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                        HAROLD
                (softly whispers)
       No one.
                (pause)  
       Here.  Feel.

He presses the palm of her right hand against his heart.

                        HAROLD
       Feel how fast it's beating?
                (DOTTIE nods)
       You're the cause of that.

DOTTIE’s eyes quicken and her face blossoms in a warm smile.

                        DOTTIE
       I believe you.

HAROLD takes her in his arms then.  DOTTIE yields to him and impulsively flings her arms around his neck. 

The second their lips meet in a tender kiss, a sharp voice rings out, cutting off the DOTTIE THEME MUSIC:       

                  AUNTIE MAMA (V.O.)
       DOROTHY JEAN!

The startled DOTTIE whirls around as AUNTIE MAMA’s shout reverberates throughout the backstage alley.  She looks up.