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FACE IN THE CROWD
created spring 1995 in college by Erika E & OC,SH’s founder Cort; further written by Cort & now adapted to publish here
NOW:
Parts written during lunch at work, Monday, 07/13/1998, & Tuesday, 07/14/1998.
Hearing 2 pairs of footsteps entering the restaurant, Adam quickly ushers Donnie & Adam out the back door. On the way out, Donnie drops a pencil that is engraved with his name. Michael & Matthew enter the kitchen & turn on the lights moments after the boys “escape”. Michael & Matthew look around the kitchen; Michael finds the pencil, but he & Matthew don’t bother to look out the back door. (If they had, they would’ve seen the boys running away.) Instead, Michael becomes upset with himself for not checking more closely the previous evening. Matthew tries to calm Michael, noting the boys might’ve been gone way before last night, & then calls the police station to speak to Steve, but Matthew is told Steve took the day off. Matthew calls Steve at home.
Meanwhile, Wendleton’s hired help enters the restaurant & hears Matthew & Michael talking about the boys being there previously. Wendleton’s hired help quickly exits, with the air of knowing exactly where to go to find the boys….
Steve is waxing his Monte Carlo when he receives Matthew’s call. Reluctantly, Steve agrees to meet them at the restaurant. He puts his MC back into the garage.
Matthew calls the TV station to speak to Amy, but when told she is not there, Matthew calls her cell phone & asks her to go to the TV station to re-energize the message-plea to help find the missing boys. Matthew asks her where she is, but she cunningly avoid the question, quickly telling Matthew she will go (though she really does not want to). After Amy hangs up the phone, she kisses Jake passionately, quickly gets out of bed, gets dressed & leaves. Jake is left to think … about his & Erika’s “baby” … about why he & Amy slept together, perhaps realizing he still loves her … & mostly about Laura.
At 1st, Cathy doesn’t want to help Mack, but then Mack sweet talks her. However, Mack doesn’t realize the actual motivation for Cathy to help him is that Cathy knows Erika paid Laura to leave town. Given her relationship with Erika, Cathy wants to be able to “warn” Erika about Mack’s determination to bring Laura back … & that she (Erika) should tell the truth….
Erika, somewhat stunned to see Richie at her door, hesitates-fumbles as she asks him about the kiss last night. Richie “explains” he has come to his senses & believes Erika’s story that Julia had something to do with Laura’s disappearance. Richie attempts to kiss Erika, but she stops him & tells him she is running late for an appointment. Richie asks her if it is with her doctor; Erika sidesteps the issue by telling Richie she is just going out to run some boring errands. Erika rushes Richie off & then heads to Jake’s place, not knowing Richie is actually following her.
Christine goes to Jenna’s grave to “talk to” Jenna about what is going on & asks her to help find Donnie.
While Alicia is escorted out of jail to go see her mother (Jackie), Inmate # 1369 slips a voice-activated tape recorder into Alicia’s pants pocket….
[At this point, I decided to review & “take inventory” of the plot history. That & “brainstorming” took place during lunch at work (& in the evening at home twice) 07/28-30/1998, 08/02-03/1998, 08/06/1998, 08/10/1998, 08/12-13/1998 & 08/26-27/1998.]
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Parts written during lunch at work & in the evening at home, Friday, 08/28/1998.