You Can Count on Me
Chapter One
Chapter 1
fade in: int./ext. a car (moving). night.
The shifting lights from the odd passing car play over the faces of mr. and mrs. prescott, a pleasant-looking couple in their late thirties, dressed up for a night out. Mr. Prescott drives them along a dark hilly two-lane highway.
mrs. prescott
Why do they always put braces on teenage girls at the exact moment when they're the most self-conscious about their appearance?
Pause.
mr. prescott
I don't know.
up ahead, near the top of the oncoming hill, a red pickup truck is poking its nose out of the short exit lane.
mrs. prescott
Tom-
mr. prescott
I see him . . .
The pickup lurches into the road, with not nearly enough time to spare.
mrs. prescottmr. prescott
Tom!Jesus!
Mr. Prescott swerves over the double solid white line and clears the truck as-
Another pair of headlights from an oncoming truck rises up over the hill directly in front of them-
mrs. prescott (Screams)
Tom!
Mr. Prescott's foot stomps on the brake. We black out and there is the sound ... read full excerpt from: You Can Count on Me ebook
