"Billy!" she called in her sleep. Amos looked over at her.
"Roxie?" he said "Roxie, wake up."
Roxie rolled over and looked Amos dead in the eye. Amos. Her husband. Just
a dumb mechanic. He loved her, but working fourteen hours a day at the
garage kept them apart.
"Oh, Amos," she said sleepily, "Sorry."
"It's okay, Roxie, really it is."
"Amos, I'm sorry though," she said in a whimper. "It was a tough time, and I can't believe you kept me."
"Roxie. I love you. But." he said, "Roxie."
"What. Amos!"
"Roxie. I'm leaving."
"Why Amos?" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Flash to Roxie Sleeping~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Why Amos?" she mumbled
((Phone rings))
.Roxie reaches for phone.
"Amos?!" she asked the receiver.
"Far from, I'm afraid."
"Velma! It is 3 o' clock in the morning! What do you want?"
"Roxie." she paused "It's important."
"Velma, can't it wait until at least 7:00?"
"No, it can't."
"Why not?"
"Can't you just come to my apartment?"
"Velma? What's going on?"
----Silence----
"Velma?"
((Velma crying in background))
"Velma Kelley!" she screamed.
"I killed him." Velma whispered
"Who. you killed who?"
"Joe."
"What? You killed Joe?!"
"He was in my bed." she paused "with another woman."
"Christ, Almighty."
"You were the only one I could think of to call."
"Why couldn't you call Billy?"
"Billy. Well, Billy.That would've been easy."
"Velma, I'll call you back.I'll call Billy."
----Hangs up phone----
---Picks up phone---- (calls Billy's known knightly spots)
"Mr. Billy Flynn, please."
**10 minutes pass**
"Hello?"
"Billy?" she asked "its Roxie."
"What do you need, babe?"
She paused "Billy, it's Velma. She killed her new boyfriend, Joe."
"Pardon?"
"You heard me right, she killed him."
"Why?"
"The same reason she killed Charlie and Veronica. Except it was just Joe."
"Are you at your apartment, Rox?"
"Yeah, why? I'm not the one who killed a guy."
"Okay. Well, can you meet me at Velma's in a half hour?"
"Yeah, I.uh.sure.I'll be there."
**Half hour passes** (At Velma's apartment)
Billy is already inside.
"Dammit, Velma! Didn't you learn the first time you were in prison?"
"Apparently not," Velma said sarcastically.
((Knock on door))
Billy opens the door. "Roxie.you made it. Would you like to join our little murderess party?"
"Sorry, sadly no." she said, "I've been there done that."
She looked at Velma, "Vem, why?"
"Dammit! Roxie! I told you!"
Roxie looks embarrassed "Sorry."
"Velma- now is not the time. I mean you can't exactly call the Chicago P.D. and say 'Oooh, I just killed my boyfriend-Come arrest me.'" Billy looks frustrated
"I'm not stupid."
"Well, you must be! Commit murder twice! Get me involved!"
Roxie steps in-"Look, Velma, come stay with me tonight." she said "And then, when they find the body, call him then."
"I don't know. How many times can you get away with murder?"
"Good point."
"Oh, Amos," she said sleepily, "Sorry."
"It's okay, Roxie, really it is."
"Amos, I'm sorry though," she said in a whimper. "It was a tough time, and I can't believe you kept me."
"Roxie. I love you. But." he said, "Roxie."
"What. Amos!"
"Roxie. I'm leaving."
"Why Amos?" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Flash to Roxie Sleeping~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Why Amos?" she mumbled
((Phone rings))
.Roxie reaches for phone.
"Amos?!" she asked the receiver.
"Far from, I'm afraid."
"Velma! It is 3 o' clock in the morning! What do you want?"
"Roxie." she paused "It's important."
"Velma, can't it wait until at least 7:00?"
"No, it can't."
"Why not?"
"Can't you just come to my apartment?"
"Velma? What's going on?"
----Silence----
"Velma?"
((Velma crying in background))
"Velma Kelley!" she screamed.
"I killed him." Velma whispered
"Who. you killed who?"
"Joe."
"What? You killed Joe?!"
"He was in my bed." she paused "with another woman."
"Christ, Almighty."
"You were the only one I could think of to call."
"Why couldn't you call Billy?"
"Billy. Well, Billy.That would've been easy."
"Velma, I'll call you back.I'll call Billy."
----Hangs up phone----
---Picks up phone---- (calls Billy's known knightly spots)
"Mr. Billy Flynn, please."
**10 minutes pass**
"Hello?"
"Billy?" she asked "its Roxie."
"What do you need, babe?"
She paused "Billy, it's Velma. She killed her new boyfriend, Joe."
"Pardon?"
"You heard me right, she killed him."
"Why?"
"The same reason she killed Charlie and Veronica. Except it was just Joe."
"Are you at your apartment, Rox?"
"Yeah, why? I'm not the one who killed a guy."
"Okay. Well, can you meet me at Velma's in a half hour?"
"Yeah, I.uh.sure.I'll be there."
**Half hour passes** (At Velma's apartment)
Billy is already inside.
"Dammit, Velma! Didn't you learn the first time you were in prison?"
"Apparently not," Velma said sarcastically.
((Knock on door))
Billy opens the door. "Roxie.you made it. Would you like to join our little murderess party?"
"Sorry, sadly no." she said, "I've been there done that."
She looked at Velma, "Vem, why?"
"Dammit! Roxie! I told you!"
Roxie looks embarrassed "Sorry."
"Velma- now is not the time. I mean you can't exactly call the Chicago P.D. and say 'Oooh, I just killed my boyfriend-Come arrest me.'" Billy looks frustrated
"I'm not stupid."
"Well, you must be! Commit murder twice! Get me involved!"
Roxie steps in-"Look, Velma, come stay with me tonight." she said "And then, when they find the body, call him then."
"I don't know. How many times can you get away with murder?"
"Good point."