Nurse Betty Page #28

Joyce begins to sob at the side of the trailer as Roy

shimmies through the window frame.

Suddenly, Ballard is there, weapon cocked and placed roughly

into Roy's privates. Joyce backs away.

BALLARD:

I know you don't use them, but if you

wanna keep 'em you'll back out of there

slowly...

106B INT. SQUADCAR - MOVING - NIGHT 106B

Roy is in the rear of the car, handcuffed to the screen

dividing the front seat from the back. Ballard is driving.

ROY:

Come on, Elden, think about it. The

driver, all them trunks standing open

like that... something's going on here!

BALLARD:

I know that...

ROY:

Well, do something, then, damnit!

BALLARD:

You watch your mouth when you're in a

goddamn county vehicle... You don't think

I see what's going on? Del, now this

Cooley fella, both of 'em mixed up with

Joyce... 'S not no conspiracy, not some

episode off the X-Files... 's just a

crime of passion, plain and simple.

Betty's on some kind'a pre-minstral

rampage, that's what is going on here.

A moment of silence as they drive.

ROY:

Oww... Did you have to make these things

so tight?

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BALLARD:

No, I didn't have to.

He grins at Roy in the rearview mirror.

107 INT. LAW FIRM - ANOTHER DAY 107

Mercedes Lopez arrives at the office and stops at Rosa's

desk.

(The entire scene is in Spanish)

MERCEDES:

Hey... Is Betty still trying to find that

soap opera guy?

ROSA:

Oh, yeah... Man, I'd love to find that

actor just to see the look on her face,

watch her bubble burst in mid-air.

Mercedes hands her two tickets to a benefit.

MERCEDES:

Here's your needle... He's supposed to

make an appearance here tonight.

108 INT. BETTY'S BEDROOM - LATER 108

Betty's lying on her bed reading "Modern Nurse". The L.A.

Times Classifieds are open on the bed. Rosa looks in.

BETTY:

Don't worry, I'm looking... just taking a

tiny break.

ROSA:

This is crazy. I come home, you go to

your room. You go in the kitchen, I go

to my room. It's stupid.

Betty nods in agreement.

ROSA (cont'd)

So what do you say? Can we be friends?

BETTY:

...okay.

Rosa smiles and starts looking at the tickets in her hand.

BETTY (cont'd)

What are those for?

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ROSA:

Oh, it's a charity dinner. The money

goes to a good cause, but I don't have

anybody to go with...

BETTY:

Umm...

Rosa exits for a moment, then reappears in the doorway.

ROSA:

...you hungry at all?

109 INT. LINCOLN TOWN CAR - MOVING - LATE AFTERNOON 109

The car is covered in dust and mud from the road. It's worse

inside:
food wrappers, empty bottles, pieces of clothing,

filthy windows. They've been living in it.

Wesley's driving now. Charlie's almost unrecognizable: a six

day beard, uncombed greasy hair, bloodshot eyes, rumpled

clothes and an exhausted, faraway look. The photo of Betty

faces him, taped to the glove box. He is reading from the

diary, which he clutches like the Bible.

They roar along a desert highway, passing a sign that says

"Grand Canyon, This Exit. 74 Miles." Charlie looks up,

marking his place.

CHARLIE:

We should go.

WESLEY:

We don't have time to look at a hole in

the ground. We can make Vegas in four

hours. This one's got to be her.

CHARLIE:

It's a very moving experience, trust me.

WESLEY:

No.

CHARLIE:

One of the Seven Natural Wonders of the

World.

WESLEY:

No... be dark before we get there. You

wanna see the Grand Canyon at night?

CHARLIE:

What difference does it make? She wasn't

in Kansas City, or Houston, or Dallas. We

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went to every goddamn place Del mentioned

and no Betty. So what the hell makes you

think she's in Vegas? You think she's

waiting for us with tassles on her

titties? Vegas is too crass for Betty.

WESLEY:

I said, 'No.' N-O.

Charlie turns to a passage and reads aloud.

CHARLIE:

"When I grow up I'm going to become a

nurse or a veterinarian. I always want

to help people and value all life, be it

animal, plant or mineral..."

(to Wesley)

Does that sound like a goddamn showgirl

to you?

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