Darrow & Darrow: In The Key of Murder Page #5

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TO PROTECT HER.

YEAH, WHA IS YOUR PLAN?

OUR PLAN:

IS TO FIND THE TRUTH.

RIGHT.

OKAY...

BUT YOU KNOW:

THAT SHE KILLED HIM, RIGHT?

I MEAN, YOU KNOW THAT?

[MILES]:
WELL, THA HAS YET TO BE PROVEN.

WELL, THANKS.

IF WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS,

WE'LL BE IN TOUCH.

DO YOU WANT SOME COFFEE?

MM...

I THINK IF I HAVE

ANY MORE COFFEE,

I'LL BE UP FOR A WEEK.

NOT THAT I CAN:

SLEEP ANYWAY.

WELL, YOU HAVE

TO DRINK SOMETHING.

YOU HAVE TO STAY HYDRATED.

OKAY, FIRST OFF,

COFFEE IS A DIURETIC.

SECOND, REALLY, CLAIRE?

THAT'S MY PROBLEM?

MY PROBLEM--

MY SISTER'S ON TRIAL FOR MURDER,

AND I'VE GOT TO STAY HYDRATED?

MY DAD USED TO SAY

THAT YOU HAVE TO HANDLE

WHAT YOU CAN, WHEN YOU CAN,

AND RIGHT NOW,

YOU CAN HANDLE STAYING HYDRATED.

MY DAD ALWAYS:

USED TO SAY,

"PICK THAT UP!"

I DON'T WANT ANYTHING.

THAT'S GOOD,

'CAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING

BUT GRAPE SODA.

GIVE ME A GRAPE SODA, PLEASE.

WHAT?

OH, YEAH, I'LL

HAVE A GRAPE SODA.

I LOVE GRAPE SODA.

WE HAVE GRAPE SODA?

NO, I USED TO DRINK TONS

OF GRAPE SODA AS A YOUTH.

THEY USED TO CALL ME

"THE GRAPE SODA KID".

PLEASE.

IT'S A WONDER YOU SURVIVED.

YOU DON'T LIKE GRAPE SODA?

I...

NEVER TRIED IT.

NEVER... YOU'VE NEVER TRIED...

ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

YOU'RE GOING TO TRY

A GRAPE SODA RIGHT NOW.

NO.

RIGHT NOW, TRY A GRAPE SODA.

NO.

TRY IT FOR ME.

OKAY...

FINE.

YOU DON'T THINK

SHE'S GUILTY, RIGHT?

NOT FOR A MINUTE.

OKAY.

YOU'RE NOT JUST SAYING THA 'CAUSE OF... ME?

NO.

NO, I'D FEEL BAD

FOR YOU,

BUT I WOULD DEFINITELY

TELL YOU:

IF I THOUGH SHE WAS GUILTY.

SHE'S NOT.

THANKS.

MM...

THAT TASTES:

NOTHING LIKE GRAPE.

I KNOW.

IT'S LIKE NO OTHER FLAVOR

KNOWN TO MAN.

IT'S EXCELLENT.

WHY DO THEY CALL IT GRAPE?

YOU'VE GOT TO CALL IT SOMETHING.

THAT'S THE LEGALESE.

MM.

I KIND OF LIKE IT.

[CHUCKLING]

I KNOW,

IT'S KIND OF AMAZING.

IT GROWS ON YOU.

SO...

NOW WOULD BE A TERRIBLE

TIME FOR A KISS...

RIGHT?

TOTALLY.

YEAH.

- SHALL WE WAIT 'TIL...

- YEAH.

- TILL OUR HEADS ARE CLEAR.

- TILL OUR HEADS ARE CLEAR.

RIGHT. YES. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

WELL...

GOOD NIGHT, COUNSELOR.

GOOD NIGHT.

I'VE GOT TO GE MORE OF THIS STUFF.

"IT IS A FAR, FAR BETTER THING

THAT I DO,

THAN I HAVE EVER DONE;

IT IS A FAR, FAR BETTER RES THAT I GO TO,

THAN I HAVE EVER KNOWN."

THE END.

