The Guardian (2001) s02e08 Episode Script
The Neighborhood
Hey, has my friend Sarah Twain called? Not yet.
The adoption agency people are still waiting in there.
Could you try her line again? - Sure.
- Thank you.
I'm gonna need a lawyer.
Uh I'm gonna need a lawyer.
Excuse me.
The Twains haven't shown up for their meeting.
They were supposed to be here Alvin, who's in my office? You filed a petition for the Twain adoption, right? Yeah, last week, but I haven't gotten the formal approval, and this meeting was supposed to be Why is there a retarded guy in my office? I thought you knew Hugh.
We've already adopted two kids from the agency, Lulu.
The meeting's a formality.
No, I don't know him.
Hugh works here occasionally, just like you.
Oh, he's a lawyer? Alvin, the Twains wouldn't miss a meeting like this without calling, and I can't get through to them because their line is busy, so What does he do? He carries heavy stuff, sweeps up the halls occasionally.
Nick, could you just give me 30 seconds, please? What do you want me to do? I want you to sit with the adoption agency people.
I'm gonna run over to the Twains' house right now.
Fine, I'll bore them with my history of L.
S.
P.
Story.
LULU: Whatever you have to do.
Lulu, Sarah Twain, line 3.
Oh, great.
Thanks.
Hugh's been a client here for years.
We're the place he comes when he needs help.
What kind of help does he need? Cop took his dog to the pound, I guess.
Why can't he get it back himself? He said he tried, but he didn't have any luck.
I didn't get exactly why.
Williams.
I do know him.
Yeah.
He's a fixture here.
No, I grew up with him.
Oh, my God.
Oh, my God.
I'm so sorry.
What can I do? OK.
Bye.
What is it? That was Sarah Twain.
Jennifer, one of their daughters, is missing.
I gotta go.
[Singing.]
Well, there is trouble in my mind There is dark There's dark, and there is light There is no order There is chaos And there is crime There is no one home tonight In the empire of my mind There is trouble in my mind All the chaos In my mind [Paper clips rattling.]
I'm gonna need a lawyer.
Hugh? Yes.
I'm Nick Fallin.
Hi, Nick.
Do you remember me? Do I remember you? Nick Fallin I lived on Parker Street.
Nick from down the street? That's right.
You're not Nick from down the street.
[Chuckles.]
Yes, I am.
Nick from down the street is small.
Nick from down the street has long hair and rides a blue Schwinn Spyder bike.
That's right.
So, Hugh, you you lost your dog? You look different.
So do you bigger.
I'm big.
Yeah.
So, you lost your dog, right? I lost Beth.
I was back on Parker Street That's your dog's name Beth? Nick, where is your blue Schwinn Spyder bike? I don't It doesn't matter.
Um Listen, I'm gonna call the pound.
Can you can you meet me there at 4:00? Do you still live down the street, Nick? No, I don't.
I don't.
Me, neither.
'Cause Grandma died.
She was sleeping a long time.
She was in bed and she didn't get up to turn off the television.
But you've moved to another place? Edgewood house? I'm gonna need a lawyer.
Hugh, I am a lawyer, and I'm gonna help you get your dog back.
But you have to leave now.
OK? I'll meet you down at the pound.
You know how to get there, right? Oh, yeah, I slept there last night.
Oh, Sarah.
She's dead.
What? We're in shock.
Oh, my God.
Robert? Lulu's here.
Look, Michelle, it's Lulu.
Hi, honey.
Um l l I'm so sorry.
Thank you.
[Sighs.]
OK, Michelle, let's go upstairs.
Time for a nap.
I want to stay with Lulu.
Upstairs, Michelle.
Please.
I'll see you later.
I, uh [Sarah sighs.]
I took Michelle for a haircut, and and Jennifer and Robert stayed here and worked on that that ham radio of his.
When I got back, Robert was running around the yard screaming Jennifer's name.
They they found her by the park.
She knew she wasn't supposed to go there alone.
Do the police have any idea what happened? No.
No, they kept asking us what we thought happened.
Who we thought might do something like this, why someone would do this.
I mean Robert kept talking about this guy Gene Drova he said he was hanging outside the house.
He said he'd he'd seen him outside earlier that day.
Do you know him? Kind of.
Not really.
We only had her for a year and a half.
[Sighs.]
A year and a half.
People must think that since she wasn't ours to begin with No, they don't think that.
She was still my daughter.
I know that.
We promised to take care of her.
Come on in, Jake.
Sit down.
Ah, a couple of questions.
So this is about the Westco contracts? No, no, this is about Nick.
His his girlfriend what's what's her name? Uh Kim.
Remember her last name? You know, I don't know.
We don't socialize much outside of work.
Oh, yeah? Really? I thought you guys were buddies.
Oh, we are.
We just don't you know, on the weekends.
Oh OK.
Well, uh, do me a favor, if you will.
Could you make a list of people you think he might want to have to a party? Well, how many people are you looking for? Um I don't know.
Well, I'll make some calls.
Good.
Um, look, about the Westco contracts, I'm I'm, uh Let's, uh, put a hold on that for the time being, OK? Uh, OK.
Great.
Thanks, Jake.
MAN: Your friend slept out front last night.
He can't do that.
[Dogs barking.]
That dog has something evil going on around its ear.
A lot of pus.
OK.
Gonna go deaf if you don't do something about it.
All right.
Hey, Hugh.
They won't let me be with Beth.
He wanted to sit in the cage.
It's against the rules.
How much is this gonna cost to take care of? It's not that easy.
That dog bit a cop.
Beth wants her toy.
He bit a cop? Cop says he brought her in because she bit him.
Here's a copy of that complaint.
Why did Beth bite a police officer? I'm gonna need a lawyer, Nick.
I am a lawyer, Hugh.
I told you that already, OK? Based on that report, the law considers that a dangerous dog.
What do we have to do? First, he needs a place to keep her.
A yard, enclosed pen.
Someplace she can't get out of.
Anything else? - Money.
- How much? - $50,000 bond.
- Oh, come on.
I got money.
I can buy my grandmother's house and keep Beth in the yard.
You're kidding.
It's kind of an insurance for future victims, should there be any.
Look, just between you and me, is there anything else we can do here? If she didn't bite a cop, I might be able to let it slide.
That's probably a pretty nice dog, minus the ear.
As it stands with the report and all, just got 3 days.
- 3 days? - 3 days.
Thanks.
OK, Hugh, let's go.
Come on, Hugh.
So I can get Beth back when I get the fence and the money, right? You can't sleep here, Hugh.
You're gonna end up getting hurt.
When can I get Beth? Your file says you live at Edgewood House? I left because Larry doesn't like Beth.
