Later that evening Maddie knocks on David's office door.
M= Ready to do some detective work?
D= Always ready partner!
Maddie smirks.
M= Sharon asked me about why I made you partner. I couldn't say I remembered... must have lost my sanity for a brief moment.
D= You were crazy long before me.
Later in Maddie's car...
M= So what are we supposed to find at Larry's house?
D= Not Larry. He's off with someone... someone other than Little Lexi.
Maddie is not impressed.
M= So...
D= Have you lost your head for detective work?
Maddie becomes a little defensive at this.
M= David! We haven't found anything and now we're snooping around his house. Do we have any proof that this man has done anything wrong? This is just like the Ansalmo case!
D= One of his servants opened up to one Herbert Viola at a bar yesterday.
M= And that's what we're going on...? How are we getting in the house?
David whips a key out of his pocket. Maddie does not look pleased.
M= David, where did you get that?
D= Well... that servant got a little... sloshed... and Herbert had the chance to make a copy of this key. It's legitimate detective work. That Herbert is a great little protégé!
M= That's what this world needs... one more Addison.
David gives one of his cocky looks.
D= Well... don't get any false expectations... there's only one Addison.
Maddie is not amused.
M= I really wish I wasn't doing this!
David is becoming frustrated with Maddie's lack of excitement. He starts to yell.
D= Maddie, enough already! What is so special about this guy? I would think you'd be the first person on the mother's side. This guy seems sexist, chauvinist, and all those "ists" you don't like!
Maddie yells back.
M= David! How many times do I have to go over this? I know this man and he is a good man. A sweet man. And I was once in the shoes of this young girl and he helped me. And I am betraying a man that I've never had any reason to.... If this was you... if in a few years, I didn't know you anymore, and someone asked me to break into your house and dig up dirt on you... dirt that I probably could find... knowing you... I wouldn't do it! And I can't believe you really don't understand that!
David pulls the car to the side and turns it off.
D= Okay, fine. We don't have to do this. Or at least... you don't. You don't have to be a part of this.
M= I have to be a part of this. If anything, in order to prove you wrong. And quite possibly to keep you from doing anything wrong. Poor Larry!
D= This is a no-win situation.
M= Of course it is! Drive the car David!
David turns the car back on.
D= You know what I think?
Maddie doesn't answer.
D= I said, you know what I think?
M= That Mrs. Claus needs a makeover.
D= I think that Larry Rosner was great in bed. In fact, I'd bet that he is still... till this day... damn near spectacular!
M= That has nothing to do with it.
D= Ah-Ha! So you're not denying it. I'd like to know about this hold he has on you.
M= It's not a hold. When I came to LA I couldn't trust anybody. And to tell you the truth, no one was very nice to me. Women were suspicious and jealous and men were never sincere. Except for Larry... and not because he was trying to get me in bed.
D= Maddie, you are still so naïve! If there's anything cute about you at all, it's that you still have no clue.
M= Thanks a lot! And I am not naïve! And I wasn't back then either. Larry was just concerned for me. He always told me how he saw beautiful girls come here and lose their beauty and their innocence. And how sad it was when a model was all washed up with nothing to fall back on. And he didn't want that to happen to me because he knew I was smart and would be able to do other things. Most of the girls ignored him, but I listened to him a lot. Without him, believe it or not, I don't think I would have ever had the guts to work here. I'd probably still be in that post-modeling circus. But he gave a young girl the confidence that she could do more with her life.
D= So when did he put the moves on you?
Maddie rolls her eyes.
M= I'm not dignifying that.
D= You're the one who said that you used to sleep with him.
M= Well it didn't happen right away.
D= Ahh... you made him wait. How long? Two years.
Maddie gives him a snotty look. But she continues to look back fondly on her relationship with Larry.
M= A few months. But for the longest time he was like family to me. Like a family friend. He called my apartment to make sure I wasn't out late and he yelled at any photographer or makeup artist that made a pass at me or offered me drugs. He didn't even try to schmooze me with flowers or candy. You know what he would send me?
D= Beats the hell out of me.
