ANDRIANA ANNIE BILL BYRON CARLO DET_WALLER EMILY JOAN MARGOT SASHA SOPHIA TOM EMILY Oh, my gosh, it's beautiful! TOM Is this Clark Kerr visitor parking? EMILY I. I think it's okay. Honey. EMILY Babe, look. Look how cute she is. TOM Uh, can you not? EMILY I was just trying to share something with you, TOM. TOM Sorry, but I'm trying to figure out if we can park here. EMILY I. I think we can. SOPHIA Are we here? EMILY But, yes. yes. TOM Yeah, baby. Yeah. SOPHIA Yay. TOM Made it. EMILY We just arrived. SOPHIA Are we supposed to park here? TOM That's what we're trying to figure out. I think we're good. EMILY I think it’s good, yeah. TOM Okay. EMILY Okay! TOM Let's do this. EMILY Oh, my goodness, college bound! EMILY So, I downloaded your meal plan into your calendar and I signed you up for any on campus alerts. SOPHIA Mom, I love you but you have to stop stalking me. EMILY Oh, honey, that's what the Friend Finder app is for. TOM Hey, don't look at me. ANDRIANA Sophia? SOPHIA Hi. Andriana? ANDRIANA Yes. SOPHIA Oh, my God, it's so nice to finally meet you in person. ANDRIANA You too. SOPHIA These are my parents. ANDRIANA Nice to meet you, Mr. and Mrs. Westover. EMILY Uh, just call us EMILY and TOM. TOM Yeah. Nice to meet you, Andriana. ANDRIANA Okay. Uh, can I take one of these? SOPHIA Sure, thank you. ANDRIANA Of course. Let me show you to the room. ANDRIANA It's so nice. EMILY EMILY You gonna be okay? TOM Yeah, you? EMILY Yeah. You got this. TOM All right. TOM But this is what we wanted for Sophia, right? To grow up and be strong enough to leave the nest. EMILY Yeah. It's just our lives have been so focused on her. TOM And now we get time to focus on ourselves. I might get a chance to actually finish this book, instead of being a stay-at-home dad. EMILY I was always jealous you got to stay home with her. TOM And I was always jealous you got to follow your passion at the gallery. EMILY I was supporting the family, TOM. Managing the gallery is a job. It was never my passion. TOM Look, I'm tired. I really don't want to get into this right now. EMILY Okay. I'm gonna give Bodie a little walk. EMILY Good job. Good job, Bodie. Good job. BYRON There she is. The empty nester. BYRON How are you doing, mama? EMILY Good morning, Byron. Thank you. And I’m fine. BYRON You know, I still can’t believe that you have a freshman in college. You must have been like a teen mom or something. EMILY Not quite, but please, keep it coming. You know flattery will get you everywhere. SASHA Emily has amazing bone structure. That’s her secret. EMILY Okay, why are you two being so nice to me? SASHA So, Virgil Walsh pulled out of the show. EMILY Wait, what? We’re supposed to open in two weeks. SASHA Oh, no, I’m aware. I had to dump my whole marketing campaign. EMILY Well, forget the marketing campaign, we need to find a new artist. SASHA Oh, no, no, no, no, Margot already found somebody. EMILY Wait, what? Who? MARGOT Good morning, everyone. Let me introduce you to my latest discovery, Carlo Barone. CARLO Ciao, tutti. EMILY Um, pleasure to meet you, Carlo. CARLO No, the pleasure is mine. EMILY I’m EMILY, the gallery director, and this is Sasha, the marketing manager, and uh, Byron who does-- BYRON Whatever you want, Carlo. BYRON Literally. anything. CARLO Well, thank you for the warm welcome. It’s my very first show in America, as you might know. MARGOT Yes, you are going to be a star. MARGOT Come on, Carlo. We’ll be in my office. CARLO Thank you, all. See you soon. Pardon me. EMILY Okay. SASHA Okay? BYRON Hot! SASHA Um. did you see the way he was looking at you? EMILY Oh. BYRON He wants to lick you like gelato. EMILY You guys, stop it! SASHA Let him. BYRON Let him. EMILY Y’all two are mess. EMILY Have you heard from Sophia? TOM Yeah, she texted me at lunch. EMILY I didn’t see anything on the family group thread. TOM I texted her first. It was about her meal plan. I took care of it. EMILY Oh. TOM So, how was your day? EMILY Uh. crazy. We lost Virgil Walsh and now we’re scrambling to launch a new fine arts photographer Carlo Barone. TOM Mm-hmm. EMILY Yeah, Margot met him at last year’s Venice Biennale. TOM Right. EMILY Am I boring you? EMILY It’s just we said that we were gonna try to make more time for each other. TOM I’m sorry, babe, I was just thinking about my book. I can’t figure out how to set out the twist. EMILY Well. maybe. TOM What are you doing? EMILY Well, I was thinking since there’s no one here to help with school work, that maybe we could take a bath and figure out the twist in there. TOM I just told you, I gotta get back to my writing. EMILY Really? TOM I can’t think about anything else right now. You. you get that, right? EMILY Yeah, fine. EMILY Pleasure to meet you. CARLO The pleasure is mine. EMILY So, Carlo’s work was featured in the Venice Biennale. He has sold pieces all throughout Europe. But this is his first American show. SASHA Okay, that’s a great hook, but he has got zero social presence. No Insta, no X, no nothing. EMILY So, can you start posting for him? SASHA Sure, yeah, I just need to work up some copy. MARGOT You’d better hurry, Sasha. If we don’t sell, we don’t get paid. You can start posting about the opening today. Byron can help. SASHA Yes, okay, you got it. But I’m gonna need a lot more photos. MARGOT I will handle it. SASHA Okay! MARGOT Thank you. EMILY How are you feeling about Carlo’s show? MARGOT If Carlo’s show doesn’t turn a profit, I might have to pull the plug. EMILY Shut down the gallery? MARGOT My money has been keeping this place afloat for years now but I can’t go on much longer. And Carlo said that he might not have enough pieces in time for the show. EMILY How many does he have ready? MARGOT He’s shown me seven. We need at least 20. I tried to pressure him but you know how temperamental Italian artists are. MARGOT I was hoping you could go to studio this afternoon and charm him? Can you do that for me? CARLO Beautiful. CARLO Beautiful. CARLO Beautiful. Chin up, Bella. CARLO Perfetto. We are done. Bellissima, eh? Whew! EMILY Carlo? CARLO Emily. EMILY Oh. Spetta. One second. EMILY I’m sorry, can I, can I come in? CARLO Absolutely. EMILY Okay, good. CARLO You are already in. EMILY Yeah, that’s, that’s right. CARLO