SO HE WEN TO THE GUILLOTINE?

YEP.

FOR A GOOD CAUSE.

NICE BEDTIME STORY, MOM.

IT'S A CLASSIC.

I LIKED IT.

TOMORROW,

WE START ON OLIVER TWIST.

MOM?

YEAH?

I DON'T KNOW IF I WAN TO PLAY BASEBALL ANYMORE.

WHAT?

WHY NOT?

ARE THE BOYS:

BEING MEAN TO YOU?

NO, NO, THEY'RE NICE.

WHAT, IS THE COACH

GIVING YOU TROUBLE?

I DON'T THINK SO.

THEN WHAT IS IT?

THEY DON'T MAKE ME FEEL

LIKE I'M PART OF THE TEAM.

YOU KNOW, THEY...

THEY TREAT ME LIKE

I'M SOMETHING SPECIAL.

WELL, YOU ARE

SOMETHING SPECIAL.

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.

THEY TREAT ME:

LIKE I'M A GIRL.

OH, HONEY...

YOU ARE A GIRL.

I KNOW,

BUT I JUST...

I THINK IT'D BE

BETTER IF I QUIT...

YOU KNOW, FOCUS

ON DEBATE TEAM.

DO YOU LIKE BASEBALL?

I LOVE IT.

THEN YOU SHOULD DO

WHAT YOU LOVE.

I GUESS SO.

I'LL GIVE I ANOTHER SHOT.

JUST SEE HOW IT GOES.

YOU WERE LISTENING?

WELL, IT SAVES TIME.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

I THINK SHE JUST WANTS

TO BE A PART OF THE TEAM.

WELL, I KNOW

HOW SHE FEELS.

OH, SO THIS IS

ABOUT YOU, NOW?

IT'S ABOUT ME,

HER, YOU.

IT'S ABOUT ALL OF US.

I'M GOING TO

GIVE THAT COACH:

A PIECE OF MY MIND.

ALL RIGHT, CAN I--

CAN I JUST SAY SOMETHING?

CAN I STOP YOU?

REMEMBER WHEN YOU WERE LITTLE,

AND I USED TO TELL YOU

THAT YOU CAN CATCH MORE FLIES

WITH HONEY THAN WITH VINEGAR?

YEAH, YOU KNOW,

I NEVER UNDERSTOOD THAT.

WHY WOULD YOU WAN TO ATTRACT FLIES?

ALL RIGHT,

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.

JUST... LET ME TALK TO HIM.

YOU KNOW THAT I WAS VOTED

"MOST LIKELY

TO GET WHAT SHE WANTS"

IN MY SENIOR CLASS.

YEAH, HOW DID YOU WIN THAT,

ANYWAY?

I WANTED IT.

EASY.

YEAH, I TOOK

A LOT OF PICTURES

OF THAT LAST SESSION.

YOU KNOW, FOR PUBLICITY

AND FOR THE ALBUM COVER.

HERE THEY ARE.

DID ANYTHING:

STRIKE YOU AS ODD

ABOUT THAT LAST SESSION?

YOU MEAN ASIDE FROM TERRY

BEING A ROYAL SLEAZEBAG?

HE HAD HER SO UPSE THAT SHE FIDGETED

WITH HER MIC STAND

ALL THROUGH THE SESSION.

YOU CAN EVEN SEE THA IN THIS PICTURE.

I SWEAR, IT'S AS IF

HE LIKED TO SEE HER CRY.

WHAT DID HE SAY:

TO MAKE HER CRY?

SPECIFICALLY?

HE SAID SHE HAD NO TALEN AND THAT SHE WAS NOTHING

WITHOUT HIM.

OKAY, BUT...

CAN YOU THINK OF ANYONE

WHO WOULD WANT TO KILL HIM?

ONLY EVERYBODY:

WHO EVER MET HIM.

RIGHT.

THAT NARROWS IT DOWN.

THANKS.

SO, WAS THERE

ANYTHING UNUSUAL

ABOUT THE LAS RECORDING SESSION?

I'VE TOLD YOU, NO.

TERRY WAS ABUSIVE,

BUT THAT WAS NORMAL.

