Blue Velvet Page #4

JEFFREY:

Hello. uh. my name is Jeffrey

Beaumont. Is Detective Williams in?

MRS. WILLIAMS

Oh, yes, Jeffrey. Come in. He'll be back

any minute now. You're welcome to wait.

Is it urgent?

47. INT. WILLIAMS' LIVING ROOM - NIGHT

JEFFREY:

I just wanted to ask him a few questions,

that's all. Maybe I better go.

MRS. WILLIAMS

Really, he'll be home soon, would you like

a cup of coffee?

JEFFREY:

(thinks a bit)

Alright.

48. INT. WILLIAMS' KITCHEN - NIGHT

She leads him back to the kitchen where she has him sit at the kitchen

table. She pours him a cup of coffee.

MRS. WILLIAMS

I was sorry to hear about your father. I

know your mother from church. It's such a

shame.

JEFFREY:

Yeah, I know.

MRS. WILLIAMS

Would you like a piece of cake?

JEFFREY:

No. No thank you.

MRS. WILLIAMS

It's a real good chocolate cake. Duncan

Hines' devil's food. real good.

JEFFREY:

Yeah. okay.

49. INT. WILLIAMS' LIVING ROOM - NIGHT

Out in the living room, SANDY WILLIAMS and her BOYFRIEND, MIKE SHAW,

come up from the basement. They are both carrying books.

Sandy is a very good looking, high school senior and Mike is a big,

handsome football player type.

50. INT. WILLIAMS' KITCHEN - NIGHT

MRS. WILLIAMS

Sandy?.

Sandy and Mike come into the kitchen. Jeffrey has a big piece of chocolate cake in his mouth.

MRS. WILLIAMS

(continuing)

Jeffery, this is my daughter, Sandy, and.

her boyfriend, Mike.

They all say "Hi" to one another.

SANDY:

Mike's gotta go.

(to Jeffrey)

Nice to meet you.

MIKE:

Yeah, nice meetin' yuh.

JEFFREY:

Yeah. It was nice meeting you too.

They leave and go out the front door.

MRS. WILLIAMS

(smiles)

He comes over to study.

JEFFREY:

(smiles big)

Yeah.

The front door opens.

DETECTIVE WILLIAMS (V.O.)

Pam?

MRS. WILLIAMS

In the kitchen, John!

Detective Williams comes into the kitchen surprised to see Jeffrey.

DETECTIVE WILLIAMS

Oh. Hello, Jeffrey. what's up?

He kisses his wife.

DETECTIVE WILLIAMS

Come into the study a minute.

JEFFREY:

(getting up)

Excuse me, Mrs. Williams.

MRS. WILLIAMS

Certainly.

Jeffrey follows Detective Williams into his study.

CUT TO:

51. INT. DETECTIVE WILLIAMS' STUDY - NIGHT

Detective Williams' study is filled with filing cabinets. The desk has

two phones and is covered with papers and folders and a picture of Mrs.

Williams and Sandy. The police radio is asking for Detective Williams as

they enter.

DETECTIVE WILLIAMS

(to Jeffrey)

Shut the door.

Detective Williams speaks through the radio while Jeffrey shuts the door.

DETECTIVE WILLIAMS

(continuing; in radio)

Detective Williams here. yeah. Tell him

to go to Sergeant Milton. yeah, copy.

(clicks off radio, turns to Jeffrey)

Well, Jeffrey, you found something which is

very interesting to us. Very interesting.

I know you must be curious to know more.

(scratches the middle of his back)

But. I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask

you not only not to tell anyone about your

find, but also not to ask more about the

case. One day. when it's all sewed up, I'll

let you know all the details. Right now,

though. I can't.

JEFFREY:

I understand. I'm just real curious like

you said.

DETECTIVE WILLIAMS

I was the same way when I was you age. I

guess that's what got me into this business.

JEFFREY:

It must be great.

DETECTIVE WILLIAMS

And it's horrible too.

(a cold look comes over

Detective Williams)

I'm sorry Jeffrey. That's the way it has to

be. Anyway. I'm sure you do understand.

Jeffrey studies Detective Williams' face as they walk back to the living

room.

52. INT. WILLIAMS' LIVING ROOM - NIGHT

JEFFREY:

(calling into the kitchen)

Mrs. Williams? Thanks for the cake.

MRS. WILLIAMS

(coming out from the kitchen)

Oh, you're welcome. Nice to finally meet

you, Jeffrey.

JEFFREY:

Say "goodnight" to Sandy.

DETECTIVE WILLIAMS

We will. Good night.

Jeffrey leaves and they shut the door behind him.

53. EXT. WILLIAMS HOME - NIGHT

As Jeffrey leaves the light of the front yard and enters onto the dark

sidewalk, he hears Sandy call out behind him.

SANDY:

Are you the one that found the ear.

Jeffrey stops and turns around. Sandy comes up to him.

JEFFREY:

Yeah, how did you know?

SANDY:

(coyly)

I just know, that's all. I remember you

from Central.

54. EXT. NEIGHBORHOOD STREET - NIGHT

They slowly walk down the street together.

JEFFREY:

Oh yeah?

SANDY:

You were pretty popular. Didn't you run

for some office?

JEFFREY:

Yeah I did. treasurer. Shouldn't you be

studying or something.

SANDY:

Am I bothering you?

JEFFREY:

No. You're not bothering me. You a senior?

SANDY:

Yes.

JEFFREY:

How is Central these days?

SANDY:

Terrible. boring.

JEFFREY:

What else is new?. right?

SANDY:

Yeah. What are you doing now?

JEFFREY:

I'm home from school. My father's in the

hospital.

SANDY:

That's too bad.

JEFFREY:

What do you know about the ear?. anything?

SANDY:

Didn't my father tell you not to talk about

it?

(she smiles)

JEFFREY:

Come on. you brought it up. Do you know

anything?

SANDY:

I don't really know much but bits and pieces

. I hear things. My room is right above my

father's office. The ear. there's no corpse

in the morgue missing an ear, and it did come

off a living person. That's direct from the

Coroner's Office. The person is unknown.

There are a couple of cases I get mixed up on,

but I think there are some people who were

brought in for questioning on a murder case

that could have something to do with the ear.

I heard some of the same names.

JEFFREY:

Do you know who was brought in for

questioning?

SANDY:

There were at least three, maybe four. But

a name that keeps coming up is this woman

who lives in an apartment building very

close to your house and also close to the

field where you found the ear. There's

also a business man over by the Franklin

factory district that was questioned. and

a musician. and some others.

JEFFREY:

Were all these people questioned this

afternoon?

SANDY:

No. this has been going on for some time

. several months. About six months ago

some parts of bodies were found down by

the river. They were from people who were

reported missing. They never found one

complete body. only parts.

JEFFREY:

The ear is from a missing person maybe?

SANDY:

Maybe so.

JEFFREY:

It's a strange world isn't it? Do you know

what building the woman lives in?

SANDY:

Yeah. It's close by. that's what's creepy.

They've had her under surveillance for a

couple of months, except I don't know what

they've found out because my father isn't

in charge of her.

JEFFREY:

I guess you have to get back home soon?

SANDY:

Not really, why?

(then she understands)

You want to see the building?. Come on,

I'll show you.

CUT TO:

55. EXT. LINCOLN STREET - NIGHT

Jeffrey and Sandy walk through the light of a street light. The street

sign "LINCOLN ST" can be read. They walk into darkness and continue down

to an apartment building on the right side of the street.

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