Blood Work Page #4

- How much homework do you have?

Three questions.

- Hey.

- Hey.

You forgot, didn't you?

Sort of. l kind of got lost

the last couple hours.

- We can do this another time.

- No.

No, we're having dinner.

Come on up.

- ls this Raymond?

- This is Raymond.

This is the man l was

telling you about.

How are you doing?

- What's The Following Sea?

That's the one that you have to

watch for, the one right behind you.

- Where's the kitchen? l mean, galley?

Right in here.

- Can you fish off this boat?

- Yeah, you can.

Come on back,

l'll get you a fishing pole.

Jesus.

l didn't want you to see that.

Was she...?

Was she ever scared?

No, she never knew anything.

What l've asked you to do,

it just isn't fair.

ls it?

There's a restaurant in the marina.

Good atmosphere, view of the sunset.

Why don't l just take you

to dinner there?

Why do you live on a boat?

l hate mowing lawns.

Why do you live onshore?

Because that's where

my warm, cozy apartment is.

You were right, though.

lt's a great sunset.

Yeah, you never get tired of it.

Does he stay with you?

Yeah. His dad isn't around.

He's a great kid. Your sister

must have been a good woman.

Thank you.

So how is it going, McCaleb?

Any hope?

Start thinking about your sister...

...who her friends were,

where she went, all of her routines.

- All right. How come?

- That's just an angle l'm working on.

Did she ever know a James Cordell?

- Cordell?

- Yeah.

No.

- You sure?

- Positive. Why?

lt may be nothing.

lt might be premature-

You think this James Cordell

killed her.

No, nothing like that.

Stop, McCaleb, with the prematures

and the angles. What?

Cordell was killed at an ATM machine

two weeks before your sister died.

We think it's the same gunman

in both cases.

Why would she know Cordell?

They were both in the wrong

place at the wrong time.

This investigation's being conducted

under the theory...

...that the locations were chosen

and the victims were random.

lt's the other way around. lt's not

where that's important. lt's who.

- Gunman took money, so it's robbery-

- Bear with me.

Cordell and your sister

were connected.

There's some intersecting link

between them and the killer.

l'm not following you.

At the Bureau, we used to call

this a full-field investigation.

- That's what l'm conducting here.

- Full-field investigation.

Yeah.

Okay.

Come on!

You know, there was one thing

that's always bothered me.

- What?

- Nothing, but...

What is it?

Glory had this piece of jewelry she

always wore. Like a good-luck charm.

She never took it off. When the police

brought me her effects, it was missing.

What was it?

lt was a single earring,

a dangling crucifix.

Okay. So, what does it mean?

Nothing. Some killers take

souvenirs, l suppose.

- That's sick.

- Yeah.

Are you okay?

Yeah. l gotta get back to the boat

for my medicine.

We have to get going too.

Raymond has some homework.

Raymond?

We've gotta go!

Say thank you to Mr. McCaleb. Come!

Thank you!

- Give me that school bag.

- Okay.

- Say thank you.

Thank you.

See you later.

Give me the school bag.

And he takes the earring.

Hey, Buddy!

What's up?

You're working tomorrow, 6 a.m.

Cool. Whatever.

Who wants to go to the desert anyhow?

We go where the clues lead.

Don't any clues lead to the beach?

They lead where they lead. Usually

pretty close to where they started.

l have to ask, Terry.

How did it feel?

Back in the day, when you were

going up against all those sickos?

That was my job.

Come on, man. l mean,

driving a truck, that's a job.

All those killers

you used to hunt down.

l read in the paper some used to leave

you messages. That ain't truck driving.

Only one, actually,

ever left me messages.

Sorry, l'm sticking my nose

in it, l know.

Connected.

What?

When l was at the top of my game,

l felt connected to everything.

The victim, the killer,

the crime scene.

Everything.

Just felt like it was all part of me.

lt's beginning to feel that way again.

Cool.

l'll tell you what. Driving is okay

because l would sh*t my shorts.

l would.

But that's why you're a famous cop

and l'm a boat bum. A loser.

Buddy, you're not a loser.

lt's okay, Terry.

Only my mom has to tell me that.

My friends can tell me the truth.

Mrs. Cordell?

l'm Terry McCaleb. l called you.

ls this a bad time?

- As opposed to a good time?

- Poor choice of words. Can we talk?

ls that your partner in the car?

Yeah.

l wanted to hire an investigator,

but l couldn't afford to.

Couldn't afford to find out

who killed him.

You work for the police?

No, l'm a retired FBl agent.

l'm also a friend of the family

of the woman killed in Canoga Park.

We think it's the same gunman.

l see.

l'd like to tell you l'm sorry.

That's hard coming from a stranger...

...but l went through the files, and

James seemed like a good man.

Funny hearing him called James.

Everyone called him Jimmy.

And he was a very good man.

How can l help, Mr. McCaleb?

See this photograph?

Does this woman look familiar to you?

- ls that someone he might have known?

- l don't think so.

- ls that the victim from Canoga Park?

- Right.

- ls that her son?

- Uh-huh.

l don't understand.

How could he know her?

Are you suggesting they-?

- No, nothing like that.

- Then, like what?

We think your husband and Miss Torres

may have crossed paths with the killer...

...sort of the relationship between

the victim and the gunman.

The smallest detail of them coming

in contact is very, very important.

Something like dining at the same

restaurant, for instance.

- A restaurant the killer went to?

- Yeah.

That sounds like stalking,

not robbery.

To be honest with you, we're not sure

robbery is the motive in this case.

When they brought back his effects,

was it all there?

Was anything missing?

Rings, watches?

No.

You're sure he couldn't have been

in the Valley two weeks before?

No, he spent a month in Northern

California, working on the aqueduct.

And when my husband wasn't

working, he was home with me.

- ls that his car?

- Yes.

Any personal effects in that?

A picture on the dashboard.

- Still there?

- l don't know. l would think.

The sheriff's department drove

it home. l haven't been in it.

Can l...?

There it is.

Right here, yeah.

Any of this stuff your husband's

favorite knickknacks?

No, sorry.

Could you jot down your

husband's routines for me-?

- His sunglasses.

- What?

They hung from the mirror on a cord.

They're missing.

What kind of glasses?

They were Wayfarers.

He had them for years.

- Wayfarers?

- What do you think it means?

l said, what do you think it means?

Probably nothing.

Thanks, Mrs. Cordell.

l'll call you if anything comes up.

Easy, Mac. What's the matter?

- You okay?

- Yeah, l'm okay.

l saw the killer, Buddy.

At the bank, at the ATM,

where Cordell was killed.

Wait a minute, that's crazy.

That's the last place he would be.

No, it fits the profile.

Profile? What profile?

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