In drama scene from short script, “Unspoken Agreement,” Arnwulda arrives at his dying sister’s bedside, unsure about signing documents.

FADE IN.

INT. GILDRA’S BEDROOM – AFTERNOON

GILDRA rests in bed.

ARNWULDA enters the bedroom and stares at his sister Gildra.

ARNWULDA:  Sister…so many years have gone by since the days of us playing in the backyard with mother and father looking on at us. Grandmother and Grandfather…together, we were all together.

I remember us playing under the apple tree with our cousins, when an apple came off its branch and plunked cousin Reign on the head. You were quick to nurse him. Always caring about everyone else, but yourself…even then. I stand before you a worthless man. I should be the one taken, not you. I’ve lived my life a selfish drunk and am committed to seeing it through to the end. I expected our roles would have been reversed. It should not be this way.

GILDRA:  Whatever are you going on about Arnulf?

ARNWULDA:  Gildra…how are you dear?

GILDRA:  I did not wake from your sound, but rather from your scent.

They mutually smile.

ARNWULDA:  I would imagine you are correct.

GILDRA:  Where’s Annora?

ARNWULDA:  She’s outside in the garden reading and having tea.

GILDRA:  Just a wise child.

ARNWULDA:  How are you keeping?

Gildra glares at Arnwulda.

I wanted to bring you flowers, but then I remembered…tulips, I know you love tulips.

GILDRA:  I would say next time, Arnwulda, but…

ARNWULDA:  I’ve met with…well…I’ve received the papers you had drafted for me.  I did not sign them.

GILDRA:  Why not?

ARWULDA:  Gildra, I am not fit for the responsibility you bestow upon me.

GILDRA:  What say you?

ARNWULDA:  I am not qualified.

GILDRA:  Nonsense.

Gildra rages into a coughing fit and subsides.

ARNWULDA:  I am a gambling man, a drunkard, a cheat and a fool…need I say more?

GILDRA:  You are my brother. I know who you are. You are an uncle.

ARWULDA:  I cannot manage.

GILDRA:  You must. Annora needs you.

ARNWULDA:  Surely, there must be a better entity, someone else you know more honorable than I.

GILDRA:  Annora will need her family and you are her family.

ARNWULDA:  What about any one of our cousins?

GILDRA:  No.

ARNWULDA:  What about Reznor?

GILDRA: No.

ARNWULDA:  Draconia?

GILDRA:  No.

ARNWULDA:  Regin?

GILDRA:  Definitely not.

ARNWULDA:  All those men have estates.

GILDRA:  Mine is the grandest of all, and it is to be your new quarters. You are to care for my daughter. See her through life, protect her. She will need you most, and you will need her.

ARNWULDA:  …I am not strong enough to change my habits…

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In the short screenplay, “Unspoken Agreement,” Arwulda must make a decision as to whether or not he will become the legal guardian of his niece. 2 Women, 1 Man.  Drama.

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