Fatal Defense Page #4

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I promise, I'm gonna

keep trying to help you...

No matter what!

[distant traffic din]

No, it wasn't kidnapping.

It was training.

I just thought

Arden understood that.

Well, that's not

the way she saw it.

It's not the way the law

sees it either.

Oh, no, no,

this is a huge misunderstanding.

Actually, I have documentation

right here.

Yeah.

Yeah, she signed this.

A release form?

I have all my students

who work with me sign it.

Um, it says

that I have extreme methods,

and that might include

mock kidnapping.

Well, just because

you have it written

in the small print

doesn't make it okay

for you to lock people

in your trunk.

I was just trying to teach her

how to protect herself.

Ah, it's a big,

dangerous world, huh?

Yes, it is.

I'm gonna need you

to stay in town

for the next 48 hours.

Somebody from my office

is gonna contact you

to get a proper statement.

I totally understand.

Great.

I'm gonna keep this.

Please, go on.

I just hope that Arden

understands someday

that I was trying to help her.

You're a helpful guy.

[sighs]

[sinister music]

[sinister music continues]

I've already

failed twice, Arden.

Please don't be my third.

Ms. Walsh, I talked

to Logan Chase, and, um,

I'll try to get

that restraining order for you,

but I got to tell you,

the waiver that you signed,

it's pretty bulletproof,

so I'll do what I can,

but no promises.

- Thank you.

- You got it.

[thud]

[gasps]

[thud]

[rattling]

[mechanical clatter]

- What are you doing here?

- [gasps]

[panting]

I'm just here to read the meter!

I'm sorry.

I'm...

[sighs]

You need help.

[sighs]

I don't get paid

enough for this.

[sobbing]

No! Stop!

[sobbing]

No! Stop!

[both grunting and gasping]

[sobbing]

No, no, no!

[sobbing]

[sobbing]

No, no, no!

[whimpering]

[whimpering]

No. No, no.

[phone clicks, beeps]

[line trilling]

[phone buzzing and ringing]

Ugh.

Arden?

No.

It's me, Aunt Gwen.

Emma, wh... are you okay?

Did something happen?

No, not really.

It's... it's just, um...

What?

[sighs]

Mommy's been having nightmares.

She's, like,

crying in her sleep.

Oh, sweetheart.

Are you okay?

I guess.

It's got to be

really scary, huh?

Yeah.

Do you want me to come over?

No, I... I don't want Mommy

to know I'm worried because

then she'll be worried

that she's making me worried,

and then...

Right, I understand.

How about this?

I'll come over tomorrow

after school,

and we'll talk about it, okay?

Uh-huh.

Okay.

You're a brave girl, Emma.

It's gonna be okay,

okay, sweetheart?

Go back to sleep.

Okay.

I love you.

Love you too.

[phone beeps]

[birds singing]

[woman shrieks]

[gasps]

No, no, no.

No, Logan, please don't!

Logan, no!

Let me out!

No! No! Log... help!

Oh, my God.

Oh, no, I need to make more.

Pause it.

Um, any word

from Detective Banks?

[microwave buttons beeping]

Um, yeah, we got

the restraining order,

but the DA says

it's gonna be tricky

because I signed

that release form,

and there's all this fine print.

[groans]

[engine turns over]

[camera shutter clicking]

[metallic clanking, creaking]

[drill whirring]

[drill whirring]

[lock clicking]

[latch clicks]

[drill whirs]

[grunts and thuds]

[grunts]

You picked the wrong house

to break into, buddy.

Why do you watch them?

You take photos?

Are you a cop?

No, I'm not a cop,

just an interested party.

Well, take your party

somewhere else.

[smacking and grunting]

[bones crack]

[grunts]

[gasping]

[screams]

[knife clatters]

[smacking and grunting]

[screams]

[groaning]

What do you want?

You want the jewelry?

Go ahead, take it!

Just get the hell out of here!

No, first I want you

to answer my questions.

After you hit a place,

you come back and watch.

Why?

Can I?

Be my guest.

I like to see

how they've changed.

Changed?

Changed how?

I don't know.

They've been going through life

thinking that the worst thing

that'd ever happen to them

was that

some stockbroker dumped them

for his 20-year-old secretary,

and then I come along,

and I teach them

how bad life really can get.

It's addictive.

So after I rob them, I go back,

and I watch,

but even if they do think

they see something,

they think it's just

their nerves,

or they call the cops,

and the cops think

they're imagining things

because why would I come back

just to watch?

And that is an amazing

power trip, man.

You ever get caught?

Not usually.

What does this got to do

with you anyway, man?

The woman whose house

you were in

last night, Arden Walsh?

I need to undermine

her credibility.

Okay.

So I've arranged

to float some rumors

about Arden maybe

using illegal drugs.

[plastic bag rustles]

So there's gonna be

a knock on her door

in the morning

by the authorities.

I want you to plant these

in her bedroom closet.

Top shelf,

way in the back,

and you're gonna have

to do it tonight

while she's asleep so that

there's no chance she discovers

them before the police

come a-knocking

in the morning.

So I got to go into her

bedroom while she's asleep

and not wake her

while I'm knocking

around her junk?

Is that a problem?

Oh, not really,

but she has... she's got

a security system now.

Oh.

This is the code.

Memorize it and burn it.

Okay, compensation.

There's a mirror image of these

on the other side

when you finish.

I guess it'll do.

Hey, hey, one more thing.

And this is not negotiable.

Breaking into her house,

going into her bedroom

while she's asleep is high risk.

I'm not going back to prison.

So if she wakes up,

I got to do what I got to do.

Fair enough.

[lock clicking]

[security console beeping]

[keypad beeps]

[beeping stops]

[Emma coughs]

[Emma coughs]

[door creaks quietly]

[plastic bag rustles]

[phone rings]

[phone rings]

[gasping]

[phone continues ringing]

[both grunting]

[yelps]

[phone continues ringing]

[both grunting]

[bones crunch, man screams]

[both grunting]

Leave her alone!

Mommy!

Go in your room

and lock the door!

[both grunting]

[smacking and grunting]

[bones crunch, man screams]

No, no, no.

Mom?

Are you okay?

I'm okay.

Are you okay?

I'm fine.

Wow.

Mom, you kicked his butt.

[chuckles]

Yeah.

[door clicks shut]

Why?

Because she needed to be tested.

What is wrong with you?

You son of a b*tch, she...

she broke my arm!

Yeah.

I taught her that move.

Oh, you taught...

Get out of my house!

Get out.

Get out.

So the security company says

someone entered your residence,

and they put the code

into the keypad.

Okay, that's impossible.

The security system's new.

Nobody has the code.

Okay, you're sure that nobody

saw you punch in the code?

Logan saw it.

He saw it the other day

when we came to the house.

Oh, my God.

It's Logan.

Somebody called me right when

the thief was in my bedroom.

But what would his motive be?

He's testing me.

He's always testing me.

This is the kind of man this is.

He's dangerous.

Look, we're taking this very,

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