INT. IN THE HOUSE CHEMIE MORONI - NIGHT
Jackson again represents Alicia to his father.
CHEMIE MORONI
Yes, I know who she is. Alicia Kang, daughter of Elizabeth and Milword Kang, granddaughter of Jacie and Mitsuri Kang.
ALICIA
Yes, Mr. Moroni, it's me.
CHEMIE MORONI
How are your parents?
ALICIA
Thanks, they are fine. Now in Seoul.
CHEMIE MORONI
Have you decided to stay with your grandparents?
ALICIA
Yes. I'm on vacation now.
CHEMIE MORONI
Yes, you are a journalist, I know.
Alicia and Jackson look at each other in surprise.
CHEMIE MORONI
Well, I will not disturb you.
Chemie Moroni goes to her room.
ALICIA
Well, what should we do?
JACKSON
Your suggestions?
ALICIA
I don't even know what to do together in your room.
Jackson smiles slyly, grabs Alicia by the hand and quickly drags upstairs to her room. Closes the door behind him.
IN FRONT JACKSON'S ROOM
Silence. Through the thin door of Jackson's room, there is a sound of small things falling on the table. And also the voices of Alicia and Jackson.
ALICIA
No, Jackson, just so I will not give up. You need to make more effort.
JACKSON
I do not think so; you cannot resist what I show you now.
ALICIA
Let's do it at the same time.
JACKSON
Come on.
JACKSON'S ROOM
Jackson and Alicia play strip cards.
Playing cards fall on the table.
ALICIA
Have you already decided that you will take out of clothes? If you lost.
JACKSON
What would you like me to take off?
ALICIA
Take off your t-shirt.
Jackson takes off his T-shirt and stays bare-chested.
ALICIA
You look great!
JACKSON
(proudly)
I know, not every 50-year-old man can look so cool.
Alicia laughs.
JACKSON
We play on. Hand out the cards since you won.
Alicia loses.
JACKSON
Well, finally, take off your clothes.
ALICIA
No problems.
Alicia takes off her thin cardigan, which is dressed over a tight-fitting top with a small neckline.
JACKSON
Here, now I like the game more and more. And what will you not drink?
ALICIA
Not yet time. Do not rush.
Playing cards fall on the table. Alicia loses again. But do not undress and drink a glass of alcohol.
JACKSON
Alicia, so dishonest. We have a game of undressing, and not drinking alcohol.
ALICIA
I'll see what you do when you lose.
The game of cards continues. Jackson lost. Do not undress. Drinks a glass of alcohol. After several rounds, Alicia is completely drunk. Jackson is just a little drunk.
JACKSON
Well, the last round and finish.
ALICIA
I'm fine.
JACKSON
I see you better not risk it, but undress.
ALICIA
(Smiles)
Now I do not even know which of the options is more risky. Why did you not undress, and drank with me?
JACKSON
In this regard, I am stronger than you and do not get drunk so quickly ... We open the cards.
ALICIA
You're the first.
JACKSON
No, together.
They throw cards on the table. Alicia lost again.
ALICIA
I play disgusting.
Alicia drinks her alcohol and falls on the bed, instantly falling asleep.
JACKSON
(disappointed)
Okay, Alicia, we haven't finished the third bottle yet.
Jackson helps her get settled on the bed, covers her with a blanket, turns off the light and lies down next to her. Alicia turns in her sleep and snuggles closer to Jackson.
MORNING
Jackson and Alicia are sleeping hugging each other. From the first floor of the house there is a doorbell. Jackson wakes up and opens his eyes. Jackson hears the conversation.
AN SEOHYUN (VO)
Good morning, Mr. Moroni.
CHEMI MORONI (VO)
Morning. What do the police require from me at such an early time?
Jackson abruptly jumps out of bed and goes to the door, opening it.
GROUND FLOOR
AN SEOHYUN
We received complaints of noise in your house, Mr. Moroni.
CHEMI MORONI
Noise complaints? But I live alone and could not make so much noise.
AN SEOHYUN
We need to check your house and write a report, these are the rules, Mr. Moroni.
