Double Feature

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In Chapter 20 of WILSHIRE BOULEVARD, private eye Carrie Love and production assistant Jenny Lane get up close and personal at Jenny's joint. Meanwhile, homicide dicks Bernie Keko and Aya Meir get a call on their radio about the murder of TV movie producer Roland Yavo ...


INT. JENNY’S APARTMENT BUILDING - NIGHT
Jenny and Carrie walk down
a dimly lit corridor.

JENNY
I’ve been trying to get
the landlord to fix the light.

They get to her door.

CARRIE
One quick drink
for the road.
I gotta find a place
to crash tonight.

Jenny puts her key in,
rattles the lock.
Flustered.

JENNY
The lock -- sticks.

INT. JENNY’S APARTMENT - NIGHT
Cute. Cozy. Homey, like a
senior-year dorm room.

Plants. Stuffed bookcases.
An Italian LA FEMME NIKITA poster.

CARRIE
La Femme Nikita, great flick.

JENNY
I LOVE Luc Besson.

CARRIE
Have you seen Leon?
I mean, thirteen-year old
Natalie Portman?
Hello.

JENNY
You mean The Professional?

CARRIE
That’s the Hollywood title.
The original title was Leon.
And in the original script,
they make love.
(meaningfully)
Raising the stakes --

Pause.

JENNY
So -- what do you want?
I’ve got beer, wine, scotch --

CARRIE
Scotch.
Make it a triple.
(off Jenny’s look)
My version of one drink --

INT. UNMARKED CAR - AT THAT MOMENT
Aya and Bernie sit in the car,
parked in front of a
designer coffee joint.

Sipping java.

AYA
Isn’t it a little late
to be visiting the widow?

BERNIE
Element of surprise.
In case there’s
any monkey business,
catches ‘em off guard.

The police radio SQUEALS.

DISPATCHER (V.O.)
All units in the vicinity
of Ocean Avenue and Colorado.
We’ve got a 10-54
at the Hotel California,
1670 Ocean Avenue.
See the night clerk.

BERNIE
Shit.
That’s right nearby --
(grabs the transmitter)
This is unit three-twelve.
We’ve got it.
On our way.
(to Aya)
Come on, let’s go.

Aya starts the car.
Pulls out of the parking lot.

INT./EXT. UNMARKED CAR - MOVING - CONTINUOUS

BERNIE
Take Wilshire all the way
to the ocean.

DISPATCHER (V.O.)
Bernie, it’s me, Roger.

BERNIE
(into the transmitter)
Hey, Roger.
Who’s the stiff?
Some tourist?
ROGER (V.O.)
You know that movie producer
that got snuffed this morning?

BERNIE
Yeah?

ROGER (V.O.)
It’s his partner.

BERNIE
Great.
Now it’s a double feature --