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INT. SULLIVAN VAULT -NIGHT 36

Luther in the pitch-black vault. The GIGGLING is MUTED

but it is there. He is starting to perspire.

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INT. SULLIVAN MASTER BEDROOM -NIGHT 37

The woman flicks on the lights and as she does -

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INT. SULLIVAN VAULT -NIGHT 38

Luther as the burst of light hits him like a fist --and

it’s over.

Luther blinks, confused, looks around ---

because it isn’t over, he hasn’t been caught.

The door to the vault is suddenly gone. Luther is

staring straight into the goddamn bedroom.

Because the door is a two way mirror. Now it’sasifhe

was watching the bedroom on a giant TV screen.

Just a few feet away, just outside the door.

Where things are clearly starting to heat up.

Luther moves to the armchair, sits. There is nothing to

do now but wait. He settles in.

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INT. SULLIVAN MASTER BEDROOM -NIGHT 39

They are staring at each other.

We have seen the woman already --she’s CHRISTY SULLIVAN.

But the pictures in the corridor did not do her justice.

This is a fabulous-looking twenty-five-year-old woman.

Long, golden hair, a round face that sets off her deep

blue eyes, a tanned, curving body. A bare-shouldered

black dress. An expensive necklace.

One more thing:
she is staggering drunk.

The man is ALAN RICHMOND, wealthy, successful, handsome

and fit. Mid-forties. He wears an elegantly-cut suit.

Two additional points: (1) Richmond is clearly not the

husband in the wedding photo. (2) He is drunker than she

is.

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Richmond carries a vodka bottle and two tumblers. He

fills them, gives one to her.

They touch glasses. Down the hatch. Tight laughter.

He looks at her.

She looks at him. There’s a lot of sexual tension in the

air.

But now he begins looking around, checking things out.

She spots this.

CHRISTY:

(drunk)

It’s okay --I told him I was

sick --anyway, he’s gone -relax...

He nods then, more at ease. And he blows her a kiss.

She catches it --and now she starts to parade for him.

Her body moving very slowly.

He pours himself another shot, chugs it, watches. Now -

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INT. SULLIVAN VAULT -NIGHT 40

Luther suddenly terrified and we find out why.

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INT. SULLIVAN MASTER BEDROOM -NIGHT 41

Christy, fumbling with her necklace, looks across the

room -

What she’s looking at: the side table with the remote

that opens the vault.

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INT. SULLIVAN VAULT -NIGHT 42

Luther, frozen, as Christy starts toward the table.

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INT. SULLIVAN MASTER BEDROOM -NIGHT 43

The table and the remote waiting there.

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INT. SULLIVAN VAULT -NIGHT 44

Luther, mouth dry...

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45 INT. SULLIVAN MASTER BEDROOM -NIGHT 45

Richmond, reaching out for her, then as she passes him;

he takes her by the hand ---

and now they are dancing, their bodies pressed

together. They move slowly. She hums. He tries to get

fancy, spin her with one arm ---

no good. They’re too drunk for it, starts to lose

balance, separate.

They giggle. Smile at each other. Now Christy manages

to unhook her necklace, and as she starts to drop it in

the drawer of the nightstand -*

*

46 INT. SULLIVAN VAULT -NIGHT 46

Luther. A genuine sigh of relief ---

which suddenly dies -47

INT. SULLIVAN MASTER BEDROOM -NIGHT 47

Christy, as she spins toward the table again, still with

the necklace in her hand.

48 INT. SULLIVAN VAULT -NIGHT 48

Luther, and there’s nothing he can do now but watch.

49 INT. SULLIVAN MASTER BEDROOM -NIGHT 49

Richmond, watching too, emptying the vodka bottle into

his tumbler, chugging it down and now...

The table as Christy reaches out, grabs a remote, turns.

50 INT. SULLIVAN VAULT -NIGHT 50

Luther dead in the water because -51

CHRISTY’S 51

pointing the goddam thing at him ---

and as she CLICKS it -

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52 INT. SULLIVAN VAULT -NIGHT 52

Luther, and for a moment, he’s like a goddam deer caught

in the headlights ---

but now here comes another sigh of relief and we find

out why.

53 INT. SULLIVAN MASTER BEDROOM -NIGHT 53

Suddenly there’s ROMANTIC MUSIC PLAYING --she’s turned

the STEREO ON. Christy starts humming, replaces the

clicker, drops the necklace in the drawer. *

Then they are into each other’s arms. Their bodies

press. Their bodies sway. He moves a hand to her

breasts ---

Christy breaks loose, shakes a finger at him, as if to

say, "naughty, naughty" ---

then with one hand, she pulls a zipper down. The

dress falls off her body. Her breasts spring free. She

is wearing only her panties now and high heels. And a

smile.

She is stunning looking and she knows it and men have

always gone nuts over her and she knows that too. And

Richmond can’t resist her either, goes to her, bends her

back, caresses her neck, begins sucking her nipples.

Christy moans.

54 INT. SULLIVAN VAULT -NIGHT 54

Luther, in the chair, embarrassed, averting his eyes.

But the MOANING from the other room GROWS LOUDER, more

insistent.

55 INT. SULLIVAN MASTER BEDROOM -NIGHT 55

Christy, pulling away for a moment, starting to work at

Richmond’s tie, shakes him out of his suit jacket,

reaches for his belt, loosens it. She is working at his

shirt buttons now and their breathing is audible and in a

moment he is down to his boxer shorts and then her

panties are off, her shoes kicked away and they are near

the vault mirror now. As they approach it, they stare at

themselves.

56 INT. SULLIVAN VAULT -NIGHT 56

Luther, moving farther back in his chair as their faces

are just a couple of feet away -

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57 INT. SULLIVAN MASTER BEDROOM -CLOSEUP -CHRISTY -NIGHT 57

as Richmond’s hands move across her wondrous body and she

is hot and drifting into drunken fantasy and her eyes

close and -CLOSE

ON RICHMOND *

as his eyes are open ---

the look on his drunken face is scary.

58 INT. SULLIVAN VAULT -NIGHT 58

Luther, transfixed by that look, transfixed and worried.

59 INT. SULLIVAN MASTER BEDROOM -CHRISTY AND RICHMOND

IN CLOSEUP -NIGHT

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looking at each other now, and she is smiling happily and

looking at him and he is smiling happily and looking at

her, and whatever was on his face just before has gone.

60 INT. SULLIVAN VAULT -NIGHT 60

Luther, watching as they turn for the gigantic canopied

bed.

61 INT. SULLIVAN MASTER BEDROOM -NIGHT 61

The bed as they stop alongside it and kiss --it’s their

first. And her arms go around his neck and she holds him

like that, her eyes shut tight -62

INT. SULLIVAN VAULT -NIGHT 62

Luther --watching because Richmond’s eyes are not shut,

they are wide open and they stare at the mirror and the

awful look from before is back, only worse, and then

without warning, he grips her buttocks roughly ---

and slaps her hard on the ass, over and over and

Christy is shocked, surprised, pulls away. Richmond

smiles at her sweetly.

Christy. Shaking her head.

Richmond. He continues to smile, makes a courtly

gesture, kissing her fingertips in apology.

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