Hidden Truth Page #2

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Was it?

Now, sweetheart, you

don't call the shots.

I'll call the cops!

They'll take you away!

I'll tell your wife!

I'll tell everyone

about you and my mother!

Give me that!

Hey, Zoe!

Zoe, will you please just call

us and let us know you're okay?

I won't ask any other questions.

I'm just worried.

Mrs. Nevin, everything's all cleaned up,

and my dad should be here

soon to pick me up.

Aw, thank you, Natalie.

I'm sure Zoe just

forgot about the party.

Yeah. Yeah, that's probably

what happened.

- I'll see you

- Bye.

Zoe!

Zoe!

Zoe?

Zoe!

Zoe!

Zoe!

Zoe!

Where are you?

Zoe? Zoe!

Zoe!

Oh, my...

Are you looking for this?

Have you considered that your niece

may have run away again?

She's just never been

gone this long before,

and we've been getting

along better recently.

But there was trouble at home?

Yeah, but nothing serious.

I mean, you know the situation.

- But...

- Okay.

We're checking the bus

and the train lines,

and we sent a report to the LAPD,

in case she's headed there.

You call me, if you need anything.

My cell's on there, in case

I'm not in the office.

- Okay.

- Thanks, Mrs. Nevin.

Okay, thank you.

Pace Nevin's kid.

No telling where she's gone.

Michael.

Michael. Oh, my God, they just found

Zoe Nevin's body in the lake.

They think it's murder.

Michael, did you hear me?

Oh, my God.

First her mother, then her.

Jamie.

Hey.

- Sorry, I'm late.

- No, I'm glad you came.

How you doing, sis?

What about you?

How you doing?

I've had my moments.

Any news?

No, the Sheriff's not saying anything.

Nobody else is saying anything.

Yes, it's just a matter of time.

What? What do you mean?

I've already heard the rumors.

Pace, no. That's not

going to happen again.

Hey, Natalie.

Hey, Mrs. Nevin.

I'm so sorry.

You think you know people,

but you really don't.

What do you mean?

People are like prisms.

Lots of sides.

Take Pace Nevin.

Seems like a good guy.

Has a business.

But he has a dark side.

He beat and killed his wife, and I'm

betting he did the same to his kid.

You still believe that, huh, boss?

Oh, Nevin has a side to him you don't

want to see. You trust me on that.

I've known him since he was a kid.

Lots of issues, problems.

His sister is the only good Nevin seed.

What?

That's just Michael Evans.

Yes.

What's he doing here?

He's probably paying his respects.

There you are.

Sheriff Connell's here. He asked

to talk to you about Zoe Nevin.

Okay. Tell him

I'll be there in a second.

Sheriff. A surprise visit?

Michael.

Just investigating Zoe Nevin's death.

Very sad, very sad.

Can't say I knew her.

She worked for you

apparently, last summer?

Her mother worked for you, too.

Sure. Ah, right. Right.

I remember her.

She quit before the season was up.

So you do know her.

Yeah, sorry, we have so many people come

and go from working here, don't we, honey?

I understand.

We haven't actually seen her

around since she worked here.

But you went to the memorial

service yesterday at the lake.

I was...

Yeah, I was just driving by.

I saw people at the lake. Was curious.

You know, had to look.

Didn't actually go to the service.

- Got it.

- Oh, yeah.

Yeah, well, we're just asking everyone

to be diligent here with this

because it's just been a year

and a bit since her

mother was also killed.

So horrible. A mother and her daughter.

Of course, Sheriff Connell.

Is there anything... anything

else we can do for you today?

No, that's it for today.

Thanks for the coffee, Mrs. Evans.

Anytime.

What happened there?

Oh! Oh, yeah, yeah.

I cut me head on a...

nail in the storage room.

Nasty wound, huh?

That's a big nail.

Yes, it was.

You gotta be careful these days.

That's what my wife says.

You have a good one now.

You, too, Sheriff.

I found a $1,000 in her room,

and she didn't have a job.

So, someone gave it to her.

Maybe she had a job

you didn't know about.

Maybe she just saved it up.

I just don't think that's possible.

With all due respect, Miss Nevin,

a lot of real parents don't know a

whole lot about what their kids do.

Okay, I might not be her "real parent,"

but she was like a daughter to me.

Okay then.

So what about physical evidence?

The body was in the water for two days.

What DNA and physical evidence

there was is long gone.

There was a white nylon line, the

kind you use to tie up boats

wrapped around both legs and arms.

He could have tied it to an object to weigh

her body down and somehow it came off.

Cell phone?

We haven't found it.

It's probably at the bottom of the lake.

But we have been over her

calls, there's nothing unusual.

Friends at school, your number.

Text messages?

Phone company doesn't keep a record of text

messages. They're stored on the phone.

I do have the autopsy report,

if you want to hear about it.

Yeah.

Are you sure?

Water in her lungs,

but the coroner believes she was dead

before she was placed in the water.

By the bruises and

contusions on her skull,

he believes the likely cause

of death was blunt-force trauma.

Um... and was she...

No, no. There was no physical

evidence to suggest that

your niece was raped, but she was sexually

active, possibly just before death.

This homicide...

is a crime of passion by

someone who was very angry.

What does that mean?

I mean, what are you getting at?

I believe it was someone she knew.

Someone with a history, a bad temper.

Sheriff!

My brother did not kill his daughter.

Pace.

Yeah, Connell?

Just wanted to talk about the

last time you saw your daughter.

When was that?

About a month ago, I guess.

You guess? Could you be more specific?

I may randomly seen her around town, but

if that happens I try and stay out of sight.

And she lives with your

sister and not you. Why?

Well, come on now, Sheriff.

The whole town knows that story.

The time you hit her, she called us.

And then she wouldn't

cooperate with the charge.

Did you have something to do with that?

No, I wasn't even there. Went back

to the Roadhouse, got more drunk.

Sheriff, I haven't had

a drink in six months.

I'm trying. So let's just get down to

it and tell me why you're really here.

I told your sister I believe

you killed your wife Layla.

Oh, well, that ain't no newsflash.

You had nothing on me.

I also think you may have killed

your daughter the same way.

Now unless you have something

to charge me with,

we're done here.

I may not at this moment, Pace, but

you'll mess up and I will be there.

I've done my messing up in life.

You're looking at the wrong guy.

- I love my daughter.

- And your wife?

No, I didn't love my wife.

I sure as hell didn't kill her.

I got work to do here, gentlemen.

You have a nice day.

So you told me that you saw Zoe

the day of her birthday party.

What did she say to you?

She wanted me to leave her alone.

Let her think. Had something

on her mind I guess.

Do you know what it would have been?

Natalie, if you know something,

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