!
246.
ELDER:
I wonder what the problem is!
227.
GUMA:
In what way?
247.
(SOLOMON IS ABSENT MINDED.DOESN’T RESPOND)
228.
JUDITH:
Of course in a way that will be tackling the problem young
people like Lillian face and how people in Rock Point are
ignoring this situation.
248.
ELDER:
Why are you so quiet Solomon? You look absentminded.
249.
SOLOMON:
Nothing Elder.
229.
GUMA:
(SKEPTICALLY) Ha, Judith, I still don’t know how that
will work out.
250.
ELDER:
(CONCERNED) It’s a bad thing to keep quiet about issues
disturbing you.
230.
JUDITH:
Guma, people in Rock Point like watching plays
251.
SOLOMON:
Nothing at all is bothering me.
231.
GUMA:
Judith this is very good and knowing the sort of place Rock
Point is, it takes guts.
252.
ELDER:
Okay, but know that lying is even worse.
253.
SOLOMON:
I wouldn’t lie to you Elder.
232.
JUDITH:
That’s for sure.
254.
ELDER:
233.
GUMA:
You know what I’ll do? I will help in organizing the play
outside the school.
The more you lie about something; the more lies you have to
dig up to cover the principle lie.
255.
SOLOMON:
But I didn’t say anything.
234.
JUDITH:
What about doing a radio program?
256.
ELDER:
235.
END.
Yes, the more you keep quiet about issues disturbing you,
the more they make you almost burst
236.
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238.
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SCENE 7 (Sol. 5.11)
Location: Int. Solo’s car, on the road, moving. Day.
B/G SFX: The truck moving
ELDER, SOLOMON
257.
SOLOMON:
So what are you suggesting?
258.
ELDER:
Its good to open up to people that you trust. Don’t you trust
me Solomon?
240.
ELDER:
259.
SOLOMON:
I don’t know, Elder.
Are we about to reach Rock Point Solomon?
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260.
ELDER:
(CLEARS THROAT) What you are going through once
occurred to me?
277.
SOLOMON:
Nothing.
278.
ELDER:
(AGHAST) Why did you have to lie. What happened?
261.
SOLOMON:
I’m not going through anything.
279.
SOLOMON:
She was beaten up by women at the market.
262.
ELDER:
You might not admit but I’ve been through such moments
when fear took control of me.
280.
ELDER:
For what?
263.
SOLOMON:
Fear? I didn’t say anything like fear.
281.
SOLOMON:
(REGRETFULLY) It was my entire fault.
264.
ELDER:
You will never feel relieved unless you spit out something
hurting you.
282.
ELDER:
How, Solomon?
265.
SOLOMON:
Sure?
283.
SOLOMON:
I’ve put her through a lot of problems ever since I mistook
my lust for love, for Lillian.
266.
ELDER:
I speak from experience, Solomon!
284.
ELDERS:
267.
SOLOMON:
(CONFESSES) You’re right Elder! There are something’s
disturbing me
(SHOCKED) Don’t tell me you were using our little girl,
Solomon!
285.
SOLOMON:
(ASHAMED) I didn’t know what I was doing, Elder.
268.
ELDER:
(PERSUASIVELY) A problem shared is half solved,
Solomon.
286.
ELDER:
What is it that you did to her?
287.
SOLOMON:
The market women accused her of being a husband
snatcher.
288.
ELDER:
Whose husband did she snatch?
289.
SOLOMON:
I brought Lillian in my house to protect and help her but I
ended up falling in love with her and abusing her.
290.
ELDER:
What?!
291.
SOLOMON:
That affair has ruined my life, my marriage and my status
in Rock Point. And I am really sorry elder.
292.
ELDER:
(HORRIFIED) This is abomination. How could you,
Solomon.
293.
END
269.
SOLOMON:
All along I’ve been lying to you especially about Lillian!
270.
ELDER:
What?!
271.
SOLOMON:
(APOLOGETICALLY) I’ve told a heap of lies ever since I
reached the village.
272.
ELDER:
Be honest with me Solomon, is Lillian alive?
273.
SOLOMON:
Yes, she’s alive Elder.
274.
ELDER:
Maybe she’s dead and you are just trying to say it in a nicer
way.
275.
SOLOMON:
No Lillian is alive.
276.
ELDER:
So then what did you lie to us apart from Lillian’s health?
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Scene 8 (R5 13)
Location: Garage.
B/G SFX: Usual garage sounds
Robert and Jack
312.
JACK:
(FEELS OFFENDED BUT CALMLY REPLIES) You are
entitled to your opinion Robert.
313.
ROBERT:
You can never be counted among ‘real men’ because you
don’t act like one, Jack!
298.
JACK:
Monday says that you should fix the Pick up’s tyre before
the owner returns, Robert.
314.
JACK:
How do real men behave?
299.
ROBERT:
(BORED) Anything else, Jack?
315.
ROBERT:
(BRAGS) They must have women. Many women my friend.
300.
JACK:
Yes, there are some girls who came looking for you.
316.
JACK:
How does that make you a real man?
301.
ROBERT:
(CURIOUS) Who were they?
317.
ROBERT:
I have authority over them. They are at my mercy.
302.
JACK:
I don’t know them but whoever they are they didn’t look
very serious people.
318.
JACK:
(DISBELIEF) And that makes you feel like a man…
319.
ROBERT:
303.
ROBERT:
What do you mean, Jack?
Yah! I must explore life with women. That’s what I’m
entitled to do.
304.
JACK:
(GIGGLES) They seemed not to be serious with life. The
way they were dressed…hmm!
320.
JACK:
You are mistaken my friend Robert!
321.
ROBERT:
You’re jealous! (LAUGHS)
305.
ROBERT:
(OFFENDED) You have no right to speak negatively about
my girls, Jack.
322.
JACK:
Not at all. A real man attracts real women. Women who
respect a man who treats them with respect. A responsible,
hardworking man.
323.
ROBERT:
Can you have all the women round you if you are not
responsible and hardworking
306.
JACK:
It was just an observation. Sorry if it offended you, but take
care all the same Robert.
307.
ROBERT:
Why is it that everyone thinks that I can’t take care of my
self?
324.
JACK:
Well, you must be able to listen to others.
308.
JACK:
You can’t hang out with such ladies and hope that society
won’t belittle you.
325.
ROBERT:
All that is woman talk, Jack!
309.
ROBERT:
You can’t judge a person from the way they dress!
326.
JACK:
Call it anything as long as it’s the truth, Robert.
310.
JACK:
You are putting your life at risk. The other day you spent
the whole night in the car drinking with …I don’t know
who…now…/
327.
ROBERT:
(TEASES) Have you ever had sex Jack?
328.
JACK:
Why do you want to know?
/(SCORNFULLY) You also think like all the rock point
women!
329.
ROBERT:
By the look of things you must be a virgin.
311.
ROBERT:
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330.
JACK:
(CONFIDENTLY) And what if I am? What’s wrong with
that!
331.
ROBERT:
(LAUGHS) I have wasted my time. What do you know
about manhood?
332.
JACK:
More than you think Robert!
333.
END
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