19. Family Matters

[r2k]

This one took a while. Turned out to be a lot harder than I thought. You'll see why.

Family Matters
When it is discovered that the coroner covered the real reason for the death of a 53 year old woman in 1970, the case is reopened. Mary Kenway's death was originally ruled breast cancer. But it is discovered that her husband, a former detective may have influenced the decision to change the results. Rush and Valens reopen the case against all odds as they discover there is only one living relative in Philly: a relative who wasn't alive when Mary died. But when they interview him, the case takes a twisted turn. Rush is also aware of the fact that the living relative, a grandson, has a strong connection to his dead grandmother. The team must rely on this young man to bring back the few living relatives left who have scattered across the country.

Family Matters

April 11, 1970 “We’ve Only Just Begun” by the Carpenters plays in the background at a house in Germantown. A wedding shower is taking place. A young woman is opening gifts. Another young woman is sitting next to her.
Young woman #1: I wonder what this is.
Young woman #2: It’s from me.
-Young woman #1 opens it. There is a box from a jewelry store. She opens the box and finds a necklace inside.
Young woman #1: Oh Beverly, it’s beautiful. I love it.
Young woman #2 (Beverly): Jessica, I knew you’d love it. I searched for a long time for it.
Young woman #1 (Jessica): Thank you. (Jessica hugs Beverly.)
-Off to the side, two middle-aged women are standing, watching. Jessica shows one her necklace. The woman smiles.
Older woman #1: I remember a time when these things were only about what was needed.
Older woman #2: I hear you, Rachel. You know, I worry about this generation.
Older woman #1 (Rachel): I’ll never forget the Depression and what it did. And we tried to instill those values on our girls. I just worry we underestimated the changes.
Older woman #2: Same here. Seems like this last ten years was a rollercoaster ride. Certainly not the same world we saw in 1960. (Turns to Rachel) I just worry it wasn’t all for the better.
Rachel: Mary, we’re a dying breed. I’m sure some places will retain people like us. But these women are changing.
Older woman #2 (Mary): I pray everyday and ask how it changed so quickly.
Rachel: We were taught a certain way. We didn’t know any better.
Mary: I’m not sure we know any better now.
Rachel: Are you okay, Mary?
Mary: I’m fine. Why do you ask?
Rachel: Lately, you’ve been acting nervous.
Mary: Don’t worry about me. I’ll keep moving like always.
-Mary goes into the kitchen. A younger girl in her teens sees her going in. She looks worried.

-In the next scene, it is evening in the same living room where the wedding shower took place. Mary is lying on the floor. It looks as though she was trying to reach something. Nobody else is around. A chair is knocked over. In the case file room, her box is stored away.

Kenway, M
October 11, 1970

-Back in the present. Lily and Scotty are walking into the coroner’s area.
Scotty: So, how’s loverboy?
Lily: (Smiles) He’s fine.
Scotty: Really. I’ve never seen you this happy.
Lily: Well, love can do that to you. We’re taking it slow. See where it goes.
Scotty: I think it already went there. (Lily gives him a look but she’s not mad. It was more of a “no teasing now” look)
-They enter the room where Frannie is waiting with an older man.
Lily: Fran. How was the vacation?
Frannie: Two weeks in Hawaii. You tell me.
Lily: Well, it’s nice to have you back.
Frannie: Thanks. (Turns to Scotty) Valens (Mispronouncing it like she always does.)
Scotty: Frannie. (Smiles)
Frannie: This is Gary O’Dell. He got his start right here.
Gary: Hi.
Lily: Detective Lily Rush. My partner, Scotty Valens.
Gary: I’m retiring after 36 years.
Lily: Congratulations.
Gary: Before I do, there’s something I need to put to rest. My first night on the job, they brought a woman in. Her name was Mary Kenway. 53 years old.
Lily: Did you find anything?
Gary: I never got to finish the autopsy. My superior came in and relieved me. My first job and he does that.
Scotty: Did you find anything out?
Gary: The death was ruled breast cancer.
Lily: But you think she may have been murdered.
Gary: I know so. I was able to draw some blood. Being the eager guy, I overdrew. Kept a sample for myself. After I was relieved I sort of performed my own tox screening.
Scotty: And you found something?
Gary: Mary was poisoned. Badly. Arsenic. Thing is, there was quite a bit in her system. Other compounds as well.
Lily: How was this death ruled breast cancer?
Gary: Simple. Mary had it.
Scotty: She had breast cancer.
Gary: Advanced. Husband said she just mentioned it to him two weeks ago.
Lily: She let it go all that time without saying anything.
Gary: She was a simple housewife. Probably wasn’t aware how serious it was. Remember, it was 1970. I know I should have mentioned something back then. But…
Lily: But you were new and your superiors were involved.
Gary: Exactly. I remember my boss getting a phone call after.

FLASHBACK TO 1970 No music plays in this flashback.
-Gary walks into the coroner’s office but is not noticed. He sees
Michael Vrehas on the phone. He listens in.
Michael: Stan, I did everything you told me. (Pauses to listen to Stan) No, he didn’t suspect. I gave him a different job. He won’t be a problem. (Pauses) I just don’t understand why you want this stopped. She has breast cancer you know. (Pause) I understand but if this ever comes back to haunt me. (Pauses) It better not.

RETURN TO THE PRESENT

Gary: I was new. And when it came to well-respected members of the police department, you kept your mouth shut. But I felt now was a good time to tell the story. I always felt it was out of line to be told to step aside on a job. By all means, I shouldn’t have done the tox. I did it because of the phone call. Risked my job to do it.
Lily: But you did it.
Gary: And I sealed it. Filed it away with in a group home.
Scotty: A box with other jobs.
Gary: Yeah. Let’s just say I had a friend who promised to keep track of it. He died recently. So I need to make sure it is taken care of quickly.
Frannie: He gave me the evidence. It’s legit. Sealed, signed, and dated. October 2, 1970.
Lily: This poor woman suffered in silence and then had what little was left of her life cut short.
Scotty: And someone has been free for 36 years since.
Lily: Let’s make sure one more year doesn’t go by for this guy.

Opening Credits

[r2k]

-In the casefile room.
Lily: Here it is. In a group home. Mary Kenway, 53, found dead in her living room by her husband when he returned home from McGinty’s. (Sighs)
Scotty: She still gets to you? (Referring to Christina)
Lily: It’s nothing. Haven’t seen her since she left.
Scotty: File says Mary had two children. Ted, age 25. Lindsey, aged 17. Ted was recently married at the time. Lindsey was still in school.
Lily: It say were Lindsey was that night?
Scotty: Statement here has her at a friend’s house that evening. Husband returned around 1 A.M.
Lily: Kind of late for a married man.
Scotty: A Catholic man. The Kenways were Catholic. There’s not much to go on here Lil.
Lily: It was originally ruled breast cancer. So nothing was done. No leads were followed.
-Stillman enters the area.
Stillman: I hear you pulled the Mary Kenway death.
Lily: Yeah. The first coroner, Gary O’Dell. He claims he was relieved of that job and overheard a phone call from the husband. What’s the story on this guy?
Stillman: Stan Kenway was a legend. A detective nobody could match. Retired in ’62. Worked for the water department for a while. Then he retired.
Lily: You remember him, boss?
Stillman: He was retired when I started. Let’s just say this guy was not a saint. Nothing too shady. Back then business was done differently. I do remember his son, Ted. From high school. I think he was a year or two older. Good at baseball.
Lily: Did you ever see Stan at first Thursdays.
Stillman: No. He belonged to some group. Spent most of his time there. He did come by a few times. I never saw him.
Lily: McGinty’s.
Stillman: Yeah.
Scotty: Maybe somebody there knows a bit about this.
Stillman: Possibly, but these are close friends. They’re not gonna rat each other out.

-Kat enters the area.
Kat: We located one living relative in Philly. Grandson, Richard Kenway, 29. Born after Mary died.
Stillman: Anyone else?
Kat: Daughter moved to New York in the early ‘80s. Long Island. Stan joined them in ’98, after his brother died. Guess he was living with him. He had a son, Ted, died in 2000. Jeffries is looking into that. Richard had a brother, Stan… not sure if it is junior or what.
Stillman: Junior is usually used for a direct second generation.
Lily: And Grandpa Stan is a junior.
Stillman: Let’s call Grandson Stan, Stan III.
Scotty: Sounds good to me.
Lily: Let’s fan out. I’ll go talk to Richard. He might know something.
Stillman: Kat, you and Scotty go McGinty’s and see if anyone there can help.
Kat: Sure.
Lily: Stan and Mary’s son died. Wouldn’t there have been a wife? File said he was married prior to her dying.
Stillman: They only searched for direct relatives of Mary. But I’m sure Vera and Jeffries will find her.

