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previously on rj decker you wanted to see me you can stay here one week and

you go i don't need some pretend pi looking over my shoulder let alone one

flopping in my pool house need i remind you you're on conditional release you

get caught breaking into a car they'll violate you back to prison in the

neighborhood you want something where would the flpd be without the help of

rent pi well technically i'm a no rent pi

None of the neighbors saw anything.

Two AM. You're lucky the car alarm woke you before it melted.

Molly wanted to get one of those doorbell cameras last Christmas.

Might have been a good idea.

You sure you don't know what this is all about?

Sorry, we have no idea.

What do you mean your house rolled into a sinkhole?

Uh, well, Officer Penmar, I mean exactly that. I was actually home at the time.

If you've ever wondered what the spin cycle feels like, it hurts.

Well, under reason for parolee's change of address, we'll just write, act of

God. Oh, my new address?

For now.

This is your ex -wife's place, right? Mm -hmm, her and her wife's.

Detective Mel Abreu, FLPD.

A cop?

Yep. And Sophia, age 11, is? No, daughter.

Y 'all need to go on family feud.

Okay. So, they excited to meet me tomorrow night?

I mean, who wouldn't be excited to meet their house guest parole officer?

Well, here in Florida, it is conditional release, officer.

Right. And you're the one who decided to change their address.

A home visit is just the procedure.

Hey, you!

Off with the dolphin!

This is a golf course, not a jungle gym!

So this place, it's all yours now, huh?

Yeah. Divorce was final as of a week ago. He got the boat and I got this

headache. So, how's your side hustle going?

Well, Decker Investigations is not a hustle site or otherwise. I even got a

website. Take a look.

Covert surveillance, asset recovery and wrongful death investigations.

This is where I remind you that you're required to avoid contact with

If you don't keep your nose clean, you're going right back to Appalachia.

Cleanest in Fort Loud, I promise.

Are you sure it wouldn't be easier if I just gave you a job here?

You could be, I don't know, my snow cone guy. That is tempting.

Actually, I'm supposed to meet some clients in 30 minutes, so if we're done

here... Yeah.

Thank you.

RJ! Yeah?

Behave yourself.

Okay, Bryce, Molly, forgive me, but you can't hide from the who.

From Goose.

We're pretty sure it was Goose. This guy I dated a few times years ago. His real

name's Jared Tapp. Everyone just called him Goose because he loved Top Gun so

much. He's also a big fan of math.

But it was a long time ago. It's not your fault.

Goose has been in and out of prison, in and out of rehab. Every couple of years,

he shows up wanting something.

The other night after the cops left, I'm back in the house.

Found this.

Your path is coming back to haunt you.

10K under the green bench at Loggerhead Park tomorrow by noon.

The next time I light up your house.

And the reason you didn't want to take this to the police is... Goose has a

cousin who's a cop.

He's made things go away for Goose before.

We were afraid if we told them.

Yeah, no, I get it, I get it, I get it.

And I think I know what to do.

Can you get the 10K together before noon?

Yeah, but the whole reason we came to you was so we wouldn't... No, I'm not

recommending you pay him. Well, I am, but only temporarily.

I'm going to put the money under the bench, and then I'll watch from a

until he comes for it.

I'll take pictures we can take to the police.

It won't matter who Goose's cousin is if we have photographic evidence.

That sound like a plan?

Well, you know, this is like finding out about Santa Claus. It's devastating,

honestly. What are you talking about?

Learning your job is this boring hurts my soul. I didn't invite you, remember?

You asked to come.

Yeah, because I assumed that a stakeout would be awesome.

Not a damn, I don't know, sleep age.

How'd it go with your CRO today?

Still not such a fan of the whole PI thing.

Got from me a job making snow cones.

Benefit.

Okay. You tell me it's not more exciting than what we're doing right now.

Come on.

Oh, you got eyes on the target? Yeah, could be. He was just heading straight

the money.

With the guy in the dorky hat?

Yep. What is that, a bandage on his hand?

Could be from that flamethrower you mentioned.

Hey, wait. Where are you going?

I don't have his face. I think it better look. Hey, stay here. Watch the car.

It's okay, officer. I'm okay.

All right, roll over. Show me your wrist.

