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81.
And she kisses him slowly, with more and more heat, on thelips.
The cordless phone on the deck table goes off. It keepsRINGING.
She breaks finally from the kiss, picks it up.
CATHERINE
(continuing)
Hello?
She listens a beat, then hands him the phone.
CATHERINE
(continuing)
It's Gus-who-doesn't-like-me.
He takes the phone.
NICK
Catherine says you don't like her.
INT. THE DETECTIVE BUREAU - DAY
GUS
(on the phone)
She's right. You got an icepick in
you yet?
EXT. HER DECK - STINSON
Catherine sees him smile.
CATHERINE
What did he say?
NICK
He asked if I had an icepick in me
yet.
CATHERINE
(smiles)
Funny.
INT. THE DETECTIVE BUREAU - DAY
GUS
(on the phone)
You know that stuff they say about
how you can judge people by their
friends?
EXT. HER DECK
NICK
I don't believe it.
82.
INT. THE DETECTIVE BUREAU - DAY
GUS
Why not?
NICK
(smiles)
You're my friend, Gus.
She watches him.
INT. THE DETECTIVE BUREAU - DAY
GUS
(seriously)
I'm gonna make you believe in it,
friend.
INT. CLOVERDALE POLICE DEPARTMENT - DAY
In CLOSEUP: We see a large, glossy photograph of Roxy.She looks
about thirteen. She has braces in her teeth.
Nick is looking at the photo -- it is in a file in hishands.
He sits there with Gus in front of a woman juvenileofficer.
He turns the file and we see a glossy of a little boy in apool
of blood.
Nick looks up at the woman.
NICK
(after a beat)
How old was she when this happened?
THE WOMAN
Fourteen. We seal juvenile records
until they're deceased. That's why
you didn't find it in your computer.
GUS
What was the motive?
THE WOMAN
She said she didn't know herself,
just sort of did it on impulse.
(she shrugs)
The razor just happened to be there.
They stare at her.
THE WOMAN
(continuing)
That's what she said.
83.
INT. CLOVERDALE POLICE DEPARTMENT - DAY
It is a small, old, rural building: a lot of Four-H typestuff
on the walls.
NICK
I don't understand what the hell's
going on here, pop.
GUS
Ain't that hard, son. This young
farmgirl, she got tired of all that
attention goin' to her little
brothers -- she fixed 'em. Just
like 'ole Hazel Dobkins fixed her
whole family -- except young Roxy
here, she didn't use a wedding
present. She used Daddy's razor.
EXT. THE CLOVERDALE POLICE DEPARTMENT
They are going to their cars, parked side by side. ThePorsche
looks pretty badly banged up.
GUS
It sure makes you wonder what they
talked about when they set
themselves down in front of the
campfire at night. You ever met
any of her friends who hasn't
killed somebody.
Nick looks at him.
GUS
(continuing)
It musta beat your ordinary
everyday girl talk.
Nick get into his car, sits there a beat.
NICK
I'm not sure anymore she did it.
GUS
(after a beat)
Which one you talkin' about now,
son? We know ole Hazel did it; we
know young Roxy did it -- and the
other one: Well, hell, she's got
that magna come lawdy pussy on her
that done fried up your brain.
Nick looks at him.
84.
INT. THE REGISTRAR'S OFFICE - U.C. BERKELEY
A young woman is checking a computer. Nick is with her.
THE WOMAN
Anderson. Jack W. Donald M. I'm
sorry. No Lisa.
NICK
Did you check all four years?
THE WOMAN
Yes I did.
NICK
(in disbelief)
Can you check again?
She gives him a look, but punches it in again.
THE WOMAN
No Lisa Anderson, detective.
NICK
(after a beat)
Can there be some mistake?
THE WOMAN
(straining patience)
Only if you're making it.
He looks at her.
EXT. CATHERINE'S HOUSE ON DIVISADERO - DAY
He gets out of the Porsche, starts to go in. He looksdisturbed
Catherine comes out of the house with Hazel Dobkins, theold woman
we saw with her in Mill Valley. Nick watchesthem a beat, then
goes up to them.
CATHERINE
Hazel , this is Nick. I told you
all about him. This is Hazel
Dobkins.
HAZEL
(smiles)
You're the Shooter, aren't you?
How are you?
NICK
(after a beat)
Fine. Thank you.
85.
He looks at her sort of warily.
NICK
(continuing; to
Catherine)
Can I talk to you a minute?
CATHERINE
(to Hazel)
Honey, why don't you go in the car?
I'll be right there.
