SYLVIA Hello? Is anyone out there? Syl...

Mimosa

Sylvia Purell

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SYLVIA

Hello? Is anyone out there?

Sylvia, restless, stands up on the bed and yells again.

SYLVIA (CONT'D)

I don’t know what I’m supposed to do here! Hello?!

Sylvia begins lightly jumping up and down on the bed.

SYLVIA (CONT'D)

Wow. Such a firm mattress. Very nice.

Sylvia beings jumping more enthusiastically on the bed.

SYLVIA (CONT'D) Oh my! I haven’t done this in decades! Weeeeeee!

A woman strict, no nonsense woman in her 20s, PURELL, shows up with a clipboard in hand.

PURELL

(dry) What fun.

Sylvia stops jumping, startled.

SYLVIA

Oh! You scared me. I thought I was alone.

PURELL

Yes we often think that, but it’s rarely the case.

SYLVIA

I don’t know what happened. One minute I was watching the news...

PURELL

Oh, the news! Such a panic right now.

SYLVIA

I know. It’s terrible!

PURELL

It’s

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