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Previously on Delilah, Leah's laptop was found in the dumpster behind her

apartment. Your father copied the hard drive before they turned it over to

Osborne. Mace found these wire transfer receipts on Leah's hard drive from

Osborne to Pine City Trust LLC.

The president of Pine City Trust is Rick Pattengill.

And the wire transfers are in some untraceable offshore account. But Pine

Trust has a mailing address, P .O. Box, here in Charlotte.

Is Raquel Williams in today?

Yes, sir. She's in her office now.

Have her meet us in the warehouse.

These are GTAMs, remotely detonated ground -to -air missiles made by

The same ones Gary Shea thought could be detonated if they were within the range

of a C -15.

This is an Osborne C -15. I'm going to set a timer for 30 seconds starting now.

Three, two, one.

She'd been giving me nothing but side -eye since I started. Now, she's

here acting like a victim. Your picture's next to OCD in the dictionary,

darling. You know where the Jane Doe file is. That's enough!

You want to know where that Jane Doe file is? Jane Doe!

Nice to meet you.

Relax, Leah.

Don't you dare touch me.

We need to end this.

Tamara said you have a hard time allowing yourself to have fun.

I know how to have fun. Oh, yeah? Oh, yeah.

you doing asking for you to prove it my

heart

has been a chessboard making moves and losing out

plays so many times before and there ain't nothing to brag about

I just want you to be, to be.

Yeah!

New places selling beignets and coffee, gnarly stuff.

Okay,

if I come in?

Yeah, of course.

Come in. You having a party?

Kind of.

It's the first morning I've had alone in, like, forever.

Kids recording?

Yeah, and Dion is at Christine's.

Your musical taste is changing.

Really? I don't think so.

Oh, yeah?

You've dug bachata for a long time? Oh, you know the bachata. Baby, I contain

multitude.

Yeah, it's wonderful music. Come on back.

All right.

Probably not even hot anymore. I doubt you even want it. I want it.

Thank you.

Perfect.

What's up?

I went to the post office in Ballantyne, where the Pine City Trust PO Box was

registered. The last wire transfer Leah authorized was months ago, but I

figured, take a shot, see if there's any recent activity.

Moment the place opens, guess who walked in and went right at it?

Rick Pattengill.

No, old Mr. Pattengill is still an international man of mystery.

This person opened the box with the key, took out a few letters, got in line.

We closed the account to the box, handed over the key, and peaced out.

Fred Ogborn?

Leah?

Okay, I'm going to kill you.

Cindy Shea. Cindy Shea? She's involved in all of this?

Babe?

Casey!

I have to make a quick work trip to Raleigh back tomorrow.

Sorry.

Yo, where are you at?

This is supposed to be our big day to do wedding planning. I took all the work

for this.

Babe, I know whatever you got going on is necessary, but I'm just... I'm just

saying.

Call me.

Be safe. I love you.

Bye.

Can I help you with something?

Do you have a minute to talk?

This is about yesterday?

Tangentially, but nothing bad.

I'd rather not if that's okay.

I'm not fighting.

Yeah, no, I'm not either. It's just... Listen, it was really unprofessional of

me to let my baggage get in the way of both of us doing our job.

Demetria, I just want to move on.

I do too.

And you didn't keep me from doing my job. My job's done.

It's your job I'm thinking about.

That's why I want to talk.

Good morning. Good morning. I found this on the porch.

Oh, are we getting this now? That's for me. Sorry.

What is it?

Walter Magazine.

It's about high society and the triangle, you know, Raleigh, Durham,

Hill. But they all do business with people in Charlotte. Thought there might

cases in there, you know, Easter eggs. Oh, how about we win this case first,

Miss? We could open up branch offices in any one of those three cities. I love

this thinking.

Let's discuss after we win this case.

Understood.

Harper, call Cindy Shea. Tell her that a process server is going to show up at

her house with a subpoena unless she comes in here tomorrow morning.

Oh, I'm on it.

May saw her closing the account associated with the P .O. box for Pine

Trust in Ballantyne.

It's like a mile from their house.

Is she the one who rented the box in the first place, or was it Gary?

Well, we don't know that, but Rick Pattengill is the president of Pine City

Trust, and his name is all over those doctor accident reports.

