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He nods.
CATHERINE
(continuing)
Come in.
INT. THE HOUSE
It is beautifully done in a Santa Fe motif. She goes to a bedroom of
the living room.
Nick sits down on a couch facing the bedroom she's walked into. Gus
sits across from him, his back to the bedroom. There is a coffee table between
them. She leaves the bedroom door halfway open.
An old newspaper is on the coffee table them. Nick reaches for it.
The headline says: "VICE COP CLEARED IN TOURIST SHOOTINGS". A
headline underneath says: "GRAND JURY SAYS SHOOTINGS ACCIDENTAL".
There is a photograph of Nick.
He stares at the paper.
CATHERINE (O.S.)
How long will this take?
Nick puts the paper down on the coffee table. He is lost in his thoughts. Gus picks the paper up.
NICK
(looks up)
I don't know.
Nick, facing the half open bedroom door, sees a mirror near the wall of the bedroom. The mirror reflects her in the other corner of the bedroom. She is taking her clothes off. He stares. She strips down. He sees her back. She has a beautiful body. Naked, she puts a dress on. She doesn't put any underwear on.
NICK
(continuing)
Do you always keep old newspapers around?
CATHERINE (O.S.)
Only when they make interesting reading.
And she is suddenly out of the bedroom. She stands there, smiles. They look at each other a long beat.
CATHERINE
(finally)
I'm ready.
They get up, head out.
GUS
You have the right to an attorney.
CATHERINE
Why would I need an attorney?
INT. THE CAR – DAY
They sit in the front; she is in the back. The car goes over the
winding, two-lane Mt. Tamalpais road.
The fog is heavy. It's starting to rain. We see the beach far below.
CATHERINE
Do you have a cigarette?
NICK
I don't smoke.
CATHERINE
Yes you do.
NICK
I quit.
She smiles, looks at him. A beat, and he turns away. Another beat, and she lights a cigarette up.
NICK
(continuing)
I thought you were out of cigarettes.
CATHERINE
I found some in my purse; would you like one?
He turns back to her.
NICK
I told you – I quit.
CATHERINE
It won't last.
A beat, as she looks at him, and then he turns away.
GUS
You workin' on another book?
CATHERINE
Yes I am.
GUS
It must really be somehtin' – makin' stuff up all the
time.
He watches her in the rearview mirror.
CATHERINE
It teaches you to lie.
GUS
How's that?
CATHERINE
You make it up, but it has to be believable. They call
it suspension of disbelief.
GUS
I like that. "Suspension of Disbelief."
He smiles at her in the mirror.
NICK
What's your new book about?
CATHERINE
A detective. He falls for the wrong woman.
He turns back to her.
NICK
What happens to him?
She looks right into his eye.
CATHERINE
She kills him.
A beat, as they look at each other, and then he turns away from her. Gus watcher her in the rearview mirror.
INT. A POLICE INTERROGATION ROOM – DAY
It is large, fluorescent-lighted, antiseptic.
She walks in with Nick and Gus. In the room are prosecutor John Corrigan,
Lt. Walker, Captain Talcott, Harrigan, and Andrews. There is a police
stenographer: a plain young woman in her 20's.
As soon as she comes in –
CORRIGAN
I'm John Corrigan. I'm an assistant district attorney,
Ms. Tramell. Can we get you anything? Would you like some coffee?
CATHERINE
No thank you.
TALCOTT
Are your attorneys –
NICK
(hiding a smile)
Ms. Tramell waived her right to an attorney.
Corrigan and Talcott glance at Nick. She sees the look.
CATHERINE
(smiles)
Did I miss something?
NICK
I told them you wouldn't want an attorney present.
LT. WALKER
Why have you waived your right to an attorney, Ms.
Tramell?
CATHERINE
(to Nick)
Why did you think I wouldn't want one?
NICK
I told them you wouldn't want to hide.
CATHERINE
I have nothing to hide.
The two of them keep their eyes on each other.
She sits down. They sit around her. Nick sits directly across from
her. She lights up a cigarette. They watch her. She is poised, cool, in
complete command of herself.
CORRIGAN
There is no smoking in this building, Ms. Tramell.
CATHERINE
What are you going to do? Charge me with smoking?
