Dishonor Among Thieves

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In Chapter 20 of THE HEISTERS, robbery gang member Jefty Jones pays a visit to the squeeze of the thief the gang suspects of stealing the loot ... and walks right into a trap ...


EXT. OZONE AVENUE - NIGHT
Ozone Avenue. A bucolic, leafy walkway
street at the north end of Venice Beach.

A lone street lamp spills shards
of diffused light through the trees.
Quiet. Eerie.

Kasper walks down the sidewalk
flanked on each side by old houses
and small apartment buildings.

He looks at the numbers.
Stops at the gate
of a Craftsman bungalow.

KASPER
Number thirty-two.
This is it.

He looks at his clipboard. Thinking.

KASPER
You can do it.
You can do it.

Just then he hears the SQUAWK
of a police radio.

FEMALE DISPATCHER (O.C.)
(electronic)
-- jumper off the roof
at apartment complex,
see the building manager --

Footsteps CLOMP-CLOMP nearby --

KASPER
Shit.

He ducks behind a big tree. Watches --

Two HOMICIDE DETECTIVES approach on foot.
We recognize them as Nasty and Ugly
Homicide Detectives from earlier in the story.
Nasty speaks into his radio.

NASTY PLAINCLOTHES DICK
(into the radio)
This is Isaacs.
We’re at Ozone and Pacific
about to pick up a possible
suspect for questioning.
Send some uniforms.
We’ll be there as soon
as we can, copy?

FEMALE DISPATCHER (O.C.)
Copy that, over.

The radio SQUAWKS.

UGLY PLAINCLOTHES DICK
The stakeout is set up, right?
ISAACS
Yeah. They’ll pick up
anybody that comes to visit.
(puts the radio in his pocket)
C’mon, Nunn.
Let’s go see the pot dealer.

NUNN
Alleged pot dealer.

ISAACS
Yeah, RIGHT --

They start walking up
the path to the front door.

Kasper comes out from
behind the tree. Freaked.

KASPER
(whispers)
The fucking bitch.
It was HER -- it’s a SET-UP.