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And now we're going live to the office of attorney and former councilman, Jesse

Whalen. Hi, I'm Jesse Whalen. I come to you now on behalf of my young associate,

Shelby Oldman, who disappeared two weeks ago.

Shelby and I worked closely together.

Yeah, I bet. Today, I am raising to $100 ,000 our reward for information about

Shelby. Information of any kind. And I want you to know...

who she was hey mom hey dad i'm in tuscany i'm drinking coccatino i love

wish you were here thank you guys i ate birthdays

you guys were great this isn't fattening is it better not be if you've

seen shelby if you have any information at all

Benjamin, I don't want you giving Mrs. Miller any excuses when she says it's

time to come home from the play date.

All right. Don't forget Daddy's coming home tonight.

What do you mean you're calling Waylon in here?

The radio talk shows are already saying that he's rich and married. She's young

and beautiful.

Where'd he hide the body?

You want him to look like a murder suspect?

I think it's time he sat down with us. You should do it on his turf.

He can come here like anyone else.

This is a fishbowl, Kate.

Can you swim?

Whalen is one powerful lawyer. He's a problem.

My problem is that Shelby Ullman is probably dead.

Why do I hate missing persons so much? Because they make you sad, not mad. I

mean, face it, if someone's dead, at least we know what to do.

Gee, I wish I hadn't asked.

You know, that's your case they're talking about in there.

Uh, Waylon's such a good friend of the mayor's, he can't possibly be a murder

suspect. Okay, Shelby Ullman is 24 years old. She goes missing from the hottest

law firm in town.

Why do we need to see her in a swimsuit?

Yeah, you know, why do we need to see her butt?

Well, they're not going to show Waylon's butt.

He's officially not a suspect.

Yeah, well, he might be if the department will let us talk to him. Got

report on the Shelby case.

All right, Raina, let's hear it. What's the new theory on how Waylon killed

Shelby? I don't theorize, Inspector Bass, so I prioritize.

And listen to this.

They found a whole bunch of blood on the rug in Selby's apartment that someone

tried real hard to clean up.

And it's hers.

The DNA matches.

And so who was with her last?

Jesse Whalen, I believe.

Oh, um, looks like our missing person case just turned into a homicide.

Listen up. In about an hour, Jesse Whalen's going to be here to talk with

is not a suspect.

This is not a homicide.

You may not like it, but it's a high -profile case, and I've been here before

you haven't. I think they're watching him. They're watching us just as close.

Jenny, Magda, my office.

Aren't you supposed to be some police?

Come on.

We just caught a double homicide on Marlboro Street. Two dead, maybe more.

On my way.

Yo, I seen an armored truck rolling down the street.

And it looked kind of funny.

Because the back door was flapping open.

And when it hit a bump, a bundle of money came flying out the back and hit

street. They didn't even stop.

You sure it was money?

Absolutely, man. That's when all the blasting broke out, man.

See all these little gangsters around here?

They like to shoot each other for nothing.

But this was the reason.

You saw a bunch of money just fall out of the back of an armored vehicle.

Well, these two saw it first.

I went to go get my share. That's when all the bullets started flying.

Did you see who was doing the shooting?

No, sir. I took off running.

I'd rather be poor than dead.

It's a shame, though, huh?

They got rich, but it only lasted a minute.

Thanks for your time. Mr. Oswaldo, I just want to verify your information.

Gunshot wounds, close range.

He's fired back, too.

Could be a drive -by. This part of Marlboro is a regular gang corridor.

Would you believe some money fell off the back of an armored truck?

What do you know? An honest man.

This one had in his hand, looks like about 20 grand.

For a minute there, I was sipping espresso on the Piazza San Marco in

feeding the pigeons.

It's old currency, too. It's not even sequenced. No taxes, no questions, no

pulse.

Raina, yes, Nate. Listen, in a couple of minutes, an armored carrier is going to

call for immediate police response.

Let us know, will you?

No, I don't need a crystal ball. I'm just that good.

Good to see you. Hey, how are you? How are you?

Ladies, gentlemen, I don't have anything new at this time, but I do want you to

know that I'm optimistic we will find Shelby, and you're all helping just by

being here and spreading the word, and I appreciate that. Thank you.

Mr. Whalen?

