A Daughter's Nightmare Page #6

take care of you.

Adam.

Adam, this has gone too far.

I just want my phone.

Oh, that's a nasty rash.

Is it itchy?

Stop it!

Is it money you want?

I don't have any!

This house is mortgaged

to the hill...

I have nothing.

Shhh. You're upset.

We'll do this later.

Ok?

All better.

Adam!

Adam!

Ariel!

Hey! What's up?

Hey, how are you?

Were you going to say goodbye?

I have to run home

and see my mom,

but I texted you so...

Oh yeah, no, sorry I didn't

check them.

Alright, well just read it,

it'll explain some stuff.

Oh, ok.

Ok, bye.

What's wrong with your eye?

What?

Your eye is bleeding.

What do you mean?

Oh my god, your eye

is bleeding!

What?

Yeah!

Ok, good news.

You are one very lucky

young man.

If that hemorrhage had been

at the back of your retina,

your friend here never

would have seen it

and the damage could have

been extensive.

But not to worry, you've got a

subconjunctival hemorrhage,

it'll heal by itself.

Now, what are you

taking ethambutol for?

Etham what?

What is that?

Um, the antibiotic

that you're on.

I'm not on any antibiotic.

Ben Woods?

Your blood work shows that

you're loaded with ethambutol.

It's what caused

the hemorrhage.

Um, what is ethambutol

used for?

Well, generally it's for

treating tuberculosis.

Uh, didn't you say Adam's mother

died of tuberculosis?

Yeah, so?

Um... can ethambutol cause

other kinds of eye problems?

Yeah, unfortunately a fair

number of them:

double vision,

visual hallucinations...

Like tunnel vision

and colour blindness?

Deuteranopia, red-green

colour blindness and schitomas,

blind spots in the field

of vision...

they're pretty common

side effects,

especially in patients that have

been taking as high of doses

as Ben was on.

Alright, hang on a second.

Am I to understand that you

were not taking

this medication voluntarily?

No.

His stepfather

was drugging him.

What?

Yeah, he's drugging my mom,

too.

Oh my god, oh my god

I knew it.

Who else would be giving you

a tuberculosis drug?!

Alright you two, I don't know

what's going on here

but it sounds to me like the

police need to be involved.

Yeah, his name

is Adam Smith,

he's at 329 Birch Avenue.

Tell them to hurry!

Excuse me, sorry!

Trick or treat!

Hey!

Look, I don't understand

why you won't put out an alert

when he's obviously

taken her somewhere!

You saw the note.

Your mother said they went

away for some R&R.

Yeah, but that's not even

her handwriting!

And she would never go away

with him!

She just met him!

There's no sign of abduction

in this house,

no sign of force being used.

You want me to put out an APB

without any evidence of a crime.

No, I told you there's evidence

he drugged Ben!

I told you that.

Your boyfriend lives

on campus?

Yeah.

Another student drugged

him as...

No! That's ridiculous!

It's not ridiculous, it's what

Smith's lawyer's gonna say

if I haul him in with nothing!

Here's my card.

Cell's on the back.

Call me if you get

something solid.

Thank you.

I'll check back in and make sure

I talk to both of them.

Ok.

It's gonna be ok.

Good night.

Hey.

Hey.

Look, we're gonna find her.

How are we gonna find her?

Come sit down.

Are you looking for the guy who

always hangs around your house?

Yeah, have you seen him?

He left this morning with your

mom, in his convertible.

He had a blue suitcase.

Do you know where they went?

I had to bury his dog

for him.

His dog died?

I thought he was sleeping,

but he was stiff.

Your name's Brooks,

right?

Yeah.

Can you show me

where you buried the dog?

He's under that mound

over there.

Hey.

I'm sorry.

They found traces of ethembutol

in the dog's bloodstream.

Hey, come on.

I want to show you something.

Come on.

Ethembutol has a lot more side

effects than just eye problems.

excessive tiredness,

nausea, disorientation,

visual and audio hallucinations,

trouble breathing and death.

Hey, uh... where was

your mother buried?

Um, her death was attributed

to an overdose, painkillers.

Adam had her cremated.

Um... uh, what

about his first wife?

Do you know her name?

What was her name?

Miss Texas?

No, um...

Libby.

Libby something.

Libby Miss Texas.

Here.

1997 Miss Texas,

Elizabeth Schuster.

She could be a Libby, right?

Yeah, try that.

Ok, Elizabeth Schuster...

Woah, what are we

looking for?

Just anything that leads

them to Adam.

I can't read that fast!

It's ok, it's alright,

I'm reading it, it's fine.

Elizabeth Bennet,

Dallas Texas.

What is Deadly Union?

What is that?

Oh my god, that's Adam!

Oh my god.

Uh, Patrick Adamson

was acquitted

of attempted murder yesterday.

The trial took so long primarily

due to past evidence

of complaints from Bennet,

the controversial Munchausen

by Proxy case,

I don't know what that is,

has rocked Texas

since last summer

when the former Miss Texas

accused her new husband

of poisoning her breakfast tea.

Perpetrator was a fabricator

that caused illnesses in other...

Potentially lethal?

...seen a way of obtaining love.

Symptoms, what symptoms?

Every time I came home, Adam was

always making tea for my mom.

Oh my god, Adam's insane.

What's going on?

He's poisoning them.

I'm going to call

the detective, ok?

Um...

Hi, Detective Harcroft?

It's Ariel Morgan.

Uh, you're gonna want

to put out that APB.

Can you please just take me

to the hospital?

My hands and my feet

are on fire.

Here.

Drink your wellness tea.

Look where you are.

Isn't that beautiful?

Fresh air's gonna do you good.

It's in there, isn't it?

What you've been giving me.

That's why you wanted me to

drink it three times a day.

Go on.

I don't want it.

Go on.

No!

How come you got blood

in your mouth?

George!

George!

Didn't I tell you to stay outta

your momma's room?

She's sick!

There, there, darling.

There's nothing to be

frightened of.

I love you, momma.

None of you cared about me

like I cared about you.

I'm a good boy, momma.

I'm a good boy.

Where does he get

the ethembutol?

He must have a supply,

right?

Maybe the hospital.

No, he'd never be able to pick

that much up at a time, right?

What if he's prescribed

ethembutol?

We gotta call the pharmacies.

Help! Somebody!

Hi, yes, I'm calling

to see

if a prescription

was purchased for...

...ethembutol?

Yeah, I'll hold.

That's right, Smith Adam.

It's for ethembutol?

Ok, yeah fine,

I'll try there.

Thanks, bye.

Alright, how many more?

Uh... 13

I don't make a habit

of filling

out of town doctor's scripts,

but you being

a nurse and all...

your wife's on an unusually

high dose.

The side effects

could be very...

I'm well versed.

Hi, yes.

I'm calling to see if a

prescription was picked up

this morning for Adam Smith

for ethembutol?

A Joe Smith?

Uh huh?

Yeah, no he probably just

wrote down the name wrong.

Um, and where did you

say you were located?

Great, ok, thank you so much!

A prescription was picked up

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