I gotta get up there. I was waiting for a certain hostess to finish her shift and now I’m late.
DESSI
Oh, you in the band?
CAL
I am tonight.
DESSI
What y’all playing?
CAL (PULLING HIS TRUMPET FROM ITS CASE)
“Body and Soul” is the only one I know for sure. We kinda just figure it out as we go some nights.
Dessi starts humming “Body and Soul.”
DESSI
Oh, I love that song.
CAL
You sing?
DESSI (LAUGHING)
For an audience of none.
CAL
You sound like you can do a li’l something.
DESSI (SHRUGS)
I’m okay, but I get scared.
CAL
Well, order you some breakfast and I’ll be back on our first break.
Cal heads up to the stage. Time lapse of Dessi eating and enjoying her pancakes and grits while Cal’s band plays. Montage ends with the sun rising outside, illuminating the room.
CAL (INTO MICROPHONE ONSTAGE)
Looks like we’re the last ones standing. Well, I think we saved the best for last. I got a special treat for you.
Turns and whispers to the band members, who nod.
CAL
Making her debut right here at the Radium Club singing “Body and Soul,” my very good friend who I just met tonight, Odessa Johnson.
Dessi gapes at him with a mouthful of grits.
CAL