-In the suburbs. Lily parks outside Richard Kenway’s house. In the front yard, and young man is washing his car. A three year old boy is with him. Richard notices Lily.
Richard: Hi. Can I help you with something?
Lily: Yes. Detective Rush. Homicide. I want to talk to you about your grandmother.
Richard: No. I don’t think so. You need to leave.
Lily: Someone has come forward in her death.
Richard: Look, it was painful the first time around. I don’t need this.
Lily: (With a confused look on her face) A coroner has come forward with some new information.
Richard: Her death was an accident. Nothing more.
Lily: It wasn’t an accident. We now know it was murder.
Richard: Grandma took a fall down the stairs. She was 85. What more could there be?
Lily: Your grandmother didn’t die from a fall down the stairs. Your parents probably didn’t want you to know the truth.
Richard: She fell down the stairs. I identified the body myself.
Lily: But you couldn’t have……. Wait. Which grandmother are you talking about?
Richard: Rachel Neff. Died last year. Ruled an accident though the detective rode me good about it.
Lily: No, I wasn’t here about her. I was about Mary.
Richard: Mary. (At this point Richard seems more relaxed.) Son, would you go inside for a little while. (He points to the front door. The little boy goes inside.)
Mary. I never knew her.
Lily: A coroner came forward. Do you know how she died?
Richard: Breast cancer. Right after my parents wedding. That’s all I know about her.
Lily: Turns out she was poisoned.
Richard: Poisoned? (Richard looks frustrated.)
Lily: She did have breast cancer. But there was poison in her system.
Richard: Well, I hardly knew her. I don’t know how I could help.
Lily: What did your father tell you about her?
Richard: Very little. Look, I can’t help you. My parents never told me anything about her. I’ve only seen one picture of her and I can’t even remember it. (Richard looks sad about it)
Lily: Does that bother you?
Richard: No.
Lily: It seems so to me.
Richard: Look, I need to wash the car. My son can’t stay inside all day.
Lily: So your other grandmother fell down the stairs.
Richard: Yes.
Lily: Thing is, you don’t seem to as sad about the one grandmother you knew.
Richard: She wasn’t supposed to be using the stairs. She knew I was at a church function and that I would be there later to help her. She didn’t listen.
Lily: Okay. Look, we know your father is dead. Can we talk to your mother?
Richard: She’s dead too.
Lily: Really?
Richard: Yeah. And I don’t want to talk about that either. In fact, I don’t want to talk about any of this anymore. (Richard calls to his son.) Brian!!!!!!
-Brian comes running outside to Richard’s side.
Richard: You need to go now.
Lily: Okay? Here’s my card. In case you change your mind.
Richard: Doubtful.
-Lily begins to walk away.
Lily: You got a nice boy there.
Richard: I work at it. Trying to bring him up. Not easy.
Lily: I understand. Been there.
Richard: You have kids.
Lily: No.
Richard: (Looks at her for a few seconds) Oh. I get it. (Smiles at her, like he understands she had a tough childhood. Lily walks away and watches Richard with his son. The two seems to get along very well.)

-Meanwhile, at McGinty’s. Scotty and Kat are talking to an oldtimer named Lenny.
Lenny: Stan Kenway. Tough guy in his prime. Still tough. He don’t come around no more. Since his son died there’s no reason too. Stays with his daughter in New York.
Kat: Did you know his son?
Lenny: Ted. You bet. You know, we never said anything to Stan. But Ted was a Mama’s boy. Stan never wanted to be home.
Scotty: He ever mentioned why?
Lenny: No.
Kat: Did he hate his wife?
Lenny: Thing is, he didn’t care one way or the other. But she sure did. I remember. A few months before she died.

FLASHBACK TO 1970 “Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) by Sly & The Family Stone plays in the background
-At McGinty’s, Stan Kenway is talking with his friends when Mary comes in, frantic.
Lenny: Your wife is here.
Stan: (Turns) What?
Mary: Stan. You promised you’d come home tonight.
Stan: That wasn’t a promised.
Mary: You promised you’d be home tonight.
Stan: I said I’d try. There’s a big difference.
Mary: Between trying and not trying. Yes there is. Come home.
Stan: No.
Mary: I need you. Lindsay needs you.
Stan: Lindsay doesn’t need squat.
-Mary pauses.
Mary: Why can’t you stay home one night in this marriage!!!?!!!!?
Stan: Because I don’t want to and I’m the man of the house. Speaking of which, why aren’t you home?
Mary: Because I’m looking for the man of the house, who seems to be more a man of the bar.
-Stan gets up and stares her down.
Stan: Go home and wait for me.
-Mary starts crying and walks out.
Stan: And you better not be all teary-eyed when I get home. Tears do not move me. You be fast asleep when I get there.
-Lenny looks at her and feels bad.

RETURN TO THE PRESENT

Lenny: I’d never seen her like that. Sad. Terrified. She had been quiet about the neglect for so long but she never came in like that. He was embarrassed. It was like an unwritten rule: Don’t invade my space.
Scotty: He ever run around on her?
Lenny: No, not him. He was faithful. Of course, nothing was going on that bedroom. She was housekeeping. Ted was left alone to be raised by her and… well you know what happens when boys are brought up like that.
Kat: You ever meet the grandsons?
Lenny: Little Stanley. Good kid. Richard. Strange.
Scotty: Really.
Lenny: At first. He went for the girlie things. And once again, Ted was, well, not acknowledging it. Stan too. I knew it bothered Ted but he didn’t know what to do. Stan didn’t really prepare him and Ted couldn’t be a father either. How little Stanley made it out a successful man is still a mystery. Though one time, I spent some time with Richard.
Scotty: How did that go?
Lenny: Surprisingly well. Richard liked me. He threw a temper tantrum once. Ted couldn’t stop him, Stan couldn’t stop. Wouldn’t was more the word.

FLASHBACK TO 1986 “Kyrie” by Mr. Mister plays in the background.
-At McGinty’s. Stan, Ted, Little Stanley, and Richard come in.
Richard: I don’t want to be here.
Ted: Well, we are going to be here. Your grandfather and I are going to have some beers and that’s it.
Stan: Yeah so quit complaining.
Stan III: You’re so wimpy.
Richard: No I’m not. Man, I hate this. You only take us places you want to go.
Ted: Not another word.
Richard: Or what? You’re gonna man up. You never do any other time.
Ted: Last warning.
Richard: The only time you ever man up is when it’s me. Even Mom scares you.
-Ted hits Richard hard. Richard falls back into a corner. He gets up and goes to the pool tables in the back. Lenny quietly follows him. Nobody else is at the pool tables.
Lenny: Hit you hard, didn’t he.
Richard: It’s not so bad.
Lenny: Bothers you doesn’t it?
Richard: Dad’s been drinking a lot lately. Makes me promise not to tell Mom.
Lenny: Why don’t you tell her?
Richard: He gets mad.
Lenny: Play a game with me. I’ll show you.
-Richard helps with the balls.
Lenny: You know you shouldn’t talk back your father like that.
Richard: But he’s not right.
Lenny: I know. But you still shouldn’t. It’s not how children should behave.
Richard: I guess you’re right. But he’s mean. Mom too. They hide it from everybody. They pretend we’re good when we’re outside. They lie about it.
Lenny: You’ve tried to tell somebody?
Richard: I notice when I’m at friends. Those parents are nicer. They don’t yell at each other.
Lenny: You’re nine. Just hang in there. Here’s my phone number. It’s a local call. When things get rough and you have a minute. Call me.
Richard: Okay.

RETURN TO THE PRESENT

Lenny: I took the kid back to the pool tables and showed him how to play. He was about 9. That’s when Ted stopped bringing him in.
Kat: Why?
Lenny: It was clear that Stan and Ted knew nothing about being a father. And it is always better to hide the truth than to face it head on. They both gave me a dirty look and everyone else on the club sort of backed off. We all tried to help Richard out a bit. He needed a man in his life. His mother was worse. She smothered him. The picnics were the worst. Little Stan was lucky enough to pick up on things. Richard needed help badly. Help he never got.
Kat: He ever call you.
Lenny: No. He told me his brother found the number and showed it to Ted. He never wanted to go into details on what happened after.

-At the station. Scotty and Kat are in the main area when Lily walks in. She walks up to them.
Lily: You’re not going to believe this. There are two dead grandmothers. And not natural causes.
Scotty: What happened to the other one?
Lily: Fell down the stairs.
Kat: That looks suspicious.
Lily: Richard’s father, Ted. His wife died too.
Scotty: We learned some things about Ted and Stan.
Kat: A guy at the tavern was very helpful. Stan neglected Mary.
Scotty: And the kids. Ted grew up without a father despite the fact they lived in the same house.
Kat: The guy also indicated Richard was well, not tended to.
Scotty: This Richard had it rough. Apparently, the guys at the bar intervened and took an interest in him,
Lily: That was nice.
Kat: Dad and Grandpa pulled the plug on that. I guess they weren’t gonna let their friends make them look bad.
Scotty: We got the daughter’s number. Lindsey lives in Levittown, New York. Stan lives with her.
Lily: Any mention of how Stan’s brother died?
Kat: No. We didn’t ask.
Scotty: What Lenny told us about Stan and Ted was pretty much the main course. They also indicated to us that Richard’s mother was, well controlling.