We keep assuming that Rick and Gary are in cahoots, or at least that they're

aware of each other. What I need to know is how Cindy's involved.

Cindy may be the key to all of this.

Okay, I want to... What else do you need, boss lady? Call Wellington

Find out when Osborne asked for those missiles. The ones they used to test the

-15 that Tamara said that woman at Osborne mentioned. Draco Williams.

Yes. And find out who ordered them at Osborne. If we can prove that Fred

them. or if that he even knew they were being tested when he fired Leah. We

could argue that he fired her for being a whistleblower. At least we can imply

it. And if those tasteful English missile makers won't talk, then you can

them that we will subpoena their tasteful English asses, too.

Full stop.

You on fire.

I am not going to settle this case.

We are going to go to court, and we are going to put what this company has done

on the front page of the paper for weeks.

All these...

Government contractors are coming in from all over the country, and we need

send them a message.

Charlotte, North Carolina is not where you come to do your shady, secret

business. Mm -mm.

This is not the Wild, Wild West.

Amen. Hallelujah.

Okay. Looks like the two of you have worked out your issues.

Mm.

Yeah.

Okay, I'm just going to pretend that y 'all said I'm cool.

I'm going to get to work.

Hi, Miss Davis.

William.

What are you doing here?

I want to settle.

Today.

No, the cream -raised ink on blue card.

Not the other way around.

Palatino. Yes, yes.

Linotype. Right, like the one I said before. Yeah.

I never heard back from your fiancé, by the way. Well, my fiancé lost his chance

to weigh in seven hours ago. It's just you and me, Carl.

Boy, you got that right.

Oh,

I'm going to have to call you right back about the envelopes, but I do have

ideas. So, okay.

Right? Good morning, Mr. Osborne. What

can Lockley do for you today?

I want you to prepare a new settlement offer for Leah Davis.

Wait. She's finally ready to end this.

Does Conley know about this?

So you suddenly want to settle. I do.

There's no offer to settle on the table anymore.

Call Fred and see if there is.

Oh, you know from Fred that there's another offer on the table. Call Fred.

Call Tamara.

Ask her. Did he threaten you? Yeah, he did.

But it was for my own good.

What the hell is that supposed to mean?

He's offering me a lot of money, Dee.

More money than he's ever offered. Money.

I can settle if I want to, Dee. I'm not contesting that. I'm just saying, tell

me what's happening.

Fred came to see me last night.

Did he hurt you, Leah?

No, but he laid it all out. He let me know how hopeless this whole thing is.

It's not.

Not by a long shot.

Dee, I'm the one who authorized all those wire transfers to Pine City to

Pattengill. Why didn't you tell me about them? I didn't even remember doing it.

Dee, those... Those DocuSign links were coming in by the dozens every day. I was

like, start, sign, finish, goodbye.

The fact that I don't remember doesn't mean anything.

Fred said that whatever Gary was up to, my name is all over it. He said if this

thing goes to court, I'm going to wish I killed myself, too.

So he's saying that this is all Gary's fault.

The whole cover -up. He didn't say anything about any cover -up. He didn't

what Gary was doing.

Ever since Gary killed himself, we've been thinking about him like he's some

kind of good guy. Like he's some kind of victim. But I'm not so sure.

Because of some bullshit that Fred said.

He's lying, Leah.

He's trying to cover his own ass. He is trying to save his company. From who?

From Gary.

And whoever he was conspiring with in the army. Rick Pattengill.

Fred doesn't even know who that is.

Did you sleep with Fred last night?

Why would you ask me that?

You're just talking about him like you don't remember him breaking into your

apartment. That was Tamara.

We don't know that.

I know that.

You don't know it, but I know it.

That's another reason why I want out.

You still haven't pushed back against her.

Tamara could shoot me in broad daylight and you would still defend her.

Leah? Give me 24 hours.

I'm close to proving Fred covered this all up. I've given you six weeks.

Look, I will set in motion the mediation between Tam and Fred. That's going to

take some time to set up anyway.

I don't want a mediation.

Yes, you do.

It's the thing where you hash out the details and you settle.

You get your almighty check. I just need one more day to prove to you that we

can win this.

One day is not going to make a difference.

Leah, my brother is involved in this case.

I hired an associate to deal with this case. I got arrested because of my

involvement in this case. And Fred Osborne is guilty.

