Body of Proof Page #11

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EXT. STRAWBERRY MANSION BRIDGE - MORNING -FLASHBACK

We're back to Angela's morning run at the beginning of our

story. She sips from a bottle of GATORADE as the gravel pathshe's running on angles towards Strawberry Mansion Bridge.

MEGAN (V.O.)

Angela left your house around 6:45

a.m. yesterday morning. She made

it all the way to the river before

she went into anaphylactic shock -a

fatal allergic reaction affecting

every system in her body.

Angela kicks it into high gear as she goes under the bridge.

We HOLD ON ANGELA as, suddenly, she staggers to a stop AND *

CLUTCHES HER THROAT CHOKING --*

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MEGAN (V.O.)

She became dizzy. Her airways

stopped working due to

bronchoconstriction. And then she

lost her balance.

ANGELA FALLS INTO THE RIVER. AND CRACKS HER HEAD ON AN IRON

BEAM --HEAVY, METAL AND SQUARE WITH A DULL EDGE --DUMPED IN

THE RIVER LONG AGO AND LYING JUST BELOW THE SURFACE.

MEGAN (V.O.)

Foam in the mouth is often seen in

drowning cases but is also a

product of anaphylaxis. Angelawasn't hit by her killer on theback of the head. The back of her

head hit something when she fell

into the water.

Blood plumes around Angela's head. Her eyes roll. She

struggles for breath. We watched it before, we watch it

again, as slowly, inexorably, the river claims her....

BACK TO:

EXT. WHITNEY HOUSE -EVENING (DAY 2) *

The two Uniforms return. One holds up a prescription bottle

in an evidence bag. Megan takes it and shows the label to

Jill. It reads all too clearly: "Liquid Amoxicillin."

MEGAN:

Liquid Amoxicillin. When this *

matches the formulation we found in *

Angela's stomach, that will be all

for you. Anything you want to say?

Whitney stares at his wife in horror. She looks back at him,

then at Megan, Peter and Detectives Morris and Baker -

JILL:

I want a lawyer.

Megan smiles with grim satisfaction as Det. Morris brings out

the cuffs.

DET. MORRIS

Jill Whitney, you're under arrest

for the murder of Angela Swanson.

You have the right to remain

silent....

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EXT. WHITNEY HOUSE -MOMENTS LATER (DAY 2) *

Jill sits in the back of the Detectives' car. Det. Baker

shuts her in. Det. Morris meanwhile is having trouble

finding words for Megan.

DET. MORRIS

I guess I'll see you at trial.

MEGAN:

Yes you will.

DET. MORRIS

Well then, thanks. Doctor.

MEGAN:

You're welcome. Detective.

Det. Morris returns to his car. Det. Baker throws a *

respectful nod at Megan before she too climbs in and the car *

pulls away. *

Megan turns to find Peter regarding her with a smile. *

MEGAN:

What are you smiling at?

PETER:

It's not like you not to rub it in. *

MEGAN:

Get in the car.

INT. EXAMINATION ROOM #1 -NIGHT (DAY 2) *

Megan stands at the examination table looking down at

Angela's body covered in a sheet up to her neck. Megan *

doesn't notice Padma slip through the door behind her.

Until, that is -

PADMA *

I got a lot of calls about you *

before I hired you. She's *

brilliant and driven. She throws *

elbows but gets results. I didn't *

think it was possible they were *

underselling you but they were. In *

one year you've managed to get even *

City Hall to notice us. *

MEGAN:

You're welcome.

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PADMA:

But the knives will come out the

minute you screw up, and even I *

won't be able to help you. *

As Megan ponders this --*

PADMA *

I may never have a resume like *

yours but I do know something you *

don't. You let this job get too *

personal and you'll burn yourself

out.

MEGAN:

You let me worry about that, okay? *

Padma ponders her brilliant, driven, puzzle of a Medical *

Examiner.

PADMA:

Do you have any friends?

MEGAN:

Why?

PADMA:

Get some. You can't fight

everybody, everywhere, all the

time, alone.

And with that, Padma leaves. Megan looks at Angela for the

last time, and pulls the sheet up over her head.

INT. MEGAN'S APARTMENT -NIGHT

Megan walks in. Her expression is heavy, as if Padma's words

had somehow weighed her down. She drops her keys, carries

her handbag into the kitchen and sets it on the kitchen

island. And then she freezes.

There's something else waiting for her on the island. A

PIECE OF BIRTHDAY CAKE. And a note in her daughter's

handwriting. "Happy My Birthday, Lacey."

Megan's whole demeanor lifts. As if sun had broken through

clouds. As if she weren't alone after all. She reaches for

a fork and takes a bite as we....

FADE OUT.

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