Rough Diamonds Page #14

ELENA:

I'm sorry. I'm so sorry...

Not as sorry as she's going to be...

The match she discarded outside only seconds ago continues to

smoulder for a second, then REIGNITES!

INT. MUSEUM - AFTERNOON

The Curator carefully examines the diamond, turning it over and

over in his hands. Marie stands over him, impatiently tapping her

muddy shoe on the marble floor...

MARIE:

So?

CURATOR:

I...I'm not sure...

MARIE:

Can you get the cash or not?

The Curator looks up to her, bemused.

CURATOR:

I can get the cash...it's just...

"Wild Things 3" 03/22/2004 69.

Marie smiles a wicked grin.

MARIE:

Then let's have those dead presidents...

EXT. CHAD'S CAR - AFTERNOON

The discarded match has set fire to the surrounding vines on the

ground, and slowly the fire edges it way towards the line of

gasoline that Elena trailed from Chad's wrecked car...

INSIDE THE CAR:

Elena reaches over, carefully closes Chad's bloodshot eyes.

Satisfied, she turns to get out, only to find the passenger side

door LOCKED...

She tries the handle. Tries it again. Desperately yanks it. Not

opening, no sir...

Elena looks over, see Chad's limp elbow on the door lock...

OUTSIDE THE CAR:

The small brush fire reaches the pooled gasoline and...WHOOSH!

INSIDE THE CAR:

Elena can't help but hear the unmistakable sound of FLAMES

CRACKLING. Through the smashed rear window she sees the line of

FIRE racing towards the car she's trapped in!

She reaches over, clawing her way past Chad's corpse, trying to

reach the door lock. Her bloody fingers slip on the lock, unable

to pull it up.

THE FIRE's SHOOTING towards the crashed car, only a few feet

away...

Elena fumbles with the lock, tears streaming down her face.

The line of fire hits the crashed car, and ENGULFS it instantly.

Bright ORANGE FLAMES cover the wreckage...

INT. MUSEUM - AFTERNOON

The Curator carefully sets down the diamonds on the marble floor.

Marie looks at him like he's mad.

MARIE:

What the hell are you doing?

"Wild Things 3" 03/22/2004 70.

CURATOR:

One last test...

The Curator hovers his heel over the biggest Diamond. Marie

screams out!

MARIE:

NO!

He slams his foot down and the DIAMOND SHATTERS!

INT. CHAD'S CRASHED CAR - AFTERNOON

Elena SCREAMS as the passenger side window next to her SMASHES,

SPLINTERING into a million glass fragments.

Hands reach in and grab her, pulling her through the FLAMES...

Seconds later Elena finds herself on the swamp floor, in Kristen's

singed arms...

KRISTEN:

You okay?

Elena can barely talk, looking back at the flaming wreckage in

front of her...

KRISTEN:

Care to explain?

ELENA:

It was...it was an accident...

The flames reflect in her tear-filled eyes.

INT. MUSEUM - AFTERNOON

Marie stands aghast at the sight of her diamonds, in a million

tiny pieces on the museum's marble floor...

CURATOR:

Fakes, I'm afraid. Made of glass. Can't

believe they were our top attraction all

these years...

Every muscle in Marie's body contracts...She stands before the

empty diamond exhibit case, runs her fingers over the portrait of

her mother cradling her as a baby.

MARIE:

That's my inheritance is it, Mom? Goddamn

Christmas ornaments...

"Wild Things 3" 03/22/2004 71.

And as the disbelief gives way to anger she rips the portrait from

the case and tears it to shreds...

CURATOR:

Marie, please...

There's no stopping her now. Red-faced, she lashes out at the

display case with a devastating kick, the glass SHATTERING...

CURATOR:

Marie, stop this instant!

She continues her rampage regardless, ripping a FIRE EXTINGUISHER

from the wall and hurling it through another display case...

MARIE:

I hate you, Mom! I'm glad you're dead!

EXT. BLUE BAY PD - NIGHT

Storm clouds gather over the whitewashed Police station...

INT. BLUE BAY PD INTERVIEW ROOM - NIGHT

Elena sits with her head in her hands, across from Kristen in an

anonymous interview room.

KRISTEN:

I told you.

Elena looks up, tears streaking her mascara.

ELENA:

Told me what?

KRISTEN:

That if you were telling the truth I'd

back you all the way. If you lied to me

there'd be trouble...

Elena slumps back down, her head on the table.

ELENA:

Chad swerved off the road, I swear...

KRISTEN:

Just swerved for no reason. Just decided

to take a shortcut through the swamp?

Elena sobs, can't look Kristen in the eye.

ELENA:

It was an accident...

"Wild Things 3" 03/22/2004 72.

The door to the interview room swings open, and Detective Morrison

strides through, a fresh-from-the-printer REPORT in his hands...

MORRISON:

Accident my ass.

He flips the pages of the report...

MORRISON:

Forensics finds the head trauma that

killed Chad Borman was inflicted by a

single blow from behind.

Elena looks up, through Panda eyes...

ELENA:

The crash. He...he hit his head...

MORRISON:

Was that before or after you dragged him

through the swamp?

Elena has no answers as Morrison takes the cuffs from his belt,

snaps them on Elena's wrists.

MORRISON:

You got the right to remain silent, which

in your case is probably best, cos of the

sh*t you come up with...

Kristen stands up, shaking her head.

KRISTEN:

That's two strikes, Elena. One more and

you're out.

Elena looks at her pleadingly.

ELENA:

I'll do whatever you want.

Kristen stops. Thinks for a moment. Nods to Morrison as he drags

Elena to her feet.

KRISTEN:

Yeah. Yeah you will.

ELENA:

I'll tell you the truth. I'll tell you

what happened. She killed him, and took

the diamonds. Marie, it was Marie

Clifford...

"Wild Things 3" 03/22/2004 73.

Morrison just sneers.

MORRISON:

Keep bleeting, Missy. All the way to the

Judge. I think its time he heard the

truth about Jay Clifford's accuser.

KRISTEN:

Her arrest doesn't guarantee Jay'll be

cleared, you know that. You need Marie,

you need the proof they set him up...

Morrison considers this.

KRISTEN:

You came so close to nailing the Black

Widow, don't let this slip through your

fingers, Detective...

He's about to speak, when Elena's cell phone rings. Kristen takes

it from Elena, looks at the CALLER ID, sees Marie's name...

KRISTEN:

Speak of the Devil...

She holds the phone up.

KRISTEN:

You're gonna answer it. And you're gonna

say that everything went fine. No one

found Chad's body. The plan's still on.

Do you understand me?

Elena nods slowly. Morrison turns to Kristen.

MORRISON:

You thinking what I'm thinking?

Kristen's patient with him.

KRISTEN:

This is your chance. Feds can't take this

one from you...

Morrison weighs his options, then finally nods.

Kristen clicks the phone ON, holds it to Elena's ear.

ELENA:

Yello...

"Wild Things 3" 03/22/2004 74.

INT. MARIE'S BMW - NIGHT

Marie speeds wildly down the deserted Blue Bay streets, one

trembling hand holding a cigarette, the other her cellphone.

Rate this script:0.0 / 0 votes