I just need you to give me one more day.

Leah, I know that you're scared.

I know you're tired, but you owe me.

A day.

Okay, you've got 24 hours.

But I'm not changing my mind.

Where did these come from?

They were just delivered.

Oh.

Mm -hmm.

I thought I saw a little pep in your step this morning.

What you talking about?

This is my normal step.

Well, Cindy Shea called.

She's coming in tomorrow at 9 a .m. to give her witness statement.

Great.

Have Jam send both me and Tam a list of available mediators. Sure. Do you want

me to check with any other mediation firm? No. Jam's is the best.

And then find out what the connection is between Cindy and Rick Pattengill.

I want to know why she was the one closing out that post office box this

morning. Huh. I'm on it.

Mm -hmm.

Neville, you know what I need.

I need the e -mail from Osborne requesting more missiles to test.

No. I'm sure it's not crooked to just hand out an email like this, Neville,

the alternative.

I mean, have you dealt with Americans lately?

We're crazy.

And I'm 100 % American in the batshit crazy sense of the word. I'll have your

ass extradited.

Oh, you can't be extradited?

Oh, you're taking a holiday? Where are you going, Neville?

Well, now, no one wants you and the family to get to suffix more than I do,

Neville. There's wonderful things to see there this time of year.

I have been, actually. You ever heard of the Purple Emperor?

It's a butterfly.

Some say it's the most beautiful butterfly in all of Europe. Now, if you

to go to Texas, I can tell you how to find it.

Because the males are pretty obvious. They're, like, right out there. But the

thing about the female is, she can be right in front of you the whole time,

you won't fear.

But... If I don't get that email forwarded to me from Fred Osborne or

which I now know you possess, I'll just have to call the Department of Justice

and have your ass extradited to Charlotte and charged with obstruction

justice. And, baby, after that, the only butterflies you're going to see will be

on the arms of some very dangerous individual.

Cheers.

Did he send the email?

He said he talked to his boss. And he requested the missile. That he didn't

How did you know all that stuff about England and butterflies?

That's kind of a long story.

Good job.

Thank you.

Mm -hmm.

Is there anything you don't add peppers to? Mason, enough!

I just want to feel like there's something happening, you know, like...

just a guy standing here eating.

No wonder you have ulcers. Enough!

You want some?

No, thank you.

But enjoy.

So you think the wire transfer files with Leah's signature aren't real? No.

doesn't even remember authorizing them. I mean, I know with that woman it's not

a stellar piece of evidence, but... But the digital signatures have time codes

embedded in the file.

Marcus shows me deep fakes all the time that I would swear are real.

Time code doesn't mean anything.

And the fact that this is only coming up after they stole her computer and it

conveniently resurfaced. Yeah.

I'll have someone take a look.

Well, it has to be soon, because if I don't convince Leah by this time

that she's wrong, she's out.

But if I can show her that those files were put on her computer after it was

stolen, she might just stand her ground.

I just want to see how she can know Nate might be a victim in this and still

consider settling.

That's crazy to me.

Did I say the wrong thing?

No, you said the right thing.

The only right thing there is to say.

I always do.

Hannah.

Yeah, this is MC.

I need your help.

This is the plaintiff, Karen Coyne. She says the defendant lived with her and he

was the roommate from you know where.

She's suing for $2 ,000 in back rent. She also wants her electric piano.

This is the defendant.

Um...

Why are folks behaving badly?

Well, why am I watching this? No, just hold on, hold on. So I was searching

online for any connection between Cindy Shea and Rick Pattengill. Found nothing.

So you started watching TV.

No. So I realized that if Cindy and Rick knew each other from way back when, her

last name ain't gonna be Shea.

So I just searched for Cindy and Rick Pattengill.

That took me to an IMDb link for an episode of The People's Judge where Rick

Pattengill... And Cynthia Lumis were cast members.

There.

Girl.

That's them.

So these cases ain't real.

Oh, no, they're real. They just, like, change the name sometimes.

But they lived together.

Okay. Oh, okay. So any idea how he went from being a felonious freeloader to

adopting reports for the United States Army?

And where the hell he is now?

I have no idea. This is huge.

This means that Cindy is the one who connected Gary to Rick.

Or Rick to Fred.

Whichever, right?

