American Crime (2015) s03e08 Episode Script
Season 3, Episode 8
1 [Indistinct conversations in distance.]
[Buzzer, lock clicks.]
[Door creaks.]
Nurse: Madame Durand? Je peux vous aider à vous asseoir? Voilà , c'est mieux.
Arretez de me droguer.
Ce n'est pas gentil.
Vous devez prendre vos médicaments.
Allez.
Je vous en prie.
Ce n'est pas juste.
Vous devez prendre vos médicaments.
[Birds chirping, lawnmower running in distance.]
Clair: Okay, how about these guys? They They look like they could handle the track.
Can I get you cereal or toast? - Nicky: Toast.
- Okay.
You want to say good morning to your father? Morning, Daddy.
Can you tell Nicky good morning? Nicholas: I found a place.
You don't have to leave.
Well, I'm trying to get the lease signed this week.
You don't have to.
- She's gone now.
We can start over.
- Oh.
Oh, you know, that's what you said when you brought the woman into this house - some immigrant from Haiti.
- Don't.
You know, I could've told you how that was gonna go, but you have all the answers.
- D-Don't do this in front of Nicky.
- Well, then don't shove him in my face.
You know? You want a reaction? You got one.
[Cellphone ringing.]
[Sighs.]
It's Kimara.
[Siren wails in distance.]
Kimara: Dustin They won't let me leave.
Nobody's keeping you from going anywhere Then how come they won't just let me leave? Because you're a minor.
They want to make sure that you actually have someplace safe to go.
Do you have anywhere to go? Before, when I asked you if there was somebody you wanted us to call or somebody to be able to get in touch with you, you didn't say anything.
Do you want me to call somebody for you? No.
Do you want me to talk to the people here about giving you a bus voucher? Look, Dustin, I'm gonna be leaving soon.
They're gonna assign you a new caseworker.
You don't care.
What am I supposed to do? You call, I come.
I come, you don't say nothing.
Something's bothering you.
If you want my help, you have my number.
I'll be around till the end of the week.
Jeanette: Why don't you just have a sip or two? [Ringing.]
Carson: Hello? Jeanette? Can I come see you? For what? I want to come and talk.
Please.
I really need to talk to you.
Yeah.
We can talk.
Raelyn's back in jail.
She failed a drug test.
It's not a big surprise, is it? Well, she keeps saying it was a mistake.
They make mistakes sometimes.
What's gonna happen to her? Parole violation.
She's got to go before a judge, but they could give her 18 months, at least, so I got to figure out how to keep things going.
You need money.
I need to come home.
And all that talk about trying to find yourself, trying to "breathe" and wanting to taking a stand for the workers, that just goes away? [Scoffs.]
What's it gonna be like when you're back? - It's gonna be like it was.
- No, it won't.
I-I'm gonna be there for you.
I will support you You're gonna be a housewife, the same thing that set you off before.
And the minute you feel disrespected, you leave again.
I need to take custody of Raelyn's girls.
We need to do it.
You asked You asked if we should've had kids Yeah, our own kids.
if we should've been about something bigger than us.
- Our own children.
- Well, they need help.
[Chuckles.]
For how long? Until Raelyn's healthy? For as long as it takes.
[Sighs.]
You have to talk to Laurie Ann.
[Scoffs.]
You are talking about a financial arrangement.
Taking care of our nieces.
Yeah, and if you didn't need the money to do it, you wouldn't be here.
I'm not as strong as I thought.
I can't I can't deal with things like I thought, so [Sniffles.]
I am here and I want to admit to what I did, or what I did wrong, or or - how I hurt you.
- Stop.
But I am here, and I will do whatever I have to - St - to stay.
- Stop it.
Please, just stop it.
- Please, Carson [Sighs.]
I loved you with all my heart.
I really did.
Not one day, not one time did I ever treat you wrong.
Never deserved what you did to me.
[Sighs.]
Laurie Ann'll understand all this.
All she cares about is business, too.
[Crickets chirping.]
[Brakes squeal, engine rumbles.]
[Engine revs.]
[Knocking.]
Hi.
Can I help you? Can I exchange this for a ticket somewhere else? Round trip? How far can I get on that? How far? Where do you want to go? Where you looking to get to? [Ringing.]
Kimara: Hello? It's Dustin.
[Siren wails in distance.]
I need help.
Reitz: The man who ran the webcam house what's the name? Everett Castro.
