Official Card Page #8

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KEN:

(Stands up) what did you tell

him about me? Mary who am I to

you? Is that why you’ve been

avoiding me... he saved my

life...yeah but nobody knows his

real plan... I saved yours and

risked my life for you...

MARY:

Please Ken, calm down... you

raising voice... can you please sit

down... (KEN SITS DOWN)... ken, you

are my friend... more like a

brother... My body you’ve played

with ever since I was thirteen...

have done series of abortion for

you... You put me into these

mess... you’ve known me, and your

secrets have I kept for

you...because it’s a promise I made

to you... I know in your heart, you

have no room for me to bear you

kids... is it the life, I’mma lives

till I go beyond... I was born and

raised in the ghetto but I don’t

want to die in the ghetto like

others, I need a new life... I want

a family... I don’t know my pa,

Mum died because of my

recklessness... my kid brother,

don’t know if he lives... mother

gave birth to me, I need to give

birth to somebody else... Ken, will

you marry me?

Ken stares in her eyes filled with tears stands up and go...

DISSOLVES:

74 EXT - LONELY PLACE - DAY

METZ WITH HIS BOYS ALREADY WAITING FOR DON P

METZ:

AH AH ... KUNJA, I KNOW YOU WILL

COME, LOOKING YOUNG EVERYDAY

DON P:

MR METZ, GLAD TO SEE YOU AGAIN...

SORRY FOR MY DELAY (HUGS HIM)

METZ:

YOU OWN SOUTHBAY, I HEARD... HOW

ABOUT OTAMENDI:

DON P:

(SMILES) WHERE IS MY STUFF

METZ:

NO NO, MONEY FIRST, MUST BE

COMPLETE, DON’T TRUST YOU AGAIN

SINCE YOU ESCAPE FROM AJAO PRISON

DON P GIVES SIGN AND THEY DROP A PORTFOLIO ON A CAR BUNNET.

METZ OPENS IT. HIS BOYS BRINGS IN A WELL SEALED STUFF. THEY

PUT IT IN DON P’S CAR AND CLOSES

DON P:

NICE DOING BUSINESS WITH YOU

METZ:

I AM AVAILABLE AS WELL AS MY STUFFS

WHENEVER YOU NEED IT. WHO HAS BEEN

SUPPLYING YOU STUFFS FOR YEARS NOW?

DON P:

MY BUSINESS, MY STUFF, NOT YOUR

BUSINESS. WE DEAL LIKE A DEAL AND

WE HUMP. TAKE CARE

THEY SHAKE HANDS, AND DON P, ENTERS HIS CAR, THEY DEPART.

75 EXT – NIGHT – ROADSIDE

CAMERA FOLLOWS DON P AS THEY ARE RIDING OUT, THEY HEARD GUN

SHOTS, WAIT FOR A WHILE. WHEN THE SOUND GOES DOWN, THEY RIDE

BACK, CHUKS WITH THE PORTFOLIO, METZ IN POOL OF BLOOD,

LOOKING AT CHUKS, WHO IS WALKING UP TO DON P.

DISSOLVES:

76 INT - DAY - PASTOR HARRY’S HOUSE

CHUKS WAKING UP IN A BED THAT DOESN’T BELONG TO HIM, FAST

PUT ON HIS TROUSER, HOLDING HIS SHIRT, THINKING WHAT HE HAS

DONE, A LADY COMES OUT AND KISSES HIS FORE HEAD SAYING

JEN:

Good morning sweet heart

CHUKS:

Cynthia do u really means I did

this. What am I thinking? How could

I be so stupid please I want to go

home?

JEN:

I took home yesternite dear but I

must confess now, something is

going wrong now. I heard a car

stopped now.

CHUKS:

I know something is really wrong. I

have a wife at home. I need to go

home

(Stands up to go through the entrance door)

JEN:

Don’t go that way please, though

there is no other way... He is

coming up .

