AMELIA parks her CAR in front of her house, next to a MOVING TRUCK. The TRUCK DRIVER is standing at the door with a SHEET OF PAPER in his hand.

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1 1 EXT. THE FRONT OF S HOUSE - DAY parks her CAR in front of her house, next to a MOVING TRUCK. The TRUCK DRIVER is standing at the door with a SHEET OF PAPER in his hand. Yes? Can I help you? TRUCK DRIVER Yeah I ve got this stuff for you. Need you to sign. (yells at the truck) Mikey! Mikey you arse come on! We re unloading! Excuse me sir, there s been a mistake, I didn t order any delivery. TRUCK DRIVER Well the address is right stares at him sharply. MICKEY comes out of the TRUCK and stands next to it. TRUCK DRIVER Look lady, we ve been waiting here for half an hour! I ve got things to do, so don t make this hard. Make this hard? I don t even know what you re delivering! TRUCK DRIVER Furniture and stuff. Well it s not mine and i will not be held responsible for someone else s property. You better call whoever ordered you to come here. The TRUCK DRIVER shifts from one foot to another rapidly and throws his hands in the air. TRUCK DRIVER We re at the right place!

2 2. No, you re not! Now leave or I ll call the police! begins unlocking the door. TRUCK DRIVER What s your problem?! Lady, you better come to your sences, we ll be charging you extra for all this fuss! closes the door behind her. The TRUCK DRIVER walks away shaking his head. 2 INT. S FOYER - DAY puts her keys down and inhales deeply. She leans on a dresser with her eyes closed. Her breath is still rapid. She looks in the mirror and touches her forehead and cheeks. She opens her purse and takes out an empty medicine blister. Oh, shoot! She turns around, looks out the WINDOW, takes the keys and leaves the house. 3 EXT. FRONT OF A PHARMACY - DAY gets out of the car and goes up to the pharmacy. Out of the pharmacy comes MISTER FUNGUS carrying a SHOPPING BAG with the pharmacy s logo. Mister Fungus! MR FUNGUS Ah, the lady that didn t introduce herself. I thought I made you up. My apologies, the situation got out of hand. My name is Amelia Lewandowska. MR FUNGUS Oh, well I suppose that s nice.

3 3. You seem to be feeling a lot better. MR FUNGUS Better... I don t know. What did you buy at the drug store? MR FUNGUS Why I bought myself something to ease my "Weltschmerz". Seriously? MR FUNGUS I am going to have a grand life! With funny noses if I m lucky! Why can t you give me a single straight answer! Mister Fungus! Do you not see that there is clearly something wrong with you? MR FUNGUS With me? You re the one who lost her smile and hunts down other s. You re a wild wild amazon. Oh my, I m not imagining that! is stunned, MR FUNGUS passes her. MR FUNGUS That woman doesn t fit in here at all! That s it! turns around and goes back to her car. 4 INT. HOSPITAL CORRIDOR - DAY approaches a receptionist s window. She looks around inspecting her surroundings. At the reception sits a plumpish black-haired young woman with a big smile.

4 4. When sees, she recognises her with excitement - she opens her mouth, covers it with her hands. is also surprised, she smiles gently and lifts her eyebrows. Oh! Missis Lewandowska! Clara! They hug. You look perfect! points to her wrists. You can barely see the scars now. Inside and out! And all thanks to you. I ve told you a milion times, you did it all yourself, I was just there to help. You say so but I truly feel like I owe you my life. and go silent for a while, just looking at each other with joy. Oh, Clara... goes back behind the reception desk, sits down and pulls up a chair, showing to sit. You know, I ve heard some rummors that you don t work anymore. Bah...

5 5. smiles. So it s true? It is, yes. They say there s been a scandal, but they always say that. laughs nervously. They do, don t they. Well I tell them all that you are a saint! still smiles, her face goes stiff. But what brings you here? Is someone you know hospitalized? Acctualy I think you could help me. Do you know a mister Fungus? No. smiles. Well, he s been driven here by an ambulance last night with a sprained elbow. But he s been acting really strange, his friends are concerned and they asked me to look into his condition. Oh well, missis Lewandowska, you know the rules. I m wouldn t ask you to do anything illegal. I just think someone should make sure that his blood will be tested for drugs.

