MCKINNONS HOUSE

Jake opens the door and gets a big surprise.

Jake: Mary!

Mary: Come here.

Mary gives him a hug.

Mary: I'm so sorry. She was such a sweet girl. I'll never forget the summer that we kept them.

Jake (teary eyed): I'm gonna miss her.

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CORYS HOUSE

Cory sits in the living room teary eyed when Rachel walks up to him.

Cory: How could we be saying goodbye to Michele? How could she be gone?

Rachel: I know honey. I asked those same questions when your father died.

Cory: It's not fair that Michele had to die.

Rachel (consoling her son): Life isn't fair honey, as you'll soon learn.

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CARLINOS HOUSE

Dante opens the door.

Dante: Mr. Harrison.

Grant: Hey Dante. Is your mother around?

Paulina walks into the living room.

Paulina: Grant. I'm surprised to see you today.

Dante: I'm gonna go find my tie.

Paulina (watching Dante head upstairs): So are you gonna have us taken by limo?

Grant: That could be arranged. I was wondering if I could accompany you to the memorial.

Paulina: I...really don't think that would be a good idea. Given the bad blood between you and Vicky, you'd probably would be the last person she'd want to see.

Grant: Ouch. You know how to drive a stake through someone's heart don't you?

Paulina: I'm a vampire slayer.

Grant: I don’t disintegrate in the daytime.

Paulina: Well that’s good to know. Listen, please understand. You’ve been so wonderful to us, but you cannot accompany Dante and me to the memorial. I don’t think it’s a good idea.

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AT THE CHURCH…IN THE FOYER…

Mary is walking out of the bathroom…and runs into Reginald.

Reginald: Marissa. You look beautiful as you always have.

Mary: Thank you. You look well also.

Reginald: I can’t believe we’re saying goodbye to Michele. She’s so young and had so much of her life yet to live.

Mary: Jake and Vicky are devastated.

Reginald: I loved her. I know you find that hard to believe after what I did to you. I had no right trying to keep you from your family.

Mary: Reginald, Michele was your great-granddaughter. What you did in the past has no bearing on the present. I have long forgiven you for what happened back then. Today’s about Michele, and Jake and Vicky.

Reginald (nodding): You’re right.

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Inside all the guests are seated, and Jake is speaking…

Jake: I want to remember the good times. I should have known she’d be a brainiac. When she was little she tried to read Vicky’s romance novels. It’s like she knew what it was going to take to be successful. She got it. My daughter always studied. I can count on five hundred hands how many times Vicky and I would pick her up and drop her off at the library. She took her education seriously. I’m gonna miss my daughter.

Bridget now speaks…

Bridget: It’s funny how I was always the social butterfly, the outgoing one, the popular one. You think everyone would want to be like me, but the truth is, I wanted to be like my sister. She was so much more beautiful than I ever was, and she was my identical twin. Dad was right, she always was reading and studying. I mean she hardly ever wanted to play with my dolls.

After a couple of people speak, Vicky speaks…

Vicky: What more can I say about my baby? She had been accepted to Harvard and Columbia. That was one of the days I picked her up from the library. She wasn’t a complete nerd. She had a social life. She had a steady boyfriend, and she went to the prom…that’s the night…she was hit by that car.

Vicky steps down, and approaches Bridget.

Vicky: We won’t see Michele graduate from college, get a great job, meet a nice man, get married, have a baby…all because of you.

Jake (jumping up): Vicky---

Vicky: She will never experience the things that Bridget will get the chance to.

John and Sharlene wheel in Gregory...and Vicky turns her wrath toward him.

Vicky: And you were the driving the car that killed my daughter.

John: And he’s sorry about it.

Vicky: Sorry. SORRY! All the damn apologies in the world are not gonna bring my daughter back! I had to take her off life support…because of your son, and my other daughter Bridget!!!

Donna: Victoria!

Vicky slowly approaches with Jake attempting to shield Bridget…

Vicky (pointing at Bridget, who is crying): As of today, you are no longer my daughter.

Marley (quickly approaching Vicky): Vicky let’s go…now!

Vicky: You’re NOT my daughter any more Bridget!!!

All the guests are in shock, Bridget and Jake are embarrassed, and Marley escorts Vicky out of the church…

FREEZE FRAME ON MARLEY AND VICKY…SLOW FADE…END OF EPISODE 30

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