Jane Doe: The Harder They Fall Page #6

NO ONE EXCEPT FOR

THE 4 VICE PRESIDENTS

ACTUALLY SAW HIM ALIVE

ON SUNDAY.

SO HERE'S HOW I SEE IT.

HORNING DID DIE,

JUST LIKE YOU THINK,

ON SATURDAY NIGHT.

BUT THE V.P.s REALIZED THEY'D

TAKE A HUGE FINANCIAL HI WITH THEIR STOCKS,

SO SOMEHOW THEY COVERED UP

THE TIME OF DEATH.

I HEAR A BUT.

THE CORONER ABSOLUTELY

PLACES THE TIME OF DEATH

LATE MONDAY NIGHT.

AND NOT ONLY THAT,

THE 4 V.P.s, THEY SWEAR

THAT THEY WERE FIRED

ON THE YACHT.

YEAH, I WAS GOING AROUND.

SO THEIR STOCK SALE,

WHICH IS OUR ONLY EVIDENCE,

COULD BE TOTALLY INNOCENT,

BUT TO ME,

I SMELL MURDER.

FRANK DOESN'T THINK

WE HAVE A CASE, OF COURSE.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

EH, FRANK'S WRONG.

WE GOTTA KEEP SEARCHING...

EVEN THOUGH WE DON' HAVE A WARRANT.

NEVER STOPPED US BEFORE.

[INDISTINCT SHOUTING]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

YOU ROBBIE WATERS?

YOU'RE NOT THE SPEEDY

MESSENGER SERVICE.

COOL.

HEY, IT'S ABOU HORNING, ISN'T IT?

YEAH.

WE'RE LOOKING INTO

THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF HIS DEATH.

I COULD SURE USE

YOUR INPUT.

WHAT'S MY MOTIVATION?

I DON'T KNOW.

YOU TELL ME.

WELL, WITH CITIZEN KANE

GONE BYE-BYE,

HIS INJUNCTION:

GOES BYE-BYE.

MY FILM SERIAL KILLER,

THAT OPENS TO GREAT FANFARE,

MY REPUTATION IS MADE.

SEE WHAT I MEAN?

NO ONE HAS MORE TO GAIN

FROM HIS DEATH THAN ME

EXCEPT HIS KIDS:

IF HE HAD KIDS,

WHICH HE DOESN'T.

SO WHY SHOULD I HELP YOU?

DO YOU KNOW WHAT A BUNCH OF

FEDS WITH A SEARCH WARRAN WOULD DO TO YOUR

FILING SYSTEM HERE?

TURN TO YOUR LEFT.

NO, YOUR OTHER LEFT.

WOW. THAT'S WHA I CALL A PROFILE.

COULD I FOLLOW YOU AROUND

WITH A CAMERA SOME DAY,

KIND OF A DAY IN THE CENTRAL

SECURITY AGENCY KIND OF A THING?

NO.

OK.

WELL, WHAT DO YOU NEED?

HORNING WAS CONVINCED

THAT YOU GO YOUR INSIDE INFORMATION FROM

ONE OF HIS TOP EXECUTIVES.

WHAT ABOUT THAT?

WAS HE RIGHT?

I GOT EVERYTHING

FROM ANONYMOUS E-MAILS,

PHOTOS, SPREADSHEETS,

FILMS, EVERYTHING.

IT WAS FANTASTIC.

IT WAS LIKE MANNA

FROM HEAVEN.

YOU HAVE NO IDEA

WHO THE SENDER WAS, RIGHT?

NO.

I THINK HE'S FRENCH.

HE CALLS HIMSELF

MONSIEUR LeVILLE.

[CAR DOOR SHUTS]

NICE.

IT'S KINDA LIKE

OLD TIMES, YOU KNOW.

HEH HEH HEH.

FEELS GOOD.

WHY DON'T YOU DISARM

THE SECURITY SYSTEM OVER THERE?

OK.

YOU GET THE NEIGHBOR.

THEY'RE AREN' ANY DOGS,

BUT I STILL WOULDN'T GO IN.

