Nurse Betty Page #40

ROY:

Betty! Boy, am I glad to see you!

BETTY:

Roy! What are you doing here?

ROY:

You're in serious danger!

BETTY:

Ahh, look, right now's not very...

ROY:

I woulda' been here sooner, but Ballard

put me in jail. He still thinks you had

Del scalped.

BALLARD:

I never said that! Open the door, Betty.

BALLARD shoves Roy aside; Charlie's getting edgy ...

BETTY:

Sheriff, I don't...

BALLARD:

C'mon, Betty, open up! I got some

questions for you about...

ROY:

Have you checked the trunk of that car

you're driving, Betty? I think there

might be...

BETTY:

It's not really a good time, guys...

BALLARD:

Don't give me that. I've come two

thousand miles for this!

130.

Charlie has been listening quietly on the other side of the

door and finally snaps.

CHARLIE:

Two thousand miles? That's nothing!

He flings the door open, sticks a pistol in Ballard's face

and yanks them both inside.

CHARLIE (cont'd)

Hah! You probably flew! I've crossed

the river Styx looking for her, pal! I

travelled the f***ing country to be here!

Charlie slams the door and frisks them, taking a gun and

handcuffs from Ballard. Wesley returns with Rosa.

CHARLIE (cont'd)

(to Betty)

Who are these idiots?

BETTY:

This is Roy Ostrey, he's a reporter. And

this is Sheriff Ballard. We all went to

Fair Oaks High together...

CHARLIE:

Oh, this is wonderful...

Wesley takes over. He sits Rosa down on the sofa, then

pushes Betty down next to her and beckons to Roy.

WESLEY:

Come here.

He breaks Roy's nose with his pistol. Roy crumples to the

floor, holding his face. Betty starts to scream, but Charlie

puts his hand over her mouth.

Wesley tapes Roy's hands together, then beckons to Ballard.

WESLEY (cont'd)

Your turn.

Ballard drops to his knees in a prayer-like position near the

aquarium.

BALLARD:

I got two kids and a dog...

Wesley grabs his shirtfront and slams him to the floor, then

with a foot on his neck, he loops Ballard's arms around one

leg of the steel aquarium stand and handcuffs him.

131.

Charlie does nothing but stare at Betty, his eyes locked with

hers. Wesley sees it.

WESLEY:

Act professional, remember?

Charlie pulls her to her feet.

WESLEY (cont'd)

What are you doing?

Charlie leads Betty out of the room.

WESLEY (cont'd)

No way! This is not professional!

139 INT. BEDROOM - SAME TIME 139

Silence. Then Charlie takes out a knife and cuts the tape

from Betty's wrists, touching her hair. Gently. He leaves

her standing in the corner while he sits on the edge of the

bed.

BETTY:

... I s'pose you did that so I could take

my sweater off or something.

CHARLIE:

No, just stand there... lemme look at you

a minute.

She does. Charlie stares intently at her.

CHARLIE (cont'd)

Do you know who I am?

BETTY:

... I... I know what you are.

CHARLIE:

Do you know why I'm here?

BETTY:

I've got a pretty good idea. You're here

to kill me, so kill me. You want me to

be afraid, but I'm not. I don't care who

you are, or why you two killed my

husband...

Charlie studies her, then sets his gun down on the bed.

CHARLIE:

You really... didn't have anything to do

with what Del was doing, did you?

132.

BETTY:

I have no idea what he was mixed up in...

it was always something.

CHARLIE:

So you weren't involved with him in his

pathetic attempt to diversify?

(off her blank look)

Were you mixed up in the drugs, Betty?

BETTY:

Drugs? God, no! I'm totally against

drugs.

CHARLIE:

Damn, life is strange. I had you figured

for this cold-blooded, calculating b*tch--

Not that I didn't admire you for it.

Charlie slowly folds his knife and pockets it.

BETTY:

... well, if you're not going to slit my

throat, why'd you come up here?

CHARLIE:

... to see you.

140 INT. ROSA'S APARTMENT - LIVING ROOM - SAME TIME 140

Wesley stands over Ballard, about to tape his mouth. Rosa and

Roy are sitting in chairs opposite them, their mouths and

wrists already taped.

Rate this script:3.0 / 1 vote