The Killer Page #5

4/6/92 D.G.. V'.H. 8.

SIDNEY:

Yes. She says her condition doesn't seem very good.

DISSOLVE.

INT. ROYAL HONG KONG HOSPITAL WARD - JENNY'S FACE

Hands remove the gauze bandages covering her eyes.

The area around them is black and bruised, scabbed.

She tries to focus --

Panic begins when she realizes she can't see --

JENNY:

I can't see...

DOCTOR V.O.

...the impact from the bullet exploding out of the

gun...

JENNY:

I can't see.

DOCTOR V.O.

...may have damaged the optic --

JENNY:

Will I be blind?

WIDER:

She turns, faces the doctor, a nurse --

And hovering not too far away...SERGEANT CHANG.

DOCTOR:

Can you see anything?

JENNY:

Light. Shapes. Everything's blurred. Nothing's

clear.

DOCTOR:

It may only be temporary. It depends on the

amount of damage to the optic nerve...

JENNY:

Will I be blind?

DOCTOR:

There's no way to tell right now.

Jenny begins to quietly weep...

CHANG:

I'm Sergeant Chang from the police. Did you see the

man who did this to you?

4/6/92 D.G., W.H. 9.

Her face changes as she remembers --

CHANG:

Could you describe him?

SUBLIMINAL SHOT - JEFF

As Jenny remembers him.

Jeff standing full front --

Both hands hang at his sides...

He raises the hand with a PISTOL.

Levels it straight at CAMERA.

FIRES.

A WASH OF BLOOD seeps across the screen --

INT. ROYAL HONG KONG HOSPITAL WARD - JENNY

She covers her face with her hands...

JENNY:

Please leave me alone.

CHANG:

I'm sorry...

JENNY:

Please.

Chang just looks at her.

DISSOLVE.

EXT. STREET - WANCHAI DISTRICT - NIGHT

A blitz of NEON.

Bars and clubs.

Wanchai is the older decaying sister of the Tsimshatsui District --

A little worn under the garish make-up.

JENNY SINGS O.S.

The same SONG from earlier...

TITLE:
SIX MONTHS LATER.

INT. PALE FLOWER COCKTAIL LOUNGE - WANCHAI - NIGHT

A small bar with a few simple wooden tables.

Indifferent decor.

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