-Vera and Jeffries enter the area.
Jeffries: Okay, the story on Stan’s brother, David. Get this. Found himself on the wrong end of a garage door.
Scotty: What?
Jeffries: Found crushed under a garage door. Stan’s story is that he saw it was open late one night and hit the button. Claimed he didn’t see him.
Lily: And detectives believed him.
Jeffries: David had a blood alcohol level of .2. Factor in the age.
Kat: This guy was smashed.
Jeffries: And was like that every day. Thing is, David was complaining about Stan more.
Vera: And now curtain number two. Ted and Jessica Kenway, ages 55. Ted is found dead in his living chair with a bullet in the head, execution style.
Scotty: And the mother?
Vera: Body never recovered. Just some brain matter. DNA taken from her hair brush confirm it was her. But no body to date.
Lily: Suspects?
Vera: The son, Richard. He was living there at the time.
Jeffries: But he had an alibi. Was with a friend in the city. Some girl
Vera: Not a girlfriend.
Jeffries: No evidence pointed to him so he inherited his half of whatever the parents owned.
Lily: He didn’t want to talk about it but he did confirm his mother was dead. But here’s the thing. I started talking to him about the murder and he thought I was talking about his other grandmother. She died in a fall down the stairs. Her name was Rachel Neff.
Jeffries: Rachel Neff. Gil Sherman had that case. Didn’t know how it went down but the investigation ended quickly. Last year.
Lily: I’ll go talk to him then.

-At Gil Sherman’s desk.
Gil: I did her case and the parents in 2000.
Lily: And you think Richard killed them?
Gil: It’s just too much of a coincident, don’t you think? In 2000, his alibi was simple. He and this girl were together.
Lily: Was she a girlfriend?
Gil: No. They were just friends. Richard sort of didn’t have any close friends. This girl was the closest thing to it. She backed his story up. But there was no way to verify whether she was telling the truth or not.
Lily: And no evidence pointed to him.
Gil: No.
Lily: So flash forward 5 years. Grandma now dies.
Gil: Richard was at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church. Something was going on there. Parishioners backed him up.
Lily: But you still think he did it.
Gil: I honestly don’t know. Something seemed odd.
Lily: What?
Gil: Richard was sort of an anti-social in 2000. But 2005, it was like I was talking to a different guy. Some things were the same. This guy was not arrogant. But in 2000, his friend did most of the talking. This time around, he took the lead. His wife stood right behind him. It was like a different guy altogether.
Lily: Something happened between 2000 and 2005.
Gil: One thing’s for sure. He sold his parents’ house and everything in it. Kept very little. Inherited grandmother’s house and kept it.
Lily: Wait, he still lives there.
Gil: Yep.
Lily: Did the scene get a full check?
Gil: Went through every square inch of that stairway.
Lily: Any possible evidence she was pushed?
Gil: No evidence either way. It was ruled an accident because we couldn’t prove murder. I don’t know. Part of me thinks he did it. Part of me thinks he didn’t. Richard was strange the first time around. Avoided questions. With Grandma, he didn’t know anything but didn’t really avoid the questions. He stared me down last year. It was like he was a boy in 2000 and a man in 2005. He had full self-confidence last year.
Lily: What about the other brother, Stanley?
Gil: Lives in New York. Buffalo area. Wife and kids gave him an alibi.
Lily: Any other relatives on that side of the family.
Gil: That side.
Lily: Richard’s other grandmother was murdered. On his father’s side.
Gil: Now that’s something we didn’t know. We got him.
Lily: In 1970. Richard wasn’t alive then. Seems like Richard’s parents come from families that have had mysterious and suspicious deaths.
Gil: How many?
Lily: We’re still finding them out.
-Vera enters the conversation.
Vera: Anything?
Lily: Same old. Two dead grandmas, two dead parents, and a brother.
Gil: Five victims.
Lily: Let’s look into this family. Both sides. Find out who else died.
Gil: We’ll need to bring Richard in, won’t we?
Lily: You want the honors?
Gil: Sure.
Vera: I’ll come along.

-Lily goes back to her desk.
Scotty: Lil, we found something.
Lily: What?
Scotty: Turns out Grandma Rachel was worth quite a bit.
Lily: How much?
Scotty: You ready.
Lily: Oh yes.
Scotty: 4 million.
Lily: That’s motive.
Scotty: But for who?
Lily: Stanley III lived in another state. Richard was at church.
Kat: Unless.
Scotty: Unless what?
Kat: Someone promised a cut to whoever killed Grandma.
Lily: You mean like kill the target then get paid.
Scotty: Richard’s parents were already dead. He definitely had enough money to pull it off.
Lily: Gil would have known that. Let’s look into the finances anyway.
Scotty: I’m on it.
Kat: There’s someone else in the will. Rachel’s other daughter, Lynn.
Lily: 4 million.
Kat: Originally, it was to be split between them.
Lily: And the sons get nothing.
Kat: They were to get $100,000 each up front. That doesn’t necessarily make much of a motive. Stanley III is doing quite well without the money. Richard was struggling a bit. The inheritance from his parents was enough to get him on his feet. He’s been attending Temple University for the past three years.
Lily: And his job?
Kat: He was a teacher. Not now. Not since his parents died. Thing is, none of this makes sense.
Lily: I’ve seen Richard’s house. He lives in his grandmother’s house. Old but nice. He doesn’t look like money is his big desire. What about the aunt?
Kat: Now, money is an object. She taught for 30 years before taking early retirement. Got enough benefits. Never married, lived with many boyfriends. Accumulated a little wealth here and there. Has a house in Florida but spends most of her time in other countries.
Lily: Livin’ the good life.
Kat: Better than we can ever imagine.
Lily: I kinda like my life.
Kat: I guess money doesn’t buy happiness. I like my life too. Wish I had a little more here and there so I wouldn’t have to worry.

[r2k]

-A little later in the main area.
Lily: Kat, look here. Got another one.
Kat: Richard Neff?
Lily: Rachel’s husband.
Kat: So young Richard and Stanley are namesakes.
Lily: Exactly. Richard Neff, aged 79 died of a heart attack on a golf course in 1989.
Scotty: Okay. Richard and Stanley check out. Nothing unusual. Where are Gil and Vera?
Lily: They’ve been gone a while.
Kat: Hope they didn’t get lost.
Jeffries: Found some more dead family. Turns out Richard Neff lost a brother in ’78. Hit and run.
Kat: That looks suspicious.
Jeffries: The two worked together in a small accounting office. Richard was the owner. Rachel also had a mother, Reggie Garrison. Died in 1984. Malpractice. Feeding tube was wrong. Killed her.
Lily: Richard was alive for both.
Scotty: No way he could have done those. He was only one when his great uncle died.
Jeffries: And a one year old doesn’t do well behind the wheel of a car.
Lily: But he would know about them. And maybe he knew how to get away with the murders. Gil might have been right about him.

