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In New York City's war on crime
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the worst criminal offenders
are pursued
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by the detectives
of the Major Case Squad.
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These are their stories.
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Make a left
up here at this light.
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We're driving
in circles.
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You think
that's going to fool me?
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You know how Erica feels
about her privacy.
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Why? You ever ask yourself that?
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I don't need to.
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Now, pull up to this driveway
on the left.
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Erica is just real upset
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about this, Doug.
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I mean,
think about it.
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It's as big an insult
as you can give another person.
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If that's the way she feels,
she can tell me to my face.
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I deserve at least that much.
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It's making her sick
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on top of everything
she has to deal with.
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I just want to talk to her.
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She agreed.
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You're going
to talk to her.
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She said she'd talk to you,
didn't she?
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Then what's the problem?
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She wants you to sign something.
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What kind of a game is this?
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You come here,
you make all your demands.
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You want to talk to her,
you just sign that.
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This is ridiculous.
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I'm out of here.
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Are you threatening me?
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Please, we're only making
things worse for Erica.
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He's the one
making the problems.
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I came all the way
out here to see her
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and now you're laying this...
crap on me?!
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You bet I'm going
to make problems.
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I'll talk to her.
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Toby, you, too.
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Why are you being
so difficult?
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Don't be a fool,
Christine.
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This whole house of cards
is coming down.
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I gave all of you
your opportunity.
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Douglas...
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Get yourself a lawyer.
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Erica is extremely
disappointed in you, Doug.
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Do I get to talk
to her or not?
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Go home.
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She just wants
you to go home.
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Maybe if I talk to her.
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Erica says we have to let him dowhatever he needs to do.
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You can't stop someone
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from walking
into their own hell.
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Hey. It's five-something.
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Let's go.
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This guy,
you should have heard him.
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More rules
than the NFL playbook.
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I'm, like, "Why do you have
to make it so complicated
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"you fat moron?
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"Last time I checked,
all the parts fit together.
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It don't have to be
so damn complicated."
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Oh, my God!
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Fire! Help!
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Help, there's
somebody on
fire here!
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Call 911!
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The fire set off
this can of butane
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in Mr. Lafferty's
coat pocket.
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That accounted
for the fireball.
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Fire died down
pretty quickly.
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Lucy Hotpants there
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thinks the guy died of
spontaneous combustion.
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Right after he was spontaneouslyhit in the head.
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I count three impact woundsin the right side of his skull.
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What started
the fire?
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They put a match
to his coat.
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Fire marshal
said it smelled
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like it was soaked
in acetone.
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Nail polish remover.
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His wallet's
missing.
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We I.D.'d him off
his press badge
in the glove box.
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There's blood and scalp tissue
on the tip.
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The perp was... seated here.
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Rammed it into his head.
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He wasn't murdered
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in this location.
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This bloodstain
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didn't spatter here
when he was killed.
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It most likely came...
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when his head was resting
against the door.
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His body was moved
into the passenger seat
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after he was killed.
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The killer then
drove him here
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and put him back
behind the wheel...
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and set him on fire
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to destroy evidence
he was killed elsewhere.
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But "elsewhere"
where?
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Well, we start where he started.
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There's a garage door opener
on the end of his key chain.
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Looks like part
of the umbrella.
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Probably fell out
of the car when
the killer got out.
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Make-up products.
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I need a bag.
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Nail polish, emery boards,
manicure clippers.
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Everything but nail polish remover.
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Looks like he was killed
in the garage.
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Somebody de-fragged
his computer to
wipe out files.
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The family silver's
all accounted for
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including Mr. Lafferty's
gold watches
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and diamond cuff links.
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And Pulitzer Prize...
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for his coverage of the
Tet Offensive in 1968.
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This guy was a war correspondentbefore he owned a magazine.
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Tough old bird.
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Newsmagazines.
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Newsmagazines...
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but no hobbies,
no special interests.
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I spoke too soon.
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It's a catalog
for medical equipment.
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Probably for his late wife.
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She died last year.
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And he still
keeps her things
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in the garage.
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Tough, sentimental old bird.
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Maybe not that sentimental.
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His bank statements
for the last three months.
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He was withdrawing cash
on a regular basis.
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Big chunks--
seven grand, ten grand.
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He found himself
a high-maintenance hobby.
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116 grand in the last
six months to who--
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a bookie, a girlfriend?
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The guy was
a lonely widower.
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If he had a girlfriend
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we couldn't find
any trace of her.
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His address book
and appointment
book are missing.
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His computer disk
was wiped clean.
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We're still waiting
on his phone records.
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You don't like
the girlfriend angle?
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I'm open to anything.
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Let's say the... perpetrator
was a woman.
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She had excellent
improvisational skills.
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She created
an incendiary device.
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She relocated the body
to a high-crime area.
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For all the good
it did her.
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She might as well
have left him
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in the garage.
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Uh, that's the point.
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She over-thought the event.
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She was careful, but almost...
neurotically anxious
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about hiding her tracks.
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Lafferty might have been
the target of her anger
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but he wasn't
the object of her passion.
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She wasn't
emotionally involved...
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with him.
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She was emotionally
involved
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with his bank account.
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Lafferty had two kids, right?
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A son and daughter.
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They're coming in for the I.D.
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I invited him
to join my wife
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and some friends
for dinner
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but he wanted
to stay in.
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Did you suspect
he had other plans?
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Since Mom died,
Dad's been a little difficult.
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He's been grieving.
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Ms. Lafferty,
any time you want to jump in...
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It's obvious, isn't it?
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Look at where you found
my father-- on 11th Avenue.
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He turned into
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a sex addict.
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She's right.
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A couple
of weeks ago
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I was in Bulgari's
with my kids
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shopping for Mother's Day.
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Dad was at the jewelry counter.
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Did you talk
to him?
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Yes. He wasn't too happy
to see me.
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As soon as the salesperson came
back with his receipt, he left.
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I... thought he was buying
jewelry for some girlfriend.
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Did you see what he bought?
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No.
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The salesperson told him
to come back
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and pick it up in a week.
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He was having it inscribed.
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Mr. Laffertybought a ladies' watch in gold.
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Lucky lady.
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He had
some engraving done?
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It's on the next page.
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"To Erica, for giving me
a reason to go on. Douglas."
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So romantic,
don't you think?
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You don't want to know
what I think.
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Which model is it?
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This one.
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Oh, uh... this watch
has a clasp on the band.
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It says on the receipt
that Mr. Lafferty
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switched it
with an expansion band.
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It's easier to take on and off.
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He said that the lady might finda band with a clasp
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too difficult to use.
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I think she had a little
handicap with her right hand.
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Thank you very much.
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We're going to Queens.
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The medical equipment
catalog in Lafferty's den--
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that's where they
have their store.
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Erica needs more.
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We have to move.
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Re-think this, Barb--
please-- for Erica's sake.
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We know what's best.
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I don't know how we're going
to make due with this.
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Tell me where
you're going.
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I'll see what I can do.
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I'll tell Erica.
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I know you're trying to help.
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She'll call you, okay?
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We supplied Mr. Lafferty
with a wheelchair
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when his wife was sick.
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Then, three months ago,
he ordered another one.
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It had to be motorized
with a joystick control.
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A left-handed joystick?
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Yes. The young lady
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had lost the use
of her right hand.
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He said she might eventually
need a mouth control stick.
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Where were you supposed
to deliver the wheelchair?
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To an Erica Windemere.
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I don't have
the address.
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Mr. Lafferty was
going to tell me
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when he came in to make
the last payment.
