The Killer Page #35

4/6/92 D. G .. W.H.. 60.

SIDNEY:

I'm still your friend. You take your money and you

disappear.

Jeff smiles.

SIDNEY:

H ii ya.

Sidney puts the briefcase on the table

JEFF:

That the money?

SIDNEY:

Count it.

Jeff puts his gun down on the table.

Reaches for the briefcase.

Sidney quickly picks up the gun.

Points it between Jeff s eyes.

A beat.

Jeff opens the briefcase.

INSERT BRIEFCASE

Empty.

JEFF A SIDNEY:

This strikes Jeff as being very funny.

Sidney's not kidding.

He pulls the trigger.

An empty CLICK.

Jeff opens his other hand.

Lets the bullets fall on the floor.

His other hand pulls another gun out of his waistband --

Points it at Sidney's head.

JEFF:

You bring these guys with you?

SIDNEY:

What guys?

Jeff WHACKS Sidney across the head with the gun.

Tums and FIRES into the plate glass window behind him --

OW:

The bullets SHATTER the glass leading to the balcony.

Rip into the body of MAN WITH A GUN --

4/6/92 D.G., W.H. 61.

JEFF:

Takes a new CLIP out of his coat pocket.

Jams it into his AUTO.

Nails a GUY coming through the front door.

Then leans round the wall corner...

FIRES three shots --

A BODY FALLS across the doorway...

Jeff picks up Sidney by the collar.

Hauls him to his feet.

Gun at his head --

JEFF:

Why?

SIDNEY:

You 're my friend, but I owe them. I swore it twenty

years ago.

JEFF:

Forget the rules. These people trust you less than I

do. Who are they?

SIDNEY:

The Tai Pan of the Five Flowers.

JEFF:

He hired me to kill Weng and Lim? They were his

guys --

SIDNEY:

They had other ideas. They were not loyal.

JEFF:

Who's the Tai Pan?

Sidney hesitates.

JEFF:

It doesn't make any difference if you tell me, because

you're already dead.

SIDNEY:

We're both dead.

JEFF:

Tell me who it is?

SIDNEY:

Simon Payne.

JEFF:

The head of the Five Flowers is English?

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