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REILLY:

Don't talk.

RICE:

Take your time... one day at a time, kid...

Rice takes Reilly's hand and pats it on his wristwatch.

RICE (cont.)

It's all I got... it's yours.

REILLY:

It don't work-

RICE:

(grinning)

Ain't that a sh*t--

Rice's eyes go blank, he exhales his last breath.

Reilly winces, eyes welling up. His gaze moves at the Girl.

The Girl stares uncomfortably, a blink of sympathy stealing

past her hard exterior ...

INT. POLICE HEADQUARTERS - MORNING

Looking numb, out of place, Rice's blood still on his

trenchcoat, Reilly walks in, weaves through a chaos of

ringing phones, overworked cops, suspects being booked.

Cops look up, whisper about him.

Turning a corner, Reilly bumps into a bulldog of a cop,

HARRY, hustling The Girl out of a booking room. She's got a

shiner where Reilly hit her.

The Girl and Reilly make eye contact, intimate somehow, a

flash of vulnerability and fear in The Girl's face...

HARRY:

Hey, Reilly, Captain's looking

for you.

Reilly snaps out of it, continues on. Reilly nods as Harry

hustles the girl away.

INT. CAPTAIN'S OFFICE - DAY

Behind his desk, a work-weary captain, WINTERS, 50s, sucks

coffee as he grills ARTIE PLUCHINSKY, 40s, a slick suit-and-

tie homicide detective.

WINTERS:

Prints?

PLUCHINSKY:

Nothing so far.

WINTERS:

What about the ballistics report?

PLUCHINSKY:

Lab's backed up, we're still waiting

for it.

Reilly walks in.

REILLY:

Captain...

WINTERS:

Reilly, what the hell happened out there? Why

didn't you call for back-up?

REILLY:

(at a loss, sad)

Sir, I--

Reilly looks at his watch (we notice he's now wearing Rice's

watch). He taps it, listens to see if it's ticking.

WINTERS (contíd)

(softening)

Dammit, Rice was a good man,

REILLY:

I want to work this.

PLUCHINSKY:

You're vice, not homicide. Besides, you don't

have the experience and you're too personally

involved.

REILLY:

But sir--

WINTERS:

You know the rules. You're off the street

`til I.A.D. clears the investigation. Now go

home and clean yourself up, get some rest...

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