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• The rain begins to turn to snow.


• EXT. DUPLEX – NIGHT


• Nicholas staggers up the steps of the duplex. All the lights are on on his and Penelope’s side. The other side is dark except for the light of a television in the front room.


• Nicholas’ neighbor Roberta Kleen sits on her side of the shared porch. She’s all bundled up.


• ROBERTA KLEEN
• I don’t find this chair comfortable at all.


• NICHOLAS FREDLAND
• Hey, Roberta.


• ROBERTA KLEEN
• It certainly has gotten cold.


• NICHOLAS FREDLAND
• (looking through the window)
• Yeah, is your husband watching one of his shows?


• ROBERTA KLEEN
• You have to bundle yourself up if you’re going to be out in this kind of weather.


• NICHOLAS FREDLAND
• It sure is cold.


• ROBERTA KLEEN
• I’ve still got a few more years in me.


• Nicholas realizes that the old woman isn’t paying attention to him.


• NICHOLAS FREDLAND
• Good talking to you.


• INT. DUPLEX – NIGHT


• Nicholas goes through the house and shuts off all the lights. No one else is home.


• INT. BEDROOM - NIGHT


• Nicholas is alone in bed. As he’s about to fall asleep, someone or something sneezes violently in the night, and he comes awake with a start.