THE END By Martin Douglas Aaron and Samantha have been unhappily married for a long time. Samantha has been cheating on him. Dan has known but hasn't spoken of it until this night when he's finally made a decision to kick her out. INT. FAMILY -- NIGHT Aaron sits at a small desk in the family, the only light in the room coming from the lamp in front of him. He slowly sips at a glass of wine while his eyes gaze blankly out the window in front him. His wife, Samantha, enters from the hallway behind him, exhausted she collapses on the couch. SAMANTHA He's asleep. AARON He should have been in bed an hour ago. SAMANTHA He wanted me to read him a story. AARON Did you? SAMANTHA Yeah. Aaron nods as he takes another sip of his wine. A silence falls upon them. SAMANTHA (CONT'D) He's wants to know why we're not talking. AARON What did you tell him? SAMANTHA I didn't...I don't know the answer myself. AARON You do. SAMANTHA I do? AARON No more secrets Sam. SAMANTHA You don't control me, you know. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2. AARON Never said I did. SAMANTHA You've tried though. AARON You've made your own choices Sam. It's your choice to talk or not. SAMANTHA You know about Dan? AARON I've known. SAMANTHA And you've never said a word? AARON I had hoped you cared enough to tell me yourself. SAMANTHA You're a shit, you know that? AARON It's your guilt, not mine. Don't you dare put it on me. SAMANTHA I'm going to bed. AARON Don't bother. Your bags are in the car. SAMANTHA You're kicking me out? AARON You don't live here anymore. SAMANTHA Fine. Samantha gets up from the couch and starts back down the hallway. AARON Where are you going? SAMANTHA To grab Kyle. AARON You're not taking my son. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3. SAMANTHA Last time I check he was my son too. AARON You gave that up the minute you cheated. Now get the hell out of my house. SAMANTHA You can't do this. AARON I just did. I booked a motel for you down the street. The divorce papers will be there in the morning. SAMANTHA What the hell did I ever do to you! AARON Besides cheating? SAMANTHA ...Don't do this to me. AARON I didn't.