October Gale Page #5

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we're in trouble.

WILL:
Yeah, I've

seen that guy before.

HELEN:
Well, he's a local.

He's done odd jobs for

us over the years.

Always in and out of jail.

WILL:
For what?

HELEN:
Just gambling debts.

WILL:
So he knows the area.

HELEN:
He knows it well. We

come up just for the weekends

he's spent his whole life here.

[LIGHT RAIN]

WILL:
How good are

you with that thing?

HELEN:
Very good.

WILL:
Good.

HELEN:
Do you want to

make us some coffee?

WILL:
Sure.

HELEN:
Black.

One sugar.

[PIANO SCORE]

[HEAVY RAIN AND WIND]

WILL:
Hey, hey, hey!

What are you doing?

We could use those!

HELEN:
I don't want a goddamn

crowbar used against me.

WILL:
They've got guns, what are

they going to want with an axe?

HELEN:
I don't want to find out.

WILL:
Okay, but I'm

keeping the crowbar.

We've got to do something

about the dock.

HELEN:
Come on.

WILL:
Nope. Lights are out.

HELEN:
It's a blown fuse.

[TESTS DRILL]

WILL:
Got it.

HELEN:
That's good.

HELEN:
Ah!

HELEN:
Maybe they

won't make it.

WILL:
Yeah, the

weather's pretty bad.

HELEN:
They might not make it.

[HOWLING WIND, RAIN AND THUNDER]

WILL:
You alright?

You want to play some cribbage?

WILL:
Good.

Not great.

Fifteen two, fifteen

four, fifteen six,

fifteen eight.

And a pair for the win.

[DISTANT THUNDER]

HELEN:
Who taught

you to play anyway?

Hm?

WILL:
Um, my brother.

Yeah, we used to play a lot.

HELEN:
Are you close?

WILL:
Yeah, we were.

You know, it's funny.

You think you can always

just turn it around.

Like no matter what, you

can just walk it back.

But you can't.

I know you know that.

But there's this

other part of you

that knows you've got

to get on with it.

Like you never forget about

it, you never forget.

But you've got to

get on with it.

You just decide that

this awful thing

you make it count.

From here on out,

you make it count.

HELEN:
Another round?

[OMINOUS SCORE]

[CLOSE THUNDER]

WAITRESS:
Can I get you a beer?

TOM:
No thanks, love.

WILL:
Hey, Will.

WILL:
Hey.

[BAR MUSIC]

TOM:
Any good?

WILL:
Yeah, it's good.

TOM:
622 affairs?

WILL:
Yeah, I'm not there yet.

The girl I was

seeing gave it to me.

TOM:
Did it work out?

WILL:
Oh no.

TOM:
Was it worth it?

WILL:
Yeah.

TOM:
I bought a Thunderbird.

WILL:
[LAUGHS]

WILL:
She need a lot of work?

TOM:
Nothing that

can't be fixed.

WILL:
How'd you find me, Tom?

You always think

there's going to be a little

bit more time, you know.

And it just runs out.

Sorry about this, Will.

[OMINOUS SCORE]

[HEAVY WIND AND RAIN]

[THUNDER]

[ALL SOUNDS SEGUE

TO A BOAT MOTOR]

AL:
There. That

one, right there.

HELEN:
I'm scared.

WILL:
I'm scared too.

Sh*t, but they found us.

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