INT.
LIBRARY - DAY — FLASHBACK
The will reading, the family assembled. Ransom sits in back, a
sly smile on his face as the will is read.
BLANC (V.O.)
He goes to the will reading in high
spirits, ready to see the family tear
themselves apart, secure in the
knowledge that it will all be undone
when the tox report comes to light.
And then...
INT. RESTAURANT — NIGHT - FLASHBACK
Beers stacked up. Marta has just confessed. Ransom's face is
unreadable.
BLANC (V.O.)
Marta's confession. And everything
turns on its head. Now he realizes
that Marta has committed no crime,
and the tox report will prove her
innocence. The changed will is going
to stand. He has lost. Unless.
INT. LIBRARY
Blanc rounds on Ransom.
BLANC
Unless you decide.
INT. RESTAURANT — NIGHT - FLASHBACK
Ransom giving Marta his pep talk -
RANSOM
...you're not going to give up the
money.
INT. LIBRARY
BLANC
You are not going to give up the
money.
INT. RESTAURANT — NIGHT - FLASHBACK
RANSOM
You've come this far!
INT. LIBRARY
BLANC
You have come this far. Just one
step further. Just one last act, in
for a penny, in for a pound. You
decide. You are in.
CLOSE ON: A lighter ignites a rag stuffed in a tin gas can.
THE CAN: Being thrown through a window in a brick wall.
INT. MEDICAL EXAMINERS OFFICE MORGUE - FLASHBACK
Empty, dark. The flaming can falls in slow motion from the
high window. Hits the floor, ignites.
BLANC (V.O.)
Step one: destroy all evidence of
Marta's innocence.
The flames dance in the reflection of a glass case of
refrigerated BLOOD SAMPLES.
