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| Nate | May 25 2013, 10:10 PM Post #1 |
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All scenes today will take place at the Harper mansion where everyone confronts Erica on her bitchy attitude. Scene One: Outside the Harper Mansion. Patricia glares at Erica. ERICA: May I ask what the hell do you think you're doing? PATRICIA: For once in your life, you will be facing up to your sins. All you have done of late is make life hell for everyone. ERICA: I am only thinking of the family, or is that a crime anymore? PATRICIA: Your actions lead me to think otherwise. ERICA: Please! I have several meetings to attend to today, and you are bringing me here for a family fight?! You are pathetic! PATRICIA: I can't believe you said that! ERICA: And I will say it again, Pathetic! PATRICIA: You get in there! (Patricia strongarms Erica into the mansion, where her family all shoot glares at her) Scene Two: Michael and Wendy MICHAEL: First of all, I have to say, I am very angry with you. Don't think I don't know what you did, because I do. ERICA: If it's about that slut... MICHAEL: Natalya had been raped! She had nobody to help her, she was estranged from her family, and she had nobody to turn to. Maybe her methods were wrong, I will grant you that, but she needed help. ERICA: She used rohypnol! MICHAEL: What happened, happened! She needed someone to help her with a baby. But now, she has left. I am pleased that Wendy is back in my life, but Natalya needed help, and what did you do? You made life for her miserable! ERICA: She was a money-grubbing slut! WENDY: Now, you stop it! Natalya Ashton was no saint, I will admit. But once Michael explained what had happened, and why she did it, I understood. ERICA: I don't recall you having a say in ANYTHING here! MICHAEL: You don't speak to my girlfriend in that tone of voice! ERICA: She is an outsider! Shelby will always be your wife! MICHAEL: Shelby is DEAD! She is gone, she will never come back! You need to get over this irrationality! ERICA: I don't have to take this! MICHAEL: You are going to take it! ERICA: You make me sick! MICHAEL: You are perhaps the most vile excuse for a woman that I have ever seen. I can't even believe that you are my younger sister! ERICA: I have to get going. MICHAEL: No you don't. ERICA: You can't tell me what to do! MICHAEL: Not until you hear what we have to say! (Michael and Wendy step back; Hannah descends down the stairs) Scene Two: Hannah. Hannah enters the room and shoots daggers at Erica. Sheila rushes over to her. SHEILA (concerned): Hannah, are you all right? Where's Maggie? HANNAH: Maggie is fine. She's in the nursery, so she doesn't have to hear what I have to say to Auntie Erica! ERICA: I am doing this for your benefit! HANNAH: Bull! You don't care who you hurt, just so SOMEONE is hurt! ERICA: I think that a baby should thrive under the care of her mother and father. And I really think this baby will crimp your life, and I really think that her father should have custody! HANNAH: I don't buy that, and you know it! Nigel, yes, I know what you are trying to pull, is in JAIL! For murder, and you think I am going to just blindly sign my parental rights over to a convicted murderer?! Never mind the fact that he had, on YOUR orders, murdered my cousin, your OWN nephew, and for WHAT? I will tell you right now, 'Auntie', that your dirty scheme did not work! ERICA: I told Nigel that I would take care of it if you didn't sign over full custody of Maggie to him! HANNAH: I will sign over custody of my daughter when we're all busy ice skating in hell! ERICA: I will use what power I have to have you declared unfit! HANNAH (furiously): If you do, Erica, I swear, I will go to court and tell them what you are trying to do! You truly are a selfish individual! (With that, a furious Hannah slaps Erica across the face, before bursting into tears. Sheila leads her cousin to the sofa, where Velda brings in some tea to calm her down.) Scene Three: Dylan, Audra and Alex. DYLAN: I always admired you, Erica. Your capacity to work hard, despite what you have been through. But now, I can't admire you anymore. What you tried to do to me and Alex was underhanded, and