Are you serious?

Come on.

Let's go.

Thanks.

Thanks.

Say never.

Uh, never.

Again.

Never. No, stupid. Say never again.

Right. Never again.

Uh -huh.

You know this is like a terrible place to stab someone, right? You want the

news first or the bad? Oh, I take it the good news is that the hot dog vendor's

not going to press charges.

The bad is you're about to buy him a new cart and all the hot dogs he spilled.

Done.

And thank you. Mm -hmm.

If you're looking for missed calls from your CRO, there shouldn't be any.

This went into the system as an incident report and not an arrest.

She wasn't notified.

Thank you. But it would make an interesting story to tell at dinner

night, don't you think?

It would, but if you don't, there might be a hundred hot dogs in it for you.

Get out. Okay.

You want this one here a little less blurry?

I don't know.

If it is Goose, he's a little thicker these days. Yeah. Then again, his weight

was always kind of yo -yoing up and down.

You know, when money's tight, less meth, more carbs.

Is that something on his hand, or is that like a smudge? No, it's a band

It's really the only identifiable feature I got. I'm sorry. But if you

can still take it to the police. We can share your situation.

No. Okay. If I know, Goose, this is over now. I don't want to put Bryce through

any more craziness.

Yesterday, you made it sound like you and Goose, you weren't all that serious.

Yeah. I tried to give people that impression.

Especially in front of my husband.

Two had a real history, huh? We were a thing for over a year. This was before

put the career in career criminal.

But Bryce doesn't know it was serious, so if he could not mention.

Thing is, is I feel responsible for the money you lost.

If you let me, I'd like to try to get it back.

How? You know where he lives?

Any old friends still in touch?

I mean, I may have a few old numbers somewhere, a couple buddies of his, an

aunt, an uncle, but I'd be surprised if he's still on speaking terms with any of

them. Send them to me.

I'll see if I can get a beat on them.

What? I learned my lesson, you know.

I really didn't need another reminder that I made a huge mistake a long time

ago.

You ever have five minutes of your life you'd do anything to have back?

I know exactly what that's like.

Yeah, that's right, Miss McCann. It was your nephew's car I hit. I was towing

this Nissan Z, repo job. Well, it don't matter. But there was this dog, eh?

I up and swerved and... No, ma 'am. No, no, no, ma 'am. No, I won't feel right

till I get a check in his hand.

$1 ,400.

Try to limit yourself to four years, if you please. Thank you.

You say he's there most afternoons, do you? All right, ma 'am.

Yes, ma 'am. Yes, ma 'am. I'll send him your love.

Absolutely. That was Remy Tremblay.

Big old tub from Cell Black D. Used to take my pudding cup at lunch. What are

you talking about? That was my client's ex -boyfriend's aunt.

Not a voice you were doing.

Remy.

The witch, eh?

I wish she'd give me that pudding.

Chills. Yeah.

So what, they didn't tell you where to find Goose? Yeah, I seen him with a

at the Los Angeles Trailer Park.

This time of day is pretty deep into a six -pack or three.

All right. So what's the plan?

You go over there and ask him nicely for 10K?

Nicely, not so nicely. I guess it depends how drunk he is.

There he is.

Looks like I'm just in time.

I know you.

Yep. I'm the ghost of your future.

I'm here from the year 2034.

Huh? No? You don't recognize me from this morning?

The hot dogs, the running.

You know what? Forget it. The sister is a peace operative. You give me the 10

grand, I give you the beer. No one calls a cop.

We both call them happy. What do you say?

10 grand?

Yeah, Goose. 10 grand.

10 grand.

You give it to me, you give it to the cop. That's up to you.

You know what? How about instead I just kick your ass?

Whoa!

Whoa. You have a prosthetic foot?

Yeah. Since when?

I don't know what year ago I flipped my ATV when I was out in Punta Gorda.

Are we going to fight or not? Not, because I don't think you beat me in a

race this morning.

Are you making fun of me? No, I'm not making fun of you. But you're not

my beer either.

I'll be going to need it more than you anyway.

Hey! All right, in position, in position. Let's go.

Let's go, let's go.

Danny, second. Hey, move your butt. You're playing third.

Slide over.

Good, you got this.

