Always In My Heart

FADE IN:

INT. CLUBHOUSE - DAY

Newspapers in hand, PETER reads a story with inserts of a young woman and an old woman.

PETER (V.O.)

Oh, she's has died.

FLASHBACK

INT. ESTATE SITTING ROOM - DAY (1964).

Sitting on the floor is a group of CHILDREN including Peter (10). In the chairs surrounding them sit several WOMEN (30s). Their eyes are glued to the moving black-and-white images of a small TV set inside a cabinet.

PETER (V.O.)

That female actress

looks good.

Peter points at the TV screen.

PETER

What's her name?

We hear a woman's reply from behind.

WOMEN (O.S.)

Hep Burn...Why would

you want to know?

PETER

I gonna make her my

wife some day.

Laughter.

END FLASHBACK

PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)

It's funny that how come

I had that outburst. She

didn't need my rescue

or give her purpose.

Pausing.

PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd) I didn't become her fan.

I liked to watch Hollywood

movies in colour.

FLASHBACK

INT. CLASSROOM - DAY (1967)

Composition exercise book in hand, Peter (13) is doing corrections. A lady TEACHER (20s) is inspecting.

TEACHER

Peter, did your composition

base on the plot of My

Fair Lady?

Peter nods and smiles embarrassingly.

PETER (V.O.)

Oh, she detects the striking

similarity. But I really like

the movie, staring Audrey

Hepburn.

END FLASHBACK

PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)

But, whenever I watch her

on TV or read news about

her, my kiddy scene always

comes back to my mind.

Peter continues reading.

PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd)

How old was she?...She

was 81...16 years older

than me.

Peter compares the insert images.

PETER (V.O. (Cont'd)

How long does beauty

last? Growing old is a

privilege though.

Pausing.

PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd) How was her married?

The first one with two

children and the second

one with none.

Pausing.

PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)

I have one with my first,

and three with my second.

Pausing.

PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)

Funeral service will be

held of Aug 19?...Oh

that coincides with my late

wife's death anniversary.

Since 1992, mid-August

has always been a difficult

period for me.

Peter sighs.

INT. SITTING ROOM - DAY

Picking a newspaper on the table, Peter reads.

PETER (V.O.)

Oh, another story about

Hep Burn...

Peter reads the story.

PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)

Oh, her original name

wasn't Hep Burn. It

was thought she looked

like Audrey Hepburn.

And so Hep Burn became

her trade name.

Pausing.

PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)

It has never occurred to

to me that there're any

similarities between the

Hollywood star and the

Hong Kong star...

Pausing.

PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)

I love Audrey Hepburn's

"Roman Holidays".The

movie was shot in 1953,

a year before I was born.

Pausing.

PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)

I also love her "Breakfast's

At Tiffany's", and of course

"My Fair Lady".

Peter surfs the web.

PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)

Audrey Hepburn dies at

the age of 63...My late

wife at 36...And I'm 65

already.

Peter sighs.

PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)

The Hepburns are just

images I sometimes

recall. But my forever-

young wife Sharon is

always in my heart.

FADE OUT. The End

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