despicable. ERICA: If you would only let me explain... ALEX: What kind of explaination IS there? What you did to Chris was bad enough. But what you did to me and Dylan was beyond horrible! Dylan and I have been together a long time, is there NOTHING so despicable that you wouldn't do to achieve your ends?! ERICA: You are an outsider! DYLAN (sarcastically): Funny how you don't classify Nigel as a so-called 'outsider'! ERICA: Nigel has BREEDING! AUDRA: That has nothing to do with it, and you know it! ERICA: Shut up! AUDRA: NO! For once in my life, I am going to stand up to you! You think you know what is best for this family, well, I have a news flash for you! You DON'T! ERICA: I said shut up! DYLAN: No, Erica! YOU shut up! You will hear the hard facts about things, and you are going to take them! And don't think I don't know what you did to me! Trying to question my being a Harper! How DARE you. You ought to know better than that! ERICA: You are more Whitehead than Harper! ALEX: Do not EVER tell my boyfriend that he is not a Harper! He was born a Harper and you damn well know it! ERICA: Prove it! DYLAN: You really are a sadistic vicious bitch! ERICA: I am going, and you can't stop me! AUDRA: You aren't setting foot outside of this house until we've had our say! (Dylan and Alex shoot daggers at Erica, who is unconcerned. Like her cousin Hannah had, Audra rears back and slaps Erica across the face) Scene Four: Anyssa. Anyssa steps out of the family and glares at Erica. ANYSSA: Ever since I was adopted into this family, I have never thought I would see someone as cold hearted and cold blooded as you are. ERICA: Oh, joy! Another county heard from! ANYSSA: You are a monster! Sometimes, I can't believe that someone like you could be so vicious! ERICA: It comes with practice! ANYSSA: Don't you DARE be flip with me, lady! You think this is a JOKE? ERICA: You treat me with respect! ANYSSA: You listen to me! In order to get respect, you GIVE respect. You've not shown ANYONE in this family ANY respect whatsoever! ERICA: Power begets respect! ANYSSA: Please! Power only can corrupt if used wrongly! And you've become so corrupted that it's shameful! ERICA: How dare you call me corrupt! ANYSSA: You are poison, Erica. Anything you touch, you kill. Nobody is safe from your toxic attitude. I pity you! I truly do! (Anyssa looks at her aunt with a cold glare, and then goes and sits next to her husband.) Scene Five: Michelle. MICHELLE: I remember one Christmas when we were kids. Veronica had received a beautiful Madame Alexander doll. She cherished it for most of her life. Samantha got a lovely Raggedy Ann doll. My sisters cherished those dolls, and you never took one blind bit of notice to that. While Veronica was at school one day, you took her doll, that beautiful doll that Mother had bought for her, and broke it! You smashed the face, and you were possessed by a jealous rage! ERICA: Veronica couldn't take care of it. (In phony concern) Mother was SO disappointed! MICHELLE: No, Erica! Mother soon found out that YOU had broken it! Veronica cried for days and days! ERICA: Is that all the good you can do, Michelle, rehash old crimes?! MICHELLE: No! This time you are being called to account for what you did! Your jealousy festered well into adulthood. You have always resented that Michael and I were close; as are Jason and Aaron. Hell, even Veronica and Samantha have a bond, and they aren't even TWINS! You always tried to interfere with things we were doing. ERICA: That is neither here or there. MICHELLE: No, it's not. You have made some decisions that have been detrimental to this family. Your constant hounding of Natalya; your vile attempts to take Hannah's baby away from her; your attempt to break up Dylan and Alex; and what you did to my son, by killing him! After having that damned Nigel break him and Bill up! ERICA: Nothing personal, it's just business! MICHELLE: You are sick, Erica! Absolutely SICK! (Like her daughter and niece before her, Michelle slaps Erica hard across the face, and then goes to her twin brother, who holds her while she sobs) (Voice of Megan Ward: "Harpers Falls: A New Beginning will continue in a moment, here on ONtv.") Scene Six: Rosemary and Mark. ROSEMARY: Winthrop