We gotta call Delilah.

The people's judge.

Phew. That's amazing.

I cannot wait to ask Cindy about this tomorrow.

You guys are killing it.

Listen, there is, in the conference room, one of the drawers, there's this

bottle of French wine that Mace gave me some time ago.

Something one of his clients gave him. Yeah, open it up and celebrate.

No, you did more than your job.

You got me one step closer to connecting Rick to Gary, proving that Fred staged

the cover -up.

Have we heard anything back from England?

Uh -huh.

Okay. Maybe we'll get lucky and the time difference will work in our favor.

All right, well, I'll have a drink, go home. I'll see you in the morning.

Yeah, bye.

What happened?

Nothing as important as you two.

So, how was your dad?

It was okay.

Marcus has a crush on Katya.

No, I don't. She's ugly, and that's a cold fact.

Can I get in my room?

Between the neighbors and the isn't Katya amazing show, I didn't get much

to practice. Okay, and Katya is not ugly.

Where's Dan?

Well, Christine asked for another night.

Why do you ask? You miss him?

What? No.

No, it's just that when he's here, Maya has to knock off that night.

Oh, you need quiet at nine so you can lay there and think about Katya? Shut

Maya.

Hey, I know we're not in the best place right now, but we need to go through

this list of mediators. There's not going to be a mediation. Your client

to settle.

That means we need a mediator.

I know.

But I have until tomorrow morning to convince her and come hell or high

I'm gonna.

Well, how about we just go through this list, just in case she sticks to her

gun? Which she should. Fred told me what he's gonna spend.

She's gonna come out of this wealthy.

Dee, they've already gone behind our backs.

All we're doing here is playing lawyer.

But we're gonna be playing lawyer.

Because it's over.

Come in.

Look.

So here's the story I wanted to tell you about earlier and the thing you have to

understand, Harper, is this story is about you.

Okay.

I was married for 10 years.

You were?

Well, like who would have me?

This should probably breathe, but let's not stand on ceremony.

To be true, I didn't mean it like that. It's fine.

Just kidding.

I don't think I'd get married either.

This man, he, honey, it was like close to 11.

He stole my heart.

What's happening?

I was going to feed the plant.

Here you go.

So, what's his name?

Ethel. We met on a date and nap for Black Catholics.

Oh, I didn't know that.

Not anymore.

But praise God it did for a minute, because that's about seriously how long

lasted.

When we met, I was living in D .C.

Wrapping up my undergrad at Howard, thank you. And he was working at the

National Arboretum.

Oh, he's why you're so into these plants.

Yeah. Girl, before I met Esau, I didn't know where vegetable came from, besides

the stove.

So what happened?

He was just not what he seemed?

In a sense, yeah.

We got married, moved down here for his work, and about seven years in, he

started acting, I don't know, ugly.

Little swings, secretive, big explosive fights. He was cheating.

That's exactly what I thought.

And I kicked his ass out.

I said, when you are ready to respect me the way I deserve, give me a call.

And then we will talk about whether I want to continue this conversation.

Now, I know that whipped him into shape.

No, it did not.

He lost his job.

After that, nobody knew what was going on with that man. Not me, not his

parents, not his brother.

So then what?

What was the problem?

Well, it was a brain tumor.

Oh, my God.

It started out as colon cancer and then spread to his brain. That's why.

By the time he was diagnosed and they took it out, the cancer had moved from

spine to his blood. It was everywhere.

And I was halfway through my second year at Georgetown. I was going back and

forth on the weekends, and I quit to take care of him.

Oh, wow.

And you asked me if he wasn't what he seemed, and I would say yes.

Because to me, he seemed bigger than all the laws of life that kept us small and

pinned in. He was bigger than time, bigger than sickness, and bigger than

But he wasn't.

He was this man.

Just this man.

Oh, he looks so kind.

He was.

Strong, too.

But this story is about you.

Yeah, you said that, but I don't quite follow. Papa, I lost a year and a half

law school caring for that man. And another two after that, lying in bed,

watching TV so sad I could barely breathe.

I did not think I was going to go back to D .C. and finish a law degree, but I

did.

How?

So I'm at Conley on the News, talking about your story.

And I know y 'all lost that one, but it inspired me to keep going. Go back.

Try again.

I know what it feels like to think you missed your chance, Harper.