Captain McCafferty, how are you?

You've done well, but then I knew you wouldn't.

You've met Inspectors Ramirez and Eckstead? Yes, briefly, when this all

Please, have a seat.

I sure ran the gauntlet getting in here. If I could, I'd have a press ban from

the block.

No, Captain, we need them. They can't help. A lot of men have made a big

not knowing that.

So?

About five months ago, and this is not easy for me to say, Shelby

Ullman and I, well... Go on.

I'm 50 years old, Shelby's a kid, but I thought I was tough.

I mean, for her, everything was new and fresh, and I should have been more

vigilant. I should have seen it coming.

You had an affair.

More than that.

in love with her.

This morning I told my wife of 25 years and she has agreed to a

divorce.

I intend to marry Shelby and start a new family and I wish I had told her that

two weeks ago because that is why she left.

And that is what I'm going to say to the cameras and the world when we're

finished here. I'm going to say, Shelby, I love you. Come home.

We just learned that there's a good deal of fresh blood on the

rug in Shelby's apartment.

Her blood?

And a vigorous attempt had been made to remove it.

Well, that must have come from nosebleeds.

Shelby was a pressure person, and she would have them when she worked too

Check with her doctor.

I'll do that. Because I know that she's okay.

I should have never let her run. Where would she run, Mr. Whalen? I wish I

Captain, am I suspect?

Well, the blood concerns us, but this is a missing persons case.

Still, I'd prepare a defense.

My defense is that I came here and opened my heart to you. Frankly, that is

offense, too, because I was assured...

that I would be treated fairly in return.

Now, is there anything that I can do?

Well, we seem to have hit a stone wall at your law firm, sir.

I don't suppose you could open any doors.

I'm sorry. They think they're protecting me. Done.

Please, find Shelby and tell her that I love her.

That guy made a deal coming in here.

He'll be treated fairly.

In return for what? Selling the world he's in love.

You don't hear that every day from a guy like him. That was a threat.

He's saying that if you and I push him too hard, we're going to be directing

traffic.

Hey, Captain, we were just talking about... I saw that look when Waylon

Okay, nine years ago when I was up for lieutenant, he called me at home. We

talked for one hour.

He was on the police commission. He had my whole personnel file.

He wanted diversity.

I was it.

Will and helped you get your job? Yeah, I wouldn't get all teary -eyed about it.

He's also a vindictive son of a bitch and absolutely famous for it.

We got a big problem here.

Huge, unbelievable problem. We understand you reported a loss from one

trucks? $700 ,000 in cash.

Used bills headed for federal recycling.

Gonna be shredded and burned. And my truck didn't lose it. My truck is a

bulletproof impregnable vehicle.

Lady, driver's lost it. Would you like to talk to them?

This way.

This is Mr.

Monty. I've got his accomplice in the back.

Miss Burke, I swear to you, we didn't steal that money.

If you had a brain, you'd be in Argentina by now. Ma 'am, why don't you

handle this?

Sir, why don't you tell us how this happened? My assistant, Mr. Holloway, is

supposed to ride him back with the money.

But he came up front with me because he was having some problems with his wife

and he wanted to talk.

I guess we forgot to close the door back at the bank.

Did you pass through the 2100 block of Marlboro? Yeah, but that's on our route.

Sir, you can relax. I don't think we're looking at you for the crime.

Do you remember seeing anything?

I knew something bad was going to happen.

Just try carrying money around all day.

You carry a gun and people look at you. You just want to say you want it, you

carry it. Did you see anything at all?

It's like you're standing in between everybody and what they want.

And what do you get after lugging around a couple hundred million without a

hitch?

You can't tell me people at this firm don't know what's going on with each

other. I don't know anything.

Oh, I would know if some 50 -year -old captain was hooking up with a girl just

out of the academy.

I'd know.

Well, nobody did.

And I wasn't even 24 yet.

What are you talking about?

Oh, come on, Meg. What, do you want a name? A long time ago. It's a little

for you to jump in and wave your arms.

And I would have.

Rebecca Ramirez.

Hey, hi.

What? Babe, I can hardly hear you.

What? I was thinking of making the paella that you like.

Gabe? Hello?

What are you making?

Paella. Paella.

Don't start.

