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I didn't forget to ask. The captain was fine with me taking time off. Clay is so

excited. He is counting the days until he meets you.

Stepmom.

Yeah.

Yeah.

So how long did you say that we were going to stay there?

About four or five days.

Four or five?

I was thinking maybe we'd drive up to the Grand Canyon.

Clay wants to camp out. I said, it's fine with me as long as it's okay with

Hey, Jen.

Jen?

Yeah.

Yeah.

I'm sorry, what? You know, he's got this big baseball game coming up. Starting

first baseman, hit 500.

Jen?

Hey, phone just cut out. You didn't call me back. What the hell happened?

You know what? I'm fine, really. I don't know.

The car just came out of nowhere and ran a stop sign.

Do you want me to take you to the emergency room? No, come on. I'll wash

upstairs.

Hey, look at me.

I'm fine.

I'm fine.

You're going to hit your head pretty hard. Your eyes look kind of funny.

Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop.

What?

You know, I was in an accident. What?

You on something?

Jen?

Hey.

Look, while you were out of town, I

had a hard time sleeping. It was like...

Three, four nights in a row, and I couldn't take it, you know?

Yesterday at work, I was in the bathroom. I was talking to these two

traffic. So one of them said that she had some pills that

helped her sleep.

Gaines.

What did you write in that, was it?

I only took two, you know. I don't know. I guess they were... They were just

stronger than I thought.

Can't take any gin. How many times you got to hear that?

Nothing above the neck.

I know.

You knew it. You shouldn't have done it.

I'm sorry.

It's not going to happen again.

You know, I don't even know what you call this.

Abuse or neglect. I mean, you read about these things in the papers, but you

never expect... Mr.

Brinkmeyer, you need to slow down until that's why you're here.

Um, I got divorced a year and a half ago.

My ex -wife Cheryl, she got custody of our children.

Justin, he's six, and Marissa's three.

My business runs mostly out of L .A., so I moved down there after the split. The

thing is, there are some pretty weird things going on. Okay.

Why don't you sit down and spell them out for us, okay?

I know Cheryl has a lot on her plate. She has a full -time job, a tough boss,

responsibility for the kids.

But that's not an excuse for how she's treating them.

One time, she was cooking on the stove after work. She had all the burners

going, and she took a shower.

She left my children alone in the kitchen. Justin burned himself pretty

I'm assuming this was closed out as accidental.

Yeah, there's more, though.

About a month ago, she took the kids shopping.

Then something comes up and she has to go to work.

Left them at the mall.

Alone.

For almost a half an hour.

Cheryl called the babysitter, Irina, and said, come to the mall. But Cheryl took

off before Irina even got there. The kids were hysterical. Where are your

now? They're with their mother.

They're traveling back from their grandparents.

Flight gets in this afternoon.

Okay, Mr. Brinkmeyer, I really hope that this is not some kind of twisted

payback thing going on between you and your ex -wife.

No.

My kids are in trouble.

And you've got to help me.

They took it sometime last night.

Right this way.

Sean, shoot, shoot, shoot.

Now.

It was in here last night when I left, but this morning when I came in, gone.

How much cash was in there?

No cash.

My truffle.

Your truffle. My magnatum pico.

2 .2 pounds of the finest tuber on God's green earth.

George, are you sure it's not misplaced?

Of course I'm sure.

I've looked everywhere it could possibly be.

Pablo, have you seen George's truffle?

It's missing? Apparently.

It should be in the refrigerator.

I appreciate that truffles are a delicacy, but we were called in here on

burglary and a grand theft.

George paid $25 ,000 for his truffle.

You've got to be kidding me.

A magnatum pico is an especially rare fungus, even for northwest Italy.

A fungus?

Gourmet mushroom.

Especially trained dogs are needed to sniff them out of the ground. It's a

-consuming and expensive process.

Still, $25 ,000?

The price at a charity auction.

George loved a good show.

When the bidding started, he just had to have it. You see, this is why we are no

longer together.