You did not miss your chance.

Hannah, we're going to have to dig deep.

Now, you know I can find anything, but what exactly am I looking for?

Find me some proof these files from Leah's computer were created in the past

week.

Copy that.

Now, I know you don't like to hear about other jobs because of your devotion to

the all -powerful Delilah.

She pays the bills.

Yeah, yeah, we both know that it's more than that.

But this one is too good not to tell you about him, see?

There's three things a man can't stop.

Corn ripening.

The river flowing and a woman saying what she's got to say. So proceed.

I have a friend here in town.

Stop contracting for Google.

She's starting her own thing. She's looking for a head of security, digital

otherwise.

Low to mid six figures to start.

I ain't even on Facebook.

She needs someone she can trust.

Okay. All time stamps on these things. Check out.

She wants to meet you.

Not interested, but thank you.

Damn. Boy, have some dignity.

Still breaking hearts.

Man, they're already broken.

I've never seen so many men running around with feelings.

It's like not a feeling left for a woman to have these days. Men have them all.

At least tell me that you'll think about talking to her. Okay, I'll talk to her.

Hang on.

What you got?

What part of hang on are you not understanding?

Let the woman work.

Hmm. You make any sense of this mess?

It's the proof that you're looking for.

I don't know. It's like you can have an old white man who thinks you're angry.

Or you can have an old white man who thinks you're adorable, which is worse.

Or you can have a young white woman who thinks she's doing you a favor.

Or you can have an old white woman who thinks she's doing you a favor by not

doing you a favor, ever.

There's only three retired black judges on this list, and two of them just so

happens... Clarence Thomas syndrome.

That part.

And the one sister who's new says that she's from Tacoma.

I didn't know that God was still making black people in Washington.

I thought he sold that factory.

I don't know.

Let's go with Tacoma.

Yes, let's go with the sister from Tacoma. I am all over that.

Okay, done.

Done.

Done.

Okay, I know I'm not supposed to be happy about this, but I just want the

back.

Do you remember the joy, Dee?

I do.

But, Tam, if this thing settles, and I'm left knowing that I did not bring the

man who was responsible for my brother's injury to justice, and you, my best

friend, kept me from it. Oh, I didn't keep you from it.

Fred and Leah made their deal.

If they don't do it with us, they'll just do it with some other pair of

with law degrees.

You're not hearing me.

Dee, you're not hearing me.

And that is the point.

There's no joy.

She's sounding so good.

Mm -hmm.

She has this audition at this fancy conservatory in Boston.

Summer session?

Well, no, she's going to have to skip all of senior year.

Wow. Is Gordon going to let her do that?

Is Gordon going to pay for it?

She is sounding good.

So,

um, how are things going with you and Jamal?

Casey didn't tell you?

I haven't spoken with Casey today.

Why? He's out of town.

Oh, where'd he go?

Raleigh. I woke up this morning, girl, first of all, today was supposed to be,

like, amazing race, wedding edition, and then I woke up to a note saying that he

had to run to Raleigh, so.

So you haven't talked to him all day?

How are things going with you and Jamal?

Has he texted?

Yeah, a few times. We're fine.

Don't do that.

What?

I know my relationship, Dee. Okay, I didn't say anything.

Yeah, but you're giving me that look.

You're bringing all of your issues. My issue is you.

Oh. All I'm saying is don't skip town without warning and just ghost my girl,

what, like a few days before her damn engagement party?

Hey, Auntie.

Hey, handsome.

It's been so long.

Um, can you ask Maya to stop? What time is it?

10 .30. Oh.

Oh, that's late. Yeah.

I'm sorry, baby. I'll tell her.

Listen.

I just need one thing, if this goes to mediation.

Hit me. I need Fred to admit that he did not fire Leah because of bad job

performance.

Why? I just need it.

I'll do my best.

Thank you.

And I can go for it. Yeah, I heard that.

Go on then, baby. I'll be right there.

Hey. Hey.

Wire transfers are fake.

Hey. Hey.

Should we continue this privately? Are we talking about the wire transfers

that... Leah authorized the ones from Pine City Trust?

You know about those? Yeah, Fred told me about it today. He said that's the

reason why she's settling.

Her paw prints are all over this.

They're not real prints.

Says who?