Harper discovered the falls here; our family nurtured this town, and you were the Harper that sold us out of this town. Does that sound familiar to you, Erica? ERICA: What are you blathering about? ROSEMARY: I did some research on you. I found out that NONE of the Harpers wanted Harpers Falls to be annexed into Brockton, except YOU! ERICA: That is a lie. The vote was unanimous. ROSEMARY (thrusting some papers at her): Read the highlighted passages! ERICA: Such histrionics! You should take care of yourself, Rose. Don't want to cause any undue stress! MICHAEL: I will look at them, honey. (He examines the papers, a look of fury crosses his face) ERICA: All this fuss! This is boring me! ROSEMARY: Daddy? What do you think? MICHAEL: Honey, you relax. I will take over on this one, ok? You shouldn't be stressed. Velda, see that Rosemary goes to her room. VELDA (glaring at Erica): I will, sir. (to Rosemary) Come on, dearest. I will get you to your room. Mark will be up later. MICHAEL: Don't worry, sweetheart, you did what you needed to, and I am not mad at you. (Velda leads Rosemary up to her room) MARK: Care to explain this? ERICA: Am I talking to you?! MICHAEL: Mark is Rosemary's husband and he certainly DOES have a right to say what he has to. (Michael passes the papers to Mark, who becomes infuriated) MARK: You TRIED to sell this town out to the highest BIDDER?! MICHAEL: And on a more personal note, you tried to have Rosemary sell her unborn child on the black market?! ERICA: I am SO tired of all these hangers-on in this family! MARK: Well, get used to it, we're here to stay! MICHAEL: I am going to give these to Aunt Patricia, and we'll see what SHE has to say! (Erica looks ill as Michael gives the papers to Patricia) Scene Seven: Sheila and Allen SHEILA: If these papers show that you tried to sell out this town, then I wouldn't want to be around when they catch you! ERICA: What the hell do you think I did that was so wrong?! SHEILA: You think only of yourself! Have you NOT even heard a thing we've been saying all day?! ALLEN: Your actions are harming this family, and all in it. ERICA: I am so SICK of these outsiders piping their opinions! This is HARPER family business! SHEILA: Allen is MY husband! And I will thank you to respect him! ERICA: When will you all respect ME? SHEILA: What respect?! You've never shown an ounce of respect to anyone else. Why should WE respect you, because you demand it?! ERICA: I am your elder! SHEILA (amused): Oh my GOD! I feel like I am in kindergarten again! My god, being lectured on respect by someone who has NO respect whatsoever! (Everyone laughs) ERICA: Damn it, you! I am going to... SHEILA (angrily, all trace of amusement gone): You lay ONE hand on me, Erica, and I will have you locked up! ERICA: I am not going to take this....this....abuse! All I did is think of this family! SHEILA: Wrong! All you care about is yourself! If you cared about this family, like you so nobly claim you do, then you would not have had my brother killed! ERICA: As I said to your mother, nothing personal, it's just business! SHEILA: You BITCH! (Enraged, Sheila, like her mother, sister and cousin before her, slaps Erica hard in the face. She and Allen storm over to the table where the rest are looking at the papers that Rosemary had given her father.) Scene Eight: Interim. Everyone has had their say. Erica is isolated from the family. The rest of the family are looking over the papers that Rosemary had given them. Some angry glares are shot at Erica. Velda comes in, and throws two envelopes at Erica. VELDA: Read them! ERICA: Don't you give me orders! VELDA: I am as much family here as you think you are, madame, and I am not going to stand for your snide remarks. Read those letters. ERICA: Who are they from? VELDA: Your kids! Mark and Joanna! (Velda storms off) (Erica reads letters from her children. The letters are simple and to the point.) MARK (via letter): Erica (no way in HELL are you fit to be called Mother): I want nothing more to do with you. After finding out what you did to the family by what you did to Chris, I don't think you are entitled to be a part of this family! You are not a mother to me you are a stranger. Do not contact me, I will not pick