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Nick – Do you really think I... that I could kill
someone... I never even met Johnny Boz. What about Nilsen? What possible motive
would I have to kill him?
He turns to go.
NICK
You should do something about this lock.
BETH
She's evil. She's brilliant. Be careful, Nick.
He looks at her.
EXT. HIS APARTMENT – NIGHT
He gets out of his Porsche. He walks toward the door.
INT. HIS APARTMENT HOUSE – THE STAIRWAY
He starts going up the dark stairway. There is a hand on his neck. He spins.
CATHERINE
(smiles)
Do I scare you, Nick?
He looks at her, doesn't say anything.
CATHERINE
(continuing; smiles)
I just thought I'd surprise you.
(a beat)
What's the matter?
NICK
(after a beat)
I found Lisa Henderson.
CATHERINE
Did you? What's she doing?
He looks at her, doesn't say anything.
CATHERINE
(continuing)
You're not going to tell me what she's doing.
(a beat)
I thought we weren't playing games anymore.
NICK
(after a beat)
I did, too.
(a beat)
She told me it was backwards – she said you even styled
your hair the way she did.
Catherine looks at him a beat, then smiles.
CATHERINE
And you believed her? I even went down to the
campus police and made out a
report about her.
He just looks at her.
CATHERINE
(continuing)
You still think I kill people, don't you?
NICK
(after a beat)
No.
CATHERINE
Liar.
And she's gone.
INT. CAMPUS POLICE RECORDS ROOM – BERKELEY – DAY
He stands with an old CAMPUS COP. He is going through files.
CAMPUS COP
Who'd you say you were with?
NICK
Homicide. San Francisco.
He stops at a file, opens it.
CAMPUS COP
Don't you guys communicate over there? You must be the
same way we are.
Nick doesn't get it.
CAMPUS COP
(continuing)
There was a report about Lisa Henderson – January,
1977 – the file's not here.
NICK
What do you mean it's not here?
CAMPUS COP
San Francisco P.D. Detective Nilsen. Internal Affairs.
You know him? Tell him we want it back. He's had it a whole year.
Nick says nothing.
INT. HIS APARTMENT – DAY
He and Gus sit there – they look tired, upset.
GUS
So Nilsen had a report on her – so what. You don't
know what the hell was in it?
NICK
Catherine told me what was in it.
GUS
If she's telling
you the truth.
NICK
Don't you get it, Gus? If Beth killed Johnny Boz to frame
Catherine – she wouldn't want anyone to know what happened at Berkeley. It
gives her the motive to kill Nilsen.
GUS
How did she know Nilsen knew about it – if it
happened?
NICK
He was I.A. He probably asked her about it.
Gus thinks about it.
GUS
She'd have to be nuttier than a twenty-pound Christmas
fruitcake. She's not the one who hangs out with multiple murderers – your
girlfriend is.
NICK
She's a writer – it's part of what she does.
GUS
(irate)
Goddamn writers – all they do is use up trees and ruin
people's eyes.
(a beat)
There's gotta be somebody at Berkeley who knows what
the hell happened.
NICK
I know what happened. Catherine told me what happened.
GUS
(after a beat, quietly)
You got goddamn tweety-birds flutterin' around your
head, that's what you got. You think you're gonna fuck like minks, raise
rugrats, and live happily ever after? Oh, man.
INT. THE STAIRWAY – HIS APARTMENT HOUSE – NIGHT
He has his key out to open his door. He hears MUSIC inside. A beat, and he opens the door.
INT. HIS APARTMENT
It is dark. We hear a Rolling Stones SONG. He sees Catherine standing by a window,
watching him. She wears black jeans and the black motorcycle jacket.
They look at each other a long beat.
NICK
How'd you get in here?
CATHERINE
I decided to give you one more chance.
(a beat)
I missed you.
NICK
You didn't not see me long enough to miss me.
CATHERINE
Did you miss me?
NICK
No.
CATHERINE
Come over here and tell me no.
