Nurse Betty Page #11

ROY:

No, Elden, I need to...

BALLARD:

You need to get yourself gone from my

crime scene. And leave Betty alone,

she's...

34.

ROY:

She knows who killed Del. Elden, she

said it was a woman.

BALLARD:

It wasn't a woman.

ROY:

Yes it was. Betty saw the whole thing!

Your killer's name is Chloe...

BALLARD:

I'm tellin' you it wasn't no woman, Roy!

38 INT. BETTY'S HOUSE - LIVING ROOM - NIGHT 38

Ballard drags Roy into the living room, where he sees Del.

He has been turned upright and is being carefully examined.

ROY:

Jesus...

BALLARD:

You think a woman did that?!

Roy runs into the kitchen, covering his mouth.

39 INT. BETTY'S HOUSE - KITCHEN - NIGHT 39

Ballard and his cronies delight in watching Roy struggle with

the dry heaves. Roy runs to the kitchen sink, almost loses

it, then wipes his mouth with a paper towel.

BALLARD:

Kinda' looks like a burnt out roman

candle, don't he?

(BEAT)

Del must've sold a lemon to the wrong

Indian, and got paid back the old

fashioned way. Them Kickapoos get pretty

mean when they drink...

Roy sees Del's scalp in the garbage can as he goes to drop

his crumpled towel inside.

ROY:

So, you think you're gonna find his scalp

hanging in some tepee?

BALLARD:

They no longer live in tepees, Mr.

College Graduate.

35.

ROY:

Did you send anyone out there?

BALLARD:

You bet I did. I got a squad car on the

way to the reservation right now.

ROY:

Bad idea ...

BALLARD:

You just go write your little story, Roy.

I'll handle the police work...

ROY:

You better handle what's in this garbage

can first.

40 EXT. SIZEMORE MOTORS - NIGHT 40

Every car on the lot has its trunk open and spare tire on the

ground behind it. Charlie and Wesley are at the last car.

WESLEY:

I still don't understand how you knew Del

was telling the truth.

CHARLIE:

I saw his soul Wesley. He was face to

face with his God, and no one lies in

that situation. But your Geronimo act

rattled me, and I abandoned my instincts.

(BEAT)

Never abandon you instincts.

WESLEY:

I didn't. You gave me a look!

CHARLIE:

What 'look'?

WESLEY:

That one look you got! I thought you

were done, so I took him out...

CHARLIE:

I wasn't done, I was just sick of hearing

him whine. And you didn't take him out,

you scalped him. Christ, I almost puked,

did I tell you that?

WESLEY:

Well, why'd you have to tell that Indian

story?

36.

CHARLIE:

What the hell does that mean? If I'd

told a Ty Cobb story would you have

clubbed him to death with a bat?

Wesley is stung. Charlie slams the last trunk in disgust.

The rest remain where they are; open.

CHARLIE (cont'd)

It's not here. Let's go.

WESLEY:

You just gonna leave these cars sitting

here like this?

CHARLIE:

Why not, it'll confuse 'em... gotta do

something, now that you f***ed it up.

WESLEY:

I wanted to make a statement.

CHARLIE:

Let me tell you something. In our

business you can't put food on the table

if your phone doesn't ring. The guys who

get the calls are good - not flashy, just

good. They get in, they get out. Nobody

knows a goddamn thing. Understand?

Boom, boom, boom. Three in the head and

you know they're dead.

WESLEY:

... that's a good motto.

CHARLIE:

Fine, I'll get you a bumpersticker, but

you better start believing it! It's the

only statement you need to make.

41 INT. POLICE STATION / OBSERVATION ROOM - NIGHT 41

Betty is questioned in a holding room by a POLICE OFFICER and

a DOCTOR. Ballard and Roy watch through a window.

DOCTOR:

And did your husband know these people?

BETTY:

Sort of...but he ignored them.

DOCTOR:

And how did that make you feel, Betty?

37.

BETTY:

I felt all cold inside. And angry.

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