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and he tried to rape me.

There's no way

anybody can prove that I didn't do it!

- Yes, there is!

- How?

Guns leave a powder on your hand.

They can tell you hadn't fired one.

Let's just call the police

and tell the truth.

Now you have to go.

There's...

no way they'll believe us

if we both have...

...powder on our hand.

Oh, God.

I'm gonna be sick!

I love you.

I love you.

Hi.

Youre awfully late.

I had to stay late,

settle them down.

I even had to promise Abrams

he could get off of the foredeck

as soon as Obsession is ready.

We don't get

many nights together, you know.

I know. What can I do

to make it up to you?

Taking off your clothes

would be a good start.

Affirmative, 17.

187 at Longview Cottage.

And he fell after you kicked him.

- I grabbed the gun...

- Gateworth's gun.

I got it from his room

this afternoon.

Worried about the burglaries

in the neighborhood.

The staff had

the weekend off, so I...

Oh, God!

You okay?

Yeah. Is he gone?

He's gone.

It was just an accident.

It was...

What about the second shot?

It just went off.

My hand jerked.

Okay. It's okay.

I told you, I just have to ask.

He tells you

he'd be gone for a week,

he comes back in the middle

of the night, drunk, tries to attack you.

- You were terrified?

- Yes.

It's gonna have to go by the D.A.,

but this is gonna be

justifiable homicide.

Is there anyplace you wanna go,

anybody you wanna call?

Yeah. I'd like to go

over to Holly's, please.

You listen to me.

I don't want you to say anything

to anyone except your attorney, okay?

You know what the press is like.

They'll be all over you.

I just don't want you

to have any problem with this, okay?

'Cause Gateworth

sure wasn't worth it.

Thanks, Mike.

Come on.

Joe, will you please

take Miss Lawrence

over to Holly Morgan's residence?

Have the detectives

been here yet?

Yeah. That's right.

Get that as well.

- Did that show anything?

- Nothing.

The wall's clear, right?

Okay.

Check this out.

I think we have everything.

Theodore Cantrell.

I'm Miss Lawrence's attorney.

You were the investigating officer?

Yes, sir.

This is my chief, Ed Wells.

Lieutenant Wacker,

Suffolk County Police, homicide.

- Why wasn't Miss Lawrence arrested?

- On the weapons charge?

It was my decision not to arrest

based on the fact

that the victim held a license

for the weapon.

We had a meeting

with the district attorney this morning.

Unless new evidence

is forthcoming,

we don't anticipate

the filing of any charges.

I'm going upstairs.

- Lieutenant.

- I'll be outside.

Thank you.

County police

are letting us work this one alone.

I've known

the Lawrence family my whole life.

My father helped build this house.

Mr. Cantrell,

the D.A. Doesn't want to see

Olivia Lawrence's picture plastered

all over the National Enquirer.

And neither do I.

Know what I mean?

I was so scared.

If the D.A. Goes along with this,

we're home free.

He lay there for hours.

If anything goes wrong,

I'm coming forward.

That would be

the worst thing you could do.

It was self-defense.

Either they'd think we were

in it together or you were lying.

This is gonna ruin

everything, isn't it?

It was an accident.

The only way

it's gonna affect us is if we let it.

Yeah. I'm sorry.

A man has been murdered,

and youre not doing anything about it!

There's not one scintilla of evidence

implicating Miss Lawrence.

That is the most insane...

For Chrissake, she shot him!

Look, Tony,

he was no saint, but he...

This isn't right.

It's just not right.

Unfortunately,

youre simply not in possession

of all the facts.

Maybe youd just better

fill me in on all the facts

before I go

to the state attorney general!

Did you know that Mr. Gateworth

was going to return

to the Hamptons this weekend?

No. He wasn't supposed

to be back until Tuesday.

Were you aware

that he'd made advances

toward Miss Lawrence

in the past?

That's a ridic...

What, did she tell you that?

No, ma'am.

Two members of the staff observed

incidents on separate occasions.

I don't believe it.

We do.

On the night that he died,

Mr. Gateworth returned home

in the middle of the night,

entered

his stepdaughter's bedroom,

and attempted to rape her.

She defended herself.

He had a blood-alcohol level of.15.

He was quite drunk.

It doesn't make sense.

He hated her.

Rape's a crime of violence, ma'am,

not affection.

It's hot in here.

Mr. Gateworth's death was regrettable,

but he wasn't murdered.

What about the boyfriend?

What boyfriend?

Her boyfriend.

What, you don't know about him?

It figures.

A professional sailor.

Tony despised him.

What's his name?

I don't know.

I only met him once!

But I'd sure as hell talk to him!

Know anything about a boyfriend?

No, sir.

I'll check it out.

Jesus! Just what I needed.

There wasn't anything to indicate

someone else had been

in the house, was there?

No, sir.

Alberto!

Alberto?

Hi, Mike.

Social call?

I wish it was.

You have a new boyfriend.

I shouldn't be telling you this.

Gateworth's girlfriend

is making all kinds of noise,

says he hated the guy

youve been going out with.

Is there anything else you want

to tell me about the other night?

I told you exactly what happened.

I don't think you

told me everything.

I asked around.

Youve been seeing a guy

named Tim Whalen.

He has nothing to do with this.

You two had dinner that night

at the Colombe d'Or?

- So?

- It was a late dinner.

You didn't leave the restaurant

till after 10:
00.

We got here by 10:30.

Tim left by 11:
30.

I know you couldn't kill anyone.

Youre good.

I'll give you that.

Youre really good.

You had me fooled.

It wasn't like that.

Look, it's no contest.

I'm married,

and she's got $200 million.

- You hit the jackpot.

- Come on.

You know how much I care

about money, for Chrissake.

I wouldn't believe you

if you told me water was wet.

You stay away from me, all right?

One more thing.

I was out with Olivia

the night Gateworth was killed.

The police may want to verify

my whereabouts around midnight.

- Are you crazy?

- Just tell them the truth...

that I was with you

at your place from 11:30 on.

Do you have any idea

what's gonna happen if this gets out?

Like I said,

if it comes up, tell the truth.

That's all I'm gonna tell them.

There's no reason for me to get

into that other stuff you told me,

get perfectly innocent guys involved.

You prick.

- Brooke Morrison?

- Whalen didn't want to name her

until I convinced him

that I thought he killed Gateworth.

And?

She confirmed it... spent the night

with him from 11:30 on.

You believe her?

She would have loved

to cause him problems.

- He dumped her for the girl.

- That's that.

Except for Anne Briscoe.

I told Mrs. Morrison

I'd do everything I could

to keep her name out of it.

Shouldn't be a problem.

If Briscoe keeps her mouth shut.

She keeps talking,

we're gonna have to show her

how we know he's not involved.

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