Police officers An Seohyun and his partner SON JIWON enter the house. An Seohyun goes to the kitchen. Son Jiwon walks into the living room.
AN SEOHYUN
So, you say that you live completely alone?
CHEMIE MORONI
Yes exactly.
AN SEOHYUN
On the second floor can we see?
CHEMIE MORONI
Yes please.
Police officers on the second floor are checking room by room. Open the door to Jackson's room. They examine her. Everywhere order.
Only one empty bottle peeks out from under the bed, but Chemie Moroni quietly pushes the bottle away with his foot under the bed.
AN SEOHYUN
And who lives here?
CHEMIE MORONI
No one.
AN SEOHYUN
Strange, the smell of some unusual.
SON JIWON
Normal smell, maybe the rat died?
CHEMIE MORONI
My son lived here, but he died many years ago.
SON JIWON
Sorry.
AN SEOHYUN
Sorry, I think we are done.
Police leave Chemie Moroni's home.
INT./EXT. IN POLICE CAR - MORNING
Oliver sits in the back of a police car and looks at Chemie Moroni's house. The police came out of the house. They say goodbye to the old man. Go to your car. Get in the car.
AN SEOHYUN
Oliver, you understand that you set me up. Except the old man nobody lives in the house.
Are you sure your friends came to this address?
OLIVER
Of course! I'm not blind?
AN SEOHYUN
Well, there is nobody there but an old man.
OLIVER
Can't be. A young guy, a brunette, about 180, about 25 years old, maybe more.
AN SEOHYUN
Why are you so attached to this house and this guy? Do you even know his name?
OLIVER
Jackson, I do not know.
AN SEOHYUN
And before you could not say?
OLIVER
Well, did not say, so what?
AN SEOHYUN
And the fact that I looked at the site and I would raise archive files.
OLIVER
The only thing you can lift now is my mood and as soon as possible. Otherwise you will not live here! Here you are, as promised.
Oliver throws a wad of money at the cop. Out of the car. He slammed the door. The police shudder.
AN SEOHYUN
Son like a father.
EXT. TREE HOUSE - MORNING
Alicia opens her eyes and looks around in surprise.
ALICIA
Did I miss something?
JACKSON
A little bit.
ALICIA
And why are we here?
JACKSON
Someone made a complaint about the noise in our house. The police have come.
ALICIA
But we behaved calmly and decently?
JACKSON
Yes, we behaved quietly, but someone even spoke with difficulty, and not something that was noisy.
ALICIA
What? I was not so drunk yesterday.
JACKSON
Maybe another glass of wine? Yesterday was not all drunk.
ALICIA
No thanks. I confess I was drunk.
JACKSON
I have to talk to my father.
ALICIA
Yes, I'm sure this is some kind of mistake. In the end, everyone in the city knows that your father lives completely alone.
INT. IN THE HOUSE CHEMIE MORONI - MORNING
Jackson is talking to his father.
JACKSON
What do you think it was?
CHEMIE MORONI
I don't know. I hope no one hunts you?
JACKSON
Who can know me? Only Alicia and her family know about me... It cannot be that someone betrayed me from her family... Stop... I think I understood... Sorry, I need to run.
EXT. IN FRONT OLIVER'S HOUSE - MORNING
Jackson stands 100 meters from Oliver’s house and looks at him. Oliver with friends talking about something near the car. All enter the house. Jackson left the place, dissolving into the air.
INT. ALICIA'S ROOM - MORNING
Jackson appears in Alicia’s room.
JACKSON
Apparently, everything was organized by Oliver. After all, no one else, only he knows about me.
ALICIA
Do you think he bribed the cops to get into your house under the pretext of noise complaints?
JACKSON
I think yes. He has many connections with the police and not only.
ALICIA
Then what does he need?
JACKSON
Maybe he wants to get you back and get rid of rivals?
ALICIA
Come on. Nothing binds me to him.
JACKSON
Apparently, he does not think so.
ALICIA
What should we do?
JACKSON
Nothing yet. But it is worth being ready for its next step.
ALICIA
This all scares me. What if this story happens again? What if it is?
