INT. PICKUP - DAY John drives his PICKUP TRUCK. Iris and April ride shotgun.
49.
IRIS:
(excited) It’s called a frequency generator.
It shoots out weird noises at different pitches and amplitudes that humans can’t hear. It’ll drive the birds completely INSANE, they won’t know what hit’em. Much better than your lame scarecrow idea.
JOHN:
(impressed) Where’d you learn about this?
IRIS:
Diplo.
JOHN:
That an App or something?
Iris looks at John like he’s from Mars.
JOHN:
(winks) Just playin’. DJ Diplo foreva.
Iris laughs. John laughs too. Feels good to be talking again.
FLASHBACK:
EXT. ABE’S ELECTRONICS - DAY John pays for the SIGNAL GENERATOR. Nearby, Iris and April play with an INSTAX POLAROID CAMERA.
APRIL:
Dad, please?
IRIS:
Please, Dad?
John buys the girls the Polaroid camera. Before they leave, John takes a PHOTO of Iris & April (the one we saw earlier).
FLASHBACK:
INT. PICKUP - DAY John drives the girls home. Something on his mind -
JOHN:
Iris, uh, I wanted to say... well, and maybe I don’t say this enough.
But I wanted to say... 50.
IRIS:
Yeah?
John thinks about what Mia told him. How he doesn’t communicate with his daughter. How he never tells her he loves her. He thinks about how this could be that moment.
IRIS:
What is it?
A traffic light up ahead turns yellow. John drives right through it.
JOHN:
Nevermind. It’s nothing.
A SPEEDING VAN CUTS THROUGH THE INTERSECTION AND BROADSIDES THEIR TRUCK WITH TREMENDOUS MOMENTUM - SUDDENLY AND WITHOUT WARNING:
THE TRUCK FLIPS:
END OVER END:
CRASHING TO A VIOLENT STOP A silent beat. Smoke billows from the hood. Glass shards litter the street.
