Brief Reunion Page #5

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Mark (o. S.):
Yeah? Has there

been any word? Any leads?

Aaron:
So are they calling him

a missing person yet?

Simone:
Finally.

Aaron:
We'll do anything we can

to help.

Tom:
Uh. Can we uh, speak in

private?

Aaron:
Sure. Um

Tom:
Maybe outside? And then we

should be going.

Tom:
I know he's dead.

Aaron:
You do?

Tom:
Yeah. It's hard to

explain. I just... I just know.

Aaron:
I see.

Tom:
Well. And he, he sent me this sort

of cryptic e-mail the day before he...

Tom:
Disappeared saying that if

anything happened to him,

That it was all in a folder with

my name on his computer.

Aaron:
Really?

Tom:
I didn't wanna get into

this in front of Simone.

Aaron:
Oh. No.

Tom:
And he sent me his

password but it's not working.

Aaron:
Hm.

Tom:
You don't think you

might've locked it up or something

by trying and

failing too many times?

Aaron:
No. I didn't even try to

guess it. I tried to bypass it,

but he had it set up so you

couldn't. Or anyway I couldn't.

Tom:
I see. Well. The police have an expert

coming up from Concord to work on it, so...

Hopefully they'll get into it.

Aaron:
Okay.

Tom:
You don't know anything about the kind

of people he's doing this drug deal with?

Where they were from?

Aaron:
Unfortunately. No.

Tom:
Well look. Aaron,

Tom:
If you're holding anything

back, like, because you're

thinking he's still alive, to

protect him, I understand.

Tom:
He would've appreciated

that. But,

I think you should

tell them everything you know.

Aaron:
Unfortunately. Like I said,

I left as soon as he brought it up.

I didn't want to know.

[Sound]:
WHEELBARROW WHEELS.

CACAPHONY OF CRICKETS

Lea:
It's just a dream. Aaron.

It's just a dream.

Lea:
Okay. Shh. It's okay.

[Music]:
PIZZICATO VIOLINS.

SLOW AND DELIBERATE

[sound]:
OFFSCREEN VOICES -

INDISTINC:

Katie:
These detectives are

here to speak with you.

Aaron:
Oh. Uh, okay.

Pond:
I'm detective Pond. Major

Crimes, from Concord.

Miller:
Detective Miller.

Aaron:
Uh. In my office?

Pond:
Thanks for your time.

Pond:
Does the name Gitta

Girard mean anything to you?

Aaron:
Yes.

Pond:
You know her?

Aaron:
Well I knew her. A long time

ago. In Europe, after college. Why?

Miller:
When was the last time

you saw her?

Aaron:
I don't even remember.

Pond:
Recently?

Aaron:
No.

Pond:
Well. Is there anything else you

can tell us that relates to this drug deal?

Aaron:
No. Like I said, I didn't

want to know anything about it.

Miller:
Um. Why did you try to

hack into his computer?

Aaron:
Well. Simone, his

girlfriend, say you guys, uh,

Aaron:
So I was trying to

find some information...

...to convince you to

do something earlier.

Pond:
We might have if we'd

known about this drug deal.

Aaron:
Well. Like you,

I thought we should wait...

...a little bit to see if

he was really missing.

Miller:
Give him some time to

close the deal?

Aaron:
No.

Pond:
We're just trying to find

your friend.

[Sound]:
TYPING ON COMPUTER

KEYBOARD:

Aaron:
So. What did they ask

you about before I got here?

Katie:
They said I shouldn't

discuss it with anyone else.

Aaron:
I don't think they meant

me.

Katie:
I think maybe they did.

Aaron:
I think they meant

like friends and family.

People who aren't

involved in the case.

Katie:
Am I involved?

Aaron:
Well technically.

Through me because I know him,

and you met him when he came to

the office.

Katie:
They asked me about that

Saturday.

The day after your friend, the

day after Mr. Gish disappeared.

Aaron:
You told them I was

working at the office?

