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The Handler PDF
by
Joseph Arnone
HELENA
I'm saying that whenever we see
one another and you come back from
whatever it is you're doing, you
never have anything new to share
with me.
FRISK
Oh yeah?
HELENA
Yeah.
FRISK
Okay. Right now I got two dead
bodies in the trunk of my car,
sitting right in the driveway.
HELENA
Hahaha.
FRISK
Go have a look and we can talk
about it.
Frisk flips her the keys.
Helena stares at Frisk and then leaves. We hear a scream.
She comes back. All the while Frisk took over making her
drink.
Here you go, baby.
He hands her the drink, takes his keys back.
Sit down. Now we can talk. The
two men that are dead in my trunk
are two men that owed a friend of
mine a load of money. They
haven't made good on their debt
and this friend of mine, whenever
he's in a jam or needs something
handled, he calls me up and I
handle it for him. I'm what you
call the handler, hence my
nickname, 'Handles.' (beat) So,
tell me more about Lonnie.
HELENA
I had no idea.
FRISK
Hey listen, we've been going
together now for two years time.
If it's such a shock to you, you
can go tell Lonnie about it.
3.
HELENA
Enough about Lonnie!
FRISK
I'm sure Lonnie can write up a
song or two about dead guys in a
trunk. How about that for a
title?
HELENA
Please...I feel sick.
FRISK
Drink your drink. Baby, you can
leave right now and we're fine. I
know you won't say anything cause
you don't have a big mouth but
this is what it is so...
HELENA
And what are you going to do with
them...the bodies.
FRISK
Feed them to the poor.
Frisk chuckles.
I'm only kidding. I haven't
decided yet. No rush. It's cold
outside so the stink won't be as
potent tomorrow. I figured let's
sleep in, spend some time, we'll
talk more since that's what you
want and tomorrow I'll take care
of it.
HELENA
I knew you were, I mean, I'm not
stupid but, I never imagined you
would do things in such a way,
like this, if---
FRISK
It's fine. So ask me anything you
want. I'll tell you about my work
days.
HELENA
No! That's it. That's all I want
to know.
FRISK
Are you sure? There's a funny
story that happened this past
Tuesday with a guys finger.
4.
HELENA
No, no, that's alright,
you've...we're okay now.
FRISK
Now that that's out of the way, we
can get back to square one. How
was your day?