How many people in the house? How many kids? Jeremy, Tracy, Sugar Couple other kids.
Wait, wait.
"Sugar"? I don't know Sugar's real name.
What happened in the house? It was an accident.
What happened? Tracy stabbed the other girl.
- Who? - Cassi.
Everett got rid of the body.
Reitz: Got rid of it how? Dumped it in the river.
Well, what about this Cassi? Uh, y-you know where she's from? She got family? No.
She has a boyfriend, her pimp.
[Sighs.]
That wasn't her name.
That's her That's her screen name.
Her name was Shae.
What? Shae.
Tell me about her.
She I don't know.
Well Well, like Well, what did she look like? Regular.
Blonde.
Was she pregnant? Yeah.
Where did this happen? Tell me where the house is that it happened.
[Sirens wail.]
[Indistinct shouting.]
[Police radio chatter.]
[Siren wails in distance, indistinct conversation.]
[Buzzer, lock clicks.]
[Monitors beeping.]
[Footsteps approach.]
- Mrs.
Coates? - Mm-hmm.
- Appreciate you coming in.
- Absolutely.
Uh, this is Ms.
Shepard.
Is it all right if she stays with Nicky while we talk? Oh, he's fine with me.
Well, the conversation might be a bit more sensitive than you want him to be a part of.
- Uh - Uh, he'll be right here when we finish.
Okay, Nicky, you're gonna stay here.
I'll be right back, okay? Okay.
Mm-hmm.
- Appreciate your time, Mrs.
Coates.
- Mm-hmm.
The night we took Gabrielle into custody, when you made your statement regarding her physical condition, you said her injuries were self-inflicted.
Now, you saw her hurt herself? I-I didn't see all of it.
I-I would see, you know, the cuts, and, um you know, the other, uh You know, after a while, y-you can figure out where they're coming from.
Could you look at these photos of Gabrielle? Now, these, uh, injuries all look familiar to you? Yes.
These, and, uh, these on her arms here? - And, uh, these? - Yes.
Mm-hmm.
These injuries were in the middle of Gabrielle's back.
That's a very difficult place for someone to injure themselves.
Uh-huh.
Hmm.
Now, you said, um, Gabrielle had family.
- Is that right? - Yes.
She has a son, Yves.
They're I think I told you they're estranged.
And I think I really think that's what was making her You know, not having family, seeing our family when things aren't well in one's life, and you see people who have what you don't, that can that can cause you damage.
Was Gabrielle in contact with her son? No.
You know, well, she would write these letters that she didn't send.
I asked her, "Why Why are you writing letters that you won't send?" And, um She said she was writing them to God.
- Her son is - I You know what I think? When people talk about God, they either have a lot of faith or a lot of problems.
Hmm.
Mrs.
Coates Gabrielle's son arrived here a few days ago.
Yves received some letters from Gabrielle.
Can I show you a letter? It's, uh, in French.
Can you read what Gabrielle says in that? Yeah.
Mrs.
Coates, you don't have to tell me anything else.
You don't have to speak to anybody but a lawyer.
That's your right.
I need to call my husband.
Nicholas: They're here, uh, right now.
Uh, they have a search warrant, and they want to look in the house.
Do I have to let them in? Cormack: If they have a search warrant, they can come in the house.
Well, that that woman's crazy.
I mean, why the hell the police want to be searching my house? - Did you pay her? - Of course I paid her.
Show the police proof of that.
They'll be looking for evidence of coercion, withholding I.
D.
papers, locks on the place where the woman slept.
- Did she have her own room, her own bed? - Yeah, look, look, here's We We didn't do anything wrong, all right? We treated her decent, and I mean, is that what this has come to? I mean, these people get to say what they want, the police believe them, not us? Is there something to hide? Peierson: She stayed in here? Nicholas: It's a nice room.
It's comfortable.
[Camera shutter clicking.]
[Keypad beeping.]
[Lock clicks.]
[Sighs.]
There you go.
Oh, uh, you know, uh, I'm I'm sure Clair put that in there for safekeeping.
[Chuckles.]
And Gabrielle could've gotten it any time.
It's not a [Wind chimes clinking.]
Carson: Jeanette.
Carson tells me you're taking on your sister's girls.
Yes.
Well, that's good.
[Sighs.]
I've always thought that this family suffered from not having a next generation to worry about.
And if any of the three of us has what it takes to to raise a family, it's Carson.
I hope so.
I really do.
