ACT 3, SCENE 8
EXT. THE WILSHIRE CLINIC. LATE AFTERNOON.
The cab pulls into the clinic’s circular drive, squeaks to a halt. ABE and MANYA get out, approach the entrance. ABE escorts her with a hand placed gently on the small
of her back. They climb the steps and go in.
INT. SWEDEN’S HOSPITAL ROOM. LATE AFTERNOON.
ABE and MANYA approach up the corridor.
MANYA:
(indicating the room)
It’s here...
She pauses in the doorway. ABE looks past her into the room: it is, of course,
just a white, sterile box. SWEDEN’S bed is surrounded by a white plastic curtain.
There is a smallish window the shutters of which are open; a plethora of flowers and cards crowd its sill while a cool breeze blows in, ruffling the petals, rattling the paper.
A variety of medical apparatuses gleam coldly in the
