Nick of Time Page #23

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GENE:

I appreciate that.

ELEANOR GRANT:

One loud scream will bring them in

here instantly. You won't get very

far. Think it over.

GENE:

If I were here to hurt you I would

have done it already.

ELEANOR GRANT:

That's...a comfort to hear.

GENE:

I have a problem.

ELEANOR GRANT:

Ah.

GENE:

Only you can help me. I'm also sorry

to say, my problem is your problem,

Mrs. Grant.

She studies him.

ELEANOR GRANT:

I remember you...in the elevator.

GENE:

That's right.

ELEANOR GRANT:

You were very nervous.

GENE:

It was because I had this...in my

pocket

He slowly pulls out the gun. She takes it in.

GENE:

I need you to listen to me. Carefully.

Three lives depend on you listening

very carefully to what I have to

say.

She smiles.

ELEANOR GRANT:

(friendly as can be)

Of course. But suppose we set up an

appointment. I have an important

speech to deliver and you're cutting

into my nap time.

Very slowly, she moves to the table, lifts the phone ELEANOR

GRANT My assistant, Krista Brooks, takes care of

constituent...

GENE:

Krista Brooks is dead.

She freezes, slowly replaces the phone.

ELEANOR GRANT:

How do you know that?

GENE:

I saw her die. She was shot. With

this gun.

She turns to him.

ELEANOR GRANT:

You shot her?

GENE:

No.

ELEANOR GRANT:

Who did?

GENE:

I don't know. The only thing I know

about him is that he works for your

husband.

ELEANOR GRANT:

What?

GENE:

And your husband works for somebody

else.

ELEANOR GRANT:

What the hell are you saying?

GENE glances at the bedside clock.

1:
19.

He looks back to the Governor.

INT. BONAVENTURE HOTEL - THIRD FLOOR - DAY - 1:19PM

An increasingly edgy MR. SMITH is looking at the Men's Room

door. He glances over to OFFICER TRUST who's keeping an eye

on him. He looks at his watch again, then gets up and heads

for the Men's Room.

INT. MEN'S ROOM - DAY - 1:19PM

MR. SMITH enters. HECTOR is at the urinal.

MR. SMITH checks out the feet under the stall. He has to

bend over to check properly. GENE''s shoes, GENE' s pants

legs.

HECTOR notices MR. SMITH'S actions.

MR. SMITH is aware that he's been noticed, but he is very

suspicious.

HECTOR flushes the urinal.

MR. SMITH stays by the stall. He is going to look over the

top of the stall. He rises on his tiptoes.

But HECTOR is staring at him like he's a pervert.

MR. SMITH is suddenly embarrassed. He backs away from the

stall.

HECTOR washes his hands, watching MR. SMITH in the mirror.

MR. SMITH leaves.

HECTOR dries his hands. He walks over to the stall and knocks

on the door.

HECTOR:

He's gone.

And GUSTINO tosses a Bellboy jacket over the top of the stall.

HECTOR puts it on.

HECTOR:

Hey, Gustino, what takes you so long?

You need to eat more fiber.

GUSTINO (O.S.)

You got anything to read?

INT. ROOM 2510 - DAY - 1:21PM

The clock on the nightstand.

1:
21.

ELEANOR GRANT sits against the headboard. GENE sits on the

edge of the bed, the gun all but forgotten, held loosely in

his hand.

GENE:

I knew you wouldn't believe me.

ELEANOR GRANT:

I said I'd listen to you, not

necessarily believe you. You're

telling me my people are in a plot

against me. You're telling me my

husband wants me killed. What do you

expect?

GENE:

I don't blame you. I don't have any

proof. But nothing like this occurs

in a vacuum. You can't be totally

oblivious. You must suspect something.

You're doing things which are making

people angry. People who have been

in power a long time are losing their

jobs. You know them better than me.

How much does it mean to them? How

far would they go to hang onto it?

Her eyes go inward, reflecting a vague doubt. GENE sees it,

hurries to follow up on this possible chink in her armor.

Excited by it, he gets up, forgets to cover her so closely.

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