Every Secret Thing Page #3

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your family in any way?

They've taken a child

thinking it's mine.

Why are you still sitting here

asking me questions?

Mrs. Barnes, we understand

your concerns.

And they'll be taken

very seriously.

I won't hold my breath.

Why didn't I know

about this connection?

What connection?

She wants it to be them,

doesn't mean it is.

Okay.

We're gonna follow it up?

Brother.

Dave!

Dave Fuller?

Why is it so obvious

you're cops?

I didn't know better,

I'd think you were

boosting merchandise

off that work truck.

Relax, we're not here

to bust your balls.

I wanna talk

to your daughter, Ronnie.

What did she do this time?

She didn't do nothin'.

Shut up.

You know where

we might find her?

She's working

at this bagel place.

Out by the mall?

Hi there. Can I help you

with something?

Ronnie Fuller?

Yeah?

I'm Detective Porter.

This is Detective Jones.

Is something wrong?

We'd like to ask you

a few questions.

Okay.

I'll meet you out front.

Okay.

Is everything all right?

She working on Monday?

Yeah.

She works every day.

When's her shift start?

It depends on the day.

Most of the time, midmorning.

Sh*t!

Humph.

- Looks like we got our first suspect.

- God damn it.

- Who is it?

- Metro Police!

- Helen Manning?

- Yeah.

I'm Detective Jones,

this is Detective Porter.

- May we come in?

- Why do you need to come in?

We're looking for your daughter.

Alice.

Alice Manning.

Well, Alice isn't here.

Alice?

Nope.

You have any idea where

we might find her?

She's 18, I don't always

know where she goes.

She's probably out walking.

- Walking?

- She walks a lot.

You just have her call us

when she gets in.

- Thank you very much.

- I will pass the message on.

Mrs. Manning...?

You know what time

she got back last night?

Late. We were supposed

to have dinner together,

but she showed up late.

Out walking?

Thank you for your time.

One-William-four-five.

10-3, it's Porter.

We checked in

with Ronnie Fuller's parents.

There's no sign of her since

she left for work this morning.

Thanks.

Okay.

Where were you?

Walking.

Two detectives

came by here today...

looking for you.

Alice, please... tell me you didn't

do anything this time.

I didn't do anything last time.

Can you prove it?

Let's go talk to them.

You know why

we wanted to talk to you today?

Because of my past.

Why don't you tell me

where you were yesterday?

Well, I was walking.

I'm trying to lose a little weight.

Walking where?

For how long?

I started out on Main Street,

and I put in an application at Arby's.

I don't want to work there,

but my mom said

that I can't afford to be picky.

It's not so bad.

I did it myself.

You don't look like you

had to work in a place like that.

You could be a model.

So we go to Arby's, there'll be

a record of your application?

I guess so.

I mean, the girl who took it

seemed a little spacey, but...

Arby's, that's near...

Paradise Furniture.

Paradise Furniture?

There's a little girl missing

from Paradise Furniture.

I know.

My mom told me.

I saw it on the news.

You know anything at all

about this missing child?

I know something

I'm not supposed to know.

Because I broke a rule.

What rule?

When I was little,

I used to go to the pharmacy

and get these

chocolate-covered peanuts.

But when I got out of Schechter,

the pharmacy was gone,

so I've been trying

to find ones that are as good

or maybe even the same kind,

but I haven't yet.

But anyway, I left because

I didn't want her to see me.

Who?

Ronnie Fuller.

I saw her standing

outside of Cino's Bagels.

She seemed really nervous.

And she kept looking around her

like she was afraid

someone was watching her.

Well, Alice...

you were watching her.

Yeah, but she didn't know that.

I just thought that if I told you

where she worked,

that would be helpful.

Do you know anything

about Brittany Lyttle?

The three-year-old

that's missing.

I was hoping you

could provide insight.

When Olivia Barnes went missing,

what was going through your mind?

What were you

and Ronnie thinking

when you and Ronnie took her

from her house?

How would that give you insight?

I mean, unless I did

what happened now.

You could help me understand

the mind of a person

who could take a child.

That could help me

solve this case.

You could help me.

You and Ronnie were friends,

you were at a birthday party

having fun, right?

Walk me through that day.

Ronnie! Ronnie!

What are you doing?

Hello?

- Hello?

- Ronnie!

I told Ronnie

we should leave it.

Ronnie!

What are you doing?

Why are you not listening to me?

Are you crazy?

You're in so much trouble!

She's my baby now.

She needs me.

No, she doesn't.

She needs her mother.

Her mother doesn't love her.

I do.

I didn't even want it.

And I didn't kill it.

Ronnie did.

I don't know why she did it.

I wasn't even there when it happened.

I wasn't even there.

Maybe if I had been there,

I could have stopped her.

But I wasn't.

I wasn't even there.

You went to juvenile hall

for the same crime as Ronnie Fuller.

That's right.

And it wasn't fair.

Just because she's skinny and pretty

doesn't mean that she's not bad.

But you won't believe me.

Because no one

ever believes the fat girl.

Especially someone like you.

If Ronnie wanted to run away...

hide somewhere...

where would she go?

I don't know.

I haven't even talked to her

for seven years.

Where were you

last night, Alice?

- Excuse me.

- I'd like to take Alice home.

- Where were you last night, Alice?

- Now.

She was with me.

You said she got home late.

What do you consider

to be late, Detective?

- Alice?

- Before you go,

there's one last thing

you can do.

Because I know you want

to be helpful.

We just need a sample

of your blood.

Why?

I want to rule you out as a suspect.

You don't need

your mom's consent.

You're 18 now, Alice.

- Come on, Alice, let's go home.

- You can really help us.

Come on, Alice, we're going home.

Now. Let's go.

You believe her?

I don't know.

I wasn't even there.

I wasn't even there.

- Where you going?

- I gotta work.

It's late, Nance.

Come to bed, please.

You can take care of it

in the morning.

It's a missing kid, Paul.

Jesus.

I don't want to go through

this sh*t again, Nance.

Are you gonna cuff me?

- Where's Brittany Lyttle?

- Who?

The girl that was taken

from Paradise Furniture.

There was a girl taken

from Paradise Furniture?

Come on, Ronnie.

If you didn't know a girl was missing,

why did you run away?

I knew you were cops.

You're the cop...

who found the baby.

Your hair is the same.

How did you know what I look like?

I saw you on television.

Getting some kind of reward.

An award.

It wasn't a reward, it was...

I just got promoted.

For finding Olivia Barnes?

Yeah.

Why did you take Olivia Barnes,

Ronnie?

She was crying.

I couldn't leave her like that.

Ronnie!

You're in so much trouble.

She's my baby now.

She is kinda cute.

Hi, baby!

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