You have simply lost the ability to appreciate my work.

Oh, please.

And by no longer together, you mean... George and I are divorced, but we still

work together.

And we do our best to remain civil.

God, I remember the first time I had one.

My ex -husband, our fifth anniversary.

Black truffle grated over a dodo.

God, it completely blew me away.

You've got to be kidding me.

Don't knock it till you've tried it.

Is that with the flu again? That's the third time in two weeks.

Yeah, well, you know how those things can hang on, Ken.

Oh, how are my favorite two inspectors? Oh, considering the case we just caught?

What's the matter, Nate?

A little change is good for you. You know, all that murder and mayhem can

a cop's bone.

That's what I told him.

I can't believe we were looking for a missing truffle.

Things got hung up on the whole fungus thing.

Well, because you never tried one. I'll pass. I had truffles with Louis at Le

Provence Ball. They served them a brioche.

Really wonderful.

You know, you don't taste them until after you swallow them.

It kind of sneaks up on you.

It's more of an aroma, really, than it tastes. Very delicate. Very subtle.

That's right. The kids sat alone in the mall when I got there.

Thank God nothing happened.

And they were so hungry.

Had anything like this ever happened before?

No, not really.

Is there something you need to tell us?

I guess she means well.

She says she's trying, but work always comes first with Mrs. Brinkenmeier.

And what is your work arrangement with her?

I come at 7 in the morning and leave when she gets home from the office,

many nights is not before 10.

So they're always supervised by an adult?

Usually. Usually? What do you mean by usually?

Please, I like my job. I don't want to place it in jeopardy. Look, Irina, if

their father is right, these children are in jeopardy.

Not too long ago, I arrived at work on a Monday morning, and Mrs. Brinkenmeier

was rushing out the door telling me she'd been working all weekend.

and I should get the children ready for school.

When I went to Marissa's room, I was horrified.

Why? The poor girl was dirty, sitting in her own fields, and Justin

hadn't been bathed all weekend. His clothes were dirty, and he was crying.

said he'd eaten only crackers since I left on Friday.

I checked the refrigerator. It was practically bare.

Did you...

Report this incident to anyone?

I probably should have, but I care about those children.

Their father is far away.

They have no other family here.

With me, at least, most of the time, I knew they'd be taken care of.

Inspectors?

Anything on my truckle?

Oh, we've spoken to most of your employees and nobody seems to be able to

us any help. And we have no physical evidence to point us in any particular

direction. I can tell you what's going on.

My wife took the truffle.

Why would she? She'll be happy to hurt herself if it will hurt me worse.

We had a great partnership.

I was the artist. She was front of house. But as my talent grew, she became

worried about the bottom line, about expense account shrinking, dot coms

failing. She wanted to compromise my integrity.

Okay, but you still own the restaurant together. We have many loyal employees.

I guess we're like two parents who stay together for the sake of the children.

Sir, do you have any actual evidence that she took this truffle?

Yes.

Just an hour ago, I caught her deep in conversation with Pablo Estiveria, one

my sous chefs.

Sous chefs?

A chef assistant.

You saw him earlier.

Now, most days, he and Ann barely crossed paths.

They were clearly conspiring.

Do you believe either of them? Well, here's what we got. The ex -husband

alone in West L .A., owns a fairly successful import -export company.

What about the ex -wife?

What happened with her? As usual, irreconcilable differences.

He pretty much gave her everything she wanted in the divorce. And since then,

there have been no delinquency in child support payments, and he abides by all

the visitation rules. A regular poster child.

What about the babysitter?

Irina Moldova was a dancer with the Russian ballet company.

Immigrated 10 years ago to pursue other career opportunities, blew out a knee,

went back to school, earned a degree in early childhood education, San Francisco

State. And now she's working as a babysitter? Yeah, well, apparently she

more than most teachers.

And the service that set her up with Mrs. Brinkmeyer couldn't say enough

her qualifications.

Well, got no choice.