Scuse, eh? EMILY Wow, this is a beautiful. beautiful loft. CARLO Thank you. Uh, Margot rented it for me for the show. CARLO How. what can I help you with? EMILY Uh. so, Margot is a little bit nervous that you’re not gonna have enough pieces for the show. CARLO Oh. EMILY Honestly, we all are. CARLO She told me this morning. EMILY And the gallery wants to make sure that we give you a big push to launch you in America. CARLO Launch me? EMILY Yeah. Launch, like launch your career, raise your profile. CARLO Ooh, you have the most beautiful bone structure. Did you know that? EMILY Thank you. CARLO Wow. EMILY Can, can we focus? CARLO Spetta. EMILY So, the, the art gallery is getting a lot of interest in your work and you don’t get a second chance for a first impression and the show opens in two weeks. So, I just want to make sure that. that we’re ready. CARLO You have the most beautiful eyes. EMILY How many pieces can you have. CARLO Sit for me. EMILY ready? CARLO Come, sit. EMILY Uh, I can’t. I can’t. I. CARLO You can’t, or you won’t? EMILY I. I don’t have time. CARLO Ah. Well, maybe after the show, huh? EMILY Um. CARLO Byron was telling me you also used to be a photographer. EMILY Yeah. Yeah, I um. I went to art school, but that was a long time ago. CARLO And now? EMILY Uh, well my daughter just left for college, so I guess I have a little bit more time on my hands. CARLO Oh, no, spetta, spetta. You have a daughter in college? How is that possible? You look so young. EMILY Thank you. EMILY Uh, no, I’m. I’m not that young. I’m a boring, old, married lady. CARLO No, you do not look like an old lady to me. EMILY Oh. CARLO You look like a beautiful woman in the prime of her life. Starved for attention, maybe? CARLO So, EMILY you. CARLO .would you um, like some attention? EMILY I’m flattered, really flattered, um. but let’s keep this professional. CARLO You Americans are always so serious all the time. Okay, fine. Ten. EMILY Ten? CARLO Ten pieces. Then it’s ten pieces finished and ten more to come before the show. EMILY Great. That is great. CARLO Good. EMILY Good, good. I. I will let Margot know the great news. CARLO Perfect. Now, come have a glass of wine with me. Come. EMILY I. I can’t. You know what? What about your model? CARLO She’s. not invited. EMILY Oh. CARLO One glass will not kill you. EMILY Maybe another time. We both have a lot of work to do. Um. so I’m gonna do that. But uh, I will let Margot know. EMILY And uh. uh, thank you, Carlo. Bye. CARLO Ciao, Bella. EMILY Ciao. BILL So, Tom, how’s the new book coming? TOM Good. Yeah, no, I finally have time to dig into some research for the killer’s motivation. ANNIE Hmm, what do you mean? TOM Well, you know Jack and Linda? Harry and Carol? All our friends seem like they want to kill each other right now. ANNIE Mm-hmm. TOM Oh. ANNIE You know, it’s a cultural shift. Bill just published a paper calling it “The Great Separation”. EMILY That’s awful. BILL It all goes back to the helicopter parenting trend where parents became obsessed with their kids’ happiness, and forgot to pay attention to their own. Many of my clients, they find that when their children head off to college, that’s when they actually figure out that uh, there’s nothing holding their marriage together. BILL Can’t keep that spark alive. Especially if they got married young. EMILY Well, we got married young. TOM College sweethearts. EMILY Mm-hmm. ANNIE And that just proves you two are the exception to the rule, right? EMILY So, what do you tell these couples, the ones that are struggling to keep the spark alive? BILL Well, I ask them why they chose their partner to begin with. And whether or not they’re going to happy spending that final act of their lives together. TOM Last act. Geez, that sounds depressing. EMILY Yeah. ANNIE Well, it doesn’t have to be. For a lot of women, it’s exciting. They can throw off the shackles of motherhood and finally be seen as the complex and beautiful individuals that they are. ANNIE And it’s a chance for couples to do all the things they wanted to try. Question is. whether they want to do those things with the person they’re married to, or whether they cut bait and find somebody new. EMILY So, you don’t believe in marriage? ANNIE No, of course we believe in marriage. I’m a divorce lawyer. He’s a therapist. Girl, we’d be broke without it. EMILY Exactly. TOM What’s uh. what’s going on? EMILY There’s nobody here but us. Do you remember when we used to not be able to keep our hands off each other? TOM That. that was a long time ago. EMILY Mm-hmm. TOM Yeah. EMILY Come on. TOM Come on, baby. You’re drunk. EMILY No, I am tipsy. But I assure you that I have control over all of my faculties. And I want you to take me right here, right now, on the dining room table. TOM Look, dinner with Bill and Annie gave me some new ideas for the book. I just need to-- EMILY Seriously, TOM? I am throwing myself at you right now. EMILY Do you not find me attractive anymore? TOM Of course I find you attractive. EMILY Well then, what is it? It’s been months now! TOM No, it hasn’t. EMILY Yes, it has! It’s been three, three and a half months, and counting. EMILY Is. are you, are you telling me that. that we are the parents who are going to get divorced after our kid goes off to college? Is that what you’re telling me? TOM No, of course not, but this is my time now, all right? I put my writing on the back burner to raise our daughter. EMILY And nobody asked you to do that. EMILY Did you not think as a, as a working mother it didn’t break my heart to not be there with Sophia every minute of every day? EMILY I missed her first words. I missed her first steps. I missed the first time that she rode a bicycle. But I just kept working at the gallery because we needed to keep a roof over our heads. TOM Hey, hey, I wanted to work too, all right? But you and I decided together that one of us was going to stay home with her. TOM We did that. TOM And now she’s great. EMILY She’s great. She is amazing. EMILY I’m sorry. I’m just, I guess I’m just tired. I’m going to go to sleep. SASHA Okay, so I’ve got traditional press ad buys. Social, local influencers, et cetera. But I’ve hit a big of a snag. EMILY Snag? SASHA Mm-hmm. I have journalists