Pinocchio's Revenge Page #2

YOU HAVE TO LEARN

TO FORGIVE HIM.

FORGIVE WHO?

WELL, YOU CAN BE SURE IT'S

NOT GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN.

I HOPE NOT.

NO. I UNDERSTAND.

AGAIN, I'M REALLY SORRY.

ALL RIGHT. BYE.

ZOE.

THAT WAS A MRS. WAYNE.

SHE'S UNDERSTANDABLY UPSET,

CONSIDERING SHE JUST CAME

BACK FROM THE HOSPITAL,

WHERE HER DAUGHTER HAD

TWO STITCHES IN HER EAR.

SHE SAID YOU BIT HER.

SHE STARTED IT.

I DON'T CARE

WHO STARTED IT.

WE DON'T BITE PEOPLE

IN THIS HOUSE.

[TELEPHONE RINGS]

HELLO.

OH, HI, WARREN.

GOOD TIMING.

REALLY?

YEAH. ZOE HAD ANOTHER

FIGHT AT SCHOOL TODAY.

WHAT? SHE CAN'T AFFORD

TO GET THROWN OUT AGAIN.

I KNOW THAT.

I--I CAN'T EXACTLY FOLLOW

HER TO CLASSES ALL DAY.

HERE. YOU TALK TO HER.

ZOE, IT'S DADDY.

[WARREN]

HELLO, ZOE.

ZOE?

HELLO?

HELLO?

ZOE?

WARREN, I'LL CALL YOU LATER.

O.K.

BYE.

YOU'RE GROUNDED,

YOUNG LADY.

NO TV AND NO PLAYING

AFTER SCHOOL FOR TWO WEEKS!

[DOOR SLAMS]

MMM...

YOU KNOW, HER BIRTHDAY

IS THIS FRIDAY.

OH, SH*T.

WELL, SHE'S GROUNDED

TILL THEN.

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

MAY I COME IN?

CAN I GET YOU ANYTHING?

HOW ABOUT MRS. PIGGLE WIG,

HMM?

NAH. SHE'S MAD AT ME. I

FORGOT TO BRUSH OUT HER TAIL.

BUT...

WALTER SAYS HE WANTS

TO SLEEP WITH ME TONIGHT.

WHAT ELSE IS NEW?

WALTER ALWAYS WANTS

TO SLEEP WITH YOU.

WHY DOES SHE ALWAYS TAKE

EVERYONE ELSE'S SIDE?

SHE DOESN'T, HONEY.

SHE'S UNDER A LO OF STRESS RIGHT NOW,

SO WE HAVE TO TRY

AND HELP HER OU AS MUCH

AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.

I DO TRY, REALLY.

BUT EVERYTHING ALWAYS

TURNS OUT ALL WRONG.

YOUR ARGUMENT HAS BEEN

WELL-THOUGHT-OUT AND PRESENTED,

AND I HAVE GIVEN IT A GREA DEAL OF CONSIDERATION.

AND ALTHOUGH I BELIEVE

YOU MAY HAVE A VALID POIN ABOUT THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING

YOUR CLIENT'S SENTENCING,

THE FACT REMAINS THA IN THE EYES OF THE LAW,

A ONE-TIME MURDERER IS JUST AS

GUILTY AS A MULTIPLE MURDERER.

THEREFORE, I CAN FIND

NO JUSTIFICATION

IN OVERTURNING JUDGE OLSON'S

ORIGINAL SENTENCE.

MOTION DENIED.

JENNIFER! IS THIS

YOUR LAST HOPE?

WILL YOU APPEAL:

THE COURT'S DECISION?

VINCENT GOTTO IS A VICTIM

OF PUBLIC OPINION

AND MEDIA HYPE.

A BROADCAST THE OTHER NIGH REFERRED TO HIM AS

A CONVICTED SERIAL KILLER,

WHEN IN FACT HE'S NOT.

EXCUSE ME, PLEASE.

WILL YOU BE A WITNESS

AT THE EXECUTION?

[DOOR CLANGS]

[PRIEST]

THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD.

I SHALL NOT WANT.

