Rough Diamonds Page #18

MORRISON:

She was the Black Widow. Her and that

little...

He tries to think of an appropriate slur for Elena. Can't come up

with anything, continues pacing frantically.

MORRISON:

Played me like a fool.

Dammers shrugs.

DAMMERS:

Hind sight's 20-20. No need to be so hard

on yourself, Morrison...

(beat, smile)

That's my job.

MORRISON:

You smug son of a b*tch. It's not like

you knew who she was anymore than I did.

Dammers nods slowly.

DAMMERS:

That's the God's honest truth. But at

least I didn't give her my evidence

locker keycard.

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DAMMERS(CONT'D)

And I didn't lie about who fired the

shots that killed the Clifford kid.

Morrison's heart sinks. He looks like he's going to faint.

Steadies himself, placing both hands against the wall, just as Jay

did that fateful night seemingly a lifetime ago...

EXT. TEAM CLIFFORD BUILDINGS - DAY

Dammers leads Morrison to his awaiting car. They pass MR. Barajas

and Cicatriz. Mr. Barajas is in his usual foul mood...

MR. BARAJAS

Un pinche sink hole! No lo puedo creer!

Morrison stops, regards Barajas...

MORRISON:

What did you say?

CICATRIZ:

The foundation is sinking. The entire

site is a sink hole. It's completely

worthless.

MR. BARAJAS

I'm going to kill Jay Clifford...

MORRISON:

You and me both...

EXT. PARADISE - DAY

Elena and Kristen lay side-by-side on loungers, soaking in the

sun, when a voice rouses them...

JAY (O.S.)

Poor Detective Morrison. It's hard to do

that to a friend. Especially one going

through such a nasty divorce.

They look up to see Jay, standing before them in a pair of

colorful shorts, no shirt, sipping at a martini...

JAY:

Told me he'd never trust another woman as

long as he lived. And then along came a

spider...

KRISTEN:

A black widow.

Jay glances at Elena, as he downs the last drops from his drink.

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JAY:

More like widows... Gotta say I was a *

little taken aback when you wanted to *

snuff Marie, but you know what, I'm over *

the b*tch... *

Elena suddenly gets to her feet.

ELENA:

You want me to top you off?

JAY:

That'd be fine, just fine.

He hands Elena his empty glass, then kisses Kristen tenderly.

When they break...

JAY:

She's got a good head on her shoulders.

Kristen doesn't reply. Just smiles, watches Elena over by the

outside bar, mixing Jay's drink...

JAY:

You two got me out of a mountain of sh*t,

I'll tell you that. Craziest Goddamn

scheme I've ever heard of. But hell, you

played it perfectly.

KRISTEN:

My job was easy. It was Elena who had to

keep it all together...

.

ELENA (O.S.)

We've had some practice along the way...

Jay turns around, smiles at Elena as she holds out his drink.

ELENA:

Here you go, Mr. Clifford.

Jay takes it from her appreciatively, sips at it as he sidles off

to the swimming pool.

JAY:

Well, all that nasty business, it's

behind us. Forever. From here on out,

it's the good life.

He starts to climb the high dive. When he gets to the top, he

looks down at Elena and Kristen, smiles.

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JAY:

You two look so good, it's difficult to

tell which one's the mother and which

one's the daughter...

Kristen calls back up at him.

KRISTEN:

That's just the roofies talking...

Says it so sweetly, it takes a moment for Jay to register the

sinister implications...

JAY:

What did you say?

His eyes are blood shot. He starts to sway atop the high dive.

KRISTEN:

Delta Chi, class of '88. Hellova party.

I'd never really tasted cocktails like

that.

Jay's swaying uneasily on the high dive platform...

JAY:

I don't...whattya talking about?

KRISTEN:

It was like being awake though an

operation. I could feel everything

happening, but I couldn't do anything to

stop it...

JAY:

Oh...sh*t...

KRISTEN:

You took something from me that night.

But you left something behind...

Jay's head is spinning as he looks to Kristen, to Elena.

KRISTEN:

Your daughter...

He can't quite get his mind around it. Everything's becoming

blurry.

JAY:

I don't remember...

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He looks at the martini glass, thinks he sees blue residue, before

it slips from his fingers, falls 20 feet to the concrete below,

shattering into a million pieces like so many fake diamonds...

.

Elena and Kristen stand side-by-side below him.

KRISTEN:

You may not remember...

A broad grin stretches across Elena's lips as she finishes...

ELENA:

...But you'll never forget.

Jay tries to take a step forward. He stumbles. Tries in vain to

regain his balance. It's too late. He falls. 20 feet to the

unyielding concrete, exploding like a paper bag filled with

vegetable soup...

ELENA:

Nice take off. Gotta work on the landing.

They stand back, watching Jay's pancaked body draining its

precious blood into the ice blue pool...

KRISTEN:

Let's go get our money.

They gather the diamonds, walk away as the pool turns crimson

red...

THE END:

As the credits roll....

INT. OFFICE - MORNING

An anonymous, luxurious office. A fat, balding, semi-conscious MAN

lies curled up on the floor as Elena, half undressed and wearing a

black wig, shovels cash into her oversized purse...

There's a crackle on her WALKIE-TALKIE...

KRISTEN (V.O.)

We got problems...

From outside, she can hear the wailing of SIRENS. Getting closer.

ELENA:

Almost done here.

KRISTEN (V.O.)

Leave it. Come on!

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Elena gets hesitantly to her feet, slides a stack of $100s in her

pocket for good measure.

KRISTEN (V.O.)

He gonna be able to make an ID?

Elena glances at the Man on the floor, his puffy eyes glazed over

like a jelly donut.

ELENA:

Not on your life. I gave him enough

roofies to make an elephant forget.

EXT. OFFICE - MORNING

Elena gets into a waiting car outside the bank. The getaway

driver...Kristen, of course...

ELENA:

I can't believe we just gave up all that

cash.

KRISTEN:

Forget it. The Black Widow's finally got *

an angle on our real prey. *

ELENA *

We goin' to Blue Bay? *

***

KRISTEN *

He won't know what hit him. *

A smile crosses Elena's perfect lips... *

ELENA *

'bout time... *

And the car pulls away from the curb just seconds before a fleet

of police cars screeches to a halt in front of the bank.

INT. TEAM CLIFFORD BUILDING - JAY'S OFFICE - DAY

Jay carefully places the stacks of cash into the wall safe in his

unfinished office.

KRISTEN (O.S.)

That's an awful lot of money...

Jay spins round, flabbergasted that someone's watching him.

JAY:

Who the hell...

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KRISTEN:

Not enough though. Gonna need those

Diamonds if you're gonna ride out this

disaster...

JAY:

What? What the hell do you mean?

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