Who's Larry? Edgewood is Larry's place.
Is that why you didn't go back there last night, because Larry wouldn't let Beth live there anymore? Yeah.
Hugh, I have a meeting.
You're gonna have to go back to Edgewood.
Sleeping here is not gonna get your dog back.
I'm hungry.
Are you listening to me? But I'm hungry.
[Knocks on door.]
Mrs.
Olsen? Yeah.
I'm Detective Darger.
I'd like to ask you some questions about the Twains.
Oh, sure.
Have a seat.
Sarah Twain said you were one of her best friends.
Yeah, we were college roommates.
You also helped the Twains with their adoptions, right? Yes.
Michelle and Jennifer were adopted from the same family about 18 months ago.
And they were in the process of adopting another girl.
Another girl? Yeah, that's right.
What's your relationship with Robert? I know him through Sarah.
These adoptions Did you see any background check on the parents? Those files are confidential.
How well do you know Mr.
Twain? I know him socially, but Sarah is my friend.
Why? You want to tell me what's going on? I'm asking your opinion.
Well, my opinion is that they're excellent parents.
They're excellent people.
OK, then.
Thank you for your time.
- She's here.
- Sarah? They took Michelle.
This is insane.
What are you talking about? They just knocked on the door and they took Michelle.
- Who? - The police.
The police came with someone from Social Services.
You wanted to see me? Yeah, there's a partners dinner tonight at the Incline, 6:00.
I didn't know that.
Well, now you do.
Here you go.
I just wanted to say Happy Birthday.
Right.
Well, thank you.
There's a little something in there for you.
I don't know what the hell you're into these days, or I would've done some shopping, but Yeah.
Remember Hugh Williams? Oh, that joker in Monroeville, that car dealer? No, the retarded kid from down the street growing up.
Oh, Parker Street? Yeah.
Oh, yeah.
Tough little bastard, right? Oh, yeah.
Yeah, your mother used to make you play with him 'cause she felt sorry for him.
You'd get this look on your face.
She thought you were being mean.
I I thought maybe he was kicking your ass.
Oh, I could take care of myself.
Lived with his grandmother, right? Yeah.
Well, he's a client through L.
S.
P.
He was in the old neighborhood, and his dog got into it with a cop.
He's in my office if you want to say hello.
Yeah.
Yeah, sure.
Well, hey, Hugh.
How are you? You probably don't remember me.
I'm - Mr.
Fallin.
- That's right! Where's Mrs.
Fallin? Oh, she's, uh Well well, what have you been doing with yourself? Oh.
I have a dog and certain things.
Hobbies.
Oh, good, good.
Well, Dad, Hugh and I have to go and talk to the police about getting his dog back.
Oh, all right.
Well, good luck with that, Hugh.
It's good to see ya.
Take care now, OK? Happy Birthday, son.
Laurie, why did Social Services remove the Twain girl? Jennifer Twain's autopsy raises the possibility that she'd been sexually abused.
What? Jennifer's hymen shows clefts and bumps that may have been caused by sexual abuse.
Clefts and bumps? Well, was she raped before she was killed? No.
This is abuse going back months, maybe years.
Months or years? I have been on the other side of cases like this.
I know, Laurie, this kind of finding does not necessarily indicate sexual abuse.
HUGH: [Singing.]
Somebody's having a birthday Someone's having a birth Nick is having a birthday OK, stop it.
Stop it.
Sorry, Nick.
Excuse me, I need to speak to Officer Mcnamara.
- What is it? - I remember your birthday party.
It was for superheroes.
- I was a superhero.
- Wait right here.
I was Superman.
You were Flash.
Uh, I represent Mr.
Williams.
He's lucky I didn't arrest him.
Why is that? His dog was running in the street, I grab it, the thing bites me, and then he takes a swing.
He hit you? He tried.
He's not exactly Sugar Ray Leonard.
Why didn't you let Animal Control pick her up? Are you saying I made a mistake? Listen, I cut your friend a break.
I can't change the report.
Work it out with the pound.
Hey.
You wait here.
What are you doing here? L.
S.
P.
Client.
What do you know of this guy Mcnamara? What do you want with him? Well, he took my friend's dog, and he's giving us a hard time getting it back.
Oh, that's very sweet, helping with the dog.
Well, the dog's gonna be put down.
Oh.
Well, McNamara's a grade-A pain in the ass.
Besides, a little girl got killed in our precinct.
You're not gonna get any attention for a dog.
- Great.
Thanks anyway.
- Yeah.
See you later.
- Is she your girlfriend? - No.
I had a girlfriend for a while.
You attacked a cop.
You're lucky you didn't get arrested.
I was Superman.
That's great, Hugh.
SARAH: The police have gone through every room.
I'm sorry.
Why did they get a search warrant? I spoke to Laurie Solt, and she said that ROBERT: It is private and it's none of your business.
It's private! Oh, this is crazy, Lulu.
What is it? This is crazy.
Sweet.
Take this.
Are you saying I'm a suspect? I'm just saying we can talk about it at the station.
All right, but I'll follow you in my car.
Sweetheart, this won't take long.
Everything is fine.
Don't don't worry about a thing come here.
It's OK.
Bye.
This isn't happening.
This isn't happening.
OK, Sarah, that stuff in the box is our personal life, Lulu.
It has nothing to do with anything.
I know.
I understand.
I just it could be a problem.
Why? Because l I came here to tell you that the coroner's report indicated a possibility that Jennifer was sexually abused.
Your sexual activities are probably going to concern the police.
And it's certainly going to concern Social Services.
They think that we did this to her? No, I'm not saying that.
If they did not think we did this to her, why did they take Michelle or search our house? I just think that they're covering all their bases.
They think we did this to her.
MR.
FALLIN: How did you happen to decide to become a cop? Everyone in my family's a cop.
Oh.
Yeah.
My dad, my uncle, my cousins, my ex-husband.
Ex-husband? - Mm-hmm.
- Uh-huh.
[Cell phone rings.]
Oh, excuse me.
Sure.
Hello? Yeah? No, no, no.
I said 6:00.
No, Nick, all the partners are here.
Look, Nicholas, I know you've got that thing, but Look, if you want to have responsibilities Dad, will you just lay off? Listen, I'm stuck with Hugh, OK? Can you get out of the car? No, no.
I can't.
I can't bring him along.
I can't bring him along.
Listen, why is this so important to you? Can you just start it without me, OK? Can you get out of the car? No, I'm not talking to you.
Will you stop being such a pain in the ass? Why don't you stop being a pain in the ass? Well, uh bad news.
Uh, Nick Nick can't make it.
But why don't why don't we all just order and enjoy our meals and carry on, OK? [Chuckles.]