Ever so casually, she blows her smoke across at Nick.
DISSOLVE TO:
INT. THE INTERROGATION ROOM – LATER
CORRIGAN
Would you tell us the nature of your relationship with
Mr. Boz?
CATHERINE
I had sex with him for about a year and a half. I
liked having sex with him.
She has control of the room: she looks from one man to the other as she speaks.
CATHERINE
(continuing)
He wasn't afraid of experimenting. I like men like
that. I like men who give me pleasure. He gave me a lot of pleasure.
A beat, as they watch her. She is so matter-of-fact.
CORRIGAN
Did you ever engage in sado-masochistic activity with
him?
CATHERINE
(smiles)
Exactly what do you have in mind, Mr. Corrigan.
CORRIGAN
(after a beat, little flustered)
Did you ever tie him up?
CATHERINE
No.
ANDREWS
You never tied him up.
CATHERINE
No. Johnny liked to use his hands too much. I like
hands and fingers.
They stare at her.
DISSOLVE TO:
INT. THE INTERROGATION ROOM – LATER
LT. WALKER
You describe a white silk scarf in your book.
CATHERINE
I've always had a fondness for white silk scarves.
(she smiles)
I have a very vivid imagination.
NICK
But you said you liked men to use their hands.
CATHERINE
No. I said I liked Johnny to use his hands.
(she smiles)
I don't give any rules, Nick. I go with the flow.
They have their eyes on each other.
DISSOLVE TO:
INT. THE INTERROGATION ROOM – LATER
CORRIGAN
Did you kill Mr. Boz, Ms. Tramell?
CATHERINE
I'd have to be pretty stupid to write a book about a
killing and then kill him the way I described in my book. I'd be announcing
myself as the killer. I'm not stupid.
She smiles.
TALCOTT
We know you're not stupid, Ms. Tramell.
LT. WALKER
Maybe that's what you're counting on to get you off
the hook.
NICK
Writing a book about it gives you an alibi for not
killing him.
CATHERINE
Yes it does, doesn't it?
CATHERINE
(continuing)
The answer is no. I didn't kill him.
DISSOLVE TO:
INT. THE INTERROGATION ROOM – LATER
GUS
Do you use drugs, Ms. Tramell?
CATHERINE
Sometimes.
HARRIGAN
Did you ever do drugs with Mr. Boz?
CATHERINE
Sure.
GUS
What kind of drugs?
CATHERINE
Cocaine.
She looks directly at Nick.
CATHERINE
(continuing)
Have you ever fucked on cocaine?
(she smiles)
It's nice.
He watches her.
DISSOLVE TO:
INT. THE INTERROGATION ROOM – LATER
NICK
You like playing games, don't you?
CATHERINE
(smiles)
I've got a degree in psych. It goes with the turf.
Games are fun.
They are holding each other's eyes.
NICK
How about boxing? That's a game. Was that fun for you?
They don't take their eyes off each other for a second.
TALCOTT
I think that's irrelevant to this inquiry.
CATHERINE
(to Nick)
Yes it was. Bobby died.
NICK
How did you feel when he died?
CATHERINE
I loved him. I hurt.
Their eyes are still on each other.
NICK
How did you feel when I told you Johnny Boz had died –
that day at the beach.
CATHERINE
I felt somebody had read my book and was playing a
game.
NICK
But you didn't hurt –
CATHERINE
No.
NICK
Because you didn't love him –
CATHERINE
That's right.
Their eyes are digging into each other.
NICK
Even though you were fucking him.
CATHERINE
(after a beat)
You still get the pleasure. Didn't you ever fuck
anybody else while you were married, Nick?
A beat; he stares at her, expressionless.
LT. WALKER
How did you know he was married?
CATHERINE
(watching Nick)
Maybe I was guessing. What difference does it make?
She lights a cigarette. He stares at her.
CATHERINE
(continuing)
Would you like a cigarette, Nick?
He just stares at her, expressionless.
CORRIGAN
Do you two know each other?
NICK
No.
CATHERINE
No.
INT. THE INTERROGATION ROOM – LATER
ANDREWS
How did you meet Mr. Boz?
CATHERINE
I wanted to write a book about the murder of a retired
rock star. I went down to his club and picked him up. Then I had sex with him.