Inspectors Ramirez and Ex -Entropy Valerie Barlow.

Here's the moonshell beside him. He's in.

Reno, he's in Baton Rouge.

Oh, and two people in Florida recognize her bathing suit, which, of course,

would be about five years old from the picture.

This case is really ticking you off, isn't it?

Shelby's my age. I know these old guys wanting to guide you and help you.

Yeah, right, help you out of your shirt.

Waylon's not that much older than I am.

Trust me, he can't run and he can't hide. Well, how about he's hiding in the

light of day?

Reno, he's not a suspect because I don't want him to pick it up. All right.

You want me to shut my mouth or tell me?

No, I'm interested in what you think.

Captain, I think he chopped this girl up into pieces and he knows she's never

coming home. He'll be saying, Selby, come home the whole time he's running

president. Well, his wife just called with a whole charm school act on why

such a great man and drops the name to two city councilmen who'll vouch for

You know, ladies, what I don't get, I mean, he's divorcing her, right? So

shouldn't she be mowing his grass real short about now?

Depends on the lady.

My ex -wife is still mad as hell. Can't say she doesn't have reason.

Officer Washington?

Um, well, I guess we're all different, sir.

Well, thank you both.

Miss Charles, we're all really the same woman. I just stuck on a bunch of

different heads.

So Shelby worked here for seven months, and you guys never went out together?

Not for pizza?

A drink?

Talk about the boss?

This is very hard, Inspector.

Shelby was one of us, and we're all really concerned about her. Well, we

know about her life.

We need to know what she talked about, her moods, what kind of person she was.

Usually friends can help us with that, if they're really friends.

I'm afraid this isn't a very social firm.

There's performance pressure.

Yeah, I think we sensed that in the room. Yeah.

So then none of you saw Mr. Whalen's intimate revelation coming?

It was just a complete surprise to all of us.

But all three of you have had Shelby's job, right? So what do you think really

happened?

I think they just fell in love, and who knows how that happened.

Inspectors, we bill by the hour, and right now we all have other

But Mr. Whelan wanted you to have everything from Shelby's files.

He emphasized full and complete cooperation.

The alternative was a search warrant.

Please believe me when I say we're all praying Shelby's okay.

Do you need any help with this? No.

Don't worry about it.

We'll be talking.

What a stonewall.

Sounds like their whole lives are stone walls.

Hang on a sec.

Inspector, I'm already late. What is going on here?

We ask you about Shelby, you hand us a cardboard box.

Is that all she was to you?

We're lawyers.

You can't expect... Shelby hasn't called home in weeks. Just where do you think

she went?

The Gatillion?

Well, she's not out with the girls because she's not one of the girls.

And what does that mean?

Shelby's a handful.

Everyone here knew it.

You mess with Shelby Ullman, you got yourself one big problem.

You need to call these ladies back around 10 o 'clock tonight when they got

their pants off.

What do you think? You want to just grab a slice and work it straight through?

Are you kidding?

I've got to go to the seafood market.

Cooking? Oh, yes.

I forgot.

Hey, Beth.

Listen, I don't know what flight Gabe is on, but he might be in kind of late,

and Benjamin really has to get to bed.

Okay, yeah.

That'd be great. Then I'll just pick him up in the morning.

Okay, thanks, Beth.

Mr. Metzer, I'm Inspector Tito Rendo. This is my partner. Nate Basso, how you

doing? Mr.

Herrera from the Royal Taco House said you were leaving after cleaning his rugs

around the time of the homicide.

I never saw people get killed before.

Kind of stays with you.

Is it true that some money fell off the truck?

Yes, sir, and it was quite a large amount of cash.

We're asking a lot of people about this, so just tell us what you saw.

See, no, I don't know if I should.

They saw me, I think. Who did?

Two guys in an old red pickup truck. They're the ones who shot those two

Did you get any part of the license plate?

No, no. I ducked when shots started going off.

Did you see a weapon?

Yes. One guy had a headband. He had a square boxy gun. I never saw one like

before. It's a Mac -10. It's a gang weapon.

Hey, buddy. How you doing?

You gonna go have fun? Yeah? Okay, I'll see you later.

Is that your family? Yeah.

My son's home.

They're going to the park.

See?