We're gonna put the past behind us and, uh, [Sniffles.]
get things back to normal.
Are you now? Yes.
JD's gonna plead guilty in court next week.
He's gonna walk into a a courtroom and confess his sins to the judge so that he will be shown mercy.
An act of contrition.
Everybody feels better when the guilty renounce their ways.
Did you make JD take the blame for those workers being killed? I don't have as much control over life as you'd like to believe.
If I did, I would not be watching our father pass or the business that he built up crumble.
And I would not be watching our brother go to jail because the people in Raleigh don't have the will to make things better.
I am very sorry for whatever bother I have caused.
It was more than a "bother.
" There has been real hurt to us.
- There has been real suffering.
- Mm.
Mm.
[Sighs.]
[Chuckles.]
Those people who died they suffered, and I'm not just talking about the fire.
There was murder on the farm.
There was more than one.
Women were assaulted She doesn't know when to call it a day.
I left for a while.
That's That's all I did.
People know why, or they think they do.
They've come 'round, they've asked questions, they've accused, and now when it's convenient for you to Our situation is not convenient.
- You of all people should not be - Our situation is not convenient.
And there's nothing about what Jeanette is doing that is easy.
I want my wife back.
I want a family.
I know you want your pound of flesh.
- I-I need this.
- I want something to hold on to.
Everybody else you, her, JD you you have had the luxury of remove.
You've had a comfortable distance from what's necessary to run a business.
And I wouldn't change that.
You're my brother.
And I don't have a bad feeling about a single thing that I have done to protect you.
I can shoulder my weight.
You carried what you could and JD's carrying a lot more than he should ever have had to.
Everybody in this family earns their keep.
And you're not gonna be any different just because you have finally realized how much you need us.
Jeanette: We are responsible people.
We are responsible to the environment.
We are responsible in how we grow our product.
[Speaking Spanish.]
I know a lot has been said about about a very tragic event.
And you all [Chuckles.]
you know me.
You know I was here with you after that.
What I can tell you is that nobody was more upset and concerned about what happened than the Hesbys.
The Hesbys don't do these things because they have to.
We do them because they are right.
And I can tell you from my heart, I have never been so I have never been so proud to be a part of this family.
- Got a date set with a judge.
- Jeanette: Mm.
- Think you could be there? - I don't know.
Be good to have someone there.
Be good if you weren't here.
I talked to Carson.
He's gonna help me with the girls.
We're going to start the process of becoming legal guardians.
Okay.
"Okay"? That's it? What do you want me to say? They're your daughters.
Maybe you want to I thought you might want to fight for them some.
Clearly, I can't take care of them.
What What you're doing is the right thing.
It's good It's a good thing.
Mm.
Nothing "good" about it.
Laurie Ann's got me standing in front of people, swearing on my life how godly the farm is.
[Scoffs.]
Is that really so hard for you? Not so hard I won't do it.
Were you ever gonna stay away from them? Were you really gonna work for minimum wage the rest of your life? You needed an excuse to go back.
- No.
- I gave you one.
You did me a favor? You think you did me a favor? When you were out doing drugs, is that what you thought? "Let me do something for Jeanette.
" I didn't plan none of this.
Sometimes situations just work out how they work out.
Well, sometimes you need to take responsibility.
Why did you steal money when you were working on the farm? [Sighs.]
I've said I'm sorry.
I've said it so many times But you never said why you stole.
Was it to buy drugs? I didn't buy $25,000 worth of drugs.
For the girls? I would've given you money for the girls.
I I need I need to know there was something to it besides you being messed up and greedy.
[Inhales deeply.]
[Sighs.]
Hey.
I want you to do something for your daughters.
When you get out of here, I don't want you to come around unless you can stay clean.
You got no sympathy do you? Fresh out.
[Knocking.]
[Clears throat.]
[Buzzer, lock clicks.]
[Door closes.]
Is there a process where I can have her remains for burial? Hoover: She's a homicide victim.
Her body's evidence.
It'll take a while.
It was her? Yeah.
What happened? She got in a fight.
It was over money.
Shae was trying to get back with her pimp.
She thought if she had money, they could go have her baby together.
[Sighs.]
Kimara, can I see you for a second? - What? - Just for a second, please.
What is it? Dustin, we're gonna have to place you under arrest.
Wait.
What are you doing? - Kimara, stay out of it.