6 6. Oh, you are smart! I ve missed you! turns to the computer and types quickly. His blood was taken for an alcohol test. We do that in case there s trouble with the insurance. But as far as I know the sample should be sufficient for an additional test or two. looks at playfully. And I do know one or two open-minded doctors around here. You really have turned your life around. Oh I have turned around all right! Missis Lewandowska, consider it done! And you know what? I ll call you tomorrow if anything comes up. s face suddenly turns and she looks shocked. What is it? Oh, nothing, I just forgot that I was supposed to go to the pharmacy. 5 EXT. THE FRONT OF S HOUSE - SUNSET drives her car on the street. At her front lawn there is a PILE of FURNITURE and CARDBOARD CRATES. What on earth...? pulls over. At her door sit and a young couple, dressed colorfuly and modern. They stand, smile and goes to hug.

7 7. Missis Amelia! How nice to finally meet you! What...? Who are you people? We re your new tenants! Did you forget? What?! and laugh. That s a good one! But you re not fooling us! Miss Wattamore told us you re quite the prankster! Prankster! Will you both just wait a minute? Who is miss Wattamore? and look at each other smiling knowingly. She s your real estate agent. Wattamore... Wattamore... Trish Wattamore! But I haven t seen her since... Oh for crying out loud, you do have a cell phone don t you? Well... yes, of course. We were wondering why she never gave us your cell phone number... Will you just dial Trish s number? and stop smiling. gives the PHONE. walks a bit away.

8 8. 6 EXT. THE FRONT OF S HOUSE // INT. ALICIA S OFFICE - SUNDOWN is a woman that looks like she spends a lot of money on everything. Her hair is done, she has a strong full makeup and wears an expensive uncomfortable suit. There is a CALENDAR at the wall. Helloooo. This is Amelia Lewandowska. We ve met about six months ago at Rose s namesday party. Oh, Amelia! I was about to call you! I have great news. Oh, do you? Yes! You were probably very anxcious about renting out your ground floor, weren t you? Anyway it was a terrible drag to find you some tenants but as you know, a friend of Rose is my friend so I buckled down and... wait for it... I found them! Ekhm. Yes. Trish. How is it exactly that you thought I wanted to rent the floor out? Well it was obvious, wasn t it? I thought about it, but I never signed any papers, didn t give you any details. Oh, don t worry, I got it all from Robert! What?! How is that even possible?

9 9. I thought he discussed it with you. We don t talk! Anyway, Terry and Julie will want to move in next month so you better get started on some cleaning up, hahaha, you wouldn t want to make a bad impression of course. Next month? They are here! Now! leans back to look at the CALENDAR. Impossible! Oh wait. The numbers must have gotten mixed up. Well you ll just have to get a move on. What if I don t want to? Sorry dear, it s all been already paid for and everybody had good faith, so we have to go on with it. That s just ridiculus! You need my signature on the lease! Oh, well, I couldn t get a hold of you so I might have been a little... creative? Sorry. Listen, this will be good for you. Nothing like a little swimming in deep waters to open a new chapter in life! But... Honey, listen, I have to go, something extremely urgent just came up, I think there s a fire or maybe a bombardement. Call you later, bye!

10 10. hangs up the phone, takes a nail file and starts filing her nails. Oh, Trish, you perfect monster. 7 EXT. THE FRONT OF S HOUSE - SUNDOWN LATE sighs and goes back to and. Whatever miss Wattamore told you, you ll have to revise it. Oh. & First of all: I m not a prankster. Haven t pulled a single prank in my life. Oh. & looks at them, as if she was having an internal debate. Second of all, even if I wanted to let my ground floor, I can t. Oh. & Come on, I ll show you. 8 INT. S HOUSE, THE STUDY - NIGHT The study is a room filled with furniture, boxes, books, and junk, all dusty., and come in. Look. What is all this?