There's no way that he can travel. We can't just leave town.

Are you sure they saw you, Rudy? My name and address are on the side of the

truck. They look right at me. If you're worried about them, we can have a

uniformed officer posted right outside.

No, please, don't do that, okay? I told you everything that I saw.

Call us.

We can be here in five minutes.

Well, apparently, Shelby didn't shop, make personal phone calls, go on

She didn't have any friends.

For $135 ,000 a year?

I mean, if that was me, I'd be in Bali.

You work those 80 -hour weeks. Why not give yourself a reward?

Yeah, well, no reward here. She was rich, but she gave herself nosebleeds,

like Waylon said, and she never went to Bali.

Well, I think the island of Bali was probably last on the list. Yeah, first

being Jesse Waylon.

What do you think, Petey?

Don't ask me. I'm looking for a punk in a headband who picked up $700 ,000 off

the street.

And what, you're waiting for him to turn it in?

Would you?

Yeah, Bob, what if you were there?

Ha, ha, ha.

It'd be funnier if he hadn't killed two people.

How about you, Raina?

Me? Well,

I turned it in because I got my own car and got my own place, and no fool has a

key but me.

And I'm living with my dad. Got any room on your couch?

Look, the only thing new we have is off the credit card that the firm gave her.

The morning she disappeared, she went into a drugstore and bought something

$24 .99.

The question is what?

Well, gee, let's see. You're 24 years old. It's 6 o 'clock in the morning.

What's $24 .99 and can't wait?

Pregnancy test.

I don't want to know how you knew that.

Hey, how was last night?

Gabe never showed.

He called me this morning a day late.

Didn't even mention it.

Excuse me.

Hi. Mr.

Chen. I'm Inspector Ramirez. This is Inspector Eckstead.

Customer made these charges and we want to know if you can match them to the

store file.

Sure. I was working that night. Oh, good.

You okay?

Yeah, I'll be fine. I'm going to be just fine.

Yeah.

This customer bought a door double safe pregnancy test at 5 .55 a .m.

Who was the customer?

This woman here.

Oh, my God, it was Shelby herself?

You recognize her?

Yes, but she didn't look like her picture.

I think there was someone with her.

He hung back, but I saw him.

I think it was the man who killed her.

And how exactly would you know that?

Jesse Whalen, who else?

You don't mind if I tell this to you? There's no police rule, right?

I can be a tipster?

Sir, you are a witness.

You're going to need to come downtown and make a formal statement.

Cool.

Find the 700 ,000 yet? No, it rode off in a red pickup truck.

Too bad.

Hey, I finished the two victims. Looks like they shot each other.

One's a severed aorta, the other's a cranial hemorrhage. Wait a minute, they

shot each other?

Oh, yeah.

Ballistics match perfectly.

They're in the same gang, too.

But... Throw down a pile of money and there goes that.

We're looking for a guy in a red pickup truck wearing a headband shooting a Mac

-10. Who says they saw a Mac -10?

A carpet cleaner by the name of Rudy Metzer. He's very specific about that.

Impossible.

Those two guys shot each other.

We've got both weapons and all the plugs.

Keep your voice down. I put Ben to bed. And you're not waking him up.

Baby, I called you, remember?

You were working.

I said the band was extended a day.

It was a bad connection. Didn't you hear me say that? Please, don't blame this

on a cell phone, okay?

But, um, what did you tell Ben? That I just forgot about him? Benjamin had a

sleepover, Gabe, so he didn't even notice.

And he's used to it.

Well, come on.

What's different? What's new?

Benjamin's birthday, his baby teeth. Where the hell were you, Gabriel?

The same place as yesterday, nowhere.

No, no, no, no, no, no. I came back, and it's been good, and you know that.

It's been good for you, not for me.

I have no trust left.

Magda, you're not even giving me a chance to explain. I'm finished with

explanations.

You know, I came home happy tonight.

I thought I was going to see my family.

Instead, I run into this.

Chainsaw. Yeah, you.

You cut me up for last night, and you cut me up for eight years ago.

What's the matter with you? Hey, it's not me. It's you.

You know what? I don't even think you should have a son.

What did you say?

Yeah, I mean, you should just be free, you know, to do whatever the hell you

want, when you want.

That's who you are, right?

