My Kingdom For A Whore

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In Chapter 23 of FULL BODY, Israeli homicide dick Ben Fleck interviews Australian masseuse Lindsay Lett about the murder of coworker Reynolds Tan. Meanwhile, at the Croatian embassy ball for Princess Stephanie von Sturm Und Drang, underworld kingpin Yuri Vlaovic sees his supposedly dead wife Mavra ... and starts following her ...


INT. POLICE PRECINCT - INTERROGATION ROOM - NIGHT
Fleck looks at his clipboard.
Glares at Lindsey. Fidgety.

FLECK
And what is YOUR real name?

LINDSEY
Lina Best.
Call me Lina.

FLECK
Ms. Best, how long
have you worked at --

LINDSEY
Too long, almost a year.

FLECK
Did you know Ms. Tan well?

LINDSEY
Sort of, we never hung out
or anything, she wasn’t very, uh --

FLECK
Friendly?

LINDSEY
(nods)
But I don’t think
she was a bad person.

FLECK
Did she have any -- enemies --
that you knew of?

LINDSEY
Well, she and Ayanna
didn’t get along,
but I don’t think
Ayanna wanted to kill her --

FLECK
Why didn’t they get along?

LINDSEY
Ayanna was next
in line for receptionist?
But Reynolds ended up
getting the job.

FLECK
How did she do that?

LINDSEY
She, uh -- fucked the boss.

FLECK
(looks at notes)
That would be -- Etya?

LINDSEY
No, that was Victor,
who Yuri fired.

FLECK
Because of that?

LINDSEY
Yeah.
(beat)
And because he embezzled
a half-million bucks.

FLECK
Where is he now?

LINDSEY
I dunno.
Last I heard -- he disappeared.

INT. CROATIAN EMBASSY - BALLROOM - AT THAT MOMENT
Yuri sits at the bar.
POUNDS down a shot.

Watches the throng.
Lights a cigar.

Nods to the music.
Looks at --

OMAR TURGENOFF
rocking out with his FAT WIFE.
Beauty and the feast.

YURI’S
head SNAPS to the right.
He sees --

MAVRA
strutting regally toward
the terrace doors.

YURI
Mavra.
He grabs his drink.
Follows her.

MAVRA
steps outside in the cool air.

Spies Silke and Elvissa.
Dark angels in the moonlight.

SILKE
There you are.
Resplendent with danger.

MAVRA
You’re such a tease.

ELVISSA
Hey.
What about me?

Silke PINCHES Elvissa’s butt.

ELVISSA
Ow!

SILKE
(SMACKS her ass)_
Don’t be jealous, love.
Daddy have plenty enough
to go around.
(to Mavra)
So vat’s the plan?

YURI
moves in the shadows.

Steps behind a plant.
Listens.

MAVRA
starts walking toward the gate.
Silke and Elvissa follow.

MAVRA
Come.
We’re going to storm castle.
I trust you brought your toys.

YURI
watches them leave.
Pulls out his cell phone.
Dials.

YURI
(listens)
C’mon, pick up,
you little twat.

ON THE BALCONY
Dead Girl Scout lies
in a pool of blood
in the dark.

Her phone RINGS --
X-Ray Spex’s OH, BONDAGE UP YOURS.

Nearby, a GOTH COUPLE
is making out.

The girl, a white-faced vision
in a blood-soaked
white wedding dress
pulls away.

GOTH BRIDE
Oooh.
I love this song --