Paladin, Chapter 7

INT. WINDFALL HOTEL - DAY

PALADIN walks to reception desk.

RECEPTIONIST: Sir?

PALADIN: Room, please.

RECEPTIONIST: Certainly.  

PALADIN signs the guest register.

RECEPTIONIST: Room 4 at the top to the stairs.

PALADIN: I noticed the sheriff's office down the street.  Who's the sheriff?

RECEPTIONIST: That'd be SHERIFF ROGERS.

PALADIN: Thank you.  I'll be back in a while.

RECEPTIONIST: Yes, sir.

PALADIN leaves hotel and heads to Sheriff's Office.

EXT. STREET - DAY

PALADIN walks to Sheriff's Office and enters.

INT. SHERIFF'S OFFICE - DAY

PALADIN enters Sheriff's Office.  Sheriff, an older man, is sitting at his desk.

SHERIFF ROGERS: Howdy!

PALADIN: SHERIFF ROGERS?  My name's PALADIN.  Here's my card.

PALADIN hands Sheriff his card which he reads.

SHERIFF ROGERS: Gunfighter?

PALADIN: No.  I like to think I help people solve their problems.  I was hired by a woman from Windfall named POLLYANNA.  You know her?

SHERIFF ROGERS: Sure.

PALADIN: I believe she hired me under false pretenses.  To protect her boyfriend from a bully.  Turns out the boyfriend has a wife already and the bully is her husband.  Can you explain to me what's going on?

SHERIFF ROGERS laughs a little at what PALADIN said.