Nurse Betty Page #29

WESLEY:

Do you hear yourself right now...? Like

a f***ing madman...

Wesley drives on stoically. The Exit comes and goes.

CHARLIE:

Every American should see the Grand

Canyon. Are you an American?

WESLEY:

Yes, I am and we're not going. Act

professional.

Charlie stares at him, hate rising from just below the

surface. He draws a nickel-plated pistol and points it at

Wesley's head. Wesley looks at it and keeps on driving.

Charlie knows this isn't the way to handle it. He lowers the

pistol.

CHARLIE:

If you don't take the next turn for the

canyon, I'm blowing my goddamn brains all

over this car.

He puts the pistol in his mouth and c*cks it. Wesley looks

over, not so sure this time.

LONG SHOT of the black Town Car as the turn signal comes on,

and it eases onto a lonely dirt road. Their headlights pick

out a sign that says: "Grand Canyon Fire Trail. Forestry

Personnel Only."

93.

110 EXT. BEVERLY HILTON - EVENING 110

Rosa and Betty approach the hotel entrance. Ahead of them a

black Lincoln Town Car pulls up. Headlights glint on the

chrome, hitting Betty in the eye. She freezes, and Rosa bumps

into her.

ROSA:

Sorry.

Betty stares at the car, unable to remember what it should

mean. Then a MAN in a tuxedo gets out. Betty moves on.

111 INT. BEVERLY HILTON - LOBBY - EVENING 111

A sign on an easel reads "Save the Children." Betty and Rosa

present their tickets at the door to a ballroom.

Several times there is a stir near the entrance and a

scattering of flashbulbs. Rosa scans the crowd.

BETTY:

Looking for someone?

ROSA:

You never know who you'll see.

Rosa keeps looking. Finally, GEORGE McCORD - the actor who

plays DAVID RAVELL - enters.

He comes in with LYLA BRANCH, late 40's, and TWO OTHER MEN.

Several women approach George, some starry-eyed, for quick,

polite greetings. He's doing his job of being a soap star.

Rosa waits for an opening, then puts her hands on Betty's

shoulders and points her at George.

ROSA (cont'd)

Look who's here!

Betty's jaw drops. She freezes.

ROSA (cont'd)

What are you waiting for? Talk to him!

You came fifteen hundred miles for this.

Rosa prods her, then Betty makes her way unsteadily toward

George. When she's a few feet away he looks up.

He can't help but notice her - she's beautiful. She's also

looking right into his eyes. The conversation stops as he

does a double take in Betty's direction.

94.

GEORGE:

Do I know you from...?

His friends watch as George studies her face.

BETTY:

...of course you do.

(hurt)

You don't remember me?

GEORGE:

I take it I should. I'm sorry.

BETTY:

We were engaged.

LYLA:

Oh good, another one...

George's friends look at each other. A few heads turn.

GEORGE:

I beg your pardon?

BETTY:

But I'm the one who's sorry. Letting you

go was the biggest mistake of my life.

(to his friends)

We were thirteen days away from getting

married and ... I just got scared. It's a

mistake I've had to live with for six

years. But it's behind me now...

(to George)

And I hope you can put it behind you.

I've missed you... David.

George sighs with relief. His friends smile. The tension

evaporates. They can handle a fanatical fan.

GEORGE:

That's very kind of you.

BETTY:

The day I left you I just drove and

drove. I drove all day and all that

night, and I didn't go anywhere. I just

kept driving. I stopped at a little

country church, and the pastor let me in,

and I sat--

LYLA:

... in the very first pew, where we would

have sat on our wedding day.

95.

Betty looks at her. So does George.

LYLA (cont'd)

I can't believe I remembered that,

although I suppose I should. I wrote

it...

(to Betty)

But that was seven years ago, and you're

quoting it verbatim. I'm flattered... I

think. Or frightened. What's your

name?

BETTY:

Betty Sizemore. What do you mean you

wrote it?

LYLA:

I'm Lyla Branch. I'm the Producer.

They shake hands. ACROSS THE ROOM Rosa watches expectantly.

LYLA (cont'd)

Alright, I admit it, you had me there.

You're better than most of them,

anyway...do you have a headshot?

GEORGE:

No, wait...what happened next, Betty?

LYLA:

Are you sure you want to encourage this?

(BEAT)

No, you're right, let's have some fun.

So, what did happened next, "Betty"?

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