up the phone, answer your mail, or even open the door to you! You are not my mother, you are a vicious stranger. Mark. (Erica crumples the letter and casually throws it. She looks at Joanna's letter) JOANNA (via letter): Your despicable actions of the past few months have made you more of a liability than an asset here! I want NOTHING more to do with you. Aunt Michelle is more of a mother to me than you are! I hate you! Because of your lies and deceit and treachery, you have put this family in a bind. One that can be fixed, and with some help, can good will be restored. You are a vile wicked woman, and if it is true that you nearly sold the Harpers out for a high bid, then you are more despicable than I ever thought! Don't EVER contact me! Like I am sure Mark will say, Don't even try to contact me, because I will NOT answer! Joanna (Erica, as she had before, crumpled the letter and casually tosses it away.) Scene Nine: Aunt Patricia. PATRICIA: You have clearly seen all your disastrous plans go up in smoke. Your recklessness has never been more evident than now. ERICA: Do you think I am afraid of you?! PATRICIA: You are a disgusting piece of vermin, Erica! It's no wonder that NONE of your children want to see you. They don't want to be around you, and I, for one, don't blame them! ERICA: I am going to have my say now! I can't believe that you lot did this to me! I am protecting this family, and you people don't get it! PATRICIA: If you are protecting this family, then why in the hell did you go to the Brockton City Council and tried to sell the Harper Estate for half a billion dollars?! (The silence is deadly. Everyone looks at Erica with contempt) DYLAN: You tried to make us ALL homeless?! MICHELLE: You tried to sell our land to the city! ANYSSA: For what?! MICHAEL (looking at the papers): A landfill! ERICA: What can I say? It's business! SHEILA: You BITCH! ANYSSA: You make me SICK! (Erica smiles. Until Patricia comes up to her, and without blinking, SLAPS her hard!) Scene Ten: The Denouement. PATRICIA: You have ONE hour. You get whatever you have in this mansion and get OUT of this house. You ever show your face on this property again, and you will be arrested for criminal trespass! ERICA: You don't mean this! You are BANISHING me from my home?! PATRICIA: You tried to sell this home, this home you say you cherish, and tried to turn it into a landfill! You don't care what you do to hurt someone, so long as it profits you! You are disgusting! You care nothing about this family. All you care about is you! And your selfishness nearly cost us this estate, and this land! YOU did this, not us! ERICA: I don't believe this. You are ALL in agreement on this?! SHEILA: Ironic, isn't it? You tried to throw us off our land, and you go and end up getting thrown off the grounds. DYLAN (loading the sarcasm): It's unanimous. MICHELLE: Nothing personal, sis. It's just business. ALEX: By your own words you are destroyed! (Everyone walks out in disgust) PATRICIA: One HOUR! And none of us want to see your face in the meantime! (Patricia storms off) ERICA (screaming to an empty room): You think you have got me! Well you're wrong! I am NOT ashamed of what I did! In fact I'd do it again! And the same way too! (Erica grabs her bags, and storms out of the house! The scene fades) Voice of Fiona Spence: "On the next Harpers Falls: A New Beginning..." ROSEMARY (to Veronica): It was a bloodbath. STEPHANIE (to Erica): Realize this, lady. I hate you as much as I hate Rosemary, but I am allied with you because you have information that had better yield some fruit. If it doesn't pan out, then there will be nothing that stops me from telling my enemy that you tried to drive me out of Boston. And I will know if you are lying to me. ALEX (via phone to Nigel): How you got my number, I already know, and believe me, Erica will suffer for this. However, if I hear that you threaten MY boyfriend, Dylan, whom I adore, I will see to it that you AND your wicked puppet master will be DESTROYED! |
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| Terry | May 26 2013, 02:58 AM Post #2 |
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Nice episode again
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