You want us to shelter the kids?

Well, we have to talk to the mother first.

Well, we already know enough about her. Oh, wait a minute. Wait a minute. I

think that the mother deserves a chance to be heard here.

We're talking about taking away her children. We can't take... That kind of

chant, Magda, you know that.

I think Gran is right.

I don't think so, Captain. I think we're jumping the gun here.

Well, if it were just the father who was complaining, that would be one thing,

then we'd take it slow.

But we got the babysitter, too.

And there are no relatives anywhere in town, so... I think we talk to the

after we make sure the kids are secure. So get CPS on the phone and make it

happen.

Be her.

Okay.

Let me get you.

All right.

Did you guys get everything?

You know all your stuff?

We're with the San Francisco police. This is Odessa Tompkins. She's a social

worker. We need to speak with you and your children.

We need to place a 300W eye hold on them.

It's a shelter booking.

They're going to be with a social worker. What are you talking about? Ma

they're going... No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Those are my children.

They're going with the protective services. What are you talking about? A

worker. It's okay.

I'm their mother. You can't just take them from me. Get my children back right

now. If you don't calm down...

George Manders called. His sous chef will be there soon. He asked us to come

a little early for an extra special dish.

I'm gonna guess truffles.

Well, he didn't exactly say, but the implication was pretty clear.

I hope he told him we're a little busy.

Are you kidding me?

Truffles prepared by George Manders?

You are so weird.

It's just amazing how little you really know me.

Hey. Nate. Hi.

I'm glad I bumped into you. I need to ask you something.

I'll wait for you in the car.

You're not going to believe what happened to me. I actually won something

raffle down at my church.

Well, hey, congratulations.

Yeah, I won an all -expense -paid weekend at an inn down in Big Sur.

I've seen it for sure. It looks amazing.

Fireplaces in every room, hot tubs, saunas, you name it. And two

massages.

Cool.

So, I was wondering, if you think it's a good idea, of course, maybe you'd want

to share the weekend with me.

There's only one catch, though. The inn's booked for the next couple of

but they have an opening next weekend.

Next weekend?

Yeah.

Wow. Lily, this sounds amazing.

But? Well, it's the timing.

You know, I mean, I'm on call next weekend.

Oh.

Okay.

I mean, I might be able to trade shifts, you know?

Okay, well, let me know.

I really hope you can come.

Call me, okay?

All right. Bye.

Yes, it was a horrible mistake to leave my son in the kitchen with the stove on.

But it was a crazy day for me. My boss was calling every five minutes, melting

down, and I needed to get breakfast on the table. I needed to take a shower.

Your son was very lucky.

I mean, he could have been burned a lot worse.

I'm a single mother, okay?

With a good job.

But I can't afford child care 24 hours a day. It's very expensive.

You know, my life is a juggling act. Sometimes I drop the ball.

That doesn't make me a bad mother.

We also know about the time you left your children by themselves.

Completely. Oh, no, no, no. I have never left my children alone.

Never.

What? How could you just come in and take them from me like that? Well, for

starters, Cheryl, we have a statement from your ex -husband.

My ex -husband.

He's never gotten over the divorce.

You know, he would do anything to get back at me.

From what we've seen, he's been playing by the rules ever since you two split.

He's making up for lost time.

Anything he's told you is a lie.

Is your son Justin a liar, too?

What? We've interviewed Justin, and this is what he says.

My mom told us to sit on a bench. She said she had to go to work, that Irena

would be right there to pick us up.

Maybe Irena had trouble finding us.

What? That's... That's not... What happened?

Cheryl, children rarely lie about these things. Well, he's six years old. Maybe

he got confused. I was in a rush, okay? But I saw Irina approaching. I waved to

her. She waved back at me.

Then I left.

I mean, Irina could see the children the whole time, you know? Maybe my kids

were alone for ten seconds.

Your babysitter supports everything we've been told.

No, I don't believe that.

She also says that you left your daughter sitting in her own filth for

entire weekend.