Can I help you? Yeah, you Lawrence Herman? Yeah, who are you? Nick Fallin.
I called you earlier.
Did you bring Hugh? Yeah, he's in the car, but he's he won't come out.
He's angry because I won't let him keep the dog.
Why why not? Hugh lashes out if he thinks someone "hurts" the dog.
Then he apologizes and acts contrite and promises it'll never happen again.
Then, sure enough, Johnny or Bill is on his ass in the kitchen because he tried to give Beth a scrap of food.
Well, is there a facility he can live in where he can keep a dog? There's one Dormont Valley but it's 1,200 bucks a month.
And Hugh's stipend can't cover that.
He's got money? A trust was set up from the sale of his grandmother's house.
I'm the trustee.
But the money's supposed to last the rest of his life.
At 1,200 bucks a month, it won't.
All right Here's the deal, Hugh.
You can stay here, but your dog can't.
I want my dog.
Well, if you want your dog, you can't live here.
I want to live in the old house.
I want to live with Beth.
Yeah, I have to go.
Your mom was pretty.
I have to go, so - She smelled nice.
- Yeah.
She was nice to me.
More nice than you.
All right, that's it.
Give me this.
My bike was red.
Yours was blue.
There was a path in the back of the house that led to the park.
That's right.
Your mother used to make us cookies.
She rang the bell at dinnertime.
Maybe we can go back there, to my grandmother's house on Parker Street.
Just to see people.
I wonder if Mrs.
Mullin has her dog.
Hugh, you do not live on Parker Street anymore.
You live here.
You're an adult.
We're adults.
We make adult choices.
- I want my dog.
- I know.
I want my dog! Get out.
Get out of my car.
Come on, get out.
Get your bag.
You're gonna go inside, you're gonna go back to your room, and you're gonna stop talking about your dog.
Go.
Good luck.
Oh, uh, I'm sorry I missed the dinner meeting.
OK.
Can we sit down tomorrow morning and go over what I missed? No.
Oh.
OK.
Well, uh OK.
Yeah.
Good night, Michelle.
There's no physical evidence of sexual abuse.
Then why are you still keeping her? Given her sister's autopsy results, what the police found at the house, we don't think she should go back home.
Her sister's funeral is tomorrow.
I know.
You know, the autopsy results were inconclusive.
You and I both know that under different circumstances, they wouldn't justify removing Michelle.
It's the circumstances that are troubling us, Lulu.
You know that.
You didn't know about the Twains' lifestyle when you were handling the adoptions, right? No.
Do you think maybe do you think you should ask Alvin or James to take this case, given your friendship with Sarah Twain? I don't think they did this, Laurie.
And believe me, if I did, I would step away.
The shelter hearing's Thursday? Yeah.
All right, I'll tell my clients.
OK.
TV ANNOUNCER: Now, KDK-T V News at 11:00.
NEWS ANCHORMAN: Good evening.
Our top story tonight Senator You're weird about your birthday.
Why do you say that? Because you didn't tell anybody, and you didn't want to do anything.
It's my family.
We We never really celebrated birthdays in the traditional sense.
Oh.
I mean, my father has his own approach to these things.
He's given me a check in the amount of my age every year since I was a kid.
Well, did you ever think he meant it as a joke? - You know - What? He did try to throw you a surprise party tonight.
What? Uh-huh.
We were all there listening to you argue.
NEWS ANCHORMAN: The murder of Jennifer Twain, the girl found murdered last week in a park near her Mount Washington home.
Poor Lulu.
That girl's mother is one of her best friends.
- Really? - Mm-hmm.
NEWS ANCHORMAN: When police took a man named Gene Drova in for questioning.
So your dad really gave you 33 bucks? - Yeah.
- Come on.
It's gotta be a joke.
NEWS ANCHORMAN: They also emphasize that he is only being questioned at this time.
LULU: Where's Robert? I've he's already at the funeral home.
This is a terrible day for this.
I'm sorry, Sarah.
Just tell me what you found out, please.
Well, Michelle is fine, and her tests were fine.
But Social Services is not willing to send her back home.
She can come to the funeral today with a social worker, but she's gonna have to go back to the shelter tonight.
They're not gonna give her back to us, are they? It's gonna be difficult right now, yeah.
I saw on the news I saw that the police were questioning Gene Drova.
Um, how's that relevant to the shelter hearing? No, no, but listen.
Robert and I met Gene [Takes deep breath.]
And his girlfriend at one of those conventions, OK, for people who are into OK.
All right.
And we we got together with them a couple of times, and then we stopped.
But Gene couldn't let it go.
He kept after us.
He kept calling and stopping by.
Did you tell this to the police? We told them about Gene.
And did you tell them how you knew Gene? No.
I mean, saying those things, it's just so humiliating now.
So humiliating.
LULU: Hey, Kim, can I talk to you for a sec? Yeah, sure, let's let's go in there.
What is it? There's a guy, and I'm not sure how much Robert told you about him Gene Drova? Drova was questioned.
Right, and I know Robert said that he saw him around the house that morning, but Mm-hmm.
The Twains didn't tell you the whole story, and Gene Drova and his girlfriend and the Twains they were into the same thing, sexually.
And he had a thing for Sarah.
Right.
He had a motive.
What he had was a solid alibi.
Gene Drova was at work, placed by 16 of his coworkers when that little girl died, so Robert Twain couldn't have seen him that morning, Lulu.
He he wasn't there.
He said he wanted to pet her.
Now he won't come out.
[Sighs.]
I'd call the cops if he weren't so screwed up.
NICK: Take a seat.
I want to talk to you about the trust.
OK.
He's not giving up on the dog.
Hugh, what do you want to do about Beth? I'm not giving up on her.
See? I think we should take this to Mr.
Fallin Hugh's trust exists to serve his special needs.
Well, as trustee, you define those special needs.
Well, things like a radio, television, books.
Even job training.
And why not a place to live with his dog, safely? He doesn't have any other options.
There isn't enough money to cover his living expenses at Dormont.
How much is there? There's $65,000.
But that is for the rest of his life.
Well, the rest of the dog's life is probably 5 years, and then we can transfer Hugh back into a state-funded housing facility.
I just don't think that this is an appropriate The dog is going to be dead in the morning if we can't fix this thing right now.
I don't care about the dog.
Well, do you care about Hugh? Yes! Then where do you think Hugh will live if he wants to stay with his dog? Under the Smithfield Street bridge.
This is what you want? Hugh you can come back.
Fine.
With the dog.
But I am warning you this cannot happen again.
- It won't.
- It can't.
It won't.
Listen, thanks for coming.
We really appreciate it.
