Rough Diamonds Page #5

MORRISON:

You understand the seriousness of this

allegation, young lady?

Elena nods weakly.

MORRISON:

And you know that we'll leave no stone unturned

in the investigation.

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MORRISON(CONT'D)

There'll be a battery of forensics tests

you'll have to take, humiliating stuff.

And background checks, digging up all

kinds of dirt. And you'll have to testify

in court, face the man you're accusing...

Crocodile tears roll down Elena's cheeks.

MORRISON:

You sure you want to go through with

this? No harm, no foul, you can just walk

away right now....

Kristen interjects...

KRISTEN:

Please, Detective, this isn't the right

time...

ELENA:

I ain't lying. You think I'm lying?

Kristen turns to her young ward...

KRISTEN:

If you're telling the truth, you won't

find a more sympathetic ear...

ELENA:

'If' I'm telling the truth...

KRISTEN:

And if you're not, there's gonna be

trouble, you understand?

MORRISON:

This is already trouble. The man you're

accusing happens to be a friend of mine,

and when the DNA tests prove you're lying

I'm gonna come down on you like a ton of

bricks, mark my words...

Elena withers under his glare...

INT. BLUE BAY PD INTERVIEW ROOM - DAY

Jay huddles in the small interview room along with Marie and THEO

BLOOM, his sharp suited attorney.

THEO:

We're gonna sue their asses til time runs

backwards...

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JAY:

(to Marie)

You've gotta believe me, I would never,

could never do anything like this, you

know that don't you?

Marie takes his hand, squeezes it.

MARIE:

We're team Clifford.

Jay forces a tired smile...

JAY:

That's my girl.

The door swings open and Morrison enters...

MORRISON:

Jay. Marie. Mr. Bloom...

Jay stands, shakes Morrison's hand.

MORRISON:

(to Marie)

Would you mind waiting outside while me

and your stepdad have a little chat...

Marie looks to Jay, doesn't want to leave.

JAY:

It's OK honey. Michael and I are old

pals...

Reluctantly she leaves, letting the door swing closed after her.

Jay sits back down. Morrison takes a chair opposite.

JAY:

How's the divorce treating you?

MORRISON:

She's taken me for everything I'm worth.

I swear to God, I'm never trusting

another woman as long as I live.

Theo intervenes...

THEO:

This is most egregious, Detective, my

client has pressing matters at his

construction site. He can't afford to

waste time with this frivolous

nonsense...

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MORRISON:

(to Jay)

Look, we're taking her statement right

now, gonna run every forensic test in the

book. Guarantee the case'll come apart

like a $2 watch...

Jay nods, certain he can beat this rap...

JAY:

She had my camcorder. Recorded what

happened. It should still be at the

construction site. It'll clear my name...

Morrison nods.

MORRISON:

You'll be outta here by tonight.

INT. BLUE BAY PD HALLWAY - DAY

Marie waits out in the anonymous hallway, talking a mile-a-minute

on her cell phone...

MARIE (ON PHONE)

I can't believe it, Jenny...It just

doesn't make sense...I mean, I know

Jay...I know he'd never...

When a door down the hall opens she looks up expectantly, only to

see Kristen come out, walk towards her, followed by someone.

Marie's view is blocked by Kristen until the Parole Officer passes

her and reveals...Elena.

MARIE:

This can't be...

A look somewhere between horror and shock is etched on Marie's

beautiful face. Elena just smiles, blows her a kiss.

ELENA:

No such word as 'can't'...

EXT. TEAM CLIFFORD BUILDING - DAY

Police cars line the driveway outside the beach front building

site. Officers cordon off the road as Forensics teams photograph

every inch of the building...

Standing amidst the crowd of onlookers is an irate Mr. Barajas,

accompanied, as ever, by Cicatriz. They are both on CELLPHONES,

both talking angry, fast Spanish.

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INT. TEAM CLIFFORD BUILDING - NIGHT

Plastic sheeting covers the windowless top floor of the unfinished

condos. The white suited FORENSICS TEAM work meticulously, led by

the tireless Dr. Chad Borman, delicately dusting anything and

everything that might yield evidence...

Morrison stands at the edge of an area cordoned off by POLICE

TAPE. He's looking at Jay's smashed DIGITAL VIDEO CAMERA, now

bagged and tagged as evidence...

KRISTEN (O.S.)

Sexual predators often keep a trophy...

Morrison spins, sees Kristen. He stumbles with his words, not used

to talking to beautiful women...

MORRISON:

I'm sorry?

KRISTEN:

Maybe he recorded the rape.

Morrison looks at the remains of the camera.

MORRISON:

And maybe he didn't. We'll never know.

Tape's mangled. Forensics said it'd take

months to fix it.

He looks up into Kristen's hypnotic eyes.

MORRISON:

We were never properly introduced.

Michael Morrison.

She offers her hand, and Morrison shakes it.

KRISTEN:

Miss Richards. Kristen. Miami Parole. Was

just in town for a couple days checking

in on some parolees when all this went

down...

She hands Morrison a BUSINESS CARD, which he absently stuffs into

his pocket...

MORRISON:

You think maybe you could lean on the

girl? Get her to drop this nonsense? We

all know she's lying. With all this Black

widow sh*t going down, we just don't have

the time or manpower to...

.

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KRISTEN:

She might not be lying, you know.

MORRISON:

What makes you think that?

KRISTEN:

Just a look in her eye. I...I have some

experience...

Morrison doesn't want to push her further...

All of a sudden the sunlight is blocked from the massive

unfinished floor by black sheets erected by the Forensics team,

leaving everyone in pitch darkness....

MORRISON:

What the hell?

Slowly an eerie ULTRA VIOLET GLOW fills the room. The white suited

forensics technicians, glowing under the black light, wait

patiently for evidence to show itself...

Suddenly the clear IMPRINTS of hands on the wall become clear,

along with the black stains of BLOOD FLECKS...

CHAD:

Gotcha...

MORRISON:

What is it?

CHAD:

Blood, fingerprints, sign of a struggle.

I'd say we've got a rape on our hands,

Detective, but we won't know for sure

until we run the tests...

Morrison's head is spinning...

MORRISON:

Fine. Just do it...

INT. BLUE BAY FORENSICS LAB - NIGHT

Elena sits on the edge of a gurney in the high tech forensics lab,

rubbing her arm where a band-aid covers a fresh needle mark. Chad

appears at the doorway and she stares daggers at him.

ELENA:

You vampires really need five pints of my

blood? That's like an armful...

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Chad's surprised by her venom.

CHAD:

It's standard procedure in a rape test.

Test for drugs and such...

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