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BOB
That’s rude.
EILEEN Damn right it’s rude. Rude gets the job done. It’s also right. STANLEY Eileen. We’ll talk about this offline. OK? (Eileen start to speak) OK? Eileen sits back in her chair raising her hands in mock innocence. Day one is off with a bang. EXT. BOARDROOM - LATER Meeting over. Eileen beelines for her desk, takes out her phone, finds a name and dials. EILEEN (INTO PHONE) Hey, Pete. Eileen Fitzgerald. Yeah, it has been a minute. Good. I’m... Eileen pulls back her chair to sit--A SEVEN YEAR OLD BOY pops out from under her desk. She jumps. EILEEN (CONT'D) Ah! The KID blows past her, never looking up from his iPad. She watches the Kid disappear under another desk. EILEEN (CONT'D)
Sorry about that, I saw a... bug. Hey look, I need some help getting hold of some police records. In Anchorage. Alaska. (Quietly) No, I’m not really back in the game, just helping a friend at the Daily News here but if anyone asks for a name use... (Checks over her shoulder)
Bob Young. Editor-at-large. Yeah. I gotta jump into a meeting, can I email you the details? Thanks Pete. She hangs up, checks under her seat again. WTF? FEMALE VOICE (O.S.) Eileen?
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