Get Carter Page #17

INT. DOWNSTAIRS GARAGE -BOXTER PORSCHE

Jack pulls out and hauls ass down the street.

CUT TO:

EXT. STREET -PORSCHE

Jack and Geraldine pull up to an apartment complex.

GERALDINE:

(pointing)

That’s it. Number 402.

Jack pulls up short and exits. He walks around to the

passenger side and yanks her out of the car.

He practically pulls her across the lawn and up to the

main entrance.

INT. APARTMENT -TIGHT ON BIG MIKE

He makes a sandwich in shorts and knee brace. You can

hear Madden and Summerall announce the football game on

the b.g. TELEVISION.

INT. APARTMENT HALLWAY -FRONT DOOR

Jack motions for Geraldine to knock and she does.

GERALDINE:

Hello! Mike!

107.

INT. APARTMENT -TIGHT ON BIG MIKE

He grabs a 9mm with silencer and looks through the

peephole.

PEEPHOLE POV:

Geraldine always looks ready for action.

GERALDINE:

Open up, Mike. I need to see you,

honey.

TIGHT ON BIG MIKE

He grins like he’s going to get laid.

BIG MIKE:

Just a second, Geraldine.

He spruces himself in the mirror, leaves the gun on the

counter, and opens the door.

BIG MIKE’S POV

Geraldine offers a dry smile. Jack darts forward.

BACK TO SCENE:

Big Mike tries to slam the door but Jack wedges his foot

inside.

Big Mike holds him off as best as possible. He looks

back to the gun on the counter and stretches for it. He

can’t reach it. He lets go of the door and grabs the

gun.

Jack barges through and grabs Big Mike’s hand just in

time to re-direct the barrel.

SILENT GUNSHOTS FIRE right into Geraldine’s chest. She’s

blown back by the sheer force.

Jack and Big Mike wrestle over control of the gun,

falling back into the kitchen.

Big Mike is winning the battle. The gun starts dropping

down to Jack’s head.

Then, Jack grabs Mike’s sandwich knife off the counter.

Jack jams the knife into Mike’s bad knee and he screams.

(CONTINUED)

108.

CONTINUED:

Jack then takes control of the gun and points it in Big

Mike’s painstricken face. Mike steps back into the

living room.

JACK:

Don’t you know it’s twenty years

for even getting caught with a

silencer?

BIG MIKE:

I swear! I didn’t do anything!

JACK:

Haven’t heard that one for about

ten minutes now.

Big Mike looks terrified.

BIG MIKE:

Please, man! Put the gun down!

JACK:

You do know why I’m here, right?

Big Mike nods slightly.

BIG MIKE:

I knew your brother from the Half

Moon. But I wasn’t there the

night he was killed.

JACK:

Of course you weren’t.

BIG MIKE:

Ask Geraldine!

They both back to the door. She lies in the doorway,

dead.

JACK:

She doesn’t appear to be too

reliable a witness. Where’s your

buddy Cyrus?

BIG MIKE:

I don’t know.

JACK:

How about this? Tell me where he

is, and I won’t shoot you.

Jack sets the 9mm on a table. Big Mike brightens.

(CONTINUED)

109.

CONTINUED:

BIG MIKE:

He’s over at Kinnear’s. The guest

house, probably.

Jack puts on his gloves, grabs the knife, and walks

towards Big Mike.

BIG MIKE:

Come on, man!

JACK:

Come on? You watched my niece get

raped, right?

BIG MIKE:

But you said --!

JACK:

I said ’I wouldn’t shoot you.’

BIG MIKE:

For Chrissake! I didn’t kill him!

JACK:

I know you didn’t, Mike!

Jack stabs Big Mike in the chest and pulls the knife out.

The large man screams, near death.

JACK:

I know!

Jack stabs him again, this time leaving the knife in

there. A gurgle of blood escapes from Big Mike’s lips as

he rolls on the floor.