And Justin says, my sister had an accident in her bed. My mom was going to

her, but she was very busy.

I have no idea where he got that from.

Listen, Cheryl, we understand that you're very busy and that life is not

You've made some mistake.

What do you want from me?

What we want is that if these accusations are true, Cheryl, then you

You need to get help, and maybe you'll get your children back.

Get my children back?

I am their mother, for God's sake.

Do you have children?

Yes, I do.

What would you do?

If people had made these claims about you, how would you prove them wrong?

How you doing? I'm Inspector Ellis. I'd like to speak with Dr. Harmon, please.

I'm sorry, Inspector, but Dr. Harmon's not available to see you now.

Well, when can I see him?

I'm looking at a possible cancellation tomorrow afternoon.

I can't wait that long.

I'm sorry, but that's the best I can do.

Dr. Harmon. He's busy now. Hey, you can't go back there. Can I help you?

hi. I'm Inspector Ellis. I'd like to talk to you about one of your patients.

Ginny Eckstead?

Yeah, let me just go out and get her file. You know what?

You don't need to go get her file.

I'll refresh your memory.

You prescribed her this.

Clonazepam. I'm a doctor. I prescribe medications.

Are you out of your mind? Are you just plain stupid?

Take a step back, Mr. Ellis. You know what? You might as well stick a gun in

mouth. Prescribing this to an alcoholic?

And you did know she was an alcoholic, right?

That's privileged information.

Well, I am privileged. I'm her husband.

You know, I know a thing or two about you, too, Dr. Harmon.

Or should I call you Dr.

Feelgood? Do you like that more?

16 separate investigations by the state medical board. That could be some kind

of record.

If I find out that you knew she was an alcoholic... Do what you have to.

But I'll tell you this.

I would never prescribe that medication to someone who I knew to be an

alcoholic.

Well, I hope for your sake you tell him the truth.

You know, Mr. Manders, you didn't have to do all this.

Oh, please, call me George.

And yes, I did.

So you will understand.

The famous Muffy. My ex -wife insists on bringing her to work.

You know what, George? I'm not real crazy about the idea of knowingly

fungus in my mouth, so I want to... Hey, try the food.

We're going to find you a truffle.

Hey, George.

Maybe Pablo can help you.

The traitor.

I spoke with the DA's office.

They want to charge Sherrilyn Brinkmeyer with child neglect and endangerment.

And you signed off on that?

Am I missing something?

No.

I don't know.

We have the ex -husband's statement and the babysitter's, each corroborated by

the child.

She's neglecting me. Maybe.

Oh, come on. Don't tell me you believe her.

You have doubts?

What if this whole thing never happened?

Six -year -old boys say a lot of things.

You're saying he was coached? No, I'm not saying that. I can't prove that.

then I don't understand what you're talking about. This case is exactly the

that we're set up to handle.

We shelter the children.

so that we can deal with the parents to make sure that they don't harm again.

And I agree with that. The system works most of the time.

What I'm saying is that I've sat and I've talked to Cheryl, I've spent time

her, and she denies the charges.

I believe her.

Maybe I'm taking this a little personal, but I just think that we need to be

careful and do the right thing before we move further.

George Mander, with all his talent, can be a very paranoid man, Inspector.

So you and his ex -wife weren't talking about the missing Magnat and Pico?

Yes, we were talking about it. The entire restaurant has been talking about

damn thing.

But since George decided to spend so much money to get his hands on it...

like you were against him purchasing it.

Not in theory.

But none of us have had a raise in over two years.

Ever since the troubles began.

What troubles?

The marital issues.

The Georgia Nant show.

Annie's too clever a businessman, though. I don't think she had anything

with this.

Any idea who did?

Our biggest competitor,

La Revelle.

Word is, they are suddenly featuring truffles on their menu.

From Northwest Italy.

A lot of truffles in Northwest Italy.

Yeah, but they wanted this one.

Their owner bid against Georgia at the auction.

