Edge of Darkness Page #4

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she wasn't in the tunnels.

What happened to the

people that went in?

There's a protocol.

It's Bennett. He's insane.

In case of a breach, they

release irradiated steam.

Now I can't prove this,

and you can't prove it,

these are clever,

clever f***ers, right?

You're a cop. You've

got to help me.

Yeah. Sure. Yeah,

I will help you.

Just come with me.

Tell me the truth.

We'll get you deposed

by a lawyer.

No. I'm sorry, no.

I like you, you're Emma's dad.

But you have to go.

Alright. You can always

change your mind.

In the meantime,

here, this is yours.

It's loaded.

That's illegal in

Massachusetts.

Everything is illegal

in Massachusetts.

What does it feel like?

Hmm?

- Good evening, Senator.

- Good evening, glad to be here.

Senator, two days ago you

gave a speech in which you

criticized your colleague Senator

Stafford, for his position

- We all have positions.

- But Senator...

I think the American people

are asking, with good reason,

whether the price they've paid

for their security is too high.

With respect, that's an answer

one would expect, but how

does it jibe, Senator, with

your support for secret

research facilities in

Massachusetts?

I'm curious about what

you just asked of me.

If you're asking...

...about this administrations

failed policies...

Senator, what can you tell

me about Northmoor?

I'm not familiar with the

business practices of...

Their parent company is one

of your biggest donors.

All I can say about my

donors is that they are

completely vetted and

above board.

Senator, there is a serious

and growing petition movement

to ban military research and

development in Massachusetts.

I understand that. But people

have to realize the importance

of R&D of every kind to

Massachusetts economy.

Now, to answer your questions

about some other stuff...

I fully agree with his

desires to expand...

I never had kids.

Maybe it's better not to have

had one than to see one die.

No.

It's worth everything

to have one.

Public drinking is illegal

in Massachusetts.

Everything is illegal

in Massachusetts.

Payback for the tea party.

You've ever had

wine before?

Not with any pleasure.

Besides, with you, I think I'd

have to switch glasses

when you weren't looking.

My daughter was irradiated.

I dont know how exactly,

but I think it was our

friends at Northmoor.

Later she was gunned

down in my home.

And I want to know what

you would think about that.

I had a source that said the

Nightflower people were

intentionally exposed to

radiation while in the tunnels,

but that source is dead now.

He wasn't a bad guy.

No.

Now you know

better than anyone

cases like these

are never solved.

Simply too complicated,

too much hard work.

There is a lot going on

out there in this world.

You just never can

connect "A" to "B".

How do you know that?

Because I'm usually the guy

that stops you connecting

"A" to "B".

It's part of what I do.

If I was an employee

at Northmoor,

and I wanted to blow the

whistle on something...

what would I be blowing

the whistle on?

Let's take a walk and

we can talk about it.

I'm not walking into

the dark with you.

You're a wise man.

- Are you on my side?

- That's hard to tell.

Do you know the Scott

Fitzgerald thing about

an artist who's a man with

opposing ideas in his head,

and he believe in them

both simultaneously?

Heard of it. Yeah.

Well, that's sort of the

beginning of it.

So what's that like? Not

being anyone in particular.

I don't know what it means

to have lost a daughter.

But I know what it means

never to have had one.

Yeah.

Got nobody left

to bury you.

Yeah.

Oh and by the way...

Thanks for not killing me.

Detective Craven. How do

you feel about a suspect

being identified?

You're later than

everybody else.

Is that because you

have a lousy boss?

I'm so sorry for you.

I'm sorry I have

to be here.

It's alright, take it easy.

You got a business

card or something?

Thanks.

Look, go on home, honey.

It's too late to be out here.

I'll call you, okay?

Mr. Sanderman?

I'm sorry, I didnt mean

to... I interrupted?

- No.

- I'm Tomas Craven.

Detective Tomas Craven,

Boston Police Department.

I know who you are.

- I'm sorry for your troubles.

- Thank you.

I understand my daughter

was a client of yours?

Yes.

I mean no, we had a consultation,

she never formally became

my client.

Oh.

It says in her phone

calendar that you and she

had dinner on the

Yeah, I asked her

on a date, yes.

- Well how did it go?

- Fine. Fine.

She was a nice girl.

Smart as a...

- Sorry, I have to go.

- I'll come with you.

Can I ask you what

this is about?

She came to your office.

She wanted to blow

the whistle on something.

You know where

that's from, right?

When the cops used to

blow their whistles.

I can't talk about that.

I don't want you

to talk about that.

But then later that night you

invited her out for dinner.

Gee, you're really

nervous, Mr. Sanderman.

You're about two seconds

away from telling me how

inappropriate all this is.

Let me say right off the bat,

I knew you couldn't represent

her in a non-disclosure contract,

but you probably suggested

some further discussion on the

matter over a nice plate of

spaghetti and meatballs.

I think you had two agendas.

One, you wanted sex with her.

Hey I'm not passing

judgment here okay,

and two, Mr. Sanderman, you

wanted to know more about

what potential security

breach she represented.

I have to get to a

deposition in Springfield.

You represent Northmoor

in local matters.

My daughter came to you, but

you're Northmoors attorney.

This is a highly

irregular convers...

...because senator Pine has

put your name before

two different governors

for District Court Judge.

So you were about

to say something?

I don't have anything to say

and you are out of your depth

and far from your

jurisdiction.

You won't talk to me? I'm going

to the Global and the Herald.

I'll tell them my daughter came

to talk to you about Northmoor.

That you were Northmoors

attorney and failed to tell her.

And then you'd be right in

the middle of a big ass story

saying how my daughter

was the target and not me.

Is that where you

want to be?

On what evidence

would you say that?

I'll forge your f***ing

diary. I don't care.

Getting you in trouble is

good enough for me.

Listen, a**hole, this is not

about police, okay?

This isn't about police and

arrest and all that nice sh*t,

this is about me knowing what

I have to know and the fact

that you got to tell me.

Now I want to see

the Senator.

See the Senator? Who the

f*** do you think you are?

I'm the guy with nothing to

lose that doesn't give a sh*t.

You tell him that. And fasten

your f***ing seatbelt.

Look, Daddy.

Lots of ABCs

Hi.

I want to go to

her apartment.

I want to see

her things.

That's not a good

idea right now.

I'm sorry.

I'm so scared.

Look. I would take you for

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