Nurse Betty Page #24

BETTY:

Hmmm. Sounds like you've had a pretty

tough go of it with men...

ROSA:

Oh, I dunno...but just once I wish I'd

run into a guy who noticed the Koi before

my tits.

Betty smiles, a little embarrassed.

ROSA (cont'd)

...come on, I'll show you your room.

95 EXT. TEXAS HIGHWAY - THE NEXT DAY 95

The black Lincoln Town Car is parked on a lonely stretch of

prairie highway. Wesley sits in the passenger seat with the

door open. The RADIO is on. Charlie is on his cell phone

nearby.

CHARLIE:

(into phone)

No, we don't know where she is... I

understand... No, we'll find her...

(BEAT)

I understand.

He hangs up and looks out at the horizon, where huge black

storm clouds are gathering. Then he walks slowly to the hood

of the car, staring at the ground in front of his feet.

WESLEY:

What'd they say? Can we go back to

Detroit?

Charlie rests his hands gently on the hood, as if considering

buying the car. Wesley's MUSIC BANGS from the radio.

77.

CHARLIE:

They said find it. Find her, find it.

Finish the job you were paid to do.

WESLEY:

Half.

CHARLIE:

What?

WESLEY:

They paid us half. They still owe us

half...

CHARLIE:

(disappointed)

There it is again. That lousy attitude

that got us here in the first place.

That "make a statement," do an end zone

dance, shake your ass and sue everybody

in sight attitude that's dragging this

whole country down the drain.

(BEAT)

They don't owe us sh*t, Wesley! WHEN YOU

FINISH THE JOB, YOU GET PAID!! WE

HAVEN'T FINISHED THE GODDAMN JOB!!

Charlie POUNDS on the hood of the car, scaring Wesley.

CHARLIE (cont'd)

That woman could be in any one of four

states. Four big states where the deer

and the antelope play, Wesley! We're not

in Rhode Island!

WESLEY:

I know that.

CHARLIE:

AND TURN THAT F***ING MUSIC OFF!

Wesley switches it off. Charlie turns his back to the car

and addresses the angry clouds on the horizon.

CHARLIE (cont'd)

Do I deserve this? In the twilight of my

career, do I deserve this? I don't think

so! I've always tried to do what's

right. I never took out anybody who

didn't have it coming. I'm a

professional!

(BEAT)

AND WHERE THE F*** AM I? I'M IN

PURGATORY!

78.

WESLEY:

Worse... you're in Texas.

CHARLIE:

Well, I should be in FLORIDA now! If

Carl hadn't gone in to get those stones

removed, you wouldn't be here and I'd be

on my way to the Keys. On my boat,

RELAXING WITH A GLASS OF PORT!! Re-ti

red!

The first raindrops begin to fall.

CHARLIE (cont'd)

I'm very tired, Wesley! I've worked

hard, and the work should be over, but

IT'S NOT! This job is just beginning.

(he turns around)

GET IN THE CAR!

Wesley is in the car, but he's too scared to tell Charlie,

whose eyes are blazing. Charlie silently walks around to the

driver's side and gets in. He and Wesley stare at each other

over a photo of Betty, which is between them on the dash.

Charlie starts the engine and snatches up the picture.

CHARLIE (cont'd)

What're you thinking, girl? What's going

on in that pretty little mind of yours?

Huh? You can tell me...

He paws at the picture, imploringly. He mutters to himself.

Wesley shakes his head and stares out.

96 INT. HOSPITAL - PHARMACY - DAY 96

Betty sits in an office along with a CLERK who taps away at a

computer keyboard while she studies a printed list of names.

BETTY:

I can't find Loma Vista Hospital...

CLERK:

I never heard of Loma Vista Hospital.

BETTY:

I don't believe this! You're the second

person here who's told me that. That's

like Ford saying they never heard of GM!

CLERK:

Try another county...

79.

He exits.

97 INT. LAW FIRM - LATER 97

Rosa is on the phone at her desk in a law office.

BETTY (V.O.)

Hey, Rosa...it's Betty. How do you get to

this town called 'Tustin?' It's in Orange

County...

ROSA:

Tustin? Take the Hollywood Freeway to

the Five...

BETTY (V.O.)

The Five?

ROSA:

Just look for the really crowded road and

follow that.

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