The Crying Game Page #19

Jude, on the floor, reaches for her gun. Manages to grab it.

DIL:

What's she going to do, Jimmy? She going

to blow you away?

Dil shoots again, like a child, playing with a toy. She hits

Jude in her gun shoulder. Jude spins one way, the gun the

other.

DIL:

Was she there too? When you got my Jody?

Fergus screams

FERGUS:

Dil!!!

DIL:

I asked you a question, honey -- were you

there too --

JUDE:

You sick b*tch --

As she raises the gun, Dil shoots her repeatedly, saying:

DIL:

You was there, wasn't you? You used those

tits and that ass to get him, didn't you?

Fergus screams from the bed. He rips free his other arm. Dil

shoots Jude in the throat, and she falls dead, covered in

blood. Dil turns the gun on Fergus.

DIL:

She was there, wasn't she?

99.

FERGUS:

She was --

DIL:

And she used her tits and that cute

little ass to get him, didn't she?

FERGUS:

Yes.

DIL:

Tell me what she wore.

FERGUS:

Can't remember...

Dil points the gun at him, squeezing on the trigger. Then she

stops.

DIL:

Can't do it, Jimmy. He won't let me.

She looks at the picture; walks over and sits down in front

of it.

DIL:

You won't let me, Jody --

She raises the gun and places it in her mouth. Fergus takes

it gently from her mouth and places it on the table. He lifts

her up by the shoulders.

FERGUS:

You've got to go now, Dil --

DIL:

Do I?

FERGUS:

Yes. Now.

DIL:

Am I in trouble, Jimmy?

FERGUS:

Not if you go.

DIL:

Will I see you again?

FERGUS:

You will, Dil

100.

DIL:

Promise?

FERGUS:

I promise.

DIL:

Where am I to go, Jimmy?

FERGUS:

The Metro.

DIL:

Meet Col --

FERGUS:

Yes. Say hello to Col --

He leads her out the door. Fergus goes back into the room,

past Jude's body. Looks out the window to where he can see

Dil staggering down the street, through the crowds that have

gathered. The wail of police sirens coming closer. He watches

Dil run off, with her funny walk. Then looks down and sees

the cop cars pushing through the knot of people around the

house. He picks up the gun, wipes it with a rag to remove

Dil's fingerprints. He turns to the picture of the soldier;

talks to it.

FERGUS:

You should have stayed at home.

He sits in the chair by the window, waiting.

FADE TO BLACK.

INT. PRISON VISITING ROOM - DAY

FADE UP to reveal a large interior, with light streaming in

the windows. Large barred doors open and a group of women

come through, with parcels, children in tow, etc. Among them

is Dil, looking resplendent. She walks past the rows of

convicts with their families, up to a glass cage, where

Fergus sits, waiting.

DIL:

Got you the multivitamins and the iron

tablets, hon --

FERGUS:

Don't call me that --

101.

DIL:

Sorry, love. Now, the white ones are

magnesium supplement --

FERGUS:

Stop it, Dil --

DIL:

I've got to keep you healthy, Jimmy. I'm

counting the days. Two thousand three

hundred and thirty-four left.

FERGUS:

Thirty-five.

DIL:

I'm sorry, darling. I keep forgetting the

leap year. What am I supposed to call you

then, Jimmy?

FERGUS:

Fergus.

DIL:

Fergus. Fergus my love, light of my life -

-

FERGUS:

Please, Dil --

DIL:

Can't help it. You're doing time for me.

No greater love, as the man says. Wish

you'd tell me why.

FERGUS:

As the man said, it's in my nature.

DIL:

What's that supposed to mean?

She shakes her head.

FERGUS:

Well, there was this scorpion, you see.

And he wants to go across the river. But

he can't swim. So he goes to this frog,

who can swim, and he says to him, "Excuse

me, Mr. Froggy..."

102.

CAMERA PULLS BACK, and as Fergus tells the story of the

scorpion and the frog, the music comes up -- "Stand By Your

Man."

FADE OUT.

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