JACKSON
(hugs Alicia)
Do not rush to worry in advance; we do not know exactly what Oliver meant. And from now on we will behave more carefully.
Alicia hugs Jackson.
INT. POLICE STATION - DAY
Kim Junghyun and Min Yooson in their office are discussing a new case about the murder of a father by a son. Trying to find a solution.
MIN YOOSON
Do you really think that a son could kill his father? Something is wrong here. Now he is sitting in a cell and not at all like a murderer.
KIM JUNGHYUN
Perhaps now he plays the role of the victim. But now his game is over. He will be fully punished. For twenty years of service in the police, I saw a lot of performances.
An Seohyun quietly walks past his boss's office. Goes to the archive department.
DEPARTMENT OF ARCHIVES
Looks through a lot of folders. Finds nothing. By chance, he is faced with a case with a familiar name.
AN SEOHYUN
Moroni... As I did not immediately guess to check out this old man. Jackson? So are you a real character? Not a vision of the Oliver addict? Wait; let's check what type you are.
An Seohyun is reading this case.
AN SEOHYUN
But the old man said his son was dead. How did you die? Did Oliver see him alive? Or is it again Oliver's glitches. How does this Lin family annoy me?
An Seohyun quickly turns the pages of the case. He is surprised
AN SEOHYUN
How dead? Body not found? ... Jackson Moroni was born April 20, 1969. Date of death
August 1994 ... I do not understand anything. Who is dead, who is alive?
An Seohyun takes a picture of the case page on the phone. Oliver is calling.
AN SEOHYUN
Now you will receive a photo by mail. Look, this is the Jackson you are looking for. The fact is that he died 25 years ago, and the body was not found. And the case was closed for lack of evidence.
OLIVER (VO)
What does it mean to die? He is very lively! Still more alive than you!
AN SEOHYUN
Are you sure? Maybe you thought?
OLIVER (VO)
What do you have in mind? I have not taken drugs for a long time, so come on without raids.
AN SEOHYUN
OK. I dropped the case to you, enjoy.
INT. OLIVER`S HOUSE - EVENING
Oliver looks at the Jackson Moroni case. See his black and white photo. He is surprised.
OLIVER
What is it? Or rather, who is this? How is this possible? Jackson, you died 25 years ago, how can you be alive? Or is it your son? Clone? Incredible... But I know how to clarify all this...
Oliver grabs the car keys and runs out of the house.
INT. IN THE HOUSE KANG'S FAMILY - EVENING
The doorbell rings.
ALICIA
I'll open.
Alicia opens the door and sees Oliver.
OLIVER
Am I so beautiful that you are speechless? Long time no see.
ALICIA
Make no mistake, Oliver. What are you doing here? And this is not a question.
OLIVER
(to grandmother)
Hello, Mrs. Kang.
MITSURI
Hi, Oliver. How are you? What are you not entering the house?
OLIVER
Thank you, Mrs. Kang, you are very kind.
(Alicia almost in a whisper)
Unlike your granddaughter. Maybe you let me in the house?
ALICIA
What else do you want?
Alicia leaves the house and closes the door.
ALICIA
What you need?
OLIVER
Let's talk to you.
ALICIA
About what? About your regular entertainment and new girlfriends?
OLIVER
Don't go too far.
Oliver grabs her arm tightly.
OLIVER
About Jackson want to talk.
Alicia winces in pain.
ALICIA
What do you care about Jackson?
Oliver is angry and does not let go of her hand.
OLIVER
Are you going to continue to protect the dead man? Or do you want to communicate with the dead man?
ALICIA
What the hell are you talking about? Let me go and get out of here!
OLIVER
I see in your eyes that you are hiding something serious. But I will find the answer, don't doubt.
Oliver releases her and goes to the car. Sharply presses the gas pedal and leaves. Alicia's hand turns red.
INT. IN THE HOUSE CHEMIE MORONI - DAY
Ground floor.
The doorbell rings. Chemie Moroni is slow. He opens the door, sees Oliver.
OLIVER
Hello, Mr. Moroni. Can I come in?