- I didn't kill her! What are you arresting him for?! - I didn't hurt Shae! - What are you arresting him - I didn't touch her! - Just let me talk to him! All right, all right, I'll talk Okay? Just let me talk Dustin was an accessory after the fact.
He went for days without telling anybody about the murder.
Shae is dead.
Her pimp is out of jail, the guy who dumped her body is gone, there's a house full of kids missing, and and you're putting Dustin in jail? Look, he goes in front of a judge, pleas out, he'll do maybe a year.
And you're happy with that? Well, what were you gonna do? Put him in a shelter? Fuck you.
- Kimara, we will find those kids.
- No.
- We will get them help - No, seriously go fuck yourself.
[Door opens.]
[Indistinct conversations in distance.]
[Door closes.]
Where's the boy? Children's Services has him.
They're gonna arrest you.
And then what? Our lawyer thinks we can settle and that that woman won't press charges.
Do you Do Do you have any idea what you're costing me with this insanity? There's no hiding this.
Oh, no.
Th-This is gonna go away like it never happened.
It did happen.
[Inhales sharply.]
She mouthed off, hmm? You shoved her.
She's got problems, she acted out.
You You tried to contain a crazy person.
I poured scalding water on her skin more than once.
I remember the look on her face, how it made me feel, and I felt I just I didn't I wasn't thinking.
I just did it.
I just I just, um It was It was done before I could stop myself, and there was, like, a white noise playing in my mind Get it together, Clair! You do not get to cause any more damage.
[Sighs.]
You're part of what happened.
I-I didn't do anything to that woman.
It's what you did to me.
- The The The hate, the contempt - [Scoffs.]
Oh, so you're blaming me, uh, be you attacking the nanny? Uh, you're gonna blame me about that? You've been enraged at me since I got pregnant.
You have been punishing me and our child ever since.
You just had this this mocking and this hate and this I mean, it's abuse.
I never hurt you.
Okay.
You didn't touch me.
You didn't touch me, Nicholas.
But don't think you didn't hurt me.
I'm gonna confess.
- H-Hold on a second.
- I want to confess.
Th-There's a way around it.
I can fix it.
No, you can't.
- Yeah, I can I can sell the company.
- No.
You You don't own the company anymore.
Look, I We throw enough money at the woman - I can't stand trial - Look, she's from Haiti.
and defend my actions.
How How much money do you think it'll take her to go away? There's no protecting us.
I I need to stand in front of a judge - and admit to what I did.
- No, look, look.
T-This isn't church, all right? It's the law.
There is a way around this.
We can work this out.
- We - Listen to me! There's something you have to do.
I'm gonna be going to jail for like two years or something like that, so you have to take care of Nicky.
You need to take care of him.
They will take him away from you.
He's your child.
He's your son, and even if you can't love him you have to take care of him.
Yves [Yves sighs.]
Abby: I'm sorry about Shae.
You did everything you could.
And And you know you can't help someone who doesn't want to be helped.
Kimara: Mm.
Yeah, at this point, I really don't know where to put anybody's pity.
It's, uh I think it's good that you're getting away for a while.
Take your vacation and think about you know, about what you want to do next.
I'm not going.
Oh, no, take your time.
You I want to come work for you.
Okay.
That offer still stands, right? O-Of Of course.
Of Of course it does.
II thought you had a problem - with the way that our planning - Had a problem with you getting me to lie to your man Greg.
It was all worked out, right? He was in on the deal? I was just the person in the middle to give you both cover? I really don't care.
I really don't.
I just want to be clear on the situation.
We had an agreement, yeah.
So, I'd like an agreement, too.
Okay, well, we talked about I think we can get you $8,000 a year more $15,000.
I want $15,000 more.
Well, that's a sizable difference than what $15,000.
- I don't know what to say.
- Say yes.
I would have to take money away from Just say yes, Abby.
For everybody's sake.
I wanted better things.
Okay.
You can be a cynic and have a heart of gold.
I meant that when I said it.
I am right there with you.
I really am.
Because I I don't really care about anybody else's intentions anymore.
I just want to be sure that they serve my purpose.
Harlow: How are you feeling? Kimara: I'm feeling good.
I'm happy to hear that.
Obviously, we can make no guarantees, but there are any number of enhancements we can add to your treatments to increase the likelihood of pregnancy.
At this point, I'm willing to try anything.
If you need to, we can create a financial plan specifically suited for you.
I'm good, actually.
I think I have things worked out.