Katie:
Yeah.

Aaron:
Good.

Katie:
And that you left as

soon as I got here.

Katie:
And that you weren't

exactly thrilled...

...when he came by here

looking for you earlier.

Aaron:
That's not really any of

their business.

Katie:
Do you think he's dead?

Aaron:
He'll turn up. Don't

worry.

Katie:
How do you know?

Aaron:
He may be in a lot of

trouble, but, he'll turn up.

Lea:
The police were here looking

for you. Right after you left.

Aaron:
I spoke with them at the

office.

Lea:
What did they wanna know?

Aaron:
Well. Since I was apparently

the last one who saw him ali...

I was the last person

to see him that night.

Lea:
Alive? Aaron: Last

person to see him that night.

Lea:
You think he's dead?

Aaron:
Honestly, Lea? I wouldn't

be all that surprised if he was.

Lea:
Oh my god, don't say that.

Aaron:
Well given what he was

up to? Did they talk to you?

Aaron:
About what?

Lea:
What time you left and

came back.

Aaron:
That's it?

Lea:
And what I knew about your

relationship with Teddy.

Aaron:
What did you tell them?

Lea:
The truth.

Aaron:
Which is what?

Lea:
When did you guys first

meet Tom?

Aaron:
I don't know. Uh...

freshman year I guess.

Lea:
You know he's dead.

Aaron:
What?

Lea:
Yeah. That's why you were

so shocked to see Tom.

Aaron:
No. Lea: You

didn't know he had a twin.

Aaron:
Yes. I did.

Lea:
No, neither did Mark,

not until I told him the other

night.

Aaron:
No.

Lea:
You were in the other room.

Mark said you guys didn't know.

Aaron:
He doesn't know

everything I know.

Lea:
You just said you guys

both met him in college.

Aaron:
Maybe I was wrong. Maybe

Mark didn't meet him.

Lea:
Aaron. Something is not...

Aaron:
He must've forgotten.

Lea:
Aaron. What is going on?

Lea:
Whatever it is, you can

tell me.

Aaron:
I killed him.

Aaron:
By accident but nobody's

gonna believe that.

Lea:
Oh my god.

Aaron:
I... I punched him. And

he fell and hit his head.

Lea:
Why did you punch him?

Aaron:
He threatened you.

Aaron:
He was trying to scare me

into giving him the money he wanted.

Aaron:
He implied that bad things

might happen to you if I didn't.

Lea:
Like what? Aaron: I don't

know. That's when I hit him.

Lea:
Oh my god

Lea:
Where is his body?

Aaron:
It's better that you

don't know.

Lea:
Aaron, we have to call the

police. You have to tell them.

Aaron:
And go to prison?

Lea:
You have to turn yourself in. You,

you've made this bad enough already.

Aaron:
I'm not going to prison

because of that guy.

Lea:
So the whole drug deal

thing? You just made that up?

Lea:
Oh my god.

[Sound]:
BEEPS - DIALING PHONE

Aaron:
No.

[Sound]:
BEEP - HANGING UP

PHONE:

Aaron:
They can't make you

testify against me.

Lea:
You have to tell them,

Aaron.

They might not believe it

was an accident if you don't.

Lea:
They're gonna figure it

out.

Aaron:
How? He just disappeared.

After a while, no one will miss him.

Lea:
What about Simone?

Aaron:
She's better off without him.

Lea:
His parents?

Aaron:
They're dead.

Lea:
His brother. Tom? Aaron:

No one will miss him, Lea.

Lea:
How can you say that?

Aaron:
We can do this.

Lea:
Where did you put him,

Aaron?

[Sound]:
PUTS PHONE BACK IN

CRADLE:

Aaron:
Do I deserve to go to

prison for defending you?

Lea:
If you tell them now, you

might not have to.

Aaron:
They won't believe it

was an accident.

Lea:
Not if you wait for them

to figure it out.

Aaron:
What's done is done.

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