ANNE Whatcha, you writing there? DYLAN Just a letter to dad. (ANNE sighs and sits down next to DYLAN on his bed.) ANNE Oh, sweetheart. You know — (Stops herself, then waits a beat.) What are you writing about? DYLAN I’m just letting him know how much we miss him. ANNE That’s very sweet but you need to go to bed. (ANNE tucks him in and kisses him on the forehead. She then gets up and leaves the room. Once she leaves DYLAN gets back up again and starts writing.) DYLAN Mom misses you too. Even though she doesn’t talk about it, I know she does. I used to think that mom worked a lot before you died. Now I. know how good I had it. Sometimes I go all day without seeing her. She said that that’s good for me, her
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