GOIN' NUTS

...LIGHTS PICKS...

THE NEXT DAY... JACOB'S HOME

ALEX: (Screams in shock from where she bathes the baby) Ah!

JOHN: (Rushes there, panicking) Why the scream?

ALEX: She's... (raises the baby to John's sight) she's a boy

JOHN: (In shock) Hmm? wh-wha-what makes you say that?

ALEX: Cause she has male contents

JOHN: I don't get you, she have what?

ALEX: Don't pretend like you didn't hear me. Oh why is this happening? (panics) I never wanted a boy, I wanted a girl

JOHN: Hold your horses, woman. We don't actually know if our child has been switched with another one's child

ALEX: That may be true. Then, we have to get to the hospital, and fast

ST. RUFUS HOSPITAL

JACOB: Sorry to burst your bubble, but you were the only woman to deliver at our hospital that night

ALEX: Then, why's my child a boy? According to you guys CT scan, the baby was gonna come out a girl. I had undeniable hope so why did it end up like this?

DR. JACOB: Look woman, having a male as a child is not so bad.

ALEX: I know, it's just that I had plans for a girl child. So why?

DR. JACOB: Well, according to Heather and our CT scan, it was supposed to be a female, but it turned out after delivery, it came out as a male. So I guess they're no mysteries behind it... Speaking of Heather, where is she? She's kinda late to work

HEATHER'S APARTMENT...

DETECTIVE JONAS: Havan Heather, found dead at the precinct this morning. Pack her corpse

OFFICER BINGO: She was once a cop, a retired one and now she's a corpse. What possibly could've happened?

FLASHBACK... LAST NIGHT AT HEATHER'S HOME

HEATHER: (Talks to herself) no, it can't be. She can't survive that surgery. No! no!! Sarah can't die. They were faced with the same problem and same surgeon. I must get to the bottom of this

A VOICE ENTERS THE PICTURE

VOICE: Why do you seek me?

HEATHER: (Confused and scared) What? who're you? Who're you?what'd you want from me? (frightened)

VOICE: Why are you so desperate for my identity? (voices changes suddenly to a more intimidating one)

HEATHER: What? I don't understand (more frightened)

VOICE: Then die...

HEATHER: (pleads) No please, don't kill me. Whatever you want, money? I'll give to you, anything but, death. Please, spare my life

VOICE: I don't need your filthy money. But, anything, you say. Then I'll have your memory

HEATHER: Take it, please just take it. (sobs) don't kill me, I beg you, please

VOICE: What a nice negotiation, (voice deepens) but you still have to die...

HEATHER: Please, no... But we had a deal, don't kill me please, don't kill me (sobs and suddenly starts choking till death)

VOICE: Alas... A threat has been eliminated

...PRESENT......

DETECTIVE WAYNE: Hey, I found something. Looks like she was a certified nurse

DETECTIVE JONAS: Are those her files?

DETECTIVE WAYNE: I guess

DETECTIVE JONAS: Hand it over, it could be used as evidence against the criminal

OFFICER BINGO: So, she retired from CCPD just to become a nurse?

DETECTIVE JONAS: That's not really important, the only thing that matters now is that we finally got evidence against the criminal that murdered her

OFFICER BINGO: But we're not so sure about the evidence or even if it's a robber

DETECTIVE WAYNE: Yeah, the file I gave you contains her IT Certificate

DETECTIVE JONAS: Well it can still come handy as evidence

OFFICER BINGO: Evidence for what?! We don't even know if she died a natural death or through a sudden accident or something!

DETECTIVE JONAS: You dare not raise your voice at me! (rises from his seat)

OFFICER BINGO: Cause you are who, exactly?! (follows suit)

DETECTIVE JONAS: Are you starting up a fight?! Trust me, it's gonna be much more than you can handle...

DETECTIVE WAYNE: (cuts in) Detectives! That's enough. I'm sure we didn't come here to challenge ourselves to duels! Stop acting like big babies and let's achieve what we came here for! You know what? I'm out. You guys deal with it yourself (leaves)

DETECTIVE JONAS: Hey! Where're you going? (no reply)

...DAWN AT CALVARY......

...THE STREETS......

...JOHN: Okay, bye! (waves to Gideon)...

GIDEON: Yeah, see you tomorrow! (turns to enter his hut, when he heard a disturbing loud bang. Turns to check what happened, but didn't see anything unexpected, just a random parked tanker that wasn't there before) John?! John?!! (no reply, as he walks further to get a clearer view. Shocked by what he saw) John? Oh my God! (cries)

...LIGHTS FADES......

...LIGHTS RESUMES AT JOHN'S HOME...

GIDEON: (Knocks on the door)

ALEX: Coming! (rushes to answer as she opens the door. To her greatest surprise, it was Gideon, her older brother) Gideon, wow! What a wonderful surprise!

GIDEON: (Enters without permission with a look of frustration and shock)

ALEX: (Notices) Weird... (shuts the door and turns to Gideon who already sat down) So what'd you want? Your face's looking so grouchy and grumpy. Spill it

GIDEON: (Keeps silence for a while and begins) Oh, how do I say this?

ALEX: (Curious now) Say what?

GIDEON: Alexa, please promise you won't do anything stupid

ALEX: (Out of curiosity) Of course, I won't, I won't, I promise. Just spill it

GIDEON: You asked for it. John's dead.

ALEX: (Chuckles)

...LIGHTS FADES SLOWLY......

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