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In Chapter 20 of RIDGEWAY, Big Boy's henchmen Jib Casey and Hoyt Youngblood bring a kid who stole from them to a remote cabin high atop a mountain to get him to confess to his dirty deeds ...


INT. SHITTY OLD CABIN - DAY
Big, Bald Brute and Mutton Chops,
who we recognize from
the opening scene,
drag the Kid we saw
tied to the chair
into the cabin.

His mouth has been duct taped,
wrists zip-tied tight.

BIG, BALD BRUTE
Gotcha now, shithead.

Meet JIB CASEY.
You don’t wanna mess
with this fucker.

Loves god, country
and the NRA.

Not necessarily
in that order.

MUTTON CHOPS
Thought you could
get away with it, huh?

Meet HOYT YOUNGBLOOD.
Makes Vin Diesel look like
Pee Wee Herman.

Puts the shit
in shit-kicker.

Jib THROWS the Kid into
a rickety wooden chair.

Hoyt starts tying
his legs to it.

HOYT
Big Boy’s mighty pissed.

JIB
Said we could do
anything we want.
As long as we
get ya to talk.

He pulls out a
rolled up tool kit.

Unwraps it with a flourish.
Proudly displays a series
of knives, hooks, pinchers
and various other
medieval-looking instruments.

JIB
So if you enjoy eatin’
corn on the cob,
better fess up right now.

KID
I didn’t take nothin,’
I swear.

Hoyt grins.
Reaches up.
GRABS his nose ring --

HOYT
I was hopin’
you’d say that.

YANKS it out.
Kid HOWLS.

Pops it in his mouth.
Sucks on it.

HOYT
Mmm. Salty.