Thursday, May 9, 2024

scene 29

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INT. BEDROOM - DAY

Wall to wall carpet. Stuffed seal on queen bed near second-floor window to grassy hill and peak that is the small mountain Cerro San Luis Obispo. Lamp and old-school pink princess phone on nightstand. Dresser drawers with mirror. Surfboard, snowboard and swim fins in a corner. Dumbbells and weighted softball bat in another.

Bookshelf with trophies on top and three plaques above them on the wall. Surf poster (tbd), P.J. Harvey poster (tbd), framed Mammoth Mountain trail map, framed poster-sized umpire's POV photograph of Chloe in softball uniform, on the mound and ready to pitch. GO SLO street sign in mustard and forest-green.

Open doors to hallway, bathroom, walk-in closet. Two-seat couch. Computer shares desk with printer, headphones, lamp, and three framed photographs aimed at the swivel chair. 

In one, Chloe, Jan and John, smile at the camera from where they sit on the rail of a sailboat on a calm sea, tropical island behind them. Between the boat and the island a pod of dolphins are captured in their crossing.

In another, Hunter and Chloe smile at the camera from where they stand in a hot-air balloon high above the Albuquerque area, Sandia Mountains behind them.

In the last, Barbara and Chloe smile at the camera from where they stand near two kayaks on the beach where it meets a calm stretch of green river. The canyon wall on the other side rises out of frame.

Barbara - running shoes, knee-length shorts, UCSB SWIM tee - enters with a framed photograph she sets on the desk, arranging it with the other three. She stands back to look at the photograph of Tom and Chloe smiling at the camera from where they sit on their horses on a ridgeline, Sierra Blanca Peak large behind them. She leaves the room after closing the walk-in closet door.