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JACK I didn't think you were the type for a greasy spoon.
AVA There are lots of things you wouldn't expect about me Mr. MacMurray.
Jack slides into the booth next to her.
JACK What do you need Ava.
AVA Going right for it, Jack. Give a woman a chance to warm up.
She clanks her spoon in her teacup.
AVA (CONT'D) Before Ava Blundt there was a scared young girl desperate for a roof and a meal. Desperate creatures do desperate things. There is a video, an unsavory video, that would be ruinous if it were seen by the public. |
A young GREASER drops a dime in a payphone. A young GREASER drops a dime in a payphone.
GREASER Yeah boss, I'm at Marlowes, watching Ms Blundt... (beat) I know, sorry. Mrs. Gridge. Right well, she ain't alone. (beat) The detective.
The Greaser hangs up, proud of himself. |
JACK And you want me to make sure it doesn't. Doesn't Fred have people who can take care of it...
AVA Who do you think has the video? (beat) Despite what you might think Jack, my husband is not an upstanding member of society. I would have left him long ago if it wasn't...
JACK For this video.
AVA Ava Blundt is a glamorous actress, not a starlet draped on the arm of a 16-bit pornographer. He's holding me back Jack. Keeping me from my potential. You want me to reach my full potential, don't you? I'm a desperate woman. |
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JACK (V.O.) The honeytrap is set, and I can see it a mile away. But it's sweet, and better than anything I got.
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