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Is it something that could

have remained in her effects

and been transferred to her

father without much

collateral contamination?

Do you mean could it have

poisoned her father as well?

Yes.

What, in your opinion, would

be the consequences if

Craven opens his mouth?

It's unsurviveable.

So be it, then.

Do you see a

soul in there?

I beg your pardon?

You can button

your shirt.

You know, as we discussed

yesterday, there will be

some erratic behavior.

And I regret to say this probably

means you will have less time.

I know what it means.

I've been having

aural hallucinations.

My father's voice calling

my name as I start to sleep.

Bastard's been dead for

forty years and suddenly

he's yelling at me again.

- I come awake.

- You're not sleeping?

No, I'm not sleeping, I start

to sleep, then I jolt awake.

There's something

about the darkness.

- I don't like it.

- I'm not a counselor.

I know you want to banter

with me. I don't do that.

- I can only give you the facts.

- We all know what the facts are.

We live a while, and then we

die sooner than we planned.

Standard procedure

with the Senator.

Yeah, I get it.

You know you didn't really

let the side stand with you.

You got a lot of

brothers out there.

Yeah, I know. But I

like a private funeral.

Senator gets in his moods.

Not too good today.

That's too bad. I was

jumping for joy.

Are you hungry? We have

some sandwiches, a cup of tea?

No thank you, Sir.

Well, it's always a pleasure

to meet a combat veteran.

You left as a master sergeant

of a heavy weapons platoon.

Yes, Sir.

- How did you do that at 20?

- Everybody else was dead.

Did you have trouble adjusting

when you came home?

- No.

- Really?

No. People talk about

trauma and so forth.

I figure you come out of

combat the way you went in.

I know that's not a very

kind thing to say, but

that's my observation.

And I know there's a lot of

big bucks in this post traumatic

stress thing. But combat is

pretty much like anything else.

It helps put perspective on things

when you're scared shitless.

What is the nature of our

appointment, Detective Craven?

Well I was hoping that

you could tell me that.

Why am I supposed to tell you

what you want to see me about?

Well, because you're seeing me

in less than 48 hours after

I talked to your attorney.

Your daughter came to me with

allegations about Northmoor.

- She sent me a letter.

- What did the letter contain?

It touched on national security

matters that are classified.

- What happened to the letter?

- That is also classified.

But protocol would be to turn

it over to the committee that

does oversight on the area your

daughters letter touched upon.

Prompting an investigation

on my daughter.

Opening up a DARPA file on her.

Treating her like a terrorist?

I'm not involved in

security matters.

I did write your daughter,

advising her she might be

in breach of security.

Oh. So you didn't help her?

I'm glad to see you, Detective.

As both a veteran and as

a police officer of your many

years of service, but I have

to tell you that your daughter,

and we have to say this despite

her terrible accident,

was in violation of...

almost everything of which

she could be in violation.

- What did she allege?

- That's classified.

You know, Detective, a very

important part of Massachusetts

economy is research and

development...

Senator. I think you're in a

position regarding Northmoor,

where you had better decide

if you're hanging on the cross

or banging in the nails.

Here.

These deaths are the result

of a conspiracy by one of your

major campaign contributors.

Why do you include your daughter?

Her death was an accident.

No. She was poisoned with

cesium by Mr. Bennett.

I think I'm scaring you Senator.

There's probably not too much

upside to scaring a Senator, except

to provide some perspective.

I'm going to go now, but I'm

going to leave you these pictures

I want you to call everybody

involved, everybody concerned,

and tell them I know everything

I need to know to throw a

real box of Tarantulas

into this situation.

- If you have info...

- Shut up!

I'm not interested in

talking any more sh*t.

You investigate this

at a national level.

You do that, maybe you'll

come out of this alright.

I don't know.

I don't think you knew

that the people you are

in business with

killed my daughter.

But now that you do know...

what are you going

to do about it?

Good afternoon, Senator.

Get out of the vehicle.

What the f*** do you

think you just did?

You just rear-ended an

unmarked cruiser, and I

made an observation

that you are armed.

Through smoked glass

and our coats?

Yeah, I'm funny

that way.

Get out of the car, now.

Or you're going to make

a move for something on

the inside of your jackets,

you understand me?

Get out of the car.

Alright. On your knees,

hands on your heads.

- What have you got, Tom?

- These guys are armed.

They were following me.

Rear-ended my car.

Got some ID then?

Thanks.

Not in law enforcement.

Imagine that.

What are you?

You don't think this is going

to get straightened out?

Not for a while.

These f***ers got

automatic weapons.

You just made

a serious mistake.

Did you shoot

my daughter?

I'm the supposed target of a

killer. So you here, following me

armed, with no credentials

in the city of Boston,

you're out of your

f***ing mind.

Welcome to hell.

A strange new twist

in the Emma Craven case,

a suspect has been

identified as her murderer,

but new developments

today involving her father

Two men have been arrested

in Boston. Police say

the men were taken into

custody after their car

crashed into the back

of an unmarked police car,

driven by Boston Police

Detective Tomas Craven,

the father of Emma Craven.

This all happened on

Marlinton Street...

- Bennett.

- We need to abort right now.

We can't risk killing

Tom Craven yet.

It's too late.

It's already been done.

You want to try?

Hold your hair back,

your mother will

kill me if I get it all

messed up again.

There you go.

Perfect. Now a razor. Here

you go. Don't cut yourself.

- Comb?

- That will work.

Now watch.

Painless.

Wash it off.

One more.

Can I come in, Tom?

- You alright?

- Yeah.

Do you remember when the

trooper out at the airport

busted Whitey? He got

demoted and transferred.

He knew what was going on.

But he couldn't prove it.

And nobody wanted to

know about it.

And finally he shot

himself, remember that?

I don't think you'd

shoot yourself.

But what's coming

is worse than that.

It isn't what it is, Tommy.

It is never what it is.

It is what it can be

made to look like.

There's a DA in Hampshire

County, going to charge you

with the death of your

daughters boyfriend.

He doesn't have a case.

But that doesn't matter.

It'll be five years of

people thinking you did it.

You'll go broke,

you'll lose the house.

And they go after

your pension.

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