Vince, hang it up. Let's get the good vibes going.

All right, turn two.

This one's coming to you, Hayden.

There it is. Okay, boy.

Go.

Mr. Decker, hi.

Hi.

Now a good time for an update?

We're at Henry's baseball game, but it's fine. I'd sit down.

So the person you made off with your money this morning wasn't Goose.

What? Are you sure?

Wish I weren't.

I don't understand. If it wasn't him... We should talk. I want to know if

there's anyone else that... Dad!

Dad! Dad! What's the matter?

Henry? Molly, what's going on? What is it? What's wrong?

You okay?

I picked up my glove and all that. Hello!

You made me run.

Your turn.

Why don't we show Henry where he's going to be sleeping tonight?

Thanks, Vince.

Yeah, bye.

You're positive this wasn't Goose?

Even if he had both of his feet, he was three sheets of the wind when I left

him. There's no way he could have gotten in and out of that dugout without

someone noticing.

This is making any sense. The note we got at the house said our past was

back to haunt us.

But if it wasn't Goose... Well, first things first.

Do you feel safe here, at least for tonight?

Yeah, we've known Vincent and his wife for years, and Henry and Brooke are on

the same all -star teams, and I can't think of a reason that the person who's

doing this would think to live for us here.

Okay.

Well, good news. Whoever he is, I think he may have screwed up tonight.

You see this?

I'm hoping that's blood.

The guy I chased today had a bandage on his hand. Maybe when he put the bullets

in, he left a little of himself behind. Now, obviously, I can't run DNA, but if

we did take it to the police... I told you the other day, we're not going to

police. Right, but that was because of Goose's cousin.

And now that we know Goose isn't our guy... Well, do we?

But he just told us. We know that the guy that he was chasing wasn't Goose,

maybe that was Goose's cousin.

Maybe they're working together. What then?

Well, Goose isn't the only one with friends in the police department. If you

want, I can introduce you to... No!

We did everything you told us to do this morning.

Everything. And what happened? The guy who did this spotted you. And now $10

,000 isn't enough. He wants to leave town, too. The message didn't say leave

town. It said run.

Is there a difference?

Okay.

He's right.

Today did not go as planned.

I'm sorry. I really am.

So I'm hoping you guys will let me stay on and work for you free of charge.

At least until you two and Henry feel safe.

We would appreciate that.

All right, is there anyone else you can think of that will put you through all

this? I mean, I teach kindergarten. He does people's taxes.

We're the family that gives out king -sized candy bars at Halloween.

I thought everyone liked us.

What about one of your clients?

Anyone ever get really angry when they found out how much they owed the

government?

No one comes to mind, but my partner's more the face of the company, so if

someone had a problem, they'd go to him.

Are you kidding? It's a dump. I believe the listing calls it a fixer -upper's

dream. We can't show this to RJ. It's worse than his old place, and his old

place is upside down in a crater. You are aware of the man's budget, yes? He

paying us rent in babysitting and day -old hot dogs.

This sudden interest in rehousing RJ, it wouldn't have anything to do with the

dinner we're hosting for his conditional release officer tonight, would it?

It wouldn't not have anything to do with it, no.

Sophia, meet the nice lady who collects Uncle RJ's pee every few weeks to make

sure he isn't doing drugs.

Sweetie, he was supposed to be here one week. Okay? And, yes, he's a good guy.

He means well. I get it. But he's also... What? A crap

magnet. He attracts trouble. Trouble attracts him. It's only a matter of time

before he tracks him right in here.

He hasn't always been that way.

Not when we were buddies at the Herald, not when we were married. I mean, he

took chances. Most photographers do. But he always knew where the lines were. He

didn't go looking for trouble. I didn't say he goes looking for trouble. You

said he finds them.

And you're right. The thing is, I worry.

Sometimes it's a little my fault.

How? When we separated, the problem wasn't that we didn't love each other.

that we were only ever supposed to be pals. And so afterwards, we stayed pals.

But then once you and I got together, I pulled back a little and then a lot.

I mean, me and my ex getting beers washed in the Marlins twice a week, sort

lot to explain my sex with your girlfriend.

But because I pulled back, I wasn't there when things fell apart.

