This is the story of Matt Fisher, a hitman in his mid thirties from Sacramento, California who meets a beautiful young lady in her twenties, Delilah Stewart, at a bar in Louisville, Kentucky. Matt is in town to kill one of his associates, José Martinez who he thinks may try to sabotage one of his missions by leaking information to the police. As handsome as he is himself, Matt, dressed in blue jeans and a black leather jacket approaches Delilah with a drink in his hand and tries to charm her with his macho persona.
Matt: Hi, looks like your drink is about to be over.
Delilah: Hi, (smiles) thanks. Are you from Louisville?
Matt: No, I’m originally from California. I’m here for a few days to meet a friend.
Delilah: California huh? That sounds awesome. I have a friend who lives in LA.
Matt: Oh yeah?! Well, I’m from the other end, I live in Sacramento. So do you visit this friend of yours who lives in LA?
Delilah: Sometimes, yeah… I just visited her a couple of months back for the holidays.
Matt: Next time may be come to Sacramento. I could show you around. It’s an underrated city, but there’s lots to do.
Matt: So do you know a good place for dinner cuz I’m kinda hungry?
Delilah: Are you asking me out? (smiles)
Matt: Well, I hate eating alone.
(Matt and Delilah hop into her car and drive to a nearby place open till midnight.)
Matt: So what places are open at this time?
Delilah: I know a great fall-of-the-bone ribs kinda place. Let’s go there.
Delilah: So what do you do for a living?
Matt: I am a tax analyst. I work for a company called Presto. Been there for like eight years now. What do you do?
Delilah: I am a freelance writer for both print and online publications. Been writing for over 4 years now. Started writing right after grad school.
(Matt and Delilah enter the restaurant)
Matt: Please suggest what’s most popular here. Man, it's been a while since I had good ribs.
Delilah: Sure, I’ll order for both of us.
Matt: So, what do you love writing about the most?
Delilah: Mostly experiences of tasting food and wine at different places. (chuckles)
Matt: That’s awesome. You must be loving your job.
Delilah: Yeah I do, but some days are super busy and tiring. Gotta submit the assignments before the deadline is due and sometimes I don’t even have enough time to gather all the information.
Matt: Yeah, it’s the same for me too. Some days I gotta stay up late and finish up those taxation reports due the next day.
Delilah: Hmm, do you like your job?
Delilah: (looks at her watch) That’s great. Hey, it's getting late and I’ve gotta finish up an assignment. Do you want me to drop you to your hotel or some place else?
Matt: Hey, don’t worry about it, I will take an Uber. It was lovely meeting you.
Delilah: Yeah, we should catch up for a coffee or something before you leave.
Matt: Yeah, sure. What’s your number?
Matt: Thanks, I’ll call you.
(Delilah gets into her car and drives off.)
(Matt stays a little longer, checks messages from his phone and leaves shortly thereafter.)
(Matt goes to his hotel and starts planning the murder. He decides to kill José with a sniper, after closely observing him for the next few days.)
(The next morning, Matt hires a car from a car dealership and drives to the place he thinks José resides. While parked a few feet away, he pulls out his camera and starts taking pictures of the building.)
(He waits for an hour or so and meanwhile, lights up a cigarette while he continues to wait for some signs of his victim.)
(After a while, he drives to a nearby diner to get some breakfast.)
Server: Hi, what can I get you this fine morning?
Matt: I’d like a sunnyside up with a side of hashbrowns, biscuits and gravy. Some coffee of course! Thanks!
Server: Coming up right away.
(Meanwhile, Matt confirms with his boss over phone the address where José could possibly be.)
(After breakfast, he drives off to 17 Blacow Rd, where José is currently living. He parks his car at the same spot as he did earlier and bends over to light a cigarette. As he looks up, he catches a good glimpse of José and a woman in front of him in their patio. Matt couldn’t have a good look at the woman since her back was facing him.)
(Matt pulls out his camera and tries to click a picture but suddenly his phone rings. He ignores the call and looks back, but the couple goes back inside the living room. He smokes another cigarette while browsing through his contacts and comes across Delilah’s number. He decides to call her up to set up a date for coffee, while he waits on José.)
Delilah: Yes, Hi Matt? How are you?
Matt: Been good, and you?
Delilah: Been pretty good.
Matt: Awesome. Just thought I could take you out sometime for a cup of coffee.
Delilah: Yeah, coffee sounds good.
Matt: 5 PM tomorrow at Peet’s sound okay?
Delilah: Yeah I might be able to squeeze in some time for coffee tomorrow.
Matt: Cool. See you tomorrow then.
Delilah: Yeah! See you. Bye.
(The next few days, Matt continues to keep a close watch on his victim. He gathers all information on the people José meets and goes out with.)
(By this time, he has also gotten to know Delilah well. They go out on a few more dates and they both seem to like each other.)
(Matt is finally nearing the day he feels he is ready to pull the trigger on José and is watching him closely from outside his home, when he gets a call from Delilah one day.)
Delilah: Hey, are you busy?
Matt: No, I was just hanging out with my friend at his place.
Delilah: Well, do you wanna come over at my apartment and watch a movie together?
Matt: (Pauses) uh… sure, give me 15 minutes.
(Matt shoves his camera in his glovebox and drives off to Delilah’s apartment.)
(He reaches over at her place and knocks on the door. Delilah opens the door with a big smile and lets him in.)
(They watch a movie snuggled up on her couch while drinking wine. One thing leads to another and they end up in bed.)
(The next morning they have breakfast together, after which Matt heads over to his hotel to prepare for the day of the murder.)
(It is a bright sunny day and Matt is geared up to kill the guy that might ruin all his future missions. He dresses in casual clothing and carries with him his backpack in which he has a pair of black leather gloves, his camera, some cash and extra clothing.)
(He heads over to what looks like a deserted building right across the street from José’s hideout and sets up a spot to shoot. As he looks through his sniper to aim in the direction of his victim, he spots a familiar face on the floor right above José’s apartment.)
(Suddenly there is a loud sound... BOOM… and before anyone knew it, a body falls on the ground with a loud thud.)
(It was Matt lying there in a pool of blood with a bullet that hit right through his head.)
(Delilah had aimed well and pulled the trigger on him without wasting much time. She knew all along that Matt was going to come to Louisville to kill her stepdad, José. But she was not going to let that happen and how could she? She was raised by José and sent to school when her drug addict mother had died out of a drug overdose and she was left to look after herself. José was all she had and when she grew up, he taught her the trade well. She was always surrounded by guns. He told her one day, ‘finish the enemy before the enemy tries to finish you.’)
