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5INT. TOWN HOUSE SITTING ROOM - MORNING

David sits in the armchair. The two men do not look at or talk to each other. The woman enters holding a glass of Coca- Cola with ice and a slice of lemon. She leaves the glass in front of the man eating the sandwich and then goes over to David. She looks at her watch and then out the window. Everyone waits in silence. They all avoid making eye contact. David grabs a coffee table book from the coffee table next to him. He flicks through the pages quickly, looking at the pictures without any real interest. He just goes through the motions. The dog sits next to him.

FEMALE V.O.

David picked up a book called “The

Most Famous Lighthouses in the

World” and pretended to read. He

was thinking his wife didn’t love

him at all anymore. He didn’t burst

into tears and he didn’t stop to

think that the first thing most

people do when they realise someone

doesn’t love them anymore is cry.

The doorbell rings. The woman gets up and answers the door. Two men dressed as WAITERS enter.

50-YEAR-OLD WAITER

Good afternoon.

DAVID’S WIFE

Good afternoon.

50-YEAR-OLD WAITER

Which of these two gentlemen is the

one you’re breaking up with?

DAVID’S WIFE

Not the man eating the sandwich.

The man with the brown shoes.

David gets up. His wife goes over to him. He closes the book and leaves it on the table.

DAVID’S WIFE (CONT’D)

You can take the book with you, if

you like.

DAVID

No, that’s okay.

He buttons up his jacket and fixes his hair with his hands.

DAVID’S WIFE