I'M WITH THE CENTRAL

SECURITY AGENCY.

WE'RE INVESTIGATING

MR. HORNING'S DEATH.

HORNING HATED HAVING

ANYONE IN HIS HOUSE.

HE DID HIS OWN CLEANING JUST SO

THE MAID WOULDN'T HAVE TO COME IN.

THEN HIS GARDENER WOULD

COME OVER HERE:

TO USE MY BATHROOM.

UH, WELL, THANK YOU

FOR, UM, THAT.

WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME

YOU SAW MR. HORNING?

- ALIVE, YOU MEAN?

- MM-HMM.

THAT WOULD BE SUNDAY,

I THINK IT WAS.

HE-- WHEN HE GOT BACK

FROM HIS FISHING TRIP.

DID HE SHOW YOU:

HIS CATCH?

HIM?

[CHUCKLES] NEVER. NO.

HE JUST DROVE THA GAS GUZZLING SPORT UTE

STRAIGHT INTO HIS GARAGE

AND SHUT THE DOOR.

[CAMERA BEEPING]

CAN YOU BE REALLY SURE

THAT IT WAS HIM?

WHO ELSE WOULD GO INTO

MELVILLE HORNING'S BEDROOM

AND WATCH MELVILLE

HORNING'S TV?

OF COURSE IT WAS HIM.

HEH.

C.S.A., YOU SAY.

HEH. MUST BE

CASUAL THURSDAY.

WELL, I'LL GE OUT OF YOUR WAY.

UM, HUH.

THANK YOU.

[ALARM BEEPING]

PLACE IS ARMED:

TO THE GILLS.

- [BEEP]

- YEAH.

I JUST DISARMED:

THE SYSTEM.

ALL THAT C.S.A. TRAINING

WASN'T TOTALLY WASTED.

THIS HORNING GUY

WAS PRETTY CRAZY.

WE BETTER BE CAREFUL.

SHALL WE?

MINIMALISM.

I COULD DO MINIMALISM

IF I DIDN'T HAVE KIDS.

Announcer:

SON PLTANOS RICOS!

SON PLTANOS CON SABOR!

SON PLTANOS DELICIOSOS!

LET'S CHECK THE GARAGE.

HI.

THE GARAGE IS EVEN NICE.

IT COULD USE:

MORE WOOD, ACTUALLY.

[RADIO STATIC]

THIS IS UNIT 846.

WE GOT A POSSIBLE

BREAKING AND ENTERING.

NOTHING HERE.

[HINGES CREAK]

HERE EITHER.

OPEN UP!

L.A.P.D.

OH, MAN.

[SIGHS]

JUST LIKE OLD TIMES.

YEP.

COME OU WITH YOUR HANDS UP.

LET ME SEE YOUR HANDS.

ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT, HERE WE ARE.

I GOT THE ALARM,

YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO

DISARM THE NEIGHBOR.

SAVE IT FOR YOUR LAWYER.

LOOK, OFFICER,

MR. MONROE AND I

ARE ON YOUR SIDE.

UH, WE WORK FOR

THE CENTRAL SECURITY AGENCY.

YEAH.

YES. WELL, WE'RE

FREELANCE,

WHICH IS WHY DON'T HAVE

ANY OFFICIAL IDENTIFICATION.

WE JUST NEED TO MAKE

A PHONE CALL.

- JUST GET IN THE CAR.

- COME ON, WE'RE C.S.A.

YEAH, YOU'RE C.S.A.

AND I'M J. EDGAR HOOVER.

OFFICER, REALLY.

HONESTLY,

I AM AGENT JANE DOE.

HAVE A SEAT, JANE.

Jim:
DIDN'T BRING

YOUR BADGE, RIGHT?

Cathy:
WELL, I FORGOT IT.

Jim:
DID YOU HAVE

TO TELL HIM?

Cathy:
YES.

Jim:
ALL RIGHT.

- LET'S DO THE DOG BIT.

- GOOD IDEA.

BREAKING AND ENTERING

IS NOT A GOOD THING.

THERE WAS THIS DOG.

YEAH. YEAH.

