August 27, 1999
Scene 1: San Cristobel
(Danny, looking oh so gorgeous in his tux, and Michelle, looking oh so beautiful in her costume for the ball, are kissing when Cassie, looking oh so ridiculous in her Barbie rip-off outfit, walks in.)
Cassie: So, is everything a go?
Danny: Yeah.
Cassie: Okay. Where's Jim?
Danny: I don't know. He should be here any minute. Let's just go everything's going as planned.
Cassie: Okay. (She walks off...thank God. As you can tell, I don't care much for Cassie.)
Danny: Alright. So, I'll see you in about an hour, that's all.
Michelle: Are you sure you can't come with us? Are you sure?
Danny: I thought we talked about this. I got to take care of this little piece of business.
Michelle: Is it--is it, like, family business? (What else would it be, Michelle?)
Danny: Stop asking so many questions. (Jim walks in, looking oh so ughh in his Houdini rip-off outfit.)
Jim: Okay, people, I hope you're ready because it is time to move. Explosives have been set, Matt and Josh are at the palace wall. Only thing we have to do now is...(He see's Cassie.) Whoa, Cassie. (I swear...he's like a compass near north all of a sudden.)
Cassie: So, this looks okay? This is okay, right? Uh-huh?
Jim: Yeah, it looks great actually.
Cassie: Okay.
Jim: Listen, listen, listen. If you and I are going to crash this ball as Mr. and Mrs. LeMay, we're going to have to start acting a little friendlier (That shouldn't be too hard for Cassie.) and we're going to have to put on these rings.
Cassie: Oh, great idea.
Jim: Okay?
Cassie: Yeah.
Jim: Alright. Danny, Michelle, you guys ready? Come on.
Danny: Uh, I'm going to meet up with you in a little bit, in about an hour. You better get going.
Jim: Okay.
Michelle: Okay. Now you're not going to get into any trouble or anything, right? Right?
Danny: No, I'm saving that for later when I have you all to myself. Go.
Jim: Michelle, let's go. (She's holding back.) Michelle!
Michelle: Okay, okay.
Danny: Bye. (They leave and he picks up the phone and dials a number.) Uh, yeah. Hey, it's Danny Santos. (Pauses again.) Well, I'm sitting on two million worth of bearer bonds, that's what's up. Uh, yeah, that's why I'm calling. I want to do this exchange tonight. (Pauses.) Look, I don't care when the meeting was scheduled, I want to unload these bonds--tonight. (Pauses yet again.) Hey, I'm not going to argue with you. If you want these bonds, you're going to get over here now. (Hangs up the phone.) Now hurry the Hell up. (Yeah, Danny? You know he/she/it couldn't hear you say that, don't you?)
Scene 2: Masked Ball
Michelle: You know, I'm going to be right back. (Starts to walk off.)
Jim: (In a loud whisper.) Michelle? Michelle? Michelle! (To Cassie.) Where the Hell is she going?
Cassie: I don't know.
Scene 3: San Cristobel
(Danny's throwing all of his clothes out of his suitcase looking for the bonds.)
Danny: Where--where are they? (Let's something out that sounds like a cross between a groan and a sigh.) Are they in Michelle's bag? (Throws his suitcase across the room. What is it with Danny and throwing things...I swear. He starts throwing Michelle's clothes onto the couch and he finds the bonds in her suitcase. In walks Michelle. Perfect timing, Michelle...perfect timing--NOT!)
Michelle: I ditched Jim and Cassie, I'm sorry. I just--I want to go to my first ball with my husband. (See's the bonds.) What--what's that?
Danny: What?
Michelle: Behind your back. What is that?
Danny: It's...nothing.
Michelle: Danny, what are you hiding?
Danny: It's just, uh, it's some bearer bonds. It's...(Michelle takes the bonds from him and starts looking at them.)
Michelle: No, let me see this. There must be like a million dollars in here.
Danny: Uh, two actually. (Takes the bonds from her.)
Michelle: Are you laundering money?
Danny: (Very sternly.) No. No.
Michelle: How did those get in my suitcase?
Danny: I guess I put them there.
Scene 4: San Cristobel
Danny: Look, here's the situation. My family obviously owes a substantial debt here. So, I had to transport these bonds--
Michelle: In my suitcase?
Danny: I...Look, I thought I put them in my suitcase. I obviously made a mistake. I'm sorry. It's not a big deal. It's--it's not.
Michelle: Oh, so this is the business that you had to do that wasn't dangerous?
Danny: It's not dangerous, alright?
Michelle: It's not alright. You just jeopardised all of my friends. (Ooh...see how quickly "our friends" became "my friends"?)
Danny: No, I didn't. (Uh...Yeah, you did!) It's a routine exchange, Michelle.
Michelle: Routine for you maybe.
Danny: You know what I do for a living! (Oh, he just sounds TOO sexy when he says that.)
Michelle: This is unbelievable. I thought that you were doing this unselfishly, you were offering your boat to my friends to help them out.
Danny: I agreed to bring the bonds after we planned to come here. I did want to help your friends.
Michelle: Help them what? Go to prison?
Danny: I have other obligations.
Michelle: I was so...
Danny: I do...
Michelle: No, this is ridiculous. I was so grateful to you. I was so grateful to you because I thought that you were doing this because you knew how much it meant to me for you to help Reva and this had nothing to do with Reva, did it? Nothing. You did this to use us a cover-up.
Danny: I was not using you.
Michelle: You used Josh's pain and my friends to bring money illegaly into the country. And you used me. How could you do that to me? (Danny opens his mouth to say something, but doesn't.)
Scene 5: San Cristobel
Michelle: If those guards had found us with those bonds when they searched the boat, I would have gone to prison.
Danny: Well, they didn't, did they? It's not going to happen again.
Michelle: But I'm the one who would have paid. I would've gone to a foreign prison for the rest of my life. I thought that you--
Danny: Well, you didn't! You didn't! It didn't happen! We are--we're safe.
Michelle: No...
Danny: And--and I love you. Come on...
Michelle: No, this is not about love! You lied to me. You keep telling me that you're going to get out of this business, and you don't!
Danny: Look, listen to me. No one is going to find out about these bonds because I'm getting rid of them tonight. Michelle, this is not going to appen again. This is the last time. I promise. (A loud banging on the door.)
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