Jack turns, grabs the 9mm/silencer and heads for the

door. He then stops in his tracks, turns back around,

and takes Mike’s chauffeur hat with him. He puts it on,

stares at himself in the mirror, and steps over

Geraldine.

She lies in the doorwell in a bloody heap, her lifeless

eyes still open.

JACK:

It could have been nice, I guess.

CUT TO:

EXT. AJIT APARTMENT -OLDSMOBILE

Jack writes an address down on a piece of paper.

110.

TIGHT ON ADDRESS

It reads, "204 Hellman Street."

BACK TO SCENE:

Jack folds it, sticks it inside the lockbox of cash from

the track, and walks up to the apartment.

INT. AJIT APARTMENT -UNCLE RAKESH

He sits with Ajit. Together, they open the lockbox and

smiles drape across their faces.

CUT TO:

INT. HOSPITAL ROOM -JACK

He sits bedside in the chair that Doreen occupied earlier

and stares at a sleeping Gloria. Jack looks guilty.

Suddenly, her eyes open. The two lock eyes.

GLORIA:

I’m sorry, I...

(suddenly realizing)

You’re not staying.

Jack shakes his head. After a painfully-long moment -JACK

It’s time.

GLORIA:

What about our vacation? It could

be our second chance.

Her WORDS REVERBERATE in Jack’s ear... as if the devil

was on his doorstep.

JACK:

Gloria... there never should’ve

been a first chance.

Gloria nods, but with tears in her eyes.

JACK:

Don’t forget me.

GLORIA:

How? Every time I look at

Doreen...

Jack takes a long moment to compose himself.

(CONTINUED)

111.

CONTINUED:

JACK:

Don’t do it, Gloria.

GLORIA:

Don’t do what?

JACK:

Don’t tell her.

(after a long

beat)

Doreen belonged to Frank.

GLORIA:

Okay. I won’t.

JACK:

Promise me you won’t.

GLORIA:

I promise.

Jack kisses her on the forehead, pulls a letter from his

jacket, and leaves it on the chair.

GLORIA:

What is that?

JACK:

It’s for Doreen.

Gloria still looks after him as he exits.

INT. HOSPITAL HALLWAY -SAME TIME

Jack walks down the corridor, fighting emotion.

DOREEN (O.S.)

Hey!

Doreen stands there, a Coke and a bag of potato chips.

The two make their way towards one another.

DOREEN:

I was getting nauseous.

Jack studies her for a moment.

JACK:

Doreen... I’m taking a little

trip.

DOREEN:

Now?

(CONTINUED)

112.

CONTINUED:

Jack nods.

DOREEN:

Will you be coming back?

He shakes his head.

DOREEN:

Why not?

Jack thinks to himself and shrugs.

JACK:

Keep a tight watch on your mom.

DOREEN:

I will.

Jack looks deep into her eyes. Slowly, he moves his hand

through her hair. She smiles. A different attitude.

DOREEN:

Try and come back... if you can.

JACK:

(a sad smile)

Keep me cold a double peanut

butter and chocolate on a sugar

cone.

DOREEN:

I will.

They hug.

DOREEN:

Good-bye, Uncle Jack. Take care.

JACK:

Good-bye, Doreen.

She watches him all the way until he turns the corner.

DISSOLVE TO:

EXT. JEREMY’S MANSION -AFTERNOON

The Olds drives by the entrance and Jack sees a security

guard wave a Range Rover through the gates.

Dozens of cars in the driveway, Jeremy is apparently

having a party.

Jack pulls around the far corner, parks, and puts on the

hat. He stares at himself in the rearview and exits.

113.

EXT. MANSION -WALL

Jack climbs over it and makes his way over to a large oak

tree. He disconnects the photoelectric sensor and heads

for the guest house.

INT. SECURITY ROOM -BANK OF MONITORS

The guard watching has no idea.

INT. JEREMY’S MANSION -PARTY

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