-Vera and Gil come in with Richard. Richard is struggling as Vera drags him.
Vera: Took us a while to find him. He was in class.
Lily: We heard you go to Temple.
Richard: And.
Lily: We also notice you don’t have a job.
Richard: So? I’m between careers.
Lily: Just seems funny how all this money found its way into your lap. Come on, let’s go in here and make ourselves more comfortable.
Richard: I don’t think so.
Lily: (Yelling) Now!!!!
-Richard becomes tense and somewhat angry. But he walks in and sits down. Lily sits down across from him. The rest of the team stays outside.
Lily: You come off as so sweet. But you don’t fool me.
Richard: (Staring her down.) I don’t know what you’re talking about.
Lily: (Whispering) I think you do. I think you’re a lost soul who couldn’t stand on his own. Your parents didn’t help you. Raise you. So you had to raise yourself. But you couldn’t do that. Maybe, you saw an opportunity. An opportunity to help yourself.
Richard: You’re wrong.
Lily: (Get’s up) You killed your parents as a start. Figured Grandma would die off soon enough.
Richard: No!
Lily: But she didn’t die fast enough, did she?!!!?
Richard: What? You think….
Lily: So you did it.
Richard: No, I had an alibi.
Lily: We checked it out. You might have been able to sneak away from the church just long enough. And you might have killed your parents!!!!!
Richard: Why are you yelling?
Lily: Because you killed your parents!!!! Just like you killed your grandmother!!! Probably Uncle David too!!! You never could handle yourself!!!!
Richard: Enough!!!!
Lily: I’ll say when it is enough!!!!
Richard: No!!! I Do!!!!
-Richard gets up grabs Lily by the neck and begins to strangle her.
Richard: I’ll teach you!!!!! You nagging b----!!!! Always nagging!!!!! Never stopping!!!!!! You did it to Dad and now you’re doing in to me!!!!!! If he isn’t going to man up and stick up for me, I’ll do it myself!!!!!
-He shoves her up against the door. She moves away as it opens. Vera charges in, uses his right arm, pins Richard up against the wall. Lily is coughing trying to get some air. Stillman comes in quickly.
Stillman: Are you okay, Lil?
Lily: Hhh hhh hhh. I’m fine boss.
-Vera still has Richard pinned up. Richard is extremely angry. He tries to break free.
Vera: He was going at her again. I had to stop him.
Stillman: Lil, step out for a second.
-Lily leaves. The door shuts. Stillman walks up to the two. Vera lets go. Richard backs off slowly, looking terrified.
Stillman: You like hurting women?
-Richard backs up saying nothing. Vera goes around the table to make sure he doesn’t leave.
Stillman: You don’t ever hurt a girl. Especially a police detective.
Vera: We’re gonna have to charge you for that.
-Richard sits down and puts his head down. Stillman and Vera look at each other.
Vera: What is he doing?
Stillman: I don’t know.
-Stillman walks over and pulls up a chair. He sits down next to Richard.
Stillman: Richard? Are you listening to me?
-Richard says nothing.
Stillman: Vera. Give me some time alone with him.
-Vera walks about.
Stillman: Richard. It’s just the two of us. Just us men.
-Richard still says nothing.
Stillman: Son. Look at me.
-Richard slowly lifts his head up.
Richard: Yes.
Stillman: Are you okay?
Richard: Yes, sir.
Stillman: Why did you hurt her?
Richard: I… I didn’t mean to.
Stillman: She yelled at you, didn’t she?
Richard: She wouldn’t stop.
Stillman: She was just doing her job.
Richard: I know.
Stillman: Do you miss your parents?
Richard: No. I hate them.
Stillman: What did they do to you?
Richard: It’s what they didn’t do.
Stillman: When you had your hands around Lily’s neck, you referred to her nagging your own father. Did you know it was Rush?
Richard: I don’t want to talk about it.
Stillman: You ever do that to your wife?
Richard: (Annoyed) No. Never. I have never hurt her. She’s not like that.
Stillman: But look what you almost did to Rush. What if your wife got upset with you?
Richard: She would never do that. Just leave me alone for a while. I can work this out myself.
Stillman: Son. You did something wrong. And you need to face the consequences for that. But I’m glad you didn’t kill her. But I don’t think you can work this out by yourself. Nobody ever taught you to. You need some help, don’t you?
Richard: Yeah. I do.
Stillman: It’s hard for you to ask for help, isn’t it?
-Richard nods yes.
Stillman: You wait for people to come to you.
-In the observation room.
Kat: That’s amazing.
Scotty: What?
-Lily walks in.
Kat: Boss is playing surrogate father. By calling him son he’s appealing to Richard’s need for a father figure. A true father figure.
Lily: Boss got him calm?
Vera: Yeah.
Kat: What did his mother do to him?
Lily: I can imagine.
Scotty: You okay?
Lily: Yeah. I didn’t realize he was that strong.
Vera: He was. I had trouble holding him up against the wall and look at me.
Lily: I think I went a little too far.
Vera: Maybe, but he had no right to do that.
Lily: I should have known. I mean there are times I wish my mother was dead.
Kat: This guy needs to get some serious help.
-Jeffries comes in.
Jeffries: Got the wife here.

-In the main area. Vera goes in and gets Stillman. Stillman comes out.
Stillman: Lisa Kenway?
Lisa: Yes. I’m Lisa. What happened?
Stillman: We were interrogating your husband. Things got out of hand.
Lisa: How?
Stillman: He tried to strangle her.
-Lisa looks at Lily. She notices the neck marks.
Lisa: Oh no. How bad?
Lily: It’s not so bad.
Lisa: I don’t understand. He never. He’s never done that to me.
-Lisa sits down.
Stillman: Do you ever talk with him about his family?
Lisa: A little. Not much. You brought up his mother, didn’t you? The things he told me about her.
Lily: What?
Lisa: She was unhappy with her choice in life. Resented having kids. His brother was a big success and she lived off that until he pulled the plug and moved away.
Stillman: What was Richard like when you met him?
Lisa: Shy. But he was getting better. A priest at the parish sort of fixed us up. Richard was nervous. So it was a group thing. Casual. Relaxed. We went to a cabin up north. Richard really loosened up when we got there. He was sweet. He took me on the little boat and we rowed on the lake. He had never done that before but he was a natural. A few months later, he knew I was the one.
Lily: He’s going to school full time. What’s he want to be?
Lisa: Writer. He’s very talented. Works hard. He hated teaching.
Stillman: Were you with him the night his grandmother died?
Lisa: Yes. There’s no way he could have done it. But there is something.
Lily: What?
Lisa: Richard was acting, well, not suspicious. But strange. He was at the house. And he noticed something.
Gil: Like what?
Lisa: I don’t know. But we moved into the house and, well, he’s been searching around the closets. We still have stuff that needs to be moved. He’s been suspicious of something and he won’t tell me. But he was definitely looking through his grandmother’s old belongings. Pictures, any old business records his grandfather might have left.
Gil: What about his parents?
Lisa: He was the one who found the mess. He doesn’t like to talk about them.
Lily: His friend, Chrissie, the one who vouched for him when his parents were killed. Where is she now?
Lisa: New Jersey. They don’t keep in touch.
Lily: Do you know where she lived?
Lisa: In the city. She moved away a few years ago. She called to tell him. She and her husband moved. We helped them move.
Stillman: So you were never threatened by her?
Lisa: Get real. Girl couldn’t cook a TV Dinner to save her life. So what’s gonna happen to Richard?
Stillman: He’s gonna have to be charged. He assaulted a detective.
Vera: Unless.
Stillman: Unless what?
Vera: Well, if he knows something that can help us out.
Scotty: You think he knows anything.
Vera: Right now he’s all we got and he’s harboring some angry feelings towards members of his family. I think he knows more than he’s leading on.
Lisa: I don’t understand.
Lily: A lot of people in his family have died over the years.
Vera: Under strange circumstances.
Lisa: And you think he did it?
Lily: No. But he knows the family well. If what he tells us can help solve some of them, this may be easier for him.
Stillman: We’re gonna have to book him. But if things go well, the charges can be dropped.
Lisa: What do we need to do?
Lily: He’ll be arraigned later today. He’s not a flight risk so bail may not need to be required.
Lisa: Okay. At least he can come home.
Lily: Yeah, he can go home. I think he needs to be there right now. Tell me, he and his son, Brian. How they get along?
Lisa: Richard loves Brian. Susan too. She’s our daughter.
Lily: How old?
Lisa: A year.
Lily: So Richard spends a lot of time with Brian.
Lisa: Inseparable. Richard’s a good dad. He teachers Brian a lot of things. Brian doesn’t understand a lot of yet. But Richard understands that. Brian likes it when his father’s around.
Lily: You ever think Richard might be overdoing it?
Lisa: No. My father helped him out in the beginning. Richard needed a lot of help when we first met. My father saw a lot of potential in Richard. And there was some money. Richard wasn’t exactly poor. Look. You said if Richard helped you on this case.
Lily: We might be able to help him.
Lisa: How about you and your boss come over tomorrow evening? Richard seems to like your boss. He might be more willing to talk.
Lily: That would be great.

-Later on in the main area.
Jeffries: We talked with Chrissie Allen on the phone. She stands by her story that Richard was there all night.
Vera: But I talked to Chrissie’s hubby. He was still at work.
Lily: And.
Vera: Well, he wasn’t married to her yet in 2000, but they were dating. And he called her that night, after Richard left.
Scotty: But if she says he was with her all night, how come hubby has a different story?
Kat: So we bring her in.
Lily: What about Richard?
Stillman: He made bail already.
Lily: I don’t know if I could go over there tomorrow knowing this.
Gil: We talked to eyewitnesses from Chrissie’s apartment building. Some remember seeing Richard there late that night.
Lily: Maybe Chrissie’s husband is mistaken. Or maybe, Richard came back that night. Gil, how long had Richard’s parents, or father been dead?
Gil: Coroner had the death as happening somewhere around 9 P.M. 10 P.M. He came home that morning around 9 A.M. and found him. He’d been dead about 12 hours.
Vera: Hubby said he called Chrissie around 10:45 that night.
Gil: Witnesses saw Richard and Chrissie return to her apartment around 9. But they also saw Richard by himself around 12:00 midnight. He had returned from his car.
Lily: You ever check his car for a body?
Gil: There was no evidence to indicate he had transported a body.
Lily: He wrapped it in plastic.
Scotty: What?
Lily: That’s why he doesn’t want to talk about it. Boss, let’s go talk to him now.
Stillman: You sure he’s ready.
Lily: I think he wants to tell.
Scotty: I feel sorry for that guy. Murdering his parents.
Vera: What did they do to him?

