Darrow & Darrow: In The Key of Murder Page #10

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IT WAS ONE OF PHOEBE'S SONGS.

WHY DID SHE DO THAT?

I THINK:

HE REQUESTED IT.

HMM, WELL...

HER E-MAIL

READS AS FOLLOWS...

"I THINK I SING THIS SONG

MUCH BETTER:

THAN THAT NO-TALENT PHOEBE."

[LAUGHING]

SHE WAS JOKING.

WAS SHE?

HERE'S TERRY'S REPLY.

"PATHETIC.

STICK TO BEING A BACK-UP SINGER.

YOU CAN JUST BARELY DO THAT."

HE WAS JOKING.

HILARIOUS.

HOW DID YOUR WIFE REACT?

SHE LAUGHED,

YOU KNOW.

TELL ME, WHY WASN'T YOUR WIFE

AT THE CLUB:

THE NIGHT TERRY WAS MURDERED?

SHE WAS AT HOME.

SHE WASN'T.

WE HAVE SECURITY FOOTAGE

FROM THE GAS STATION

AT YOUR CORNER.

IT SHOWS NORAH LAROCHELLE

GETTING GAS:

AT 12:
10 A.M.,

THAT EVENING.

NOW, WHY WOULD SHE DO THA UNLESS SHE WAS COMING HOME

FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE?

UNLESS SHE WENT OU JUST AFTER MIDNIGH TO FILL THE TANK?

THAT.

SHE DID THAT.

OR WAS SHE COMING BACK

FROM TERRY YASBECK'S STUDIO?

SHE WASN'T.

YOUR WIFE RESENTED

PHOEBE'S SUCCESS, DIDN'T SHE?

SHE HATED BEING:

A BACK-UP SINGER

JUST A FEW FEET FROM STARDOM.

SHE THOUGHT,

WITH PHOEBE OUT OF THE WAY,

EVAN CARLTON WOULD MAKE HER

A BIG STAR.

DIDN'T SHE?

IS THAT WHY SHE KILLED

TERRY YASBECK?

OBJECTION!

NO, SHE DIDN'T!

I DID.

I SHOT HIM.

IT'S A TRICK,

YOU IDIOT!

SHUT UP!

ORDER!

[JONAH]:

SHE KNOWS!

SHE KNOWS EVERYTHING!

I KNOW WHAT,

JONAH?

THAT YOUR WIFE:

KILLED TERRY YASBECK,

AND YOU HELPED HER?

YES. NO!

I DID IT ALL BY MYSELF.

[NORAH]:

NO, HE DIDN'T.

I DID IT.

HE DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT I UNTIL AFTERWARDS.

[COURTROOM CHATTING]

YOUR HONOR, CAN WE TALK?

- YAY, CLAIRE!

- CHEERS!

THANK YOU.

WELL, I DIDN'T LET YOU DOWN.

I KNEW YOU WOULDN'T.

THANK YOU.

YOU'RE SO WELCOME.

YOU'RE THE BEST.

SO, USING A RECORDING

TO TIME-SHIFT THE MURDER,

SMEARING THE MIC STAND

WITH BRAKE FLUID...

WHAT WOULD OCCAM THINK OF THAT?

I'D SAY...

HE'D PROBABLY THINK

IT WAS PRETTY COMPLICATED,

BUT HE DID LIVE:

IN THE 14TH CENTURY.

MURDER WAS SIMPLER

BACK THEN.

CLAIRE?

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

- THANK YOU.

- OH, OF COURSE.

YOU ARE:

A MIRACLE WORKER.

I'M NOT.

I ACTUALLY THOUGHT YOU

SUSPECTED ME FOR A MINUTE.

YEAH,

I TOTALLY DID,

AND YOU KNOW,

I STILL DON'T KNOW

HOW JONAH GOT PHOEBE'S ALBUM

ON YOUR COMPUTER,

BUT THAT WAS BRILLIANT.

WHAT ABOUT THE ACCIDEN IN THE GARAGE?

STAGED TO DEFLEC ATTENTION FROM JONAH.

NORAH HIT HIM ON THE HEAD

AND STARTED THE CAR.

OH, SWEET COUPLE.

AREN'T THEY?

HEY, WHERE'D YOUR BROTHER GO?

UM, HE'S SOMEWHERE

AROUND HERE.

I'M NOT SURE.

OKAY.

THANK YOU!

[CLAIRE]:

MOM?

GOOD JOB SETTLING

THAT LEMONADE CASE.

