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Scene 1, Location: Café
Piano solo by Mark, music is upbeat with hints of something catastrophic imminent. Mark gets flashbacks of seeing the Femme Fatale (FF) at different places on the street, with and without Samantha. Flashbacks are regularly interval-ed while Mark plays the piano. Just then, she enters the scene and sits down next to Mark, whispers
FF
Play for me.
Mark obliges, even though he does not know who she is. She then starts a duet with him, her hand sliding in between his, and then slowly creeps over and grabs one of his hands. He stops playing, hand quivering. She looks at him, he looks at her, and they gaze at each other
Mark
Who are you?
He takes away his hand, avoiding her eyes. FF gives him her name card, and Mark looks at it. There is a lipstick mark on the card and her number on it. He feels uneasy, and asks her
Mark
What’s this supposed to mean?
FF
Call me…
She smiles and walks away.
Scene 2, Location: Samantha’s apartment
Samantha is in her room, changing position from time to time, lying/sitting on her bed, feeling bored and lonely, playing with her phone.
She then scrolls through her phone list, and calls Mark. She is directed to his mailbox.
The number you have just dialed is now busy. After the beep, please record your message.
She drops the phone on her bed, and walks out of the room; phone shows all the dialed calls to Mark.
Scene 3, Mark’s apartment
He stares at the name card, deliberating whether or not to call FF. He takes out his phone, and as he unlocks the screen, he sees all the missed calls from Samantha. He stares at it, and then deletes all the missed calls, and then dials the numbers to call FF.
Mark
Hello…?
FF
I’ve been expecting you…
Then they meet up late at night, at a pub. They drink and have fun, and the night eventually ends with them dancing at her apartment, a silhouette of their lips slowly coming together. Ongoing voiceover of Mark saying, “One thing led to another, and before long, I had gotten in too deep.”
Scene 4, Location: FF’s apartment
They’ve known each other for a while already, they are sitting on the sofa and relaxing with a glass of wine each. She convinces him to kill her husband.
FF
Honey, do you love me?
Mark
Of course I do!
FF
How much do you love me?
Mark
So much I’d give up my own life for you.
FF
Would you kill a man just for me?
Mark
…
FF
Do you love me?
Mark
Of course I do, its just that…
FF
Then kill him.
Mark contemplates for a while, then forcefully puts down his glass of wine, and rises. Fade out.
Scene 5, Location: FF’s husband’s office
Mark walks into the room, finds FF’s husband. He sees her husband, reaches to his back where his gun is kept, and takes it out. The scene fades out momentarily, gunshots are heard.
When it fades back in, there is blood splattered across Mark’s face. Then, he senses someone else inside the office. He turns around and sees Samantha in the background, slipping down, sobbing uncontrollably. He has no choice but to kill her as well.
[All black and white] Still shots of blood on the wall, Mark opening the door and leaving, Newspaper flash with headlines “Tycoon murdered, Wife inherits millions” with 2 photos of FF and her husband, and the sub headlines below it “Police investigations making large headway”
Scene 6, Location: FF’s apartment
Mark opens his door, finds that the apartment is empty. He sees a note on the table which says, “Well done. You’ve managed to kill someone, that makes you a murderer. I must leave you, I can’t stay around murderers, I’ll get influenced. How could you have been so stupid to think that you could get away with murder? Goodbye…” At the end of the note there is also a lipstick mark, similar to the card she gave him at the start.
Scene 7, Location: Cafe
He is playing the piano again, this time a sad melancholic tune. Police sirens are distinctively heard in the background too. Then, voiceover
Mark
I thought that she was really the one for me. I don’t understand. She left me. Now what do I have? I am a ruined man. Ruined.