So really, if we think about it, it's my fault he went to prison.

Okay, beating up that guy who broke into his car, that isn't anybody's fault but

his. But it took him a while to get to that place, and I guess I wish I'd been

paying better attention.

Babe.

I am not asking to adopt him, I promise.

I just want to be more there for him this time.

You still show him the fixer -upper's dream?

Yeah.

Wow.

You went full mystery wall.

I've got to be honest. I don't know why they do that in the movies.

It's depressing looking at everything you don't know.

Did you sleep last night?

I just need some more time. But the dad, Bryce, he came apart last night. I was

walking him out. He started talking about moving his family to Santa Clara

he went to grad school.

I can think of worse places to start over. Yeah, I know, but why should they?

Oh, I don't know.

A maniac with a grudge and a flamethrower?

I gotta go meet his business partner, see if he can think of anyone with a

grudge and a flamethrower.

What's up? You need something?

Just wanted to make sure that you're still on for dinner with your special

friend tonight.

Oh, yeah, wouldn't miss it. I mean, not without getting violated back to prison.

Gosh, Mr. Decker, I'm at a loss.

We like the people we work for, and they like us. Hard to imagine anyone going

after Bryce.

And you sure you can't think of anyone who might have gotten ticked when they

owed Uncle Sam more than they were expecting?

Well, sure.

But nobody who ever shot the messenger or flamethrowed him, you know?

You don't have any idea when he'll be back to work, do you?

I'm sorry, I don't.

Well, save him, okay? I love the guy.

And if I'm being honest, I'm screwed if he doesn't come back soon. He's the one

who keeps this place humming.

He does, huh?

Hmm. That's funny. I noticed it was just your name on the door and the sign and

the letterhead, the ads, everything.

If I had a nickel for every time I offered to make him partner.

He always just says he doesn't need the credit. Plus, you know, he'd have to be

certified.

Sorry. Are you saying Bryce is in his CPA?

Really?

Last night he told me he went to grad school in Santa Clara.

Did he?

Huh?

Maybe he just never sat for the exam.

Maybe, but if he's as good as you say he is, then why would he go to grad school

without getting certified?

He really never mentioned Santa Clara to you.

Sorry, no.

But you know us number crunchers are not always great at the interpersonal

stuff.

All right.

Oh!

You must have scared the bejesus out of me. I'm sorry. I needed a quiet place to

work. I'm sorry.

It's fine.

Something got you in a state.

Last night, Bryce Danner told me he went to a grad school in Santa Clara, but I

searched every school in the area.

No record of anyone with that name.

Yeah, well, there's probably no record of me attending Iron Tiger Taekwondo,

I did take six classes, broke a board and everything.

So we're graduating notices for a Bryce Cartman, Bryce Wachtell, and a Bryce

Hempstead.

So I thought there might be some clerical error.

Search those names that found this. Come here.

What you got?

Bryce Wachtell.

Stabbed in San Francisco, 2011.

Nearly died. Yeah. Police never found the perp. They suspected it was due to a

business dispute between Bryce Wachtell's business partner and a

Well, that's very interesting, but I think you have to help the Bryce you

before you move on to another, no? That's the thing.

Better send Guy.

The last 15 years, Bryce Wachtell has been living under the name Bryce Danner.

So he let you and his wife think they were being terrorized by an ex

but if I'm following, the more likely scenario is... I'm going to realize he's

on the run from the triad.

Say something.

I can't believe I mentioned Santa Clara last night.

I'm sorry.

I was scared. I am scared. I just... Start from the beginning. Tell me

everything. Fifteen years ago, I was living in San Francisco.

I was doing tax work with a partner. Same as now.

One of our clients was this chain of car washes.

They had an unusual...

corporate structure, but they paid their bills, paid their taxes.

Bryce, they were a triad business. You were helping them launder their money.

They were laundering their money.

We had no idea we were in bed with the triads. We only ever met the guy who on

paper owns the car washes.

Then one day this triad gangster shows up at the office. He's pissed off. He's

accusing us of stealing almost a million dollars. Did you? No.

But when we looked at it, the business had a hole in its books.

That money was disappearing into a shell company, Shadow Blade Enterprises.

Josh and I had never even heard of it.

