LA Confidential.pdf - Screenplay.com
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When?<br />
EXLEY<br />
LYNN<br />
Right now, before I back down.<br />
Where is he?<br />
EXLEY<br />
Lynn gestures ahead. They walk to her car. She opens<br />
the back door. Bud's in the back. Braces on his legs,<br />
head sutured. Jaw wired shut and tubes running in and<br />
out. But his hands still look strong. Bud forces a<br />
smile through the wires, tries to say something, but<br />
can't.<br />
EXLEY<br />
Thanks for the push.<br />
Exley takes his hand. Bud squeezes till both men wince.<br />
EXLEY<br />
You just did what you did. No<br />
rank, no glory.<br />
Exley slips his Medal of Valor into Bud's hand.<br />
EXLEY<br />
From me to you. It'll mean<br />
something if it's yours.<br />
Bud takes it, turns away so Exley won't see the tears.<br />
LYNN<br />
We should go now.<br />
As Exley steps back, Lynn closes the door. PARTY noises<br />
drift from upstairs. Exley looks to Lynn.<br />
EXLEY<br />
Do you think I ever could've been<br />
in the running?<br />
LYNN<br />
Some men get the world. Others<br />
get ex-hookers and a trip to<br />
Arizona.<br />
A beat. Exley wishes he'd gotten the trip to Arizona.<br />
She kisses him on the cheek, gets in the CAR. STARTS it.<br />
Exley looks back at Bud. Bud presses his hands to the<br />
glass. Exley touches his side, palms half the man's<br />
size. Hands against hands.
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