CHEMIE MORONI
(Sharp)
No.
OLIVER
I would like to talk to you. How are you? How is your son?
CHEMIE MORONI
Get out!
OLIVER
Well, don't worry, I'll leave. But I need Jackson. He is at home?
CHEMIE MORONI
Get out of my house before I call the police.
Oliver is angry. Pulls a gun and points it at the old man. Comes into the house.
OLIVER
The last time I ask where is Jackson.
Chemie Moroni suddenly beats Oliver with his stick; the gun falls from his hands and rolls under the sofa. The old man continues to beat Oliver. Oliver only defends himself.
OLIVER
Enough! Stop! I'm not serious. It was a joke!
CHEMIE MORONI
You have stupid jokes. What would no longer come across my eyes!
Oliver runs away from home.
EXT. IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE CHEMIE MORONI - DAY
Oliver hurries to his car, while wiping blood from his face and hands.
OLIVER
Well, old man, you pissed me off.
Oliver sharply presses the gas pedal and leaves.
INT. IN THE BAR - DAY
Oliver enters the bar and goes to the bartender. Orders a drink. Drinks drink in one gulp. Orders again. His friends are approaching him. They are already slightly drunk.
MIN DAO
Who beat you up? Have you met a gang of bandits?
OLIVER
Yeah.
MIN DAO
Yah you. And what could not defend himself?
OLIVER
(angry)
Yes, I could not, there were many.
MIN DAO
So tell me who they are, we will quickly deal with them.
OLIVER
Leave me alone, I'll deal with them.
INT. IN THE HOUSE CHEMIE MORONI - EVENING
Jackson enters the house. He goes to the kitchen. He sees his father. On the table is a gun.
JACKSON
What is it?
CHEMIE MORONI
As you can see the gun.
JACKSON
Understand. But what is he doing here?
CHEMIE MORONI
Jackson, you have been very careless lately.
JACKSON
What are you talking about?
CHEMIE MORONI
I mean, people know about you.
JACKSON
Yes, they know, but they do not know who I really am.
CHEMIE MORONI
It seems that this thug has some guesses, because he came here with a weapon. He was looking for you.
JACKSON
I'll deal with it.
Jackson takes the gun and goes outside.
EXT. CAR PARKING NEAR THE BAR - EVENING
Oliver comes out of the bar. He notices someone near his car. Quick step closer to her.
OLIVER
I've been looking for you all day.
JACKSON
Therefore, attacked with a weapon on the old man?
OLIVER
In fact, it was he who attacked me; I did not do anything with him.
JACKSON
What you need?
OLIVER
I wanted to find you to kill.
JACKSON
This gun?
Jackson throws him a gun. Oliver immediately points the gun at Jackson.
JACKSON
Do you want to kill me right here? Where full of people.
OLIVER
Why not.
JACKSON
Oh yeah, your police officers will come with shovels and help you bury my body. The case will be closed due to lack of evidence.
OLIVER
Yes, it will.
JACKSON
Well, shoot, here I am. What are you waiting for?
Oliver is surprised by Jackson's courage. But even more angry. Pulls the trigger, but nothing happens. Then he pulls the trigger over and over. The shot does not occur.
JACKSON
Do not even try to get there, from where you cannot get out alive.
Jackson pulls out of his pocket ammunition and throws them to Oliver. In surprise, Oliver hides behind his hands. Jackson comes closer, grabs Oliver by the head and sharply hits him on the hood of the car. On the hood remains a dent.
OLIVER
Does the dead man advise me?!
Oliver screams loudly, choking on his own blood. At this time, Oliver's drunken friends come out of the bar and run to his aid.
JACKSON
You can become a dead man if you do not stop your actions.
Jackson is dissolved in the air for a few seconds before the appearance of drunken friends of Oliver. Oliver writhes in pain on the ground.
MIN DAO
Oliver, what's the matter with you?
Friends help Oliver climb.
OLIVER
Kill him!
MIN DAO
Whom?
OLIVER
Jackson Have you lost your eyes?!
MIN DAO
But there is nobody here. Only you. Who beat you up? We will deal with him!