HE MAKETH ME TO LIE DOWN

IN GREEN PASTURES.

HE LEADETH ME:

BESIDE THE STILL WATERS.

HE RESTORETH MY SOUL.

HE LEADETH ME IN THE PATHS

OF RIGHTEOUSNESS

FOR HIS NAME'S SAKE.

THOU ANOINTES MY HEAD WITH OIL.

MY CUP RUNNETH OVER.

SURELY GOODNESS AND MERCY

SHALL FOLLOW ME:

ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE,

AND I WILL DWELL

IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD

FOREVER.

[BELL RINGS]

ARRRGH!

ARRRGH!

[GASPS]

CAN I HELP YOU?

[GASPS]

I'M SOR--I'M SORRY. I--I

DIDN'T MEAN TO STARTLE YOU.

NO. IT'S O.K.

ARE YOU A MEMBER

OF THIS PARISH?

NO, NO.

ACTUALLY,

TECHNICALLY SPEAKING,

I'M NOT EVEN

A CATHOLIC ANYMORE.

I WAS DIVORCED:

LAST YEAR.

THAT'S O.K.

THIS ISN' A CATHOLIC CHURCH.

IT'S EPISCOPALIAN.

IT'S, UH, SORT OF LIKE

CATHOLIC LIGHT.

HA HA HA HA!

COULD I, UM...

UH, BUY YOU

A CUP OF COFFEE?

SO I QUIT THE FIRM,

AND I TOOK A POSITION

AT THE PUBLIC:

DEFENDER'S OFFICE.

IT'S A LOT LESS MONEY,

BUT THE SHORTER HOURS ALLOW

ME MORE TIME WITH ZOE.

SEEMS AS THOUGH YOU'VE

MANAGED TO MAKE THE BES OF A DIFFICULT SITUATION.

I WONDER.

WHY IS THAT?

ZOE'S BEEN

HAVING THESE...

HORRIBLE, VIOLEN NIGHTMARES LATELY,

EVER SINCE:

I BECAME A P.D.

HER THERAPIST THINKS SHE HAS

A LOT OF REPRESSED HOSTILITY.

OH, I...

YOU THINK YOUR JOB

IS TAKING ITS TOLL ON HER.

NOT JUST ON HER.

YOU KNOW, I DEAL WITH A LO OF BAD PEOPLE IN MY JOB.

I PUT A LOT OF THEM

ON THE STREET.

AND THE FIRST TIME

I HAD A CLIEN THAT I THOUGH WAS ACTUALLY INNOCENT,

I COULDN'T SAVE HIM.

[DOOR CLOSES]

YOU DID EVERYTHING

YOU COULD, JENNY.

LET IT GO...

OR IT'LL

TEAR YOU UP INSIDE.

HOW COULD THE MAN

WHO MADE THIS:

HAVE MURDERED:

HIS ONLY CHILD?

EVIL COMES IN ALL

SHAPES AND SIZES.

MAYBE HE DID KILL

ALL THE OTHERS.

NO.

ALL THE OTHER CHILDREN WERE

BEATEN WITH A BLUNT OBJECT.

HIS SON WAS STRANGLED.

SO?

SO WHY:

THE DIFFERENT M.O.?

MAYBE...THE OTHER

MURDERS WERE PLANNED,

BUT HIS SON WAS:

SPUR OF THE MOMENT.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

MAYBE HIS SON FOUND

OUT WHAT HE WAS DOING,

AND HE HAD TO:

GET RID OF HIM...

FAST.

NO.

GOTTO WAS DEFINITELY

PROTECTING SOMEONE.

BUT THE KILLINGS STOPPED

AFTER HE WAS ARRESTED, RIGHT?

SO HOW DO YOU:

EXPLAIN THAT?

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND,

JENNIFER.

GOOD NIGHT.

YOU, TOO.

OW!

OH, DAMN,

ANOTHER NAIL GONE.

[SPEED DIAL BEEPING]

[TELEPHONE RINGS]

GARRICK RESIDENCE.

SOPHIA, HI. IT'S ME.

