Nurse Betty Page #15

BETTY:

I'm in a motel. Has something happened

to Del? Did he do something stupid?

BALLARD (V.O.)

BETTY, I NEED TO TALK TO YOU...IN PERSON!

WHERE'RE YOU AT?

BETTY:

IF THIS IS ABOUT DEL, FORGET IT! I'M NOT

COMING BACK!

BALLARD (V.O.)

GODAMMIT, BETTY! ... WHO'S CHLOE?

BETTY:

I'M THROUGH TALKING NOW! GOODBYE!

She hangs up. HEADLIGHTS sweep across the curtains, startling

her.

58 INT. BETTY'S LESABRE - MOVING - DAY 58

Betty crosses the border from Texas into New Mexico. She

grips the wheel intently, driving for all she's worth.

59 OMIT 59

60 EXT. FAIR OAKS TRAILER PARK - LATE AFTERNOON 60

Betty's blue Corsica sits surrounded by yellow police tape.

Half a dozen COPS mill around. To one side are several

REPORTERS and PHOTOGRAPHERS, Roy included. A FEW RESIDENTS

mill around in the background.

A stack of pictures of Betty sit on a makeshift table.

REPORTER #1

Who witnessed Ms. Sizemore driving here?

BALLARD:

The Assistant Manager, Mr. Wylie.

REPORTER #2

But he couldn't identify the male

passenger?

48.

BALLARD:

Only to say he was wearing green.

ROY:

What if the killers didn't see her? You

published her picture - you're gonna get

her killed!

BALLARD:

No, we're bringing the community into the

effort to find her.

ROY:

You're lying!

BALLARD:

I spoke to Betty Sizemore yesterday.

(the reporters hush)

That's right. There's no doubt in my

mind, folks... she's on the run. Whether

or not she's mixed up in all this remains

to be seen...

ROY:

That's bullshit, Sheriff! You think

she's a suspect!

BALLARD:

I'd like to apologize for our local boy.

He's been in love with Betty since the

fifth grade, y'see. He means well, but

he's in over his head on this.

61 INT. TIP TOP DINER - NEXT MORNING 61

CLOSE SHOT of a headline in the Wichita Eagle: "EYE WITNESS

TO BRUTAL MURDER MISSING" over a picture of Betty. Charlie is

one of MANY CUSTOMERS reading a copy. Wesley is plowing

through a stack of pancakes.

WESLEY:

So how do we know that car's still in

Fair Oaks?

CHARLIE:

We don't. But a '97 Le Sabre'll be easy

to find if it's here, town this size...

(BEAT)

He said he gave his wife some car as a

gift, remember?

Charlie turns the page for emphasis and studies Betty's

features.

49.

CHARLIE (cont'd)

This is bad, Wesley. Very, very bad.

Wesley happily adds three strips of bacon brought by A

WAITRESS, who wears a button with the word "Missing" over

Betty's face.

CHARLIE (cont'd)

... extremely bad.

Wesley finally looks up, directly at the picture of Betty.

CHARLIE (cont'd)

Did you hear what I said?

Wesley nods, his mouth stuffed with food.

CHARLIE (cont'd)

Maybe you don't appreciate the gravity of

this situation. It's bad enough that we

don't have what we came here for. It's

worse that we don't know where it is. And

now this.

(points at the headline)

This was supposed to be my last job. I

already put the deposit down on my boat.

(BEAT)

How can you eat at a time like this? I

get nauseous just watching you...

WESLEY:

I can eat because I know we didn't kidnap

that woman. I can eat because they

aren't looking for us. And I can eat

'cause I'm f***ing hungry...

(off Charlie's look)

... relax. She's gonna end up on a milk

carton and that's about it.

CHARLIE:

I hope you're right...

WESLEY:

... I know I am. Let's just do what we

gotta do here, and get the f*** gone.

They sit for a moment in silence. Wesley swallowing without

chewing and Charlie studying Betty's photo.

CHARLIE:

She got out of town awfully fast. And

wasn't she quiet in that house? I think

most women would have screamed, don't

you? I know they would've...

(BEAT)

50.

We could be dealing with a cunning,

ruthless woman...

62 INT./EXT. SUE ANN'S HOUSE - DAY 62

Sue Ann opens her front door to find Wesley standing before

her. It's a new Wesley: glasses, conservative suit, and a

convincingly humble manner.

WESLEY:

Mrs. Rogers? I'm Dwight Campbell, with

Neighborly Life Insurance. I'm looking

for Betty Sizemore.

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