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It's been ready now
for three weeks.
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This chair's for a child.
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Mr. Lafferty said
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she is 14,
and weighs only 90 pounds.
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The new love
of his life--
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a little girl in a wheelchair.
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Wheelchair, respirator,
heart monitor...
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Over $30,000 total, just
in medical supplies.
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Who is this girl,
a relative?
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His kids have
never heard of her.
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She's somebody he met
in the last six months.
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Maybe he's involved
with her mother.
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It's about what's
inscribed on the watch.
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His wife is dead,
his kids don't like him.
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Helping this girl
filled a void in his life.
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His phone records
came in this morning.
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No calls to anyone
named Windemere
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but a lot of calls
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to numbers that never showed up
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before six months ago.
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Check them out.
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I was blown away when I heard
what happened to Doug.
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He was just
such a decent guy.
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Where did you
know him from?
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We had, you know,
common interests.
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You mean Erica?
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You know Erica?
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We're trying to get
in touch with her.
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Just leave a message for her
on the Web Site.
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Erica W.
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There's a chat room
and everything.
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That's how I met Doug.
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We need to actually
talk to her.
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I can't help you
with that.
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00:12:33,622 --> 00:12:36,059
You're worried about, Erica?
So are we.
261
00:12:36,103 --> 00:12:37,974
She's already
been through a lot.
262
00:12:38,018 --> 00:12:40,194
I mean, you read the book.
263
00:12:40,237 --> 00:12:41,412
Yeah, sure, the book.
264
00:12:41,456 --> 00:12:43,240
My partner hasn't.
265
00:12:43,284 --> 00:12:46,113
You should.
It's so right on.
266
00:12:46,156 --> 00:12:48,071
He's been after me
to get into it.
267
00:12:48,115 --> 00:12:49,420
What's it called again?
268
00:12:49,464 --> 00:12:52,336
Through the Darkness.
269
00:12:52,380 --> 00:12:54,817
What did you like most
about her?
270
00:12:54,861 --> 00:12:56,906
She never gives up.
271
00:12:56,950 --> 00:13:00,170
My sister died of breast
cancer three years ago.
272
00:13:00,214 --> 00:13:02,259
She left behind
two kids.
273
00:13:02,303 --> 00:13:04,914
Erica's book helps me
to talk to them.
274
00:13:04,958 --> 00:13:06,960
You've got
to read it, okay?
275
00:13:12,269 --> 00:13:13,880
Since it came out last fall
276
00:13:13,923 --> 00:13:15,272
it's been
one of our biggest sellers
277
00:13:15,316 --> 00:13:16,578
which surprised me.
278
00:13:16,621 --> 00:13:18,493
It was pretty raw
when we got it.
279
00:13:18,536 --> 00:13:19,973
Thank God
for editors.
280
00:13:22,018 --> 00:13:23,106
Christine?
281
00:13:23,150 --> 00:13:25,195
These detectives
need some information
282
00:13:25,239 --> 00:13:26,936
about Erica Windemere.
283
00:13:26,980 --> 00:13:29,025
Oh, one of
my favorite authors.
284
00:13:29,069 --> 00:13:30,461
How can I help you?
285
00:13:30,505 --> 00:13:33,073
We're investigating the murder
of Douglas Lafferty.
286
00:13:33,116 --> 00:13:34,335
Oh, yes.
287
00:13:34,378 --> 00:13:36,946
In fact, I got an e-mail
from Erica yesterday
288
00:13:36,990 --> 00:13:39,079
telling me how upset she was
about his death.
289
00:13:39,122 --> 00:13:40,080
They were good friends?
290
00:13:40,123 --> 00:13:41,995
Yeah, she was
very fond of him.
291
00:13:43,344 --> 00:13:46,651
I just got the book.
292
00:13:46,695 --> 00:13:48,044
Oh, so she has ALS?
293
00:13:48,088 --> 00:13:49,306
Yes.
294
00:13:49,350 --> 00:13:51,265
Lou Gherig's Disease.
That's degenerative.
295
00:13:55,704 --> 00:13:57,053
"Your body's destroyed while...
296
00:13:57,097 --> 00:13:59,229
...your soul stays intact."
297
00:13:59,273 --> 00:14:01,318
That's what
it says here on the cover.
298
00:14:01,362 --> 00:14:02,580
That's the least
299
00:14:02,624 --> 00:14:04,887
of what she's had to face
in her short life.
300
00:14:04,931 --> 00:14:06,410
She could
teach us a lot.
301
00:14:06,454 --> 00:14:08,108
And we have a lot to learn.
302
00:14:08,151 --> 00:14:11,589
We need
her address and phone number.
303
00:14:11,633 --> 00:14:14,679
You know she's just
a bedridden little girl?
304
00:14:14,723 --> 00:14:16,116
Well, she might
know something
305
00:14:16,159 --> 00:14:18,074
she doesn't even know she knows.
306
00:14:18,118 --> 00:14:21,034
She sounds like the kind
of person who'd want to help.
307
00:14:21,077 --> 00:14:22,122
Yeah.
308
00:14:22,165 --> 00:14:24,124
I don't have
a phone number for her
309
00:14:24,167 --> 00:14:25,995
but I can give you her e-mail.
310
00:14:27,127 --> 00:14:28,998
Uh...
311
00:14:29,042 --> 00:14:30,434
is that how you
worked on the book with her
312
00:14:30,478 --> 00:14:32,132
through her e-mails?
313
00:14:32,175 --> 00:14:34,003
Yes, and she
calls me.
314
00:14:34,047 --> 00:14:36,179
She can't give out
her address or her phone.
315
00:14:36,223 --> 00:14:38,660
The book explains why.
316
00:14:38,703 --> 00:14:40,009
How about her book royalties?
317
00:14:40,053 --> 00:14:41,532
How do you get
the checks to her?
318
00:14:41,576 --> 00:14:42,925
Her foster mother
319
00:14:42,969 --> 00:14:44,535
Barb, comes to the office.
320
00:14:44,579 --> 00:14:46,015
She doesn't live
with her parents?
321
00:14:46,059 --> 00:14:49,062
No, child welfare
took her from them.
322
00:14:49,105 --> 00:14:50,933
Is there a foster father?
323
00:14:50,977 --> 00:14:52,152
There's Toby.
324
00:14:52,195 --> 00:14:53,893
He's the physical therapist.
325
00:14:55,633 --> 00:14:57,331
And she has you.
326
00:14:58,506 --> 00:15:00,203
I'm sorry for all the secrecy.
327
00:15:00,247 --> 00:15:03,685
It's just that it's the only wayto protect Erica's safety.
328
00:15:03,728 --> 00:15:06,557
You really do need
to read the book.
329
00:15:06,601 --> 00:15:08,081
Okay, thanks.
330
00:15:08,124 --> 00:15:09,560
Two days for the subpoena
331
00:15:09,604 --> 00:15:12,041
couple more days for
the e-mail account information.
332
00:15:12,085 --> 00:15:14,000
Probably another dead end.
333
00:15:14,043 --> 00:15:16,959
This kid
doesn't want to be found.
334
00:15:17,003 --> 00:15:22,573
She writes she's
been dodging death threats.
335
00:15:22,617 --> 00:15:24,575
Her parents were members
of a violent drug gang
336
00:15:24,619 --> 00:15:26,534
that sexually abused her.
337
00:15:26,577 --> 00:15:28,710
Sexually abusing
a kid with ALS.
338
00:15:28,753 --> 00:15:30,016
Lovely.
339
00:15:30,059 --> 00:15:31,017
That was before
the ALS
340
00:15:31,060 --> 00:15:34,150
kicked in at age 11.
