INT. JENKINS MANOR - NIGHT
Hilary is sitting on the main staircase in the lobby. A fag in one hand and a glass ashtray in the other. She is looking worse for wear. She runs her hand trough her hair, looking tired and fed up.
Nick walks down the staircase, Hilary looks behind to see who it is.
Hilary: Hi Nick sweetheart...how you coping?
Nick sits down beside Hilary on the staircase.
Nick: Hurt...cheated... but I'll get over it...I can't say the same for dad...
Hilary takes a deep sigh at hearing mention of Richard.
Nick: Mom dad's really cut up over this you know... he doesnt want to fall out with you...not so close to the wedding...
Hilary: Nick he has made a fool of me... he didn't believe what I told him...he didn't trust me...and what is a marriage without trust!?
Nick: Mom...dont fall out with him over this...we were all duped...
Hilary: I wasn't tough Nick, and neither would you and your father have been if you had listened to me in the first place!
Nick: Yeah, well hindsight is a wonderful thing...but even so...
Hilary: I just...can't bear to look at him at the moment...
Nick: Mom... I hate to bring up the past...but look where we were 10 years ago... me finishing my school... and you... in a meanigless relationship... all you had to look forward to was the next bottle of whiskey that you had stashed under your pillow...
Hilary: (Laughs in disbelief) Oh yes...and then you left me...to come back here...to your "precious" father...
Nick: I had my reasons... but the point I'm trying to make is...those were dark times mom...your life could have turned out completley differently if you hadn't come back to Baymoore... you've got a man who loves you... a second chance at love...your final chance to settle down...don't loose it...
Hilary: He might not be my favourite person at the moment...but I love him deep down..,..don't you worry son... we'll get married next week.
Nick smiles happily, knowing his parents are still together.
Hilary: This time next week I'll be Mrs Hilary Taylor...
Hilary has a huge grin on her face: everything is working out fine...