Dexter Page #18

Angel nudges the severed hand aside, taps an exposed femur.

ANGEL (CONT'D)

Look -- all bone. The killer, flayed

the skin completely off. Why would he

do that?

Dexter takes a breath, looks at Angel.

DEXTER:

He's experimenting. Trying to find the

right way.

40.

ANGEL:

Is he experimenting with the head too?

DEXTER:

What do you mean?

ANGEL:

I mean, la bestia took her f***ing

head. There isn't one around here and

God knows what he's doing with it.

Dexter stares at Angel, gets up and slowly walks away deep in

thought.

DEXTER (V.O.)

He's certainly raising the bar. Damn,

this guy is good.

CUT TO:

INT. DEXTER'S CIVIC - IN FRONT OF RITA'S HOUSE - MIAMI, FL -

SAME:

The Civic stops. Dexter and Rita sit in silence, then -

RITA:

Will they catch him soon?

DEXTER:

Doubt it. The killer is an artist...

RITA:

(confused)

What do you mean?

But now Dexter's in his own world and he says very softly...

DEXTER:

His technique...it's incredible.

RITA:

What..? Dex, I can hardly hear what

you're...

But before she finishes, Dexter SUDDENLY leans over and

KISSES HER, long and hard on the mouth.

She pushes him away -- a look of horror crosses her face. She

pats her dress down, frantically runs her hands through her

hair.

41.

RITA (CONT'D)

I'm sorry...I don't think I want to --

I mean, I'm not ready for -- Damn it,

Dexter. WHY!?

She unbuckles her seat belt, jerks the door handle up, jumps

out of the car, SLAMS the door shut -- runs into her house.

BACK ON DEXTER:

DEXTER (V.O.)

What have I done now? I'm not even

interested. And why can't I get that

neat stack of body parts out of my

head.

(beat)

No blood.

(beat)

Why did I kiss her?

And as we push in tight to Dexter's face, we -

CUT TO:

INT. LIVING ROOM - DEXTER'S APARTMENT - COCONUT GROVE - LATER

And Dexter looks grim and angry -- sits at his desk, faces

his computer -- the large ÒJaworski FileÓ just inches from

his fingers and right next to that, is the same porn magazine

we saw in Jaworski's apartment.

Dexter pounds away on the keyboard and as the images on the

computer screen reflect off his face, his shoulders tighten,

and his eyes turn cold and black.

DEXTER (V.O.)

That's it. He's definitely the one.

(beat)

ÒScream and Cream.Ó The mother of all

rape sites.

PLAYING ON THE SCREEN

Is a grainy video of the attractive, but the struggling,

desperate Jane Saunders is tied down to a stained mattress

lying on a filthy basement floor -- and humping away on top

of her is -- a short, stocky, masked man with the same

tattooed hands we saw on Jaworski.

42.

It's unseemly and nauseating, then it becomes pure evil as we

watch Jaworski climax, reach under the mattress, pull out a

knife, and as he raises it high in the air, we -

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