Eight Legged Freaks Page #4

Sam begins to write up the ticket.

ASHLEY:

Can’t you give ’em a break?

SAM:

Get in the car, Ashley. Now.

ASHLEY:

But, Mom!

Sam shoots his daughter an intimidating glance.

BRET:

No sweat, babydoll. We’ll hook up

later.

SAM:

(threatening)

Over my dead body.

INT. SAM’S COP CAR (HIGHWAY) -DAY

Mike grins from the front seat as Ashley climbs in back.

MIKE:

You have the right to remain

silent. Anything you say can and

will be used...

ASHLEY:

Shut up, dork.

EXT. SHOULDER OF HIGHWAY -DAY

Sam hands Bret the ticket.

BRET:

Larry, do we know anybody at City

Hall who can mark this go away?

(CONTINUED)

11.

CONTINUED:

LARRY:

Your Dad is the Mayor.

BRET:

Oh, yeah.

(to Sam)

He signs your paycheck.

SAM:

The next time you put my

daughter’s life in danger, I’ll

show you exactly how little that

means to me.

Bret and Larry feel her resolve.

BRET:

Relax, bee-otch. It’s all good.

The punks remount their bikes.

SAM:

I want both wheels on the ground.

The punks REV their BIKES and defiantly wheelie toward

town.

INT. POLICE CAR -DAY

Sam climbs behind the wheel.

MIKE:

I read her her rights.

SAM:

I can always count on you, Mike.

Sam STARTS the CAR and drives toward town.

ASHLEY:

Do you get off on humiliating me?

SAM:

This bad girl act doesn’t suit

you, Ash.

ASHLEY:

I’m just trying to have fun.

Don’t you remember what it’s like

to grow up here?

SAM:

That’s what scares me.

(CONTINUED)

12.

CONTINUED:

Sam reaches over and opens the glove box. She pulls out

a stun gun. Mike passes it through the bars to Ashley.

SAM:

I told you to keep this with you.

Ashley slides the zapper into her backpack.

ASHLEY:

You are so over protective.

Mike and Ashley lip-sync along with Sam’s response.

SAM:

A mother’s job is to protect her

children.

ASHLEY:

You need to start trusting me.

SAM:

I’d like to. But you keep

skipping classes to go to the

dunes with Bret.

ASHLEY:

Why do you hate him so much?

SAM:

I don’t hate him. I just want you

to have a future. I thought you

wanted to get out of town. Go to

med school.

ASHLEY:

Maybe I want to stay. I could get

pregnant by nineteen. Then

divorce with a couple of kids I

can’t handle. Slap on a badge and

be a trailer trash sheriff.

SAM:

(deeply hurt)

Thanks for the flashback.

They drive on in painful silence. Mike turns ON the

RADIO.

HARLAN (V.O.)

... listening to W.F.R.E. Freedom

radio. We’ve put aside the

U.F.O.’s and conspiracy

theories...

13.

INT. PICKUP TRUCK (HIGHWAY) -DAY

Chris drives into town with the RADIO ON.

HARLAN (V.O.)

... for some down home talk back

with our own mayor: Wade Hale.

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