Thursday, 30 January 2020

Harm Reduction Part Twenty-Five: The Cliff





Ext. shot of AARON arriving at at strange house in a blazer and tie. He is carrying a briefcase. When he arrives at the front door he pauses, takes, a deep breath, and knocks.
JASPER opens the front door and nods his head signalling for AARON to follow him in. AARON and JASPER go up a flight of stairs and walk into a room where KW is sitting on a large billowy chair and JUSTIN is sitting shirtless and bloodied on a small wooden stool. His hands are cuffed behind his back.


AARON: (seeing JUSTIN)
Holy fuck. 

JUSTIN:
Aaron.

KW:
Is that the case?

JUSTIN:
What the fuck is going on?

KW:
Fuck Justin. Shut the fuck up.
Open the case.

AARON opens the case. There are several piles of cash in need stacks.

KW:
Hand it over.

JUSTIN:
Are you fucking paying for me?

KW:
Fuck Justin. What the fuck is wrong with you?

JUSTIN:
I just want to say...

JASPER walks over and punches JUSTIN in the face.

JUSTIN:
Hot.

KW:
20K?

AARON:
Ya.

AARON hands the case to KW. He picks out some of the money and flips through it.

KW:
Ok done. Get out.

AARON points at JUSTIN.

AARON:
Are you going to unlock him?

KW:
No. Get out.

AARON:
Deal is I pay you and I get him.

KW:
No.

AARON:
C'mon man. Petey just gave me a ton of money to settle this.

KW:
It's settled.

A gun appears at AARON's temple. JASPER is holding it to his head.

KW:
It appears me and Jasper are in agreement that you should leave.

JASPER cocks the gun. AARON raises his hands in the air.

AARON:
Ok. Ok. Ok. This is fucking wrong.

AARON turns to leave. In the reflection of a cracked mirror on the wall he sees Justin.
AARON pulls a gun out of his pants. He fires two shots. One hits JASPER in the centre of his forehead and theother into K.W>'s heart. They drop.
JUSTIN looks up at AARON who is shaking in disbelief of what he has just done.

JUSTIN:
Holy fuck.

They stare at each other.

JUSTIN:
The keys to the cuffs are over there in te cabinet. Second drawer down. Get me out of these things and I'll tell you what we're gonna do...