Thanks for being here, you guys it means a lot to us.
Are you OK? Did you talk to the police? Yeah.
And, uh Gene Drova had an alibi, Sarah.
The police are not interested in him anymore.
Robert did this thing with a wooden paddle, with the girls.
If they were in trouble, he would set a time.
Later in that day, he would take them into a certain room, they would have to drop their pants, and he would hit them.
And Jennifer, she was in trouble the day she died.
She was she was in in trouble a lot.
She was very willful and and unafraid of things that were dangerous to her.
What did she do that day? She had gotten into Robert's stuff in the garage.
She was playing with his headphones and they broke.
Was she scheduled to be, uh disciplined? Yeah.
Robert would always do it at 5:00 so the girls would have time to think about what they had done.
I didn't agree with it, so I never got involved.
It was always in a closed room.
I never got involved.
Do you think he touched the girls? He could have.
He would make them undress for their spankings.
Just drop their pants do you think that he killed Jennifer? Look, he says he says that she just disappeared, and I want to believe that.
But I also know how he could be and how Jennifer could get on his nerves.
I mean, they're not gonna give her back to us, are they? Uh If I were alone would they give her back to me? I think I should do this.
I want to talk to the police.
Mr.
Twain, can I get you anything? Am I under arrest? Coffee? Tea? Anything? Am I under arrest? You want to tell me about this paddle, Mr.
Twain? We were working in the garage.
I yelled at her.
She was already in trouble.
She knew that.
She said she was going to her room.
I didn't know she ran off.
I swear, I didn't know.
She ran away.
I would never hurt her.
She ran away.
What did you do with this paddle? I want a lawyer.
Your Honor, Michelle Twain needs a safe, stable environment.
We don't feel that the Twain household can provide that at the moment.
Her sister was recently murdered, and there's evidence that the sister may have been sexually abused.
Judge Damsen, the coroner's report was inconclusive.
Jennifer's condition could have been the result of many factors.
Sexual abuse being one of them.
History, hygiene, genetics, or all 3 of those could be the others.
Boxes of S and M paraphernalia were found in the house.
LULU: Your Honor, those items are evidence of nothing.
Nothing except a lifestyle choice between two consenting adults.
Ms.
Olsen wants to return this child to a home where the mother has accused the father of murdering their adopted daughter.
Sarah Twain is not a suspect, your honor.
She did not neglect or abuse her children.
I don't understand why she's being treated like a criminal.
She did nothing wrong.
Ms.
Shaw? Michelle Twain wants to stay with her mother.
I feel that Social Services is being overly protective.
Michelle has lost her sister and her father in a matter of days.
What she needs at this time of her life is stability and love, not a group home.
She needs her mother.
I appreciate your concerns, Ms.
Solt.
But I am unwilling to use vague physiological findings to remove a girl from her mother's home.
Moreover, there is no direct evidence where Sarah Twain has abused or neglected her daughter.
Michelle will stay with her mother.
Social Services will conduct a psychological and interactional evaluation.
I am issuing a restraining order prohibiting any contact with the father.
If he is released, he cannot enter the home or come within OK.
Are you gonna come visit me again? Sure.
Maybe we could walk Beth together.
Yeah, that'd be great.
Maybe we could go visit Parker Street.
Yeah.
Maybe we could go tomorrow.
No.
L I'm busy.
I really liked it there.
I really did.
I want to buy my grandma's house, live there.
I saw it's for sale.
Yeah.
You know, the old neighborhood wasn't so great, Hugh.
At least it wasn't for me.
We were friends.
No, we played together.
My mom, she made we just played together.
You used to beat the crap out of me, Hugh.
I hurt you? It doesn't matter.
It doesn't matter, man.
I mean We're just different.
OK? Well, this is where you live now, with Beth.
I do? Yeah, you do.
This is your home.
OK, Nick.
OK.
All right, let's go.
Nick.
This is for you.
Oh well It's a birthday present.
Thank you.
I was gonna try to get you a superhero.
No, this is fine, really.
It's it's great.
Bye.
Dad.
Hey, son.
You know, listen, I'm, uh I'm sorry I missed the party.
Oh.
Well, well, that's OK.
Uh what what, did that that girl tell you about it? Yeah.
I wish she hadn't.
Me, too.
I didn't want you to feel guilty or anything.
It just, uh It's a little late for that.
Uh, you know, it's just It's so, uh unlike you.
What? Throw a party for me.
Oh.
Well I mean, what I mean is is Thank you.
You're welcome.
Dad, you remember the place around the corner on Parker Street we used to eat on occasions? Vito's? Yeah, sure.
Well, maybe if you have some time, you're not too busy, maybe tonight we can go get some dinner there.
You and I? Sounds good.
Yeah.
Um I'll I'll pick you up at, uh at 8:00.
- OK? - Yeah.
Nice rabbit.
Long story.
Oh, I see, that's that's the top.
I hope I've done the right thing.
You have.
I hope so.
[Gasps.]
Hey! [Laughs.]
Hi, baby.
Mrs.
Twain, I'll come over tomorrow to set up some counseling sessions.
OK.
- 10:00 all right? - Yeah, that's fine.
See you then.
Lulu.
- Nick.
Laurie.
Jenny's bunny! He had Jenny's bunny! Where did you get this? Where did you get this?! Hugh.
Where did you get this? - Hi, Nick.
Hi.
- Where did you get this? Did you get this from your grandmother's house? Did you go back out to Parker Street? Did you? Yeah.
Is that where you got this? Yeah.
There was a little girl there, wasn't there, Hugh? Yeah.
She was walking down the street.
What happened to her? She was crying.
So I told her to pet my dog.
Did she touch your dog's ear? She hurt Beth.
She made her scream.
She made her scream, so I pushed her away.
I didn't mean to hurt her but I think she went to sleep.
Yeah.
You're gonna need a lawyer, Hugh.
Robert's moving into a motel for a while.
Even though they they caught that guy, he can't come back.
Well, no, not yet.
We just we just have to go back to court.
No, he'll never come back.
[Sniffles.]
You see everybody suspected us so I suspected him.
The thing is, Lulu, in my heart, I never thought he did it.
And now he can't even walk down the street, can he, without people staring at him? At us? And we're the ones who lost our daughter.
We were the ones who need people to help us get through this.
Well, there it is.
Solid old house.
Yeah.
I only paid 10 grand for it.
Huh.
Of course, that was '65, but still You want to go up there and see if they'll let us look around a little bit? No.
OK.
Oh Your mother gave me this when I started the firm.
It's, uh it's inscribed.
I thought maybe you'd like to have it, now that you have your own firm.
Our firm.
Well you know what I mean.