Believe me, a name that stupid we would have remembered.

I take it the guy that stabbed you, he didn't believe you, right?

I'm 99 .9 % sure the guy who stabbed me was embezzling the money himself.

That might have been able to prove it if he hadn't gotten himself killed in some

gang war before I got out of the hospital.

I was there for a while.

Liver transplant.

Okay.

After I got out, Josh and I went on the run. We moved out here, helped each

other create new identities.

Josh lives in the area, too?

Yeah. And obviously he knows your real name is Bryce Wachtell.

Trust me, he is not the one doing this to us. Would Molly agree?

Molly doesn't know about any of this.

She's never heard of Josh or Bryce Wachtell.

When she and I first met, I had only been here for a couple of months. I was

worried if I told her the truth, I would lose her. Right. I understand not

wanting to scare her back then, but now?

Letting her think that the guy that lit your car on fire was her ex?

I did think it was him.

At first.

Then last night, whoever it is, didn't just put bullets in Henry's glove. There

was a thumb drive, too. I had all of my medical records from San Francisco.

Surgery, my real name. It was all there. Who has access to these records?

Out here, my GP, I told him a long time ago that the name change was for

business reasons. It didn't bump him.

I have a copy at my office, and Josh has one.

He was my emergency contact. It was in case anything went wrong with the

transplant. But I repeat, he would never do this to us.

Josh is in as much danger from the triad as I am.

Two things.

You give me the thumb drive.

You tell Molly the truth.

But she deserves to know she has nothing to do with this.

All right.

Now, Brooks, come on. You got to step towards your target, okay?

Okay, go back in there now.

Uh, yeah, I'd give him another minute.

So this is everything that you have on the thumb drive?

Yeah, 22 pages of Price's medical records. There you go.

And this is helpful how?

Page 16.

Page 16.

What am I missing?

Coffee ring.

I mean, maybe it was there whenever whoever left the thumb drive scanned the

original.

So you go to Bryce's doctor and his pal Josh and see which one has a copy with a

coffee ring on the same page. I'm open. Yeah.

Small detail. Last time I checked, PIs don't have subpoena power, so how are

going to get them to show you their coffee? Wish is going to help me with

doctor tomorrow, but Josh, now living under the name Sonny Tedesco, is going

be a bit trickier.

Bryce didn't have a current address, so I've got to dig one up.

Okay.

Mom, check it out.

Uncle RJ's teaching me how to make cheesecake.

Wow. He didn't even use a cookbook.

Well, it sort of reminds me of this famous prison recipe I know. It doesn't

to be baked or refrigerated, so inmates can make it using ingredients they find

in the canteen.

Cheesecake is cheesecake, am I right?

Oh. Ooh, your date. I'll get it.

Sophia, it's not my date.

It's not even close to my date.

Amazing. And that's when my father decided that RJ got him in the divorce.

Which reminds me, he texted us the other day, asked how the house hunt was

going. Well, poorly, if I'm being honest.

That's mostly because my not -a -side hustle has been keeping me busy.

But I repeat, this is all just temporary. You will be visiting me

very soon.

Not that we're in any rush.

Thank you.

So, I mean, as long as he's around, I think you ought to make him cook more

often. Yeah. Yeah.

You know what? I really do hate to dine and dash, but I've got to get back to

the course.

Should I walk you out?

Actually, Mel, could you?

Mm -hmm. I mean, you know, it's...

Just a paperwork thing.

It's not a paperwork thing. Yeah, no, I... I'm a detective. I

detected that.

I don't want to create problems, but I couldn't help picking up that you don't

exactly love him living here.

I didn't say that. No, you did not, but...

If that's how you feel, I just want you to know that you can call me.

And you would? I would tell RJ that I think he needs a different situation.

I want the best for everyone that I supervise. I'm rooting for all of them.

But successful reintegration into society is complicated.

And it shouldn't cost others their own happy home.

You decide you want him gone?

Give me a call.

I'll be the bad guy and no one else would need to know.

Call it a professional curse.

Thank you.

Thank you.

How'd it go?

Well, you win some, you lose some.

Your client's doctor was unwilling to prescribe human growth hormone to

my curiosity on what might grow when you take it. Okay.

