MALCOLM
(beat)
Possibly a teacher, neighbor.
(beat)
I don't think it's the mother.
Just a gut thing. The way she
deals with him. It doesn't fit.
(beat)
Hard to say this early. Could
just be a child climbing a lot of
trees.
Malcolm loses himself in his thoughts. The waiter drops off the
check on the table. Anna grabs it before Malcolm and quickly
signs it.
MALCOLM
I know I've been kind of out of it
for a long while and you resent it.
You do. I know you're mad. I know
it's put some distance between us.
Beat.
MALCOLM
But I'm getting a second chance
here. I can't let it slip away.
Anna waits till he's done and rises from the table. She pushes
her chair in hard and walks away without a word. Malcolm sits
alone and stares at the piece of cake with a candle on it.
MALCOLM
(soft)
...Happy Anniversary.
CUT TO:
EXT. FRONT STEPS - AFTERNOON
Cole is seated on the front stoop of his brownstone. On the
steps and on the landing are his plastic soldiers in the grips of
a war.
Malcolm sits with his bag and overcoat on the step next to him.
Malcolm just observes quietly. Beat.
Cole glances up as he plays. Sees Malcolm's expression.
COLE
You want to ask me a question?
MALCOLM
See, this is why I lose at poker.
Yes, I do have a question.
On the step are two rows of soldiers facing each other. To one
side are a couple soldiers covered by a tissue. Malcolm points
to them.
MALCOLM
What happened to those two? Being
under tissue paper can't be a good
thing.
Cole removes the tissue.
COLE
That's Private Jenkins and Private
Kinney. They got killed. Private
Jenkins has a baby girl that was
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