Chapter 4: BENJAMIN CROWE - part 8

  INT. LIQUOR STORE - EVENING 


       Ben is inspecting the windows when Dave comes in and stands
       beside him.


                            BENJAMIN CROWE
                  You don't have some kind of gate or
                  something to cover these when you
                  close? 

                            DAVE
                  No need. 
                      (knocks on the window)
                  Bullet proof glass. Had it
                  installed last summer.

                            BENJAMIN CROWE
                  Okay.
                      (he hesitates)
                  I'll be right back.

        Ben makes for the door.

                            DAVE
                  Where the hell you going?

                            BENJAMIN CROWE
                  We can't just leave that kid out
                  there.

                            DAVE
                  You mean Steve?

        Ben gives him a blank stare.

                            DAVE
                  The kid that just crashed your
                  vehicle into a light post while
                  trying to steal it?

                            BENJAMIN CROWE
                  Yeah, him.

        Ben exits the liquor store.

        EXT. DESERTED MAIN STREET - EVENING

        Ben walks briskly down the street as Dave struggles to catch
        up.

                            DAVE
                  You're better off leaving the punk
                  to rot, if ya ask me.

                            BENJAMIN CROWE
                  I'm not gonna leave him out here to
                  die just cause he tried to steal my
                  car.

                            DAVE
                  You car? Do you know how much money
                  that little shit and his friends
                  have cost me over the years? Shit,
                  they're the reason I had to install
                  the bullet proof glass.

                            BENJAMIN CROWE
                  Well, I can carry him myself if you
                  wanna head back to the store.

        The two come upon the overturned SUV to find Steve is still
        unconscious when Ben and Dave arrive at the truck. Ben
        crouches down to check Steve's pulse.

                            DAVE (O.C.)
                  I don't think you get what I'm
                  sayin'.

        Ben looks up to see that Dave has a gun pointed at his
        forehead.

                            DAVE (cont'd)
                  The boy ain't welcome in my store.

        Ben puts his hands in the air to signal his surrender.