On the other hand... Hey, you got the file. Good work.

That little lady running the records room had to abandon her station when a

toilet in the restroom very mysteriously began to overflow.

Is that not the copy you were looking for?

No.

No copy ring on page 16. Plus, every one of these pages is marked for internal

use only.

They must have done that when the doctor took Bryce out of the basement.

All right, so wherever the blackmailer laid his hands on Bryce's records...

Yeah, he didn't do it here. Okay.

Hey, Kath, what's up? Hey, I was in our assignment meeting at the Herald this

morning when a familiar name popped up.

Sonny Tedesco?

He's your client's old friend from San Francisco, right? Yeah. I mean, well,

Bryce thinks they were friends. I'm not so sure he isn't the blackmailer,

though. Yeah, he isn't.

He was executed out in Sunrose this morning, gunned down in his doorway.

What? Whoever did it wrote the Chinese symbol for thief on the house.

I thought you wanted to let your client know.

Looks like someone brought the triad to town.

Bryce, jeez, he scared me.

Guys, you the one that's been doing this, Alan?

Did you give Josh up to the triad?

Who to the what now?

Josh.

My friend!

Josh! Did you have him killed?

Was it some sort of a warning to me? Why?

Why? Please, I don't understand.

Bryce was keeping medical records in the cabinet over there.

They're connected to everything that's going on between him and his family.

We came in here this morning to get them.

They're gone.

I don't understand. Medical records?

Bryce, buddy, this is crazy. I would never do anything to hurt you. You're

only one who's in this office unaccompanied. What are you talking

No one else even has a key. Bryce, wait. Stop.

That door jam looks like it was repaired pretty recently.

So what?

So was there a break -in in here? If there had been, do you think I wouldn't

have mentioned it to you? He's right.

That's not from a break -in. It was the firefighters.

What firefighters?

It was like a month ago when you were up in D .C. for that conference. Some kids

got into the storefront downstairs one night, let off some fireworks as a

When I got in in the morning, there were firemen all over.

They forced their way in to make sure no embers got in. Why didn't you tell me

about that? I don't know. Why would I?

I called a handyman. He fixed the jam. That was it. Who cares? If you don't

believe me, go downstairs and see for yourself.

These kids could have burned down the whole building.

I'm not so sure it was kids.

All this could have been staged as cover for someone to get upstairs and go

through your files.

The guy who's been tormenting us.

If he was the one that busted through the door, there'd be no way to tell

the firefighters came through. Yeah, that's one possibility.

Is there another one?

What if the guy that was trying to get upstairs was one of the firefighters?

Prevention! Prevention!

All right, we got one down. Play it first. Here we go. Look alive, Brooks.

Charge it. Charge it. Charge it. Play. Finish the play. The first.

Yeah. That'll win it, B. That'll win it, B.

All right,

guys.

You all right?

Yeah, I just want to let you know, Bryce and his family, they won't be there

when you get home tonight.

You found the person who was messing with them?

Yeah, man, I'm speaking. Yeah, I did.

How long you been a firefighter, Vince?

Yeah, I saw your T -shirt yesterday.

Fort Lauderdale's Braves, they have the logo and everything.

Yeah, you lit that car on fire the other night.

And later you came back with the rest of your company and put it out.

Also, you could walk through the front door in a respirator, leave the

demand without anyone noticing. Hey, Denny, get your glove down!

Pulled the same trick so you could get into Bryce's office a month ago.

Throwing some fireworks, your company would get called in.

Obviously, that's when you got his medical records.

Were you looking for him?

Did you already have an idea that Bryce wasn't who he said he was?

Something about Bryce, it just never added up. So what?

You weren't looking for secrets, so you hit the mother load?

See, what I don't understand, what Bryce doesn't understand, is why.

Why?

He says you guys weren't close, just paddled through coaching, but this? This

something you do to someone you hate.

That a bull...

That's what I'm talking about. That right there. You see that?

Brooks is a natural shortstop.

Not an outfielder.

Shortstop.

And so you're saying you did all this so Brooks could take over Henry's

position? Is that what you're saying? Don't give me a role. Henry, he's a huge

talent, but he can play anywhere.

Shortstop is for Brooks.

You know how early kids get scouted these days?

