Double Jeopardy Page #5

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Wait a minute. Wait!

I have $100,000 in the safe here.

You can have that now.

I'll get you the rest tomorrow.

You got a deal.

Mrs Parsons can still make a lot

of trouble for us, even from prison.

- I don't need that.

- I think I've solved that problem.

Let's just say the problem has been

buried. She's gone, I promise you.

You're not very good

at keeping promises.

- You going to do something?

- Me? She's the one with the gun.

They're tough in Louisiana. Shoot me,

and they'll give you the gas chamber.

No, they won't.

It's called double jeopardy.

I can shoot you in the middle of

Mardis Gras and they can't touch me.

As an ex-law professor,

I can assure you she's right.

Where's my son?

In St Alban's School, in Georgia.

You have your son back,

you got what you want.

I haven't felt that good in six years.

I want you to suffer like I suffered.

What she means is,

you're going to prison. For murder.

- Who did I supposedly murder?

- Me.

- All you have is an old fax photo.

- The motive.

Your wife, whom you had framed,

tracks you down, so you kill her.

- You won't get away with it.

- I think I've solved thatproblem.

Let'sjustsay the problem has been

buried. She's gone, lpromise you.

Taped confessions

are very persuasive in court.

Plus the physical evidence

we'll put in the car.

- Shovel, hair, my fingerprints, blood.

- And gasoline.

It'll look like you burned and buried

me, just like you said on the tape.

The prosecution rests.

You better get out of here.

You can't be around if the police

are arresting a guy for your murder.

Wait a minute. I'll take that gun.

- Well, Lehman, you gonna live?

- I doubt it.

Since you're still legally his wife,

you inherited a fine little hotel here.

Not interested.

- I guess I'm gonna take off now.

- No, you're not.

You're a parole violator.

You're going back with me to Seattle,

where I'll demand a full pardon,

and a parade,

and a little pink poodle, on a key-chain.

What are you waiting for?

Go on.

I don't know if I've ever been

so scared in my whole life.

I think a big part of me

never thought I'd really find him.

What if he doesn't recognise me?

Maybe after all this time...

Because of you I have lost a good

used car and a not-so-good job.

If you don't go to him right now,

I'll have you arrested... for stupidity.

Go on.

Thanks, Lehman. You saved my life.

You saved mine, too.

- Coach Matthews. How you doing?

- Nice to meet you.

It'll be half-time soon.

Matty...

Matty.

Hi.

Do you know who I am?

- They told me you were dead.

- No, sweetheart.

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