Maddie ignores his cynicism.
M= He would send me cards... just friendly cards... cards of encouragement...
David laughs his typical laugh.
D= And you fell for it?
M= David! I'm telling you! This man was for real. A real gem in pile of crap. I really appreciated him.
D= And?
M= And eventually I dated him. And then we broke it off a year later... as friends.
David looks skeptical.
D= Uh-oh. That's the real "F" word.
M= Yes. Friends. And he was very accepting of my offer... to be friends.
Maddie and David park across the street. David nonchalantly lets himself into the house. They walk up a large staircase quietly and into Larry's bedroom. There are picture frames on a table with autographed pictures of models. David looks at them.
D= Boy, am I in the wrong profession.
M= I wouldn't call breaking into a house a profession.
David picks up a picture of a young Maddie.
D= How come I don't have one of these?
Maddie looks at the picture and smiles.
M= I remember when I gave that to him.
David looks around some more and glances out the window.
D= Wow! What a view of Los Angeles... pool, garden... Maddie, this house makes yours look like a shack!
Suddenly they hear laughing outside. They both look out the window and see Larry and some blonde giggling in the pool. They start to get out of the pool and wrap towels around each other. Maddie glares at David.
M= David, you said he would be away!
Maddie slaps David on his shoulder continuously.
D= I thought....
M= That's where the mistakes always begin. David thought, David thought... how are we going to get out of here?
D= Maddie, be quiet! We have to think.
They hear the front door close.
M= David!
David whispers= Under the bed!
They crawl under the bed. Maddie puts her head down in frustration.
M= I am going to kill you!
They hear Larry and his woman enter the bedroom. Larry speaks in a seductive and playful tone.
L= Amy darling... what a time I having with you.
Larry grabs her and hugs her.
L= I haven't been this happy in a long time... I usually don't become involved with the women I work with, but I am happy that this one time... I let love dictate who I share my time with.
A= You... are so sweet.
Larry takes her hand.
L= You know Amy... I see young women come to this town and lose their beauty and innocence... and it frightens me sometimes... but you... you are so special. You are smart and I know you will do other things with your life.
Maddie is under the bed steaming at the fact that Larry is using the same lines on this girl that he used on her. David is smiling from ear to ear and trying to glance at Amy's half-naked body. Maddie gets ready to open her mouth, but David covers it in time.
A= I love you Larry...
L= I love you too beautiful.
They begin to kiss and make their way onto the bed. They begin to kiss passionately and yell out each other's names. Meanwhile, David smiles, and Maddie covers her ears to the sounds of moans and groans, and pouts and grinds her teeth. Maddie takes her jacket off and puts her head on it and gets a look at David grinning. They say nothing. David takes a piece of gum from his pocket and offers it to Maddie. She says nothing and puts her head down again.
The clock reads 8:36 p.m.
Fade-In to the clock reading 9:23 p.m. Maddie has fallen asleep and even David looks bored and tired. David sees her open her eyes. He begins to smile. Just then they hear Amy and Larry start to talk.
David whispers= It's been a long time since I've watched you open your pretty little, naïve eyes.
Maddie tries to scowl, but it is too tired.
A= I'm getting in the shower.... Would you like to join me?
Maddie and David see their legs get off the bed and walk to the bathroom. When the bathroom door closes and they hear the water running, they both get up and run down the stairs.
When they're in Maddie's car again, she is noticeably grouchy.
M= That was, without exaggeration, one of the most horrible experiences of my life!
D= These damn men! Who do we think we are? Running around with young girls... giving them all the same lines...
M= We have to go to Alexa's and tell her about this womanizing slime she's involved with!
David seems to be humoring her, but Maddie doesn't seem to care. She's too busy on her tirade.
D= Absolute dirtbag!
They pull into a parking lot and walk up to an apartment building.
M= She's in apartment 305. Poor girl! I would have been devastated if I would have caught that bastard cheating on me.
D= Oh... now he's a bastard. I have to tell you. This guy is growing on me.
M= At least this case has some real benefits... we can save this girl from being manipulated and taken advantage of. We should even find out if that Amy-girl knows he's two-timing her!