The old woman starts going to the Ferrari.
HAZEL
(brightly)
Goodbye, Shooter.
Nick looks at Hazel a beat, then at Catherine.
NICK
You like to hang out with murderers
or what? Did you know Roxy --
CATHERINE
Of course I knew.
He looks at her a long beat.
CATHERINE
(continuing;
casually)
Look. Sometimes when I do my
research, I get involved with
people. It happened with you, too.
She smiles. He looks at her, doesn't know what to say.
CATHERINE
(continuing)
Killing isn't like smoking. You
can quit.
He looks at her: What did she say?
CATHERINE
(continuing;
preoccupied)
I've go to go. I promised to get
her home by six o'clock. She just
loves "America's Most Wanted."
America's Most Wanted? She turns to go.
NICK
There was no Lisa Anderson at
Berkeley when you were there.
☆☆86.
She stops, looks at him a beat.
CATHERINE
What were you doing, checking up on
me? What for?
He says nothing. A long beat, she looks hurt.
CATHERINE
(continuing; after
a beat)
Henderson.
And she's gone.
INT. A PHONE BOOTH - DAY
He is on the phone.
NICK
Henderson. Lisa Henderson. With
an H.
He waits.
NICK
(continuing)
You do?
INT. THE DETECTIVE BUREAU - NIGHT
He sits in front of a computer screen with Andrews.
ANDREWS
I can get my butt kicked for this.
You're not supposed to be in here.
NICK
It's not gonna take long, Sam.
We see the computer screen. The screen says:
LISA HENDERSON DMV LICENSE CHECK
We wait and then we see the words:
1983 RENEWAL -- ELIZABETH GARDNER, 147
QUEENSTON DRIVE, SALINAS, CAL.
Nick stares at the screen.
NICK
(continuing)
Bring it up, will you, Sam?
A beat, and then we see the license itself: It is BethGardner
on the photo. Nick stares.
☆☆87.
ANDREWS
Hey, that's Dr. Gardner, isn't it?
NICK
Bring 1976 up.
A beat, and the license comes up. We see a young BethGardner
on the photo. She has blonde hair.
Nick stares.
INT. BETH GARDNER'S APARTMENT - NIGHT
She walks in. The apartment is dark.
NICK (O.S.)
You shouldn't leave your door open.
She is startled.
BETH
(after a beat)
I didn't. Something's wrong with
my lock.
A beat, she looks at him.
BETH
(continuing; cold)
What do you want, Nick?
NICK
(quietly)
Tell me about Catherine.
She looks at him a long beat, then turns away --
BETH
She told you, didn't she?
NICK
(after a beat)
What did she tell me, Beth?
BETH
(after a long beat)
I slept with her once in school.
(a beat)
I was just a kid. I was
experimenting. It was just that
one time.
(a beat)
She developed a... fixation... on
me. She styled her hair like mine.
She wore the same kind of clothes I
did. It scared me.
88.
She looks at him, sees his look.
BETH
(continuing)
Isn't that what she told you?
He looks at her a long beat.
NICK
She told me it was you. You wore
the same kind of clothes. You dyed
your hair blonde.
A long beat as they look at each other.
BETH
I did dye my hair. It didn't have
anything to do with her. I was a
redhead for a while, too.
NICK
(after a beat)
Did you know Noah Goldstein?
BETH
I had him in two classes.
NICK
You saw all the reports, Beth!
Phil had you copied. You never
said anything!
BETH
(after a beat)
What do I say -- Hey, listen, guys,
I'm not gay, but I did fuck your
suspect.
(she turns away)
I was embarrassed. It's the only
time I've been with a woman.
She turns to him.
BETH
(continuing)
She's really sick you know. Don't
you know what she's doing? She
knows I went to Berkeley. She
knows I knew Noah. She makes up
that story about me. She's handing
you somebody who's obsessed with he
her.
NICK
She didn't hand you to me. She
doesn't even know who you are. She
told me about Lisa Henderson.
☆☆89.
BETH
She knew you'd find out who Lisa
Henderson is. You're a good cop --
what did she do? Tell you casually
and make it seem irrelevant?
(she smiles)
Did she tell you in bed, Nick?
That's how I'd do it.
Nick looks at her a long beat.
NICK
Why did you change your name?
BETH
I got married.
(a beat)
He was on staff at the clinic. I
was down in Salinas. It didn't...
last long.
He gets up. He looks at her a long beat.
BETH
(continuing)
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 onhis neck.
He spins.
CATHERINE
(smiles)
Do I scare you, Nick?
90.
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.
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