-At Richard’s house.
Lisa: I wasn’t expecting you guys until tomorrow night.
Lily: We had to come.
Richard: I just don’t want to deal with it right now. You understand?
Lily: Yeah. I understand. Childhood was tough for me too. I always pretended to be Cinderella when I was little. Dreamt that some prince would show up and take me away. My dad left us a long time ago. And my mother, well, when she wasn’t drunk and unable to get out of bed, she was in some other guy’s bed. I was left to raise my sister. And I did a real bang up job. Taught her to sleep with any guy. Even the ones I loved.
Richard: Not easy.
Lily: I know. My mother got married a little while ago. And she pretended none of it ever happened. But you know, no matter how horrible she was to me, I had to realize that she did the best she could. Even if she had no clue what she was doing. (Gets teary-eyed) And I still love her. I still want her to love me. (She looks at Richard) I know you still love your mother.
Richard: I don’t want to talk about her.
Lily: That’s why you love Grandma Mary so much. She’s the mother you always wanted.
Richard: Not my mother. I’m not talking about her.
Lily: Why are you ashamed of what you did?
Richard: I didn’t do anything to her.
Lily: Yes, you did.
Richard: I did nothing to my dad. I did nothing to my mother.
Lily: You gave her dignity. You didn’t want anybody to know how bad they were.
Richard: You think I killed them for a reason like that?
Lily: I know you didn’t kill them. We talked to Chrissie. She vouched for you.
Richard: I was with her that night.
Stillman: But we know you went home around 10:00.
(Richard sits down on the couch. Lily sits next to him.)
Lily: You knew what would happen if everyone knew the truth.
Richard: I suffered for so long. And….
Lily: And you figured it was easier if this was an unsolved murder instead of what it really was.
Richard: (Crying) A mother is someone who’s supposed to love you. Not someone who takes their disappointing life out on you. It was a matter of time.

FLASHBACK TO 2000 No song plays except the score.
-Richard returns home and pulls into the driveway. It is raining and thundering. He goes in and finds his mother dead. It is clear that she shot herself. He then notices his father has been shot. He is shocked and says nothing. He leans over his mother.
Richard: Why? Why?
-He stands up. He runs into the garage and grabs some plastic. He opens the garage door and pulls his father’s car out. He runs to his car and pulls it into the garage. He wraps his mother in the plastic with the gun and loads it into his car. He pulls it out of the garage and puts his father’s car back in. He then goes back to his car and drives off.

RETURN TO THE PRESENT

Lily: You wrapped her in plastic. That can help us.
Richard: So I get into more trouble?
Stillman: No. The gunshot residue will still be there. Where is the body hidden?
Richard: I found an old abandoned building. Dumped her there when nobody was around. I told Chrissie they were still fighting. When I went home and found my dad I told her to say I was there the whole night. I just didn’t want everyone to know the truth. She was so unhappy. I wanted her memory to be good.
Stillman: What were they fighting about?
Richard: I remember hearing Mom yelling at Dad why he killed him. He told her because she killed his mother. He accused her of killing her and that is why he killed her father.
Stillman: We’re going to need you to show us where.
(Richard nods yes.)

[r2k]

-At the station.
Lily: So Jessica accuses Ted of killing her father, Richard Neff.
Scotty: And Ted accuses Jessica of murdering Mary.
Lily: And both confirm it to each other.
Stillman: We’re going to need more information to make this stick.
Lily: Jessica had a close friend, Beverly. Maybe she can help us.
Kat: What about Jessica’s sister, Lynn.
Lily: Lynn is in Europe. No chance.
Jeffries: We found some possible character witnesses. The Neff’s had a cleaning lady, Mattie Jefferson.
Vera: There was a Greta Long. She was a secretary at Richard Neff’s office, where his brother died. Lynn had a best friend, Kiki Bundy. Kiki spent a lot of time with the family.
Lily: So, each family member seems to have left a close friend or employee or whatever behind.

-In the main area. Mattie Jefferson is with Lily.
Mattie: I remember the Neff’s. Worked with them since 1952. Stopped in 1989, when Richard passed.
Lily: What were they like?
Mattie: Sort of upscale. Depression Era turned Country Club Family. Richard was just starting his accounting business. Rachel was a housewife.
Lily: So, if she was a housewife, why did she need you?
Mattie: You know, I always wondered that myself. But I didn’t work. Rachel worked with me. It was a team effort. Richard was a wealthy man. Smart, driven, tough. It just seemed like a business arrangement to me.
Lily: What did?
Mattie: The marriage. I’m not sure there was any love there. Richard went to work in the morning. He came back in the evening. But the two never really connected. It was the same for the two girls.
Lily: How so?
Mattie: Richard was the only man in that house. And I think that got to him. He was always at the Country Club golfing in his spare time. The girls sort of got the short end of the stick. The girls had everything they needed, or wanted. Love is what they needed. He always had this strong work ethic and Jessica really took to it. She wanted to be something.
Lily: And.
Mattie: When the time came for college, he only let her study education. He didn’t want her rising above that.
Lily: But she wanted more.
Mattie: She wanted it all. Lost many boyfriends that way. You see, at the country club, young men weren’t looking for a career girl.
Lily: They wanted someone to stay home and keep house.
Mattie: I wouldn’t have minded that life. My husband worked and I did too. We had to. But, times were different and, being black, well I’m sure you understand. You know, there’s nothing wrong with staying home to raise the kids, but Richard never saw the error of his way.
Lily: Which was?
Mattie: He saw Jessica as the son he never had. Did things with her that should have been done father to son. And at the same time he expected her to be a lady. Of course, I kept my mouth shut. That job paid well. And who was I to interfere with them.
Lily: What about Lynn?
Mattie: He thought she was foolish a lot. But he was even more busy with his work when she came around. She was spoiled. Both girls were. But Lynn wanted the high life and knew very quickly being married wouldn’t get her there. Besides, she didn’t like the way he was. He was tough. His way or no way. I think that’s why she could never get close to a man for a long time.

-In Stillman’s office, Stillman is sitting with Greta.
Greta: I was his secretary up until the day he died.
Stillman: A long time.
Greta: 38 years. Pauline Jones and I were both there from the beginning. With Richard’s brother, Jack.
Stillman: Who died in ’78.
Greta: Yes. I remember that night. Pauline and I left already. We both left together.
Stillman: Anything unusual about that night?
Greta: Not really. But I suspected Pauline and Jack were having an affair. I had forgotten something that night. I returned and overheard them arguing.
Stillman: Pauline and Jack?
Greta: Jack and Richard. Richard was telling him how out of line he was. To be honest no details were ever mentioned and I snuck in and out without them knowing I was there.

In another area, Scotty and Kat are with Kiki.
Kiki: Lynn and I met in college. Lynn was sweet. A free spirit. But sweet.
Scotty: You still keep in touch?
Kiki: Yes, as a matter of fact. She spends most of her time abroad. She met a guy in Florida.
Kat: We heard she’s had many boyfriends.
Kiki: Oh yes. Shacked up with a lot of them. But this guy’s been solid for 5 years. Longer than any other.
Scotty: What did you think of her father?
Kiki: A rare breed. Maybe one of a kind. He wanted things his way.
Scotty: What do you remember about his death?
Kiki: He had diabetes. Old age type. Heart attack. Lynn didn’t get much out of it. Coroner’s explanation was simple.
-Scotty and Kat look at each other.
Kat: So you’ve been friends with Lynn since before her older sister Jessica and Ted married.
Kiki: Yes. I met Lynn in ’68.
Scotty: Originally, we learned that Ted’s mother, Mary, was poisoned.
Kat: In the process, we discovered other members of both families, Ted and Jessica’s died, suspiciously.
Kiki: I never met Mary. I was Lynn’s friend. Jessica had to have the wedding of her dream. Not that she didn’t get that the first time.
Scotty: First time?
Kiki: Oh. She was married to someone before Ted. Layne Cross. A caddy at the country club. Married him right out of college. In ’67. I met Lynn a year later.
Kat: Lynn ever tell you about it?
Kiki: Of course she did. Layne was a poor boy. Mormon family. Layne and Jessica married and moved out to Utah.
Scotty: That had to be interesting.
Kiki: Lynn still doesn’t know the full details of what went on in that brief marriage that lasted, five months. They came back and Richard had the marriage annulled. Richard spent $6,000 on that wedding. Now, in ’67 that was a fortune.
Scotty: And the second wedding?
Kiki: Not as much. Wedding took place in a Catholic Church. Reception was held at the Country Club. Lynn gave me some details.
Scotty: Now, Jessica was country club. Ted was, well, a little lower on the social ladder.
Kiki: That he was. Richard didn’t particular care for him but at least he wasn’t like the other guy. He wanted her married.
Kat: Why didn’t she go for anybody better?
Kiki: Lynn told me she turned off every other guy. She was dominant and that was not an attractive trait. Jessica was sort of ahead of her time. She had lots of well to do guys want her. But as soon as the guys got to know her, it was over. Ted was a mama’s boy. Not extreme. I think Jessica wanted someone to control. A man who was everything her father wasn’t. But she had no idea.
Kat: No idea of what?
Kiki: Ted was a drinker. He beat her early on in the marriage. Not that she didn’t keep her domineering personality to herself. She managed to keep that hidden this time.
Scotty: Why did she leave husband number one?
Kiki: He was Mormon. One can only guess. Thing is Lynn told me he wasn’t a bad guy. Bet you he wanted to be head of the household. Jessica wouldn’t stand for it. But she married the guy. Lynn told me something about the first wedding I’ll never forget. Richard was walking her down the aisle. He was heard telling her right there, “You’re making a big mistake. You can change your mind at any time.”
Kat: How long did the drinking go on with Ted?
Kiki: It never really ended. Ted sort of learned to hide it and drink less frequently. But when her youngest son Richard was a baby, he began hitting her.
Scotty: Why did she stay with him?
Kiki: She was on marriage number two. Dad wasn’t going to let it end. And there were kids. Jessica sort of went downhill after that. She became bitter, mean. Worse than ever before. Took a lot of it out on Richard. Ted drank here and there.
Scotty: How do you know?
Kiki: Lynn told me. Richard asked her once. She eventually told me Richard caught him several times.
Scotty: That had to be hard on Richard.
Kiki: Richard was a nice boy. He didn’t need to see a lot of that.
Kat: We want to ask you about Lynn’s grandmother.
Kiki: Reggie. Now they suspected malpractice. But they….
Scotty: But they what?
Kiki: They dropped the matter pretty quickly. It was strange. Lynn didn’t even know the situation. But the investigation ended and nobody spoke of it again. You know, Richard started asking a lot of questions about the family soon after his parents died.
Kat: Like what?
Kiki: He wanted to know how Richard really died. He really pressed Lynn for information. But he seemed more like he wanted answers. Didn’t sound like a killer.
Scotty: Thing is, he knows what really happened to his parents.
Kat: Jessica killed Ted. And then herself.
Kiki: No way.
Scotty: Richard came home, found them. Hid her body so people wouldn’t know what actually happened.
Kiki: I need to call Lynn.
Scotty: He’s not in any trouble.
Kat: In fact, he’s been very helpful in this case.
Kiki: Well, I’m going to see if she’ll call back. When she’s overseas she gets busy.

