On the day before Thanksgiving, a man and woman find themselves trapped and abandoned in a skywalk over a metropolitan area. As they grapple with their own life stressors, their patience with the situation and each other quickly spirals into confrontation.
Will they discover something to be thankful for?
Truth on a Bridge (Sample)
LONNA
Hold it! Hooold it! Hoooold the door!
DAVID
(To his phone.)
Because I need more time. I can’t be in two
places. You know this. Can we just cooperate
please?
LONNA
Hands full here, big guy! Door! Hold!
(DAVID and LONNA move past one another and
each gives the other a disapproving look.
The door closes. LONNA pauses, kicks the
door, puts a bag down, and tries to open
it but fails.)
DAVID
That’s exactly right. This IS about letting
him down. I understand that. I understand that.
(Pulls phone away from his ear and looks at
LONNA for sympathy, then shrugs and talks
into the air.)
I understand that. I understand that.
(Puts his phone back to his ear.)
Hello? Helloooo? Jamie? Ugh.
LONNA
Hung up on you huh? I don’t blame them.
DAVID
Excuse me?
LONNA
Your little conversation. That’s what you get
for not paying attention to other people.
DAVID
If you must know, my signal dropped. Shouldn’t
you be off to your private yacht instead of
harassing the proletariat?
LONNA
I’d love to but… The-Door. Is-Locked.
DAVID
You have to turn the handle. But thank you for
yelling in the background during my
life-altering phone call.
Hey, this door is locked.
LONNA
Tadaaaa!
DAVID
Well, I guess you’ll have to take the loot
from your therapy shopping the long way.
Good Luck.
LONNA
(Whispering.)
That side’s locked too.
DAVID
Damnit! This side is locked too!
LONNA
Ahoy! Welcome aboard. Toot toot.