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BOBBY:

Well, I could use something cool.

EXT. DESERT ROAD - DAY

BOBBY rides along with GRACE in her JEEP.

GRACE:

Where you coming from?

BOBBY:

All over. Chicago, Houston, Detroit. Just

lately Dallas.

GRACE:

You've been around.

BOBBY:

I guess I've got wander in my blood.

GRACE:

Where you headed?

BOBBY:

I don't know. I have to make a stop in

Vegas. Business to finish. Then maybe

I'll head to Santa Barbara. I might be

able to pick up some action there.

GRACE:

So, what is it you do, Mister...?

BOBBY:

Cooper. Bobby Cooper. Oh you know, whatever

pays best. Little bartending, used to teach

tennis, played a little competition ...

(drops it).

GRACE:

I never played tennis. You just travel

around Bobby-- no direction, no steady

work. You must like taking chances.

BOBBY:

If you're going to gamble, might as well

play for high stakes.

GRACE:

What happens when you lose?

BOBBY:

I pack up and go somewhere else.

GRACE (wistfully)

Somewhere else. I've never been anywhere

else. Just once. Years ago. Went to the

State Fair. It was nice, but it wasn't

nothing.

BOBBY:

I couldn't stay in this place. I wouldn't.

I'd just pick up, do whatever I had to do,

and get out.

Grace looks to Bobby and smiles.

GRACE:

Sometimes I feel the exact same way.

INT. GRACE'S BEDROOM/BATHROOM - LATER - DAY

BOBBY, naked, steps into the shower and turns on the water. It

shoots from the shower head and cascades over his body. As the

water falls over him we hear a Russian accented voice:

VOICE(V.O.)

I want my money.

Bobby press his left hand against the white tile to steady

himself. His hand is curled in such a way we cannot see his

pinky or ring finger. Bobby leans back in the shower. Just as

he does:

EXT. ALLEY - NIGHT

It is raining hard. Matching the backwards motion of the last

scene BOBBY is thrown violently against a brick wall, facing

out.

VOICE(V.O.)

I want my money.

BOBBY:

Look, I'll get the money! You don't want to

do this!

VOICE (V.O.)

Take two for now. One a week, punk...

Bobby is being pressed against the wall by two muscular GOONS.

Another MAN stands partially hidden behind the goon's frame.

With one hand one goon flattens Bobby's hand against the brick,

with his other he clips two fingers off with a GARDEN SHEAR. We

see Bobby's face in agonizing pain, then he slides screaming to

the ground until he is framed between the legs of the men.

As Bobby clutches his left hand the rainwater runs in streaks

down his ashen, blank face.

INT. GRACE'S BEDROOM/BATHROOM - MOMENTS LATER

We see BOBBY's face reliving the experience as once again we

hear the voice.

VOICE (V.O.)

Two weeks, a**hole. Get the money or you

gonna lose your nose and ears.

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