OLIVER
So I say, kill him right now! He's all the same dead.
Friends look back. Within a radius of 50 meters, they see no one. Oliver is angry even more.
MIN DAO
Oliver is definitely not your day today. It feels like ghosts beat you up.
OLIVER
Well go to hell out of here, addicts!
Friends leave, swearing. Oliver was left alone near the car.
OLIVER (VO)
And how can I tell someone that first I was beaten by a nearly a hundred year old man, and then his dead son.
Oliver pulls out his phone and prints the message to Alicia.
OLIVER
I am waiting for you in the park in 10 minutes.
He sends her a black and white photograph of Jackson and a page from a file about his disappearance 25 years ago.
INT. ALICIA'S ROOM - EVENING
Alicia receives a message from Oliver. Reads it. Looks at the photo.
ALICIA
What a joke? Oliver, what are you doing!
She throws the phone and quickly runs out of the room.
EXT. IN THE TOWN - EVENING
Oliver is waiting for Alicia. In the side mirror of the car inspects its abrasions. Straightens adhesive tape. Alicia appears on the horizon. She goes fast. Oliver looks at his watch.
OLIVER
You're late.
ALICIA
What you need?
OLIVER
I thought you guessed by sms.
ALICIA
Solving puzzles is not my task. Speak more specifically.
OLIVER
This is about Jackson. Who is he?
ALICIA
And you could ask him yourself? And, I see, you have already spoken to him, and he has not told you anything. So, what you decide, I'll tell you something.
OLIVER
I am sure you will say.
ALICIA
Does it make you feel better?
OLIVER
Alicia, I am not joking. Do you even know who you contacted?
ALICIA
With a junkie and a jerk who bought half of the city and lives behind his father’s back.
Oliver is angry and grabs Alicia by the throat.
OLIVER
You still regret it. I unearth the truth about this dead man.
After these words, Oliver strongly pushes Alicia. Sits in his car and drives away. Alicia is breathing heavily.
A FEW DAYS PASS.
INT. ALICIA'S ROOM - MORNING
Alicia is fast asleep. Her phone vibrates from time to time. Alicia turns. With difficulty opens eyes. Takes the phone. Reads messages.
OLIVER (VO)
Sorry ... I know what I did wrong ... I should not have done this ... How can I deserve your forgiveness?
A phone call from Oliver. Alicia answers the call. Still annoyed and sleepy.
OLIVER (VO)
Alicia, I do not know what to do so you forgive me.
ALICIA
Oliver, have you looked at your watch?
OLIVER
Yes. I looked; I did not see anything suspicious there.
ALICIA
So why is it so early to call?
OLIVER
I cannot wait anymore. I need your forgiveness.
ALICIA
Oliver, disappear. You're not the type to blame yourself. Just disappear from my life.
OLIVER
Good. Give me a chance to fix it. The last chance. And I promise, I will disappear from your life ... I'm already close. Alicia comes out. I'm coming for you.
Oliver interrupts the call.
ALICIA
What is he doing? That's so arrogant.
Alicia dresses quickly and runs out of the room. Phone throws into bed.
INT./EXT. HIGHWAY - MORNING
Oliver and Alicia drive his car in an unknown direction.
OLIVER
Now we will stop in one place. I'll take the coffee. Will you drink coffee?
ALICIA
At the moment I do not want anything ... But it seems to me that in the direction where we are going, there is no cafe. Oliver, where are you taking me?
OLIVER
Left a little. Wait.
ALICIA
Oliver, this is no longer funny. Stop the car!
OLIVER
Do not worry.
ALICIA
Just stop the car!
Alicia opens the car door as she goes. Oliver is distracted from the road. Does not cope with management, the car slightly moves down to a roadside. When you turn the door from the side of Alicia closes. Oliver locks all the doors.
OLIVER
You're crazy?! What are you doing?
ALICIA
I ask you to stop the car! Open the doors! Immediately!
OLIVER
Sit quietly!
They drive up to the house. Oliver gets out of the car and pushes Alicia out of her. Alicia resists. Oliver calls his friends. Friends bring Alicia to the house.