Hmm.
Well, let's go get dinner.
They make a great arrabiata.
The adoption agency people are still waiting in there.
Could you try her line again? - Sure.
- Thank you.
I'm gonna need a lawyer.
Uh I'm gonna need a lawyer.
Excuse me.
The Twains haven't shown up for their meeting.
They were supposed to be here Alvin, who's in my office? You filed a petition for the Twain adoption, right? Yeah, last week, but I haven't gotten the formal approval, and this meeting was supposed to be Why is there a retarded guy in my office? I thought you knew Hugh.
We've already adopted two kids from the agency, Lulu.
The meeting's a formality.
No, I don't know him.
Hugh works here occasionally, just like you.
Oh, he's a lawyer? Alvin, the Twains wouldn't miss a meeting like this without calling, and I can't get through to them because their line is busy, so What does he do? He carries heavy stuff, sweeps up the halls occasionally.
Nick, could you just give me 30 seconds, please? What do you want me to do? I want you to sit with the adoption agency people.
I'm gonna run over to the Twains' house right now.
Fine, I'll bore them with my history of L.
S.
P.
Story.
LULU: Whatever you have to do.
Lulu, Sarah Twain, line 3.
Oh, great.
Thanks.
Hugh's been a client here for years.
We're the place he comes when he needs help.
What kind of help does he need? Cop took his dog to the pound, I guess.
Why can't he get it back himself? He said he tried, but he didn't have any luck.
I didn't get exactly why.
Williams.
I do know him.
Yeah.
He's a fixture here.
No, I grew up with him.
Oh, my God.
Oh, my God.
I'm so sorry.
What can I do? OK.
Bye.
What is it? That was Sarah Twain.
Jennifer, one of their daughters, is missing.
I gotta go.
[Singing.]
Well, there is trouble in my mind There is dark There's dark, and there is light There is no order There is chaos And there is crime There is no one home tonight In the empire of my mind There is trouble in my mind All the chaos In my mind [Paper clips rattling.]
I'm gonna need a lawyer.
Hugh? Yes.
I'm Nick Fallin.
Hi, Nick.
Do you remember me? Do I remember you? Nick Fallin I lived on Parker Street.
Nick from down the street? That's right.
You're not Nick from down the street.
[Chuckles.]
Yes, I am.
Nick from down the street is small.
Nick from down the street has long hair and rides a blue Schwinn Spyder bike.
That's right.
So, Hugh, you you lost your dog? You look different.
So do you bigger.
I'm big.
Yeah.
So, you lost your dog, right? I lost Beth.
I was back on Parker Street That's your dog's name Beth? Nick, where is your blue Schwinn Spyder bike? I don't It doesn't matter.
Um Listen, I'm gonna call the pound.
Can you can you meet me there at 4:00? Do you still live down the street, Nick? No, I don't.
I don't.
Me, neither.
'Cause Grandma died.
She was sleeping a long time.
She was in bed and she didn't get up to turn off the television.
But you've moved to another place? Edgewood house? I'm gonna need a lawyer.
Hugh, I am a lawyer, and I'm gonna help you get your dog back.
But you have to leave now.
OK? I'll meet you down at the pound.
You know how to get there, right? Oh, yeah, I slept there last night.
Oh, Sarah.
She's dead.
What? We're in shock.
Oh, my God.
Robert? Lulu's here.
Look, Michelle, it's Lulu.
Hi, honey.
Um l l I'm so sorry.
Thank you.
[Sighs.]
OK, Michelle, let's go upstairs.
Time for a nap.
I want to stay with Lulu.
Upstairs, Michelle.
Please.
I'll see you later.
I, uh [Sarah sighs.]
I took Michelle for a haircut, and and Jennifer and Robert stayed here and worked on that that ham radio of his.
When I got back, Robert was running around the yard screaming Jennifer's name.
They they found her by the park.
She knew she wasn't supposed to go there alone.
Do the police have any idea what happened? No.
No, they kept asking us what we thought happened.
Who we thought might do something like this, why someone would do this.
I mean Robert kept talking about this guy Gene Drova he said he was hanging outside the house.
He said he'd he'd seen him outside earlier that day.
Do you know him? Kind of.
Not really.
We only had her for a year and a half.
[Sighs.]
A year and a half.
People must think that since she wasn't ours to begin with No, they don't think that.
She was still my daughter.
I know that.
We promised to take care of her.
Come on in, Jake.
Sit down.
Ah, a couple of questions.
So this is about the Westco contracts? No, no, this is about Nick.
His his girlfriend what's what's her name? Uh Kim.
Remember her last name? You know, I don't know.
We don't socialize much outside of work.
Oh, yeah? Really? I thought you guys were buddies.
Oh, we are.
We just don't you know, on the weekends.
Oh OK.
Well, uh, do me a favor, if you will.
Could you make a list of people you think he might want to have to a party? Well, how many people are you looking for? Um I don't know.
Well, I'll make some calls.
Good.
Um, look, about the Westco contracts, I'm I'm, uh Let's, uh, put a hold on that for the time being, OK? Uh, OK.
Great.
Thanks, Jake.
MAN: Your friend slept out front last night.
He can't do that.
[Dogs barking.]
That dog has something evil going on around its ear.
A lot of pus.
OK.
Gonna go deaf if you don't do something about it.
All right.
Hey, Hugh.
They won't let me be with Beth.
He wanted to sit in the cage.
It's against the rules.
How much is this gonna cost to take care of? It's not that easy.
That dog bit a cop.
Beth wants her toy.
He bit a cop? Cop says he brought her in because she bit him.
Here's a copy of that complaint.
Why did Beth bite a police officer? I'm gonna need a lawyer, Nick.
I am a lawyer, Hugh.
I told you that already, OK? Based on that report, the law considers that a dangerous dog.
What do we have to do? First, he needs a place to keep her.
A yard, enclosed pen.
Someplace she can't get out of.
Anything else? - Money.
- How much? - $50,000 bond.
- Oh, come on.
I got money.
I can buy my grandmother's house and keep Beth in the yard.
You're kidding.
It's kind of an insurance for future victims, should there be any.
Look, just between you and me, is there anything else we can do here? If she didn't bite a cop, I might be able to let it slide.
That's probably a pretty nice dog, minus the ear.
As it stands with the report and all, just got 3 days.
- 3 days? - 3 days.
Thanks.
OK, Hugh, let's go.
Come on, Hugh.
So I can get Beth back when I get the fence and the money, right? You can't sleep here, Hugh.
You're gonna end up getting hurt.
When can I get Beth? Your file says you live at Edgewood House? I left because Larry doesn't like Beth.
Who's Larry? Edgewood is Larry's place.
