The Next Three Days Page #22

Elizabeth turns at her car, is slammed in the head with the

extinguisher and she falls dead.

The extinguisher is tossed to the floor and rolls.

A YOUNG FEMALE JUNKIE yanks at Elizabeth's purse, getting *

blood on her hands before she frees it. She looks like a *

junkie. She runs off toward the sidewalk. *

344A QUINN - IN THE PRESENT 344A*

Turns and sees... *

344B

LARA - IN THE PAST 344B*

She hurries along the sidewalk to get out of the rain. *

Turning the corner into the garage she COLLIDES with the *

JUNKIE. Lara's purse catches the woman's coat. *

The JUNKIE puts her hand on Lara's shoulder, leaving a SMUDGE *

OF ELIZABETH'S BLOOD on Lara's raincoat. She tugs free. A *

BUTTON from the woman's coat POPS OFF and hits the sidewalk.

Lara turns and yells "Hey," then keeps going.

She is about to get in the car when she sees the fire

extinguisher in front of her left wheel. She picks it up,

turns, annoyed. She places it down by the wall.

(CONTINUED)

WHITE 9-10-09 115.*

344B CONTINUED:
344B

Lara gets in her car and drives off, oblivious to Elizabeth's

body lying on the concrete floor on the passenger's side.

*

Her co-worker sees her drive off as he steps into the garage.

He spots the body and turns and looks after Lara's car.

*

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345 EXT. LARA'S OFFICE BUILDING - PARKING LOT -- DAY 345*

Quinn puts his used gum in a wrapper. COLLERO watches from

the car as her partner walks to the corner of the building.

QUINN steps up to where the two women collided and looks

down at the sidewalk.

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DETECTIVE QUINN:

Was it raining when we searched the

crime scene?

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DETECTIVE COLLERO

Three years ago?? What are we doing

here?

*

Quinn drops his gum wrapper onto the sidewalk. It hits a

stream of water coming out from a rain gutter and washes

away. Quinn watches it -- then follows... Collero shakes

her head, grabs a newspaper to keep the rain off and follows.

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The gum wrapper washes over the curb into the gutter and

travels to the storm drain a half a block away.

*

Quinn gets there, kneels.

DETECTIVE QUINN:

Act like a cop. Grab the other side.

DETECTIVE COLLERO

You're out of your mind.

Quinn jerks the grate up.

helps him lift.

Collero grabs the other side and

They stare down into the hole. Quinn runs his hand along

the lip, digging up the mud and sediment...finds nothing.

DETECTIVE COLLERO (CONT'D)

You really thought you were going to

find it?

Collero wipes her hands on a tissue as Quinn stares down the

hole a little longer, then lets the grate fall.

(CONTINUED)

WHITE 9-10-09

116.

345

CONTINUED:
345

CLOSE ON INSIDE LIP OF STORM DRAIN

Just before the grate clangs we see JUNKIE'S JACKET BUTTON, *

squeezed between the grate and the wall. *

346 EXT. TOWN SQUARE - SOUTH AMERICA -- EVENING 346

The taxi crosses the ancient square of a small town.

347 INT. COLONIAL HOTEL -- EVENING 347

The room has two single beds. John waits at the bathroom

door. Lara steps out, a real awkwardness between them.

She touches his hand. He offers a smile. She slips past

him. He steps into the bathroom and closes the door. Lara

lies down on the single bed furthest from the bathroom, face

to face with her sleeping son.

Without warning, he kisses her on the cheek, for the first

time, without being prodded. He turns around and lets her

wrap her arms around him. And she almost dies of happiness.

348 INT. HOTEL BATHROOM -- CONTINUOUS 348

John washes, trying not to look in the mirror, not wanting

to glimpse the man he has become.

349 INT. HOTEL ROOM -- NIGHT 349

Lara and Luke sleep, spooning. John sits on the other bed.

He picks up the TV remote and flips through Spanish language

stations. And there it is: CNN in English. Sports right

now, but John knows there is no place they can hide.

350 INT. BAR -- DAY 350

Damon takes the money from John's wallet, leaves him with a

twenty.

DAMON:

Good luck.

Damon leaves him there. As John wonders if he is capable of

doing this, we cut to BLACK. Read:

THE NEXT THREE DAYS.

Hear:
Knock knock. Roll credits.

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