And that's fine.

But I'll tell you what. If I could change it right now, you wouldn't be

father at all.

That's it for me, you know.

What, you think you can come and go? No, no, no, you shut up, Magna.

I'm tired of always being on probation with you like some criminal off the

street.

Now, I gave you a ring and you don't even put it on. Where is it? You want

have it. No, no, no, I don't want it, okay? You sell it and you put the money

towards Ben's education.

So what, now you're leaving again?

Yes, I'm... Yeah, I guess I am. Good.

Vete, coño.

What are you going to tell Benjamin?

Should I tell him or don't you plan on telling him anything at all?

You just don't get it, do you?

I love Ben.

Ben is the reason I get up every morning.

I'm never going to leave Ben as long as I live.

The only one I'm leaving is you.

What exactly did you say?

I hear that former associate from Wayland's firm, her name's Darlene

And I spoke to her on the phone. She doesn't seem like a big Wayland fan.

Thank you, Rena.

Good morning.

Good morning, Meg.

I just said a lot of things that I shouldn't have.

But I was really pissed, you know? I had every right to be.

What,

you think I'm unforgiving and judgmental?

I think you can be, yeah.

And sometimes that makes it very hard to be your friend.

I'm sure Gabe just thinks that he doesn't have any chances left, you know?

I mean, no matter what he does, there is no redemption possible with you.

We all want to be forgiven, Mac, you know, but you wait and you wait and it

never comes.

Hard to be my friend?

All I know is that people screw up.

And the only time that you really know someone actually gives a damn is when

after whatever the hell happened between you, as bad and lousy and unforgivable

as it may be,

they're still standing there.

Nice still standing here for you.

Yeah, yeah.

You want to be there for Gabe?

I want Exted and Ramirez to interview Darlene Myers.

I know, Captain, but Darlene's a lawyer, and she's been telling me on the phone

how it's really not in her best interest to open up right now. But anyway,

Captain, look, I've been on the phone with her for at least half an hour. And

even laughed a couple times. I just think if I went down there, you know,

some time with her, it might help.

And I told her that a uniformed officer would be involved in taking her

statement.

Well, you had good friends with her after talking to her on the phone for

an hour.

Hey, you know, it turns out we both have tickets to the India Arie concert next

week. India Arie?

Let's say it's you that finds all that money.

Nobody's looking.

It's in cash. It doesn't really belong to anybody.

Still selling your soul to keep it. In my book, that's just wrong.

Yeah. I agree.

You know, someone like my mom would keep it.

Would you sell your soul for someone else?

You mean like your son? Say he's disabled and money would make a big

Still wrong.

Yeah. Yeah, but you don't need the money.

Like my mom did.

She would have bought food, and she would have bought herself a pink

I want to hear what Rudy Metzer thinks.

So, Mr. Metzer, do we keep looking for the red truck, the guy in the headband

with the Mac -10?

Why? Did something happen?

What happened is there is no red truck, there's no guy with a headband, and

there's no Mac -10.

We're going to need that money back now.

I don't have the money. Come on, Rudy. You were on the street. You saw those

guys were dead. You saw the money and you took it. You know why.

Look for a guy with a headband.

Look, your son is sick.

How's your health insurance holding out?

Well, if Thomas had a sore throat, it would be fine.

But if you have a real disease, if you're looking at a very expensive

then they cut you off. No more money. Sorry, you're too thick for us. Go ahead

and die.

You willing to go to jail for your son?

Look for a reddish truck.

Rudy, you may think...

Your luck changed.

That money isn't luck.

Two guys who lost it got fired. And the two guys who found it are dead.

What do you think? You're just going to dig up the cash when you get out?

I would do anything for my family.

He was wearing some sort of headband.

Think about this, Rudy.

Be smart.

Save us the paperwork.

Darlene, we need to know what you know about Willen.

Jesse can pick up the phone, and he can raise a million dollars.

Or he can pick up that same phone, and your project will stop dead.

Or your career.

Or your clients, in my case.

Miss Myers, right now Shelby Ullman needs a friend.

And we can't seem to find one.

Here's how it happens.

You're 23, top of your law school, $90 ,000 in debt, and you look good

in shorts.

