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A Tense Reunion and Threatening Intentions
Martin
Hello, princess. It's wonderful to see ya...alive. That's the first touch after so long apart. Have you been thinking of it too?
Ben
Sara? Are you there?
[from outside]
Laura
No...
Martin
I'll kill him.
Ben
Can you hear me?
Laura
Just a second.
Ben
Hi.
[through the screened door]
Laura
Hi.
Ben
It's tomorrow. 12:01. I couldn't wait.
Laura
Ben, I'm just so tired.
Ben
Still spooked by ghosts, huh?
Laura
They're all around me.
Ben
How about I come in?
Laura
It's really not a good time, OK?
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Balancing Work and Home Responsibilities
Laura
Mrs. Clark called from the library. She said they could use me full time now.
Martin
You already work three mornings a week, and I support that because I know your love of books. What about our home? Don't you love our home as much?
Laura
Has your dinner been late to the table even once?
Martin
Oh, I can remember not so far back it was late. By two days.
Laura
That was six months ago. My mother was all I had. I'll never forgive myself for not bringing her to live with us.
Martin
You shouldn't beat yourself up. You always treated her with love.
Laura
She died, Martin. How could I not go to her funeral?
Martin
If you had told me, I would have taken you, given me a chance to pay my last respects. But you sneaked off inexplicably.
Laura
I didn't sneak off.
Martin
Need I remind you how I worried?
Laura
No. You reminded me enough the night I came back.
Martin
You're not suggesting I enjoyed that?
Laura
God, no. That would make you a monster.
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Obsessive Love and Control
Martin Burney
There's the telephone. You could call the police. I know your every thought, Laura. You're wondering if they can protect you. Who knows? They may issue an order instructing me to stay away from my own wife. Nothing can keep me away. I love you, Laura. I can't live without you. And I won't let you live without me.
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An Overlooked Encounter in Town
Ben
I saw you in town yesterday. You were going into Walgreens.
Laura
Oh, yeah?
Ben
Yeah. I called out your name. You didn't even blink.
Laura
Maybe I didn't hear you.
Ben
Your name isn't Sara Waters, is it?
Laura
Maybe I didn't hear you.
Ben
No, you heard me. Look, I know this is crazy. I hardly know you really, but...I like you. I do. I just...I don't know how to feel what I'm feeling when I don't even know your name.
Laura
People never really know each other, Ben.
Ben
It doesn't have to be that way. Give it a chance.
Laura
I can't. I'm sorry.
Ben
What are you afraid of?
Laura
What is it with men?
Ben
Don't do that. Look, I gotta know. We're either honest with each other or it doesn't happen. It just stops right here.
Laura
It never started.
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Confrontation Over a Relationship's Worth
Martin
He doesn't matter. He's nothing, Laura. Nothing.
Ben
Fuck you.
Martin
What's his name?
Laura
Ben. Martin, he...
Martin
He doesn't have anything to do with us, does he, princess? Does he?
Laura
No.
Martin
Remember our honeymoon. The night I taught you to dance. Of course you haven't forgotten. You said those were the happiest days of your whole life. Remember this? This is yours, Laura. We are one. We will always be one. Nothing can keep us apart.
[holds up her wedding ring]
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Caring for Family in Difficult Times
Woman
You visitin out here?
Laura
My mom's by herself in a nursing home. She's blind and can't move her left side very well. She had a stroke.
Woman
I'm sorry to hear that. You live back East?
Laura
I was visiting an old friend. She needed me.
Woman
Sick, was she? Course, it's none of my business.
[pause]
Laura
She left her husband. He was a horrible man. He used to beat her.
Woman
No!
Laura
It started right after their honeymoon. At first he was charming, tender. But it all changed. He said if she left him he would punish her, and he meant it. His punishments were terrible. He would never let her go. Said he could find her anywhere.
Woman
Couldn't she call the police?
Laura
Well, she did. She called them, and a lawyer too. They said she could make a citizen's arrest, get a restraining order. It was pathetic.
Woman
Well, how did she leave?
Laura
She risked everything. Escaped. Started a new life.
Woman
Brave girl.
Laura
She thinks she's a coward.
Woman
A coward? Not a girl like that.
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Transformation Through Darkness and Fear
Laura Burney
That was the night that I died, and someone else was saved. Someone who was afraid of water, but learned to swim. Someone who knew there would be one moment, where he wouldn't be watching. Someone who knew that the darkness of the broken lights would show the way.
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A New Identity to Escape Danger
Taglines
She is a stranger in a small town. She changed her name. Her looks. Her life. All to escape the most dangerous man she's ever met. Her husband.
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A Urgent Call After a Life-Changing Event
Laura Burney
Come quickly. I've just killed an intruder.
[on phone with the police, with gun aimed at Martin]
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Unexpected Call Reveals Connection to Martin's Wife
Secretary
Mr. Burney? You have a call.
Martin
I told you to hold my calls.
Secretary
I know. But she says she knew your wife.
Martin
Put her through. Hello?
Vanessa
Hello, Mr. Burney. My name is Vanessa Shelley.
Martin
Yes?
Vanessa
I hope I'm not disturbing you. I just heard about Laura, and I wanted to call and tell you how much we'll miss her.
Martin
Thank you. How did you know her?
Vanessa
From the YWCA.
Martin
No, you must be speaking of someone else. My wife never went to the YWCA.
Vanessa
No. No, we took swimming there Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 9 am.
Martin
Look, there's obviously some mistake. My wife drowned. She couldn't swim.
Vanessa
Well, at first she couldn't. But she became a good swimmer.
Martin
I'm sure you have the wrong woman.
Vanessa
This is odd. Mr. Burney, your wife studied gymnastics, didn't she?
Martin
No, my wife never studied gymnastics.
Vanessa
That's strange. She told us that's how she got all those terrible bruises. Mr. Burney, I don't understand it. I'm sorry if I've bothered you. This is just so confu...
Martin
Shit. Shit!
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Self-Defense Defined: A Moral Distinction
Taglines
Self-Defense is not murder
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Embrace Opportunities Without Hesitation
Martin Burney
Take that chance.
[last words]
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