Apparently, he wasn't very happy about losing out.

No way. I don't buy it. Not for a second.

How well do you know Mrs. Brinkmeyer?

We've been neighbors for many years.

What kind of mother is she?

A good one. And I got three of my own, so I know from where I speak.

Have you ever known her to leave the children unattended?

Are we talking about the same woman?

Brian, honey, stay in the courtyard.

Well, we know she's busy with all her work demands.

So are 50 million other women in this country.

Well, her babysitter.

Told us about a little incident that happened here.

Oh, is that who's saying this?

Irina? And you have problems with her? Oh, no.

Personally, no. We always get along fine. But she's very friendly.

Friendly how?

Hate to gossip. And I promised my husband I would never stir this pot.

sure your husband will forgive you.

You need to know that Cheryl and her children's lives could be depending on

Well, if you insist.

A couple years ago, Cheryl is somewhere on business.

Late at night, I go down to the laundry room.

Mr. Brinkmeyer and Irina were... Well, let's just say they were not holding the

sheep.

Hey, it's me.

Where are you? You on your way home?

Because I thought that I would order us some dinner.

Really?

All night?

Yeah, okay.

Look, Jack, I said I was sorry about this morning.

Because I think that we should talk about it now.

I don't believe this.

You think I'm conspiring with Irina to set up my ex -wife?

You tell me.

That's outrageous.

Why in the hell would we make any of this up?

Well, for starters, we know about you and her. Me and her what?

Does the, uh, building laundry room bring back any memories?

Oh.

But adults, these things happen.

Some kind of accident in between a washer and dryer.

It happened after Cheryl told Charles the marriage was over.

He was lonely.

I was lonely, too.

Never, Charles Mildoy. How often do you talk to him?

Hardly ever, as a matter of fact.

You know, Mr. Brinkmeyer, you really should have told us about that before.

Why?

What does a one -time sexual encounter three years ago have to do with my ex

-wife's behavior now?

You know, you come in here with some pretty hefty allegations against your ex

-wife. And then you tell us that this babysitter can corroborate those

allegations. So based on what you tell us, we go and we remove your children.

And then we find out about you and this babysitter.

One thing has nothing to do with the other.

Besides, Justin backed up everything I told him. Justin is a six -year -old

child.

And he's vulnerable. He's been through a lot lately.

He's had to deal with your divorce, your move, his mother's long working hours.

And he's very close to Irina. How do I know that she didn't plant those ideas

his head?

Maybe it's your suggestion.

Irina, I've never talked about this.

My only mistake was not reporting her when I first realized what was happening

when I was not in that house.

Or... Maybe you rekindled your relationship with Mr. Brinkmeyer.

You know, by telling him what a bad mother his ex -wife was.

I didn't have to tell him. He knew for himself.

He deserved those children.

He was the only one who really cared.

What happened, Irina?

Did he come to you and ask you for a little help in cooking up this whole

neglect scenario?

No. And what would that do for me?

In case you've forgotten, I'm out of a job now. A job I'd been working at for

three years.

Well, maybe you'll just move to L .A. with Charles. Take care of the kids

he works.

You should probably do a little more inspecting, Inspector.

If you'd had, you'd know I've registered with my agency for another position.

Here, in San Francisco.

Wait a minute. Someone at George Mander's restaurant is saying I stole

truffle?

Loverville is suddenly featuring a truffle with a remarkably similar

description. My truffles are obtained legally.

I could have the bill itself faxed here in five minutes. That won't prove

anything to us.

You know what?

I'm finding this whole thing very offensive. Well, Patrick, you know what?

can drop the attitude because we know how much you wanted the truffle. Sure I

wanted the truffle. The publicity would have paid for it five times over.

You were pretty angry when you got outbid. I wasn't angry. That was a show.

I let them outbid me.

I felt sorry for them. I thought that the truffle would bring George and Ann

together.

We went to school together.

One summer we all went on a wine tasting trip to the Loire Valley.

