Scene 4

Interior. New York City coffee shop Maya and Shawn are inside

(Maya and Shawn sit at a small table facing each other)

Shawn: What's up kid why did you want to meet me here?

Maya: See for yourself.

(Maya Hands Shawn her cell phone)

Maya: This is an email I saw left up on Mrs. Mathews Laptop.

Shawn: Are you sure this is my Angela?

Maya: How many Angela's know you and haven't seen you in sixteen years?

Shawn: Yeah but

Maya: But what? Are you really going to tell me there is not a small part of you that's thinking, crap I have a kid.

Shawn: well that's the PG way of putting it, but do you expect me to do just go off and leave?

Maya: Why wouldn't you isn't that your job?

Shawn: well

Maya: well what man there is a sixteen year old who may have grown up thinking her father didn't care about her all because she didn't know that you existed.

Shawn: Maya your mom will hate me if I leave right now besides you need me.

Maya: I think she needs you more.

Shawn: But I just proposed to your mom. We were going to announce our engagement tonight

(Maya this is hard enough for me stop making it worse.)

Shawn: I don't want to end up like your dad and leave you to for another family. You both deserve better than that.

Maya: Some people are destine never to have a family

Shawn: But we were so close

Maya: And maybe we will be again but first you need to go find your daughter.

Shawn: If she even is my daughter.

Maya: Go!

(Shawn runs out of dinner)