Bailiff: All rise! We are here today for the purpose of seeing that justice is done and done for all.
Be seated.
[Buzzer, lock clicks.]
[Door creaks.]
Nurse: Madame Durand? Je peux vous aider à vous asseoir? Voilà , c'est mieux.
Arretez de me droguer.
Ce n'est pas gentil.
Vous devez prendre vos médicaments.
Allez.
Je vous en prie.
Ce n'est pas juste.
Vous devez prendre vos médicaments.
[Birds chirping, lawnmower running in distance.]
Clair: Okay, how about these guys? They They look like they could handle the track.
Can I get you cereal or toast? - Nicky: Toast.
- Okay.
You want to say good morning to your father? Morning, Daddy.
Can you tell Nicky good morning? Nicholas: I found a place.
You don't have to leave.
Well, I'm trying to get the lease signed this week.
You don't have to.
- She's gone now.
We can start over.
- Oh.
Oh, you know, that's what you said when you brought the woman into this house - some immigrant from Haiti.
- Don't.
You know, I could've told you how that was gonna go, but you have all the answers.
- D-Don't do this in front of Nicky.
- Well, then don't shove him in my face.
You know? You want a reaction? You got one.
[Cellphone ringing.]
[Sighs.]
It's Kimara.
[Siren wails in distance.]
Kimara: Dustin They won't let me leave.
Nobody's keeping you from going anywhere Then how come they won't just let me leave? Because you're a minor.
They want to make sure that you actually have someplace safe to go.
Do you have anywhere to go? Before, when I asked you if there was somebody you wanted us to call or somebody to be able to get in touch with you, you didn't say anything.
Do you want me to call somebody for you? No.
Do you want me to talk to the people here about giving you a bus voucher? Look, Dustin, I'm gonna be leaving soon.
They're gonna assign you a new caseworker.
You don't care.
What am I supposed to do? You call, I come.
I come, you don't say nothing.
Something's bothering you.
If you want my help, you have my number.
I'll be around till the end of the week.
Jeanette: Why don't you just have a sip or two? [Ringing.]
Carson: Hello? Jeanette? Can I come see you? For what? I want to come and talk.
Please.
I really need to talk to you.
Yeah.
We can talk.
Raelyn's back in jail.
She failed a drug test.
It's not a big surprise, is it? Well, she keeps saying it was a mistake.
They make mistakes sometimes.
What's gonna happen to her? Parole violation.
She's got to go before a judge, but they could give her 18 months, at least, so I got to figure out how to keep things going.
You need money.
I need to come home.
And all that talk about trying to find yourself, trying to "breathe" and wanting to taking a stand for the workers, that just goes away? [Scoffs.]
What's it gonna be like when you're back? - It's gonna be like it was.
- No, it won't.
I-I'm gonna be there for you.
I will support you You're gonna be a housewife, the same thing that set you off before.
And the minute you feel disrespected, you leave again.
I need to take custody of Raelyn's girls.
We need to do it.
You asked You asked if we should've had kids Yeah, our own kids.
if we should've been about something bigger than us.
- Our own children.
- Well, they need help.
[Chuckles.]
For how long? Until Raelyn's healthy? For as long as it takes.
[Sighs.]
You have to talk to Laurie Ann.
[Scoffs.]
You are talking about a financial arrangement.
Taking care of our nieces.
Yeah, and if you didn't need the money to do it, you wouldn't be here.
I'm not as strong as I thought.
I can't I can't deal with things like I thought, so [Sniffles.]
I am here and I want to admit to what I did, or what I did wrong, or or - how I hurt you.
- Stop.
But I am here, and I will do whatever I have to - St - to stay.
- Stop it.
Please, just stop it.
- Please, Carson [Sighs.]
I loved you with all my heart.
I really did.
Not one day, not one time did I ever treat you wrong.
Never deserved what you did to me.
[Sighs.]
Laurie Ann'll understand all this.
All she cares about is business, too.
[Crickets chirping.]
[Brakes squeal, engine rumbles.]
[Engine revs.]
[Knocking.]
Hi.
Can I help you? Can I exchange this for a ticket somewhere else? Round trip? How far can I get on that? How far? Where do you want to go? Where you looking to get to? [Ringing.]
Kimara: Hello? It's Dustin.
[Siren wails in distance.]
I need help.
Reitz: The man who ran the webcam house what's the name? Everett Castro.
How many people in the house? How many kids? Jeremy, Tracy, Sugar Couple other kids.
