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The social worker who is evaluating Maddie’s custody made an exception for Maddie at her request to stay in Nashville with her Uncle Bryson for a week to test if he is fit to be her guardian. Maddie is bored in a cooped up condo. Bryson tries to take her mind off her tragic loss, but he struggles with his limited experience with adolescents. Though they come from totally different backgrounds and perspectives, they each recognize the good nature of the other.
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MADDIE
Can we go to the park now?
BRYSON
Fifteen minutes.
MADDIE
You said fifteen minutes, twenty minutes ago.
BRYSON
That was before I started finding Leonard’s mistakes with this spreadsheet.
MADDIE
Spread sheet at home is what we do before we make the bed.
BRYSON
This is the same except it’s got lots of wrinkles so I’m ironing it out.
MADDIE
Why would
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