11 11. My ex-husbands stuff. It just stayed. and look around then they look at each other with concern. What will we do? We... I don t know. We can t go back to the city, the last train s already left. We ll have to find a place to spend the night. Kids, you don t have to go looking. You can spend the night here. But what about all this stuff. The bedroom on this floor is... Well, managable. It might take some time and I have no idea where I left my spare bed clothing... jumps with joy and hugs Thank you, thank you, thank you! First let s find something to secure your belongings. And let s hope no one will get interested in it! Missis Amelia, we are so sorry that we trouble you. Nonsense. But I am not comfortable with miss Wattamore forcing tenants on me. I will simply not have it,

12 12. so you will have to find some other place to stay in the morning. 9 INT. S HOUSE, KITCHEN, CORRIDOR, LIVING ROOM - DAY It s a sunny day. The corridors are empty. The living room is cluttered with junk and boxes. The kitchen is a mess. The insides are very tastefull. comes out of her bedroom. She s a mess, she clearly hasn t slept well. goes down the stairs. There s a rapid knock on the window. approaches the front door. is wiggling behind it. opens the door. I am so excited! You haven t even called me all day yesterday! It s a good thing I kept myself busy. I bumped into doctor Mervil in the shop. You know they had no oranges in the shop?! and go to the LIVING ROOM. Will you stop chattering at least till I have my coffee? I don t care about your oranges! Well you should. They re good for you. And doctor Mervil thinks that mister Fungus is gone bonkers. Gone bonkers in a week? Has anything happened to him? No. Well, we can t rule it out, but I m sceptical.

13 13. Oh, are you? I haven t had my coffee! Of course I m sceptical! Where is my cup? I know I left it here! picks her CUP up and they go into the KITCHEN. They have to pass a few doors on the way. I think we should talk to everybody! The police first of all! You know this might be some dreadfull business. Maybe somebody is trying to kill him! He is a wealthy man, so there s... A door opens right in front of and out comes. is stunned. Oh, hello ladies. Good morning. I m Terry Lansfield. A human? Errr... well I never met my father. Could be an alien. ignores and speaks to. There is a man here. He has no pants. Behind them another door opens and comes out in a short robe and with an orange beauty mask. There hasn t been a man in this house since... Hello. jumps up startled.

14 14. Jesus! Oh my god, I said "jesus"! Oh dear. Oh my. People! You re having people over! They all go to the KITCHEN Yes, I am. There s been a situation. You never even let me sleep over! Not even that time when we had wine! The PHONE rings. There are several receivers in the house. THEY all go into the KITCHEN, grabs cereal, puts the kettle on, stands there still shocked, grabs the PHONE. Hello, Amelia Lewandowska speaking. Oh, hi! sais "Aha" a couple of times, while others talk. This is unbelievable. You really slept here? Does she snore? Does she sleepwalk? I slept like a baby. Me to. I can t remember the last time I slept so well. There is something amazing about this house. I m so staying for the night. Maybe not today. And not tomorrow. Tuesday s also not good. Oh but I ll make it happen, you ll see. All right dear, thank you, you have a good day. hangs up. Everybody stares at her with anticipation.

15 It s barbiturates. He was drugged up to the eyeballs. 15.

RACHEL: Hi, my name is Rachel and this is my boyfriend Kyle! LOLA: (STARES AT KYLE IN A LOVEY DOVEY WAY) Hi, my name is Lola!

RACHEL: Hi, my name is Rachel and this is my boyfriend Kyle! LOLA: (STARES AT KYLE IN A LOVEY DOVEY WAY) Hi, my name is Lola! 1 INTERIOR: INSIDE APARTMENT IN THE MORNING Lola is busy putting away records on the shelf in the living room which has a recliner, a coffee table, and a flat 65-inch television. Rachel walks in with her