Wait, wait.
"Sugar"? I don't know Sugar's real name.
What happened in the house? It was an accident.
What happened? Tracy stabbed the other girl.
- Who? - Cassi.
Everett got rid of the body.
Reitz: Got rid of it how? Dumped it in the river.
Well, what about this Cassi? Uh, y-you know where she's from? She got family? No.
She has a boyfriend, her pimp.
[Sighs.]
That wasn't her name.
That's her That's her screen name.
Her name was Shae.
What? Shae.
Tell me about her.
She I don't know.
Well Well, like Well, what did she look like? Regular.
Blonde.
Was she pregnant? Yeah.
Where did this happen? Tell me where the house is that it happened.
[Sirens wail.]
[Indistinct shouting.]
[Police radio chatter.]
[Siren wails in distance, indistinct conversation.]
[Buzzer, lock clicks.]
[Monitors beeping.]
[Footsteps approach.]
- Mrs.
Coates? - Mm-hmm.
- Appreciate you coming in.
- Absolutely.
Uh, this is Ms.
Shepard.
Is it all right if she stays with Nicky while we talk? Oh, he's fine with me.
Well, the conversation might be a bit more sensitive than you want him to be a part of.
- Uh - Uh, he'll be right here when we finish.
Okay, Nicky, you're gonna stay here.
I'll be right back, okay? Okay.
Mm-hmm.
- Appreciate your time, Mrs.
Coates.
- Mm-hmm.
The night we took Gabrielle into custody, when you made your statement regarding her physical condition, you said her injuries were self-inflicted.
Now, you saw her hurt herself? I-I didn't see all of it.
I-I would see, you know, the cuts, and, um you know, the other, uh You know, after a while, y-you can figure out where they're coming from.
Could you look at these photos of Gabrielle? Now, these, uh, injuries all look familiar to you? Yes.
These, and, uh, these on her arms here? - And, uh, these? - Yes.
Mm-hmm.
These injuries were in the middle of Gabrielle's back.
That's a very difficult place for someone to injure themselves.
Uh-huh.
Hmm.
Now, you said, um, Gabrielle had family.
- Is that right? - Yes.
She has a son, Yves.
They're I think I told you they're estranged.
And I think I really think that's what was making her You know, not having family, seeing our family when things aren't well in one's life, and you see people who have what you don't, that can that can cause you damage.
Was Gabrielle in contact with her son? No.
You know, well, she would write these letters that she didn't send.
I asked her, "Why Why are you writing letters that you won't send?" And, um She said she was writing them to God.
- Her son is - I You know what I think? When people talk about God, they either have a lot of faith or a lot of problems.
Hmm.
Mrs.
Coates Gabrielle's son arrived here a few days ago.
Yves received some letters from Gabrielle.
Can I show you a letter? It's, uh, in French.
Can you read what Gabrielle says in that? Yeah.
Mrs.
Coates, you don't have to tell me anything else.
You don't have to speak to anybody but a lawyer.
That's your right.
I need to call my husband.
Nicholas: They're here, uh, right now.
Uh, they have a search warrant, and they want to look in the house.
Do I have to let them in? Cormack: If they have a search warrant, they can come in the house.
Well, that that woman's crazy.
I mean, why the hell the police want to be searching my house? - Did you pay her? - Of course I paid her.
Show the police proof of that.
They'll be looking for evidence of coercion, withholding I.
D.
papers, locks on the place where the woman slept.
- Did she have her own room, her own bed? - Yeah, look, look, here's We We didn't do anything wrong, all right? We treated her decent, and I mean, is that what this has come to? I mean, these people get to say what they want, the police believe them, not us? Is there something to hide? Peierson: She stayed in here? Nicholas: It's a nice room.
It's comfortable.
[Camera shutter clicking.]
[Keypad beeping.]
[Lock clicks.]
[Sighs.]
There you go.
Oh, uh, you know, uh, I'm I'm sure Clair put that in there for safekeeping.
[Chuckles.]
And Gabrielle could've gotten it any time.
It's not a [Wind chimes clinking.]
Carson: Jeanette.
Carson tells me you're taking on your sister's girls.
Yes.
Well, that's good.
[Sighs.]
I've always thought that this family suffered from not having a next generation to worry about.
And if any of the three of us has what it takes to to raise a family, it's Carson.
I hope so.
I really do.
We're gonna put the past behind us and, uh, [Sniffles.]
get things back to normal.
