Nick of Time Page #15

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GENE:

Okay...

She starts to lead him away.

GENE:

Hey.

He stops her, points to the gun she still holds.

GENE:

I think you better put that away.

KRISTA:

I think you're right.

She pulls out a handkerchief, covers the gun and tucks it

out of sight as she leads him behind the platform and away.

EXT. POOL DECK - DAY - 12:4 9PM

MR. SMITH still roams the crowd, looking for Gene.

ELEANOR GRANT:

But tragedy, if it doesn't destroy

us, has a curious way of giving us

strength.

He sees OFFICER TRUST who gives him a questioning look. He

ignores it.

ELEANOR GRANT:

I doubt if I would be before you

now, if I hadn't been put through

that crucible of loss.

MR SMITH notices the JAPANESE TOURIST COUPLE we met before.

The man has the video camera pointed at a sharp up angle.

MR. SMITH glances up toward what the man is shooting.

Consternation and anger fill his face.

ANGLE ON RED BONAVENTURE TOWER - 12:4 9PM

What he sees is one of the exterior elevators rising. KRISTA

stands at the glass looking down. Behind her, just glimpsed,

is GENE.

ANGLE ON MR. SMITH

ELEANOR GRANT:

And though I can never forget William

and Bill Junior or the love I felt

for them...

MR. SMITH cuts a wake through the CROWD.

ELEANOR GRANT:

I have found joy again in serving

this great state. I have found love

again in my second husband Brendan...

INT. TWENTY-FIFTH FLOOR - DAY - 12:.50PM

The elevator doors open. GENE and KRISTA bolt out and hurry

down the hall.

GENE:

Where are we going?

INT. TWENTY-FIFTH FLOOR - SECURITY TABLE - DAY - 12:50PM

KRISTA leads GENE past the SECURITY GUARD stationed in the

hallway at a small table. GENE tries to keep his face turned

away. The GUARD glances up.

HALL GUARD:

Ms. Brooks ...

KRISTA:

Is he in?

HALL GUARD:

Yes, ma'am.

They walk past him. He's a bit curious about GENE, but shrugs

it off.

GENE and KRISTA reach a door and knock.

GENE:

Who is this? Are you sure we can

trust him?

KRISTA:

I'm sure. It's her husband. He's her

Campaign Manager.

The door opens. BRENDAN GRANT is framed there.

BRENDAN GRANT:

What is it? Is there a problem?

KRISTA:

We need to see you, Brendan.

She grabs GENE and pushes inside.

INT. ROOM 2503 - DAY - 12:51PM

Upscale suite. BRENDAN GRANT'S coat is draped on a chair.

KRISTA moves past him, pulling GENE.

GENE:

(to KRISTA)

We have to hurry.

KRISTA:

I know. Brendan, listen to me. Someone

is trying to kill Eleanor.

BRENDAN GRANT:

What? What are you talking about?

KRISTA:

We need people we can "trust. We

only have a few moments...

BRENDAN GRANT:

This is...this is insane. How do you

know this?

GENE:

I know it because I'm the one who's

supposed to kill her.

BRENDAN GRANT:

You are!?

(to KRISTA)

You brought this man here!? You

brought this man to my room!?

KRISTA:

I had to. Her Security people may be

involved...

There is the sound of a toilet flushing in an adjacent

bathroom. The door opens and A MAN emerges drying his hands

on a hotel towel. He is late-middle-aged, white, mild-looking,

perhaps wearing glasses.

MYSTERY MAN:

Is there a problem, Brendan?

BRENDAN GRANT:

There certainly is. This man says

he's been hired to kill Eleanor.

GENE:

Not hired. They're blackmailing me.

MYSTERY MAN:

Who is this "they"?

GENE:

I don't...I don't know. Please, Mr.

Grant! They have my daughter. I'm

not some lunatic. Your wife is in

trouble. Someone is trying to kill

her. Someone is trying to make me

kill her. Please, listen...

MYSTERY MAN:

And on the strength of this story,

you bring this man to Brendan's suite?

Does that show good judgment, Ms.

Brooks? I'm just a friend of

Brendan's, but it seems to me...

KRISTA:

He brought a gun onto the pool deck.

MYSTERY MAN:

(beat)

What?

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