You have five offers, but Jesse is calling you personally, and he's a

You have your doubts, but he knows you can do it. So there you are, in at six,

home by 12, nights, weekends, Fourth of July, and it turns out you really can

do it.

So now you love yourself. You can do anything.

And then some night in some four -star

hotel in Houston with chocolates on the pillow,

there's Jesse.

He's a mean SOB.

And he is the most attractive man I've ever met.

How many other associates have had sexual relations with Waylon? Lots.

And once it starts, it's hard to end.

He's a physical guy.

He gets mad.

Once he squeezed my wrist so hard, he broke a bone.

Damn, you got a medical report on that? Sure, Raina. It says I hit a net post

playing tennis.

How did you get away from him?

He needed a new tennis partner for the celebrity tournament.

I introduced him to Shelby.

New meat for the lion, right?

Try living with that.

Darlene, nobody will come forward.

Someone has to be first.

They won't. Not while he's Jesse Whalen.

You know, we can put you under oath and ask you everything you just said.

Sorry, I'll lie.

Rudy Metz wrote St. Michael Hospital, $2 ,800.

He's over a year late. He wrote Brookhurst Physical Therapy, $700.

They've already cut him off.

Here's Archer Medical Providers for $12 ,000.

Okay, he knows we know he's got the money. He stole it, CD.

DeLorenzo.

Yeah, Carl.

Right, um, well, we figure our guy's thinking of keep the money and do the

time.

Really? Even with no priors?

Okay. Great.

ADA said six years, and when he gets out, they're waiting.

Call me, sir.

Go ahead.

Change tree.

I'm not especially interested in Waylon's couch count.

Well, Captain, the point is that he's a manipulator. He corners these women, and

he takes two to tango. It's just about them. No, Shelby.

And the drugstore clerk really say Waylon was there that morning?

Well, he puts him out of a photo lineup in about a half a second, so he's sure.

And what does Waylon say he was at 6 a .m.? Yeah, having breakfast with his

wife. She backs him. Yeah, well, she's lying. I don't know why, but... Well,

he's the answer.

She gets half.

She doesn't want a civil suit for wrongful death draining the tub.

So that's your plan, then?

Yeah. Go after the wife hard. Forget about the wife.

Captain, is there some kind of ground rule we don't know about?

Do you think that Waylon is withholding information germane to the disappearance

of Shelby Ullman?

Absolutely. Well, then bring him back in. He's not a suspect.

Shouldn't mind coming in one more time.

You sure you want to do that?

I can always find another job.

No comment.

Captain?

Whalen? I don't know how long I can walk to those cameras and not say there's

been a lack of progress by your department. Sorry, we're doing the best

Please, have a seat.

Sir, was Shelby Ullman the only associate you had a sexual relationship

Where will that lead us, Inspector?

To the story of one man's marriage?

I'm not perfect.

Was Shelby pregnant?

Why do you ask that?

Because she bought a pregnancy test at 6 a .m. that morning?

Well, she may have.

Weren't you with her when she bought it?

There's no evidence that she was pregnant.

But if she were, that would be a problem. That would change things, force

hand. Captain, this is hypothetical. It's fishing for bait.

Raina?

Mr. Chen sold Shelby the pregnancy test kit.

And he has positively identified you as being with her in the store when she

bought it. Well, um, I don't say that you were with her, sir. You were

by the confectionary, quite separate.

But you and she were both there.

Perhaps a coincidence.

It's not for me to say. Mr. Chen, that's all.

I wish to be forthright.

Please. The pregnancy test was Shelby negotiating.

Negotiating what?

Us.

Times and language, terms and conditions.

When you're about to close, you put on the pressure.

She was pressuring you to what, marry her?

There were office matters also, assignments, her bonuses.

I was in love with her, but Shelby can be a real problem.

She learned what I taught her. If you want to make rain, you make a cloud.

You make problems that they pay you to solve.

How did you solve your Shelby problem?

By killing her?

Am I a suspect, Captain? Because if I am, that violates our ground rules.

And believe me, you don't want me to be a suspect.

You don't have to answer.

Of course I didn't kill her. That's hardly the point.

Personally, I thought it was.

Look, I've told you about Shelby's ambitious nature.

Her unproven, yet very timely pregnancy.

The leverage she sought. The problems she intentionally created.