-Later.
Lily: Mattie suspected things weren’t right.
Stillman: Greta suspects Jack and the other secretary were having an affair. And that Richard found out about them.
Kat: Kiki also shed light on how controlling Richard was.
Scotty: She did mention something interesting about Reggie’s death. Seems that the matter was dropped quickly.
Lily: Like Mary.
Kat: Richard was a diabetic who died of a heart attack.
Stillman: And Jack a hit and run. These could all be intentional murder.

-Frannie comes in.
Frannie: We got the results from the mother’s body. Richard’s story checks out. Clothes were intact and gunshot residue can be found on her left sleeve. I checked with ballistics. Two shots fired from the gun and it matches the bullet in Jessica Kenway’s head as well as her husband.
Lily: So those cases were solved. And Richard overheard them arguing about people they killed.
Stillman: Jessica killed Mary and Ted killed Richard Neff.
-Richard and another man come in.
Lily: Richard?
Richard: This is my brother, Stan.
Lily: Nice to meet you.
Stan: Pleasure. I didn’t really want to come in but after what happened. I just can’t believe. And then I can.
Lily: Really.
Stan: Mom was difficult. Somehow I was able to rise above it. Richard wasn’t.
Lily: We’re learning a lot about this family.
Richard: That’s what I wanted to talk to you about. I don’t think Mom killed her.
Lily: But she confessed to your father.
Richard: Look, Dad was mad at her for a long time.
Stan: I remember him resenting her when I was little.
Richard: He may have thought she killed Mary. I think he finally called her on it. And she was being sarcastic.
Lily: And in doing so, he told her what he did.
Richard: And she believed him. Killed him for it.
Lily: But she couldn’t handle it.
Richard: She couldn’t handle being alone. But there’s another reason.

FLASHBACK TO 1998 “Frozen” by Madonna plays in the background
Richard: Do you buy that story Grandpa gave about not knowing his brother was lying there?
Jessica: Who knows with that family? They’re all nuts. Except Mary.
Richard: What do you mean?
Jessica: Mary was the only good thing to come from that family. Perhaps the fact she married into it proves that. She was kind and generous. She asked us to make a list of things we needed when we were getting married. And you know. She bought everything on the list. And not cheap either. I appreciated her for that. But knowing what she went through. I vowed never to let that happen. I was not going to be ignored.

RETURN TO THE PRESENT

Richard: Nobody who says such kind words about someone could kill them. She didn’t do it.
Lily: Your dad could have been sarcastic too. Maybe he liked Grandpa Richard too.
Stan: I don’t think so.

FLASHBACK TO 1989. “We Didn’t Start the Fire” by Billy Joel plays in the background.
Richard Neff’s funeral. Richard and Stan III are sitting there.
Richard: I hate this. It’s so boring.
Stan III: It’s a funeral. What do you expect?
Richard: I don’t expect Dad to be socializing like it is a picnic.
Stan III: I noticed that.
-Ted comes up to them.
Ted: Are you boys okay?
Richard: How long do we have to be here?
Ted: As long as it takes.
Richard: For what?
Ted: You are going to learn that these things need to be done.
Stan III: Dad, what was that stuff you had in the bathroom? It was like poison.
Ted: That was nothing. Don’t worry about it. You worry too much.
-Ted walks away.
Richard: What did you find?
Stan III: I found poison in his bathroom. Asked him about it.
Richard: Why does he have poison?
Stan III: I don’t know. Look, keep a lid on it. We can’t have him think we’re talking about him.

RETURN TO THE PRESENT

Stan III: I went back there later to find it. Later that night. It was gone.
Lily: The coroner would have noticed that in the tox screening.
Richard: Dad was on the phone with Grandpa that night. I never understood it until now. But he was making arrangements. Said things like, make it go away.
Lily: So we know how your parents died. Your Grandpa Richard. We know your other Grandpa Stan has been a busy little bee.
Stan III: When Richard called me I called them. Told them what happened. They’re all coming. Lynn, her husband, and Grandpa. They’ll be here tomorrow.

[r2k]

-Later, after everyone has gone.
Lily: Okay, Mary Kenway, 1970. Unsolved.
Scotty: Jack Neff, 1978. Unsolved.
Kat: Reggie Garrison, 1984. Unsolved.
Stillman: Richard Neff, 1989. Solved.
Lily: For the most part.
Vera: David Kenway, 1998. Unsolved.
Kat: Jessica and Ted Kenway. Solved.
Jeffries: Which leaves us Rachel Neff, 2005. Unsolved.
Lily: We checked coroner’s reports on all these deaths. Guess who was in charge.
Scotty: Same one as Mary.
Lily: Yes. Until his son took over in ’87. And then he was in charge of them.
Stillman: Where are these two right now?
Lily: The son left last year after Rachel died. Gave no real explanation. Just quit. His father is retired.
Stillman: Seeing that they were the ones who covered them up. Let’s bring them both in. Offer them a deal they can’t refuse.
Lily: Any follow-up on Jessica’s friend, Beverly?
Jeffries: Passed away. Talked to her son in Ohio. She married and moved out there. He said that Beverly and Jessica grew up on the same block. Grandparents died. Met Jessica when he was little but couldn’t give much beyond that.

In one interrogation room, the Michael Vrehas is with Lily and Stillman.
Michael: Look, Stan Kenway was powerful at the time. He gave the order and I obeyed. You obeyed him, that’s how it worked.
Stillman: How does that work?
Michael: You just did.
Lily: We’re gonna offer you and your son the same deal. Immunity for the truth. Both of you are out of the business so you have nothing to lose in that respect.
Michael: Alright. Look. Mary was poisoned. Looked like whatever was in her system was new. She wasn’t being poisoned for long. Stan called and said she had breast cancer and to leave it at that. Didn’t offer much of an explanation.
Stillman: Jack Neff?
Michael: I couldn’t cover up the injuries. I looked into the car that was used. I mentioned Stan’s name and the forensics let it go.
Lily: So they knew the car?
Michael: We knew it. But never looked for it. Properly. When we made the report we selected a car that wasn’t common. Figured if any cars in the area matched the report, detectives would notice none of the cars had damage. Nobody would be framed. Car was a 1973 Lincoln.
Lily: Thanks. Reggie Garrison.
Michael: We knew how she died. Prints were that of a child.
Lily: Who?
Michael: We never looked. Stan called and said that Reggie was trying to get someone to kill her. Told us to let it go.

-In the other room, Scotty and Vera are with John Vrehas.
John: My father made the first call when Richard died. Tox report indicated cyanide. I was told to rule it a heart attack.
Scotty: So it was never a heart attack?
John: No. Poisoning all the way.
Vera: What about in ’98?
John: I didn’t do anything wrong there. Department was told to back off on that one. Look, Richard was the only one I did that to. I left in 2000. Got tired of the crap.
Scotty: Before or after Ted and Jessica were killed?
John: Before. I sensed a cover-up was happening again in ’98 and I quit.
Scotty: What do you mean?
John: There was only car in the garage when I moved the body from the scene. And Stan had full view of where David was on the ground. He knew David was still alive when he hit the garage door button. He had to have known. I checked with detectives and they said there was no clean evidence to charge them.
Vera: Everyone around here went to bat for this guy.
John: Like you guys never do it.
Vera: Not to this extent. For over three decades this man has managed to compromise the investigations of eight deaths and you’re giving us a lecture.
John: ’98 was the last straw for me. It’s not what I wanted for my life. I’m sorry. I wish I’d gone through and presented my findings.

