Legally Blonde Page #23

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GUARD:

Relation?

ELLE:

I ' m her sister.

GUARD:

Name?

ELLE:

Delta. Gamma.

He makes a note and buzzes her in. '

94 INT. BOSTON JAIL - DAY 94

Elle sits at a conference table with her basket. A door

opens and a female guard brings Brooke into the room. Wearing

a horribly tacky orange jumpsuit.

ELLE:

Are you okay? You look so sad...and so

. orange.

BROOKE:

I ' m glad it's you and not Donovan.

. ELLE

He means well. He's really brilliant and

all.

Brooke sits, not looking convinced.

BROOKE:

He better be, for what I ' m paying him.

Elle pushes her basket forward.

ELLE:

I brought you some necessities. Pink

sheets. Aromatherapy candles. Loofah.

And The Bible.

She holds up a "Cosmopolitan".

BROOKE:

You're an angel.

Elle squirms in her seat.

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ELLE:

But I have to tell you the real reason

I ' m here. Professor Donovan says we

really, really need your alibi.

Brooke tears up.

BROOKE:

Elle, I can't. You don't understand.

ELLE:

Who could better understand than me?

Brooke dabs her eyes with a corner of the pink Ralph Lauren

sheets.

BROOKE:

It's so shameful...

ELLE:

Whatever it is -- it could save you.

BROOKE:

That's just it -- it would ruin me!

ELLE:

How?

Brooke composes herself. Takes a deep breath. Looks at Elle.

BROOKE:

I have made my fortune on my ability to

teach women how to perfect their bodies

with the Brooke's Butt Buster workout.

ELLE:

I know! You helped me go from a six to a

four!

Brooke starts to cry again.

BROOKE:

On the day of Heyworth's murder, I was --

She snorts back a sob.

BROOKE (CONT'D)

(continuing)

-- getting liposuction.

Elle gasps.

(CONTINUED)

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ELLE:

No!

BROOKE:

(completely shamed)

I ' m a fraud! But it's not like normal

people can have this ass! If my fans

knew, I ' d lose everything. I've already

lost my husband. I rather be in jail

then lose my reputation!

Elle hugs her to her chest, consoling her.

ELLE:

Your secret is safe with me.

95 INT. AUSTEN, PLATT, JARET & DONOVAN - LIBRARY - DAY 95

The associates and interns sit at a table piled high with

research, as Donovan goes over his notes.

DONOVAN:

.. We've got two interviews tomorrow that

Dick and Bobby are gonna handle, and the

ex-wife in an hour.

He looks up.

DONOVAN (CONT'D)

(continuing)

Sarah, can you grab me some coffee?

Sarah rises, and fetches the coffee from the side table.

DONOVAN (CONT'D)

(continuing)

And according to this communique from the

prison, our client apparently had a visit

fr om her sister? A Miss Delta Gamma --

He looks at Elle.

DONOVAN (CONT'D)

(continuing)

Anyone you know?

Elle looks up, caught. The others looks at her.

ELLE:

I went to get her alibi.

Emmett looks over, surprised.

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DONOVAN:

Did you get it?

ELLE:

But I can't tell you what it is.

Yes.

The others can't believe this.

DONOVAN:

Why the hell not?

' ELLE

I promised her I ' d keep it secret. I

can't break the bonds of sisterhood!

Now he's pissed.

DONOVAN:

F*** sisterhood. This is a murder trial,

not some scandal at the sorority house.

I want the alibi.

Sarah sets Donovan's coffee down. Watching to see what Elle

will do.

ELLE:

I can't give it to you. All I can tell

you is that she's innocent.

An ASSISTANT pokes her head in the room.

ASSISTANT:

Mr. Donovan? Mrs. Windham Vandermark is

on line two.

Donovan rises, still annoyed.

DONOVAN:

Someone reason with her while I take

this.

He walks out. The others look at Elle.

BOBBY:

Are you crazy? Tell him the alibi.

ELLE:

, No!

DICK:

We're gonna lose the case if you don't.

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ELLE:

Then we're not very good lawyers.

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