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Post by Ginne on Feb 24, 2004 22:57:39 GMT -5
LSP
Nick is in his office (which he now shares with Emily due to shortage of space) when Emily comes in to use the phone. As she perches on the edge of the desk and starts making calls, Nick leaves.
In the main area, Laurie comes in and says the O’Roarks have agreed to take Philip back.
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Post by Ginne on Feb 24, 2004 23:00:51 GMT -5
Diner
Shannon and Burton are having dinner. Shannon is arguing that she wants to stay at Thurman, and that she thinks she can do better if she just tries harder. She says she’s going to re-take a math test the next day, which concerns Burton. He gives her a basic fractions/decimals problem to solve, but she can’t.
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Post by Ginne on Feb 24, 2004 23:04:29 GMT -5
Burton’s house, outside
Burton goes to get out of the car, but Shannon fusses, wanting to see a movie as he promised. Burton is clearly weary of the arguments, and insists that she get out. She refuses, but he gets out and heads to the door. As this has been happening, you can see two shadows on the window shades of the house.
Burton surprises the burglars, who hit him over the head and flee. Shannon sits in the car the whole time looking distressed and unhappy.
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Post by Ginne on Feb 24, 2004 23:06:02 GMT -5
Hospital
Burton is lying on a gurney as Nick rushes in. Burton explains that Roy and one of his buddies were at the house trying to steal Anne’s jewelry.
Nick listens to this grimly. Burton asks him to take care of Shannon for the night, and Nick agrees. Burton has to stay in the hospital overnight because of a concussion.
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Post by Ginne on Feb 24, 2004 23:08:53 GMT -5
Nick’s house
Nick and Shannon come in the kitchen door. Once inside, Nick confronts Shannon about the robbery, asking how Roy knew about the jewelry.
Shannon confesses that she told him, that Roy needed money because of a bad business deal involving a load of makeup that turned out to be in weird colors.
Nick looks at her coldly and tells her to be ready to leave at 7 in the morning.
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Post by Ginne on Feb 24, 2004 23:10:24 GMT -5
Thurman Academy
As Nick pulls up to the school, Shannon apologizes. Nick just looks at her coldly and tells her to be back at his house right after school. She asks if he’s going to tell Burton, to which he doesn’t answer, just tells her to be at his house after school.
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Post by Ginne on Feb 24, 2004 23:12:49 GMT -5
Hospital
Nick tells Burton about Shannon, how she told Roy about the jewelry and then left the door open when they went out. Burton keeps saying that she’s just a child.
Nick asks what it is about her, why it is that Burton needs someone like her in his life right now. He pauses only a second, then tells Burton to call when he needs to be picked up, and leaves.
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Post by Ginne on Feb 24, 2004 23:15:11 GMT -5
A bit later, Shannon shows up. Burton wants to know why she isn’t in school. She asks if Nick told him, and Burton says yes. She apologizes again, but Burton tells her that he’s angry, very angry with her.
As the doctors come in to check on Burton, a miserable-looking Shannon goes out into the hall.
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Post by Ginne on Feb 24, 2004 23:17:11 GMT -5
LSP
Nick and Alvin get in the elevator together. Alvin is talking about how he’s spent the morning going around collecting the misprinted flyers that had been put up and how it gave him a great chance to talk to people (clearly Alvin is becoming obsessed).
Once in the office, Lulu tells Nick how incredible Emily is, how’s she’s finished up with this one difficult case, and tells Nick that she’s given Emily a couple of his cases. Nick says fine.
Nick goes in his office and takes a seat. Emily comes in and says she’s there to work, almost as if she expects Nick to leave. She then pulls up a chair and sits at the other side of the desk.
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Post by Ginne on Feb 24, 2004 23:20:26 GMT -5
Laurie shows up with Philip, who is wearing a bandage over his ear. She explains that Mrs. O’Roark is suffering from post-partum depression. She tried to hit Philip, and he ran outside in his bare feet to get away from her. She locked the doors on him, and he was picked up later by Children’s Services with frostbite on his face, hands, and feet (you can see the discoloration on his nose and cheeks).
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Post by Ginne on Feb 24, 2004 23:22:28 GMT -5
Hospital
Burton gets off the phone with Thurman Academy. He tells Nick that Shannon hasn’t been there all day, and that they say Nick called that morning and said Shannon wouldn’t be in. Nick grimly says he didn’t make a call.
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Post by Ginne on Feb 24, 2004 23:24:53 GMT -5
Burton’s house
A frantic Burton calls Shannon’s friends’ houses to see if they’ve seen her. None have. Nick offers to go look for her, but Burton doesn’t offer him any places to look. Then the police call to say they’ve found Roy, and that he has information as to where Shannon is.
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Post by Ginne on Feb 24, 2004 23:26:49 GMT -5
Police Station
Burton tells Nick that Roy wants to make a deal. Nick tries to talk him out of it, telling his father that Shannon ran away because of what she did and that she’ll be back when she wants something from him. Burton refuses to listen and tells Nick to go home.
Roy tells Burton that Shannon called him from Malcolm’s.
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Post by Ginne on Feb 24, 2004 23:27:43 GMT -5
Malcolm’s Studio
The police are there checking through everything. Neither Shannon nor Malcolm is there, but the police find photos of young girls in sexual poses. Burton checks and confirms that none of them are Shannon.
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Post by Ginne on Feb 24, 2004 23:28:46 GMT -5
Bar
Burton goes back to see Roy. He wants to know how Roy could let Shannon go someplace like Malcolm’s.
Roy defends Malcolm, saying he won’t hurt Shannon because he likes her. Burton is appalled, pointing out that Shannon is only 13.
Roy says that 13 may be a child in Burton’s world, but it’s different in his. He says he met Shannon’s mother when she was 14, and by the time she was 16 she had Shannon. Burton, highly upset with Roy, leaves.
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