You miss the way he untangles your hair after a shower.
Dramedy / Romantic Comedy TONE: Sideways meets Marley & Me — with bitterness and bark. FADE IN: EXT. PARK - MORNING Sun slices through fog. ARLO (40s, rumpled blazer, the eyes of a man who has seen too many bank statements) sits on a wet bench.
Stop.
Bruce sighs. Arlo pours a whiskey. DAY 2 – Arlo wakes up to Cordelia sitting on his chest, staring. He yelps. She does not move. He tries to shoo her. She licks his nose. He is horrified. my-wife-knot-my-dog
Arlo stands up.
We never were.
Well. That’s new.
She holds out her arms for Cordelia. The poodle looks at Arlo. Then at June. Then—deliberately—Cordelia burrows her face into Arlo’s jacket.
We don’t do favors. We do court-ordered modifications.
You’re not fighting over the cat. You’re fighting over who gets to keep the last soft thing. I know. I did the same thing with a poodle named Cordelia. You miss the way he untangles your hair after a shower
Deal.
She blinks. He opens the carrier.