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　　14-9 DING! Evelyn sits at the front desk， customers zip in and out in a time-lapse. She has the sudden urge to vomit.
　　
　　14-10 DING! Evelyn finishes throwing up in the sink， holding her belly， she looks up at Waymond. Something ignites in her.
　　
　　14-11 DING! Pregnant Evelyn happily wallpapers the laundromat.
　　
　　14-12 DING! Evelyn sings baby Joy to sleep.
　　
　　14-13 DING! Evelyn chases little Joy around the laundromat with a broomstick.
　　
　　14-14 DING! Teen Joy slams the front door in Evelyn’s face.
　　
　　14-15 DING! Evelyn and Joy， parked on the side of the road. A brooding tension.
　　VOICEMAIL （O.S.）
　　⿈太， ⿇煩你復翻個電話俾我地， 關於
　　你爸爸……（In Cantonese）
　　VOICEMAIL （O.S.）
　　Mrs. Wang？ We’re calling
　　about your Father……
　　DING! Evelyn is now standing outside of her laundromat with a few suitcases and Gong Gong sitting in a wheelchair， looking clearly disappointed.
　　
　　14-17/18/19 DING! Evelyn sorts tax receipts earlier today! DING! Joy shuts the car door on Evelyn. DING! Waymond sighs as they enter the elevator DING! The elevator door closes-
　　
　　14 Evelyn blinks. She is back. She exhales， shell shocked.
　　Waymond shoves the papers he was writing on into her hands.
　　ALPHA WAYMOND
　　The moment you are situated in your meeting， follow these instructions， but remember: no one can know.
　　Don’t even talk to me about this because I won’t remember.
　　EVELYN
　　But IHe shushes her and places a hand gently on her cheek. Evelyn shrivels under the intimacy.
　　His phone BEEPS. He closes the umbrella， shoves everything into his bag， and strikes a natural pose.
　　ALPHA WAYMOND
　　（side of mouth）
　　Talk to you soon.
　　His head goes limp.
　　DING. The elevator door opens. Waymond’s head lifts up and he looks around disoriented.
　　WAYMOND
　　哇!電梯好快!
　　WAYMOND
　　Wow……what a fast elevator……
　　
　　14-20 He walks out pushing a snoring Gong Gong， leaving Evelyn grasping for understanding.
　　As she exits， her gaze lingers on the janitor closet to her right.
　　
　　15 INT. IRS 10TH FLOOR CUBICLE - MOMENTS LATER
　　The back of the crumpled instructions lay in Evelyn’s hands under a desk.
　　The first line reads: "1. Switch shoes to the wrong feet."
　　DEIRDRE （O.S.）
　　Mrs. Wang， are you with us right now？
　　Evelyn hides the instructions in her lap and looks up.
　　DEIRDRE ATKINS， a frumpy woman in a cheap suit， is poking at a calculator with one hand and squeezing a hand grip strengthener in the other.
　　EVELYN
　　Of course. I am here. Just thinking.
　　Clearly frustrated， Deirdre takes a big bite from one of Waymond’s cookies and chases it with a protein shake， then
　　points at a receipt with a big red sticky note on it.
　　DEIRDRE
　　I asked if you could explain this？
　　EVELYN
　　It is a receipt. My receipt.
　　（to Waymond）
　　我們在説什麽？
　　EVELYN
　　It is a receipt. My receipt.
　　（to Waymond）
　　What are we talking about？
　　GONG GONG
　　净係識係度發⽩⽇夢…
　　（In Cantonese）
　　GONG GONG
　　God， always daydreaming……
　　Gong Gong doesn’t understand but can sense the meeting’s going poorly.
　　DEIRDRE
　　I was just hoping you could enlighten me on how， as a laundromat owner， a karaoke machine would constitute a business expense？
　　EVELYN
　　I am a singer.
　　DEIRDRE
　　What？
　　WAYMOND
　　It’s true. She has a beautiful voice.
　　（to Evelyn）
　　Sing a song for her.
　　Deirdre scoffs and shuffles through a pile of forms.
　　DEIRDRE
　　That won’t be necessary. But I will need a separate Schedule C for each of these "businesses"， because
　　based on what you’re trying to deduct， it looks like you’re also a novelist， a chef， a-
　　EVELYN
　　But last time， you told meDEIRDRE
　　Up， up， up…… let me finish. A teacher， a singing coach， a……
　　（continues to speak indiscernibly）
　　Frustrated， Evelyn fakes a smile towards Gong Gong， nodding along as she glances down to her shoes. She slips them off and switches them to the wrong feet.
　　The next instruction reads: "2. Close eyes， imagine you are in the janitor’s closet."
　　Evelyn scoffs at the absurdity， but she closes her eyes.
　　We see an imagined POV of the closet door.
　　The bluetooth devices in her ears VIBRATE and a GREEN light blinks on. Evelyn sits up straight.
　　The final instruction: "3. Hold that thought and press the green button. P.S. Don’t forget to breathe."
　　Evelyn breathes in and presses the buttonLike the sudden sensation of falling， Evelyn finds herself
　　Shooting past cubicle after cubicle until she stops abruptly inside the closet：
　　
　　16 SPLIT SCREEN: INT. JANITOR’S CLOSET / CUBICLE - THAT MOMENT
　　
　　In a split-screen， we see half of Evelyn is in a cluttered， dimly lit closet. The other half is still in the tax audit.
　　She looks all around in both worlds. What just happened？
　　
　　16-1 INT. CUBICLE：
　　EVELYN
　　What is happening？
　　Deirdre looks up， clearly frustrated.
　　DEIRDRE
　　God， feels like I’m talking to my ex-husband. I already told you……
　　（continues to speak indiscernibly）
　　
　　16 INT. JANITOR’S CLOSET: Someone grabs Evelyn and turns her around. It’s Waymond.
　　ALPHA WAYMOND
　　Shhhh…… Don’t talk. Try to relax your body. Go into auto-pilot.
　　
　　16-1 INT. CUBICLE: Evelyn tries an innocent smile towards her concerned husband. Deirdre continues to ramble.
　　
　　16 INT. JANITOR’S CLOSET: [split screen slides away]
　　ALPHA WAYMOND （CONT’D）
　　They do not know I’m talking to you here yet， so hopefully I’ll have some time to explain: I am not your husband. At least not the one you know. I am another version of him from another life path， another universe. I’m here because we need your help.