Second-Hand Love (tentative title)

By Laura Hendricks Tharp

P A G E 1

Panel 1. At a funeral in a cemetery. A man (Evan) stands near a burial plot and further out he is surrounded by a group of people in a circle, obviously dressed to attend a funeral. The headstone is next to

CAP: “I’VE BEEN IN LOVE WITH YOU EVER SINCE THE DAY WE MET.”

P A G E 2

Panel 1. Shot of Evan from inside the grave. He is dropping a rose down.

CAP: I LOVE HEARING THAT. IT’S BEAUTIFUL AND IDEAL.

CAP: EVERYTHING I NEVER HAD.

Panel 2. A priest is preaching.

CAP: SEEDS OF LOVE ARE PLANTED AS SOON AS EYES MEET.

Panel 3. Evan is being comforted by a woman with dark hair and a mole on her cheek (Julia) who puts a hand on his shoulder.

CAP: DEVOTION BLOSSOMS INTO A GLORIOUS ROSE GARDEN

CAP: FLOURISHING IN THE EXPANSE OF THE GROUNDS SURROUNDING A BEAUTIFUL ESTATE

Panel 4. Shot of the crowd, looking devastated.

CAP: AND TENDED BY DELICATE, NURTURING HANDS.

Panel 5. Same shot from inside the grave, but slimmer. Evan is sprinkling dirt into the grave. The soil covers a portion of the shot.

Panel 6. Same shot as previous; soil covers the majority of the shot.

Panel 7. Same size as last two panels; black.

CAP: YOU KNOW,

P A G E 3

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CAP: I DON’T EVEN –REMEMBER- THE DAY WE MET.

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CAP: I JUST RECALL THE DAY I WAS FINALLY ABLE TO REMEMBER THE WISPY-HAIRED BRUNETTE’S NAME.

JULIA: MISSY AND… UH…

JULIA: (whispers to Lee) HEY, WHAT’S HIS NAME?

LEE: WHO?

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CAP: MISSY’S BOYFRIEND. THE GUY WHO DRIVES THE HONDA. THE QUIET ONE WITH THE SHY SMILE.

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RACHAEL: OH, THAT’S EVAN.

JULIA: EVAN.

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