Trust Me Page #5

who's ever been kind to her

and then he shows up all bloody

from fighting that other one. That...

- Terence.

- Terence... to protect her.

He's dying.

And he wants to feed on her

one last time, but she refuses.

So he turns to that other one,

the new girl.

Let's read it.

Stop. You mustn't do this.

Look, I know it's a little scary,

but we've got to...

That was good, you...

that was good. Okay.

"I understand your fear,

but my wounds are deep.

If she does not replenish me, I will die

and then who will be left to protect you?"

- Protect me? Is that what you've done?

- "She opens her lips to reveal long fangs."

- You swore you wouldn't with every breath...

- Okay, okay. I'm going to stop you.

No, no. No, no, no. It's good.

That's a good start.

But it's never really going to feel real

until you make it feel real to you.

You love this person.

You trusted them with your life,

and then they betrayed you

in the worst possible way.

Has anybody done

anything like that to you?

No.

Are you sure?

Okay. That's okay.

Then you got to go there.

No matter how hard it is.

So this person, what if he or she...

He.

Okay. What if he was standing here

right now? What would you...

Shut up! For God's sake,

do you ever shut the f*** up?

Hey, don't touch me!

Don't f***ing touch me!

I'm just a little kid for sh*t's sake!

What the f*** is wrong with you?

Okay, that was good.

Give it to me.

Give me the line.

"If she does not replenish me, I will die

and then who will be left to protect you?"

Protect me? Is that what you've done?

Look at me.

That's right. I've been turned.

You swore you wouldn't with every breath

that came from your foul throat.

Now you've transformed me

into this vile, unholy thing.

And I will die before I let you

do the same to her.

"You say that now, but soon

you will thank me for what I've done."

- Will I?

- Yes. I think you will.

What are you doing?

You'll destroy us both.

Then so be it.

"What kind of creature are you?"

I am a new thing

and this is my becoming.

Was that okay?

Yeah. Yeah, it was.

- Should we do it again?

- No, no, I think we're good.

Do you... is there anything

you want to talk about?

- Like what?

- I don't know. Just...

Actually, I'm getting kind of tired.

Oh, God, yeah. Of course you are.

Here, lie down. Lie down.

Wait, what about your dad?

Isn't he going to wonder where you are?

Yeah, I'm sure he's so worried

he can barely drink. I left him a note.

Okay.

Okay.

Okay, you get some sleep. If you need me,

I'll be right in the next room, okay?

Hey, Howard?

Yeah.

I know I only met you this morning,

but I think anybody who would leave you

is a big-time dumbass.

Thanks.

Hey, what's going on?

Where is she?

She's sleeping, Ray.

It's a quarter of 4:00.

Wake her up.

You sure you're okay to drive?

Hey, man. That's my kid.

If I say wake her up, go get her.

Okay.

Yeah, that's locked now.

Here's the thing, you're loaded.

She's not getting in that truck

unless I'm driving.

That's the deal.

You want to hit me? Go ahead.

Golly.

You're a regular badass.

Fine. I'll do it your way.

Hey, I thought you were going

to text me when you closed the deal.

It's not unusual on a thing like this

to be working out the deals

right until the last moment.

What if the deal isn't closed

and she's got to go in?

They've already doubled

what they came in with, Ray,

but the thing is, she's amazing.

When people see what she can do,

there's going to be a feeding frenzy.

- That's good, right?

- At first.

Then everybody starts pulling on her

until there's nothing left.

There's only one way to get her

home safe when the ride's over

and that's by securing her future

with some meaningful back end.

You let me do my job,

I'll have that for her

on a piece of paper when she walks

into that room tomorrow.

You know, Howard,

I'm almost starting to like you.

Keys.

Yes, sir.

Hey, you don't know me.

Okay.

I've seen that look.

Like you think you have some idea

of who I am...

or what she's been through,

but you don't know sh*t.

That's my baby in there.

She talks tough, but deep down...

she's just a little kid.

And that's why I'm going to do

whatever I got to do

to make sure she stays that way.

So will I.

I don't know what to tell you, Meg.

The guy's not budging.

Oh, that? Well, I'll be honest with you,

we're at the airport.

He's taking her home.

I tried to talk him out of it, but...

You sure about that?

Okay, hold on.

I'm going to run it by him.

How can I help you?

I'll have two coffees and...

what do kids usually get?

- An "Eggy-Riser."

- "Eggy-Riser," okay.

I'll have one of those

and a chorizo burrito.

- 11.70.

- 11.70. Okay.

Thank you.

Okay, Meg. I'm bringing him down there,

but if you guys get cute,

he is gonna walk out of there so fast

it'll make your head spin.

Oh, thank you.

Thank you. Thanks.

But, I mean...

when did you get it?

This morning, bro.

The other one died and I thought,

"What the hell?" Pretty sweet? Napkin.

But I thought you were broke.

- You're going to close that big deal, right?

- Well, I don't anticipate any problems,

but when there's this much on the line,

anything can happen.

So if it starts to get weird,

just go with whatever I do.

Any division between us, that's going

to cost you lots and lots of money.

Now remember, you're the loose canon.

You're pissed.

If you don't get exactly what you want,

you're going to storm out of there. Right?

- I can do that.

- Okay, good.

You got some ketchup. There we go.

Let me see your teeth. Perfect.

What the hell is going on?

- It's almost noon.

- Have a seat, Ray.

Hey, hey, hey. Who's ready

to sign some autographs?

Come here, my little genius.

Oh, big day.

- Howard, my new phone buddy.

- Yes, I am.

- Okay. Ray, good to see you.

- Hi.

Come on in. Follow me. Hey, let's go.

Let's okay this thing.

- Agnes is very excited to meet you.

- She is?

Yes, she is. I am so sorry

to keep you waiting.

I was on a Skype with Helen Mirren. Hey.

Who will be playing your mother, by the way,

but you didn't hear that from me.

- No way.

- So listen, Ang has got to jet up to ILM

to look at your wings,

so we need to get started.

- How do you feel? Are you ready?

- Yeah, I guess so.

Great. Let's get the paperwork out

of the way and then we can get going.

This looks good. Anybody got a pen?

Just got to...

take a quick look.

Yeah, no, see, that's a problem.

- This says "adjusted gross."

- What's that?

That's how you say

"bend over" in producer.

Howard, listen to me.

Ray, we all want her to do this.

The studio is never going to give her

what you're asking for.

- Never.

- Then, I'm sorry, but...

we have to go.

- Really?

- I'm afraid so, sweetie.

If I could do this for her, I would.

But nobody ever gets this

on their first movie.

Nobody.

Ray?

I thought I was pretty goddamn clear

about where I stood on this, Howard.

- You were, Ray.

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