341
00:15:34,194 --> 00:15:38,154
Her father is serving ten years
for the sex abuse.
342
00:15:38,198 --> 00:15:41,549
Her mother vowed to kill her
if she ever finds her.
343
00:15:41,592 --> 00:15:42,506
What are
you writing?
344
00:15:42,550 --> 00:15:43,812
I'm sending her an e-mail.
345
00:15:43,855 --> 00:15:46,075
That's how everybody else
gets her attention.
346
00:15:46,119 --> 00:15:48,643
"Dear Erica, I just finished
reading your book.
347
00:15:48,686 --> 00:15:50,210
"I've met a lot of people in my
line of work, but I've never
348
00:15:50,253 --> 00:15:52,603
met anyone with your courage
and power to forgive."
349
00:15:52,647 --> 00:15:53,604
You get the idea?
350
00:15:53,648 --> 00:15:54,736
And then I tell her
351
00:15:54,779 --> 00:15:55,998
I want to talk
to her about Lafferty
352
00:15:56,042 --> 00:15:58,218
and I include my phone number.
353
00:15:58,261 --> 00:16:00,089
Well, while you're waiting
for an answer
354
00:16:00,133 --> 00:16:02,613
let's see if child welfare
knows where she is.
355
00:16:05,747 --> 00:16:08,054
Child welfare has no record
of a girl with ALS
356
00:16:08,097 --> 00:16:10,534
going through their system
in the last five years.
357
00:16:10,578 --> 00:16:14,234
No record of a girl being used
as a sex toy by a dope gang.
358
00:16:14,277 --> 00:16:17,977
No record of foster parents
named Barb and Toby.
359
00:16:18,020 --> 00:16:20,153
But people have talked
to this girl, right?
360
00:16:20,196 --> 00:16:21,284
The editor of the book?
361
00:16:21,328 --> 00:16:22,764
We found
a few people
362
00:16:22,807 --> 00:16:24,287
through her Web Site who said
they got calls from her.
363
00:16:24,331 --> 00:16:26,420
They all described
364
00:16:26,463 --> 00:16:29,553
A sweet girl with a bad disease
and a positive attitude.
365
00:16:33,514 --> 00:16:35,385
Captain Deakins.
366
00:16:40,521 --> 00:16:41,565
Erica Windemere.
367
00:16:41,609 --> 00:16:43,611
For you. You want
to take it here?
368
00:16:48,442 --> 00:16:49,704
Hello, Erica?
369
00:16:49,747 --> 00:16:53,055
This is Detective
Alexandra Eames.
370
00:16:53,099 --> 00:16:53,621
Hello, Detective.
371
00:16:53,664 --> 00:16:55,840
Call me Alex.
372
00:16:55,884 --> 00:16:58,408
Am I on a speakerphone, Alex?
373
00:16:58,452 --> 00:17:00,062
Yes, I'm here
with my boss
374
00:17:00,106 --> 00:17:02,064
Captain Deakins,
and my partner,
Detective Goren.
375
00:17:02,108 --> 00:17:04,197
We're all anxious
to speak with you.
376
00:17:04,240 --> 00:17:05,763
Okay.
377
00:17:05,807 --> 00:17:07,417
I was so glad you wrote me.
378
00:17:07,461 --> 00:17:10,681
If there's any way I can help,
of course I want to do that.
379
00:17:10,725 --> 00:17:14,859
When's the last time
you spoke with Mr. Lafferty?
380
00:17:14,903 --> 00:17:17,514
We spoke all the time,
about his children.
381
00:17:17,558 --> 00:17:18,472
He wanted to have
382
00:17:18,515 --> 00:17:20,387
a better relationship with them
383
00:17:20,430 --> 00:17:23,694
and he was
such a big support to me.
384
00:17:23,738 --> 00:17:26,349
Erica, is there
any way that we could meet
385
00:17:26,393 --> 00:17:28,525
and talk to you in person?
386
00:17:28,569 --> 00:17:30,527
It depends on my health.
387
00:17:30,571 --> 00:17:35,402
I've had
so many bad days lately.
388
00:17:35,445 --> 00:17:38,709
Alex, do you have any kids?
389
00:17:38,753 --> 00:17:40,146
No.
390
00:17:40,189 --> 00:17:44,237
Your voice reminds me
of my kindergarten teacher.
391
00:17:44,280 --> 00:17:46,195
It's a very warm voice
392
00:17:46,239 --> 00:17:49,111
like you spend a lot
of time talking to kids.
393
00:17:49,155 --> 00:17:53,289
I hope you have some someday.
394
00:17:53,333 --> 00:17:55,422
Erica
395
00:17:55,465 --> 00:17:58,120
your book says
you contracted ALS
396
00:17:58,164 --> 00:18:01,123
when you were just 11.
397
00:18:01,167 --> 00:18:04,126
That's pretty rare, isn't it?
398
00:18:04,170 --> 00:18:05,780
Yes.
399
00:18:05,823 --> 00:18:09,088
You still have the use
of your right hand?
400
00:18:09,131 --> 00:18:10,306
No, I don't.
401
00:18:10,350 --> 00:18:12,395
But you have the use
of your left hand.
402
00:18:12,439 --> 00:18:15,224
Yes.
403
00:18:15,268 --> 00:18:18,140
Well, that kind
of asymmetric disability
404
00:18:18,184 --> 00:18:22,405
is unusual for ALS sufferers,
isn't it?
405
00:18:22,449 --> 00:18:25,234
I don't know what usual is.
406
00:18:25,278 --> 00:18:28,803
What's happening to me
is what's usual for me.
407
00:18:31,762 --> 00:18:34,374
One more thing.
408
00:18:34,417 --> 00:18:38,726
How has ALS
affected your menstruation?
409
00:18:40,293 --> 00:18:42,425
I...
410
00:18:42,469 --> 00:18:44,384
you mean...
411
00:18:44,427 --> 00:18:47,474
I don't want to embarrass you.
412
00:18:47,517 --> 00:18:49,867
In your book, you're very frank
about your development
413
00:18:49,911 --> 00:18:52,218
as a young
woman.
414
00:18:52,261 --> 00:18:54,263
If it makes you
uncomfortable, I...
415
00:18:54,307 --> 00:18:57,179
It's not that.
416
00:18:57,223 --> 00:18:59,399
How has
your condition affected you?
417
00:18:59,442 --> 00:19:01,923
I...
418
00:19:01,966 --> 00:19:04,404
Is this something
that you have to think about?
419
00:19:04,447 --> 00:19:07,407
I-I can't believe I'm being
attacked like this.
420
00:19:07,450 --> 00:19:11,193
Alex, people can't destroy you
unless you let them.
421
00:19:15,023 --> 00:19:17,634
What did you people
say to Erica?!
422
00:19:17,678 --> 00:19:18,853
Uh, who's this?
423
00:19:18,896 --> 00:19:20,768
This is her foster mother.
424
00:19:20,811 --> 00:19:22,726
Erica's crying right now.
425
00:19:22,770 --> 00:19:24,206
How could you people
426
00:19:24,250 --> 00:19:25,729
take five minutes
of whatever precious time
427
00:19:25,773 --> 00:19:26,817
she has left on this planet
428
00:19:26,861 --> 00:19:28,210
to do this to her?
429
00:19:28,254 --> 00:19:32,127
Shame on you.
430
00:19:41,876 --> 00:19:44,313
If I hadn't heard it
with my own ears...
431
00:19:44,357 --> 00:19:47,490
Well, it was a legitimate
question.
