Danger Is My Business

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In chapter 9 of THE HEISTERS, we flash forward back to the aftermath of the robbery gone wrong, where Kelsey and the gang are all holed up at Ronan's motel room planning on how to get the money back, when Kelsey has a startling announcement ...


INT. RONAN’S HOTEL ROOM - DAY
Blinds are drawn. A heavy haze of smoke hangs in the air.
And the smell of sweat. Desperation. Anger.

Everyone’s seated on the couch,
the floor, and all available chairs.

Becky puts a bowl of chips and dip on the coffee table.
If you didn’t know better, you’d think it was a party.

KASPER
But I still say how do we know it wasn’t one of us?

RONAN
If YOU ripped off a million bucks,
would YOU still be in town?

JEFTY
No shit. If I’d jacked the cash,
I’d be LONG GONE, baby --

CHICK
Well, that WOULD be the perfect cover.
Steal the dough, then stay holed up like the rest of us --

LUDO
That’s stupid. We’re all paired up.
How could anyone do THAT?

CHICK
Well, we were all paired up except for --

RONAN
HEY. I fucking PUT THIS JOB TOGETHER.
You think I’m going to double cross all of you?

LUDO
(shrugs)
It’s happened before --

KELSEY
ENOUGH, all of you.
I had the fucking money,
I was gone for TEN FUCKING MINUTES,
and nobody knew where I was except RONAN,
who I called right after the shit went down.
(beat)
If we’re going to get the money back,
we’re going to have to work together,
and not BICKER like a bunch
of fucking school kids, GOT IT?

Pause.

KELSEY
Alright. It’s settled --
(beat)
Now, like I told you, Jackie Tempel
was stabbed through the neck with a samurai sword
he had hanging over the bed.
That makes it a crime of passion,
so we’re looking for some chick
he was seeing -- and dumped.
Or cheated on.

LUDO
And how are we going to find HER?

Kelsey pulls out the kid’s cell.
Holds it up. Smiles.

KELSEY
I grabbed his phone.
And looking through all the names on it,
we’ve got ourselves a nice little list of chickies.

KASPER
So our boy was a player --

JEFTY
We gonna play 'ding-dong bitch?'

RONAN
I told you she was smart --

CHICK
So what’s the plan, then?

KELSEY
We’ve got five names --
(beat)
I want each of you to check out one of them. Tonight.

LUDO
What are you going to do?

KELSEY
Glad you asked.
(smiles)
I’m going to pay a little visit
to the homicide detective in charge of the case.
See if there are any names we don’t know about.

KASPER
But won’t that be -- dangerous?

KELSEY
Not a problem.
(beat)
Danger is my business.