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THE SETUP Gabby is the long-term girlfriend of Byron’s childhood best friend Vincent, on whom Byron has always had a hopeless crush. Gabby holds a vigil at the hospital bed of her friend Byron, unconscious, and likely dying. But between the two of them, they manage to conjure up a better time, when Gabby and…

A Place Called Providence (Heaven & Home)

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THE SETUP Byron, unconscious, is laid up in a hospital bed, probably for the last time. Vincent, Byron’s best friend, and Gabby, Vincent’s long-term girlfriend and another good friend of Byron’s, have come to visit. Gabby still holds onto her faith, while Vincent grows more and more estranged from religion, convinced that God is allowing…

Wishing on a Plane (Heaven & Home)

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THE SETUP Byron, unconscious, is laid up in a hospital bed, probably for the last time (though a flashback will along us to glimpse his old self shortly). Vincent, Byron’s best friend, and Gabby, Vincent’s long-term girlfriend and another good friend of Byron’s, have come to visit. Gabby still holds onto her faith, while Vincent…

A Place Without Pain (Heaven & Home)

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THE SETUP Byron, still moving under his own steam, but aware his health is failing, has come to visit Gabby at the bar where she works to ask for a favor. Gabby is the long-term girlfriend of Vincent, Byron’s best friend, and also a friend to Vincent’s younger brother Cian. “Women are weak and clingy…

Visiting Graves (Heaven & Home)

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THE SETUP Vincent, Gabby’s recently estranged boyfriend, has left a basketball at their friend Byron’s grave – a tribute to all the games they played together. Andrew has just had an early morning conversation, beginning his courtship of Cian, Vincent’s younger brother and Gabby’s friend. During the talk, Andrew’s late friend Christopher was brought up. …

These Tapes for My Dad. Mom’s Voice (Heaven & Home)

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THE SETUP Gabby has just given a cassette tape to her boyfriend Vincent. The tape is a collection of answering machine messages left by their late friend Byron. Vincent had been distraught because he was forgetting what their late friend’s voice sounded like as his memory faded. “And then when my mom died, I started…

It’s Like Your First Broken Heart (Heaven & Home)

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THE SETUP Gabby is with her boyfriend Vince. They’ve just reconciled after a fight, and are intimate with one another again. She tries to help him understand how she is managing to deal with the death of their friend Bryon, so that maybe she can help him to the same. “It’s like your first broken…

Hand in Hand, or Halfway Across The Room… (Heaven & Home)

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THE SETUP In an argument they had, Gabby asked Vincent who he sees when he closes his eyes when they make love. Now, a day or so later, Vincent makes his apology to her. “It’s whenever I’m with you. Hand in hand or halfway across the room. Things make sense.” VINCENT We both said some…

Forgetting Byron’s Voice (Heaven & Home)

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