Insomnia Page #20

INT. CHEROKEE - CONTINUOUS

Tanya squirming in her seat. Not liking this any more.

TANYA:

Move over!

Will staring dead ahead. Tensing his jaw. The TRUCK...

bearing down on them...

Tanya reaches for the wheel...Will pushes her hands away...

The TRUCK...a breath away...

TANYA (cont'd)

(screaming)

Move over, you crazy f***!

EXT. CHEROKEE - COASTAL ROAD

The truck and the Cherokee...just feet from each other...at

the last moment...the Cherokee jerks out of the way...

EXT. ICICLE FISHING CANNERY - DAY

...SCREECHES to a stop near an old sign, Icicle Cannery.

Gravel flying. Will gets out. Slams his door. Rounds the

car and opens Tanya's door. She's screaming at him.

TANYA:

You crazy son-of-a-b*tch! You could have

killed us!

Will reaches in and pulls her out of the car.

TANYA (cont'd)

Ow! You're hurting me!

Will pulls her up a steep hill of garbage and broken crates.

Pushes her down the other side. She stumbles.

TANYA (cont'd)

You want to tell me what the f*** this is

all about?

Will stands above her, on the hill. His face set like stone.

WILL:

You and Kay were like sisters?

TANYA:

That's what I said.

WILL:

Told each other everything.

(heads down the hill)

That why your picture's torn up in the

top drawer of her bureau?

Tanya steps back.

WILL (cont'd)

Why her boyfriend's hand was clamped on

your ass at her funeral?

He grabs her by the arm. Jerks it up. She CRIES out. Will

leans in.

WILL (cont'd)

You like games, little girl? Well how

about this one - you're standing right

where her naked body was found wrapped up

in a garbage bag.

Tanya's eyes grow wide. She looks around her. Disgusting,

rotten. A SEAGULL pecking at the body of a dead bird. She

tries to break away...

TANYA:

No...

WILL:

Who was Kay seeing besides Randy Stetz?

Tanya looks away.

WILL (cont'd)

Who gave her those dresses?

She struggles more. No good. Will's grip is like a vice.

WILL (cont'd)

I need a name.

TANYA:

I don't know.

WILL:

You don't know.

TANYA:

She wouldn't tell me!

WILL:

But you were such good friends...

Tanya, squirming. Angry.

TANYA:

It was like some big f***ing secret!

WILL:

What was?

TANYA:

She kept saying she was gonna get out of

here. Leave us all behind. That he was

going to take her!

WILL:

Who?

TANYA:

My arm!

WILL:

Who?

TANYA:

She used some stupid code name.

WILL:

What was it?

TANYA:

Brody...I don't know...

(crying)

...Something Brody!

Will straightens. He's heard that name before.

Suddenly Tanya jams her heel into his shoe. He CRIES out.

She breaks away from him. Runs up the hill. Turns. Tears

streaking her face. Throws the carnation to the ground.

TANYA (cont'd)

You happy now, you f***ing bastard?

INT. BOOKSTORE - NIGHTMUTE - DAY

CLOSE ON a FINGER. Running along a row of book spines.

Brundt...Buckley...Buss...Buckham...Byrie...

PULL BACK to reveal will in Nightmute's small bookstore.

Still in his funeral clothes.

In the "Mystery!" section. Not finding what he wants. Then,

something catches his eye: A BARGAIN BIN at the end of the

aisle. Will limps down to it. Avoides eye-contact with a

YOUNG WOMAN shelving "New Arrivals!"

Reaches into the bin. Rummages through some paperbacks.

Then he finds it: Otherwise Engaged by Walter Byrd.

Underneath the title, he finds what he's looking for:

Another J. Brody Mystery. Flips to the inside of the cover.

A BLURRY PICTURE of Walter Byrd. Head turned to the side.

Walter Byrd was born in Watson Lake, Canada. He graduated...

Will's eyes skip down to the bottom:

Mr. Byrd currently lives in Umkumiut, Alaska, with his two

labrador retrievers, Lucy and Desi.

Will looks up. Slaps the book closed.

INT./EXT. CHEROKEE - ROAD - DAY

Will drives, sipping take-out coffee. Trying to fight the

stinging in his eyes. Passes a sign: Umkumiut, 30 miles.

EXT. TESORO ALASKA GAS STATION - UMKUMIUT - DAY

Will stands in a phone booth at the gas station. Flips

through the phone book. His finger tracing down the "B"s.

Finds it:
Walter Byrd, 451 S. Diamond Tooth, Apt. B.

EXT. DIAMOND TOOTH ROAD - UMKUMIUT - DAY

Sky's become overcast. Will stands across the street from a

pale blue building. On the ground floor, a tackle store.

Above, looks like several apartment units.

He starts across.

INT. HALLWAY - APARTMENTS - DAY

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