If that tends to motive for murder, that could grow like a cancer in the press.

And how can I defend myself if I don't have Shelby by my side?

Well, tell us where she is and we'll go get her for you. Don't make this

personal, Inspector.

I know all about you.

If this slanderous theory goes public, you won't be the one to survive the

fallout.

We don't go public with slanderous theories, Mr. Whalen.

Well, what about this gentleman from the drugstore? What if he goes to the

press? My partners are very concerned about my public image right now, and

kind of trash is the last thing that I need.

Well, you know I can't control what they say in the press.

Mr. Metcher, last night a company named Archer Medical Providers made a cash

deposit in the amount of $12 ,000.

Who paid him?

Takes us till tomorrow to find out.

That's about what you owe Archer, isn't it?

Am I under arrest?

No, that would have been last night, but my partner here convinced me you're a

good guy.

Going to jail is a stupid idea.

Yeah, well, if you have a better one, then write me a check.

You didn't talk to your wife and son yet about this, did you?

I want you to talk to them.

And you tell them how you're leaving them on their own while you go do this

thing you're going to do.

Look, we can't arrest you for another couple hours.

But as soon as we match your name to that cash deposit, we're coming back

with handcuffs. You talk to them.

You do the right thing by us.

And we'll see what we can do for you.

The mayor just told me Waylon went down in flames.

He's finished.

There's no way his partners are going to survive the tabloids saying that Shelby

was pregnant with his love child.

Not when he's been lying to them the whole time.

How the mighty do fall. There is a God.

And there'll be some sexual harassment charges as well.

Now that he can no longer hurt them, some former associates have come

Are you calling him a homicide suspect yet?

Are you going on TV?

Because my advice would be to say no comment. We need to reposition.

I'll just say that his status is under review.

Oh,

Captain.

I'm really trying to modulate my mouth.

I used to talk a lot, too.

Just no one listened to lately.

Today's a better time to be 24.

Washington.

Hello.

You're not... Going to believe it.

What? She's on her way up here.

Who?

Captain McCafferty?

My name is Shelby Ullman.

Where the hell have you been?

Actually, I was in the desert on a personal retreat.

Hope I haven't caused too much trouble.

What'd you have?

Wish I could say I'm sorry.

But you're not.

Hey, Rudy.

I couldn't do it.

If I told my wife like you said.

And she started crying and holding on to me.

Thomas, too. And then I started crying because I don't have the guts to leave

them, not even for this.

How much you got in there? I'm short, so I'm going to jail anyway.

How much is missing exactly?

$15 ,500 from paying Thomas' bills.

It's the only money I ever stole in my life.

You got the money.

So we're going to give you one phone call.

Call the insurance company and negotiate your reward.

But I don't have the money anymore. You do. I gave it back. They don't know

that, Rudy.

So call them up.

Make your deal.

Then we'll book the money.

What are you waiting for, Rudy?

I think I should ask for $100 ,000.

They're lucky to get any money back at all.

$15 ,500 exactly is your reward, Rudy.

Don't push your luck.

Did you see her just roll in on us?

No mess with Shelby is right.

That is one cross girl.

I'll tell you what, though.

When Will and said my partner was going down, her eyeballs got real wide for a

moment there.

Well, I guess we still got Squish, and he's sitting here looking good.

I hate to tell you this, but obviously the guy had something.

He was dangerous.

Not anymore.

But we still have Nate.

Fine, Waylon's a jerk, okay? But, I mean, what about her?

You know, he left his wife.

Is Shelby blameless?

I mean, did she ever even want to marry this guy? Probably for a while. He was

her Prince Charming. Maybe she just wanted a bigger office, and he wasn't

that happen fast enough.

She's not pregnant, you know. She never was.

That's gynecological warfare.

I mean, I could never forgive a woman who would lie about something like that.

All's fair in love and war, babe.

And there never was love that wasn't war.

Oh, God, that can't be true.

Please.

Not if the right people find each other.

Well, don't look at me, because I've never been there.

Army of one at the moment.

Divorce pending.

Just out of rehab.

Gabe, it's me.

I think I should apologize because some of the things I said

to you weren't fair.

And I know that.

So, sorry.

Anyway, if you want to talk about it, I'm here, so call me.