YOU KNOW ALL THAT WHIMPERING, WHINING.

NOBODY TO FEED I OR GIVE IT WATER.

COULDN'T LE THE POOR THING SUFFER.

THERE WAS NO DOG.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

THERE WAS A SIGN.

JIM, A SIGN

IS NOT A DOG.

IT SAID "BEWARE OF DOG."

THERE WAS NO DOG

AND YOU KNOW IT.

OH, SURE.

WE KNOW IT NOW.

YEAH.

LOOK, YOU TWO

ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE

TO BE INVESTIGATING

THIS THING ANYMORE.

NEITHER ARE YOU.

THAT'S BESIDE THE POINT.

ALL RIGHT,

WHAT DID YOU GE FROM THAT FILMMAKER

ROBBIE WATERS?

I GOT A BUNCH OF NOTHING,

BUT...

HE GETS ALL OF HIS INFO IN

EMAILS FROM A MONSIEUR LeVILLE.

MONSIEUR LeVILLE.

LIKE THAT?

YEAH, THAT'S IT.

THAT'S AN ANAGRAM

FOR MELVILLE.

AS IN MELVILLE HORNING.

WAIT A MINUTE.

WHAT'D YOU GET?

WE DIDN'T GET ANYTHING

REALLY.

JUST MAYBE ANOTHER PIECE

OF THE PUZZLE.

I'M SORRY, JIM.

HEY, FRANK, CAN YOU--

CAN YOU GIVE HIM A RIDE?

DON'T LOOK AT ME, FRANK.

YOU TRAINED HER.

ALL RIGHT, GET IN.

PERMISSION:

TO COME ABOARD, SIR.

COME ABOARD,

MISS HARBOR PATROL.

WE CAN DISPENSE:

WITH THE FORMALITIES.

I'M NO LONGER CAPTAIN

OF THIS HERE CRAFT.

OH, I'M SORRY.

DID THE NEW C.E.O.

LET YOU GO?

THE C.E.O. LET GO

OF THE WHOLE BOAT.

IF THERE'S ANYTHING SADDER

THAN A MAN WITHOUT A SHIP,

I DON'T KNOW

WHAT IT IS.

NEVER MIND THAT.

WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU?

I JUST WANTED TO ASK

YOU ABOUT THIS CATCH COOLER.

FITS UNDER:

THE DECK SEATING.

IT'S BEAUTIFULLY INSULATED.

YOUR MARLIN WILL LOOK AS

PERFECT THE DAY YOU MOUNT HIM

AS THE DAY YOU REELED

HIM IN.

SO HOW LONG:

WOULD IT KEEP FISH FRESH?

PUT SOME ICE:

AND ROCK SALT IN THERE,

IT'LL KEEP 200 POUNDS

OF FISH FRESH 6, 7 DAYS OR MORE.

200 POUNDS OF SOMETHING.

HMM.

THERE WERE NO FISH.

NO FISH?

WHERE?

IN HORNING'S

GIANT FREEZER.

IT DIDN'T SMELL LIKE FISH,

AND IT TAKES AGES

TO GET THAT SMELL OUT.

AND THAT'S

WHEN I FIGURED OU HOW THE 4 OF THEM DID IT.

WHAT ARE YOU:

TALKING ABOUT?

THIS WHOLE:

CONSPIRACY THING.

OK, LET ME STAR AT THE BEGINNING.

NOW, IT ALL STARTED

JUST LIKE YOU SAID.

IT WAS A TYPICAL

CORPORATE RETREAT,

BUT SOMEONE HAD TOLD HORNING

THAT ONE OF:

THE 4 VICE PRESIDENTS

HAD LEAKED DAMAGING SECRETS

TO THAT FILMMAKER

ROBBIE WATERS, RIGHT?

SO AFTER HE SCREENED

THE DOCUMENTARY,

HE MADE EACH ONE OF THEM

COME INTO THE SALON

AND HE THREATENED THEM,

HOPING THAT SOMEONE

WOULD SELL SOMEONE ELSE OUT,

BUT THEY DIDN'T.

SO HE FIRED THEM ALL.

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