Guilty as Sin Page #3

- Hello. Yes, l'm here

to see Mr Greenhill.

- Oh, yes.

Good morning.

Thanks for coming.

Really nice of you to meet here

instead of at the office.

Must feel good to be home.

lt does kinda.

l'm trying not to think

about that window.

That is what you came to see,

isn't it? That window?

l need to know a little

about your background:

- your family, where you went to school.

- Oh, sure.

l was an army brat, in and out

of one school after another.

My father was an artillery captain.

Sit down, please.

l was an only child

and my mother's whole world.

She used to steal money out of

my father's pockets and give it to me.

l don't think it mattered

too much when he went away

to Vietnam and never came back.

l know it's probably hard to believe

given my current lifestyle,

but l hardly dated

when l was in high school.

ln fact, l didn't really start going out

until after my mother died.

And then only with older women.

What does that tell ya?

- Have you ever had

psychiatric counselling?

- Once.

Woman psychiatrist.

You can imagine

how that turned out.

Well, at least she didn't

charge me for the sessions.

But you've never

been married before?

Friend of mine once said,

''Never marry a woman for her money.

Get her money without

marrying her.''

Hi! This is a surprise.

Do we have plans tonight?

l had a visitor today

at the office.

- Your client dropped by.

- Yeah?

- Which client?

- David Greenhill.

- What?

- Yeah, just marched in

like he owned the joint.

- What in the world did he want?

- Well, he wanted to thank me...

for giving up our trip to Aspen

so that you could defend him,

but since l did hurt my knee

there last year, maybe it was

better that l didn't go.

Now, uh, how the hell

did he know that stuff?

Sweetheart, l have no idea.

l've told him absolutely nothing

about my personal life.

Yeah, well, somebody's

been doin' some talking.

You know, the whole time

he was looking me up and down.

- He was checking me out.

- He does that with everybody.

Oh, yeah?

So how do you rate, Jen?

What are you, a ten? Eleven?

Hasn't he told you yet?

Look, Phil, l don't like what

he did, but you're really--

l don't like your client.

Get rid of him.

- ''Get rid of him''?

- He's a slimy son of a b*tch.

He very well may be, but the

question is:
ls he a murderer?

He's butting into our lives,

so l say dump him.

You have no right to ask that of me.

by the way,

whom l truly detested?

How many times have l had to

sit with them and dine with them,

listen to their stupid jokes

and smile sweetly 'cause you

had a deal going on with them?

Look, Counsellor, l'm not on the jury,

so save the brilliant summation.

The bottom line:
There's nothing

going on with me and this guy.

l'm not attracted to him.

He's not coming on to me.

and l am uncomfortable

in the situation, l will make...

- the appropriate decision then.

- Lawyer talk.

Why do you have to use

that tone of voice...

There's no point talkin', Jennifer.

You always have to win.

David Greenhill did not

start this, you did.

Well, hi there.

- What's so important?

- You dropped in to see...

-Did he say l was rude?

-lt doesn't matter what he said.

you better get yourself

another attorney. You can tell

your Miriam Langford...

to start looking because

l will not be there for you.

Actually, l think

Phil's a hell of a guy.

He's crazy about you.

You know, l'm not remotely

interested in your opinion.

Jennifer, l-l can take criticism.

But please try

to understand that l've...

never been accused of a crime

before in my whole life.

l'm completely vulnerable.

Right now,

you-you're my entire world.

l understand that. But if you

ever do that again, l'm walking.

- No, you won't.

- Oh, just watch me.

Please, Jennifer, l--

l don't even have Miriam any more.

lt's finished.

l broke it off myself.

Christ sakes, Jennifer,

Miriam wasn't a stupid woman.

She could see what

was happening between us.

Wha-What was happen--

What did you tell her?

l told her that right now,

that you're the only woman...

in the world that

means anything to me.

- David, are you crazy?

- cut me off and then got on a plane...

and went to Europe,

went to Geneva.

She has a house there.

At least l think that's where she went.

'Course, she's got 50 houses

all over the f***in' world.

Empty houses with servants

sittin' around on their asses,

waitin' for somebody to show up.

She didn't give a f*** about me! She

just wanted to know that l was there.

David, she was also

paying for your defence.

- You'll get your money,

don't worry about that.

- From who?

You're going to prove me innocent

and then there will be millions.

You know, no matter how bad

it ever got with me and Rita,

at least l knew she had

real feelings for me.

She framed you for her own murder.

l'd say you're not doing that well...

- in the female department.

- Well, l just am not-- Oh, sh*t!

What am l? Am l some kind

of a f***in' lowlife...

because l take money

when it's offered to me?

Nobody says a goddam thing.

lt's perfectly fine, isn't it?

Well, you--

lf you wanna talk about...

goddam women as sex objects?

What about--

What about men? What about me?

They use me.

And then they f***in' drop me...

whenever they damn well please.

l do not intend

to represent you any more.

l tried to speak to you rationally, but

you defy all logic, so l'm backing off.

l'm not doing this for him.

l'm doing this because you--

You're an impossible person. l don't

have to put up with it and l won't.

No. No, l'm the one

that has to do this.

l'm the one that has to stand trial.

l have to defend myself

and my whole f***in' lifestyle.

- Sure, go.

- Then step out of my way.

Oh, and Jennifer?

Ah, l mean, Miss Haines.

Really like your hair that way.

Oh, put the lady on.

Mrs Langford. l'm sorry

to be calling you on your vacation,

but our accounting department informs me

that you haven't remitted any payment...

for Mr Greenhill's

recent fees and expenses.

Yeah, Tom. Hi.

Jennifer, uh, l've just hung up

with Mrs Langford in Geneva.

She, uh, not only refuses

any more financial...

responsibility

for David Greenhill, uh--

She maintains that the,

the two of you are having an affair.

Tom, l had to go

to his apartment yesterday.

He told me while he was waving

a ten-inch kitchen knife

in front of my face--

He told me that l was the only woman

in the world that meant anything to him.

He treats me like we're

intimate. l don't know why,

but he's become fixated on me.

lt's-- lt's scary.

He's your client. You picked him.

l made a mistake.

l really made a mistake.

l'm sorry. Let's dump this guy.

l want off this case.

l want this lunatic out of my life.

- How do we do it?

- So now that the man can't pay,

- suddenly you don't

want any part of him.

- That's not it, Your Honour.

He totally misrepresented his ability

to meet these obligations.

You are associated with one of

Rate this script:0.0 / 0 votes