He'd never seen two people more in love.

I remember how envious I felt.

And now they can barely tolerate the sight of each other.

So, yeah, your ex -husband and Irena admitted to having relations.

And they both said that it was a one -time thing.

I had no idea.

So is this going to help me get my kids back?

Well, if they're so involved, it establishes bias.

You know, a reason for them to lie.

These past couple days have been so surreal.

I mean, nothing that they've said about me is true, but you start to hear these

things, and you start to wonder.

Yeah, I know. Things can be taken out of context.

You know, I remember one time I took my son to Disneyland, and I had to drag him

out of there screaming and kicking.

He didn't want to leave, and I... I think I probably lost my temper, and I'm

sure I didn't look like the best mother at that moment.

It happens.

Irina was practically family.

I would never have expected this from her.

I knew we had our issues.

What kind of issues?

Normal ones, I thought.

You know, two strong personalities, both who have different ideas of the best

way to raise children.

Sometimes we differed.

Nutrition, discipline. Yeah, but Cheryl, you're the mother.

But Irina spent more time with them.

And she had a degree in child development, one of the reasons that I

She was second -guessing me a lot, though, lately.

Especially about my son.

Did you argue with her?

I never let it get to that.

But I was starting to be concerned about her attitude.

Enough to make a change?

I was thinking about it. Did Irina know that?

Not for me.

All I'd done was put out feelers to a few of the other mothers over the past

weeks.

I'd be very surprised if Irene had found out.

Was the phone stuck or something?

Oh, no.

The phone is fine. I'm trying to figure out if I should call Bill Price and give

him a shift cover this weekend.

And that's a big decision for you? Sort of, but I don't really want to talk

about it.

Okay. It's about Lily.

That you don't really want to talk about it?

She invited me to Big Sur this weekend, just the two of us.

She clearly wants this thing to go to the next level.

And that's not a good thing?

You think?

I wish somebody would invite me to Big Sur for the weekend.

I go, though, and it screams commitment.

Yeah, it might. If it were 1956.

Lily is beautiful and she's nice. I don't understand what's holding you

Where is this coming from?

You think I should go?

I think I already answered that question.

Inspectors.

I can't find my son.

What do you mean? Child Protective Services just released both of your

to your care.

Irina wanted to say goodbye to Justin. They went to the park.

They were supposed to be back in 20 minutes.

Five hours ago.

I've been looking everywhere for them. I really hope that nothing has happened.

Well, we'll find them. We'll find them.

Look, I wasn't totally up front before.

What do you mean?

That story about my ex -wife leaving the kids at the mall, that came straight

from Irina.

So did just about everything else I told you.

Right.

Hi.

Hi.

When did you get home?

Well, come on. Why don't we get undressed and go to bed?

Hey.

Hey.

What's the matter? What?

Did something happen?

Yeah.

I paid a visit to Dr. Harmon yesterday.

Who?

Dr. Harmon.

I know you know who he is, Jen, because I found these in your sock drawer.

You went through my drawer?

Yeah, I went through your drawer.

Your story about the traffic cops, that just didn't jibe with me very well.

You can forget getting a refill because I talked to Dr. Harmon. I don't think

he'll write you another prescription.

You know what? You have no right.

I have no right? I have no right? No!

You have no right! You have the right to lie to me? To come into my life and

just start screwing everything around? You don't want to be here? Go!

Get out! Be my guest! I should, I should, Jen. I should go and I should

back. What's keeping you?

What?

You're keeping me here, Jen.

You!

But you can't have us both.

Me and these?

No.

Jack, wait, please.

Please.

Don't leave.

The first time I met you, the first time I talked to you, I

thought, man, I'm home.

But I think, God, I feel the same way. I feel it. No, you don't.

Obviously, I'm not enough for you. I'm not what you want.

You don't need me, Jen.

Yeah, I do.

Irina Moldova gave birth to a son six years ago at Mercy Hospital, Brooklyn,

York. The son was immediately given up for adoption.

