INT. – PALM SPRINGS HOTEL – SUITE 251 – DAY
[Dana is checking her hair in the bathroom mirror. She’s dressed up in a white suit. She comes into the main area.]
Dana: Guys? Guys?
[Everyone is out on the balcony, girl-watching. They turn around to see what Dana wants.]
Dana: Is this suit too conservative? I brought a dress. Tell me what you think.
[Dana picks up a tan and white dress off the bed and holds it up. Alice gives a disapproving look. Dana frowns.]
Tina: The suit’s great.
Dana: Thanks.
[Someone knocks on the door. Alice goes to answer it. It’s Tonya.]
Tonya: Hi. Is Dana here?
Alice: (laughing) Uh-huh. Yeah.
[Dana approaches Tonya.]
Tonya: Wow, you look phenomenal. But I bet you would in anything that you wear.
[Dana smiles. Alice doesn’t. Tonya hands something to Alice.]
Tonya: Um, here’s some passes to some of the events, and a chance to win an Olivia cruise.
Alice: (smiling) Thanks Tonya.
[Alice turns around and goes to sit on the bed with Shane and Tina.]
Tonya: So, um, are you ready to go?
Dana: Uh-huh!
Tonya: Excellent. Well, I’ve got my work cut out for me with you!
[Dana laughs.]
Tonya: People are gonna be all over you tonight.
[Tonya opens the door to leave.]
Tonya: (to Shane/Alice/Tina) Bye girls!
[Tina waves.]
Alice: Oh, yeah! Thank you!
Shane: Bye, have fun. Thank you again!
[Dana smiles at the group as she walks out.]
Dana: Bye…
[Tonya and Dana leave.]
Alice: Thank you.
[Tina holds her hand out for one of the passes that Tonya gave Alice.]
Tina: What’s this?
[Alice hands the pass to Tina.]
INT. – THE C.A.C. – BETTE’S OFFICE – DAY
[Bette’s office door is open. Candace knocks on it and enters.]
Bette: Oh.
Candace: I have your estimate for you.
[Candace hands Bette a notebook. Bette looks at it for a moment, then smiles and laughs.]
Bette: Okay. Um… this is 50 dollars more than the highest bidder.
[Candace smiles and reaches for the notebook.]
Candace: May I?
[She starts to write on a page.]
Candace: Have you ever seen this?
[She hands the notebook back to Bette. On a page, she’s drawn a triangle. On each side of the triangle, she’s written a word: Fast, Good and Cheap.]
Candace: There are three sides to the triangle, see?
[Candace sits down in a chair in front of Bette’s desk.]
Bette: Fast, good, cheap.
Candace: Yeah. You can have any two of the three in combination, but you can never have all three together.
Bette: Of course you can. I mean, if you have enough money – (looks at triangle) Oh. Right, then it wouldn’t be cheap. Okay.
Candace: You can have fast and good. But that takes a big crew of skilled, highly-paid workers.
Bette: And I can have fast and cheap, but then the end product would probably look like shit.
Candace: You can have cheap and good.
Bette: (smiling) That’s the one I want.
Candace: (a beat) But you’ll probably be bumping up against that carpenter for the better part of a year.
[Bette and Candace stare at each other for a moment. Finally, Bette breaks the moment and looks down.]
Bette: (chuckling) Um. Uh. Okay.
Candace: Are you here for a little while longer?
[Bette looks up at her.]
Candace: Because I love that Cuban place up the street from here. I could pick us up some takeout if you want. I’ll draw you some rough sketches of what I’m thinking while we eat.
[Bette stares intently at her while she speaks, then nods.]
Bette: Okay.
Candace: Good. I’ll put the order in. You look at that while I’m gone.
[Candace leaves. Bette smiles and watches her go, then looks back at the drawing of the triangle.]
