简介：SuccessfulactressVeraLockmanthrashesduringanightmareinwhichshestruggleswith,shootsandkillsherdrug-dealerex-boyfriend.Joltedawake,sherevealsinherjournalthatthekillingactuallyoccurredthedaybeforeandthatSal,dead,liesinatrunkinherlivingroom.Leon,Vera'slover,arrivesandissummarilydismissed.Franklin,afilmmakerfriend,stopsby,concerned.HegrillsVera,provokingconfusionandahintofdread.Veradrivesthetrunktoanisolatedareaandrollsitintoalake.Shereturnstoherloftandisstartledbyanarcoticsdetective,McCutcheon,whoasksaboutSal.VerabelievesthatMcCutcheonacceptsherfalsestory.Later,VeraservesdinnertohermotherElaineandbelovedbutdecayinggrandfatherArthur.CarlIcahn,Arthur'sformerhighschoolclassmate,stopsbyafterward.VeraandCarlconnectemotionally.ThenextdayVera,calmforthefirsttime,writes.Hermoodisshatteredbythecrescendoofpolicesirens.ShespringstothewindowandseesMcCutcheon.Theireyesmeet.…