D= Always out for justice, Maddie. Well, good deed aside, this is for ten thousand buckaroonis.
Cut to Maddie and David approaching Alexa's apartment. Maddie begins to hesitate when she looks at David.
M= David, no offense... but I think it would be better if I went alone. She'll be more secure. You might intimidate her. It's a girl-thing.
D= Oh Maddie... I am not intimidating. Maybe I'll serve as a message to her that "not all the good ones are taken... or cheaters."
Maddie starts to laugh.
M (sarcastically)= Very comforting. We don't want to send her to a convent.
They knock on the door. They hear giggling. They hear Alexa's voice.
A= That must be the pizza.
Alexa comes to the door, wrapped in a sheet, with a drunken gaze. A young guy in his twenties is standing in the background in his boxers. She smiles in a confused way at Maddie and David. Maddie glares at her, but David seems amused.
A= You're not pizza.
D= What gave us away? Lack of pepperoni?
M= Oh sorry, we must have the wrong apartment. Sorry!
Maddie closes the door and pouts.
D= We can still get her to join the convent, but I think it will be a hard-sell.
M= Addison, what is wrong with the world? Is there something wrong with me? Am I living in a fairy tale? Am I too good a person? Am I the only descent person left in this world?
D= Wait a second, that's too many questions... brain overload. Okay, here goes... 1) Everything's wrong with the world, but at the same time, everything's right. 2) I don't have time to get into what's wrong with you. 3) Yes, you live in a fairy tale. 4) You're a good person, but not too good. And 5) You're not the only descent person in the world. There's still Santa Claus and all the people on his good list. And don't forget Mrs. Claus.
M= Sometimes I think you're Rainman. How did you remember all my questions? Anyway, what are we going to do about this case? I guess we should tell Mrs. Robbins that her daughter is seeing someone else.
D= Yeah... I must be getting old. I agree with you. But I wonder if either Lexi or Larry would approve of the other seeing other people? You know what I mean?
M= Of course not.
D= I mean that just because they are both two-timers doesn't mean they wouldn't break up under certain circumstances... and then we could...
M= Collect ten thousand instead of five? Forget it. You've known me long enough to know that I don't lie.
D= Or lay...
The two of them walk to the car.
M= I'm sad, Addison.
David stops in his tracks and looks at Maddie in a rare light. He sees that once again she's wearing her heart on her sleeve.
D= Hey blondie. I'll bet he loved you.
Maddie smiles at David, knowing he is trying to raise her spirits.
M= Oh, it doesn't matter, does it? And you're just saying that to be nice.
D= When do I ever try and be nice? I think that just because he used the same line on you, doesn't mean he didn't mean it with you.
M= You're grasping for straws Addison.
D= And that's another mystery...
M= What?
D= What makes you call me David sometimes and Addison other times?
M= The same impulse that makes you call me Blondie sometimes.
David just smiles.
Later on, Maddie is in her room looking at her old modeling pictures. She looks at them as if she has never seen them before. She begins to take them down, one by one, with a sense of relief. She places them in a neat pile and puts them in a drawer.
The song "Desperado" by The Eagles is playing.
Desperado
Why don't you come to your senses
You've been out riding fences
For so long now
Oh, you're a hard one
And I know that you've got your reasons
These things that are pleasing you
Can hurt you somehow
Don't you draw the Queen of Diamonds, boy
She'll beat you of she's able
You know the Queen of Hearts is always your best bet
Now it seems to me, some fine things
Have been laid upon your table
But you only want the ones that you can't get
Desperado, oh, you ain't getting' no younger
Your pain and your hunger
They're driving you home
And freedom, oh freedom well, that's just some people talkin
Your prison is walking through this world all alone
Don't your feet get cold in the wintertime
The sky won't snow and the sun won't shine
It's hard to tell the nighttime from the day
You're loosin' all your highs and lows
Ain't it funny how the feeling goes away
Desperado, why don 't you come to your senses
Come down from your fences, open the gate
It may be rainin', but there's a rainbow above you
You better let somebody love you, before it's too late
M= Ready to do some detective work?