Are you now? Yes.
JD's gonna plead guilty in court next week.
He's gonna walk into a a courtroom and confess his sins to the judge so that he will be shown mercy.
An act of contrition.
Everybody feels better when the guilty renounce their ways.
Did you make JD take the blame for those workers being killed? I don't have as much control over life as you'd like to believe.
If I did, I would not be watching our father pass or the business that he built up crumble.
And I would not be watching our brother go to jail because the people in Raleigh don't have the will to make things better.
I am very sorry for whatever bother I have caused.
It was more than a "bother.
" There has been real hurt to us.
- There has been real suffering.
- Mm.
Mm.
[Sighs.]
[Chuckles.]
Those people who died they suffered, and I'm not just talking about the fire.
There was murder on the farm.
There was more than one.
Women were assaulted She doesn't know when to call it a day.
I left for a while.
That's That's all I did.
People know why, or they think they do.
They've come 'round, they've asked questions, they've accused, and now when it's convenient for you to Our situation is not convenient.
- You of all people should not be - Our situation is not convenient.
And there's nothing about what Jeanette is doing that is easy.
I want my wife back.
I want a family.
I know you want your pound of flesh.
- I-I need this.
- I want something to hold on to.
Everybody else you, her, JD you you have had the luxury of remove.
You've had a comfortable distance from what's necessary to run a business.
And I wouldn't change that.
You're my brother.
And I don't have a bad feeling about a single thing that I have done to protect you.
I can shoulder my weight.
You carried what you could and JD's carrying a lot more than he should ever have had to.
Everybody in this family earns their keep.
And you're not gonna be any different just because you have finally realized how much you need us.
Jeanette: We are responsible people.
We are responsible to the environment.
We are responsible in how we grow our product.
[Speaking Spanish.]
I know a lot has been said about about a very tragic event.
And you all [Chuckles.]
you know me.
You know I was here with you after that.
What I can tell you is that nobody was more upset and concerned about what happened than the Hesbys.
The Hesbys don't do these things because they have to.
We do them because they are right.
And I can tell you from my heart, I have never been so I have never been so proud to be a part of this family.
- Got a date set with a judge.
- Jeanette: Mm.
- Think you could be there? - I don't know.
Be good to have someone there.
Be good if you weren't here.
I talked to Carson.
He's gonna help me with the girls.
We're going to start the process of becoming legal guardians.
Okay.
"Okay"? That's it? What do you want me to say? They're your daughters.
Maybe you want to I thought you might want to fight for them some.
Clearly, I can't take care of them.
What What you're doing is the right thing.
It's good It's a good thing.
Mm.
Nothing "good" about it.
Laurie Ann's got me standing in front of people, swearing on my life how godly the farm is.
[Scoffs.]
Is that really so hard for you? Not so hard I won't do it.
Were you ever gonna stay away from them? Were you really gonna work for minimum wage the rest of your life? You needed an excuse to go back.
- No.
- I gave you one.
You did me a favor? You think you did me a favor? When you were out doing drugs, is that what you thought? "Let me do something for Jeanette.
" I didn't plan none of this.
Sometimes situations just work out how they work out.
Well, sometimes you need to take responsibility.
Why did you steal money when you were working on the farm? [Sighs.]
I've said I'm sorry.
I've said it so many times But you never said why you stole.
Was it to buy drugs? I didn't buy $25,000 worth of drugs.
For the girls? I would've given you money for the girls.
I I need I need to know there was something to it besides you being messed up and greedy.
[Inhales deeply.]
[Sighs.]
Hey.
I want you to do something for your daughters.
When you get out of here, I don't want you to come around unless you can stay clean.
You got no sympathy do you? Fresh out.
[Knocking.]
[Clears throat.]
[Buzzer, lock clicks.]
[Door closes.]
Is there a process where I can have her remains for burial? Hoover: She's a homicide victim.
Her body's evidence.
It'll take a while.
It was her? Yeah.
What happened? She got in a fight.
It was over money.
Shae was trying to get back with her pimp.
She thought if she had money, they could go have her baby together.
[Sighs.]
Kimara, can I see you for a second? - What? - Just for a second, please.
What is it? Dustin, we're gonna have to place you under arrest.
Wait.
What are you doing? - Kimara, stay out of it.
- I didn't kill her! What are you arresting him for?! - I didn't hurt Shae! - What are you arresting him - I didn't touch her! - Just let me talk to him! All right, all right, I'll talk Okay? Just let me talk Dustin was an accessory after the fact.
