China Moon Page #3

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I'm sorry.

Can we go away?

Yeah.

You mean it?

Let's go today.

I love you.

- You want me to come in with you?

- No, if he comes in you can't be there.

- How much time do you need?

- Fifteen minutes.

All right. I'll wait in the street.

Rupert?

Are you coming or going?

Now, just hold on there a minute.

I'm leaving.

Now, give me the bag,

and we'll talk about this.

No.

Give me the bag.

What we got in here?

Everything but the kitchen sink, my God.

I'm calling the police.

Don't you touch me.

We'll talk about it in the morning.

I just want my conjugal rights.

- Let me go!

- You're not going anywhere.

- Where did you get that?

- Get away.

Rachel, give me the gun.

Get away.

- Rachel.

- Get away!

Rachel?

Oh, Jesus.

What happened?

He threw me against the wall.

He wouldn't let me go.

I thought he was going to kill me.

I've got to call the police.

It's justifiable homicide.

- You can't.

- Lf I don't call the police, it's a murder.

It's an unregistered gun.

I didn't check out of the hotel.

They'll say I came back here to kill him.

Did you?

No.

You've got to help me, Kyle, please.

If you ever loved me, trust me now.

Put down the phone, please.

I'll go to prison. Help me.

You said you'd protect me. Do it now.

Don't call them.

Please.

Put down the phone.

Okay.

A nine millimetre.

- How many times did you shoot him?

- Twice.

- Where were you, and where was he?

- I was here. He was over there.

Give me a change of clothes,

and I need some rope.

Some rope and some sacks.

Go back to the car.

Get the sacks and the rope.

Be right back.

If they begin to suspect us,

they're going to say all kinds of things...

...to try to turn us against each other.

They'll try to make us betray each other,

and you can't believe them.

- Just tell me what to do.

- You go straight to the hotel.

Don't let anybody see you go in,

and don't call me.

- Here you are, ma'am.

- Thank you.

- Hello.

- Ky/e, / know you said not to ca//.

Hold on.

- Are you all right?

- I can't go back there.

You have to.

Call his office.

Wait a day. Then call the police.

Rache/, you can't ca// me here again.

You understand?

Okay.

/'// ca// you when / can.

- How come you're so quiet about this girl?

- What do you want to know?

- She's got long fingernails?

- Not particularly, no.

How come you're all cut up?

Hi, June, I'd like to speak to Rupert, please.

He hasn't come in yet, Mrs. Munro.

We're trying to locate him right now.

- Would you have him call me when you do?

- Yes, / wi//.

Thank you.

Kyle, remember the bank, Munro?

- We're out at his house?

- Yeah.

His little wife just reported him

missing in action.

Thanks.

When was the last time

you saw your husband?

The day after you were here.

Thursday last?

Yes, it's the day I went to Miami.

And you came back yesterday?

Did you call your husband

while you were in Miami?

No.

Do you know if he was in any danger,

if there was anyone...

...that might wish to harm him?

- No.

- Has he done this before?

- Has he done what?

- Travelled unexpectedly?

- No.

You mind if we take a look

around the house?

Go ahead.

Thank you.

Was your husband here alone

while you were away?

Yes.

Did you notice anything funny

about the house when you came back?

No.

No open doors or windows?

No.

- How long has that been broken?

- A couple of weeks.

They're easy enough to fix, you know.

How'd it break?

Closing it, I think.

What kind of car was your husband driving,

ma'am?

Black Buick.

- You want to canvas?

- Yeah.

Let's take a look at the rest

of the house first.

- Did you see how nervous she was?

- Was she?

She was so tight you could have bounced

a golf ball off of her.

The window was jammed. It didn't move.

Yeah, so?

She was lying.

You think she was lying

about the rest of it?

I don't know.

- What's up?

- It's his car.

It's clean.

- How long's it been here?

- We don't know.

Light bulb here is busted.

Someone knew what they were doing.

They'll want to see you again.

- Why?

- They found his car.

- They're going to ask you some questions.

- I'm scared.

It's going to be okay.

You just got to stick with your story.

She's a cuckoo bird.

She's had psychiatric care

for four years off and on.

She tried to commit suicide

with a mouth full of valiums...

...and she's filed for divorce two times.

Munro's car was wiped clean.

No fingerprints.

If this was murder,

someone knew what they were doing.

It wasn't no cuckoo bird.

Good work.

Will you please state your name

and present address?

Mrs. Rachel Munro.

I live at 201 Cypress Avenue.

The evening we were called

to your residence, July 17...

...did your husband strike you?

I guess he did.

Why?

I don't know.

We have arguments sometimes.

- What was the argument on that night?

- You don't have to answer that.

My husband was accusing me

of having an extramarital affair.

Had you?

Mr. Dickey, my client is here

to make a statement...

...regarding where she was at the time,

not her sexual druthers.

- How many times did he strike you?

- It wasn't much of anything.

In Detective Bodine's report,

it states there are clear signs...

...of physical abuse.

A slap.

What happened after Detective Dickey

and I left your home?

I slept on the side porch,

and in the morning I called a taxi.

It took me to the airport,

and I took a 10:
00 flight to Miami.

You were there Thursday through Sunday,

returning Monday morning.

Yes.

Did you call your husband from the hotel?

No.

I wanted to be alone.

- Did you call anyone else?

- No.

- You returned Monday the 22nd, right?

- Right.

- What time did you arrive?

- About 11:
00.

- Did you call anyone when you got home?

- Yes.

Who did you call?

- The first person?

- Yeah.

I phoned my husband's office.

I spoke to his secretary.

Who else did you call?

No one.

I thought if your husband was the first,

there would have been someone else.

There was no one else.

Saturday night before your husband

was first missed...

...a neighbour noticed your houselights

were on until 3:
00 in the morning.

- Could someone have been there?

- I don't know.

Mrs. Munro, we're going to want

to take another look at the house.

- Are they inside?

- Yeah.

Maybe they'll find him under the bed.

- Where was she?

- She was in Miami at the Registry Hotel.

Checked in Thursday last,

checked out Monday morning.

Now, Saturday night at 9:37,

she called her husband here...

...and got him just before he went out.

At 11:
41 p.m., she called him again

at the Brayton Country Club.

She said she didn't call anyone

from the hotel.

Yeah, that's what she said.

Sunday...

...at 10:
00 a.m., she had brunch poolside.

Stayed there all day.

They got her signature and everything.

What do you think?

I don't know.

She was in Miami.

Maybe she got one of her lover-boys

to kill him.

Maybe. Maybe you're guessing.

No, I'm not.

Hell, everybody knows.

She's going to get a load of dough.

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