HEY, DID WARREN

REMEMBER TO CALL ZOE?

YEAH, BUT, UH, SHE

WOULDN'T COME TO THE PHONE.

OH, MAN,

SHE'S RELENTLESS.

WONDER WHERE:

SHE GETS IT FROM.

LISTEN, UM,

THE TOY STORE CALLED,

SAID THERE WAS:

A MIX-UP IN SHIPPING

AND THEY WON'T HAVE

THE DOLL TILL MONDAY.

YOU'RE KIDDING.

DID YOU TELL THEM

I HAD TO HAVE IT TODAY?

OF COURSE.

THEY SAID:

THEY WERE VERY SORRY,

BUT THERE'S NOTHING

THAT THEY COULD DO.

OH, GREAT. O.K., UM...

WELL, I GUESS I'LL LOOK

FOR IT SOMEWHERE ELSE

WHEN I GO GET THE PIZZA

AND THE CAKE.

I DON'T KNOW.

BYE.

HI, YOU GUYS.

HEY, MOM.

SWEETHEART,

SORRY I'M LATE.

CAN I GET UNDER HERE?

WHAT'S IN THERE?

DON'T ASK.

HEY, I WAS JUST ABOUT TO SEND

OUT A SEARCH PARTY FOR YOU.

OH, THE CAKE WASN'T DONE

WHEN I GOT THERE,

AND I HAD TO GO ALL OVER

TOWN TO GET THAT DAMN DOLL.

ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. WHOA,

WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA.

JUST--TIME-OUT. RELAX.

DAVID, I CAN'T. THE KIDS ARE

GOING TO BE HERE ANY MINUTE.

SOPHIA AND I:

CAN HANDLE IT.

I GOT A TRUNKFUL

OF STUFF IN THE CAR...

I CAN GET IT.

I WILL GET IT.

WHY DON'T YOU GO AND

CHANGE CLOTHES AND RELAX,

AND I'LL CALL YOU WHEN

EVERYBODY GETS HERE?

THE DECORATIONS AREN'T--

I JUST WANT--

DAVID.

NO, NO, NO.

DAVID, COME ON.

YOU CAN'T.

BUT YOU--

NO BUTS.

GO ON.

TAKE A HIKE.

DON'T MESS UP.

THANKS. I OWE YOU.

THAT'S TRUE...

AND I'M GOING TO

COLLECT LATER.

[CHILDREN CHEERING]

[DAVID] READY? ONE MORE

TIME. ONE MORE TIME.

OHH!

O.K., WHO'S

GOING TO GET CANDY?

I AM!

I AM!

WHO'S GOING TO GET CANDY?

ME, ME, ME, ME!

HEY!

OH, MOMMY, IT'S GREAT.

IT'S EVEN BETTER

THAN I HOPED.

IT IS? OH, GOOD.

[CHILD]

ME, ME, ME, ME!

I'M SORRY.

SHE SPOTTED IT BEFORE

I COULD GET IT WRAPPED.

WHERE'D YOU FIND

THAT THING?

IT LOOKS HAND-CARVED.

[SINGING

AND OVERLAPPING VOICES]

I'LL TALK TO YOU SOON.

COME ON, SWEETIE.

O.K., MOMMY.

BYE. SEE YOU

AT SCHOOL.

O.K.

BYE, YOU GUYS.

BYE!

YAHOO!

HAS ANYONE SEEN:

PINOCCHIO?

HE'S MISSING?

HE WAS RIGHT HERE

A MINUTE AGO.

LET'S HAVE A LOOK.

[HIGH-PITCHED VOICE]

HERE I AM.

JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE

THE FIRE WAS OUT.

WOOD, YOU KNOW?

[EVERYONE LAUGHING]

HA HA HA HA!

HELP!

ZOE, YOU'LL HAVE TO

FORGIVE DAVID.

WOOD, YOU KNOW.

HA HA HA...

SOPHIA,

WHY DON'T YOU LEAVE THOSE?

I'LL DO THOSE TOMORROW.

OH, I DON'T MIND.

COME ON, IT'S LATE. I'LL

DO THEM IN THE MORNING.

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