He went for days without telling anybody about the murder.
Shae is dead.
Her pimp is out of jail, the guy who dumped her body is gone, there's a house full of kids missing, and and you're putting Dustin in jail? Look, he goes in front of a judge, pleas out, he'll do maybe a year.
And you're happy with that? Well, what were you gonna do? Put him in a shelter? Fuck you.
- Kimara, we will find those kids.
- No.
- We will get them help - No, seriously go fuck yourself.
[Door opens.]
[Indistinct conversations in distance.]
[Door closes.]
Where's the boy? Children's Services has him.
They're gonna arrest you.
And then what? Our lawyer thinks we can settle and that that woman won't press charges.
Do you Do Do you have any idea what you're costing me with this insanity? There's no hiding this.
Oh, no.
Th-This is gonna go away like it never happened.
It did happen.
[Inhales sharply.]
She mouthed off, hmm? You shoved her.
She's got problems, she acted out.
You You tried to contain a crazy person.
I poured scalding water on her skin more than once.
I remember the look on her face, how it made me feel, and I felt I just I didn't I wasn't thinking.
I just did it.
I just I just, um It was It was done before I could stop myself, and there was, like, a white noise playing in my mind Get it together, Clair! You do not get to cause any more damage.
[Sighs.]
You're part of what happened.
I-I didn't do anything to that woman.
It's what you did to me.
- The The The hate, the contempt - [Scoffs.]
Oh, so you're blaming me, uh, be you attacking the nanny? Uh, you're gonna blame me about that? You've been enraged at me since I got pregnant.
You have been punishing me and our child ever since.
You just had this this mocking and this hate and this I mean, it's abuse.
I never hurt you.
Okay.
You didn't touch me.
You didn't touch me, Nicholas.
But don't think you didn't hurt me.
I'm gonna confess.
- H-Hold on a second.
- I want to confess.
Th-There's a way around it.
I can fix it.
No, you can't.
- Yeah, I can I can sell the company.
- No.
You You don't own the company anymore.
Look, I We throw enough money at the woman - I can't stand trial - Look, she's from Haiti.
and defend my actions.
How How much money do you think it'll take her to go away? There's no protecting us.
I I need to stand in front of a judge - and admit to what I did.
- No, look, look.
T-This isn't church, all right? It's the law.
There is a way around this.
We can work this out.
- We - Listen to me! There's something you have to do.
I'm gonna be going to jail for like two years or something like that, so you have to take care of Nicky.
You need to take care of him.
They will take him away from you.
He's your child.
He's your son, and even if you can't love him you have to take care of him.
Yves [Yves sighs.]
Abby: I'm sorry about Shae.
You did everything you could.
And And you know you can't help someone who doesn't want to be helped.
Kimara: Mm.
Yeah, at this point, I really don't know where to put anybody's pity.
It's, uh I think it's good that you're getting away for a while.
Take your vacation and think about you know, about what you want to do next.
I'm not going.
Oh, no, take your time.
You I want to come work for you.
Okay.
That offer still stands, right? O-Of Of course.
Of Of course it does.
II thought you had a problem - with the way that our planning - Had a problem with you getting me to lie to your man Greg.
It was all worked out, right? He was in on the deal? I was just the person in the middle to give you both cover? I really don't care.
I really don't.
I just want to be clear on the situation.
We had an agreement, yeah.
So, I'd like an agreement, too.
Okay, well, we talked about I think we can get you $8,000 a year more $15,000.
I want $15,000 more.
Well, that's a sizable difference than what $15,000.
- I don't know what to say.
- Say yes.
I would have to take money away from Just say yes, Abby.
For everybody's sake.
I wanted better things.
Okay.
You can be a cynic and have a heart of gold.
I meant that when I said it.
I am right there with you.
I really am.
Because I I don't really care about anybody else's intentions anymore.
I just want to be sure that they serve my purpose.
Harlow: How are you feeling? Kimara: I'm feeling good.
I'm happy to hear that.
Obviously, we can make no guarantees, but there are any number of enhancements we can add to your treatments to increase the likelihood of pregnancy.
At this point, I'm willing to try anything.
If you need to, we can create a financial plan specifically suited for you.
I'm good, actually.
I think I have things worked out.
Bailiff: All rise! We are here today for the purpose of seeing that justice is done and done for all.
Be seated.