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PATCHETT<br />

Wait. Our deal still holds?<br />

Bud nods, his patience running thin.<br />

PATCHETT<br />

I needed a Rita Hayworth to fill<br />

out my little studio.<br />

BUD<br />

What little studio?<br />

PATCHETT<br />

There's Gardner, Hepburn, Grable,<br />

Turner. Lynn Bracken is my<br />

Veronica Lake. I use girls who<br />

look like movie stars. Sometimes<br />

I employ a plastic surgeon.<br />

BUD<br />

That's why her mother couldn't<br />

I.D. her... Jesus fucking Christ.<br />

PATCHETT<br />

No, Mr. White. Pierce Morehouse<br />

Patchett. Now, I sense you're on<br />

your best behavior, but that's all<br />

I'll give you. If you persist,<br />

I'll meet you with my attorney.<br />

Now, would you like Miss Bracken's<br />

address? I doubt she knows<br />

anything, but --<br />

BUD<br />

I got her address.<br />

PATCHETT<br />

Of course... this is personal with<br />

you, isn't it, Mr. White?<br />

Bud turns, heads down the walk. Patchett hits his golf<br />

ball. It lands just past the koi pond, with the rest.<br />

Ice.<br />

EXT. 1736 NOTTINGHAM, LOS FELIZ (LYNN BRACKEN'S) - DAY<br />

A modern-looking triplex. A projector's flicker strobes<br />

against the closed curtains. We hear a PHONE RING.<br />

INT. 1736 NOTTINGHAM (LYNN BRACKEN'S) - DAY<br />

The film is This Gun For Hire with Alan Ladd and Veronica<br />

Lake. It's projected on a wall in front of which stands<br />

Lynn Bracken and an OLDER GENTLEMAN, in his underwear.<br />

Lynn's long, blonde hair hangs down over one eye. She

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