Shadow Dancer Screenplay - Raindance Film Festival

62.
She glances up. She has no idea what he’s talking about.
NEWSAGENT (CONT’D)
The kid the bastards shot. Declan
Walshe; he’s old Marian’s son
from number seventy-nine. She’s
had a rotten life, what with--
COLLETTE
He’s dead.
She points to the article. ANGLE on the headline: One dead
as IRA unit is ‘caught in the act.’
NEWSAGENT
(smiles)
My sister’s a nurse up at the
RVH. Word is he’s going to pull
through...
But COLLETTE has already gone...
EXT. COLLETTE’S STREET - CONTINUOUS.
She shoves the newspaper in the bin and stalks towards a
phone box on the corner.
She’s bloody terrified now...
INT. TELEPHONE BOX - CONTINUOUS
COLLETTE dials, hears...
A VOICE (O.S.)
How can I help?
COLLETTE
It’s Shadow Dancer. I need to
speak to Box Man.
A VOICE (O.S.)
One moment please.
She waits impatiently.
RYAN (O.S.)
Yes, Shadow Dancer.
David?
Yes.
COLLETTE
RYAN (O.S.)
COLLETTE
He’s alive.