Hidden scene

Eddy, Valentino and Frank are all seated around a poker table. The cars have been dealt and it is clear they have been playing for a while. There is an ashtray beside Valentino which is full and several empty glasses beside all the players. Behind Eddy is her man on a leash, except this time he holds the leash which goes to a black dog collar around Eddy’s neck. The lights are dim, but Valentino still wears dark glasses.

Eddy:

If you could do it all again, would you?

Valentino:

No

Frank:

Maybe.

Eddy:

I see you 100 and raise you fifty.

Valentino throws in the right chips.

Valentino:

Raise you 25.

Frank follows her example.

Valentino:

Do you ever wonder what would have happened if things had been different… you know, if we weren’t who we were? If they had lived.

Eddy:

So the queen of diamonds has a conscience. Throws in more chips. How odd.

Valentino:

Fuck off. I was just thinking.

Throws in chips

Raise you 50

Frank:

Maybe… but would we be the same without all this. Would they have loved us, if we were someone else? Maybe, but we’re not. We’re never going to know. Not now.

Eddy:

Mm.

Valentino:

Without it though, without all this… life would be fucking boring.

Eddy:

What?

Valentino:

Admit it, you’d miss the fun.

Eddy:

Fun? You call this fun? You’re one sick bitch.

Valentino:

Oh fuck off… but admit it, the thrill of the chase. The blood, the lust. It was fun, until… stops dead.

Eddy:

Hmm.

Valentino:

I’m right. I’m saying what you all feel. What everyone feels. You’re just too scared to admit that you have this evil inside you. Every one does, but they’re all too scared. I’m not in denial like the rest of you. I can embrace what you are too scared to see. That everyone is evil, just not everyone lets go. My mum used to say that everyone is capable of anything good or evil, if they are put in the right circumstances. I just embrace the evil, I don’t bottle it up, if I did, I’d explode.

Eddy:

That’s what makes you one of a fucking scary bitch.

Frank:

Maybe… call them.

Cards revealed, Frank has the winning hand. He starts to gather up the chips.

Valentino:

Bastard.

Frank:

Yeah, but aren’t we all. Just embrace it.

Camera moves to the cards on the table, Frank’s hand held the four queens and the Jack of spades. As the shot fades out slowly, a four of clubs is dropped onto the cards.

The End

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And that concludes this 'epic' story, thank-you for sticking with it and i hope you are still capable to sleep at night without crying out (be it in ecstasy or horror).

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