432
00:19:47,534 --> 00:19:52,495
She was just trying to come up
with the right answer.
433
00:19:52,539 --> 00:19:56,499
The right answer is whatever's
happening to her body.
434
00:19:56,543 --> 00:19:59,241
She shouldn't
have to think about it.
435
00:20:05,116 --> 00:20:07,641
That's why Doug Lafferty nevertook delivery of the wheelchair.
436
00:20:12,341 --> 00:20:15,518
She's a fake.
437
00:20:15,562 --> 00:20:17,607
And he found out.
438
00:20:24,788 --> 00:20:27,269
I remember my wife telling me
about this book.
439
00:20:27,313 --> 00:20:29,445
It made some talk show
book club selection.
440
00:20:29,489 --> 00:20:31,273
They called her
the next Anne Frank.
441
00:20:31,317 --> 00:20:33,362
Except Anne Frank
actually existed.
442
00:20:33,406 --> 00:20:35,103
No one's ever
met this girl?
443
00:20:35,146 --> 00:20:36,713
Maybe someone has.
444
00:20:36,757 --> 00:20:40,021
This is from the introduction
by Professor David Cantler--
445
00:20:40,064 --> 00:20:43,372
"Erica's easy smile
hides a will of iron
446
00:20:43,416 --> 00:20:46,332
which refuses to succumb
to the ravages of life."
447
00:20:46,375 --> 00:20:49,073
Her easy smile wouldn't
be easy to see over
the telephone.
448
00:20:49,117 --> 00:20:51,859
Cantler-- the geneticist
with the best-seller?
449
00:20:51,902 --> 00:20:53,948
Two best-sellers and four wives.
450
00:20:53,991 --> 00:20:56,733
Apparently, the professor
likes the ladies
451
00:20:56,777 --> 00:20:58,039
and vice-versa.
452
00:20:58,082 --> 00:20:59,301
You know us--
we like men
453
00:20:59,345 --> 00:21:00,998
who play with the building
blocks of life.
454
00:21:06,482 --> 00:21:07,570
Professor Cantler...
455
00:21:07,614 --> 00:21:08,310
Hello.
456
00:21:08,354 --> 00:21:09,572
I'm a graduate...
457
00:21:09,616 --> 00:21:13,359
Sorry, Alex Eames,
in Social Work.
458
00:21:13,402 --> 00:21:14,882
I'm a graduate student.
459
00:21:14,925 --> 00:21:16,449
What can I do for
you, Alex Eames?
460
00:21:16,492 --> 00:21:19,626
My thesis is on survivors
of child sex abuse
461
00:21:19,669 --> 00:21:21,845
and I know you wrote
the introduction to...
462
00:21:21,889 --> 00:21:23,020
Through the Darkness,
yes.
463
00:21:23,064 --> 00:21:24,631
You see, I want
464
00:21:24,674 --> 00:21:28,417
to interview Erica for my thesisand if you could help me...
465
00:21:28,461 --> 00:21:30,550
Yes, well, I have
a confession to make.
466
00:21:30,593 --> 00:21:33,466
Um, it wasn't possible
to actually meet with her.
467
00:21:33,509 --> 00:21:34,641
But your introduction...
468
00:21:34,684 --> 00:21:36,425
Yes, I know-- a little
poetic license.
469
00:21:36,469 --> 00:21:38,340
I went to meet her, but
her health was so fragile
470
00:21:38,384 --> 00:21:39,733
she just wasn't
strong enough...
471
00:21:39,776 --> 00:21:41,778
But you got to see
where she lived.
472
00:21:41,822 --> 00:21:43,824
Yes, I did
that, but, uh...
473
00:21:43,867 --> 00:21:46,043
My thesis partner.
474
00:21:46,087 --> 00:21:49,395
Hi. I'm Detective
Robert Goren.
475
00:21:49,438 --> 00:21:51,440
How you doing?
476
00:21:51,484 --> 00:21:53,616
Did Alex mention
she's a detective, too?
477
00:21:53,660 --> 00:21:55,009
And her thesis?
478
00:21:55,052 --> 00:21:56,793
That's actually a subpoena
that we need to serve
479
00:21:56,837 --> 00:21:59,318
on Erica and her...
foster parents.
480
00:22:01,494 --> 00:22:04,932
Uh, look, I actually don't know
where she lives.
481
00:22:04,975 --> 00:22:07,848
Uh, they had me drive out
to a gas station on Long Island
482
00:22:07,891 --> 00:22:09,371
and this man Toby
picked me up
483
00:22:09,415 --> 00:22:12,243
and drove me around in his van
for about a half an hour.
484
00:22:12,287 --> 00:22:14,463
You know what the house
looks like, right?
485
00:22:14,507 --> 00:22:16,509
We'll just drive around
until we find it.
486
00:22:19,903 --> 00:22:22,384
There's still food
in the fridge.
487
00:22:22,428 --> 00:22:26,083
Whoever lived here
must've just moved out.
488
00:22:26,127 --> 00:22:27,868
Gravel from
the driveway.
489
00:22:27,911 --> 00:22:30,653
I waited to meet with Erica
right here in this living room.
490
00:22:30,697 --> 00:22:31,785
She was in the bedroom.
491
00:22:31,828 --> 00:22:33,395
She was too sick to come out.
492
00:22:33,439 --> 00:22:34,918
Hook, line and sinker,
Professor.
493
00:22:34,962 --> 00:22:36,833
I can't believe
you fell for this.
494
00:22:36,877 --> 00:22:38,661
Erica exists.
495
00:22:38,705 --> 00:22:40,489
She's a gentle, loving soul
496
00:22:40,533 --> 00:22:43,449
who's been through great trials
in her very fragile life.
497
00:22:43,492 --> 00:22:45,189
I've spoken to her many times.
498
00:22:45,233 --> 00:22:47,714
On the phone.
499
00:22:49,455 --> 00:22:51,108
You're a scientist.
500
00:22:51,152 --> 00:22:52,849
I don't have to stick
my fingers in the wounds
501
00:22:52,893 --> 00:22:54,982
to believe, Detective.
502
00:22:55,025 --> 00:22:58,115
There's a theorem-- Godel's
503
00:22:58,159 --> 00:23:00,553
"Every axiomatic system
will contain truths...
504
00:23:00,596 --> 00:23:03,033
...that cannot be proven."
505
00:23:03,077 --> 00:23:06,776
But the absence of proof
can be proof.
506
00:23:08,735 --> 00:23:10,476
This was Erica's bedroom?
507
00:23:15,698 --> 00:23:17,526
Uh... the bed was in here?
508
00:23:17,570 --> 00:23:19,441
I don't see any marks
509
00:23:19,485 --> 00:23:24,403
or indentations
on the carpet or the wall.
510
00:23:24,446 --> 00:23:25,795
That's not conclusive.
511
00:23:25,839 --> 00:23:30,539
I don't see a 220-volt hookup
for the respirator
512
00:23:30,583 --> 00:23:33,890
Doug Lafferty bought for Erica.
513
00:23:37,807 --> 00:23:39,983
Doug Lafferty bought
her a respirator?
514
00:23:42,551 --> 00:23:44,510
You bought her one,
too, didn't you?
515
00:23:46,120 --> 00:23:50,907
I'm sure they made a nice profitselling the equipment.
516
00:23:50,951 --> 00:23:53,954
I've been a fool.
517
00:23:53,997 --> 00:24:00,526
It's... Wanting to help
someone is not foolish.
518
00:24:00,569 --> 00:24:06,532
But now you have to help
us find these people.