lined up to interview Carlo but he’s ghosting me. He says that he’s “in his flow” and he won’t return any of my texts or calls. EMILY Uh, well I could pop by this afternoon and talk to him. SASHA Yes, please. Thank you. That would be great. SASHA Good luck. Artists. CARLO Entra. EMILY Hey. Uh, oh. CARLO Ah. EMILY I could see that you’re working. CARLO No, no, Emily, please. Stay. I need a break anyway. EMILY Okay. Well, I, I can’t stay long. I just wanted to. oh. CARLO Just going to save. EMILY Oh, I love this piece. CARLO Something about it I don’t love. It’s the composition. Maybe the mood. EMILY You have an incredible eye. CARLO Thank you. EMILY You’re welcome. CARLO Oh, let me help you with your jacket. EMILY Oh, I, I can’t really stay long. CARLO I want to show you something. CARLO Come. Sit. EMILY Okay. CARLO There you go. EMILY Thanks. CARLO Look. EMILY Oh. CARLO What do you think? EMILY That’s amazing. Who’s the model? CARLO My last gallery manager. EMILY Well, whoever she is, she looks like a goddess. CARLO Exactly. Venus, the Roman goddess of beauty, fertility, love, and of course, sex. EMILY So, also, Sasha needed to speak with you about the marketing campaign and she’s got a few journalists lined up to interview you. CARLO Okay, I’ll call her back. EMILY Great. And you will do the interviews? CARLO Of course. EMILY Good. CARLO Anything else? EMILY Uh, Margot is a little bit nervous. She’s got a lot riding on your show. CARLO Don’t worry so much. Everything will be ready. Hmm? You’ve inspired me, EMILY. EMILY Well, I’ve always wanted to be someone’s muse. EMILY This looks great. I’ll let her know. CARLO You know, the relationship between muse and artist is simbiotico. it’s very intimate. An artist must always honor his muse. to keep the inspiration flowing. CARLO Will you let me honor you. by making you dinner? Come. EMILY Carlo, I. I can’t. CARLO You can at least stay for a glass of vino. EMILY Just one. CARLO Just one. CARLO Salute. EMILY Cheers. CARLO Mm. EMILY Mm. Mm. CARLO Oh, attenzione. EMILY Thank you. CARLO Oh, I love this song. Oh. CARLO Bellissima. CARLO Dance with me. EMILY Oh. I. I am very flattered but I. I’m very married. CARLO Oh, you are married? For how long? EMILY Twenty years. CARLO Twenty years with one man? Wow, that’s very impressive. And are you. happy? EMILY What kind of question is that? CARLO It’s a very simple question, EMILY. Are you happy with your life? Yes or no? EMILY Yes. Yes, I am very. I’m very happily married. CARLO So, you are one of those women. EMILY What’s that supposed to mean? CARLO Simply uh. someone who gives their entire life to their family and their career. They leave so little for themselves. EMILY Well. sometimes that’s the way life is. You know, you just can’t get everything, and people make choices, and I have my made choices and my life may not be as exciting as yours, but I am actually very good with that. CARLO Oh. Well then, what are you doing here? Hmm? EMILY My job. CARLO Is that truly all? CARLO You know, Emily, when I look at you, I don’t see a. wife or a mother. I see a beautiful woman. CARLO A woman. who deserves more. EMILY You don’t know anything about me. CARLO I know that life is short, and pleasure is fleeting. And you will always regret the adventures you didn’t take more than the ones that you did. EMILY So, that’s what this is to you? An adventure? CARLO This could be whatever you want it to be. CARLO Could be um. our little secret. Hmm? CARLO No strings. CARLO Stop me anytime, huh? EMILY Hi. Good boy. Good boy, sweetheart. Yeah, that’s a good boy, Bodie. Come on. CARLO I see a beautiful woman starved for attention. CARLO Our little secret. CARLO Stop me anytime, huh? TOM Hey. You want some coffee? EMILY Yeah. Thank you. TOM All right. Here you go. I didn’t hear you come in last night. EMILY Yeah, it was late. I was working late with Sasha. TOM Uh, you left your phone by the door and Margot’s been calling. EMILY Hmm. Mm-hmm. TOM Listen, you can’t let her work you so hard. EMILY Yeah, well, we have the show opening, so you know how it is. TOM All right, well I’m gonna get back to my book, okay? EMILY Yeah. TOM All right. TOM Love you, babe. EMILY I love you, too. EMILY Hello? CARLO Buongiorno, amore. I wanted to make you breakfast. EMILY Uh, well, I had to get home. CARLO You should have woken me. I hate waking up alone. CARLO What are you doing right now? EMILY Um, I just got to work. CARLO Well, come back here. I uh, need. inspiration. EMILY I don’t think my husband would appreciate that. CARLO I don’t think he appreciates anything about you. EMILY I have to go. I will call you later. SASHA Coffee? EMILY Yeah. Oh, thank you. You are a lifesaver. SASHA Spill the tea. EMILY Oh, I can’t right now. SASHA Here’s the problem. I have a ridiculously vivid imagination and you did go to Carlo’s loft yesterday. SASHA You’re right. We can discuss it over drinks tonight. EMILY I owe you. SASHA Yes, you do. But for what it’s worth, you look great. EMILY Oh, do I? SASHA Mm-hmm. Glowing. Like you just got laid. EMILY Oh, my God, if Margot finds out I could get fired. SASHA Shh, no, your secret’s safe with me. SASHA We’re good. EMILY Okay. Okay. EMILY I hope you’re calling to say you’ve got more pieces done. CARLO Yes, I have finished but uh. I’m stuck. I don’t know what to shoot next. EMILY Oh, well, what were you planning? CARLO I don’t plan mi amore, I wait for inspiration. And you’re inspiring me, EMILY. Won’t you come over? EMILY Look, Carlo, that was a one-time thing. A bad mistake. CARLO Well, bad mistakes make great memories. Please. I need to see you. EMILY I can’t. CARLO I can’t work without my muse. EMILY Maybe when I get off work. CARLO Well, bene, I’ll see you soon. CARLO Ciao Bella, buona sera. EMILY Are you cooking for me? CARLO Of course. EMILY Of course? CARLO I hope you like pasta. EMILY I do, actually. EMILY It is my favorite. CARLO Sit. EMILY Okay. CARLO Allora, we have fresh pasta, parmigiano Reggiano, of course, mascarpone, pancetta. EMILY So, basically all the health foods. CARLO Well, life is too short to deny yourself pleasure. EMILY Well, I will try to remind myself of that. CARLO Mm. EMILY Oh, my gosh, this smells so good. CARLO Right? Attenzione. CARLO