Is that why you didn't go back there last night, because Larry wouldn't let Beth live there anymore? Yeah.
Hugh, I have a meeting.
You're gonna have to go back to Edgewood.
Sleeping here is not gonna get your dog back.
I'm hungry.
Are you listening to me? But I'm hungry.
[Knocks on door.]
Mrs.
Olsen? Yeah.
I'm Detective Darger.
I'd like to ask you some questions about the Twains.
Oh, sure.
Have a seat.
Sarah Twain said you were one of her best friends.
Yeah, we were college roommates.
You also helped the Twains with their adoptions, right? Yes.
Michelle and Jennifer were adopted from the same family about 18 months ago.
And they were in the process of adopting another girl.
Another girl? Yeah, that's right.
What's your relationship with Robert? I know him through Sarah.
These adoptions Did you see any background check on the parents? Those files are confidential.
How well do you know Mr.
Twain? I know him socially, but Sarah is my friend.
Why? You want to tell me what's going on? I'm asking your opinion.
Well, my opinion is that they're excellent parents.
They're excellent people.
OK, then.
Thank you for your time.
- She's here.
- Sarah? They took Michelle.
This is insane.
What are you talking about? They just knocked on the door and they took Michelle.
- Who? - The police.
The police came with someone from Social Services.
You wanted to see me? Yeah, there's a partners dinner tonight at the Incline, 6:00.
I didn't know that.
Well, now you do.
Here you go.
I just wanted to say Happy Birthday.
Right.
Well, thank you.
There's a little something in there for you.
I don't know what the hell you're into these days, or I would've done some shopping, but Yeah.
Remember Hugh Williams? Oh, that joker in Monroeville, that car dealer? No, the retarded kid from down the street growing up.
Oh, Parker Street? Yeah.
Oh, yeah.
Tough little bastard, right? Oh, yeah.
Yeah, your mother used to make you play with him 'cause she felt sorry for him.
You'd get this look on your face.
She thought you were being mean.
I I thought maybe he was kicking your ass.
Oh, I could take care of myself.
Lived with his grandmother, right? Yeah.
Well, he's a client through L.
S.
P.
He was in the old neighborhood, and his dog got into it with a cop.
He's in my office if you want to say hello.
Yeah.
Yeah, sure.
Well, hey, Hugh.
How are you? You probably don't remember me.
I'm - Mr.
Fallin.
- That's right! Where's Mrs.
Fallin? Oh, she's, uh Well well, what have you been doing with yourself? Oh.
I have a dog and certain things.
Hobbies.
Oh, good, good.
Well, Dad, Hugh and I have to go and talk to the police about getting his dog back.
Oh, all right.
Well, good luck with that, Hugh.
It's good to see ya.
Take care now, OK? Happy Birthday, son.
Laurie, why did Social Services remove the Twain girl? Jennifer Twain's autopsy raises the possibility that she'd been sexually abused.
What? Jennifer's hymen shows clefts and bumps that may have been caused by sexual abuse.
Clefts and bumps? Well, was she raped before she was killed? No.
This is abuse going back months, maybe years.
Months or years? I have been on the other side of cases like this.
I know, Laurie, this kind of finding does not necessarily indicate sexual abuse.
HUGH: [Singing.]
Somebody's having a birthday Someone's having a birth Nick is having a birthday OK, stop it.
Stop it.
Sorry, Nick.
Excuse me, I need to speak to Officer Mcnamara.
- What is it? - I remember your birthday party.
It was for superheroes.
- I was a superhero.
- Wait right here.
I was Superman.
You were Flash.
Uh, I represent Mr.
Williams.
He's lucky I didn't arrest him.
Why is that? His dog was running in the street, I grab it, the thing bites me, and then he takes a swing.
He hit you? He tried.
He's not exactly Sugar Ray Leonard.
Why didn't you let Animal Control pick her up? Are you saying I made a mistake? Listen, I cut your friend a break.
I can't change the report.
Work it out with the pound.
Hey.
You wait here.
What are you doing here? L.
S.
P.
Client.
What do you know of this guy Mcnamara? What do you want with him? Well, he took my friend's dog, and he's giving us a hard time getting it back.
Oh, that's very sweet, helping with the dog.
Well, the dog's gonna be put down.
Oh.
Well, McNamara's a grade-A pain in the ass.
Besides, a little girl got killed in our precinct.
You're not gonna get any attention for a dog.
- Great.
Thanks anyway.
- Yeah.
See you later.
- Is she your girlfriend? - No.
I had a girlfriend for a while.
You attacked a cop.
You're lucky you didn't get arrested.
I was Superman.
That's great, Hugh.
SARAH: The police have gone through every room.
I'm sorry.
Why did they get a search warrant? I spoke to Laurie Solt, and she said that ROBERT: It is private and it's none of your business.
It's private! Oh, this is crazy, Lulu.
What is it? This is crazy.
Sweet.
Take this.
Are you saying I'm a suspect? I'm just saying we can talk about it at the station.
All right, but I'll follow you in my car.
Sweetheart, this won't take long.
Everything is fine.
Don't don't worry about a thing come here.
It's OK.
Bye.
This isn't happening.
This isn't happening.
OK, Sarah, that stuff in the box is our personal life, Lulu.
It has nothing to do with anything.
I know.
I understand.
I just it could be a problem.
Why? Because l I came here to tell you that the coroner's report indicated a possibility that Jennifer was sexually abused.
Your sexual activities are probably going to concern the police.
And it's certainly going to concern Social Services.
They think that we did this to her? No, I'm not saying that.
If they did not think we did this to her, why did they take Michelle or search our house? I just think that they're covering all their bases.
They think we did this to her.
MR.
FALLIN: How did you happen to decide to become a cop? Everyone in my family's a cop.
Oh.
Yeah.
My dad, my uncle, my cousins, my ex-husband.
Ex-husband? - Mm-hmm.
- Uh-huh.
[Cell phone rings.]
Oh, excuse me.
Sure.
Hello? Yeah? No, no, no.
I said 6:00.
No, Nick, all the partners are here.
Look, Nicholas, I know you've got that thing, but Look, if you want to have responsibilities Dad, will you just lay off? Listen, I'm stuck with Hugh, OK? Can you get out of the car? No, no.
I can't.
I can't bring him along.
I can't bring him along.
Listen, why is this so important to you? Can you just start it without me, OK? Can you get out of the car? No, I'm not talking to you.
Will you stop being such a pain in the ass? Why don't you stop being a pain in the ass? Well, uh bad news.
Uh, Nick Nick can't make it.
But why don't why don't we all just order and enjoy our meals and carry on, OK? [Chuckles.]
