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Right of Way 104
DALLESANDRO
I know you think I’m dirty, Russ --
NAPOLITANO
You said it, not me.
DALLESANDRO
You’ll be happy to hear we’re bringing in Duvane.
NAPOLITANO
She’s my daughter -- Rachel.
(beat)
Celeste denied it. I didn’t know back then what a liar she was. Rachel knows I’m innocent. That’s why that freak in the purple bathrobe is trying to kill her!
DALLESANDRO
We’ll find her, Russ. I won’t let Duvane...
NAPOLITANO
Wake up Judge LaSalle. All I need is twenty-four hours.
DALLESANDRO
You’re staying here until the arraignment. An emergency city council meeting’s being held tomorrow morning and you’re going nowhere near it.
NAPOLITANO
Council meeting for what?

Dallesandro smiles indulgently and approaches the cell.

DALLESANDRO
Didn’t you tell me once that in L.A. you have to re-invent yourself every now and then or people will forget about you?

Napolitano looks at him, waiting for it.

DALLESANDRO
Looks like you re-invented yourself as an ex-mayor murder suspect.

INT. THE ORDER - DUVANE’S STUDY - NIGHT

Rachel, unconscious, lies strapped to a gurney near Sydney, who sits groggily in a wheelchair. Duvane, holding a small paper bag, speaks to him softly so the TWO ORDERLIES standing nearby can’t hear.


 
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Eric Estrin