Ah. EMILY That is really good. CARLO Not bad. EMILY Not bad. EMILY Thank you. CARLO For what? EMILY For this. For. all of this. EMILY Tom doesn’t even notice me anymore. CARLO Oh, I don’t believe you. EMILY No. It’s like we’re living two separate lives. EMILY He doesn’t ask me what I want. Doesn’t ask me what I need. And he hasn’t done anything romantic, I mean, cooked dinner, nothing like this in I don’t know how long. CARLO You know, if I was your husband, I would cook for you every day. EMILY I wasn’t expecting to see you here today. CARLO Two more days until opening. Are you going to be ready? EMILY Yeah, we’ve got most of the major Californian art critics confirmed. CARLO Well, there’s just one thing missing then. EMILY And what is that? CARLO My portrait of you. EMILY Ah. EMILY What portrait? I didn’t sit for you. CARLO Oh, I know. I um, took a photo of you with my phone while you were sleeping. EMILY Let me talk to you in my office. CARLO Sure. EMILY Carlo. CARLO Yes? EMILY Please, don’t. No, no, no. No, stop. Stop, don’t do this. CARLO What? EMILY Don’t do this here. I could get fired. CARLO I can’t stop thinking about you. EMILY Let me see your phone. Let me see your phone. CARLO No. EMILY Yes. Let me see your phone. EMILY Is this the only picture? Are there any other copies? CARLO No, that’s the only one. Why are you so worried? EMILY Because I am married. I have a family. CARLO I, I know you have a family. You have a beautiful family. . Beautiful family, I can see. . EMILY Can you please put that down? CARLO They don’t deserve you. Run away with me. EMILY Carlo, you said no strings attached. CARLO Yes, and I meant it but-- EMILY Don’t, don’t. CARLO We have a deeper connection. I can feel it and I know you can feel it, too. EMILY Carlo, stop. CARLO No, EMILY, listen. We’re meant to be together. EMILY Stop! EMILY Hey, we are looking over the schedule for TOMorrow night’s show and it looks good. CARLO It looks good. EMILY Looks really good. MARGOT Huh. Okay. Um, Carlo, EMILY can manage from here. I’m taking you out to lunch. CARLO Oh, thank you, Margot but I um. I have one more piece to finish and it’s-- MARGOT I insist. EMILY, you don’t mind? EMILY Oh. MARGOT Do you? EMILY No, not at all. MARGOT Excellent. Shall we? SASHA Ahem. Carlo has been calling me and Byron again. He says he has an emergency and needs to talk to you. EMILY Uh, well just let him know that I’m actually too busy. SASHA Oh. you two having a lovers’ quarrel? SASHA Oh. Oh, my God. EMILY, I’m so sorry. I was just kidding. SASHA What? EMILY I just feel like I’ve been dead inside for so long. For so long. EMILY And then Carlo comes around and makes me feel. alive. EMILY It’s like I think about him day and night. I literally cannot get him off my mind. EMILY And now he’s saying he wants to run away with me. SASHA Oh, my God. EMILY I know I need to cut it off, but I can’t. It’s like I’m addicted to him. SASHA Does TOM know? EMILY Oh, my God, no. SASHA Okay, that’s good. Uh. don’t tell him. You know, he doesn’t need to know about all this. The show’s going to be over TOMorrow. Carlo will go home to Italy and this whole thing will fade away. TOM Buon appetito. EMILY Excuse me? TOM Isn’t that what they say in Italy? EMILY Uh, I don’t know. TOM You know, I made pasta, so I figured. you know what? Forget about it. TOM Would you like some parmesan? EMILY Yes, please. TOM Uh, I took your coat into the dry cleaners today. Found a parking ticket in it. EMILY Right. Uh, yeah. Sasha and I had dinner in town but I forgot. I’ll take care of it. TOM I already did. EMILY Thank you. TOM Mm-hmm. TOM Penny for your thoughts? EMILY Nothing. Just work stuff. The show opens Tomorrow night. TOM Oh, you know what? I thought some more about your idea. EMILY What idea? TOM You know, us taking cooking lessons together. EMILY Mm, mm-hmm. TOM What’s going on with you? Do you not like the mac and cheese? EMILY No. No, it’s good. TOM Then what is it? EMILY It’s Sasha’s birthday tonight and everyone from the office is going out to celebrate. And I was just. TOM Oh, why didn’t you say so before? You should definitely go. EMILY You wanna come? TOM Well, you know I can’t. I’ve got the. EMILY The book, right. TOM Yeah. EMILY Yeah. EMILY Uh, and it is Sasha. TOM Take it. Go ahead. Go have fun. I’ll. I’ll clean up. I’ll take care of all of this. EMILY You sure? TOM Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. EMILY Okay. Um, thank you for cooking, babe. TOM No problem. You’re welcome. SASHA Emily, over here! Yoo-hoo! EMILY Hi! SASHA Hi! Thank you for coming. Mwah! Mwah. EMILY Happy birthday. You look beautiful! SASHA Thank you. BYRON You look amazing. EMILY Oh. EMILY Byron, you always look amazing. BYRON I try. SASHA I got drinks. BYRON Here, EMILY, sit next to me. EMILY Okay, okay. SASHA Party favor. EMILY Party favor? SASHA Yeah. It’s prescription. It’ll help you relax. EMILY You guys, we have an opening TOMorrow. BYRON And everything’s ready to go. So, you can sleep in. SASHA Yeah. It’s really mild. Like having a couple glasses of wine. Okay, I know how stressed you’ve been with the show and everything. This will help you forget all that. Think of it as being therapeutic. EMILY Therapeutic? BYRON It’s not like it’s illegal or anything. EMILY Okay, okay. My daughter is off at college, my husband is at home working tonight, and it is my bestie’s birthday. EMILY So, what the hell? SASHA Ah, yes! Okay, on three. Ready? One, two, three. EMILY That was good. SASHA Oh, she is back. BYRON And you’ll be feeling better in no time. MARGOT There’s the birthday girl. SASHA Hi. MARGOT Happy birthday. Mwah! EMILY Hi. Hello. MARGOT Mwah. EMILY What? SASHA Drink? MARGOT Oh, sure. MARGOT So, how are we feeling about the opening TOMorrow? EMILY Good, good. I mean, unless there’s a nasty surprise, it’s going to be great. CARLO Ciao, Bellas. SASHA Oh, Carlo! CARLO Who wants prosecco? BYRON Uh, me. SASHA Oh, Carlo, you have to take a shot. We’ve already done one. Tequila. EMILY Oh, thank you. CARLO And shot, huh? CARLO Okay. Who doesn’t love tequila? Cheers. MARGOT Cheers. Yes. BYRON Cheers! EMILY Whew! I’m going to go to the bathroom. SASHA Okay. You want me to come? EMILY No, no, no, I’m okay. EMILY