Reindeer Games Page #13

RUDY:

Wish I had a brother like you.

GABRIEL:

A girl says she loves you, you say

something.

Rudy looks at Ashley. Her eyes plead forgiveness.

RUDY:

I had better sex in prison.

GABRIEL:

Heyyy. Be nice, convict. We're gonna

be working together here.

(to his boys)

Get him back in the rig.

Merlin and Jumpy wrench Rudy backward. Ashley reaches out to

him, starts to speak. He looks right through her. She goes

silent, casts her eyes to the snow.

PUG (O.S.)

He's not the guy, Monster.

Everyone looks to the truck. Weasel-faced Pug has sidled

next to Gabriel. Spits some chaw.

It hits Merlin's boots. Merlin growls.

PUG:

Whole time you were driving, he was

telling her he's not the guy, he's

not the guy. I know why he'd tell us

he's not the guy. why's he telling

her he's not the guy? What if he's

not the guy?

Gabriel considers, jumps off the truck. Walks to Rudy:

GABRIEL:

The man who wrote those letters loved

Ashley, boys. He lived for her love.

(nods)

Let's see him live for love.

Gabriel puts a gun under Rudy's chin. Rudy flinches.

GABRIEL:

Where's she work?

RUDY:

What?

GABRIEL:

(forces gun harder)

Wrote you a hundred letters, didn't

she? Where's she work?

RUDY:

J.C. Penney. Beauty and fragrances.

GABRIEL:

What's her middle name?

RUDY:

(thinking hard)

Samantha.

GABRIEL:

What'd they call her in high school?

RUDY:

Bam Bam.

GABRIEL:

What'd they call her in college?

RUDY:

What college.

GABRIEL:

Where'd she drop her cherry?

ASHLEY:

Gabriel!

RUDY:

Canada.

GABRIEL:

Be more specific.

RUDY:

A station wagon in Canada.

GABRIEL:

What's her greatest fear?

RUDY:

Her brother.

GABRIEL:

Wrong, Nick. It's drowning.

RUDY:

No. It's her brother.

Rudy stares him down. Gabriel shrugs.

GABRIEL:

That's love.

He puts the gun away. Ashley regains her breath.

GABRIEL:

Let's get back on the road. It's

time to start talking, Nick. Time to

start telling tales --

RUDY:

Nick don't talk till Nick gets

something.

Gabriel gives a challenging stare. Rudy stares right back.

It's a showdown.

RUDY:

Hot. Chocolate.

The trucker slowly smiles. His crew chuckles.

MERLIN:

You want that for here or to go?

RUDY:

I been in Iron Mountain for two years,

truck driver. I do one more crime,

I'm back there for good, so f*** you

and f*** your sister and f*** your

trucker friends. You want to hear

about some goddamn job of mine? I

want some hot-goddamn-chocolate.

They've stopped laughing.

RUDY:

And some pecan-f***ing-pie.

INT. TRUCK STOP - NIGHT

CLOSE ON HOT CHOCOLATE AND PECAN PIE

The six of them sit in a booth, Ashley leaning on Rudy's

shoulder apologetically. The four truckers watch him scarf

his pie. "White Christmas" plays over the speakers.

GABRIEL:

So when you worked there --

Rudy raises a finger sharply. Silence. He continues eating.

Scrapes the last of his pie crumbs.

GABRIEL:

You knew the place --

RUDY:

Hey.

Rudy stares hard. Gobbles the crumbs, washes it down with

his hot chocolate. Savors it. Sets the mug down.

RUDY:

Y'know, I could really go for some

onion rings.

Gabriel nods to Jumpy, who snaps his arm up, SMASHING his

knuckles into Rudy's face.

ASHLEY:

Gabriel! You said talk to him. That's

all you ever said...

GABRIEL:

We're talking, aren't we?

Rudy holds his nose. Blood trickles.

GABRIEL:

How much money's in that casino?

Day-to-day.

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