Can I help you? Yeah, you Lawrence Herman? Yeah, who are you? Nick Fallin.
I called you earlier.
Did you bring Hugh? Yeah, he's in the car, but he's he won't come out.
He's angry because I won't let him keep the dog.
Why why not? Hugh lashes out if he thinks someone "hurts" the dog.
Then he apologizes and acts contrite and promises it'll never happen again.
Then, sure enough, Johnny or Bill is on his ass in the kitchen because he tried to give Beth a scrap of food.
Well, is there a facility he can live in where he can keep a dog? There's one Dormont Valley but it's 1,200 bucks a month.
And Hugh's stipend can't cover that.
He's got money? A trust was set up from the sale of his grandmother's house.
I'm the trustee.
But the money's supposed to last the rest of his life.
At 1,200 bucks a month, it won't.
All right Here's the deal, Hugh.
You can stay here, but your dog can't.
I want my dog.
Well, if you want your dog, you can't live here.
I want to live in the old house.
I want to live with Beth.
Yeah, I have to go.
Your mom was pretty.
I have to go, so - She smelled nice.
- Yeah.
She was nice to me.
More nice than you.
All right, that's it.
Give me this.
My bike was red.
Yours was blue.
There was a path in the back of the house that led to the park.
That's right.
Your mother used to make us cookies.
She rang the bell at dinnertime.
Maybe we can go back there, to my grandmother's house on Parker Street.
Just to see people.
I wonder if Mrs.
Mullin has her dog.
Hugh, you do not live on Parker Street anymore.
You live here.
You're an adult.
We're adults.
We make adult choices.
- I want my dog.
- I know.
I want my dog! Get out.
Get out of my car.
Come on, get out.
Get your bag.
You're gonna go inside, you're gonna go back to your room, and you're gonna stop talking about your dog.
Go.
Good luck.
Oh, uh, I'm sorry I missed the dinner meeting.
OK.
Can we sit down tomorrow morning and go over what I missed? No.
Oh.
OK.
Well, uh OK.
Yeah.
Good night, Michelle.
There's no physical evidence of sexual abuse.
Then why are you still keeping her? Given her sister's autopsy results, what the police found at the house, we don't think she should go back home.
Her sister's funeral is tomorrow.
I know.
You know, the autopsy results were inconclusive.
You and I both know that under different circumstances, they wouldn't justify removing Michelle.
It's the circumstances that are troubling us, Lulu.
You know that.
You didn't know about the Twains' lifestyle when you were handling the adoptions, right? No.
Do you think maybe do you think you should ask Alvin or James to take this case, given your friendship with Sarah Twain? I don't think they did this, Laurie.
And believe me, if I did, I would step away.
The shelter hearing's Thursday? Yeah.
All right, I'll tell my clients.
OK.
TV ANNOUNCER: Now, KDK-T V News at 11:00.
NEWS ANCHORMAN: Good evening.
Our top story tonight Senator You're weird about your birthday.
Why do you say that? Because you didn't tell anybody, and you didn't want to do anything.
It's my family.
We We never really celebrated birthdays in the traditional sense.
Oh.
I mean, my father has his own approach to these things.
He's given me a check in the amount of my age every year since I was a kid.
Well, did you ever think he meant it as a joke? - You know - What? He did try to throw you a surprise party tonight.
What? Uh-huh.
We were all there listening to you argue.
NEWS ANCHORMAN: The murder of Jennifer Twain, the girl found murdered last week in a park near her Mount Washington home.
Poor Lulu.
That girl's mother is one of her best friends.
- Really? - Mm-hmm.
NEWS ANCHORMAN: When police took a man named Gene Drova in for questioning.
So your dad really gave you 33 bucks? - Yeah.
- Come on.
It's gotta be a joke.
NEWS ANCHORMAN: They also emphasize that he is only being questioned at this time.
LULU: Where's Robert? I've he's already at the funeral home.
This is a terrible day for this.
I'm sorry, Sarah.
Just tell me what you found out, please.
Well, Michelle is fine, and her tests were fine.
But Social Services is not willing to send her back home.
She can come to the funeral today with a social worker, but she's gonna have to go back to the shelter tonight.
They're not gonna give her back to us, are they? It's gonna be difficult right now, yeah.
I saw on the news I saw that the police were questioning Gene Drova.
Um, how's that relevant to the shelter hearing? No, no, but listen.
Robert and I met Gene [Takes deep breath.]
And his girlfriend at one of those conventions, OK, for people who are into OK.
All right.
And we we got together with them a couple of times, and then we stopped.
But Gene couldn't let it go.
He kept after us.
He kept calling and stopping by.
Did you tell this to the police? We told them about Gene.
And did you tell them how you knew Gene? No.
I mean, saying those things, it's just so humiliating now.
So humiliating.
LULU: Hey, Kim, can I talk to you for a sec? Yeah, sure, let's let's go in there.
What is it? There's a guy, and I'm not sure how much Robert told you about him Gene Drova? Drova was questioned.
Right, and I know Robert said that he saw him around the house that morning, but Mm-hmm.
The Twains didn't tell you the whole story, and Gene Drova and his girlfriend and the Twains they were into the same thing, sexually.
And he had a thing for Sarah.
Right.
He had a motive.
What he had was a solid alibi.
Gene Drova was at work, placed by 16 of his coworkers when that little girl died, so Robert Twain couldn't have seen him that morning, Lulu.
He he wasn't there.
He said he wanted to pet her.
Now he won't come out.
[Sighs.]
I'd call the cops if he weren't so screwed up.
NICK: Take a seat.
I want to talk to you about the trust.
OK.
He's not giving up on the dog.
Hugh, what do you want to do about Beth? I'm not giving up on her.
See? I think we should take this to Mr.
Fallin Hugh's trust exists to serve his special needs.
Well, as trustee, you define those special needs.
Well, things like a radio, television, books.
Even job training.
And why not a place to live with his dog, safely? He doesn't have any other options.
There isn't enough money to cover his living expenses at Dormont.
How much is there? There's $65,000.
But that is for the rest of his life.
Well, the rest of the dog's life is probably 5 years, and then we can transfer Hugh back into a state-funded housing facility.
I just don't think that this is an appropriate The dog is going to be dead in the morning if we can't fix this thing right now.
I don't care about the dog.
Well, do you care about Hugh? Yes! Then where do you think Hugh will live if he wants to stay with his dog? Under the Smithfield Street bridge.
This is what you want? Hugh you can come back.
Fine.
With the dog.
But I am warning you this cannot happen again.
- It won't.
- It can't.
It won't.
Listen, thanks for coming.
We really appreciate it.
Thanks for being here, you guys it means a lot to us.