CHUKS:

Who? Sorry I gat to jump through

the window. (Going towards the

window)

JEN:

Am sorry, but I must tell you, we

are on the 4th floor. Please calm

down, I gat a plan

CHUKS:

What? A plan? (There was a knock on

the door)

JEN:

Quiet please. This way... please

stay in the closet and don’t make a

noise please. I will handle it in

my own way. Come in. Oh Darling ya

back, I missed you so much. (With a

warm hug and smiles)

HARRY:

Sorry baby I missed you too. You

know it’s the nature of my

business. We rode on seas and

mountains (cHUCKLES) Am so tired,

gat to take my bath.

JEN:

I have arranged ya bathing water

for you sweetie

HARRY:

That’s my wife. (Kisses her

forehead, immediately phone beeps

and Jen’s heart limp wit fear) Do

you hear that? Who is inside? Tell

me who you hiding?

JEN:

Check your phone.

HARRY:

Something is wrong, I can see it in

ya eyes... somebody is here and who

is the person. I can even perceive

a stranger here.

(He moves down to the kitchen, he comes back, stares

straight in jennifer’s eyes and moves to the bathroom, then

burst back, check under the bed.

77 INT – DAY – PASTOR HARRY HOUSE

Then slowly moving to the closet, he then open the closet, chuks wit a gun drive him

back to the room.

JEN:

Honey please let me explain. Please

don’t act any further

HARRY:

Just tell me what is going on

behind my back, in my bed, in my

home.

CHUKS:

Wait a minute, just hold on.

Please we can work this out and no

one gets hurt

(While harry is moving closer to him)

JEN:

Honey please doesn’t lose control.

Please calm down

HARRY:

Oh yeah, I should have known, you

have been doing some ball game

behind my back, in my house.

CHUKS:

Please we need to resolve these,

she stepped on my world and that’s

the reason I’m here in your closet.

I met her in the club last night,

she confessed of having no man.

HARRY:

And when you looked at her, did she

look so single like that? You

believed her she had no man?

CHUKS:

She choose me and I have no option.

I’m sorry to tamper with your

property.

HARRY:

You took my wife in my house, damn.

(Harry brings out his phone)

CHUKS:

Tell me what is going on here and

who do you want to call, or I swear

blood will flow here.

JEN:

Please chuks calm down and don’t

loose control.

HARRY:

There is something you don’t know;

I bet she didn’t tell you I’m a

pastor.

CHUKS:

You see, that’s what I’m talking

about, we can handle this with our

Christian mind (he brings down d

gun)

JEN:

Baby I’m sorry

HARRY:

Don’t baby me and don’t sorry me.

CHUKS:

I just want to get out of this

house and don’t let any man hear

this

(Immediately harry starts making call)

HARRY:

Baby turn the car around, something

is going down here.

(Quickly chuks snatch the phone out from his hand, with

anger, sets the gun ready to shoot.)

CHUKS:

Oh ya calling the police, I gotta

shoot somebody, so I try to settle

this amicably but you don’t like

it. Now who is the b*tch you

called?

JEN:

Chuks please calm down. It’s his

friend martin.

HARRY:

I don’t want you to say anything

(Moving closer to jennifer wit anger to beat her but harry

pushes him back)

CHUKS:

Don’t allow me to pull the trigger.

(There was a knock on the door) I

want both of you to sit down or I

will definitely send someone to the

grave. On the count of 4, I shoot

somebody and I mean every of my

word. 1. 2. 3.

78 INT – DAY – PASTOR HARRY HOUSE CONTINOUS

They sits down, while chuks moves to the door and open it

slowly, it is just a man. Pointing gun on him, he is shaking

and afraid, he moves to where harry and jen is standing

again.)

MARTIN:

Harry what’s going on here? Can

somebody explain to me?

CHUKS:

You mean to tell me, he’s the one

you spoke with on phone now, the

one you called baby.

HARRY:

Yes. No... Yes.. No... yes it’s

true

JEN:

Please wait chuks, I guess we gotta

figure this out now

CHUKS:

I’m late and my wife will be

worried. I’m going

JEN:

There is something you would like

to know, how it all began

CHUKS:

3 minutes and ya time starts now.

(There was silent, no one was

talking) Somebody should start

talking.

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