FADE IN:
Black screen and silence is revealed for
some seconds before ALEX’ voice is initially heard through some sort of phone
or recording device.
ALEX
It was seven months ago. I was at
home doing shit all as per usual. No job…
INT. SARAH’S HOUSE - DAY
The scene displays a family photo which
is slowly centred into the middle where Alex and his mum are seen together.
ALEX
and I was still living with my mum
(beat) Sarah. She was working late, so I wasn’t expecting the call. It was her
friend, Mary.
Sound of MARY crying at the other end of
the line.
ALEX
Mum had died. She had left me with
nothing. Just the bills and the rent.
Sound of ALEX hanging up.
CUT TO
INT. ALEX’ ROOM - DAY
Alex throws a suitcase onto his bed,
unzips the top and begins anxiously chucking various clothes and possessions
into it.
ALEX
So I ran. What else could I do? I
packed up and left.
THE SIDE TABLE
ALEX’s face is seen for the first time,
pausing for a moment and leaning on a side table whilst looking pensively at
himself in the mirror. He is an untidy looking man in his early 20s with a
vague stubbly beard and untidy hair who clearly hasn’t been outside for some
time.
His fists can be seen clenching and his
eyes reveal a mood of aggression in him until he lashes out and hits the mirror
with his fist. ALEX looks down at his distorted reflection in the broken shards
of glass and then up in the cracked mirror with a face of shock.
He finishes packing and zips up the
suitcase, before picking it up and leaving the room.
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