GABE enters the hotel room, his black coat the only thing covering the large spatters of red on his white shirt underneath. His pale and panicked face is covered in red smears; he looks over to a single phone sitting in a dark corner of the room on a table. He’s fixated on it for a moment and then notices that he’s covered in blood. He rushes into the washroom and THROWS WATER on his face; he’s shaking and violently nervous.
THE PHONE RINGS this sends GABE into a panic, he’s terrified to answer the phone. After 3 long RINGS he finally answers; nearly in tears.
Gabe
Hello?
The Voice
You’re back? Gabe?
Gabe
Yes
The Voice
Both of you’re there?
Gabe
No, I don’t know what happened to Calin
The Voice
Did you do it?
Gabe
Yes
The Voice
Was it you or Calin?
Gabe
Calin killed him
The Voice
Stay there, wait for him. Wait for my call.
The Voice hangs up; leaving Gabe rattled
CALIN ENTERS, he’s slightly rattled but more composed than Gabe. He’s wearing a dark coat which covers all but the slight red stain on the collar of his white dress shirt underneath. He goes right to the washroom to clean up.
Calin
Did he call?
Gabe
Yes
Calin
And?
Gabe
He wanted to know if we did it
Calin
What did you tell him?
Gabe
I said you killed him
Calin
What did he say about the money?
Gabe
He didn’t say anything, he hung up
Calin
He’ll call back. We wait here until he does.
Gabe
What if he doesn’t, we can’t just sit here.
Calin
Yes we can
Gabe
The police are already going to be looking, hotels and busses will be the first places they start.
Calin
We stay and wait for that phone to ring, otherwise what the hell have we just done?
Calin pulls out a gun and examines it, it’s the murder weapon.
Calin
How many people saw you come back here?
Gabe
What?
Calin
How many people saw you running through the lobby with blood on your face?
Gabe
I don’t know, no one I think
Calin
You think?
Gabe
No one, I got back here fast. No one could have seen me.
Calin
You better hope not, get cleaned up. Take you stuff (he reaches underneath the bed and pulls out a bag full of clothes) Throw your clothes into this bag.
CALIN throws a black bag towards GABE, GABE picks up the bag and along with his things he goes into the washroom.
He rips off his bloody wardrobe and jumps into the SHOWER, the red water pouring down the drain. When he’s alone the images of the horrible things he’s just done are inescapable and the guilt and fear are written all over his face.
While he’s in the shower he thinks he hears the sound of CALIN on the phone, he sneaks out of the shower and inches towards the door. He can clearly hear that CALIN is TALKING OUT LOUD but can’t make out any of what he’s saying, as he leans in to listen his FOOT SLIPS AND SQUEAKS loudly along the tile floor; prompting CALIN to come through the door.
Calin
Get dressed
Back in the main room CALIN is putting his old clothes into the bag, he pulls out the gun.
Calin
There’s a bridge a few blocks from here, I need to get rid of these things
He puts the gun in the bag.
Calin
You stay here in case the phone rings.
Gabe
What if the phone doesn’t ring, what are we going to do?
Calin
We still have what he wants, he needs us. It’ll ring.
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