Murderland Page #7

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Zach curiously looks at Johnny.

JOHNNY:

You got a f***ing problem ?

ZACH:

No. I was just curious if what I heard

about you is true ?

JOHNNY:

What did you hear ?

ZACH:

Only that you were one of the finest

hit men in the mob. That if you wanted

a good clean kill, that Johnny Tortelli

was the man for the job.

JOHNNY:

I was.

ZACH:

Might I ask why you no longer work for

the mob ?

JOHNNY:

There was a bit of confusion on one of

my last jobs.

ZACH:

I thought, and correct me if I'm wrong,

but weren't you trying to play both

sides ?

JOHNNY:

What are you looking for ? A blow job ?

ZACH:

No. I am not a homosexual.

JOHNNY:

Then what do you want ?

ZACH:

Have you ever considered running your

own "Park" ? I mean, since you will not

be returning to your former profession.

JOHNNY:

I didn't think even this company could

afford to write off enough to build a

new "Park".

ZACH:

We can't.

Zach pauses, he hits the stop button on the elevator.

ZACH:

Are you happy with your salary and

position ?

JOHNNY:

No I am not.

ZACH:

I had hoped you would say that. I have

a proposal for you.....

JOHNNY:

I'm listening.

INT. FIRING RANGE, MURDERLAND - DAY

Bruce is firing away at the paper targets. Zach and

Johnny enter from the elevator. Johnny takes up a place

next to him.

This is a two man firing range about 100 yards long in a

small rectangular room.

BRUCE:

Good morning. What do you have today ?

ZACH:

I have an embezzler and his accomplice.

Zach opens his briefcase and hands over a file in a

manilla folder. Bruce takes it and opens it up. We see

MATTHEWS face on a B&W photo, and the next picture is of

SAUNDRA from he security badge.

ZACH (CONT'D)

This young man is a temporary in our

accounting department and he has

managed to steal a large sum of money

through the wire transfer system. He is

sleeping with one of our account

executives to gain passwords. We

believe she is in on it.

Bruce contemplates this. Johnny fires off several shots.

He gets a lot better accuracy than Bruce does.

BRUCE:

I'll do the standard research and have

them in by midnight, pending any

unforseen problems.

ZACH:

Good. Nice to see you, Bruce. Johnny.

Zach exits.

INT. CONTROL ROOM, MURDERLAND - DAY

Bruce is concerned. He logs into the company computer

and begins to check files.

JOHNNY:

What's wrong ?

BRUCE:

I just want to double check the facts.

The computer blips up a screen of accounts and personnel

files.

BRUCE (CONT'D)

I see here that this guy has made

deposits into his own account for the

last four months. Each one in the

amount of $100,000. He then puts in

deposits into his girlfriends account.

JOHNNY:

So ?

BRUCE:

He already had a balance of $600,000.

JOHNNY:

He probably has a history of this sh*t.

BRUCE:

Yeah, maybe.... Let's start the

background checks. Let's see where they

live and what kind of security

systems....

JOHNNY:

Matthew lives on the Upper West Side,

kinda posh for a temp don't you think ?

BRUCE:

Any priors ? Any police record ?

JOHNNY:

Checking..... Hah ! He has a sh*t load

of unpaid parking tickets...

BRUCE:

Parking tickets ? That's it ?

JOHNNY:

Yeah, but we're talking 43.

BRUCE:

A real criminal.... I still think

that's our in... What about her ?

JOHNNY:

Checking........

INT. MATTHEW'S APARTMENT - NIGHT

Matthew is running around his apartment, throwing

clothes into a closet and hiding stuff under the couch.

Matthew lives in a decent apartment with black leather

sofa and matching chair, exactly what a bachelor would

have.

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