All You Can Eat

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In Chapter 16 of THE INVISIBLE GIRL, after getting revenge on a couple of the popular kids, Lonny gets concerned with Bettie starts binge eating ... and drinking ...


INT. READY’S BEDROOM CLOSET - DAY
Ready’s lifeless body hangs by the neck
from a rope of ties tied to
a pipe near the ceiling.

Lane stands nearby looking at him.
Shakes her head sadly.
Pulls out her radio.

LANE
This is officer Diamond.
The ten-fifty-six is confirmed,
do you copy?
(listens)
White male, age seventeen.
The mother found him.
I’m going to interview her now.
(listens)
Tell me about it --

INT. LONNY’S KITCHEN - DAY
Lonny sits at the kitchen table
eating a giant piece of cake.

The refrigerator door FLIES OPEN.
Food items starts coming out
and landing on the counter.
He watches. Smiling.

The packaging on a loaf of bread OPENS.
A slice comes FLYING out. Then another.
They land on a plate.

BETTIE (V.O.)
I’m so hungry I could eat a CHEERLEADER.

A jar of mayonnaise OPENS.
A drawer slides out.

A knife FLIES UP and goes to the jar.
Starts spreading mayo on the bread.

BETTIE (V.O.)
For the first time in my life,
I feel ALIVE.

A package of cold cuts opens up.
Slices of baloney start FLYING UP
and land on the bread.

More slices keep piling on,
until the whole package is used up.

Then a package of cheese opens.
Cheddar slices FLY UP
and land on the meat --
until the package is empty.

LONNY
That’s an awfully BIG sandwich, Bettie.
You sure you can eat all that?

The other piece of bread
turns over and lands on top,
forming a six-inch-thick MONSTER.

It floats up -- and a big BITE
is taken out of it with a GROWL.
Loud CHOMPING noises.

Then it starts getting DEVOURED as if
by some beaver-from-buzzsaw-hell.

Food SPRAYS in the air like confetti
as it gets CHOMPED on -- and then disappears.

A loud BURP.

BETTIE (V.O.)
That sure hit the spot.
Several, actually.
(unearthly, spooky laughter)
BWAHAHAHAHA --

LONNY
Are you -- okay, Bettie?

BETTIE (V.O.)
Okay? Okay? OKAY?
(beat)
I’m just getting STARTED.

Footsteps go to the fridge.
The door FLIES OPEN.

A WHOLE CHICKEN comes FLYING OUT.
It, too gets DEVOURED in a
BUZZSAW SPRAY OF LOUD CHOMPING.
Meat FLIES in the air.

Bettie BURPS.

BETTIE (V.O.)
Now THAT’S food for thought.
(beat)
BWAHAHAHAHA --

LONNY
Holy SHIT.

BETTIE (V.O.)
Thirsty.

Cabinet doors start
FLYING OPEN AND CLOSED.

Finally, at the end,
we see the liquor stash.

A brown bottle comes
FLYING DOWN. The cap OPENS --

LONNY
Hey. That’s my dad’s --

BETTIE (V.O.)
Aged 25 years? NICE.

The bottle tips up,
and we hear her start
CHUGGING IT DOWN.

PUSH IN ON Lonny’s face.
Freaking out.

LONNY
Bettie. What’s wrong?
Are you OKAY?