Episode 9

Scene 1

(Zahar is sitting at her desk and Sarai and Taylor and standing in front of her)

 

Zahar

This can’t be happening, this isn’t happening I don’t know this girl get her out of my office

 

Sarai

What’s wrong Zahar? You don’t remember your daughter?

 

Zahar

I gave her up! She’s not supposed to come into my life I sold her!

 

Taylor

Sarai can you give me a minute alone with my mother?

 

Sarai

You sure?

 

Taylor

Yes

 

(Sarai then leaves the office)

 

Taylor

Now that she’s gone you can tell me face to face, did you have a daughter that you gave up when you were young?

 

(Zahar looks at her then looks down)

 

Taylor

Hear that awkward silence? That’s all the answer I need right there

 

(we then cut to Juan’s office and he’s drinking a glass of water and looking over a file when Sarai walks into the office)

 

Juan

I am on the verge of getting the final piece of Sinai Industries stock to where I can merge the companies and push her down

 

Sarai

I don’t think that will hurt her as much as I just did

 

Juan

Que paso?

Sarai

I just found the daughter she had as a teenager, and now they’re both in her office meeting each other for the first time since she gave her up

 

Juan

This is big, she had a daughter as a teenager?

 

(Sarai nods and Juan takes a drink from his glass)

 

(Fade out)

 

Scene 2

(We’re in Emilio’s apartment and Allye is sitting on the couch reading when Emilio comes from downstairs dressed very nice and Allye looks up to see him)

 

Allye

Whoa!

 

Emilio

What?

 

Allye

And where are you headed out to all dressed to kill?

 

Emilio

Oh um, I am going to meet someone for a social gathering at a restaurant

 

Allye

Dad, you’re going on a date?

 

(Emilio looks down and Allye starts to tear up)

 

Emilio

No no its not like that. (He grabs her and hugs her) I’m not trying to replace your mother

 

Allye

Well it sure seems that way!

 

Emilio

Allye please…

 

(Allye then runs into her room and Emilio goes to follow then stops and turns around and leaves, we then cut to Juan’s office with him and Sarai)

 

Juan

I’ve always known Zahar to be a little “fast”, but even I thought she was more dignified than that

Sarai

This is the biggest thing I could bring out on her, but I’m actually concerned about Taylor

 

Juan

Taylor? Allye’s friend Taylor?

 

Sarai

You know her?

 

Juan

Yes I saw her when I went up to the school for Emilio

 

Sarai

Well she’s the long lost daughter. As much as this brings joy to my heart to watch her suffer, I’m worried that this may hurt Taylor more than anything

 

(we then cut to Zahar’s office with Taylor and Zahar)

 

Taylor

Now I’m not gonna go into why you let me go, but now that I’m here do you wish to go into detail with that?

 

Zahar

I don’t think I owe you an explanation, and where is Sarai I bet she put you up to this. Find out something horrible about my past and pay you to act like the daughter I gave up

 

(Taylor pulls out the test that Sarai gave her and throws it on the desk)

 

Taylor

If you’re so smart read it!

 

(Zahar grabs the paper and rips it open to read it, as she reads it her expression goes from anger to fear)

 

Zahar

It is you, isn’t it?

 

(Taylor stands there silent)

 

Zahar

My biggest mistake has come back to haunt me

 

(Taylor steps back as if hurt by the statement)

 

(Fade out)

Scene 3

(We’re suddenly at a party, there’s people dancing and laughing all around, we then see Malory at a table laughing hysterically with a group of people)

 

Malory

Yeah then I told her to step it!

 

(They all start laughing uncontrollably)

 

Random person

Let’s hear it for Malory, la jefa verdad de Valenova Designs!

 

(They all clink their glasses and take a big drink, then suddenly Mallory stands up swaying)

 

Malory

(slurred) Well I think its time for me to head home

 

(The crowd boos as she says this)

 

Malory

Stop it! (laughing)

 

(Malory then walks towards the door and grabs her keys and fumbles out the door, we then cut to The Coffeehouse and we see Emilio sitting at a table with a cup of coffee, then suddenly Patricia Garcia, Allye’s english teacher, walks over to his table and he sees her)

 

Emilio

Glad you could make it, (he gets up and gives her a hug)

 

Patricia

(sitting down) Well I’m glad I took you up on your offer, but you don’t seem happy is something wrong?

 

Emilio

Allye found out I was coming to meet you

 

Patricia

Oh, and I take it she was upset?

 

Emilio

She just ran to her room and started to cry

 

Patricia

Well did you tell her that this was just a casual meeting between two adults?

 

 

Emilio

No, I just left

 

Patricia

Well maybe it’s good that you didn’t try to push the issue, but do you think you should go back?

 

Emilio

I’m not sure

 

Patricia

Why don’t you call her?

 

(Emilio takes out his phone and dials a number, we cut to Allye’s room and her cell phone starts to ring, she picks it up and sees its Emilio and ignores the call, then we cut back to Emilio)

 

Emilio

She ignored it

 

Patricia

 You wanna put a raincheck on this and go home?

 

(Emilio looks down at his phone then nods)

 

(Fade out)

 

Scene 4

(We’re in Zahar’s office where we left off)

 

Taylor

Your biggest mistake?

 

Zahar

I knew when I found out I was pregnant I should’ve just ended it there, but my grandmother the devout Catholic wouldn’t hear of it, I was to bring this baby full term and then give it up. I kept telling her, “Grandma this baby was a mistake, I don’t know who the father is and why should I burden everyone by keeping it? Let me have the abortion”

 

Taylor

You were so willing to kill your own child?

 

Zahar

I was on the verge of doing it myself, but I decided to just give you up instead. And now look where it got me, I’m a very establish business person with a hold in two great companies rising in Houston, and now you’re here to ruin everything

 

 

Taylor

I’m not here to ruin this-whatever you call it. I wanted to see my biological mother face to face

 

Zahar

Don’t! Don’t ever call me that!

 

Taylor

Like it or not you are my mother now do I want anything to do with or from you? Hell no, but at least I know who you are. A cruel, coniving woman that only cares about what she wants. I’m glad I found someone that cares about me.

 

(Taylor then runs out of the office as Zahar then grabs the test and rips it up and throws it into the trash)

 

Zahar

No, no one can find out about this. I don’t have a daughter

 

(we cut to a street and see Emilio walking to his car, and we suddenly hear tires screeching as a car comes around the corner too quickly and then accelerates toward Emilio, he turns up but by the time he sees it its too late and he’s hit head on and flops to the ground we hear the car stop then keep going and we see Emilio laying on the ground with blood coming out of his mouth)

 

(Fade out)