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Megan cuts one off and walks it to the Examination Room's

microscope. That's when she notices Peter standing inside *

the door.

MEGAN:

Do you want something or are you

just skulking?

PETER:

I didn't know if you were talking

to me again.

Peter enters. He notes the fingerprints mapped out on *

Megan's piece of paper.

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MEGAN:

Vascular density of the scalp is

greater than any other part of the

body by several orders of

magnitude. Add to that compression

against the skull is almost

instantaneous and all it takes is a

passionate embrace to leave those.

Finger marks that were obscured by

her head wound.

PETER:

Made by who?

MEGAN:

Someone Angela couldn't tell her

parents about.

Megan peers into her microscope at the magnified tip of a *

hair shaft. *

MEGAN:

I found damaged hair shafts in the

same location. If they were torn

as a result of her head wound the

edges would be rough and fractured.

These are uniform and intact. But

they're also compressed. So either

this strand of hair was cut with a

dull pair of scissors or it got

caught in something and clipped. A

watchband, or bracelet, or maybe

one of those interlocking wedding

rings. Have a look.

PETER:

Don't need to.

She looks at him. And she sees the folder in his hand -

MEGAN:

You got the diaphragm results?

PETER:

They found trace amounts of semen.

DNA tests will take a while but one

thing's for sure. There were no

spermatozoa. The guy had a

vasectomy.

She grabs the results and studies them for herself.

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MEGAN:

Do you know any bachelors who'd get

their tubes snipped instead of

using a condom?

PETER:

Not one.

Megan looks back at Angela's body, now more sure than ever.

MEGAN:

She was sleeping with a married

man.

END OF ACT TWO:

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ACT THREE:

FADE IN:

INT. FOUR SEASONS HOTEL RESTAURANT -MORNING (DAY 2) *

Megan sits across from DR. HOWARD KARASUNIS, age 52.

converse over coffee.

They

MEGAN:

The police say she pretty much

lived at the office. If she was

having an affair, then someone at

Whitney, Howell & Walker would be a

natural candidate.

DR. KARASUNIS

So why ask me?

MEGAN:

He had a vasectomy. And you're the

number one ball cutter in all of

Philadelphia.

DR. KARASUNIS

I thought you held that title.

They exchange the smile of old colleagues. *

DR. KARASUNIS

We go way back, Megan. But now

you're asking me to betray doctor-

patient privilege, and you know I

won't do that.

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MEGAN:

I'm not asking for me, I'm asking

for a woman who was murdered.

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He ponders this. And his old colleague. *

DR. KARASUNIS

Tell me something. This new you -Megan

Hunt, M.E. --who raced

through forensic pathology faster

than she did a neurosurgery

residency, and who seems to care

more about dead people than she

ever did about her patients --is

she for real, or just working off

her guilt after killing a patient

on the operating table?

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Megan stares at him for a beat. *

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MEGAN:

Both.

He ponders this. Then fishes out his Blackberry and enters a

few keystrokes.

DR. KARASUNIS

Have you seen the new Blackberry?

I find it indispensable.

He sets it on the table and rises to his feet.

DR. KARASUNIS

If you'll excuse me, I need to use

the rest room.

He leaves the dining room. As soon as he's gone Megan picks

up the Blackberry and looks at the screen.

INSERT -BLACKBERRY SCREEN

The work and home addresses for Raymond Whitney, Managing

Partner, Whitney, Howell & Walker.

INT. MEGAN'S OFFICE -MORNING (DAY 2) *

Detectives Morris and Baker turn as Megan walks in.

DET. MORRIS

You never heard of the phone?

MEGAN:

I missed your piquant blend of

irritation and after shave.

Det. Baker hides a smile. But Det. Morris isn't flustered. *

DET. MORRIS

Burris was picking up garbage

yesterday morning --until he went *

AWOL for half an hour. And youknow what they use on the job? A

stick with a squared-off handle

reinforced with cast iron L-

brackets.

MEGAN:

Attached with bolts?

DET. MORRIS

That's right.

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MEGAN:

No bolt impressions on the head

wound. But I am curious. When you

spoke to Angela's colleagues, was

one of them Raymond Whitney?

Det. Morris is still adjusting to Megan's shut down of his L-

bracket theory -

DET. BAKER

The head of the firm? No, why?

MEGAN:

Because Angela was having an affair

with him.

Det. Baker looks at Det. Morris. Off their mutual surprise --*

INT. LAW FIRM -MORNING (DAY 2) *

RAYMOND WHITNEY, age 54, the silver haired Managing Partner

of Whitney, Howell & Walker, greets his three visitors -Detectives

Morris and Baker, and Megan.

WHITNEY:

Raymond Whitney. Please come in.

DET. MORRIS

Detective Morris, my partner Det.

Baker, and this is Dr. Hunt from

the Medical Examiner's Office.

As Whitney shakes their hands, Megan casually notes his TWO

RING INTERLOCKING WEDDING BAND. From this she abruptly turns

away and starts inspecting Whitney's office as if she has no *

interest in the conversation that unfolds in the background.

DET. MORRIS

Can you tell us where you were

around 7 a.m. yesterday morning?

WHITNEY:

Why?

Like Megan's own office there are the requisite plaques,

awards, certificates, etc. on the walls --

DET. MORRIS

Just accounting for everybody's

whereabouts.

There are also photos. Whitney posing with his smiling wife.

Whitney's two pre-adolescent sons on various sports teams,

etc. -

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WHITNEY:

I was at home. Working out in our

gym.

And finally Megan studies a wall of photos taken at various

charity events. The Philadelphia AIDS walk. An inner city

vaccination drive sponsored by the boys' middle school. We

see WHITNEY'S WIFE JILL in a school nurse's uniform

administering vaccinations to the city's great unwashed.

DET. MORRIS

Can anyone back that up?

WHITNEY:

No. My wife Jill takes our sons in

early to school. She's the school

nurse.

Megan has finally satisfied her curiosity. She turns back to

the conversation in progress -

WHITNEY:

Detective, I don't mean to tell you

your business but it's preposterous

that you would think -

MEGAN:

You're head of the Partnership

Committee, aren't you?

Det. Morris shoots Megan a look. What is she doing?

WHITNEY:

Yes?

MEGAN:

Angela was a seventh year

associate. That's the cut off

year. If you don't make partner

you never will.

WHITNEY:

So?

MEGAN:

So how long were you sleeping with

her?

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