D= Always ready partner!
Maddie smirks.
M= Sharon asked me about why I made you partner. I couldn't say I remembered... must have lost my sanity for a brief moment.
D= You were crazy long before me.
Later in Maddie's car...
M= So what are we supposed to find at Larry's house?
D= Not Larry. He's off with someone... someone other than Little Lexi.
Maddie is not impressed.
M= So...
D= Have you lost your head for detective work?
Maddie becomes a little defensive at this.
M= David! We haven't found anything and now we're snooping around his house. Do we have any proof that this man has done anything wrong? This is just like the Ansalmo case!
D= One of his servants opened up to one Herbert Viola at a bar yesterday.
M= And that's what we're going on...? How are we getting in the house?
David whips a key out of his pocket. Maddie does not look pleased.
M= David, where did you get that?
D= Well... that servant got a little... sloshed... and Herbert had the chance to make a copy of this key. It's legitimate detective work. That Herbert is a great little protégé!
M= That's what this world needs... one more Addison.
David gives one of his cocky looks.
D= Well... don't get any false expectations... there's only one Addison.
Maddie is not amused.
M= I really wish I wasn't doing this!
David is becoming frustrated with Maddie's lack of excitement. He starts to yell.
D= Maddie, enough already! What is so special about this guy? I would think you'd be the first person on the mother's side. This guy seems sexist, chauvinist, and all those "ists" you don't like!
Maddie yells back.
M= David! How many times do I have to go over this? I know this man and he is a good man. A sweet man. And I was once in the shoes of this young girl and he helped me. And I am betraying a man that I've never had any reason to.... If this was you... if in a few years, I didn't know you anymore, and someone asked me to break into your house and dig up dirt on you... dirt that I probably could find... knowing you... I wouldn't do it! And I can't believe you really don't understand that!
David pulls the car to the side and turns it off.
D= Okay, fine. We don't have to do this. Or at least... you don't. You don't have to be a part of this.
M= I have to be a part of this. If anything, in order to prove you wrong. And quite possibly to keep you from doing anything wrong. Poor Larry!
D= This is a no-win situation.
M= Of course it is! Drive the car David!
David turns the car back on.
D= You know what I think?
Maddie doesn't answer.
D= I said, you know what I think?
M= That Mrs. Claus needs a makeover.
D= I think that Larry Rosner was great in bed. In fact, I'd bet that he is still... till this day... damn near spectacular!
M= That has nothing to do with it.
D= Ah-Ha! So you're not denying it. I'd like to know about this hold he has on you.
M= It's not a hold. When I came to LA I couldn't trust anybody. And to tell you the truth, no one was very nice to me. Women were suspicious and jealous and men were never sincere. Except for Larry... and not because he was trying to get me in bed.
D= Maddie, you are still so naïve! If there's anything cute about you at all, it's that you still have no clue.
M= Thanks a lot! And I am not naïve! And I wasn't back then either. Larry was just concerned for me. He always told me how he saw beautiful girls come here and lose their beauty and their innocence. And how sad it was when a model was all washed up with nothing to fall back on. And he didn't want that to happen to me because he knew I was smart and would be able to do other things. Most of the girls ignored him, but I listened to him a lot. Without him, believe it or not, I don't think I would have ever had the guts to work here. I'd probably still be in that post-modeling circus. But he gave a young girl the confidence that she could do more with her life.
D= So when did he put the moves on you?
Maddie rolls her eyes.
M= I'm not dignifying that.
D= You're the one who said that you used to sleep with him.
M= Well it didn't happen right away.
D= Ahh... you made him wait. How long? Two years.
Maddie gives him a snotty look. But she continues to look back fondly on her relationship with Larry.
M= A few months. But for the longest time he was like family to me. Like a family friend. He called my apartment to make sure I wasn't out late and he yelled at any photographer or makeup artist that made a pass at me or offered me drugs. He didn't even try to schmooze me with flowers or candy. You know what he would send me?
D= Beats the hell out of me.
Maddie ignores his cynicism.
