Crystal Inferno Page #2

this for how long?

Since I was a little girl.

When I finished my

studies I wanted to be

a mountain rescuer.

(LAUGHS)

So, what made you give it up?

Tom, my husband.

Ah...

So, you exchanged one

passion for another passion.

(LAUGHS)

Any regrets?

No, no regrets.

I wanted to have a family,

so I just had to change

the order of my priorities.

So, how do you handle

all of this then?

You seem to have a strange

view of being a woman.

But I can have a

career, and a family,

and a passion, no problem.

Well, what about some wine?

(VIBRATING)

(SLOW PIANO MUSIC)

(SLOW INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)

(SENTIMENTAL INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)

Hello, there.

(SLOW INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)

Let me call you back.

(PENSIVE MUSIC)

(RINGING)

Hello?

Yeah, immediately.

I'm powering it up.

(PENSIVE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)

(RINGING)

We're at 64% here.

I'm gonna let me guys

finish the prep work on it.

Okay.

It's all good, you can start.

You got it.

Eric...

You'll never guess who

I saw in the lobby.

Brianna Bronson.

I thought she was

off the project.

- What's she doin' here?

- A beautiful coincidence.

Her husband's divorce

lawyer is a partner

down at Lando &

Associates on the 60th.

Really, so then nothing

to do with this building?

Nothing, just another

failed marriage.

Those photographs

worked beautifully.

She couldn't return to

Paris, so she had to resign.

So, you see, there's no need

for any further bloodshed.

You know, actually

this whole thing cost us

a little more than expected.

We had to pay off the new

engineer, the inspector.

But luckily, it all kind

of worked out in the end.

We passed inspection, so

closing is only a week away.

Perfect, god,

it's hot in here.

What the hell's going on

with the air conditioning?

You know, that's an

interesting question,

especially coming from

the person who installed

an AC system at

about half the cost

in 40% of the

recommended capacity.

(BEEPING)

(PENSIVE MUSIC)

Hold on.

(BEEPING)

Hey, I'm a little worried here.

My power consumption

just jumped up to 75%.

Are you sure it's within spec?

Alright.

- It's fine, back to work.

- You got it.

Yeah, got it.

Well, I hope we got it right.

Tom?

Tom, can I have two

minutes with you, please?

Sure.

So, you sure that you

wanna go through with this?

Because this is the last

chance that we've got

to put this horrible

prank behind us.

Prank?

Well, it's definitely been that.

But the point is that

I've lost all trust

in you and our marriage.

What more do I have

to do to convince you?

I told you a hundred times

I didn't have an affair.

I quit the job in Paris, I

am spending as much time here

as I possibly can to

prove to you how important

our marriage and the

children are to me.

You know, I always thought

that I would be the kind of guy

that could put something

like this behind him.

Forget it ever happened...

I guess it turns

out that I'm not.

[MAN] Come on, let me

take you to a movie tonight.

So, it's a movie, then

dinner, and then what?

And then...

I get it, I get it.

Can't you be a

little more romantic?

What do you want?

I like flowers.

Okay, I promise you a

flower by the end of the day.

Thank you, goodbye.

Nice to see you again,

Mr. Bronson, good morning.

Mr. Levine is waiting for you.

Please, follow me.

She says to me, "Yeah, this

one's eating my popcorn."

(LAUGHS)

I gotta go.

Tom, Brianna, come on in.

[WOMAN] Sir.

Hello, Ms. Minor,

nice to see you.

I'd like to welcome you

all to our new offices.

What a beautiful tower,

isn't it, Mrs. Bronson.

Perhaps, it'd be

best if we got started.

Yeah, let's get

this over with.

Absolutely, please.

How were the children

doing this morning?

Oh, yeah, they're fine.

Can't wait to officially

live without a father.

I don't think

Daddy's gonna be happy

that we're looking

at these pictures.

- Are you gonna tell him?

- Maybe, maybe not.

It depends, what

will you give me?

In your dreams, Anne.

I feel like something's wrong.

I've looked a zillion

times already, Ben.

I'm telling you, it really seems

that Mom had a

boyfriend in Paris.

It's weird.

Each time they kiss,

the shots are closer.

Okay, so...

I don't know.

The shots don't seem to

be in a logical order.

So, you think this is fake?

I don't know yet.

Hmm, what did you

pit in this, Anne?

Same as usual.

(BEEPING)

(SUSPENSEFUL INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)

I got it, look.

You see the passage

behind this shot?

Yeah, so?

Well, they should

be somewhere up here,

but it's like they

just disappeared.

Yeah, you're right.

It looks like this photo was

taken at a different time.

Exactly, they don't match.

That's why every time they

kiss these are mid shots

to avoid the passersby.

And that's why we

never see Mom's face

when she's kissing the guy.

Two different persons.

Mom, and someone else

dressed like her.

Why would anyone do that?

We have to tell Dad.

What do you think

I'm doing, Anne?

Come on, sometimes

you're such a brat.

Great...

Dad doesn't answer his phone,

and Mom's is turned off.

Probably because they're

at the lawyer's office.

I bet the lawyer's

address is in his emails.

Here it is,

Lando & Associates.

60th floor at the UBX Tower.

- Call the cab.

- Don't be mad, Anne.

That would be even worse.

- Ben!

- Damn, okay.

(PENSIVE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)

And that was a problem.

She was selfish, unavailable...

She was focused on her career,

rather than her family,

and then the affair.

I did not have an affair!

Well, I guess it

was just the straw

that broke the

camel's back then.

I have made so many

sacrifices to prove

to you that I love you.

You...

You are the one who is

throwing this marriage away.

My client is right.

The incriminating photos

are no tangible evidence.

But you were unable

to bring us any proof

that these photos were faked.

That's why we're here today.

- Still not answering?

- No.

Try again.

Look, Anne, he's not

answering his phone.

What's so hard to understand?

Maybe you got

the wrong number.

I don't have the wrong...

Look, you don't

even have a phone.

How would you know?

I'm gonna get a phone one day.

You're gonna have

to grow up a lot

before that's gonna happen, hey!

(SUSPENSEFUL INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)

(SPEAKING IN NATIVE LANGUAGE)

Sorry, do you speak English?

Yeah, I do, calm

down, can I help you?

Yeah, we really need

to see our parents,

- it's really quite urgent.

- Where are they?

Upstairs at the

lawyer's office.

Lando & Associates.

Please, please,

we have to see them.

It's really important.

60th floor, hold

on, do me a favor.

When you see the

pretty receptionist,

her name is Adria,

give her this for me.

- Okay, I will.

- Come on this way.

(BEEPING)

- Thank you.

- Thank you.

(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)

- Thank you.

- You're welcome.

We made it, Ben.

Yeah, well,

anything can happen.

Let me see that.

He's an awful artist.

No girl is ever

gonna fall for that.

I think it's romantic.

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