Body of Proof Page #7
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Whitney, startled -
WHITNEY:
What?
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MEGAN:
She had sex yesterday morning with
a man who had a vasectomy. Despite
the lack of spermatozoa we can
still match for DNA. Care to give
me a swab?
She holds up a Q-tip in a plastic tube. Whitney recoils.
MEGAN:
Didn't think so. That's okay,
there's plenty of time for that
later. And it'll only tell me what
I already know anyway. She was
sleeping with you to make partner -
WHITNEY:
No -
MEGAN:
--or you were sexually harassing
her. Whichever it was, -
WHITNEY:
That's not true!
MEGAN:
-- she was in a position to end
your marriage and sue your firm if
she didn't get what she wanted.
But you couldn't make her partner
without violating your own ethics
rules which would have really had
you over a barrel, -
WHITNEY:
I refuse to listen to this --!
MEGAN:
--so you followed her from your
house, waited for her under
Strawberry Mansion Bridge, bashed
her over the head and threw her in
the river!
Megan watches him closely, something calculated behind her
heated accusations -
WHITNEY:
Get out of my office!
DET. MORRIS
Okay, that's it! Megan, wait
outside!
Christopher Murphey -Body of Evidence -1/11/10 36.
EXT. STREET -MORNING (DAY 2) *
Megan stands on the sidewalk outside the office building she
just exited. If the previous scene affected her in any way
you wouldn't know it. She looks bored. She checks her
reflection in the front windows. And notices a pair of
UNIFORMED SCHOOL GIRLS pass by behind her. She takes out her
cell phone and dials a number.
MEGAN:
(into phone)
I just wanted to remind you it's
Lacey's birthday today. You're
going to call her, right?
INT. PHILADELPHIA COMMON PLEAS COURT -CONTINUOUS (DAY 2) *
JUDGE JEAN HUNT, age 62, sits at her desk scanning a document
for her signature as an Assistant District Attorney waits
impatiently. We INTERCUT -
JUDGE JEAN:
I already did. First thing this
morning.
MEGAN:
Oh. Did she say anything?
JUDGE JEAN:
You mean about you?
MEGAN:
Well?
JUDGE JEAN:
No.
Megan's face falls.
MEGAN:
What did you get her?
JUDGE JEAN:
The same thing I always get her. A
contribution to her college fund.
What did you get her?
MEGAN:
I haven't decided.
JUDGE JEAN:
That doesn't sound like you.
Christopher Murphey -Body of Evidence -1/11/10 37.
MEGAN:
No? Why not?
JUDGE JEAN:
My daughter Megan? Who had her
whole life planned out by the time
she was ten?
MEGAN:
YOU had my whole life planned out
by the time I was ten.
JUDGE JEAN:
And look how well you turned out.
EXT. STREET -MORNING (DAY 2) *
Megan stares at her reflection in the window glass. How well
indeed. Detectives Morris and Baker exit the building. She
shakes off the thought with a quick -
MEGAN:
Goodbye, Mother.
--as Detectives Morris and Baker walk up.
DET. MORRIS
You want to tell me what the hell
you were doing up there?
MEGAN:
A little good cop bad cop. I riled
him up, you calmed him down. So
what else did he tell you?
Det. Morris can't believe it -
DET. MORRIS
You know what the problem with that
is? You're not a cop! And you
know what else? You're off this
case! I know plenty of ME's and *
none of them are as big a pain in
the ass as you are! *
MEGAN:
They're also not as good as I am.
DET. MORRIS
You like to think that, don't you.
MEGAN:
How long ago did she kick you out,
Detective?
Christopher Murphey -Body of Evidence -1/11/10 38.
Morris stares at her.
MEGAN:
You have an impression on your ringfinger where a wedding band was
recently removed. And that cut on
your chin? It's from a double
bladed razor, probably disposable.
What happened? When your wife
kicked you out she didn't let you
take your own razor?
Det. Morris' hand goes involuntarily to the cut on his chin.
He stares at Megan in astonishment. So does Det. Baker.
MEGAN:
Every body tells a story. Bring me
in or don't. But I want justice
for Angela just as much as you do.
A long beat as Det. Morris decides what to do.
DET. MORRIS
Okay. You want in? Whitney denied
everything. The last time he saw
Angela was at the firm's Annual
Dinner Sunday night. Angela was athis table but she didn't stay long.
She had a sore throat.
MEGAN:
He's lying.
DET. MORRIS
About the sex, maybe. But that
doesn't make him a murderer. And
Burris had motive.
MEGAN:
So did Whitney if she was
blackmailing him to make partner.
Det. Morris just grins. He lets his partner explain. Det. *
Baker is almost apologetic in doing so. *
DET. BAKER
Angela didn't have to. She alreadymade partner. She was at Whitney's
table as a reward. She won a big
lawsuit last week. It wasn't
public yet but the Partnership
Committee had already voted.
Christopher Murphey -Body of Evidence -1/11/10 39.
DET. MORRIS
And there goes your theory.
Det. Morris savors the sight of Megan having to swallow her
blown theory. But Megan is nothing if not resilient.
MEGAN:
What was the lawsuit about?
DET. BAKER
A boy mauled by a dog in Fairmont
Park.
This rings a bell in Megan's head.
MEGAN:
Angela was mauled by a dog when she
was a teenager.
DET. MORRIS
So?
MEGAN:
So what's she doing defending a
case like that?
DET. MORRIS
(re:
Det. Baker)Didn't you hear her? She was
making partner.
DET. BAKER
The dog was owned by the Roberts
family. Old Philadelphia money.
One of the firm's biggest clients.
Megan takes out her cell phone and speed dials -
MEGAN:
(into phone)
Peter, got a pen? I want you to
run down an address for me.
As she waits, Det. Morris looms in front of her.
DET. MORRIS
Where do you think you're going?
MEGAN:
Why? You don't think I'll actually
catch the killer, do you?
*
*
*
*
Christopher Murphey -Body of Evidence -1/11/10 40.
ACT FOUR:
FADE IN:
EXT. NORTH PHILADELPHIA -DAY (DAY 2) *
Blocks of tattered apartment buildings, bulldozed lots,
graffitied walls and weeds growing chest high out of the
pavement. They call this area the "Badlands."
EXT. APARTMENT BUILDING -DAY (DAY 2) *
Peter leans against the hood of his car outside an apartment
building. He watches as another car pulls up and Megan and
Detectives Morris and Baker emerge. Peter hides a smile as
they approach.
PETER:
Hey, Bud. How's it going?
Det. Morris just scowls at him.
INT. HALLWAY -DAY (DAY 2) *
Det. Morris knocks. The door opens on a chain. Staring out
at them is CARL RIVERS, age 38. Det. Morris shows his badge.
DET. MORRIS
Carl Rivers, I'm Detective Morris.
We need to talk to you, Sir.
INT. CARL RIVERS' APARTMENT -DAY (DAY 2) *
Rivers sits at the kitchen table with Detectives Morris and
Baker standing before him, Megan and Peter hanging by the
door. Rivers' ADOLESCENT SON plays a video game on the tv in
the living room. His back is to them.
DET. MORRIS
You filed a lawsuit a year and a
half ago after a dog attacked your
son in Fairmont park.
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