M= He would send me cards... just friendly cards... cards of encouragement...
David laughs his typical laugh.
D= And you fell for it?
M= David! I'm telling you! This man was for real. A real gem in pile of crap. I really appreciated him.
D= And?
M= And eventually I dated him. And then we broke it off a year later... as friends.
David looks skeptical.
D= Uh-oh. That's the real "F" word.
M= Yes. Friends. And he was very accepting of my offer... to be friends.
Maddie and David park across the street. David nonchalantly lets himself into the house. They walk up a large staircase quietly and into Larry's bedroom. There are picture frames on a table with autographed pictures of models. David looks at them.
D= Boy, am I in the wrong profession.
M= I wouldn't call breaking into a house a profession.
David picks up a picture of a young Maddie.
D= How come I don't have one of these?
Maddie looks at the picture and smiles.
M= I remember when I gave that to him.
David looks around some more and glances out the window.
D= Wow! What a view of Los Angeles... pool, garden... Maddie, this house makes yours look like a shack!
Suddenly they hear laughing outside. They both look out the window and see Larry and some blonde giggling in the pool. They start to get out of the pool and wrap towels around each other. Maddie glares at David.
M= David, you said he would be away!
Maddie slaps David on his shoulder continuously.
D= I thought....
M= That's where the mistakes always begin. David thought, David thought... how are we going to get out of here?
D= Maddie, be quiet! We have to think.
They hear the front door close.
M= David!
David whispers= Under the bed!
They crawl under the bed. Maddie puts her head down in frustration.
M= I am going to kill you!
They hear Larry and his woman enter the bedroom. Larry speaks in a seductive and playful tone.
L= Amy darling... what a time I having with you.
Larry grabs her and hugs her.
L= I haven't been this happy in a long time... I usually don't become involved with the women I work with, but I am happy that this one time... I let love dictate who I share my time with.
A= You... are so sweet.
Larry takes her hand.
L= You know Amy... I see young women come to this town and lose their beauty and innocence... and it frightens me sometimes... but you... you are so special. You are smart and I know you will do other things with your life.
Maddie is under the bed steaming at the fact that Larry is using the same lines on this girl that he used on her. David is smiling from ear to ear and trying to glance at Amy's half-naked body. Maddie gets ready to open her mouth, but David covers it in time.
A= I love you Larry...
L= I love you too beautiful.
They begin to kiss and make their way onto the bed. They begin to kiss passionately and yell out each other's names. Meanwhile, David smiles, and Maddie covers her ears to the sounds of moans and groans, and pouts and grinds her teeth. Maddie takes her jacket off and puts her head on it and gets a look at David grinning. They say nothing. David takes a piece of gum from his pocket and offers it to Maddie. She says nothing and puts her head down again.
The clock reads 8:36 p.m.
Fade-In to the clock reading 9:23 p.m. Maddie has fallen asleep and even David looks bored and tired. David sees her open her eyes. He begins to smile. Just then they hear Amy and Larry start to talk.
David whispers= It's been a long time since I've watched you open your pretty little, naïve eyes.
Maddie tries to scowl, but it is too tired.
A= I'm getting in the shower.... Would you like to join me?
Maddie and David see their legs get off the bed and walk to the bathroom. When the bathroom door closes and they hear the water running, they both get up and run down the stairs.
When they're in Maddie's car again, she is noticeably grouchy.
M= That was, without exaggeration, one of the most horrible experiences of my life!
D= These damn men! Who do we think we are? Running around with young girls... giving them all the same lines...
M= We have to go to Alexa's and tell her about this womanizing slime she's involved with!
David seems to be humoring her, but Maddie doesn't seem to care. She's too busy on her tirade.
D= Absolute dirtbag!
They pull into a parking lot and walk up to an apartment building.
M= She's in apartment 305. Poor girl! I would have been devastated if I would have caught that bastard cheating on me.
D= Oh... now he's a bastard. I have to tell you. This guy is growing on me.
M= At least this case has some real benefits... we can save this girl from being manipulated and taken advantage of. We should even find out if that Amy-girl knows he's two-timing her!
