Scene Fourty-Eight - Kip's Farewell

EXT. HANA'S VEGETABLE GARDEN. DAY

HANA stands by her Vegetable Garden. Kip drives along the path and then stops the motorbike. She goes to him, stands, fastens the top button of his coat. You feel she might just climb on the seat behind him. But she doesn't. Neither of them can think of what to say.

HANA: I'll always go back to that church. Look at my painting.

KIP: I'll always go back to that church.

 

HANA: So one day we'll meet.

He nods, winds up the throttle, and is gone. Hana walks back to the Patient's room.

 

 

Hana picks up the hypodermic to prepare his injection. She takes a vial. The Patient is watching her. HE REACHES OUT AND PUSHES TWO MORE VIALS TOWARD HER. THEIR EYES MEET, THEN HE SHOVELS ANOTHER, THEN ALL OF THEM. She looks at him. IT'S A MASSIVE LETHAL DOSE.

 

Hana decides, starts to prepare the injection, her eyes filling with tears. The Patient nods, smiles, whispers.

 

THE PATIENT: Thank you.

She holds the loaded syringe up to the light. She's sobbing violently. The Patient's expression is full of peace.

 

THE PATIENT: Read to me, will you? Read me to sleep.