Psycho Page #5

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He rises, reels toward Lowery's office, pauses, turns, speaks

to Mary, meaningfully.

CASSIDY:

Honest. I can keep any private

transaction a secret... any pri....

(stopped by Mary's

cold gaze)

Lowery! I'm dyin' of thirstaroonie!

Lowery starts after him, pauses, turns to Mary. Cassidy has

gone into Lower's office.

LOWERY:

(quietly)

I don't even want it in the office

over the weekend. Put it in the safe

deposit box, at the bank, Mary. And

we'll get him to give us a check on

Monday - instead.

He starts quickly away when it looks like Cassidy is going

to come and pull him bodily into the office. When the men

are gone and the door is closed, Caroline picks up a bundle,

smiles at it.

CAROLINE:

He was flirting with you. I guess he

noticed my wedding ring.

Mary has put one bundle into a large envelope and takes the

other from Caroline. When the bills are away, she puts the

filled envelope in her handbag, notices the remaining deed

copies on her desk, picks them up, goes to the private office

door, knocks, starts to open door as:

LOWERY (O.S.)

Come in.

INT. LOWERY'S PRIVATE OFFICE - (DAY)

Mary opens door, looks in. Cassidy is drinking from a large

tumbler, winks at her without pausing in his drinking. Mary

remains on threshold a moment, then crosses to the desk,

talking as she goes.

MARY:

The copies. Mr. Lowery, if you don't

mind, I'd like to go right on home

after the bank. I have a slight...

CASSIDY:

You go right home! Me and your boss

are going out to get ourselves a

little drinkin' done!

(to Lowery)

Right?

LOWERY:

(to Mary)

Of course. You feeling ill?

MARY:

A headache.

CASSIDY:

You need a week-end in Las Vegas...

playground of the world!

MARY:

I'm going to spend this week-end in

bed.

(starts out)

CASSIDY:

(to Lowery)

Only playground that beats Las Vegas!

Mary goes back out into the outer office, closes door.

INT. OUTER OFFICE - (DAY)

Mary goes to her desk, takes the handbag, checks to make

sure the money-filled envelope is tucked well down into it.

During this:

CAROLINE:

Aren't you going to take the pills?

(as Mary shakes her

head)

They'll knock that headache out.

MARY:

I don't need pills... just sleep.

She goes to the door.

DISSOLVE:

INT. MARY'S BEDROOM - (DAY)

A double bed in the foreground. We just see the far side as

the CAMERA SHOOTS across. Mary enters the scene, clad only

in her slip. Perhaps she is about to get into bed. Behind

her is an open closet, but too dark inside for us to see any

contents. As Mary turns to the closet the CAMERA LOWERS to

show a close view of the $40,000 in the envelope on our side

of the bed.

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