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He soon spots his ball up ahead.

CLIENT (CONT'D)

There I am.

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He moves on, leaving Steven standing there, disgusted.

MATCH CUT TO:

113 INT. USAMM - STEVEN'S OFFICE - 1996 - DAY 113

Steven sits at his desk, detached and fed up.

STEVEN (V.O.)

Maybe it was because it's just my nature,

or maybe it was because of my past... or

maybe it was because they were the most

boring f***ing people I'd ever met in my

life...

(beat)

Whatever the reason, I had been robbing

them blind for months.

114 INT. USAMM - STEVEN'S OFFICE - 1996 - DAY 114

FLASHBACK to Steven's first day on the job as his RHEBA

escorts him to a desk piled high with financial reports.

RHEBA:

Anything else I can do for you?

STEVEN:

Uh.... cup of coffee?

RHEBA:

I'll do it today but I don't do that

really.

Steven nods and begins to leaf through various folders.

It isn't long before something catches his eye.

115 MONTAGE:
HOW MONEY FLOWS AT USAMM-- 115

QUICK CUTS of Steven researching by leafing through

folders and files INTERCUT with a slow push in on a CHECK

PRINTING MACHINE as it spits out product as well as TIME

LAPSE footage of employees buzzing through one of the

USAM hallways.

STEVEN (V.O.)

The thing about U-SAMM was that they took

in all this HMO money and distributed it

to doctors.

(MORE)

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STEVEN (V.O.) (CONT'D)

But in the time between receiving the

money and paying it out- it was just

sitting there, not making interest or

anything.

116 INT. USAMM - STEVEN'S OFFICE - 1996 - DAY 116

At his desk, Steven leafs through the company finances.

STEVEN (V.O.)

It occurred to me to set up an investment

account where the held money would earn

interest for the short time that the

company had it. We're talking twenty two

million at any given time here, so even

short term the interest adds up pretty

quickly. I'd be making the company

millions virtually overnight.

He leans back to think to himself.

STEVEN (V.O.)

...and I of course would take a

commission. Say... fifty percent. The

only problem with that was-- I wasn't the

one signing the checks.

117 INT. USAMM OFFICE - 1996 - DAY 117

OPEN CLOSE on a check being signature-stamped with a

RUBBER STAMP. A hand places the stamp into a small wooden

box and closes it.

CUT WIDE to reveal the hand belongs to VERA, the company

accountant and STEVEN is standing over her. It is now we

realize we are revisiting an earlier scene.

STEVEN:

So I ask, "Don't you think that's a

little expensive?" and the lawyer says,

"Yes it is, now what's your final

question?"

Vera EXPLODES with laughter.

VERA:

It's so true. Lawyers!

She turns to a colleague.

VERA (CONT'D)

Annie! Come here, you gotta hear this!

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And as ANNIE comes over, Steven's hand moves to the

wooden box and secretly plucks the RUBBER STAMP.

118 INT. USAMM - STEVEN'S OFFICE - 1996 - DAY 118

Lindholm raps on the open door as he enters.

LINDHOLM:

Steven, we got a problem. Vera lost that

stupid rubber stamp again. Her office is

a goddamned disaster and she's the o-ring

if you know what I'm saying.

STEVEN:

(faux)

Oh... how long till we can get a new one?

LINDHOLM:

Nope. Time to overhaul the program. I got

a computerized system already on order.

No more room for pilot error.

Steven hangs his head, visibly disappointed.

LINDHOLM (CONT'D)

Should be up and running in a couple

months. I want you signing the checks

until then.

Steven brightens up suddenly.

STEVEN:

Really?! Great!

LINDHOLM:

You play golf?

STEVEN:

Uhhh... yeah. Sure.

119 EXT. HOUSTON SUBURB - NEW HOUSE - 1996 - DAY 119

A huge MOVING TRUCK is parked before an impressive house

in an upscale neighborhood. MOVERS unload and roll

dollies past two matching MERCEDES COUPES.

Steven and Phillip oversee the work- each holding

matching MINIATURE PINCERS.

They smile wide. Moments later an OFFSCREEN HONK gets

their attention.

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They look to see a SPORTING GOODS TRUCK pulling up with

two JET-SKIS hitched to a trailer.

PHILLIP:

(wowed)

How big was this Christmas bonus?

STEVEN:

(covering)

Pretty big.

PHILLIP:

In July?

Phillip is slightly suspicious.

120 I/E. NEW HOUSE / BACKYARD - 1996 - MORNING 120

Various vignettes of Steven and Phillip's new home.

PHILLIP (O.S.)

(mid-story)

The sheriff is desperate and goes to a

psychic. All the woman says is rabbit.

Rabbit-rabbit-rabbit, that's all. Well

he thinks `bullshit' and he's driving

back home and what happens? He sees a

rabbit crossing the street in front of

him. So he pulls over and follows it into

the woods and he finds the missing car.

All wrecked and turned over and the

girl's inside... still alive.

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