And I don't mean pros. I'm talking...

traveling teams, sports academies, even some colleges, the places that put you

on the path to the pros.

No way should Bryce get to take that away from my son.

So what, you go and kill his ex -partner?

Yeah, that's right. I know you didn't stick the triad on him.

I know you killed him yourself.

The paint you used to draw the symbol on his house was the same paint used on

the Danner's garage.

The Danners were told to run.

Hell, I took them in so that they could hear me telling them, guys, I'd run.

But they had you in there here, telling them that you'd help.

Maybe they needed to see what could happen.

It's funny.

I wonder why you just didn't take this all to the cops.

Right.

You can't.

Because you know the first thing that I'd start doing is talking about who

really is.

Loud.

So loud, they'd hear it all the way in San Francisco.

Denny, come on. Don't be afraid of the ball. It ain't going to hop up and bite

you.

mean to scare you, but I have to tell you something.

Well, if it's that you're moving out, I promise my heart will go on.

No, it's not that.

So, this firefighter, you like him for the murder out in Sunrise this morning,

but we even question him about it, and he'll start screaming from the rafters

that your client has a triad bounty on his head. Yeah, that's right.

That'll get him killed, his wife, his kids.

And yet... And yet he killed someone.

Somebody barely knew, for no reason.

Maybe we're hoping I would know some way to put this guy away and keep him

quiet.

But you're right.

What this guy did, I can't stand.

I have a friend, ex -Woodsack.

She might have some ideas on how to help the family. They shouldn't have to

relocate. That's the thing.

That'd be like asking you and Kath and Sophia to relocate.

They have what you have.

No one should be able to take that away from them. No one.

And yet, try it.

Yeah. Think about what it would be like for your clients, seeing those guys in

your sleep for the rest of your life.

How would you do any of the things you want to do, knowing they could be around

the next corner?

How would you do the things you want to do?

Over here.

I'll admit, I was surprised to hear from you this morning.

I thought we said all we had to say yesterday.

Well, you know, I thought that conversation was a little one -sided.

Plus, I want to show you these. Take a seat.

Oh, Jesus.

Yeah. Crime scene photos.

Different guys in different parts of the country all killed by triad execution

squads.

They are a creative bunch, aren't they?

See these two?

They were killed in prison. That's important, Vince.

Because that's where you're going.

I thought I made myself pretty clear yesterday.

I get arrested. You tell the world, Bryce Danner. It's really Bryce

know. Thing is, you do that, your picture's going to end up in here, too.

I'm not the one they think stole a million bucks.

Oh, but you will be.

That's the other thing I wanted to show you.

Take a look.

The hell is Shadowblade Enterprises? It's a company you've owned for almost

years now.

The same company that stole that million bucks from the Triad back when Bryce

and his old partner were doing their books.

I've never even set foot in San Francisco.

You haven't.

You have.

At least according to these papers.

You have.

You really think I'm afraid of a bunch of phony -ass papers? You should be.

Because if there's one thing this whole nightmare has made Bryce very, very good

at, it's falsifying tax and legal documents.

Think about it. All the stuff he had to whip up to start a new life out here.

All the forms.

My friend, she's a police detective.

She says this is some of the best work she's ever seen.

Actually, she's sitting right over there.

You see, in a minute, you're going to walk over there and you're going to

confess to killing Bryce's old partner in Sunrise yesterday.

You can say it was for reasons, whatever, anything but the truth,

is important bits.

You say one word about Bryce, anything happens to him or his family, a copy of

these documents gets sent to a lawyer in San Francisco, a lawyer with serious

ties to the triad.

Yeah. 100 seems good.

Kids are resilient.

I don't know, I can't wrap my head around it. My third base coach is a

psychopath.

Man, could he have run a good practice?

How's Molly doing?

She was getting there.

She didn't love finding out I hid all that stuff from her, but she

Speaking of wives, where's your exes? Put her out.

I don't know. Good question.

Hey. Everybody having a good time?

Oh, great time.

And yet here you are away from the group.

Mm -hmm.

Want to talk about Mothra? I do, actually.

I wanted to say thanks, but no thanks.

You sure?

No.

But you know how they say you can't pick your family?

I don't think you can unpack the meaning.