DID YOU ALWAYS HAVE

THAT MUCH TROUBLE

WITH YOUR MIC STAND?

I DON'T KNOW.

TERRY HAD ME SO RATTLED.

I WAS-- I WAS HAVING TROUBLE

WITH EVERYTHING.

THINK.

PLEASE.

UM...

I GUESS IT WAS A LITTLE...

I DON'T KNOW, SLIPPERY.

SO WHY DIDN'T YOU SWITCH IT OU FOR ANOTHER ONE?

I KNOW IT'S SILLY, BUT...

THAT PARTICULAR STAND

WAS KIND OF A GOOD LUCK CHARM.

I ALWAYS USED IT,

AND EVERYONE WOULD KID ME

ABOUT IT,

BUT WHEN I STOOD

IN FRONT OF THAT STAND...

I COULD REALLY SING.

HMM.

IT LOOKS LIKE:

AN ORDINARY MIC STAND.

I KNOW, BUT LOOK

AT THE COLOR PICTURE.

YOU SEE THE THING ON TOP

THAT YOU USE:

TO TIGHTEN IT?

IT'S RED.

THE CLIP?

YEAH, YOU KNEW THAT?

YEAH, I KNEW THAT.

WHAT, YOU DIDN'T?

NAH, I HAD

TO LOOK IT UP.

I'M WAY AHEAD OF YOU.

WHY ARE WE LOOKING

FOR THIS?

I DON'T KNOW.

IT IS JUST A HUNCH.

YEAH, WELL...

ALL RIGHT.

HUNCH IS GOOD.

HUNCH IS ALL WE HAVE.

AH!

WHAT?

I JUST...

I SWORE I WOULDN' LET HER DOWN AGAIN,

AND NOW,

HERE WE ARE.

YOU SAID THAT EARLIER...

AND PHOEBE SWORE

THAT YOU NEVER DID

LET HER DOWN.

WELL, SHE...

SHE'S BEING KIND.

SHE WAS...

WHEN MY DAD AND HIS WIFE DIED,

SHE WAS JUST A TEENAGER,

YOU KNOW,

AND...

THAT'S A ROUGH TIME

TO BE AN ORPHAN,

AND I WAS STARTING OU AS A LAWYER, YOU KNOW,

HUNGRY, GOT TO SUCCEED,

SO I WASN'T REALLY THERE

FOR HER, YOU KNOW,

AT LEAST NOT THE WAY

I SHOULD HAVE BEEN,

AND SHE GOT IN TROUBLE,

LOST HER WAY.

MM, I'M SORRY.

YEAH.

THEN... YOU KNOW...

SHE DISCOVERED MUSIC...

YOU KNOW,

DISCOVERED THIS,

AND IT...

IT SAVED HER.

YOU KNOW,

SHE CLEANED HERSELF UP,

STARTED OVER.

I WAS STARTING TO MAKE MONEY

AS A LAWYER,

SO I COULD PUT HER THROUGH

A FINE ARTS COLLEGE.

THAT WAS NICE,

YOU GAVE HER...

I MEAN,

YOU HELPED HER THERE, RIGHT?

RIGHT, BUT THAT WAS

AFTER THE FACT.

YOU KNOW, TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE.

SHE SAVED HERSELF,

WHICH IS WHY I NEED

TO SAVE HER NOW.

I OWE HER.

I REMEMBER WHEN MY FATHER DIED.

I SWORE I WOULDN'T LET HIS FIRM

GO UNDER.

AND... YOU DIDN'T.

YEAH...

AND YOU...

YOU WON'T LET PHOEBE DOWN.

THANK YOU.

SORRY, I DIDN'T KNOW

YOU WERE, UM...

WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN HERE?

WE WERE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING.

A MIC STAND.

OH, UH,

WE HAVE LOTS OF THOSE.

NO, NOT...

NO ORDINARY MIC STAND.

THIS ONE.

UH...

WOW, YEAH.

YOU RECOGNIZE IT?

UH, YEP,

THAT'S PHOEBE'S

FAVORITE MIC STAND.

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