519
00:24:06,575 --> 00:24:08,011
There's a pharmacy.
520
00:24:08,055 --> 00:24:11,624
Sometimes they ask me
to pay for her prescriptions.
521
00:24:14,627 --> 00:24:16,585
I'm a friend
of David Cantler's.
522
00:24:16,629 --> 00:24:18,500
He was supposed to drop
off some money
523
00:24:18,544 --> 00:24:21,155
for a kid's prescription--
Erica Windemere?
524
00:24:21,198 --> 00:24:23,766
He asked me to
take care of it.
525
00:24:23,810 --> 00:24:24,854
Uh, is that okay?
526
00:24:24,898 --> 00:24:25,855
Sure, I guess so.
527
00:24:25,899 --> 00:24:27,161
How much is it?
528
00:24:27,204 --> 00:24:28,075
Well, let's see...
529
00:24:28,118 --> 00:24:29,337
She's on the Rilutek
530
00:24:29,380 --> 00:24:31,121
in addition to the Zanaflex
and the Roxanol.
531
00:24:31,165 --> 00:24:33,080
That's, uh, $800
for all three.
532
00:24:33,123 --> 00:24:35,125
Eight hundred dollars?
533
00:24:35,169 --> 00:24:37,563
This girl never heard
of medical insurance?
534
00:24:37,606 --> 00:24:41,001
She doesn't have any;
that's all I know.
535
00:24:41,044 --> 00:24:45,179
Uh, I don't mean to be rude,
but how do I know
536
00:24:45,222 --> 00:24:49,923
you're going to actually...
send her the drugs?
537
00:24:49,966 --> 00:24:51,185
Uh, we do this all the time.
538
00:24:51,228 --> 00:24:52,708
Somebody pays for the drugs
539
00:24:52,752 --> 00:24:56,669
and I call Erica's foster motherto come get them.
540
00:24:56,712 --> 00:25:00,542
Can you show me Erica's
prescriptions for the drugs?
541
00:25:00,586 --> 00:25:02,631
Why would I want to do that?
542
00:25:02,675 --> 00:25:04,807
Well, because I'm a cop.
543
00:25:04,851 --> 00:25:07,331
And you're five seconds away
from being arrested
544
00:25:07,375 --> 00:25:09,812
for selling prescription drugs
without a prescription.
545
00:25:09,856 --> 00:25:12,641
I-I just pass it on
to Bob for Erica.
546
00:25:12,685 --> 00:25:13,642
It's a donation.
547
00:25:13,686 --> 00:25:15,644
After you take a handling fee?
548
00:25:16,950 --> 00:25:19,996
Okay, Murray, this is
what you're going to do.
549
00:25:20,040 --> 00:25:22,912
You're going to call Barb
550
00:25:22,956 --> 00:25:25,175
and tell her a big donation
just came in
551
00:25:25,219 --> 00:25:28,527
and that you need her to come bybefore you close.
552
00:25:31,051 --> 00:25:32,313
Have you ever seen her?
553
00:25:32,356 --> 00:25:34,315
Have you, Christine?
554
00:25:34,358 --> 00:25:36,709
I've never seen
J.D. Salinger either
555
00:25:36,752 --> 00:25:38,798
but that doesn't make me
doubt his existence.
556
00:25:38,841 --> 00:25:40,843
Go ahead and be flip.
I'm just telling you--
557
00:25:40,887 --> 00:25:42,584
if you publish any further
editions of the book
558
00:25:42,628 --> 00:25:45,587
I want my introduction
excised.
559
00:25:45,631 --> 00:25:47,589
This is just happening
because of Barb.
560
00:25:47,633 --> 00:25:49,199
She's too overprotective.
561
00:25:49,243 --> 00:25:50,984
Erica would be happy
to meet with people
562
00:25:51,027 --> 00:25:52,115
if Barb would let her.
563
00:25:52,159 --> 00:25:54,857
Christine, you got taken
and I got taken.
564
00:25:54,901 --> 00:25:56,163
Let's just hope
that when this hits the papers
565
00:25:56,206 --> 00:25:58,165
we don't look
like total idiots.
566
00:25:58,208 --> 00:25:59,601
I'll tell you what I hope.
567
00:25:59,645 --> 00:26:02,865
I hope that I never lose
faith in one of the kindest
568
00:26:02,909 --> 00:26:05,955
most spiritual human
beings I have ever met.
569
00:26:05,999 --> 00:26:07,348
I feel sorry for you.
570
00:26:07,391 --> 00:26:09,089
Well, feel sorry
for yourself.
571
00:26:10,743 --> 00:26:12,048
You're not just
572
00:26:12,092 --> 00:26:15,182
betraying Erica,
you're betraying all children.
573
00:26:20,100 --> 00:26:25,235
Erica is safe where
we left her-- with friends.
574
00:26:25,279 --> 00:26:26,976
We found your motel room.
575
00:26:27,020 --> 00:26:29,631
There were none of Erica's
personal belongings there
576
00:26:29,675 --> 00:26:31,633
not even a picture of her.
577
00:26:31,677 --> 00:26:33,113
We know what
she looks like.
578
00:26:33,156 --> 00:26:34,810
We don't need
a picture of her.
579
00:26:34,854 --> 00:26:37,378
And all of her things
are with her.
580
00:26:37,421 --> 00:26:38,945
Uh, Toby's in the next room.
581
00:26:38,988 --> 00:26:41,034
You sure he's telling
the same story?
582
00:26:41,077 --> 00:26:44,777
Yes, I'm sure,
because it's the truth.
583
00:26:44,820 --> 00:26:46,953
What's wrong with you
that makes you want
584
00:26:46,996 --> 00:26:48,868
to destroy someone
good like Erica?
585
00:26:51,305 --> 00:26:56,136
Um... I'm-I'm just
a natural-born skeptic.
586
00:26:58,138 --> 00:26:59,356
Maybe I haven't had
enough tragedy
587
00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:01,750
in my life...
like Doug.
588
00:27:01,794 --> 00:27:04,057
His wife is gone.
589
00:27:04,100 --> 00:27:07,234
His kids hate him.
590
00:27:07,277 --> 00:27:10,193
Death staring him in the face.
591
00:27:10,237 --> 00:27:12,282
Doug was full of love.
592
00:27:12,326 --> 00:27:14,284
Erica opened his heart.
593
00:27:14,328 --> 00:27:16,069
Not to mention
his wallet.
594
00:27:16,112 --> 00:27:18,637
I'm not even going
to speak to that.
595
00:27:19,986 --> 00:27:22,771
Doug had doubts.
596
00:27:25,513 --> 00:27:27,036
Huh?
597
00:27:27,080 --> 00:27:28,647
Isn't what why...
598
00:27:30,344 --> 00:27:32,259
he was at the house...
599
00:27:35,915 --> 00:27:38,657
the night that he died?
600
00:27:43,966 --> 00:27:45,664
He wasn't there.
601
00:27:47,927 --> 00:27:49,668
This is gravel.
602
00:27:51,757 --> 00:27:52,888
From your driveway.
603
00:27:55,891 --> 00:28:03,682
Gravel... it gets around
all the way to Manhattan.
604
00:28:06,032 --> 00:28:08,774
This is the same
kind of gravel.
605
00:28:12,778 --> 00:28:15,694
We found it in the tires
of Doug's car.
606
00:28:21,743 --> 00:28:23,179
He did come out that night.
607
00:28:23,223 --> 00:28:26,269
He and Erica needed
to talk, and they did.
608
00:28:26,313 --> 00:28:30,230
Well, now we know one thing--
you're not above lying to us.