YEAH, I CALL I THE WHEN LIFE

GIVES YOU LEMONS AFFAIR.

YEAH, OKAY,

THAT SOUNDS GOOD.

WELL, ACTUALLY,

MAYBE I'M STILL WORKING ON THAT.

OKAY...

AND YOU DIDN'T EVEN HAVE

TO GO TO COURT.

THAT'S THE BEST WAY

TO RESOLVE THINGS.

I'M PROUD OF YOU,

AND...

I'VE BEEN THINKING,

AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE

OUR DIFFERENCES,

AND THERE ARE GOING

TO BE CHALLENGES AHEAD,

BUT I WOULD REALLY LIKE

TO OFFER YOU...

TO OFFER ME MORE CASES?

YEAH, I'D LIKE

TO OFFER YOU SOME MORE CASES.

AND YOU'RE GOING

TO MAKE ME A PARTNER?

ASSOCIATE.

WHAT IS WITH THE PARTNER?

OKAY, I CAN WAIT...

BUT NOT TOO LONG.

HUG.

AW.

AW, THANKS.

OKAY.

[LOUDLY CLEARING THROAT]

OH, AND...

GOOD JOB, EVERYBODY, GREAT.

GREAT.

GREAT WORK.

AH...

HOMAGE.

TO THE VICTOR:

GOES THE COFFEE.

THANK YOU.

- YOU'RE WELCOME.

- WHERE'S YOURS?

WELL...

YOU HAVE TO BUY ME ONE

BECAUSE YOU WON,

BUT I WON, TOO.

WE BOTH WON,

DIDN'T WE?

ALTHOUGH I WILL SAY,

YOU KNOW...

YOU HAD FAITH,

AND I DIDN'T, NOT SO MUCH.

YOU ALWAYS BELIEVED

SHE WAS INNOCENT.

YEAH, NO, I DIDN'T THINK

MY SISTER WAS A MURDERER.

SO HOW COULD WE LOSE?

YOU'RE...

YOU'RE AMAZING.

SEE, I'M A D.A.

I DON'T THINK LIKE THAT.

WELL, MAYBE YOU SHOULD START.

MAYBE THAT'S YOUR PROBLEM.

MAYBE I SHOULD START.

YOU'RE RIGHT.

SO, DINNER,

SATURDAY NIGHT?

YEAH, LET'S DO IT,

BUT NO SHOP TALK, RIGHT?

- NO SHOP TALK...

- OKAY.

FOR TEN MINUTES,

AND THEN MAYBE:

SOME SHOP TALK.

TOO BAD WE DON'T HAVE

GRAPE SODA.

YOU HAVE GRAPE SODA.

I HAVE GRAPE SODA.

WELL DONE, COUNSELOR.

LET'S CELEBRATE,

COUNSELOR.

YOU READY, MOM?

YES, JUST A SEC.

WELL, COME ON,

LET'S GO!

YOUR DAUGHTER'S ABOU TO PITCH A PERFECT GAME.

DON'T JINX ME!

COACH SAYS:

HE'S GOING TO LET ME

PITCH FOR A FEW INNINGS,

YOU KNOW,

JUST SEE HOW I DO.

THAT IS GREAT.

YOU'RE GOING TO GE NOTHING BUT STRIKE-OUTS.

MOM, DON'T YOU JINX ME, TOO!

SORRY, HONEY.

WHAT DO YOU WANT US TO SAY?

JUST QUIET CONFIDENCE

WITH NO EXPECTATIONS.

[JOANNA]:
OKAY,

HOW ABOUT...

YOU ARE GOING:

TO BE PERFECTLY ADEQUATE!

THAT'S BETTER.

GO ADEQUATE!

HEY, WE NEVER HAD

OUR WEEKLY MEETING

THIS WEEK.

OH, I KNEW THERE WAS SOMETHING

GREAT ABOUT THIS WEEK.

ME FIRST.

UGH.

MY PLAN IS TO PITCH WELL

IN TODAY'S GAME.

MY GOAL IS TO WRITE A GOOD PAPER

FOR MY SOCIAL STUDIES CLASS,

AND MY ASPIRATION...

WHAT DO YOU THINK

ABOUT ME TRYING OU FOR THE VARSITY FOOTBALL TEAM?

YOU'RE KIDDING, RIGHT?

I'M KIDDING.

SHE GETS THIS:

FROM YOU.

I HAVE NEVER:

BEEN MORE PROUD.

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