PIECES OF ME - JULY 2020 81 .
Blood spews down her naked body . She tries to scream . Nothing comes out . Mary collapses and dies .
Eli drops the pocketknife and inspects his wrist . He ’ s bleeding out . Big time .
KNOCK ! KNOCK !
Shit .
ELI
He turns to the door , then back to Mary . He pushes her off the bed with a THUD and covers the mess with a blanket .
ELI ( CONT ' D ) ( faint )
Who is it ?
Sophie peeks through the door and smiles .
SOPHIE Hi dad . Hope I ’ m not interrupting anything , but I ordered a pizza and wanted to see if you wanted a pepperoni smoothie ?
ELI ( weak )
That was all the banging ?
SOPHIE Yeah . A little aggressive . Sorry .
( a beat ) You don ’ t look well .
ELI I had a little ... accident .
He raises his injured arm .
SOPHIE JESUS CHRIST ! APPLY PRESSURE . I ’ LL BE RIGHT BACK .
Sophie runs down the hall and disappears , while Eli uses his hand as a tourniquet . Blood squirts through his digits like a ketchup packet .
A tense beat , then she returns with a LIGHTER , THREADED NEEDLE and SPORTS DRINK .
SOPHIE ( CONT ' D ) This is going to hurt .