What are you doing here? CARLO What? EMILY Margot’s been looking for you. CARLO Margot. who cares. EMILY Stop, stop, stop, stop. Okay, just we can’t keep doing this. Someone is going to get hurt. CARLO Amore. getting hurt is the price you pay for love. EMILY No, stop, stop, stop. CARLO No. EMILY We can’t. Just. we can’t keep doing this. EMILY Oh! CARLO . Be careful. CARLO Oh, you’re so beautiful, EMILY. EMILY Okay, stop it. No, stop. SASHA Carlo. Uh, Margot’s looking for you. CARLO Ciao, amore. EMILY I know what you’re going to say. SASHA No, forget all that. Okay, TOM’s been calling. Sophia’s fine. But she’s been in a car accident. EMILY Wait, what? EMILY Okay. My, my head is spinning. I can’t drive but I need to go. SASHA No, it’s okay, I called you an Uber. EMILY Okay. SASHA Okay. EMILY Okay. Okay. TOM Okay, baby. Yep. I’ll come and pick you up TOMorrow morning. You don’t need to thank me. That’s what I’m here for. I love you. EMILY Hey. TOM Hey. EMILY She’s okay? TOM Yeah, she’s good. I’ll call her back for you. EMILY Good. No, no, no, no. That’s okay. That’s okay. I will talk to her TOMorrow. TOM Why? What’s wrong? EMILY Nothing’s wrong. I’ll just talk to her in the morning. TOM Are you drunk? EMILY No. Sasha gave me a pill in the club to relax so. TOM A pill. So you’re doing drugs now? EMILY It was prescription. It’s not a big deal. TOM What the hell is going on with you? EMILY TOM, please. I am going to take a shower. TOM EMILY, our daughter was just in a car crash but you’re too high to comfort her? EMILY I’m sorry! EMILY Okay? You were here, she’s okay. So, I am going to take a shower now and I will talk to her in the morning. TOM We need to talk about it now. EMILY I promise. SOPHIA I’m so sorry, Mom. I shouldn’t have gotten in the car with Andriana. I knew she had been drinking. EMILY It’s okay, it’s okay, it’s okay. It’s okay. EMILY You’re okay. EMILY We all make mistakes. But what matters is you’re okay. TOM Listen, might be a couple days before you feel whiplash, but I made an appointment for you with Dr. Stern, okay? Just in case. SOPHIA Okay. Okay. EMILY The gallery opening is tonight so I have to work but Dad is going to take you to the doctor. SOPHIA Okay. EMILY Okay? SOPHIA Sounds good. EMILY And you just text me or you call me when you get done. You let me know how you’re feeling. SOPHIA Yeah. I love you. EMILY I love you. I love you. EMILY I’m sorry. TOM It’s okay. EMILY Thank you. CARLO The powers of women as the creators of life. MARGOT Isn’t he amazing? CARLO Ciao. MARGOT So, how are you ladies? Am I finally going to see a return on my investment? EMILY We’ve already had bidding wars on 11 pieces. SASHA Mm-hmm. And all of them have sold above the reserve price. MARGOT That’s excellent. SASHA Yep. Carlo has the buyers eating out of his hands. MARGOT Yeah, he sure knows how to turn on the charm when he wants something. SASHA Hmm. MARGOT Doesn’t he, EMILY? CARLO Aha, I recognize you two from the photo on Emily’s desk. You must be Tom and Sophia. TOM Yeah. It’s Carlo, right? CARLO Yeah. TOM Beautiful work. SOPHIA Yeah. CARLO Thank you so much. SOPHIA I uh, I looked you up on Insta. I really like your conceptual stuff, especially the black and white. EMILY Excuse I’m gonna. I’ll be back. EMILY I didn’t know you two were gonna make it. TOM Yeah, well, we wanted to surprise you. CARLO What a lovely surprise it is, hmm, EMILY? EMILY Yes, lovely. CARLO Well, I uh, should get back. Duty calls. Lovely meeting you both, huh? SOPHIA You too. TOM You too. EMILY How are you feeling, honey? SOPHIA Better. I had a good cuddle with Bodie. EMILY Aw. Bodie misses you. Well, we. we all miss you. TOM And Dr. Stern gave her a clean bill of health. EMILY Good. Okay, well I need to circulate. But why don’t you two get a glass of champagne and I’ll be back. SOPHIA Really? Can I have one? EMILY One. SOPHIA One. One. TOM All right. Go work your magic. MARGOT Hello, everyone. Thank you for being here. Please join us. Join us. MARGOT Yes, thank you. Thank you for coming to Carlo Barone’s first ever American fine art photography show. Now, I could go on for hours about Carlo’s genius, his sensitivity and style, but why settle for me when you can hear from the man himself? Please, Carlo Barone. CARLO Thank you, Margot. Thank you very much to you all. And thank you for the warm welcome. MARGOT Mm-hmm. CARLO You know, a lot has been spoken and written about creativity and art. But for me, what sums it up best is this, creativity is giving yourself the freedom to make a mistake, and true art is knowing which mistakes to keep. CARLO I hope you all enjoy my mistakes. Have a good night, everyone. MARGOT Thank you, Carlo. Thank you for your beautiful mistakes. MARGOT Now, we’ve already sold most of the work here this evening but we have one surprise left for you. It is my great pleasure to unveil what I believe will be recognized as a masterpiece of Carlo’s American period. Guests Ooh! SOPHIA Mom? TOM Sophia, we’re leaving. EMILY TOM, that is not. that is not what it looks like. TOM I will see you at home. EMILY i. TOM Let’s go. EMILY Margot. MARGOT So, I see Carlo found himself a new muse? EMILY No, no, no, no. Margot, I, I. that is not me. I don’t know why he would do something like this. MARGOT Don’t lie to me, EMILY. We’re both adults. I never should have sent you to the studio. EMILY I did not pose for him! MARGOT Maybe you did. Maybe you didn’t. Either way, this is entirely unprofessional and I think it’s best that you don’t work here anymore. EMILY You’re firing me? MARGOT You should try to save your marriage. EMILY Margot. CARLO Emily, would you like a photograph? EMILY What are you doing? Are you trying to ruin my life? CARLO No, I’m trying to help you. EMILY My husband probably suspects that we’re having an affair. Margot just fired me. CARLO The truth shall set you free. EMILY Get away from me. CARLO No, no, no. CARLO Emily, you can’t get rid of me that easily. EMILY Get your hand off of me. EMILY Tom. EMILY I love you. EMILY Tom. CARLO I’m making us breakfast. Come over. EMILY Carlo, you are out of control. You crossed the line last night. CARLO Relax, Emily. I thought you would like to be immortalized in a work of art? EMILY No, I