Bound Page #15

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CORKY:

Thank you.

VIOLET:

If you're this goddamn smart, how

did you ever get caught?

CORKY:

Every job like this has moments where

things don't go so well and everyone

starts thinking about their own ass.

It's in those moments that everything

comes together or falls apart.

She looks dead at Violet.

CORKY:

I had a partner and she f***ed me.

VIOLET:

I won't.

CORKY:

I think we're going to find out.

INT. OFFICE - NIGHT

The key turns and the locks pop. When Caesar sees the

newspaper, the whole world begins to spin.

VIOLET:

Caesar?

His chest collapses onto itself while his hands ball into

fists.

CAESAR:

No no no no ...

She moves around the side of the desk and sees the newspaper.

VIOLET:

Oh God ...

He slams the case shut, his head hanging down.

After a moment he looks at her, like a little boy about to

cry.

CAESAR:

... I've been set up.

He seems ready to scream but can't say anything.

VIOLET:

Johnnie?

The name is like water hitting hot oil.

CAESAR:

That f***! That rat-f***! Little

sh*t rat-f***!

He starts punching the desk, each blow harder than the last.

INT. EMPTY APARTMENT - NIGHT

Corky can hear him pounding. She looks down and smiles.

Between her legs is the open bag stuffed with money.

INT. CAESAR'S APARTMENT - NIGHT

Caesar is choking on his own rage.

VIOLET:

Why? Why would Johnnie do this?

CAESAR:

Jesus Christ, Violet! Open your

f***ing eyes! Johnnie hates me like

I hate him!

He starts to pound his fists against his own head.

CAESAR:

I hate that little f***! I hate

him! I hate him! I should've done

him!

VIOLET:

But you know he did it.

CAESAR:

So what?! So f***ing what? Use

your head, Violet. The money is

gone. Gino is coming here to get

it. You think he's going to believe

me if I tell him his piss-hole son

stole it! Is that what you think?

I don't. You know what I think? I

think I'm a dead man. I'm one in

the brain. That's what I think!

VIOLET:

Caesar, what are we going to do?

He grabs hold of his chair, using it to support himself

CAESAR:

I know what he wants me to do. He

wants me out of here. He wants me

to run.

She watches him, his body rocking against the chair.

CAESAR:

If I run, then everyone will think I

took the money and he walks away

with two million clean.

The words squeeze out like tears.

CAESAR:

God, I can see him right now driving

to get Gino. I can hear him laughing,

f***ing laughing, laughing at me.

He swings the swivel chair over his head and smashes it down

on the desk. Again and again.

CAESAR:

Laughing at me! Laughing at me!

The chair falls and he stands alone, covering his face to

hide his tears.

VIOLET:

C ...

She goes to hold him.

CAESAR:

Don't touch me!

He backs into the corner of the room.

CAESAR:

Just leave me alone! I got to think!

Violet watches him trying to wipe the tears and sweat from

his face.

CAESAR:

Got to think this through ...

VIOLET:

Caesar, maybe we should run --

CAESAR:

Violet, please!

VIOLET:

I mean it, Caesar, forget Johnnie,

forget the money, let's just go now,

before it's too late --

CAESAR:

Goddammit, Violet! Would you just

leave me the f*** alone! Please!

Leave! Now!

VIOLET:

All right, Caesar.

INT. BEDROOM - NIGHT

Violet enters, closing the door quietly behind her. She

looks at the wall, then goes to the bed and picks up the

phone.

As she dials, we move along the phone cord, following it

down to the jack in the wall.

INT. EMPTY APARTMENT - NIGHT

We move out from another jack, following a different cord.

Corky is sitting with her back to the wall. The black phone

beside her barely rings once before she answers.

She waits, saying nothing.

VIOLET (V.O.)

It's me.

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