Elle Page #5

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VINCENT:

What? What am I?... It's like youdon't see I've changed.

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MICHELLE:

(softening)

I'll cosign like I said I would but

you're going to be responsible,

every month, for the difference in

rent between this apartment and the

one we'd talked about.

VINCENT:

Absolutely. There's no problem. I'm

ready for this.

Michelle knows better but she nods. Vincent immediately goesto Josie who’s crying in the next room. He approaches hergingerly.

VINCENT (CONT’D)

It’s ok. It’s done. Everything’s

going to be just how you want it...

JOSIE:

(her hands on her belly)

How I want it? It’s not for me! Do

you not understand anything? It’s

not about me.

Vincent looks frustrated. He can’t do anything right. Josiesees his anguish, instantly relents. She hushes him, takeshim in her arms. Michelle - on her way out - watches throughthe doorway as Josie strokes Vincent’s head maternally.

Michelle looks fascinated.

32 INT. A-V OFFICES -- DAY 32

Michelle watches a group of kids shooting zombies. Some kindof beta-testing focus group. As she moves on, she sees Robertcoming down the corridor toward her.

MICHELLE:

You missed Anna. She’s in

Anguoul.me today.

Robert smiles. Michelle sighs internally, seeing his smile.

MICHELLE (CONT’D)

But you knew that.

Michelle continues into her office. He follows her in, closes

the door behind them. Michelle settles in behind her desk.

MICHELLE (CONT’D)

You know I went through a very

traumatic experience days ago.

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ROBERT:

You gave the impression you wanted

to go on like nothing happened...

If I’m being insensitive, I’m

sorry, but that’s my thing, right?

MICHELLE:

I appreciate you staying in

character.

ROBERT:

(comes closer)

And, you know, a big part of my

role is being unpredictable. Don’t

scream.

He unzips his pants, whips it out. Michelle sighs.

ROBERT (CONT’D)

I know you’re a wilting flower but

you can still touch it... Can’t you?

She looks up at him. Sees he’s not going to be dissuaded.

MICHELLE:

Hold on.

She reaches over and grabs her waste-basket. Positions it tocatch his wayward sperm.

33 INT. A-V OFFICES -- NIGHT 33

The entire suite is dark and silent. The only light is theone in Michelle’s office.

34 INT. MICHELLE’S OFFICE -- NIGHT 34

Michelle is going over an intimidatingly numbers-heavy techreview with a yellow highlighter. The only sound is the humof the heating system. Until her phone DINGS.

A text message. She glances at the clock. 2:30 AM. She looksat her phone. “Unknown Caller.” She looks at the message:

That cream blouse is lovely. my cum stains will hardly show.

See you soon.

Michelle whips toward the window behind her. Nothing outthere but the dark glass of another office building. Athought chills her and she looks at her door. Her unlockeddoor.

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She crosses to it, hesitates, then pulls the door open, as ifexpecting to surprise someone on the other side.

35 INT. OUTER OFFICES - CONTINUOUS 35

Michelle emerges slowly. She has a look around the dark,

silent suite of offices. She seems to be alone... but, at the

end of a row of cubicles, she sees a light spilling from ahalf-open door marked “studio.” She quietly sneaks up on thatdoorway. Peering in, she sees Kurt, in the light of a singlelamp, posing a featureless doll and taking pictures.

A figure study of some sort. He doesn’t seem to notice

Michelle. She decides not to announce herself and withdraws.

36 EXT. QUAI BESIDE THE SEINE -- DAY 36

Michelle and Irene rise from finishing their meal at one ofthe little restaurants.

MICHELLE:

I was going to ask- have you

experienced any incidents recently?

IRENE:

Incidents?

MICHELLE:

You know what I mean.

IRENE:

A man threw a slice of pizza at me

from his car. It missed. Also, I felt

a couple of eyes on me in the market,

perhaps. But I always feel that.

MICHELLE:

I just wonder if isn’t starting

again. A new cycle.

IRENE:

You don’t know? Tru Tv just made a

new “special documentary” about

your father. They’re repeating it

all hours, every day. That’s why

it’s fresh on people’s minds.

MICHELLE:

(reeling)

I didn’t know. I don’t watch TV.

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IRENE:

Has something happened to you?

MICHELLE:

No. Nothing really. Just looks frompeople on the street. The usual.

IRENE:

It’s because of his parole hearing.

That’s their excuse for dredgingthe whole thing up again. Yourfather’s going before the panel intwo days...

MICHELLE:

You don’t miss a beat.

IRENE:

I want you to come with me.

MICHELLE:

They will never let him out. Thank

God. This parole hearing is nothingbut a kabuki exercise just like youasking me to go with you when youknow I’d rather claw my own eyes out.

IRENE:

How long are you going to hang ontothis hatred?

MICHELLE:

I will never see him again. Not inthis world or... well, there is no

other world, so I’ll just leave itat that.

IRENE:

There isn’t much time left,

Michelle. He’s ill. Look..

(pulling a PHOTO from her

purse, like a weapon)

Just look. Are you afraid to lookat your own father?

Michelle looks, defiantly. The photo is of an ordinary man,

bald, thin, a bit stooped. Wearing an orange prison jumpsuit.

MICHELLE:

There. Put it away now.

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IRENE:

You’re not like all the others,

Michelle, people who only know the

monster from TV. You know the man.

He’s just a man.

MICHELLE:

And he’s a monster. You think

there’s a contradiction there?

Look, I’m done. I’ll see you later.

Michelle walks off.

IRENE:

Just be careful. Some people aren’t

content with throwing rude things

from passing cars.

Michelle keeps walking. By the time she reaches the streetwhere her car is parked, Michelle’s already looking around, alittle paranoid. She clocks the faces of her fellowpedestrians wondering which ones might mean her harm.

37 INT. MICHELLE’S HOUSE -- DAY 37

Marty the Cat CRIES pitifully.

MICHELLE (O.S.)

How’d you get out there, numbskull?

Michelle opens the pantry door, scoops her cat in her arms.

As she turns, the Intruder is there in front of her. He grabsher. Just as we’ve seen before... but what we haven’t seen

before:
she gets her hands on the iron on the table next toher. Screaming, she clobbers him. The Intruder lets go ofher, grabbing his head in pain. That’s his fatal mistake.

Michelle hits him again. His blood sprays across the wall...

Michelle, an animal now, falls on the Intruder, bringing theiron down. Over and over, screaming...

38 CUT TO- INT. MICHELLE’S HOUSE - STUDY -- DAY 38

Michelle smiles to herself, weakly. She turns back to thework on the desk in front of her. Rotted faces - conceptdrawings of zombies. She considers a moment then circles thezombie on the left.

A loud THWACK startles her. Makes the pen jump in her hand.

Michelle grabs the hatchet - which, apparently, she keepsnear her at all times - and goes to check out the sound.

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Her heart skips a beat when she discovers a CRACK in her sidesliding glass door.

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