Do You Realize How Fucked Up This Is?

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Before we get into today's installment from LITTLE GIRL BLUE, I'd like to fill you in a little bit of the history of this story.

As some of you have noticed, I specialize in hardboiled-pulp crime stories. Twisted, dark and DEPRAVED. I love to push the envelope, and try to take the viewer to places they haven't been before. And I'm making some headway. It looks like the Carrie Love story WILSHIRE BOULEVARD is about to be made into a minor motion picture.

But, about six months ago, before that got started, I decided to try something a little different, and decided to try my hand at something a little more 'commercial' ... and voila, we have LITTLE GIRL BLUE. At first I wasn't going to post this story here, because it's not as bloody, violent and evil as my usual work.

But then I thought, it DOES take place on Christmas Eve, and it IS that time of year, and perhaps some of my fans might get a kick out of seeing Carrie negotiate another mine field ...

Her family.

So, do not fear, dear reader, because after this story is done, we will return to the usual twisted, fucked up universe that you've come to know and love. And that's a promise.

So let's return to our story, where private eye Carrie Love has just rescued would-be stripper/college coed Blue Wonder from the evil clutches of white slave trafficker Tolly Chill and his goons, has escaped to her mother's house, and has enlisted the aid of her ex-partner/ex-husband Bernie Keko ... when to her horror, she discovers that Tolly and the gang have just arrived on her doorstep ...

INT. MARGO’S MANSION - STUDY - NIGHT

The gang’s all here. Margo lies in her hospital bed near the fireplace.

Seth and Blue sit on a love seat, making goo-goo eyes.

Carrie, Blue and Bernie sit on the couch.

MARGO

Well, if this isn’t the family reunion from hell.

CARRIE

Nice to see you, too Mom.

I don’t mean to be rude,

but we can only stay for a minute --

it’s kind on an emergency --

MARGO

(nods at Bernie)

Why is HE here?

I thought you gave him the heave-ho.

CARRIE

We’re still friends.

He’s -- helping me.

BERNIE

Nice to see you again, Mrs. Love.

MARGO

Call me Margo.

I haven’t been a 'Mrs. Love' in a long time.

(studies him)

Looks like you’ve put on some weight.

(looks at Blue)

Who’s the cupcake?

CARRIE

This is my client, Blue Wonder.

MARGO

'Blue Wonder?'

You gotta be fucking kidding me.

Sounds like a stripper.

(studies her)

But she looks -- too innocent.

BLUE

Thanks. I try.

Seth smiles at Blue.

She smiles back.

CARRIE

(to Bernie)

You bring your -- cutting thing?

BERNIE

(pulls them out of his pocket)

Tin snips.

MARGO

What the hell are THOSE for?

Blue puts her foot on the coffee table.

Flashes a long, lean leg.

Seth almost has a heart attack.

BLUE

Before Carrie rescued me --

the bad guys put this cuff on me.

Bernie’s gonna cut it off.

MARGO

Well, hurry it up, then.

Then we’ll have some egg nog.

BERNIE

Yes, Ma’am.

CARRIE

(to Margo)

We can’t stay, Mom.

Bernie leans over Blue’s ankle.

Starts cutting off the band around the cuff.

Carefully. Slowly.

BLUE

It -- tickles.

The doorbell RINGS.

MARGO

Who the hell could that be?

SETH

I’ll get it.

He starts for the door.

Carrie gets up.

CARRIE

Let me come with you.

(off his look)

Just in case.

EXT. MANSION - FRONT STEPS - NIGHT

Tolly and Porkpie stand in front of the door.

Mick and Aldo, behind them. Shivering in the cold.

INSIDE

Seth goes to the door.

Puts his hand on the knob.

CARRIE

Wait. Hold on a sec.

She goes to the peephole. Looks.

FISH EYE LENS POV

Tolly’s face. Distorted.

Grimacing from the cold.

CARRIE

Leaps back.

CARRIE (CONT’D)

Shit. It’s them.

SETH

Who’s 'them?'

Pause.

CARRIE

We were, uh -- followed.

SETH

Bad guys?

CARRIE

(sheepish)

Sorry.

SETH

Shit, Carrie -- how COULD you?

The doorbell RINGS again.

CARRIE

Look -- I was rescuing Blue, you called,

told me Mom had a stroke,

I needed to meet Bernie somewhere

where he could cut off the cuff --

(beat)

I’m SORRY.

I thought the snow would slow them down.

SETH

Do you realize how FUCKED UP this is?

CARRIE

YES. Calm down.

Bernie and I here.

It’s gonna be okay.

How’s the security system?

Mom still have what Dad installed?

SETH

Yeah. You know how paranoid she is.

It’s like Fort Knox. Ever since the riots --

CARRIE

Hold on a sec.

And DON’T open the door.

Carrie races over to the powder room.

Goes in.

IN THE POWDER ROOM

She looks out the window.

Sees Tolly and the gang.

IN THE FOYER

Carrie walks over to Seth.

CARRIE (CONT’D)

Okay, here’s the plan.

You call 911, I’ll go talk to the others.

It’s gonna be okay.

I’m gonna figure something out.

SETH

(scared)

You’re gonna 'figure something out?'

CARRIE

I’ll protect you, I promise.

Go to the rec room,

activate the fail safe, call 911,

get mom’s rifles,

then meet me back in the den, okay?

SETH

Okay.

CARRIE

It’s gonna be okay, I promise.

Have I ever steered you wrong?

SETH

You really want me to answer that?