Loser's Promise - Calling Gina after the heist...

Excerpt from the Screenplay: Loser's Promise by Brad Havens

(formatted for this blog post)


EXT. RESIDENTIAL STREET- DAY 

It's a beautiful day, but the bright sun takes its toll as Loser sweats and walks at a good clip along the sidewalk. He talks on the cell phone, channeling his anger into his stride. 

From here, intercut as necessary. 


                                                                LOSER 

                    Gina, it's me -

                                                                GINA 

                    Who is this? 

                                                                LOSER 

                    Don't do that, Gina! Don't even fucking pretend! It's Frank! 

                                                                GINA 

                    Frank! Oh, my god where are you? 

                                                                LOSER 

                    I'm standing in the middle of nowhere! Some suburban maze-

                                                                GINA 

                    What are you doing there? 

                                                                LOSER                 

                    I'm heading north. 

                                                                GINA 

                    Listen, I th-

                                                                LOSER 

                    What the fuck happened back there, Gina? 

                                                                GINA 

                    What-

                                                                LOSER 

                    Tell me you didn't set me up. Please don't tell me you set me up again-

                                                                GINA 

                    No, Jesus, Frank, how can you even say that-? 

                                                                LOSER 

                    What the fuck happened, Gina? Where's the fuckin' money? I mean I’m not 

                    tryin’ to be greedy, I just want my cut-

                                                                GINA 

                    Will you shut up for two seconds? I don't know what happened, I wasn't 

                    there with you-

                                                                LOSER 

                    I'll tell you what the fuck happened! Your "inside man" flipped a bitch and 

                    started a rumble with all those apes in suits-

                                                                GINA 

                    Watch it, Frank- we're on cell phones-

                                                                LOSER 

                    I don't care! Are you listening? Your boys split! Left Clyde and me to clean up! 

                                                                GINA 

                    Oh, god. Then what? 

                                                                LOSER 

                    It got messy real quick.

                                                                GINA 

                    Frank, listen to me. I don't know what’s happening. I waited by the loading dock, 

                    but nobody showed. I heard an alarm go off, so I counted to thirty, then I left. 

                                                               LOSER 

                    Where's the money? 

                                                                GINA 

                    I don't know! I don't have any money. Did you hear me? I'm all by myself here! 

                                                                LOSER 

                    Come get me-

                                                                GINA 

                    I can't. I'm ditching this heap and getting mine back. Where're you headed? 

                                                                LOSER 

                    Home. But I won't-

                                                                GINA 

                    Good. I'll meet you there. Give me a couple hours, okay? 

                                                                LOSER 

                    Great- no, hey perfect! All right then. I'll meet you at my place. If I'm not 

                    there when you get there, don't worry, I'll be-


But she’s already hung up.


Copyright 2020, Brad Havens. All Rights reserved.

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