Body of Proof Page #10

PETER:

Yeah? Your father had a tool *

shed...? *

She's stopped talking, however. She stares at him with eyes *

as big as silver dollars. *

PETER *

What? *

MEGAN:

An allergic reaction. Of course. *

And she rushes down the hall. *

INT. STORAGE ROOM -AFTERNOON (DAY 2) *

A dozen storage refrigerators stand side by side. Megan

pulls out a tray from one and retrieves a bag marked with

Angela's name, case number and the words "stomach contents."

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Peter enters the room as Megan loads a syringe with the

liquid Peter previously identified as Gatorade.

MEGAN:

Get this to the lab and have them

run a tox screen for prescription *

drugs. *

PETER:

That'll take a couple hours.

MEGAN:

Tell them they have one.

PETER:

Oh-kay. Can I tell them why?

MEGAN:

The degranulation in her tissue

sample. It wasn't caused by

trauma, it was caused by

anaphylaxis.

And back out the door she goes. He stares after her.

EXT. MIKE FLEMING'S HOUSE -EARLY EVENING (DAY 2) *

Megan comes up the walk approaching the front door. She can

see and hear a birthday party going on inside. She's about

to ring the bell, then catches a glimpse of her daughter

LACEY in the window.

ON MEGAN:

She circles around the back of the house, straddling bushes

and soiling her shoes as she does so, following Lacey through

the windows. Finally Lacey is close enough to the kitchen

door for Megan to tap on the window.

The door opens. Lacey steps out. Mother and daughter regard

each other. Lacey presents as a twelve year old going on

twenty. Mature, sophisticated, and just as emotionally on

guard as her mother.

MEGAN:

Happy birthday.

LACEY:

Dad said you couldn't come.

MEGAN:

Dad says a lot of things.

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LACEY:

You mean that aren't true?

Megan has been here all of ten seconds and already she's in

dangerous territory.

MEGAN:

That maybe tell only his side of

the story.

LACEY:

What would be your side?

MEGAN:

I'm here, aren't I?

Megan smiles, trying to diffuse the tension.

MEGAN:

How's the party?

LACEY:

It's okay.

MEGAN:

Did I miss the cake?

LACEY:

Like you'd ever eat cake.

MEGAN:

Try me sometime.

A flicker of a smile on Lacey's face.

MEGAN:

I got you a present. I hope you *

like it. *

She hands Lacey a blue Tiffany jewelry box. Lacey opens it *

and pulls out a key on a silver chain. She stares at it,

then at Megan, curious.

MEGAN:

You remember that picture of me and

grandpa in front of his tool shed?

LACEY:

Yeah?

MEGAN:

That shed was his sanctuary. The *

one place he could hide from the *

world. Nobody got in there.

(MORE)

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MEGAN (CONT'D)

And I mean nobody. For years and

years I tried. And then one day,

when I was about your age, he gave

me the key.

(re:
Lacey's present)

That's the key to my apartment.

Where you'll always be welcome. A

sanctuary. An escape whenever you

need one. Whatever you want it to

be.

Megan smiles nervously. This is new territory for her. And *

for Lacey too. She looks at her mother, processing this *

gesture, not sure she fully understands it --*

INT. ME'S OFFICE - EVENING (DAY 2) *

Megan walks down the hallway and sees Peter coming from the

opposite direction, lab test in his hand.

PETER:

There's something wrong here. Your

test came back positive for

Amoxicillin.

Megan scans the results herself.

MEGAN:

Why would you think something was

wrong?

PETER:

Angela wasn't taking Amoxicillin,

she was taking Erythromycin.

MEGAN:

Exactly. Call Detective Morris.

Tell him to get a search warrant

for Whitney's house and meet us

there as soon as he can.

EXT. WHITNEY HOUSE -EVENING (DAY 2) *

Megan and Peter stand on the doorstep. Megan has already

rung the bell. The door opens and Whitney looks out. He's

none too happy to see Megan again.

WHITNEY:

What do you want?

MEGAN:

Did you love Angela?

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Whitney has no time to react. It's dinner time. His wife

Jill calls out to him from inside the house.

JILL (O.S.)

Raymond, who is it?

WHITNEY:

In a minute!

MEGAN:

Did you love her? Because if you

did, then help me find her killer

and tell me the truth. She was

here yesterday morning, wasn't she.

WHITNEY:

Yes, all right?

MEGAN:

And you didn't know she slipped

privileged information to Carl

Rivers.

WHITNEY:

Like I told the Detectives, no.

JILL (O.S.)

Raymond? Who's out there?

WHITNEY:

Just a second!

He closes the door behind him.

WHITNEY:

Look, I'll tell you everything you

want to know. But just don't let

my wife find out, okay?

MEGAN:

Mr. Whitney, I owe you an apology.

I thought you had more than one

reason to kill Angela, but it turns

out all you're guilty of is fallingin love with her.

The door opens and JILL WHITNEY, age 45, looks out at her

guests.

JILL:

What's going on?

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WHITNEY:

This is Dr. Hunt from the Medical

Examiner's Office. She's looking

into Angela's death.

MEGAN:

Mrs. Whitney, Sunday night at the

firm's annual dinner, did Angela

mention she had strep throat?

JILL:

Yes.

MEGAN:

And what she was taking for it?

Jill goes cautiously silent.

MEGAN:

I'm guessing she did. In fact I'm

positive she told you she was

taking Erythromycin for an

infection of Beta Streptococcus

Group A.

Now Jill looks downright worried. Megan turns to Whitney.

MEGAN:

Have your sons had strep throat

recently?

JILL:

Don't answer that, Raymond.

MEGAN:

I'll consider that a yes. The

interesting thing about Beta Group

A is that it's rare in adults

UNLESS they contract it from their

children. You didn't know it, Mr.

Whitney, but you got it from your

sons and passed it on to Angela.

And that's how your wife knew the

two of you were having an affair.

Whitney cringes. But his concerns about his affair being

revealed are trumped by the arrival of Detectives Morris and

Baker in a sedan, and two UNIFORMED POLICE OFFICERS in a

SQUAD CAR. All four approach the house.

WHITNEY:

What are they doing here?

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Det. Morris answers this question by producing a piece of

paper.

DET. MORRIS

Mr. Whitney, this is a warrant to

search your house. Officers?

The two Uniforms proceed inside as Whitney scans the

document.

WHITNEY:

You're looking for drugs?

MEGAN:

Amoxicillin, to be exact.

At the word, Jill sags. As if she knew the gig was up.

MEGAN:

Not only did your wife know you

gave Angela strep throat, she also

knew Erythromycin is prescribed for

strep throat to people severely

allergic to penicillin and its

derivatives, the most common of

which is Amoxicillin. She dropped

your sons off at school yesterdaymorning, then came back here andfound you and Angela having sex. *

Instead of confronting you she

spiked Angela's Gatorade with, I'm

willing to bet, the same

Amoxicillin your sons were

prescribed for their strep throat.

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