Nocturnal Animals Page #15

SUSAN:

I did not say that you were weak! I

said sensitive, and romantic.

EDWARD:

Do you still love me?

SUSAN:

That is not the point.

He turns and holds her by the shoulders.

EDWARD:

It is the point. You didn’t answer

me.

SUSAN:

Yes. I love you.

EDWARD:

Well when you love someone you work

things out. You don’t just throw it

away. You have to be careful with

it. You might never get it back.

Edward leans in and pulls her close.

SUSAN:

I can’t do this with you any more

Edward. I just can’t keep doing

this.

Susan pulls away and walks off. Edward stands on the

sidewalk. He shouts after her.

EDWARD:

You can’t just walk away from

things all the time Susan!

94.

We linger on Edward’s face which is lit by a red neon sign

above an auto body shop.

END FLASHBACK.

77 EXT. LINE CAMP BAR, WEST TEXAS. NIGHT. 77

Close up on Tony’s face. He is sitting in his car outside of

the “Line Camp Bar” The red neon sign outside of the place

casts a bright light into the car and on his face. A small

crowd is gathered outside of the entrance. Two obese women in

shorts sit in lawn chairs drinking beer. One woman has her

beer between her breasts and she is wearing a paper crown

from a fast food restaurant.

After a while two men come out. Ray and Andes. They talk in

the glow of the sign. Two policemen appear at the door. Andes

gestures and one of the policemen touches Ray’s shoulder. He

recoils then submits as the other policeman puts him in

handcuffs and leads him over to the police car. Bobby Andes

comes over to Tony’s car window.

ANDES:

We’re going to my camp. It’s in

White Creek near the trailer where

they took your folks. You follow.

78 EXT. ANDES CAMP, WEST TEXAS. NIGHT. 78

They pull in under a cluster of mesquite trees. They all get

out and Tony follows them in.

The cabin is a simple structure of weathered white clapboard

with a front screened-in porch.

79 INT. ANDES CAMP, WEST TEXAS. NIGHT -- CONTINUOUS. 79

They enter through the screen door. Bobby Andes has a gun in

his hand. Ray is handcuffed.

The room has a table, a cot, and a few old chairs. There is

an alcove with a sink and an open door to a bedroom.

The policemen get into their car and pull away.

Andes kicks Ray onto the cot.

95.

ANDES:

Sit up.

Ray looks up at him.

ANDES (CONT’D)

Jesus, I feel sick. I’ll be right

back.

Andes looks ill. He shoves the gun at Tony.

ANDES (CONT’D)

Here. Use it. Shoot him if he get’s

out of line.

We hear Andes throwing up. Ray laughs a bit to himself at

this.

Bobby comes back in.

RAY:

Hey man. This ain’t legal. If this

was legal you’d of taken me to the

station, not this f***ing place.

Bobby takes the gun from Tony and c*cks it.

ANDES:

It’s all the legal we need boy.

Andes turns and spits on Ray as he walks around him to sit

down. Ray winces and tosses his head back in an attempt to

get the spit off of his face.

RAY:

You lied to me. There ain’t no new

evidence. Why don’t you take me in

if you got new evidence.

ANDES:

I like it better here. It’s more

relaxed.

Ray motions to Tony.

RAY:

Seems to me that you tried this

trick already.

(MORE)

96.

RAY (CONT'D)

If you think this guy is going to

break me down, you’ve already seen

that don’t work.

ANDES:

What would you say Ray, if your

friend Lou Bates implicated you in

the Hastings murders?

RAY:

If Lou had done that you would have

taken me in.

ANDES:

We’ll get you to the station. Don’t

worry.

Just then we hear another car pull up. Light through the

window. Male voices. Lou comes in followed by an officer with

his gun.

Lou looks at the three men.

RAY:

Son of a b*tch.

Bobby gestures to Lou to sit next to Ray on the cot.

RAY (CONT’D)

Hey Lou. What did you tell this

guy.

LOU:

I didn’t tell him anything.

RAY:

He said you told him that I was the

one that killed this guy’s wife and

kid.

LOU:

Sh*t man. That’s what he told me

about you.

Lou looks at Bobby. Outraged.

LOU (CONT’D)

You’re supposed to be the law man.

What kind of bull sh*t is this?

97.

ANDES:

F*** off. You two got anything to

say to each other?

He slumps down.

TONY:

You okay Bobby?

ANDES:

I’m thinking of just killing them

now. You see, if I let them go,

it’ll be rough on these poor guys,

not knowing how it will come. The

police are all around. Ray could

get killed resisting arrest for

example. Or coming home to his

house late at night he could get

shot by a burglar.

Andes taunts Ray by holding the gun near his head. Lou is

pulling at his handcuffs.

ANDES (CONT’D)

Feeling uncomfortable boy?

He goes over and presses his gun in Lou’s neck. As he does

this he pulls Lou up by the shirt collar.

ANDES (CONT’D)

Yea, you look like you’re feeling

uncomfortable.

Andes presses the gun harder into Lou’s neck.

LOU:

I’m sorry. I’m sorry.

ANDES:

What’s that? Don’t worry. I’m not

going to kill you son. I’m a police

man.

Lou begins to break down.

ANDES (CONT’D)

What? Are you going to cry? Well

then, since you’re feeling so

uncomfortable...

98.

He gestures to Tony and hands him his gun. He turns Lou

directly to Tony.

ANDES (CONT’D)

Come on Tony. Right here. Here he

is.

While Tony is holding the gun on Lou, Andes unlock’s his

handcuffs.

RAY:

What about me? I might be feeling

uncomfortable too.

ANDES:

Oh yeah? Okay. Come on up. I’ll

undo your cuffs.

Andes undoes Ray’s cuffs.

ANDES (CONT’D)

There you go. Free as a bird! Okay?

How about it?

He shoves them towards Tony who is nervously holding the gun.

ANDES (CONT’D)

What do you say Tony? Now what

should we do with these two?

He looks directly at Tony.

ANDES (CONT’D)

What are you going to do? What are

you going to do son? Come on. Come

on.

Bobby once again buckles over in pain and rushes to the back

room. We hear him being sick. Tony continues to hold the gun

nervously.

RAY:

F*** this. Let’s go Lou.

LOU:

What? He’s got a gun.

RAY:

Come on you jackass it’s time to

go.

99.

Tony tries to cock the gun and block Ray from the door. In

the shadow of the bedroom he sees Bobby coming back into the

room.

ANDES:

Shoot him Tony!

Ray moves towards him as Tony panics, hesitates and moves

aside. When Lou sees this he starts off too and both men head

for the door.

Andes rushes into the room and grabs the gun from Tony as the

men rush out the door. Andes follows.

There is a shot. Then two more. Lou lies wounded on the path

and Andes stands with the gun in his hand as Ray escapes into

the desert.

Transfixed, Andes walks over to Lou and shoots him in the

head.

We hear a loud pop.

80

INT. MORROW HOUSE - SUSAN’S BEDROOM. NIGHT -- CONTINUOUS. 80

There is a loud pop on the large plate glass window.

Susan is startled. As she walks over to the window she sees

that a bird has flown into the glass and is lying outside

flapping its wings. Susan stands for a moment watching as the

bird dies. Its wings flapping more and more slowly until they

stop.

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