609
00:28:30,273 --> 00:28:32,885
I'll do whatever I need
to protect Erica.
610
00:28:32,928 --> 00:28:34,800
Including killing an old man
611
00:28:34,843 --> 00:28:37,367
who threatens
to destroy you?
612
00:28:37,411 --> 00:28:40,327
People can't destroy you
unless you let them.
613
00:28:40,370 --> 00:28:43,417
I've heard that before...
614
00:28:43,460 --> 00:28:45,114
from Erica.
615
00:28:49,466 --> 00:28:50,903
Did she teach you that?
616
00:28:50,946 --> 00:28:52,339
Yes, she did.
617
00:28:52,382 --> 00:28:55,037
Strength of character,
strength of will--
618
00:28:55,081 --> 00:28:56,212
these are the tools
you've been given
619
00:28:56,256 --> 00:28:58,040
to make yourself
what you would be.
620
00:29:00,042 --> 00:29:06,309
And you made Erica into
what you'd like yourself to be.
621
00:29:06,353 --> 00:29:07,833
Erica made herself.
622
00:29:07,876 --> 00:29:11,358
I was just lucky enoughto meet her in her time of need.
623
00:29:12,968 --> 00:29:14,840
Ah, you're quick.
624
00:29:14,883 --> 00:29:16,929
Just like Erica.
625
00:29:21,411 --> 00:29:22,586
Do you ever get jealous
626
00:29:22,630 --> 00:29:24,327
about all the attention
that she gets?
627
00:29:24,371 --> 00:29:27,113
No.
628
00:29:27,156 --> 00:29:30,464
Because some of it
falls on you, right?
629
00:29:30,507 --> 00:29:34,381
I'm just there to help Erica.
630
00:29:34,424 --> 00:29:37,427
You take care of Erica.
631
00:29:37,471 --> 00:29:39,908
You control access to Erica.
632
00:29:39,952 --> 00:29:43,085
That makes you
a very important person.
633
00:29:46,349 --> 00:29:48,569
Isn't that what this
is really about?
634
00:29:53,182 --> 00:29:56,185
Mr. Jacobs here has been hired
to represent the Windemeres.
635
00:30:03,453 --> 00:30:06,892
Now, some people
pretend to be sick
636
00:30:06,935 --> 00:30:09,155
for the attention and the love.
637
00:30:11,984 --> 00:30:13,986
Some women,
they make their children sick
638
00:30:14,029 --> 00:30:14,900
for the same reason.
639
00:30:14,943 --> 00:30:17,816
Some women kill their babies.
640
00:30:20,340 --> 00:30:26,955
But this woman...
she invented a sick child
641
00:30:26,999 --> 00:30:29,523
for the attention,
for the love.
642
00:30:29,566 --> 00:30:31,917
But if somebody like Doug
Lafferty gets in the way...?
643
00:30:31,960 --> 00:30:34,658
She's not violent.
644
00:30:34,702 --> 00:30:39,489
She believes that she can talk
her way out of anything.
645
00:30:39,533 --> 00:30:42,318
These people are con artists...
646
00:30:44,581 --> 00:30:47,367
but I don't think
they killed Lafferty.
647
00:30:51,284 --> 00:30:52,633
Someone showed
Doug Lafferty
648
00:30:52,676 --> 00:30:54,504
the way to the house
and then drove back
649
00:30:54,548 --> 00:30:55,549
to the city with him.
650
00:30:55,592 --> 00:30:58,900
Someone Barb
and Toby trusted.
651
00:30:58,944 --> 00:31:01,163
We got thousands
of e-mails to Erica
cataloged here
652
00:31:01,207 --> 00:31:03,992
from every state and
all of the replies.
653
00:31:04,036 --> 00:31:06,299
This was a full-time job.
654
00:31:06,342 --> 00:31:07,648
Full-time salary, too.
655
00:31:07,691 --> 00:31:09,519
These are drafts
of the book
656
00:31:09,563 --> 00:31:11,391
with handwritten
revisions.
657
00:31:15,308 --> 00:31:16,962
Looks like most of the
book was rewritten.
658
00:31:17,005 --> 00:31:19,616
Not just rewritten,
transformed.
659
00:31:19,660 --> 00:31:20,748
This paragraph here
660
00:31:20,791 --> 00:31:24,447
about Erica being told
she had ALS...
661
00:31:24,491 --> 00:31:26,885
The original's, uh...
662
00:31:26,928 --> 00:31:28,582
I think the word
you're looking
for is "awful."
663
00:31:28,625 --> 00:31:32,368
But the new material,
it breaks your heart.
664
00:31:32,412 --> 00:31:34,588
Whoever made these changes
665
00:31:34,631 --> 00:31:36,895
it was a labor of love.
666
00:31:39,114 --> 00:31:42,204
What you've done is
cruel and heartless.
667
00:31:42,248 --> 00:31:43,989
Arresting Barb
and Toby?
668
00:31:44,032 --> 00:31:45,294
That puts Erica
in terrible danger.
669
00:31:45,338 --> 00:31:47,949
Have you talked to her
since their arrest?
670
00:31:47,993 --> 00:31:50,473
No. She's probably too
afraid to call me.
671
00:31:50,517 --> 00:31:52,432
Well, maybe you're hoping
she doesn't.
672
00:31:52,475 --> 00:31:55,043
After all, she might ask you
to take care of her.
673
00:31:55,087 --> 00:31:57,263
I would do that without
a moment's hesitation.
674
00:31:57,306 --> 00:31:58,960
It doesn't intimidate me.
675
00:31:59,004 --> 00:32:01,049
You're single,
no one to help you
676
00:32:01,093 --> 00:32:02,616
you have a
full-time job.
677
00:32:02,659 --> 00:32:04,966
Erica would be
my full-time job.
678
00:32:06,663 --> 00:32:09,623
You have no doubt
679
00:32:09,666 --> 00:32:13,975
that she's a flesh-and-blood
little girl?
680
00:32:14,019 --> 00:32:15,846
No, I don't.
681
00:32:15,890 --> 00:32:16,586
You had a scare
682
00:32:16,630 --> 00:32:18,066
last summer.
683
00:32:18,110 --> 00:32:22,418
One of your coworkers told us
you had a bad Pap smear.
684
00:32:22,462 --> 00:32:25,378
I had a precancerous
cervical condition
685
00:32:25,421 --> 00:32:26,988
which I was treated for
686
00:32:27,032 --> 00:32:28,990
not that it's
any of your business.
687
00:32:29,034 --> 00:32:30,600
But did it raise
688
00:32:30,644 --> 00:32:33,995
the question of whether you'd
ever have your own children?
689
00:32:34,039 --> 00:32:37,216
Is that the void
that Erica filled?
690
00:32:37,259 --> 00:32:42,786
Erica restored your faith
in the human spirit.
691
00:32:42,830 --> 00:32:46,094
She gave you courage
in the face of evil.
692
00:32:46,138 --> 00:32:50,011
No one was going to tell you
she doesn't exist.
693
00:32:50,055 --> 00:32:53,841
To deny her was to deny you.
694
00:32:53,884 --> 00:32:56,017
Okay, this
is ridiculous.
695
00:32:56,061 --> 00:32:57,714
Is it?
696
00:33:06,027 --> 00:33:09,465
I don't know where Erica ends
and you begin.
697
00:33:09,509 --> 00:33:10,466
You are insane!
698
00:33:10,510 --> 00:33:11,598
This is all her!
699
00:33:11,641 --> 00:33:12,686
This is her!
