General Script posted December 17, 2018

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Scene at a Boat Rental

by Bill Schott

Pallas and his older brother Pez stand on an old dock next to a half-sunken, wooden, fishing boat. The peeled and faded BOAT RENTAL sign is behind them. Pez: This one should rent cheap.    Points to the swamped boat in the water. Pallas: I wonder why that one is still here. Pez: The rest might be at the bottom of the lake. Pallas: I barely recall going out in one of these boats. Dad was duck hunting. Pez: Oh yeah! That was the only time he hunted on a boat out in the lake. Pallas: I think he fell in. Pez: Yeah! He told us that he spooked some mallards from a sand bar. He stood up and shot, but the blast made him lose his balance. Pallas: Then he did fall in the water. I barely remember. Gosh, I must have only been a toddler. Pez: I guess you were three or four. Not in school yet. Pallas: Why would I be in a boat in the middle of the lake. Pez: I think Dad was working third shift. He was babysitting you while Ma was working. Pallas: I remember it a little better. He was swearing and smacking the water. Pez: He lost his shotgun in the lake. Oh god!         Pez's eyes snap wide open. Pallas: What is it ?!           Pallas looks around and sees nothing. Pez: That's when he found the body. Pallas: What? Pez: Yeah. He fell in the water, lost his shot gun, then tried diving down for it. Pallas: You said he found a body? Pez: Oh yeah! It was some guy who was murdered. Pallas: Murdered!? How?! What?! Pez: The guy was only under the water a dozen feet, but a rope was around his legs and his hands had been tied. Somebody dumped him with a couple cement blocks to hold him down. Pallas: And I was there?! Pez: Yeah, but I'm sure he wouldn't have told you; a dumb kid. Pallas: I was there?! Pez:  He never did get his shot gun back. Pallas:  What about the dead guy? Pez:  I don't remember. Pallas:  Was he someone anyone knew? Pez:  Sheriff Shawn knew him. Pallas:  Sheriff Shawn. That guy shows up when people die. Pez:  Yeah. Somehow we weren't surprised that law enforcement was interested in a killing. Pallas:  Who was the dead guy? Pez:  I never found out, really.  It was all handled on the QT. Pallas:  So we never knew who this guy was? Pez:  Maybe, but who remembers? It was a lifetime ago. Pallas:  Where was I when I was a kid?  I feel like I must have had blinders and earmuffs on. Pez:  People protected kids back then. They didn't have to know all the crap in the world. Pallas:  I must have lived in a bubble. Pez: Bubbles are good. They mean life. It’s when the bubbles stop you’re done. Then it’s just time to take the boat into the shore.   Write A Review Image from Google Pays one point and 2 member cents. You need to login or register to write reviews. It's quick! We only ask four questions to new members.