Are you OK? Did you talk to the police? Yeah.
And, uh Gene Drova had an alibi, Sarah.
The police are not interested in him anymore.
Robert did this thing with a wooden paddle, with the girls.
If they were in trouble, he would set a time.
Later in that day, he would take them into a certain room, they would have to drop their pants, and he would hit them.
And Jennifer, she was in trouble the day she died.
She was she was in in trouble a lot.
She was very willful and and unafraid of things that were dangerous to her.
What did she do that day? She had gotten into Robert's stuff in the garage.
She was playing with his headphones and they broke.
Was she scheduled to be, uh disciplined? Yeah.
Robert would always do it at 5:00 so the girls would have time to think about what they had done.
I didn't agree with it, so I never got involved.
It was always in a closed room.
I never got involved.
Do you think he touched the girls? He could have.
He would make them undress for their spankings.
Just drop their pants do you think that he killed Jennifer? Look, he says he says that she just disappeared, and I want to believe that.
But I also know how he could be and how Jennifer could get on his nerves.
I mean, they're not gonna give her back to us, are they? Uh If I were alone would they give her back to me? I think I should do this.
I want to talk to the police.
Mr.
Twain, can I get you anything? Am I under arrest? Coffee? Tea? Anything? Am I under arrest? You want to tell me about this paddle, Mr.
Twain? We were working in the garage.
I yelled at her.
She was already in trouble.
She knew that.
She said she was going to her room.
I didn't know she ran off.
I swear, I didn't know.
She ran away.
I would never hurt her.
She ran away.
What did you do with this paddle? I want a lawyer.
Your Honor, Michelle Twain needs a safe, stable environment.
We don't feel that the Twain household can provide that at the moment.
Her sister was recently murdered, and there's evidence that the sister may have been sexually abused.
Judge Damsen, the coroner's report was inconclusive.
Jennifer's condition could have been the result of many factors.
Sexual abuse being one of them.
History, hygiene, genetics, or all 3 of those could be the others.
Boxes of S and M paraphernalia were found in the house.
LULU: Your Honor, those items are evidence of nothing.
Nothing except a lifestyle choice between two consenting adults.
Ms.
Olsen wants to return this child to a home where the mother has accused the father of murdering their adopted daughter.
Sarah Twain is not a suspect, your honor.
She did not neglect or abuse her children.
I don't understand why she's being treated like a criminal.
She did nothing wrong.
Ms.
Shaw? Michelle Twain wants to stay with her mother.
I feel that Social Services is being overly protective.
Michelle has lost her sister and her father in a matter of days.
What she needs at this time of her life is stability and love, not a group home.
She needs her mother.
I appreciate your concerns, Ms.
Solt.
But I am unwilling to use vague physiological findings to remove a girl from her mother's home.
Moreover, there is no direct evidence where Sarah Twain has abused or neglected her daughter.
Michelle will stay with her mother.
Social Services will conduct a psychological and interactional evaluation.
I am issuing a restraining order prohibiting any contact with the father.
If he is released, he cannot enter the home or come within OK.
Are you gonna come visit me again? Sure.
Maybe we could walk Beth together.
Yeah, that'd be great.
Maybe we could go visit Parker Street.
Yeah.
Maybe we could go tomorrow.
No.
L I'm busy.
I really liked it there.
I really did.
I want to buy my grandma's house, live there.
I saw it's for sale.
Yeah.
You know, the old neighborhood wasn't so great, Hugh.
At least it wasn't for me.
We were friends.
No, we played together.
My mom, she made we just played together.
You used to beat the crap out of me, Hugh.
I hurt you? It doesn't matter.
It doesn't matter, man.
I mean We're just different.
OK? Well, this is where you live now, with Beth.
I do? Yeah, you do.
This is your home.
OK, Nick.
OK.
All right, let's go.
Nick.
This is for you.
Oh well It's a birthday present.
Thank you.
I was gonna try to get you a superhero.
No, this is fine, really.
It's it's great.
Bye.
Dad.
Hey, son.
You know, listen, I'm, uh I'm sorry I missed the party.
Oh.
Well, well, that's OK.
Uh what what, did that that girl tell you about it? Yeah.
I wish she hadn't.
Me, too.
I didn't want you to feel guilty or anything.
It just, uh It's a little late for that.
Uh, you know, it's just It's so, uh unlike you.
What? Throw a party for me.
Oh.
Well I mean, what I mean is is Thank you.
You're welcome.
Dad, you remember the place around the corner on Parker Street we used to eat on occasions? Vito's? Yeah, sure.
Well, maybe if you have some time, you're not too busy, maybe tonight we can go get some dinner there.
You and I? Sounds good.
Yeah.
Um I'll I'll pick you up at, uh at 8:00.
- OK? - Yeah.
Nice rabbit.
Long story.
Oh, I see, that's that's the top.
I hope I've done the right thing.
You have.
I hope so.
[Gasps.]
Hey! [Laughs.]
Hi, baby.
Mrs.
Twain, I'll come over tomorrow to set up some counseling sessions.
OK.
- 10:00 all right? - Yeah, that's fine.
See you then.
Lulu.
- Nick.
Laurie.
Jenny's bunny! He had Jenny's bunny! Where did you get this? Where did you get this?! Hugh.
Where did you get this? - Hi, Nick.
Hi.
- Where did you get this? Did you get this from your grandmother's house? Did you go back out to Parker Street? Did you? Yeah.
Is that where you got this? Yeah.
There was a little girl there, wasn't there, Hugh? Yeah.
She was walking down the street.
What happened to her? She was crying.
So I told her to pet my dog.
Did she touch your dog's ear? She hurt Beth.
She made her scream.
She made her scream, so I pushed her away.
I didn't mean to hurt her but I think she went to sleep.
Yeah.
You're gonna need a lawyer, Hugh.
Robert's moving into a motel for a while.
Even though they they caught that guy, he can't come back.
Well, no, not yet.
We just we just have to go back to court.
No, he'll never come back.
[Sniffles.]
You see everybody suspected us so I suspected him.
The thing is, Lulu, in my heart, I never thought he did it.
And now he can't even walk down the street, can he, without people staring at him? At us? And we're the ones who lost our daughter.
We were the ones who need people to help us get through this.
Well, there it is.
Solid old house.
Yeah.
I only paid 10 grand for it.
Huh.
Of course, that was '65, but still You want to go up there and see if they'll let us look around a little bit? No.
OK.
Oh Your mother gave me this when I started the firm.
It's, uh it's inscribed.
I thought maybe you'd like to have it, now that you have your own firm.
Our firm.
Well you know what I mean.
Hmm.
Well, let's go get dinner.
They make a great arrabiata.