EXT.

RAYETTE'S HOUSE - DA

(TAMMY WYNETTE'S "D-I-V-O-R-C-E" OVER:

ON BOBB

moving from his car, up the walkway and enterin

Rayette's house

INT. RAYETTE'S LIVING ROOM - DA

ON THE STERE

playing the above song

ON BOBB

looking from..

... a rumpled blanket on the couch, to..

... a can of beer and a lighted cigarette burnin

in an ashtray on the coffee table

BOBB
(calling out
Hello?

He crosses to a hall and moves down toward th

bedroom

BOBBY (CONT'D
You have the day off?

He steps into the doorway, to see

Rayette, lying in bed, her back against th

pillows, staring at the wall

BOBBY (CONT'D
Are you sick

No response

BOBBY (CONT'D
1
Y

 You heard about Elton, I guess

She turns her gaze to the window. He looks at he

briefly, then

BOBBY (CONT'D
Okay, I get your point

As he moves to the closet

BOBBY (CONT'D
Hope you didn't strain yourself
getting in here and into your pos
before I hit the door

He picks up a suitcase from the closet floor, grab

some of his clothes from the rack, and, moving to
chair, sets the suitcase on it and begins packing

BOBBY (CONT'D
I have to go home. My father'
sick

Rayette turns on her side, making a snorting soun

of disbelief

BOBBY (CONT'D
Yeah, it's very funny

He moves to a dresser, extracts his underwear an

returns to the suitcase

BOBBY (CONT'D
I'll be gone two or three weeks

RAYETT
(not looking at him
You'll be gone, period

He closes the suitecase, secures it..

BOBB
I'll try and call you from u
there

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 ... and picking it up, moves around the bed towar

the door. He stops, setting the suitcase on the be
and looking down at her

She is still faced away from him, her shoulder

trembling as she weeps soundlessly

BOBBY (CONT'D
(very emotional
Come on, DiPesto. I never told yo
it would work out to anything. Di
I

He looks away from her, to the window

BOBBY (CONT'D
I'll send you some money, that'
all I can do

Returning his gaze to her

BOBBY (CONT'D
And... I'll call you, like
said..
(he pauses, then
Bye, Ray

An audible sob finally comes from her. Bobb

quickly picks up the suitcase and moves out of th
bedroom and down the hall

EXT. RAYETTE'S HOUSE - DA

ON BOBBY'S CA

as he moves into view. He throws the suitcase i

through the rear window, moves around to th
driver's side and gets in

INT. BOBBY'S CAR - DA

He starts the motor, angrily throws it into gea

and places his hands on the wheel

3
?

INT. RAYETTE'S LIVING ROOM - DA

BOBBY'S HAND slashes at the arm of the recor

player, pulling it across the grooves and stiflin
Tammy Wynette

BOBB
Do you want to go with me, Ray

An audible sob finally comes from her. Bobb

quickly picks up the suitcase and moves out of th
bedroom and down the hall

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