don’t! I don’t. And you cost me my job. But you know what? I am not gonna let you cost me my family. CARLO Forget your family. They don’t appreciate you like I do. EMILY No, no, wait, that’s just it. That’s just it. I messed up. I forgot what’s most important. CARLO And what’s that? EMILY My family, Carlo. I can never see you again. Don’t call me. CARLO Hi, you’ve reached Emily. Please leave a message and I will get right back to you. Hi, you’ve reached Emily. Please leave a message and I will get right-- ANNIE When you called this morning, I took the liberty of having one of my legal researchers do some digging on Carlo. EMILY And? ANNIE It’s not good, EMILY. Carlo’s ex-girlfriend got a restraining order against him in Italy last year. EMILY Wait, what? ANNIE Assault charges were filed but ultimately dropped. EMILY Did he attack her? ANNIE No, no, it wasn’t specific. ANNIE But can I give you some advice as a friend? EMILY Yes, please. ANNIE Carlo could be dangerous. You need to break it off with him and make up with Tom as soon as possible. EMILY I’ve tried to break it off with him. He doesn’t listen. ANNIE Then you have to make him listen. EMILY What are you doing here? CARLO You’re not answering any of my calls. We need to talk. EMILY Carlo, how did you get my address? CARLO Fifteen minutes on the computer. I’m coming in. EMILY Ah, ah, no. No, it’s over. CARLO It’s not over for me. EMILY We had an affair. It was fun but now it’s over. I told you that I was married. You knew that I was married. What did you expect? You have to understand CARLO I understand. I understand perfectly well. You just want to use me for sex. EMILY No. CARLO Well then, did you ever think about my feelings? Huh? Did you ever think about me and how I feel? EMILY I’m very sorry if I gave you the impression that we could have a future together. CARLO What did you think, huh? I was just going to go back to Italy and forget about this? Just disappear? Huh? That’s what you want? CARLO I’m not going anywhere. EMILY Carlo, this is insane. What do, what do you want me to do? CARLO I want us to be a family. EMILY I already have a family. CARLO Have you told him? EMILY Have I told him what? CARLO That we love each other. EMILY Carlo, you need to get off my property. CARLO Get off-- CARLO Open up right now! EMILY Stop! EMILY Stop! CARLO Open the door! EMILY Okay. EMILY Hi. EMILY How’s Sophia? TOM She’s fine. TOM What are you doing? EMILY Making dinner. I um, signed us up for a couples’ cooking class. TOM What happened to your car? EMILY Uh, I don’t know. I think some kids keyed it while I was at the grocery store. TOM Em, we’ve got to talk. EMILY I know. what you must have thought when you saw that photo. TOM Did you sleep with him? EMILY No. Don’t be ridiculous. Of course not. EMILY I know what the photo looked like, but it wasn’t me. It’s like a deep fake thing. TOM Really? TOM Do you think I’m stupid? EMILY No, of course not. But that’s what Carlo does. He, he manipulates images in, in his work. And I don’t know if he used photoshop or Luminest to put my head on that body, but it wasn’t me. EMILY Tom, I need you to believe me. TOM That’s the problem, Em. I don’t know if I can believe you. EMILY I love you. EMILY I will always love you. EMILY And I would never do anything to hurt you. TOM Are you sure about that? EMILY Yes. I’m sure. TOM What’s with the resume? EMILY Um, Margot fired me. TOM Wait, what? EMILY She saw that photo and. TOM She thought you were sleeping with Carlo, too. EMILY But I’m not. EMILY Maybe there’s a silver lining here. Maybe this gives us. a chance to add a new chapter. EMILY Maybe um. maybe we can move back to San Francisco. TOM What about Berkeley? TOM We’d be closer to Sophia. EMILY I mean, I don’t think our daughter would be very happy with us following her to college but I do like-- EMILY I do like that idea. JOAN Will your husband be joining us today? EMILY Uh, yeah. You know what? He’s actually already here. He’s just packing up the home office so we can shift it to Berkeley. JOAN Oh, you’re leaving the area? Can I ask why? EMILY Um, our daughter just started college there. JOAN Congratulations. EMILY Thank you. JOAN Well, we’ve got a few offers just under asking but I have someone coming in today who’s willing to pay full price. EMILY Oh, okay. Well, I guess I just better get out of your hair. JOAN Speak of the devil. CARLO Joan. Lovely to meet you in person. JOAN Pleasure. CARLO And you are? JOAN The homeowner. CARLO Ah, Carlo. EMILY Yeah, um, EMILY. EMILY H-, uh, Westover, yeah. CARLO And this is? Hi, bello. Come stai? Bellissimo cane. JOAN I think he likes you. CARLO Oh, what’s his name? EMILY Bodie. It’s, it’s Bodie. CARLO Bellissimo Bodie. CARLO You look familiar. Maybe we’ve met? EMILY Uh. you know, I, I, I actually get that a lot. Might have a common face. CARLO Hmm, no I think I. I think I might have met you through your husband. Is he here? EMILY No. JOAN I thought you said he was in his home office? EMILY Uh, he is. he is here but he’s just been so busy that it’s like, you know, he can’t really talk to anyone. CARLO Ah. EMILY Yeah. JOAN Uh, would you like a tour of the house? CARLO Please. JOAN All right. CARLO Well, this is lovely hardwood. JOAN Yes, brand new solid oak throughout. Stunning vineyard views, as you can see. CARLO Beautiful. Beautiful cabinets. These countertops, really sturdy. EMILY Um, you know, today might not be the best day for, for the walkthrough since my husband’s so busy. CARLO That’s okay. I’ll come back. JOAN Uh, well we’re uh, having an open house on Sunday. CARLO Oh, perfect. EMILY Mm-hmm. JOAN I’ll be expecting you. You two have a lot in common. EMILY Hmm. JOAN Carlo’s an artist. EMILY Oh. CARLO Maybe I have a card. CARLO There you go. JOAN Let me show you out. EMILY Yeah. CARLO Perfect timing. It’s almost ready. EMILY I’m not here for dinner. CARLO You have to eat something, right? EMILY This isn’t a social visit. CARLO Hmm. What would you like to drink, red or white? EMILY This has to stop! CARLO What? EMILY This! The calling, the texting, the showing up at my house, trashing my car! CARLO I can’t stop, Emily. I love you. EMILY No, Carlo, you don’t love me. CARLO I. CARLO . can’t live without