The wire transfers were dated months ago. The files were created within the

week. Digital timestamps are letter perfect, but they use the latest version

the banking software, and that was released like ten days ago.

So Leah doesn't remember authorizing the wire transfers to Pine City because...

Because she didn't do it.

The files were put on her computer after the computer was stolen from her

apartment by your client or someone he paid.

I am not settling.

No way.

She's just going to fire you and have somebody else sign it. I don't care.

I have a case. With no plaintiff. I'll find one. My brother, one of the

of innocent men or women that you knew best friend Fred Osborne, has crippled

maimed with his stupid radio.

You are impossible.

I'm also right.

So, as far as you know, Miss Shea, there was no collusion with the Army when it

came to the accident reports of wounded soldiers and incidents related to the C

-15. I don't know how many times I have to say this.

It was Gary's project. I didn't even see the report that he took.

Doctor, he was dead.

Cindy, I'm sorry. I feel like I need to remind you this is not a formal

deposition.

But when you're done here, you will sign something that says everything that you

said here today is true and correct.

You are under oath.

This whole thing was Gary's project.

It was his project. It was his problem.

I'm sorry.

I don't know what else to say.

Okay. One last question.

Did you introduce Rick to Fred?

Or did you introduce Rick to your husband, Gary, and then Gary took it

there?

Who? Rick Pattengale? I don't know anyone by that name.

Cindy?

My father is the chief of police.

I can negotiate police protection and immunity for you, but you have to tell

the truth.

Did you introduce Rick to Fred?

Did you basically broker Osborne's contract for the C -15s?

I'll make sure you're protected.

God.

I'll never forgive Gary for leaving me to clean up this mess. Talk to me about

Rick Pattengill.

He was my boyfriend.

We lived together before I met Gary, but he had a drinking problem and it ended

between us.

He joined the army to dry himself out. Eventually, he ended up on a panel for

the army that reviews contractor bids.

So you introduced him to Gary? Who hooked him up with Fred.

Fred paid Rick a hundred grand to get Osborne the contracts for the C -15.

Is there hard proof that Fred did that?

You'd have to ask Rick. I would love to.

Where is he?

I don't know.

After Gary died, he got spooked and he went into hiding.

Why?

I don't know. I guess because since Gary was dead, he thought the authorities

would come for him.

What is your formal connection to Pine City Trust and Rick now?

I know that you closed out the account associated with the P .O. Box at Pine

City yesterday.

Gary had me set up Pine City Trust to make the payment to Rick so that there

would be no paper trail from Rick back to Fred.

But when it became apparent to everyone that the C -15 had this problem, Rick

pressured Fred for more money to clean things up on his end by doctoring the

accident reports while Gary redesigned the radios so they wouldn't, you know,

detonate the Wellington ground -to -air missiles, kill people.

They were in the middle of cleaning it all up, and then you came by.

Gary had a crisis of conscience, and he told Fred he wanted to come clean.

Do you think that Fred killed Gary?

Gary was a sponge for guilt.

His parents, they're awful.

He felt so bad about the mistake he had made with the C -15.

All those people that died.

He was so haunted by that.

That being said, Fred didn't want Gary to come forward, obviously.

Fred can get people to do anything.

I don't know.

So I will call you tomorrow to set up a time to meet with the DA.

Okay.

I just want you to feel comfortable enough to tell the truth. That's all I

about.

Oh. Hi.

You two know each other?

Not really, but you're Fred's secretary, right?

Yeah.

I was.

Leah Davis.

Nice to see you again.

I'm so sorry about Gary.

You two have met before.

The day before Gary died, right?

I don't remember.

Where did you meet?

At the house.

You dropped off a whole suite of baby clothes from Fancy Pants from everyone

Osborne. Our struggle to get pregnant was a cause to celebrate even after Gary

was let go.

How sweet.

And what a surprise.

I'll be in touch.

Thanks. Bye.

Bye.

You went to Gary Shea's house the day before he died.

Might have been that day, yeah.

But you had already been fired.

I had been Fred's secretary for years.

He hadn't found a replacement yet.

He didn't know who else to call.

Why didn't you ever tell me?

Did you bring something else to Gary from Fred other than baby clothes?

See, this is why I need to settle.

Leah.

Were you somehow involved in Gary's death?

Were you?