He walks up close to her.
NICK
No.
She unzips her motorcycle jacket slowly. She wears nothing underneath it.
NICK
(continuing)
That's below the belt.
She reaches for him.
CATHERINE
Not yet it isn't.
She pulls him close.
CATHERINE
(continuing)
But we're getting there.
INT. HIS LIVING ROOM – NIGHT
They sit in the window seat, naked. His back is against the wall. She sits against him. He has his legs around her. They don't look at each other. She is smoking.
NICK
I have to do some research tomorrow.
I'm very good at research. I'll help you.
NICK
(continuing)
No thanks.
CATHERINE
What are you researching?
NICK
I'm writing a book.
CATHERINE
(smiles)
Really. What are you writing about.
NICK
A detective. He falls for the wrong girl.
CATHERINE
(smiles)
What happens to them?
NICK
(after a beat)
They fuck like minks, raise rugrats, and live happily
ever after.
CATHERINE
(after a beat)
It won't sell.
NICK
Why not?
CATHERINE
(after a beat)
Somebody has to die.
NICK
Why?
CATHERINE
Somebody always does.
EXT. THE SALINAS CLINIC – DAY
He walks in; it is a small valley hospital. He goes up to the desk. There are two women there.
NICK
Hi, I'm looking for a Dr. Gardner?
ONE WOMAN
(after a beat)
We don't have a Dr. Gardner on staff here.
THE OTHER WOMAN
Dr. Joseph Gardner?
NICK
(after a beat)
Yeah.
THE WOMAN
He died – about five or six years ago.
NICK
(after a beat)
He was shot.
INT. SALINAS SHERIFF'S OFFICE – DAY
Nick sits with a sheriff's DETECTIVE.
DETECTIVE
He was walking home from work. They only lived a
coupla blocks from the clinic. Somebody drove by and shot him.
NICK
What was the weapon?
DETECTIVE
.38 revolver. Never recovered.
NICK
Were there ever any suspects?
DETECTIVE
No suspects, no motive. Unsolved.
NICK
(after a beat)
Was his wife ever a suspect?
DETECTIVE
(after a beat)
I had another one of you guys down here from Frisco –
about a year ago – he asked me the same question. What's this about anyway?
NICK
Routine.
DETECTIVE
Yeah, he said it was routine too. Now it's two guys
saying it's routine.
NICK
Do you remember his name?
DETECTIVE
(after a long beat)
Nope, can't say that I do.
NICK
Nilsen?
DETECTIVE
That's him.
NICK
Was she ever a suspect?
DETECTIVE
Nope.
(a beat)
There was some talk; it never panned.
NICK
What kind of talk?
DETECTIVE
The usual – a girlfriend.
NICK
He had a girlfriend?
DETECTIVE
Nope. She did.
(a beat)
Like I say. It never panned.
NICK
(after a beat, gets up)
Thanks.
DETECTIVE
I hope I helped you out.
NICK
(after a beat)
You did.
EXT. HER HOUSE IN STINSON – AFTERNOON
He walks around the house; he sees her sitting out on the deck, a
portable word-processor in front of her. She is smoking.
He goes up to her.
NICK
(smiles)
Hi. I missed you. I finished my research.
He moves toward her. She moves away, kills her cigarette.
CATHERINE
I finished my book.
NICK
How did it end?
CATHERINE
(after a beat)
I told you. She kills him.
They look at each other a long beat.
CATHERINE
(continuing; quietly)
Goodbye, Nick.
He stares at her. A long beat.
CATHERINE
(continuing)
I finished my book.
(a beat)
Didn't you hear me?
(a beat)
Your character's dead.
(a beat)
Goodbye.
He stares at her. He can't believe what she is saying.
CATHERINE
(continuing)
What do you want, Nick? Flowers? I'll send you some
flowers.
NICK
(after a beat)
What is this – some kind of... Joke?
(a beat; he almost smiles)
Are we playing games again?
CATHERINE