you. EMILY Oh, my God, Carlo, what do you want? CARLO Emily, I want. CARLO . I want you to leave your husband. EMILY That’s never gonna happen. EMILY I’m leaving Napa because of you. CARLO Huh, doesn’t matter where you go, I’ll always find you. EMILY Why can’t you just get it through your head? It is over! CARLO You. don’t care about me at all, do you? EMILY You’re crazy. This is crazy! CARLO We’re all a little crazy, Emily. EMILY You are ruining my life! CARLO You, you’ve ruined it yourself. EMILY Let me go, please. EMILY I don’t want to lose my family. EMILY Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. CARLO Please don’t cry. CARLO I’ll let you go. EMILY I don’t want to lose my family. CARLO I’ll let you go. CARLO You can leave. CARLO But I need one last kiss. EMILY No! I can’t. CARLO One last kiss and I’ll walk out of your life forever, I promise. EMILY Okay. CARLO No, no, no, no, no. . Not like that. A real kiss. Huh? EMILY Okay. Okay, Carlo, stop. Okay, stop! CARLO What are you doing? EMILY Get your hands off me! CARLO Not so fast. EMILY Get off of me! CARLO Come on, Emily. CARLO You want to play rough? I can do that. EMILY Oh, my God. TOM Bodie seems to like it here. EMILY Yeah. It’s exciting, this new chapter in our life. TOM Honestly, I’m so happy to hear you say that. EMILY Yeah? TOM I was worried you might not like Berkeley. EMILY Well, it’s only been three weeks but. I think I love it. TOM Listen, I wanted to apologize to you, Em. EMILY For what? TOM I know you and I, we haven’t been good for some time now and that’s. that’s on me. EMILY No, Tom. TOM Listen, let me finish. Listen, I’ve been selfish. I’ve taken you for granted. I’ve been spending way too much time on my book. I’ve been thinking about myself and what I wanted. But I never stopped to ask what you wanted. EMILY That’s easy. EMILY I want you. Us. This marriage. Our family. EMILY That’s what matters most and it’s worth fighting for. TOM I love you so much. EMILY I love you so much. TOM So, what time are you going to the gallery today? EMILY Hmm. 11. TOM Hmm. You want me to come? EMILY I mean, if you’re not too busy. TOM No. EMILY Yeah, that would be great. Thank you. TOM Yeah. TOM All right. TOM Come on. TOM Bodie, here boy! EMILY Come on, you know he’s probably outside already looking for bones. TOM Right. EMILY Mm-hmm. TOM You want some breakfast? EMILY Hmm. no. TOM Hmm. EMILY I want you. TOM Is that so? EMILY Mm-hmm. EMILY Ooh. EMILY Where are you taking me? TOM I don’t know, but we goin’. EMILY Wow. EMILY That was incredible. TOM It sure was. EMILY Mm-hmm. TOM Something’s different about you. EMILY Hmm. A good different? TOM Great different. EMILY You want some water? TOM Sure. EMILY Okay. One, two, three. EMILY No! No! EMILY Tom! EMILY Tom! EMILY Tom! DET WALLER Looks like somebody jimmied the lock on your gate. But you say nothing’s missing. TOM Our dog was stolen. Det. Weir Is this some kind of expensive pedigree? EMILY No, Bodie’s a rescue, but I mean, he’s a part of our family. DET WALLER Do you know any reason why somebody might want to hurt you or your dog? TOM No, we moved here two weeks ago. DET WALLER Ma’am? EMILY There’s this guy named Carlo Barone and. I saw him. I saw him take Bodie. TOM Why didn’t you say anything? EMILY Because I was scared, TOM. DET WALLER How do you know him, Mr. Barone? EMILY Baron-e. Um, I, I. he’s a photographer I worked with in Napa. But I left the gallery a month ago and uh, he was pretty angry. TOM He was obsessed with Emily. He did some sort of deep fake and manipulated a nude picture to make it look like her. EMILY Look, he got it in his head that something was going on between us and he started calling and he started texting. And he scratched up my car. And I went to his loft to confront him and he got violent with me. TOM Wait, really? EMILY Yeah, he grabbed me and wouldn’t let go. TOM Em. DET WALLER You didn’t tell your husband? EMILY I was embarrassed. And I went there and I ended up pepper-spraying him, and I left before anything ever happened. And we were, we were already moving to Berkeley, so I just. I. DET WALLER Look, ma’am. Do you think he still wants to hurt you? EMILY I don’t know. EMILY What are we gonna do if Carlo comes back? TOM My father’s gun is in our bedroom safe. EMILY But you hate guns. TOM You want to tell me what the hell’s going on? EMILY I’m sorry. TOM What exactly are you sorry for? EMILY I don’t want to hurt you. TOM Say it. EMILY Carlo did attack me at his loft. EMILY But. it’s not that simple. TOM Meaning? EMILY Meaning. EMILY I made a mistake, Tom. TOM I knew it. I knew it, Emily. How could you? EMILY I’m sorry. I promise you, it didn’t mean anything to me. TOM How many times did you have sex with him? EMILY Do we need to get into that? TOM How many? EMILY I don’t want to talk about it. TOM So, it was more than a one night stand. It was an affair? EMILY I wasn’t thinking. TOM You weren’t thinking. That’s the understatement of the century. TOM I feel sick. EMILY I don’t know what to say. TOM Are you in love with him? EMILY No. No. No, I’m not in love with him. EMILY I love you. TOM You’ve got a funny way of showing that. EMILY I’m sorry. TOM You’re sorry, I’m sorry, we’re all sorry. We. we had a perfect marriage, a perfect daughter, and you went and just threw it all away. For what? EMILY No, no, that’s not fair. Maybe you feel like we had the perfect marriage, but I didn’t feel that. TOM Yeah, I got that. EMILY You have been more focused on your book than you have on me, for months now. For months! EMILY But I still love you. I love you now more than I ever have. EMILY And I know. I know we can figure this out. I made a mistake. I know I made a mistake. But what happened with Carlo, it meant nothing to me and it is over. Please don’t hate me. TOM Don’t. touch me. TOM I don’t hate you, Emily. TOM I could never hate you, Em. EMILY Okay. TOM But you’ve lied to me. You lied to my face. When you should have just told me. EMILY I know. TOM No! TOM You made me believe that when we moved here, we were going to be okay. We’re not okay! EMILY But we can be. TOM No, we cannot be okay! EMILY We don’t have to do that. TOM I’m going to ask Sophia to come over. I have to tell her in person. EMILY