-Outside in the main area.
Vera: The son left in 2000, before Ted and Jessica bought it.
Gil: I took over then.
Lily: Stan ever call you about this?
Gil: No. Not that I know of.
Scotty: Maybe Fran got a call.
Lily: Let’s go ask.
Gil: Stan would have been in New York by then, right?
Lily: Right.
Gil: He wasn’t close to it. Maybe he didn’t intervene on these two.
-Frannie comes in.
Lily: We were getting ready to come down.
Frannie: What for?
Lily: We need to ask you something.
Frannie: Sure.
Lily: You examined Ted Kenway in 2000.
Frannie: Of course. Bullet in the head.
Lily: And Rachel Neff a year ago.
Frannie: Right.
Lily: Did anybody ever proposition you to change your report. We’re not accusing you of it, but did someone try.
Frannie: An old man called me to inquire about the examinations. Autopsies weren’t necessary in these cases. I didn’t tell him anything. Got a call during both investigations. I didn’t give him anything and he didn’t identify himself.
Scotty: Anything suspicious happen during those investigations?
Frannie: No. Both cases had little evidence to implicate anyone. No weapons. Just injuries.
Lily: The calls would show up on phone records.
Frannie: I was just thinking that.
Scotty: I’m on it. (Walks away.)
Frannie: Tough case.
Lily: Cases.
Frannie: How could these coroners compromise the jobs so much? Makes you wonder how many other cases out there went cold because of this.
Lily: I know.
-Kiki walks in worried.
Lily: Excuse me. Kiki. Are you okay?
Kiki: No, I’m not. I called Lynn, like I said I was going to.
Lily: And.
Kiki: She moved a few months ago.
Lily: Where?
Kiki: Out of the country.
Lily: Why?

FLASHBACK to 2005. Rachel’s house which is now Richard’s house. There is a knock at the door. Rachel goes to answer.
Rachel: Lynn. Well, what do I owe the honor?
Lynn: Your daughter is here and that’s the welcome.
Rachel: Well you come unannounced from wherever and I’m supposed to get out the rose bearers. Please. What do you want?
Lynn: We need to discuss the will.
Rachel: There’s nothing to discuss. I’m changing it and that’s final.
Lynn: But that’s not fair.
Rachel: What isn’t fair is how you’ve treated me.
Lynn: You know what Dad wanted.
Rachel: (Walking toward the basement stairs.) Good thing he is no longer here.
Lynn: Yeah, good thing. (Lynn scares Rachel down the stairs with a boo.)

-Rachel lets out a quiet scream and falls down. Her head is but open and she bleeds.
Lynn: So easy. So easy. And nobody ever knew I was here. And no evidence of a push. Too easy.

RETURN TO THE PRESENT

Kiki: She told me the whole story. Lynn got so mad at her and saw an opportunity to get what she wanted. She told me she was never coming back to the country and that Richard was on his own.
Lily: This family’s got love bursting at the seams.
Kiki: I just can’t believe she would even think of this.
Lily: I guess you never really knew her.
Kiki: Guess not.

-Later that night. Lily is ready to leave. Stillman comes up to her.
Stillman: Plans tonight?
Lily: No. Spending quality time with the cats.
Stillman: Okay. Well take care.
Lily: See you tomorrow boss.
-Lily walks out.

-The next day. Richard and Stan III are sitting in the main area.
Lily: They’re late.
Stan III: They’ll be here.
Richard: Lindsay is making sure of it. She’s convinced he did nothing.
Lily: Hey Richard. I want to show you something.
Richard: What?
Lily: You said you knew so little about Mary.
Richard: Yeah.
Lily: Whenever I reopen a case, I keep a picture of the victim on my nightstand. Sort of a tradition. Helps me connect with them. Here’s Mary’s picture. I wanted you to see what she looked like. It was taken a few months before she died.
-Richard takes a look at the picture. He puts his finger on her, looking in amazement at a grandmother he never knew.
Richard: I’ve never seen a picture of her. I always wondered what our family would have been like had she lived.
Lily: She was decent. Beautiful on the inside. But she hurt, Richard. She hurt because she loved a man who wouldn’t love her back the way she needed. She wanted Stan to do that. What you do for Lisa. I can see how you two are together. You never take her for granted. Mary is more important to you because she represents what is good about mothers. I think she would have loved you, a lot.
Richard: You think we’re going to get Grandpa to confess. That’s not going to be easy.
Lily: We can try.

-Vera comes in with an elderly woman.
Vera: I want you all to meet Pauline Jones.
Lily: We had no idea you were still alive.
Pauline: I sort of kept a low profile. Greta called me last night. I felt it was time to tell.
Lily: Tell what?
Pauline: The truth about Jack Neff.
Lily: And your affair with him.
Pauline: Ha. Jack and I were not having the affair.
Lily: You and Richard?
Pauline: Jack found out and tried to stop it. Foolish man.

-FLASHBACK TO 1978 “Just What I Needed” by the Cars plays in the background. At Richard and Jack’s office. They are arguing. Pauline is in the other room.
Jack: You’re affair is inappropriate.
Richard: I’m the boss and I’ll do what I please.
Jack: This would kill Rachel. She loves you.
Richard: I love her too. But I also love Pauline.
Jack: You can’t love two women.
Richard: Watch me.
Jack: I’m telling Rachel if you don’t.
Richard: Over my dead body.
-Richard walks out.
Jack: I’ll call her now.
Richard: No, you won’t.
Pauline: Jack, don’t. This is crazy. Just mind your own business.
Richard: And remember this is my business.
Jack: Forget it. Rachel deserves to know.
-Jack walks out. Richard follows him.
Richard: You do this and you’re through.
Jack: So I’m through.
-Jack starts to walk. Pauline runs to him and pleads.
Pauline: Jack, I beg of you. Don’t do this.
Jack: I have to. You know I thought you were good. Decent. Turns out you’re nothing more than a homewrecking tramp.
-Pauline slaps him.
Pauline: How dare you?
-Suddenly, a car comes speeding up. Pauline sees and moves out of the way. Jack is hit hard. He falls to the ground and dies.
Pauline: You killed him.
Richard: Kept him quiet. Big difference. Get out of here. I’ll talk to you later.
-Pauline rushes away to her car and drives off.

Pauline: He gave me a big bundle of cash after the funeral and told me to skip town. Demanded silence.
Lily: This was never in the report.
Pauline: Really. I’m surprised it wasn’t. Richard took care of things. There was never any love. We were having fun. But he wasn’t going to let it cost him anything.
Lily: So we solved Jack’s murder.
Scotty: Jessica and Ted.
Lily: Richard’s too.
Pauline: They’re all dead?
Lily: Fraid so. Rachel’s death is now a homicide.
Pauline: Wow. I’m lucky I got out alive.
Scotty: Mary and David Kenway are as good as solved.
Lily: What about Reggie?
Scotty: Probably was an accident or mistake.
Lily: Shutting down her feeding tube wasn’t an accident.
-Stan III puts his head down.
Stan III: Not an accident.
Richard: What?
Lily: You remember something.
Stan III: Nobody ever told me how she died. We were just told she passed on. I never imagined.
Richard: What?
Stan III: (Crying) I was only 9 when it happened. I thought I was helping her.

FLASHBACK TO 1984. No song plays. At the hospital, Reggie is laying in bed. Stan III comes in.
Reggie: Stanley, come here.
Stan III: What are they talking about?
Reggie: Me, probably. They’re going to move me to a nursing home. I don’t want to go.
Stan III: They say you have to.
Reggie: I know. (Pauses). Do me a favor dear. My feeding tube is loose. Could you tighten it a bit. Turn the knob a bit.
Stan III: Okay.
-Stan III goes and turns it off, unaware of what he did.
Stan III: Like that?
Reggie: Perfect. Thanks. I was feeling tired.

Stan III: She asked me to fix the tube.
Richard: Lynn kept telling me how she wanted to die and nobody would do it. They wanted her to live.
Lily: So she got you to do it.
Stan III: (Crying) Oh no. I killed her.
Lily: It wasn’t your fault.
Scotty: We talked to the nurse who worked there. Kat and I went there this morning to see her. She overheard the whole exchange. You have a witness to back your story up. No one’s gonna press charges.
Lily: And Richard. We talked with the D.A. Now, don’t panic. They have to go through with the charges. But.
Richard: But?
Lily: They’re going to make sure no jail time is served. They can’t ignore what happened.
Richard: Really!
Lily: You helped us solve several murders. You brought out information that was important. Now, there is something that will be recommended.
Richard: What? I’ll do anything.
Lily: You will be required to get some counseling. To help you. You know you need to work out this anger.
Richard: Yeah. I know.

-An old man and a middle-aged woman come in. A man is also with them.
Lindsay: Lindsey Banter. This is my husband, Mark.
Lily: And you must be Stan Kenway.
Stan: Yes.
Lily: We’ve heard so much about you.
Stan: I gave 30 years to the department.
Lily: That’s quite an accomplishment.
Stan: You work hard and you will reap the rewards.
Lily: We need to talk to you both. Come on in to these rooms.
Lindsay: What’s going on?
Lily: We’re going to get to the bottom of who killed your mother.
Lindsay: She died from breast cancer. I don’t understand.
Lily: Stan, is there anything you want to tell her?
Stan: No.
Lily: I didn’t think so.

