Thursday, November 11, 2010

Daddy's Dead



Happy Thursday, crime slicksters! It's time once again to take a trip to the dark side, where the girls are hot, the drinks are cold, and the hardboiled-pulp-noir action is non-stop, right here, at the coolest crime joint in cyberspace ... at That Killing Feeling.

In Chapter 9 of LEGS, things really heat up when private eye Carrie Love returns a voicemail from her client Dick Daerr, only to get her ex, homicide detective Bernie Keko on the line. The reason? Dick's been killed, so Carrie races over to the scene of the crime ...


INT. THE CHEETAH LOUNGE - BAR - NIGHT
Carrie sits at the far end of the
back bar away from the madness.

Pulls out her cell phone.
Checks her messages.

CARRIE
He called already?
(pushes buttons, listens)
Dick, it’s Carrie Love.
We have to talk --

INTERCUT WITH:

INT. DICK’S MANSION - STUDY - NIGHT
The porn shoot’s long gone.
But not Dick.

He’s at his desk with his throat cut.
Drenched in blood.

A swarm of CRIME SCENE TECHNICIANS
and COPS work the room.

And Bernie’s there.
Talking on Dick’s cell phone.

BERNIE
That makes two of us, Legs.

CARRIE
Bernie?
What are you doing
with Dick’s phone?

BERNIE
Not much.
Just standing here
looking at his dead body.

CARRIE
WHAT?

BERNIE
When I heard on the dispatch
that he was killed,
I raced right over.
He’s the guy
who hired you, right?

CARRIE
Uh, yeah --

BERNIE
I pulled his
daughter’s rap sheet,
but I didn’t find much.
But it’s too big
of a coincidence that
he gets killed
the same day he hires you.

CARRIE
No shit.
(beat)
I talked to her roommate.
She told me he was
blackmailing her
with sex tapes
of the two of them together --

BERNIE
Smells like a motive to me --

CARRIE
I dunno.
Why would he hire me
to find someone
he was trying to blackmail?
It doesn’t add up.
I’m gonna go check
out the apartment --
but first I’m coming over.

BERNIE
NO. I need you to stay
where you are
and check out the club --

CARRIE
No can do, Bernie.
My client was KILLED.
I wanna see the crime scene.
See you soon.

She SNAPS the phone shut.

BERNIE
Carrie, NO --
(listens)
Legs? You there?
(SNAPS the phone shut)
SHIT.

Jonna slides onto
the seat next to Carrie.

Now in her civvies.
Sprayed-on jeans and --
the gauzy baby doll.

JONNA
Ready to split, detective?

CARRIE
Yeah.
But we gotta make a stop first.

JONNA
Where?

CARRIE
Her father’s joint.

JONNA
(alarmed)
Why?

PUSH IN ON Carrie’s face.
CRUNCHING an ice cube.

CARRIE
Daddy’s dead.

2 comments:

  1. YES!! There is justice... but, wait a minute... who killed Daddy? Dina! I want to sit on that jury , 'cause no way is that girl going to prison!

    Hmmm... I'm thinking not Dina... she ran away... afraid... she wouldn't get close enough to cut his throat... more like a bullet or eight to the chest...

    Thinkin' this was someone who knew him and he was comfortable with...

    So... who else was Dick "dickin'" around with? :)

    The Plot Thickens.... muaahh!!! LOL!!

    Okay... time to go read the Friday surprise!

    xoxoxo <3 <3

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  2. The plot thickens, indeed ...

    And I think you're going to be VERY surprised to find out who dicked with DICK ... <3

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