Law Abiding Citizen Page #3

The husband. Father. What

do we know about him?

He owned the warehouse

where they found Darby

What else?

- He's a tinkerer,

little inventionist. Gizmos.

He holds two dozen patents,

that made him some money.

He liquidated most of his wealth

a few years ago, to buy some

industrial properties

around airports, chemical

plants, railyards.

It doesn't add up.

- No, it's weird, right?

Search them all, Sarah,

see what you find.

Down on your knees!

Get down! Go! Knees!

Face down! face down!

"DADDY"

The crazy ones scare

the sh*t out of me.

Is this guy a lawyer?

No.

He's an engineer.

"United States Code Annotated"

Nick, look at this.

"Prosecutor Calls Death

Penalty For Ames"

We have zero evidence.

You better get a confession.

Did he give you any

trouble on the way in?

No. Nothing.

He wasn's too happy when

we took his bracelet though.

Can I help you?

- Package for the Rice family.

Oh yeah. Thanks.

Mom, the video from

my recital came.

Can we watch it? Please?

No, not you.

No.

Denise, we said we would

wait for your father, remember?

Please?

- No, not now.

Uhum. Yes

Mommy

Don't worry, he's just

disarming the guy.

Letting him feel easy.

What I'm about to tell you

I dont want anyone to hear.

As a prosecutor Im breaking

all the rules right now,

and I dont give a damn.

Because Im a father,

I have a little girl.

And what you did

Bravo.

The world is better

without Darby and Ames.

You're not gonna see a tear

shed from me or anybody

in my office.

With that being said,

I have a job to do.

I want to ask you some very

simple and direct questions,

I suggest that you answer

them in the same fashion.

Is your name Clyde

Alexander Sheldon?

Yes, Sir.

And you wave your right

to councel, correct?

Yes, Sir.

You sure you wanna do that?

Yes.

Did you murder

Clarence Darby?

I wanted him dead.

He killed my wife and child.

Rupert Ames, did you

murder him aswell?

Rupert Ames deserved to die.

They both deserved to die.

So, you arranged both

of those murders?

Yes, I planned it,

in my head,

over and over again,

took me a long time.

Alright. I guess

we are done here.

Councelor.

You might want to cancel your

Excuse me?

In fact, you might want to

cancel the rest of the week

cause you're gonna

be busy. Sit down.

We're done here.

We have your confession.

Oh, you do?

- And on tape.

See, in our profession we

consider that a "slam dunk"

Oh, really? I dont think so.

Lets think back.

What did I say?

That I wanted to kill

Clarence Darby?

Yeah, sure, what

father wouldn't?

That Darby and Ames

deserved to die?

I think most people

would agree with that.

That I planned it over

and over again,

in my head?

Yeah.

Who wouldnt fantasize

about that?

None of these are an

admission of guilt, Nick.

You might wanna

check the tape.

We know you did it.

- Well it's not what you know,

it's what you can

prove in court.

Didn't you tell me

that once?

The only problem with your

theory is that Darby's

body was found on

your property.

One of my many properties.

An old abandoned

warehouse, Nick.

Junkies, they trespass

there all the time.

Isn't Darby involved

in the drug trade?

That's an unsavory world.

I bet you a jury would agree,

or perhaps someone was

trying to frame me.

Go ahead. There's a lot

of a**holes in prison

that thought they were

smarter than me.

Let's stop f***ing around.

Nick, unless you have

any hard evidence,

then why are we

even here?

Why are we having...

- What you want?

Well, thats easy.

You're the one that makes

deals with murderers, yeah?

So I've come to make mine.

I will give you a confession,

a real confession.

You just have to give me

something in return.

Well, you are a murderer,

so what might that be?

A bed.

But a nice bed.

I want a nice new

one for myself.

I see.

You're gonna have to

deal with that,

because the one I have is

lumpy, Nick,

it's making me crazy.

Clyde, I think you got me

confused with the detail

people, see I dont deal

with prison conditions.

I believe those cots are

bolted into the cells.

Well that's what wrenches

are for, dumbass.

You know one of those

new Duxiana beds with

the adjustable lumbar support

I've seen the commercial.

That's the one I want.

- Those are nice.

Cause really, Nick, I dont

think I can focus on much

of anything until I've had

a good, revitalizing nights

sleep, in my therapeutic

Duxiana bed.

So that's the deal.

Give me my bed, you

get your confession.

Let me think about

that for a second.

How about uhm...

F*** no?

Hey.

- What are you doing?

What do you mean what

am I doing?

Why did you tell him no?

- A mattress?

He doesn't make those

kind of decisions.

Take your ego out

of it, Nick.

Shelton's got a point,

this case is sh*t,

we need a confession

and a mattress for a

murder confession, thats

a pretty good deal

He's playing us, Jonas.

- Well then we will play him.

Nick. Call from the office.

You're not answering your cell.

I need to finish up here,

and then I will be home

as soon as I can.

- Listen to me, that video

Nick, I have never seen

anything like it.

Please, come home.

Listen, you need

to calm down

tell her its not real.

And that I love her.

Come home. Come

home soon please.

Kelly, did you

see his face?

No, it was covered with

something, I couldnt see.

let me finish up here

and I will come home.

Okay.

This motherf***er sent

a DVD to my house,

of him killing Darby.

- What?

My daughter saw it.

He recorded it, we've got him.

- No, he had on a mask

we need that confession.

You still want to bargain

with this man?

The art of the possible, Warden.

Make the deal.

Back problems, Warden.

The worst.

You got bigger problems

than that.

It's the have-nots

in here, son.

They don't know that

I want to be the one have

Turn around.

I dont think he likes me.

Nice bed.

Thank you.

It's a single.

We can't put Clyde

Shelton anywhere,

not in a job,

not in a city,

not even a country.

So I dug a little deeper,

and I found something

from his missing years,

a couple of contract

payments, to Clyde,

from the Department of Defense.

And his real estate?

- He bought 9 properties

under his own name, then

he transfered them to

some corporation in Panama.

We can't get to the adresses,

lack of reciprocity problems,

we are gonna circle back

to the farmhouse.

That's a waste of time.

He wanted us to find him there.

It's the industrial stuff

thats curious.

Alright, I dont care what

you have to do, or who

you piss off, if we have to

invade Panama again, fine.

Clyde is hiding those

properties for a reason.

Find it.

- Got it.

Baby, did you leave a crack?

- Yeah, I left a crack.

Night light?

- Isn't she too old for that?

Yeah, I left the night light.

Look.

I told her that that

video wasn't real.

Some sort of horror film

she shouldn't be looking at.

She'll be okay.

- And you?

- If I'm what, okay? Of course.

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