700
00:33:12,729 --> 00:33:14,035
This is her life!
701
00:33:14,079 --> 00:33:16,211
These are
her thoughts!
702
00:33:26,656 --> 00:33:31,879
Douglas Lafferty's faith
wasn't as strong as yours.
703
00:33:31,922 --> 00:33:34,273
He wanted proof...
704
00:33:34,316 --> 00:33:36,449
didn't he?
705
00:33:36,492 --> 00:33:39,191
Is that why you took him
to the house?
706
00:33:42,237 --> 00:33:46,807
Maybe Doug Lafferty's suspicionsweren't appeased
707
00:33:46,850 --> 00:33:48,330
and he was
going to make trouble.
708
00:33:48,374 --> 00:33:49,418
No.
709
00:33:49,462 --> 00:33:51,681
Maybe driving back
to the city
710
00:33:51,725 --> 00:33:55,468
you tried to reason
with him.
711
00:33:55,511 --> 00:33:58,993
You told him how much
Erica meant to you.
712
00:33:59,037 --> 00:34:02,301
The closer you got
to his home
713
00:34:02,344 --> 00:34:04,694
the more frantic
that you became...?
714
00:34:04,738 --> 00:34:06,522
I stayed home all night.
715
00:34:06,566 --> 00:34:08,350
I never left the house.
716
00:34:08,394 --> 00:34:09,699
We checked the logs
717
00:34:09,743 --> 00:34:11,701
of the messenger service
your company uses.
718
00:34:11,745 --> 00:34:13,573
That night, they tried
719
00:34:13,616 --> 00:34:16,750
to make deliveries to you
at 9:00 and midnight.
720
00:34:16,793 --> 00:34:19,100
There was no answer either time.
721
00:34:22,321 --> 00:34:23,626
We don't doubt
722
00:34:23,670 --> 00:34:26,542
the sincerity of your beliefs,
Ms. Wilkes.
723
00:34:26,586 --> 00:34:30,111
You were taken advantage of.
724
00:34:30,155 --> 00:34:33,419
And I'm willing to take that
into consideration
725
00:34:33,462 --> 00:34:36,074
if you will tell us the truth.
726
00:34:42,167 --> 00:34:44,256
I stayed home all night.
727
00:34:46,823 --> 00:34:48,042
I went to bed early
728
00:34:48,086 --> 00:34:51,219
and that is why I didn't hear
the buzzing.
729
00:34:51,263 --> 00:34:52,786
Now, if you'll excuse me
730
00:34:52,829 --> 00:34:54,831
I would like
to leave.
731
00:35:06,582 --> 00:35:08,236
The power of faith.
732
00:35:08,280 --> 00:35:12,284
No, she really believes
Erica is real.
733
00:35:14,938 --> 00:35:17,506
You know, maybe a little faith
in Erica
734
00:35:17,550 --> 00:35:19,813
isn't such a bad thing.
735
00:35:25,688 --> 00:35:27,081
Look, they freely admit
736
00:35:27,125 --> 00:35:28,952
that Douglas Lafferty was
at their house that night.
737
00:35:28,996 --> 00:35:31,346
They wouldn't admit that unless
they had nothing to hide.
738
00:35:31,390 --> 00:35:32,565
Or they wanted
to create
739
00:35:32,608 --> 00:35:34,175
an impression they
had nothing to hide.
740
00:35:34,219 --> 00:35:35,916
I might have been
more pliable a
few days ago
741
00:35:35,959 --> 00:35:38,353
but now that the
insurance policy
has come to light...
742
00:35:38,397 --> 00:35:41,661
What insurance policy?
743
00:35:41,704 --> 00:35:43,358
Ask your clients.
744
00:35:45,534 --> 00:35:49,886
Um, four months ago,
Douglas Lafferty changed
745
00:35:49,930 --> 00:35:54,413
the beneficiary
on his insurance policy
746
00:35:54,456 --> 00:35:56,371
naming Erica
Windemere
747
00:35:56,415 --> 00:35:58,634
to receive a payout
748
00:35:58,678 --> 00:36:00,462
of $2 million.
749
00:36:03,248 --> 00:36:06,164
We didn't know
anything about that.
750
00:36:06,207 --> 00:36:09,254
Oh, really?
751
00:36:09,297 --> 00:36:11,212
The money was to be held
in trust
752
00:36:11,256 --> 00:36:13,345
with your client as trustee.
753
00:36:13,388 --> 00:36:14,694
$2 million
754
00:36:14,737 --> 00:36:18,350
to spend any way she wanted.
755
00:36:18,393 --> 00:36:21,483
The best part
of it is
756
00:36:21,527 --> 00:36:23,790
you would have been able
to keep all of it
757
00:36:23,833 --> 00:36:26,793
without ever having to prove
that Erica exists.
758
00:36:28,969 --> 00:36:29,883
A murder
conviction
759
00:36:29,926 --> 00:36:32,581
will, of course,
void the policy.
760
00:36:32,625 --> 00:36:35,323
Crime isn't
supposed to pay.
761
00:36:35,367 --> 00:36:36,498
We didn't kill Doug.
762
00:36:36,542 --> 00:36:38,283
We swear.
763
00:36:38,326 --> 00:36:42,330
Well, if not you, then who?
764
00:36:47,335 --> 00:36:48,423
I just found out
765
00:36:48,467 --> 00:36:49,946
that the District Attorney
is seizing
766
00:36:49,990 --> 00:36:51,905
Erica's book royalties.
767
00:36:51,948 --> 00:36:53,515
That is inhumane.
768
00:36:53,559 --> 00:36:54,864
What is she supposed
to live on?
769
00:36:54,908 --> 00:36:56,823
What's the D.A.
supposed to do?
770
00:36:56,866 --> 00:36:58,303
We did find
new evidence
771
00:36:58,346 --> 00:37:02,132
implicating Barb in
Doug Lafferty's murder.
772
00:37:02,176 --> 00:37:05,832
Okay, I am not defending
what Barb did.
773
00:37:05,875 --> 00:37:09,401
I am just here to protect
Erica's interests.
774
00:37:14,319 --> 00:37:16,364
She sent you here
to talk to us?
775
00:37:16,408 --> 00:37:18,236
No, no, I e-mailed her.
776
00:37:18,279 --> 00:37:19,933
I told her it was urgent
I speak with her.
777
00:37:19,976 --> 00:37:22,544
I don't even know if she
has a computer anymore.
778
00:37:22,588 --> 00:37:23,893
You see, this is
779
00:37:23,937 --> 00:37:25,373
the precarious
situation she's in.
780
00:37:25,417 --> 00:37:29,551
Without those book royalties,
she has nothing.
781
00:37:29,595 --> 00:37:32,685
I thought that she has
hundreds of people
sending her money.
782
00:37:32,728 --> 00:37:34,556
She's in hiding.
783
00:37:34,600 --> 00:37:38,343
How do you expect
them to get the
money to her?
784
00:37:38,386 --> 00:37:39,648
Well, Barb said
she was safe.
785
00:37:39,692 --> 00:37:41,171
Barb is a liar.
786
00:37:41,215 --> 00:37:43,913
Barb needs to be kept away
from Erica.
787
00:37:43,957 --> 00:37:46,002
Oh.
788
00:37:46,046 --> 00:37:47,439
Oh, you know
what's best for her?
789
00:37:47,482 --> 00:37:48,831
Yes, I do.
790
00:37:48,875 --> 00:37:50,311
There's a call
for Ms. Wilkes.
It's her office.
791
00:37:50,355 --> 00:37:51,051
Oh, my God.
