Scoogie, Rick and Butterfly Weed, a Vietnam Soldier.

By Dalton Narine

INT. NEW YORK CITY APARTMENT — DINING ROOM — Evening.

Amanda “SCOOGIE” Thornton, 36, East Indian American, theater actor; aunt of Soldier, Butterfly Weed, deep love for family and friends.

Rick McCarthy, 40, white, cocky author, sits at dining table.

Pack of Pall Mall, letter, unopened mail stand out on white table cloth, white dishes.

Modern art, family paintings adorn walls. Painting catches Rick’s eye. Scoogie heads to…