Bond of Silence Page #6

I want them to find the guilty person.

Do you?

Yes. But it's just--

If this is your strategy,

it's not working.

Yeah, well,

no one gave me a rule book.

I gotta go.

Katy, don't--

I can't believe you just said that.

Jordan, if you know what happened

to my husband,

and you're keeping quiet

to protect your friends--

Mrs. McIntosh.

Yeah, I'm leaving.

Please.

I'm leaving, I'm leaving.

Mrs. McIntosh, wait.

I didn't keep quiet.

I was the one who called the police.

I left the room after I saw Keith

punch your husband.

I don't know anything else.

If I did, I would tell you.

And the others,

do they know what happened?

I think so, some of them, but

they will never talk about it

around me.

Jordan, thank you. Thank you.

You were the snitch.

Hi, Katy. What can I do for you?

Jordan Mathers believes

that some of the kids

do know what happened.

Okay, that's helpful. Of course,

we've known that all along.

No one's ever said those words.

Now you can bring them in

and interrogate them.

Again. Yeah, you know,

I can interrogate them 16 more times.

When you put this much pressure

on a group of kids,

they band together

and protect each other.

Are you talking about my lawsuit?

You're allowed to sue.

But it's hard to exploit cracks

in a group when they're

bonding together,

hiring attorneys to tell them

to shut their mouth.

I thought I was helping.

To help, trust us to do our jobs.

Trust isn't my strongest suit

right now.

There's stuff going on

I just can't discuss.

I know. I get it, Paul.

I am on your side.

I am not your enemy, Katy.

Yeah, well, sometimes

it doesn't feel like that.

I'm-- I'm, uh--

I'm sorry.

I don't know if I can keep doing this.

Maybe I should just move back

to Portland, be close to my family.

I got uppers, downers.

Got weed, really good stuff.

Like really primo stuff.

- We're talking at least three.

- Three?

- At least.

Looks like I got a couple

new customers.

Go get us some beers.

All right. All right.

Yeah, so, I mean, this stuff is...

You sure you don't want me

to go in with you?

We can talk to the principal

and tell him what's going on.

No, then they'll just think

I ratted them out twice.

I know you feel bad,

but you did the right thing.

When did I ever do the right thing?

I lied to the police in the beginning,

I lied to you, I lied to my friends.

If you have to make yourself

an accomplice to murder

to prove your loyalty to friends,

it's time to get new friends.

You think?

Bye.

Bye.

Hey.

I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.

I know.

I thought Pat was gonna smack me

after you left.

No, no--

She should've.

You helped me see things differently.

I'm dropping the lawsuit.

You're what?

Yeah, I thought that it would help

convince the kids to talk,

but I was wrong.

I've been wrong

about a lot of things lately.

No, I never should have said

what I said.

I was way out of line.

No, Sandy, I just...

I want you to understand

that this isn't about vengeance.

Wanna get some tea?

Yes.

I don't blame you guys

for being mad.

Oh, we are way beyond mad.

I know. You're scared too.

You should be scared.

I am. I've been freaked out

since New Year's Eve.

So you had Keith arrested?

I just wanted to tell what I saw.

We don't want the cops to know

what you saw.

Why not?

No one was trying to kill anyone

that night.

I'm not gonna rot in prison

and be somebody's b*tch.

Do you understand that?

Why would you be going to prison?

Unless you were the one who kicked

Bob McIntosh in the head.

Where'd you hear that? Huh?

Did Ryan tell you that?

No.

Is that why he's losing it right now?

Because he knows that you did it

and he's afraid to tell anyone?

Look at him.

Guy thinks he's in "Call of Duty."

Whoa. Whoa.

Hey, man.

Hey, Ryan, come on, chill out.

Come smoke some of this joint,

soak in the beauty of nature.

He's a tortured soul.

Yeah? And why is that?

Sorry.

It's just a BB gun.

I'm so sorry. I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

I didn't even know it was you.

I'm sorry. Shh.

No, it's okay, it's okay.

I shouldn't have done that.

We broke up.

Why? Why can't we be together?

Why can't we go back

to the way things were?

I miss you so much.

We just can't.

It's like you dropped out

of your whole life.

It's like you're another person.

Guess I am.

Ryan, please.

Just drop it, Jordan.

What did Aaron do?

I know you remember.

Is she tripping or what?

You were there?

Yeah.

So you know how that guy died?

Yeah.

Give me a kiss night-night.

I love you.

I love you. Night-night.

Sweet dreams.

Mommy?

Yeah, honey?

Jeremy said that I should hurt

those guys that killed Daddy.

Oh, no, baby.

That's the last thing that we want.

We don't want any more people hurt.

Do I have to stop thinking

about Daddy?

No. We are never gonna

forget about Daddy.

Forgiving doesn't mean forgetting.

Your daddy is always gonna be

right here, right in our hearts.

Okay?

All right, you have Lion?

Mm-hm.

Okay, give me a kiss.

Hello.

Katy. Paul Jackson.

I wanted you to know

we brought Ryan Aldridge in tonight.

You did?

Our undercover guys got him on tape

saying he knows

who killed your husband.

Finally.

You've gotta be kidding me.

Couldn't get Ryan to talk.

He's reluctant to say anything

that might put a friend in prison.

You're not thinking of letting him go.

What choices do I have?

I could book him on obstruction,

but he'll just get an attorney

to cry entrapment and get him off.

Look, Katy, um...

You think you're gonna find closure

in the justice system, and you won't.

Then let me talk to him.

No. No.

Why?

That's not the way things are done.

No, you could jeopardize the case.

Ruin the case? What case?

You have nothing.

You just said

that he will probably walk.

Why do you think you can get

more out of him than we have?

Because I'm a mother,

and I know how to talk to kids.

He's probably scared.

I know I have been

since New Year's Eve.

Paul, please.

I should have every right

to look him in the eye,

and ask him what happened

if he knows anything.

I don't know.

Paul, this is your chance

to close the case.

You're a piece of work,

you know that?

All right.

I'll tell the DA you'll sue us

if we don't give you a shot.

Thank you.

You ready?

I have no idea

what I'm gonna say to him.

Katy McIntosh at a loss for words?

Now, remember, the DA has put

a 30-minute time limit on this.

Okay.

Not much of a conversation

and this kid has perfected

the art of playing deaf.

So I got a guy right outside the room.

I'll be on the other side of the wall.

Come on.

You sure you wanna do this alone?

You don't have to.

Yes, I do.

In my mind,

you looked so different.

I have a son,

and a daughter too.

They're twins.

Two for one. Heh.

I've got some pictures,

if you wanna see.

There, um...

That's Bob with the kids.

And, um...

I think they were around 4

when that picture was taken.

That's Josh and there's Sara.

I call her Sara-bear.

Sara's more like me. She...

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