Tell her what? TOM That Bodie was stolen by your boy-toy! EMILY Oh, no. TOM That you and I are gonna get. we’re gonna get a divorce. EMILY TOM. TOM It’s best if you’re not here when she arrives. EMILY Don’t. You don’t need to tell her that. I will talk to her myself. We don’t need to-- TOM You need. you need to get out. EMILY Tom. We’ve been married for 20 years. TOM Get out! SOPHIA How many classes did you make last week? ANDRIANA Um, I think if I’m taking more clubs than classes, that would be good. ANDRIANA Uh, who is that? SOPHIA That’s one of my mom’s artists. ANDRIANA Okay, we’ll catch you later. SOPHIA Okay. SOPHIA Hey, Carlo. CARLO Ciao, Sophia. SOPHIA What are you doing here? CARLO I was invited to be a guest lecturer. SOPHIA Oh, cool. CARLO You know, I, I heard you are a very talented photographer. SOPHIA I don’t know about that. I mean, I can’t even figure out if I should do photography or painting or both. CARLO You are young, huh? You should try many um. many. how do you say. different things. CARLO You know, I didn’t pick up a camera until I was 20. SOPHIA Really? CARLO That’s right. SOPHIA Wow. EMILY Hey, Soph, it’s Mom. Um. give me a call back when you get this. I’m. I’m coming down to campus to talk to you. CARLO I’m starting a new photography studio down here in Berkeley and I’m. I’m looking for an intern. Maybe you would like to come with me, take a coffee, and we can talk about it? SOPHIA Yeah, sure. That sounds great. Now? CARLO Sì. Unless you have another place to go? SOPHIA Yeah, sure. That sounds great. CARLO Perfect. Let’s take a photo. Send to your mama, huh? SOPHIA Okay. CARLO A selfie? SOPHIA Yeah. CARLO With your phone. SOPHIA Okay. CARLO Come. CARLO Smile, hey? SOPHIA Yeah. CARLO Beautiful. SOPHIA Perfect. CARLO Andiamo. SOPHIA Okay. EMILY Hi, baby. It’s Mom. Um. give me a ring back when you get this. TOM It’s okay. I’m right here, all right? CARLO Shut up. Shut up! TOM Hey, don’t touch CARLO Hands behind your back. TOM Don’t touch her! CARLO Where is Emily? TOM She. she went to look for Sophia. EMILY Okay. Okay. TOM Mm-mm. Mm-mm. EMILY It’s okay. It’s okay. It’s okay, it’s okay, it’s okay. EMILY It’s okay, right? EMILY Okay. EMILY No, no. TOM Just forget about the gun. Call 911. TOM Call 911, go. EMILY Okay. TOM Go, go, go, go, go. CARLO Why did you take off your gag? CARLO Huh? EMILY Okay, come on. EMILY Okay, come on. EMILY Come on, come on, come on, come on. Come on. Come on. CARLO I’m going to call Emily and you’re going to tell her to come home right now. TOM So you can hurt her? I’m not gonna do that. CARLO You’re going to call Emily or one of you is gonna die! TOM No, come on, Carlo. Stop. You don’t need to do this. CARLO I guess it’s gonna be her then. TOM No, no, no, no! Don’t! Shoot me! Shoot me! Shoot me, okay? Shoot me! CARLO You mean you’d rather die than tell your wife to come home? TOM Yes! Yes. CARLO You are so stupid. TOM What the hell? EMILY Please. Please. CARLO EMILY? EMILY Please, don’t hurt my family. Please, please, please. CARLO Amore. EMILY Don’t hurt my family. CARLO I packed your bags. We’re going to be together. We can finally be together. EMILY Okay. Um. I’m gonna go with you. I just need to know that you’re not going to hurt them. Okay? CARLO Yeah. EMILY If you really love me, if you really love me, okay, then I need you to put the gun down. CARLO Cetto. Of course. EMILY Okay. CARLO Emily. EMILY Okay um. we gotta go. We gotta go. We’ve got to get out of here. CARLO Andiamo, let’s go. EMILY We’ve got to go through the alley, come on. EMILY We gotta go. CARLO Wait, wait, wait. EMILY This way! CARLO Wait. EMILY This way! CARLO Where are you going? EMILY We gotta. there’s a. there’s a gate to the alley. TOM Sweetheart. Baby, I need you to get out of here, okay? SOPHIA No. No. TOM Go, go, go, go, go. SOPHIA I am not leaving without you. TOM Then go hide. CARLO With your family still alive, there is always going to be something keeping us apart. EMILY No, no, no. No. Because, because I do, I do, I do love my family, but I love you, too. And if we’re together then we’ll be okay. We just. it’ll be you and I together forever. CARLO Okay, but where do you. where do you want to go? EMILY We just gotta go. EMILY It doesn’t matter. As long as we’re together, right? TOM Get off her! TOM Carlo, put the gun down. CARLO Or what? Huh? Huh? CARLO Your hands are shaking, TOM. CARLO You could miss and hit her, and that’s not what you want. TOM Hear that, Carlo? That’s the cops. You don’t have much time. Just let her go and you can still get away. CARLO Yeah. If you think I’m scared of you. EMILY Ah! CARLO Me and Emily are in love. She does not love you, Tom. She’s in love with me. EMILY No, wait, wait, wait. CARLO And now I’m going to set her free. EMILY Wait! Wait! Wait! Wait! EMILY Wait, wait, wait! I lied. I don’t love you. I only said that so I could protect my family. Because that’s who I care about. Tom and Sophia, that’s what matters to me. So, if you want to kill someone, kill me! CARLO You don’t love me? EMILY No. I don’t love you. CARLO Tell me you don’t love me. EMILY I don’t love you! CARLO Tell me you don’t love me. EMILY I don’t love you! EMILY Ah! TOM Emily! Emily! EMILY Wait, wait, ah! TOM Ah! CARLO You’ve always been a problem since the beginning, Tom. It’s because of you. TOM It’s okay. EMILY Is he dead? TOM He can’t hurt us. EMILY Is he dead? Is he? Oh, my God. EMILY Sophia! EMILY Oh, my God! TOM Baby, this smells amazing. EMILY Are you sure it doesn’t need any more salt? TOM No. Nope, it’s perfect. EMILY Good. TOM All right. We’re gonna have some champagne. EMILY Some champagne? TOM Mm-hmm. EMILY Are we celebrating or something? TOM Yes, we are. TOM We’re celebrating our marriage. TOM Listen, I know it hasn’t been easy but made it, right? EMILY Yes, we did. TOM Oh, one more thing. EMILY What? TOM My publisher sent me my book today. EMILY What? Congratulations! TOM Thank you. EMILY Oh, did they keep my cover art? TOM You know what? I don’t. I don’t know. EMILY You don’t know? TOM Maybe you should take a look. EMILY Let’s see. EMILY I love it. TOM I love you. EMILY I love it! EMILY Love it! Love it! Love it! Oh, my gosh! TOM I love you. EMILY Oh, my gosh, it's beautiful!