-In the interrogation room. Lily is with Stan.
Stan: You’re not gonna get a thing out of me.
Lily: We don’t have to. You see, we know about your little scheme.
Stan: Scheme.
Lily: Make a few phone calls, make a few investigations go away, or shut them down completely.
Stan: I’m not sure I follow.
Lily: Your wife may have had breast cancer but poison is what really killed her.
Stan: Autopsy didn’t pick that up.
Lily: Because you pulled the plug on that. Thing is, the guy who was relieved of that job. He was a little offended by the snub. He did a tox on Mary’s blood.
Scotty: Tested positive for Arsenic.
Stan: I did not kill my wife.
Lily: And you didn’t kill your brother either, huh.
Stan: That was an accident.
Scotty: Accident, huh. You opened the door leading to the garage, saw your drunk brother under the big door and pushed the button.
Lily: Crushing him to death.
Stan: You can’t prove that.
Lily: But we can prove you compromised every investigation. Used your power and influence to make sure the truth never saw the light.
Stan: I never paid anyone to do that.
Lily: No but you coerced. We’ve been speaking to Mike Vrehas-.
Scotty: His son too. Told us a lot about how you called them up and sort of gave them the hint that they were replaceable.
-Stan looks at him.
Lily: You don’t have a prayer.

-In the other interrogation room, Vera and Kat are with Lindsay.
Lindsay: My father didn’t kill anyone. He certainly didn’t kill my mother.
Vera: Come on. Your father hated the way she begged him to stay.
Lindsay: She accepted that a long time ago.
Kat: Maybe she got tired of it. We know she made a scene at the bar one night right before she died.
Lindsay: That never happened.
Vera: Yes it did.
Lindsay: No. He didn’t kill her. He couldn’t have. Nobody was with her that night.
Kat: She could have been poisoned earlier.
Lindsay: No. I know what’s happening. You’re trying to dishonor a well decorated officer. (Crying) You won’t. I won’t let you do it. You’re not getting a thing from me and you won’t from him.

[r2k]

-In the observation room. Stillman, Jeffries, Richard, and Stan III watch both rooms.
Richard: Why is she defending him so much?
Jeffries: What do you mean?
Richard: She was institutionalized in ’90 for depression. All of her childhood traumas came out. She couldn’t take it. She’s been angry at him for a long time. Long before I knew what the problems were. Yet, she took him in when he couldn’t live alone anymore. She pretends like everything is okay.
Stillman: So she loves him out loud and hates him inside.
Stan III: Pretty much.
Stillman: Why does she hate him?
Richard: She never felt she was good enough. He neglected her. But still, if he killed Mary, why doesn’t she give him up.
Jeffries: She’s scared, Richard. She lost one parent. She may not want to lose the other no matter what he’s done. Parents are important to people no matter how old they are.
Richard: Wait a minute. She believes he covered these deaths up. She’s panicking.
Stillman: What do you mean?
Richard: She gets excited when she’s mad. But she’s always able to think clearly. She’s not doing that now. And her head is down. She’s got nothing to shoot back with.
Stillman: You don’t think.
Stan III: Lindsay would never do that.
Richard: Well, she’s the only one left who hasn’t killed anyone. And I didn’t do it. I couldn’t have done it.
Jeffries: What makes you so sure it wasn’t her?
Richard: My mother told me about when Mary had breast cancer. They never told Lindsay until after Mary died.
-Stillman and Jeffries look at each other.
Stillman: That realization alone would have had the charges against you dropped.
Stan III: But why?
Stillman: There’s one way to find out.
Richard: Funny. Both Grandma’s are innocent. They didn’t kill anybody.

-Stillman goes into the room where Lily and Scotty are with Stan.
Stillman: Stan, you’re quite a feisty old man, aren’t you?
Stan: I’m tough.
Stillman: We have statements from Mike and his son, John, telling us how you got them to cover up the real causes of several deaths over 36 years. Obstruction of Justice. At your age, that’s the rest of your life.
Stan: They won’t lock me up.
Stillman: That’s right. Stay free and let your daughter take care of you.
Stan: She does a good job.
Stillman: She has to. After all, she’s the reason you did all this, isn’t it.
-Lily looks at him.
Stan: You leave her alone.
Stillman: We got you no matter what you say.
Lily: You covered for her.
Stan: I’m not saying another word.
Lily: Your youngest grandson wants to know what happened to his grandmother. Apparently, she’s the only one in the family he feels he can connect to.
Stan: Not surprising. He was a little pansy. Always was. Like his father.
Stillman: That’s your son you’re talking about.
Stan: He was a fruit cake too.
Lily: Maybe if you spent a little time with him he would have been more of man. But from what we hear you spent all your free time at some bar.
Stan: That was my time. My right.
Lily: You had a family. They were your time. (Getting teary-eyed and emotional) You left your wife alone, crying and hoping you would come home to her. She was dying and never said a word to anyone until it was too late. You knew she was dying and you let it go.
Stillman: We know your daughter did it. I guess you weren’t expecting that, were you?
Stan: I’m not saying another word.
Lily: That’s right. Without Lindsay, who will take care of you?
Stillman: I’m not sure your grandson’s are up to it. No that it matters.
Lily: Your wife’s death along with the rest of both families’ reprehensible behavior destroyed you all. Lucky for Richard, there is a happy ending. And you won’t be in it.
Stan: Like I care. If I’m going down, I may as well. She did it. She told me.
Lily: What did she do?
Stan: Why don’t you ask her?

-Lily, Scotty, and Stillman walk into the observation area.
Lily: Well, we got him.
Richard: I don’t know if I can watch this.
Lily: Richard, you came this far. You know Lindsay didn’t hate her. I’m going to go talk to her now.
Richard: Okay. I just don’t understand why. Mary was the good parent.

-Lily walks into the other room.
Lily: Lindsay. Your father is going away for the murder of his brother and for covering up the murders.
Lindsay: You can’t prove he killed his brother. He’s a 92 year old man. What’s the point?
Lily: Justice is the point. He killed his own brother.
Lindsay: So you’re gonna try to get him for my mother’s murder too?
Lily: No.
Lindsay: That’s good. (Lindsay notices Lily is staring at her.) What?
Lily: I think you know what? Your father gave you up.
Lindsay: Why did he do that? (Crying) He promised he was gonna make things alright. He was never supposed to tell.
Lily: Why, Lindsay?
Lindsay: She wanted to die so much. But she never would kill herself.
Lily: That was a sin.
Lindsay: Yes.
Lily: You didn’t know she was dying?
Lindsay: They never told me. I wanted to ease her pain. End it. So she wouldn’t, so it would be her sin.
Lily: You really did love her.
Lindsay: She was the only one who cared about me.

FLASHBACK TO 1970 No song plays.
It is evening. Lindsay is getting ready to go to her friend’s house.
Lindsay: I’m about to leave for Sara’s house.
Mary: You going to spend the night?
Lindsay: Of course. I’ll make you some coffee before I leave.
Mary: Thank you.
-Lindsay goes into the kitchen and pours a cup of coffee. She pulls out a container of cyanide. She looks at the cup of coffee and slowly puts it in, wiping the tears off her cheek. She goes back into the living room.
Lindsay: Here.
Mary: Thank you.
-Lindsay picks up her backpack. She goes to the door and turns around.
Lindsay: Mom.
Mary: Yes, dear?
Lindsay: I love you.
-Lindsay walks back to her mother and hugs her. Mary hugs back.
Mary: Go honey. Have fun. I love you too.
-Lindsay walks out as Mary drinks her coffee.

“Let it Be” by the Beatles plays in the background as Lindsay is arrested and led away. Grandpa Stan is also arrested. They are led out of the interrogation rooms. Their images flashback to 1970 and then return again. Richard and Stan III look at them. As they are lead away, Stan sees his brother’s ghost, looking at him.

Greta is home with her husband, having dinner. Her image flashes back to what she looked like in 1978.

At Mattie Jefferson’s house, Mattie is with some grandchildren. Her image flashes back to what she looked like in 1989.

Kiki is at her apartment looking through pictures of her and Lynn. Her image flashes back to 1970 and then 2006.

Richard is at church with his son, Brian. He is showing him how to pray. A woman is at the front inside. She is kneeling. As she stands up and turns around, Richard notices she is Grandma Mary, who stops in front of him and smiles. She touches his cheek and walks on. He turns around to look at her, his image flashing back to ages 9, 12, 21, 23, and 28 again. She looks back and smiles before disappearing. Richard goes back to his son and the two continue praying.

Author's Note: This was especially hard fitting in all the deaths. Like many of my others, this one sort of evolved. This ep could easily have been a two parter if it were on the show. I originally did not have the scene where Richard goes off on Lily. Also, the discovery of Lynn killing Rachel originally was made via a phoned in confession from overseas to Lily. But I decided to leave that character out. I sort of became inspired by Mindhunter a bit and threw Lily a curve ball. She set out to reopen one and ended up looking at a family of murders. My next fan fic will go back to basics and have some nostalgia to it.


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