Nurse Betty Page #27

ROSA:

Guess who I saw today.

BETTY:

Who?

86.

ROSA:

Doctor David Ravell.

BETTY:

What? Where was he?!

ROSA:

ON TELEVISION!!

(off Betty's puzzled look)

Cut the sh*t, will you!

A BEAT. Rosa SLAMS the videotape down on the counter.

ROSA (CONT'D)

Either you're making a fool out of me

because you get off on it, or you got

serious problems. Which one is it?!

BETTY:

I have no idea what you're talking about.

ROSA:

I'M TALKING ABOUT DAVID RAVELL!!

BETTY:

Shhh! I heard you the first time.

ROSA:

(suddenly calm)

I spent my weekend looking for someone

who does - not - exist. I should have

been here at the hospital with my

brother, but I was with you.

BETTY:

If you didn't want to do it, you should

have said so! Is this about gas money?

ROSA:

IT'S NOT ABOUT GAS MONEY!!

(BEAT)

You have a thing for an actor on a stupid

white soap opera, and we searched all

over town for his character! Not the

actor - whose name is George, by the way.

His character!

Rosa stands over Betty, fuming.

BETTY:

Are you having a nervous breakdown?

Rosa SCREAMS and smacks her hand on the glass as Betty

watches. SEVERAL PEOPLE in a nearby lounge look up. Rosa

stares at them until they look away.

87.

BETTY (cont'd)

Why'd you help me in the first place?

ROSA:

I helped you because I'm an idiot! Ask

my mother, I love it when people take

advantage of me! I TRUSTED YOU!! I

THOUGHT HE WAS REAL!

BETTY:

HE IS REAL!!

Betty tries to return to her work but Rosa confronts her

loudly. The nearby VISITORS and STAFF pretend to be busy.

ROSA:

You need help, Betty! Even if this is

your idea of a joke, you need SERIOUS

HELP!!

(walking away - to herself)

Necesitas un mdico! Pront simo!

ON BETTY:

fuming in her humiliation. After a moment, Rosa reappears at

the window.

ROSA (cont'd)

I'm not going back on our arrangement. My

word is good, and my family owes you. But

I think it's best for both of us if you

get your own place as soon as you can.

BETTY:

Fine.

106 OMIT (NOW 102A) 106

106A EXT. SIZEMORE MOTORS - KANSAS - NIGHT 106A

Roy and Joyce approach the door to the trailer/office. She

takes out her key, then stops. It's been padlocked and barred

with yellow police tape, as is the whole lot. Roy pulls hard

on the lock, then starts looking around.

JOYCE:

You're wastin' your time, Roy.

ROY:

Look Joyce, I need your key to the files,

not advice, okay? This is a complex

case.

88.

Roy works on opening a side window.

JOYCE:

Nothin' complex about it. Del's dead,

Betty's gone. She's probably dead, too.

ROY:

You'd like that wouldn't you? You've

hated Betty since you were in Pep Squad

together...

JOYCE:

No... before that.

ROY:

Ahh, I hate this town! Places like this

just make you small...

(BEAT)

I should have never come back here after

college.

JOYCE:

Blah - blah - blah... Hurry up, will ya,

I got a date tonight...

Roy forces the glass open and starts to squirm through the

window as Joyce watches.

JOYCE (cont'd)

I don't know what you think you'll find,

anyway.

ROY (O.S.)

Names, a phone number, something...

(BEAT)

Listen, Ballard told me that the guy who

brought the missing car down from Detroit

was murdered, but do you see him doing

anything about it? If Ballard wasn't

such a stubborn ass, I wouldn't have to

be breaking in here...

The color drains from Joyce's face.

JOYCE:

What did you say?

ROY (O.S.)

The driver was killed. I think there's a

connection--

JOYCE:

(starting to cry)

No, about... Are you talking about Duane

Cooley?

89.

ROY (O.S.)

Yeah. Why, you know him?

JOYCE:

(crying)

Know him? We were gonna get married! He

was gonna leave his wife for me!

F***!!...

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