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CONTINUED: Nick winces under the pressure of Lanier's grip. NICK All right* 1*11 he in at midnight ?╟÷ the Painted Desert Motel. You can come out if you want to. LANIER (releasing him) Thanks for the invitation. Nick glowers and exits from scene, Lanier picks up disk and smiles at it. INSERT - DISK c FADE OUT. COMMERCIAL FADE IN: EXT. HIGHWAY - NIGHT - MED. SHOT ?╜ LANIER *S CAR driving along highway, LANIER'S VOICE (narrating) I had a midnight appointment;, at the Painted Desert Motel. It was out on Highway 91, half- way to Boulder Dam. I went early ?╟÷ or maybe I was late. In Las Vegas time is a date on the calendar. DISSOLVE: EXT. MOTEL - NIGHT - CLOSE SHOT - SIGN identifying this as the painted Desert Motel. DISSOLVE THRU: INT. MOTEL - EVENING -MED. SHOT - TOWARD DOOR as Nick goes to it and opens it to Lanier. (CONTINUED)