Gemini Page #3

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[EXHALES DEEPLY]

[TAPPING FEET ON FLOOR]

- What is that?

- I don't know.

[LAUGHS]

You have to protect me.

I can protect you

in my sleep.

No. You have to protect me

in real life.

I can protect you

with my eyes closed.

[BOTH LAUGH]

Have you seen "Scream"

anytime lately?

Go to sleep.

You know, I haven't forgotten

what we talked about.

When?

Of doing something together,

on our own.

Developing projects

or something like that.

I didn't forget.

I know.

[INHALES DEEPLY]

I love you.

I love you, too.

[WATCH ALARM BEEPING]

JILL:
[GROANS]

[GUNSHOT, GLASS SHATTERS]

Sh*t.

[BREATHING SHALLOWLY]

Oh...

What happened?

I'm sorry.

- I'm so f***in' sorry.

- Christ, are you okay?

Yeah, yeah, no, I'm fine.

I just... I...

- The gun went off.

- The gun went off?

I was...

I was thinking about taking it.

- Why? You were gonna take it?

- I was gonna take it,

and then I decided not to...

and I was putting it back,

- and then I really don't know what happened.

- It's okay. It's okay.

You're okay. It's okay.

- I'm really sorry.

- It's okay.

I broke Devin's coin case.

It's okay.

I hate that stupid

f***ing coin case.

[SIGHS]

[SIGHS] Okay.

Now go tell them I don't wanna

do their shitty reshoots.

[SNIFFS]

HEATHER:

Hi. It's Heather.

I'll call you back.

Bye.

JILL:
Hey, I'm coming over

to sort this sh*t out with you.

And you better have

f***ing coffee.

Bye.

Hello?

Heather?

Heather.

Heather.

[SCREAMS]

[BREATHING SHALLOWLY]

AHN:
Jill LeBeau?

I'm Edward Ahn.

I'm the detective

in charge of the case.

Mind if I sit down?

Okay.

Look, I...

I know this isn't easy.

You won't believe me,

but I've felt like

you're feeling right now.

I've felt it and...

I know there isn't much

a stranger like me can say

in a situation like this.

Which is why it's so tough

for me to ask you

what I've gotta ask you.

What do you have to ask me?

[TEA KETTLE WHISTLES]

I can tell you're smart.

You remember things.

Am I right?

I don't know.

I think you might

remember things

more than most people.

It's just a gut feeling

I have.

I already gave a statement.

You did.

Um, but not to a detective.

Um, that was more of

a paperwork statement,

basic facts.

See, what I'm looking for

is a little different.

I want you to think back

to early this morning.

And what I wanna know about

is what is the last thing

you saw in this house.

In other words,

what was Heather doing

when you walked out the door

the last time you saw her?

She was just looking,

at me.

That's it?

Just looking?

Yeah,

just normal looking.

Mm.

Except she was holding

your .22 snubnose.

Is that right?

Yeah.

So, we could say

it was a little

not quite normal, right?

Well,

the looking was normal.

It's just that she was...

she was holding the gun.

Okay.

She was holding the gun

and looking normal.

Is that right?

Yeah.

Did she ever

threaten you or...?

No,

she didn't threaten me.

'Cause I've heard stories

about movie stars that...

Just trying to construct

a little history.

That's all.

You might not think

something's important,

and then bingo,

it's the key

to the whole thing.

[CRYING]

[WAVES CRASHING]

[SNIFFLES,

BREATHES SHALLOWLY]

[PHONE RINGING]

[EXHALES SHARPLY,

BREATHES SHALLOWLY]

[PHONE RINGING]

Hi. It's Tracy.

I can't pick up the phone

right now.

Leave a message

and I'll call you back.

Hey, Tracy.

Um...

Just call me back

when you can, okay?

Okay?

[WAVES CRASHING]

[PHONE RINGING]

RECEPTIONIST:

Finnegan, Harper and Murphy.

It's Jill.

Put me through to Jamie.

Did she kill herself?

No.

She didn't kill herself.

How do you know?

Because, Jamie,

she was shot five times.

Have you been

to the police yet?

Yeah.

I think they think

I did it.

You... you didn't?

Of course I didn't!

And I'm pretty sure

you didn't.

[CELLPHONE RINGS]

Hello.

Hello.

Do you have a charger?

No.

You have to put out

a press release

before the police do it.

We have to stay

on top of this.

I can't.

Jamie, come on.

I know you don't wanna

think about this right now

but you have to think about this

right now.

Because what we say

and do right now,

that's what people are gonna

remember about this.

Jamie, I can't do it.

I literally can't do it.

Okay, fine.

I'll take care of it.

Jill,

if she didn't kill herself,

who killed her?

I don't know.

I really can't think

about this right now.

Honestly,

my money's on Greg.

You should've heard

what he said to me

last night.

What did he say to you

last night?

Something to the effect of,

"Jamie, this is killing me."

"I'm going to f***ing

kill Heather.

I am going to f***ing

kill her."

I'm sure

he was exaggerating.

Well, I don't know,

but I wouldn't be so quick

to cross people off the list.

I didn't kill her,

but you don't know that.

You see what I mean?

I guess.

Look.

I know you and I

kind of hate each other,

but I actually

quite like you.

So I'm asking you

to be careful, okay?

[POLICE RADIO CHATTER]

- Goin' somewhere?

- Aah!

Uh, me?

No.

AHN:
Walk with me.

[SOFT MUSIC PLAYS]

Have a seat

at the counter.

JILL:
Okay.

THIRI:

What can I get you?

- You want a coffee?

- No, thanks.

Two coffees,

regular coffees.

Okay.

You didn't answer my call.

My phone died.

Where are you from,

originally?

I don't think

that that's important.

I'm not asking

'cause it's important.

I just wanna know.

Portland.

I'm from Portland.

- Oregon or Maine?

- Oregon.

I haven't lived there

since I was 14, though.

Why not?

Because I went

to boarding school.

Which one?

Um, Exeter.

You always want to be

somebody's assistant?

I mean, back then,

you know, back at Exeter,

what did you wanna be?

I don't see what this all

has to do with Heather.

I'm gonna tell you

three things.

Okay?

All right.

Drink your coffee.

I don't want it.

I said I didn't want it.

Okay, look,

do whatever makes you happy,

but just listen

for a couple of minutes.

Can you do that?

Yes.

All right.

Look, I already know how

you're gonna say

these things

fit with your story,

but here we go anyway.

Number one, your prints

and your prints alone

were on the shell casings.

The .22 had

one other set of prints.

Heather's.

That's it.

No other prints.

You with me so far?

- I think so.

- Good.

Number two,

your hand tested positive

for gunshot residue

underneath the right index

and middle fingernails.

I told you.

I accidentally let off

a shot this morning.

Okay, number three,

by your own admission,

you were there at approximately

the time of death.

'Course there's

a couple of things

I still can't figure.

Like what?

Like the coins.

The coins?

What about them?

They're gone.

I can't figure it.

Unless it's somebody's

clumsy attempt

to make the whole thing

look like

a burglary gone wrong.

Am I under arrest?

Not yet.

Warrant's coming, though.

What? What are you...

What are you looking at?

Stan.

You know this guy?

Hey, Jill.

Yeah, he's paparazzi.

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