D= Always out for justice, Maddie. Well, good deed aside, this is for ten thousand buckaroonis.
Cut to Maddie and David approaching Alexa's apartment. Maddie begins to hesitate when she looks at David.
M= David, no offense... but I think it would be better if I went alone. She'll be more secure. You might intimidate her. It's a girl-thing.
D= Oh Maddie... I am not intimidating. Maybe I'll serve as a message to her that "not all the good ones are taken... or cheaters."
Maddie starts to laugh.
M (sarcastically)= Very comforting. We don't want to send her to a convent.
They knock on the door. They hear giggling. They hear Alexa's voice.
A= That must be the pizza.
Alexa comes to the door, wrapped in a sheet, with a drunken gaze. A young guy in his twenties is standing in the background in his boxers. She smiles in a confused way at Maddie and David. Maddie glares at her, but David seems amused.
A= You're not pizza.
D= What gave us away? Lack of pepperoni?
M= Oh sorry, we must have the wrong apartment. Sorry!
Maddie closes the door and pouts.
D= We can still get her to join the convent, but I think it will be a hard-sell.
M= Addison, what is wrong with the world? Is there something wrong with me? Am I living in a fairy tale? Am I too good a person? Am I the only descent person left in this world?
D= Wait a second, that's too many questions... brain overload. Okay, here goes... 1) Everything's wrong with the world, but at the same time, everything's right. 2) I don't have time to get into what's wrong with you. 3) Yes, you live in a fairy tale. 4) You're a good person, but not too good. And 5) You're not the only descent person in the world. There's still Santa Claus and all the people on his good list. And don't forget Mrs. Claus.
M= Sometimes I think you're Rainman. How did you remember all my questions? Anyway, what are we going to do about this case? I guess we should tell Mrs. Robbins that her daughter is seeing someone else.
D= Yeah... I must be getting old. I agree with you. But I wonder if either Lexi or Larry would approve of the other seeing other people? You know what I mean?
M= Of course not.
D= I mean that just because they are both two-timers doesn't mean they wouldn't break up under certain circumstances... and then we could...
M= Collect ten thousand instead of five? Forget it. You've known me long enough to know that I don't lie.
D= Or lay...
The two of them walk to the car.
M= I'm sad, Addison.
David stops in his tracks and looks at Maddie in a rare light. He sees that once again she's wearing her heart on her sleeve.
D= Hey blondie. I'll bet he loved you.
Maddie smiles at David, knowing he is trying to raise her spirits.
M= Oh, it doesn't matter, does it? And you're just saying that to be nice.
D= When do I ever try and be nice? I think that just because he used the same line on you, doesn't mean he didn't mean it with you.
M= You're grasping for straws Addison.
D= And that's another mystery...
M= What?
D= What makes you call me David sometimes and Addison other times?
M= The same impulse that makes you call me Blondie sometimes.
David just smiles.
Later on, Maddie is in her room looking at her old modeling pictures. She looks at them as if she has never seen them before. She begins to take them down, one by one, with a sense of relief. She places them in a neat pile and puts them in a drawer.
The song "Desperado" by The Eagles is playing.
Desperado
Why don't you come to your senses
You've been out riding fences
For so long now
Oh, you're a hard one
And I know that you've got your reasons
These things that are pleasing you
Can hurt you somehow
Don't you draw the Queen of Diamonds, boy
She'll beat you of she's able
You know the Queen of Hearts is always your best bet
Now it seems to me, some fine things
Have been laid upon your table
But you only want the ones that you can't get
Desperado, oh, you ain't getting' no younger
Your pain and your hunger
They're driving you home
And freedom, oh freedom well, that's just some people talkin
Your prison is walking through this world all alone
Don't your feet get cold in the wintertime
The sky won't snow and the sun won't shine
It's hard to tell the nighttime from the day
You're loosin' all your highs and lows
Ain't it funny how the feeling goes away
Desperado, why don 't you come to your senses
Come down from your fences, open the gate
It may be rainin', but there's a rainbow above you
You better let somebody love you, before it's too late