(Wes is watching over Connor)

AUBREY: Hi. Sorry to interrupt your staring. You looked really into it.

WES: Aubrey. I didn't hear you come in. - Please.

AUBREY: I got your message that everything was taken care of. I - can't tell you how grateful I am to you. (Hands him a check) It might have been to late for Timothy, but - at least those monster will never get a chance to take someone else's son.

WES: Monsters. - I don't recall mentioning that there were more than one.

AUBREY: Well, you did say before that there could be a nest.

WESLEY: Oh. Well, thanks for the check. We'll mail you the receipt.

AUBREY: Look, I know it's none of my business, but - are you okay? I mean, no offense, but you look a little rough around the edges.

WESLEY: I'm not sleeping very well.

AUBREY: Would you like to go out? Maybe get a cup of coffee or something?

WESLEY: You mean - with you?

AUBREY: To be perfectly honest with you - I could use a friend right now. Ever since my son was... - It gets lonely.

WESLEY: You're good. - I like the - 'lonely' thing.

AUBREY: Wh-what?

ANGEL: Yeah, lonely. That was a nice touch.

(Aubrey spins around to see Angel standing behind her. Her hand dives into her purse and comes out with a stake. Angel catches her upraised arm and sends her stumbling to the side, making her drop the stake, then follows her, wrapping one hand around Aubrey's throat.)

ANGEL: (to Wesley) Moves more like a fighter than a victim, wouldn't you say?

WESLEY: Yes, I would.

ANGEL: You set up my friends. Let them walk right into an ambush. They could have been killed.

AUBREY: But they weren't. Your friends are still alive. My little boy isn't.

(Angel lets go of her and takes a step back.)

ANGEL: I'm sorry about your son.

WESLEY: Is that how Holtz found you? Because of what happened to your son?

ANGEL: You're right to protect him. Holtz is one of the good guys. He has every right to hate me. And if he ever - comes close to one of my people ever again, or tries to touch a hair on my son's head - I'll kill him - and anyone who gets in the way. You might wanna mention that.

(Aubrey takes on last look at Angel and runs out. The book on Wes' desk starts to rattle as the whole hotel begins to shake from a minor earthquake. Angel's hurries out of Wes' office, but by the time he gets to Connor, everything is stable again.)

ANGEL: Hey. (Picks Connor up) Good boy. That's my little guy. Your first earthquake, huh?

• Holtz

written by: Mere Smith; Original transcript anonymous. Edited and formatted for this site by me.. Full transcript at:
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