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Scene 1.2.2: Thomas Confronts Grace (v1)
Later that evening, she found herself sitting on the front porch staring outward. The last of the day’s light was fading from the day, and the darkness edged over the hill, encompassing the field and the garden into the night’s darkness. Emma had joined her for a few minutes to chat before she retired for — read more
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Scene 1.1.5: Dinner Scene #1 (v1)
Standing on the front porch, she wondered whether or not there would be dessert. Normally Owen didn’t serve it, which she took as a marker of poverty. Instead, he would serve whiskey, neat. To all the adults in the room, then everyone would retire for the evening. To an extent she expected this to be — read more
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Scene 1.2.1: “Adrian isn’t working today” (v2)
The next morning she awoke with her stomach already in knots. The bright morning sunlight cut intrusively through her curtains, forcing her to end her rest sooner than she had wanted. Grace throws them open and slides the pane up, welcoming the breeze into the stale room. The eastern edge of the field was empty. — read more
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Scene 1.3.18: Grace deals with the aftermath of the breakup (v2). Scene 1.3.19: Grace and Adrian talk, but life gets in the way (v1).
*Content Warning: Physical Violence* 1.3.18 (v2) Over that entire evening she sat on the edge of her desk and watched the barn. There it stood, unaffected as ever against the overgrown fields. Slowly decaying in Adrian’s absence. Owen and Thomas had avoided that area since. She’d tried many other things to quiet her mind, all — read more
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Scene 1.1.8: Barn Visit #1 / Adrian’s Second Shift (v2)
Despite the long hours that he worked during the planting season, Adrian always looked forward to the second shift he’d agreed to take on at Grace’s house. Once Tom was satisfied with the work that had been done, he would go in the house, scrub off his face and hands, and eat something before going — read more
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Scene 1.3.17: Grace Breaks Up With Adrian (v3)
She had not been expecting to go about it this way. There had been so many frustrations, so many hang ups. How was it that on not one, but two farms, no equipment existed to break a simple chain? Perhaps she did not possess the strength. As the days passed she became impatient for a — read more
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Scene 2.1.2: Thomas and Mara (CUT)
Deleted scene info: This scene would likely go in the beginning of act two as Thomas recalls the first act and figures out how to move forward with everything he knows. Chronologically, this scene would occur shortly after Adrian disappears, leaving Thomas to deal with everything he normally does, and the stress of this situation. — read more
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