792
00:37:51,094 --> 00:37:53,009
Tell them she's busy.
793
00:37:53,053 --> 00:37:54,402
They said it
was important.
794
00:37:54,446 --> 00:37:56,752
They're holding
a call from an
Erica Windemere.
795
00:37:58,363 --> 00:38:00,756
Uh, put it through
in here.
796
00:38:07,807 --> 00:38:08,764
Christine?
797
00:38:08,808 --> 00:38:09,896
Erica!
798
00:38:09,939 --> 00:38:11,811
Yes, it's me.
I'm here.
799
00:38:11,854 --> 00:38:12,855
Hi.
800
00:38:12,899 --> 00:38:15,728
I'm so happy
to hear your voice.
801
00:38:15,771 --> 00:38:17,730
I am too, Erica.
802
00:38:17,773 --> 00:38:20,776
I'm here with the
police right now.
803
00:38:20,820 --> 00:38:23,126
So, tell me how
you're doing.
804
00:38:23,170 --> 00:38:27,783
All right,
but I'm very scared.
805
00:38:27,827 --> 00:38:29,350
I am taking care
of everything.
806
00:38:29,394 --> 00:38:31,700
You don't have to
worry about anything.
807
00:38:31,744 --> 00:38:32,614
I'm not going to let...
808
00:38:32,658 --> 00:38:35,617
Did they tell you about Doug?
809
00:38:35,661 --> 00:38:39,621
Barb told me on the phone
that he had insurance.
810
00:38:39,665 --> 00:38:42,058
I don't understand these things.
811
00:38:42,102 --> 00:38:43,973
He had a life policy
812
00:38:44,017 --> 00:38:46,106
that left Erica
$2 million.
813
00:38:46,149 --> 00:38:47,673
Oh, that's incredible.
814
00:38:47,716 --> 00:38:50,023
That's a miracle.
815
00:38:50,066 --> 00:38:52,504
Only now, I won't get it
816
00:38:52,547 --> 00:38:54,506
because of Barb
817
00:38:54,549 --> 00:38:57,204
and what she did to Doug.
818
00:38:57,247 --> 00:38:59,337
Since Erica's the trustee
and she killed Doug
819
00:38:59,380 --> 00:39:01,948
the policy's void,
and Erica gets nothing.
820
00:39:01,991 --> 00:39:05,081
What's going to happen
to me, Christine?
821
00:39:05,125 --> 00:39:09,390
"The people I'm
with can't afford
to take care of me.
822
00:39:09,434 --> 00:39:10,826
"We don't have
any money.
823
00:39:10,870 --> 00:39:13,394
Barb had it all."
824
00:39:19,182 --> 00:39:21,010
Erica?
825
00:39:21,054 --> 00:39:22,925
Listen to me, sweetheart.
826
00:39:22,969 --> 00:39:25,493
Nothing bad
is going to happen to you.
827
00:39:25,537 --> 00:39:27,669
She has no health insurance.
828
00:39:27,713 --> 00:39:29,105
I'm going to end up in a home.
829
00:39:29,149 --> 00:39:31,673
No, no, you're not.
830
00:39:31,717 --> 00:39:33,632
I'm going to make sure of that.
831
00:39:33,675 --> 00:39:36,504
How? With what money?
832
00:39:36,548 --> 00:39:38,419
I mean...
833
00:39:38,463 --> 00:39:39,855
Erica's at the end of her rope.
834
00:39:39,899 --> 00:39:40,856
Isn't that right, Erica?
835
00:39:40,900 --> 00:39:43,946
I'm sorry, Christine.
836
00:39:43,990 --> 00:39:46,558
I try to be brave...
837
00:39:46,601 --> 00:39:49,604
but... but losing Barb
and Tony...
838
00:39:49,648 --> 00:39:50,866
Erica...
839
00:39:50,910 --> 00:39:52,607
It's just too much.
840
00:39:52,651 --> 00:39:56,959
You taught me so much
about accepting loss
841
00:39:57,003 --> 00:40:00,223
and uncertainty and hardship
842
00:40:00,267 --> 00:40:02,443
and appreciating
843
00:40:02,487 --> 00:40:05,359
what is beautiful
and hopeful in life.
844
00:40:05,403 --> 00:40:08,144
Beauty won't help.
845
00:40:08,188 --> 00:40:10,582
Her disease is going
to get worse.
846
00:40:10,625 --> 00:40:12,018
That's what she has
to look forward to.
847
00:40:12,061 --> 00:40:15,804
More hardship, loss
and uncertainty.
848
00:40:17,937 --> 00:40:19,634
Erica, you know
849
00:40:19,678 --> 00:40:21,897
that I would sacrifice
everything for you.
850
00:40:21,941 --> 00:40:24,596
You better mean it
851
00:40:24,639 --> 00:40:26,728
because she's got
no one else.
852
00:40:26,772 --> 00:40:29,644
You're the only person
I have left, Christine.
853
00:40:29,688 --> 00:40:32,212
I know.
854
00:40:32,821 --> 00:40:34,997
What? Erica?
855
00:40:35,041 --> 00:40:39,001
Erica?
856
00:40:41,221 --> 00:40:47,532
Erica!
857
00:40:53,320 --> 00:40:55,888
What are you going
to do, Christine?
858
00:40:55,931 --> 00:40:57,716
That money could change
everything for her.
859
00:40:57,759 --> 00:41:00,936
It could save
her life.
860
00:41:08,901 --> 00:41:12,513
Whatever you did, you...
861
00:41:12,557 --> 00:41:16,517
you did to... defend
your faith in her.
862
00:41:20,739 --> 00:41:23,524
Your heart was pure.
863
00:41:26,919 --> 00:41:30,575
Now it's time
to take the final step
864
00:41:32,272 --> 00:41:35,971
to give Erica
the greatest gift.
865
00:41:40,410 --> 00:41:42,630
You need to do this...
866
00:41:44,632 --> 00:41:48,984
or your faith in Erica
will have been...
867
00:41:49,028 --> 00:41:49,898
a lie.
868
00:41:58,516 --> 00:42:00,518
I did it.
869
00:42:02,607 --> 00:42:04,304
Not Barb.
870
00:42:05,697 --> 00:42:08,003
I killed Doug.
871
00:42:10,571 --> 00:42:13,835
Tell me what you did.
872
00:42:13,879 --> 00:42:16,272
I killed him
in his garage.
873
00:42:18,187 --> 00:42:22,757
I used nail polish remover,
and I set him on fire.
874
00:42:25,543 --> 00:42:28,023
He was going to hurt Erica.
875
00:42:28,067 --> 00:42:31,592
He kept saying she wasn't real
876
00:42:31,636 --> 00:42:34,856
and I couldn't let him say that.
877
00:42:34,900 --> 00:42:37,903
You know, I just couldn't
let him say that.
878
00:42:49,871 --> 00:42:52,308
So now I get
the insurance money, right?
879
00:42:52,352 --> 00:42:53,875
When do I get it?
880
00:42:53,919 --> 00:42:54,920
I'm sorry.
881
00:42:54,963 --> 00:42:56,356
What?!
882
00:42:56,399 --> 00:42:58,880
Erica isn't the
only thing that
doesn't exist.
883
00:42:58,924 --> 00:43:01,840
You lied?
884
00:43:01,883 --> 00:43:03,885
You lied to me?
885
00:43:03,929 --> 00:43:06,584
I helped you, and...
886
00:43:09,891 --> 00:43:12,938
You ruined everything.
887
00:43:18,117 --> 00:43:20,772
Erica will be
so disappointed in them.
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