Could Justin Brinkmeyer be that child?

No. Justin is Cheryl's natural -born child.

Still, he'd be about the same age, right?

Captain.

Hey, I got the lugs from Irina's cell phone. She's been calling the same

in Brooklyn six times in the past ten hours. Well, an amber alert is in

and I put out a nationwide bolo, so all our bases are covered. All we do now is

wait. Hi, this is Inspector Magda Ramirez from the San Francisco Police

Department. Who's this?

Hey, the truffle case just got more interesting.

You certainly are enthusiastic.

It's so good. What is that?

It's a taste test.

Anyway, I just got the report from the security company that George uses to

patrol his restaurant.

Guess who was there till one o 'clock that morning? I don't know, Nate, but

suspense is killing me. Pablo, the sous chef.

What about Ann?

Ann left two hours earlier. Pablo was the last person with the truffle.

By the way, did you make up your mind yet about Big Sur?

Matter of fact, I did. So much.

Captain, the number Irena's been calling is her mother's. She does have Justin,

and she says she's very agitated.

She didn't tell her mother where she is. No, she just said she wants to bring

the child home and start their new life together.

Hope her mother didn't encourage her. She didn't. She actually told her, bring

the child back to the father, so they argued about it, and now the mother's

messages on the cell phone, but Irena's not returning the call.

We have no idea where she is.

Well, we have to bring the ADA and Cheryl Brinkmeyer up to speed.

At least we can do it.

We'll find him. We're looking everywhere.

I should have seen it.

She was so attached, but I thought that was good. I was just happy that she

cared.

I had no idea that she gave up on a boy his age if I had.

Oh, God.

Well, listen, we're pretty sure that they haven't left the city. It's just

we don't know where to look.

A few days before I went to see my parents, I overheard her on the phone

reservations.

Plain reservations. I assumed that she was going to see her mother.

Where's Pablo?

What is it?

Pablo!

We need to ask you a few more questions, Pablo. Why don't we do it down at the

station? What's the matter?

Just need to clarify a few things, like why you lied to us.

I didn't lie to you.

Tell the truth, Pablo.

What's going on?

Nothing is going on. This is all some kind of misunderstanding. Okay, we can

you down. We'll get you booked and printed. Then you can explain it all to

Fine.

You want to know what's going on?

I'll tell you.

I took the damn truffle.

I knew it.

I took it because of you.

And her.

You were our inspiration.

The passion he brought here.

Every day. That was part of every meal we served.

Then the bickering started.

Suddenly, suddenly the love was gone.

And the food suffered.

We suffered.

Nothing got better.

There was hope.

Until you had to fight about whether to bid for the truffle.

The minute I saw it, I knew, I knew that fungus would be the end of us.

So I took it.

The wicker comb lets you know that you're destroying us.

But this here, this was your last chance.

Where is my truffle, Pablo?

Right here.

This is where I left it. In the brown bag?

Yes. But that's where we put Muffy's food.

Well, the DA is willing to look the other way as long as Pablo is willing to

make restitution to the restaurant.

Still not a happy ending.

Why not?

George and Ann heard what they needed to hear, and if Pablo makes good, nobody's

out of pocket.

I'm talking about me.

What? As in where's your happy ending? Yeah.

How do you say that?

You know what the truffle meant to me.

I can't wait to go. We're going to have so much fun.

Yeah.

About that, Lily.

Look, I really like you.

But I don't want to mislead you here, you know?

I just don't want you to think that... No, you're not misleading me.

I'm not worried about what's going to happen six months from now or even a

from now.

Okay?

What? What is it, Nate?

You know, it's just that I have Magda to think about. We're on the same squad.

You know, I see her every day. I'm not saying it's going to happen.

You and I don't look out.

Magda's cool with us. It doesn't matter, all right? No matter how it turns out.

Are you sure this isn't about something else?

Or someone else?

Yeah.

Yeah, I'm sure.

Okay. Yeah.

Promise me again.

I promise.