Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise Page #3

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just around the corner.

I didn't wake you, did i?

I know you're a night owl,

So I figured you'd be up.

Exactly.

I was up, Jesse.

I met a kid today

on the way out of town.

She was sitting on a wall,

Smoking pot.

Who is she?

Her name's Jenny O'neill.

She lives in paradise.

What'd you do?

Well, I sent her

Back to school, but...

But your coply intuition

says there's more to it.

Exactly. There was

something in the way

She reacted when

I mentioned her mother.

Could you pay her mom a visit?

Oh, I might be able

to free up some time.

Could you do it in a way that

doesn't raise any red flags?

You know, like you're

following up on a...

Public disturbance

in the neighborhood?

There you go.

I'm sure I can check

with the school.

I got to go.

(starts engine)

What's this about?

I ca

You can't tell me?

- That's correct.

Clearly, the dog

has issues.

Jesse:

What's his name?

Steve.

I do not understand

Why people must anthropomorphize

their canine partners.

There's comfort in it.

I'm interested in this dog.

I'm sorry. Steve

is scheduled.

For adoption?

Goodness, no. He's scheduled.

As I said,

the dog has issues.

He stopped eating

And he's unresponsive.

You're putting him down?

We prefer to think of it

As the canine is moving on

to a better place.

What place is that?

May I see your badge?

It's in a drawer.

Here's my card.

Sydney, this is highly unusual.

Actually, it's not my card.

It's the state

homicide commander's card.

She will explain my credentials.

Oh, never mind.

(sighs)

(insects trilling)

(dog toenails clicking on floor)

(sighs)

(sighs)

(sighs)

I don't see a need

for this distraction.

I will be brief.

Just so you know, I

consider my work a calling.

A vital, if, uh,

underappreciated calling.

Good for you.

So, lieutenant Greenstreet

has some doubt

About Richard Steele

being involved

With the fourth

Boston ripper case.

I didn't say that.

Your presence implies it.

It does not,

And I do not speak

for lieutenant Greenstreet.

Richard Steele

was not charged with

The murder of Mavis Davies.

He only confessed

to the first three,

So her murder is unresolved,

as I'm sure you know.

As I'm sure you know,

chief Stone,

The specific details

of the killer's method were not

Released to

the public.

No one else could

have reproduced them.

The same man

Committed all four

of those murders.

I would stake my reputation

on it.

You already have.

Look, the method of restraint,

The depth and angle

of the wound,

The length and strength of

the upward stroke, and...

The murders have stopped.

Everybody says that,

and you don't seem

To draw a conclusion

from that fact in your report.

That is not my job.

No, it's mine.

There was no toxicology report

On Mavis Davies in the file.

Oh, damn it!

He won't mind.

I think we're done here.

I'm sorry, but it appears

you did toxicology

On the first three victims,

but not Mavis.

Toxicology would be

a standard requirement

On a case like this.

Well, it's not

in the file, evan.

Well, I'm not the keeper

of the files.

Good lord, chief stone,

for a man who's supposed

To be so clever,

you act like an idiot.

That's one way to be clever.

And you don't seem upset

by that.

By a lost test result.

No.

(sighs)

Because...

Both:

The murders have stopped.

You're telling me

you came forward

And confessed

to three murders

Right after the fourth

one hit the papers.

Why would you do

that, Richard?

I wasn't about

to share my legacy, Jesse.

Your legacy?

My choice of words

Troubles you,

doesn't it, Jesse?

Not really.

What's troubling is

that it doesn't trouble you.

These people feed off

the worst in us.

They pollute their bodies

with poison

And prey on the innocent.

That's how you see it.

That's how

we should all see it.

That's why turning myself in

was worth the sacrifice.

That sacrifice would be?

My work wasn't finished.

Your first three were black,

Mavis was white.

Did that trouble you?

Please.

That is not my deal, Jesse.

What is your deal, Richard?

It would be wrong

for me to take credit

For something I didn't do.

Wouldn't be ethical.

You still don't understand,

do you?

I'd be ashamed if I did.

(scoffs)

Good luck with your problem,

jesse.

I don't have a problem.

Sure you do.

(seagulls screeching)

(phone beeps)

(phone ringing)

well, the dinner

is on a friday.

Oh, of course. (laughs)

Excuse me, father.

Ah.

(phone beeps)

Hello, Jesse.

We on for tomorrow night?

We are.

If you think it's a bad idea,

We don't have to.

Do you think

it's a bad idea, Jesse?

Why would I think

it's a bad idea?

Okay, listen,

I'll see you tomorrow night.

(phone beeps)

(suv engine revs)

(tires screeching)

(thudding)

(hissing,

retreating engine revving)

Where are you, Jesse?

Nowhere. Sorry.

Understood.

Didn't eat your steak.

I'm afraid I can't.

My sense is,

you're thinking about reggie.

Kind of.

You were the first

on the crime scene that night.

What'd you think

When you saw reggie sitting next

to his owner's body?

I wished he could talk.

Dogs can't talk.

Jenny's mom's a mess.

How bad?

She was drunk.

Not falling down drunk,

But just the

same. Believe me,

I know what I'm talking about.

Do you now?

I've seen it in my mom.

I see.

Any time her mother talked

about Jenny, there was an edge.

Do you think she knows

why you were really there?

My sense is she does not.

Then she doesn't.

What do you want me to do next?

Get me everything you can

on the mother.

On it.

(insects chirring,

soft rhythmic chiming)

(key clicking in lock)

Steak.

(smacks his lips)

- You checking up on me?

- Jesse.

You checking up on me, Jesse?

No. I'm just sitting

here, thinking.

You ever talk

to your father?

I don't know who my father is.

Okay.

How's school?

School sucks.

Lot of things suck.

What happened?

My mom loves me.

Say it like you mean it.

I hate it there.

You hate it where?

Home.

I wouldn't want

to make you late for school.

(sighs)

I need a car.

I got you a car.

It's leaking oil

And overheating.

- Not my job.

- Might have something

To do with being pushed off

the road back to paradise.

- You had an accident?

- I'm not sure.

Tell me something, Jesse.

You don't look as though

I could, Sydney.

Is there something

I should know?

Could you run down the car

for me?

Did you get a license number?

I always get the license number.

Car was stolen

yesterday morning.

I guess

that explains the hit and run.

And you have reason to believe

it wasn't an accident.

I didn't say that.

Could you pull up Mavis Davies?

There was no toxicology report

in her physical file.

Not here, either.

The M.E. implied

he did one.

Implied?

As much as said so.

He is steeped

in bureaucratic belligerence.

Your point?

I think it's been scrubbed.

Oh, Sydney.

No, Jesse.

Yes, boss.

Not ethical.

I was just reminiscing.

Getting back

to reality for a moment.

I will only go as a visitor.

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