Mississippi Murder Page #3

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a football star,

you know usual superman stuff.

Now I'm slingin' a badge.

You?

I moved to New York

to be close to Lucy.

She needed someone to

help her with David.

I graduated college with a major

in art, but I had no talent.

So I became a curator.

Suffered through the usual depressing

ups and downs of career and romance.

You don't want to hear

all about that.

No doubt, I hear you.

I just didn't like it there,

so I came to the Gulf.

Heard people were friendly here.

They are.

I'm going to do everything

I can on this case

and get you as much information

as I can, I promise.

- Thank you.

- Of course.

I have to go.

Let me know if

you hear anything.

- I will.

- Thank you.

Oh, I found this ring on

the floor of the gallery.

I don't know who it belongs to.

I'll be sure to

look into it for you.

Hey, con.

John.

Yeah, it's me.

Imagine that.

This... this is a nice bike.

Going on a trip?

Figure I'd head to New Orleans

for a couple days,

clear my head.

David, you know.

Yeah, that was...

That was so sad.

Such a talent.

We are all going to miss him.

Thing is, con...

before you go...

you've got something of mine.

John, I went back to the

gallery to try and find it.

I figured David had

stashed it somewhere,

but when I went in there

the owner came in

and chased me out.

It's got to still be there.

The owner, huh?

Connie...

why did you

have to f*** up so bad?

Hey!

Get away, get away, get away, get away,

get away, get away, get away, get away!

Beverly, it's me. It's me,

I'm not going to hurt you.

I just want to

know what you saw.

Just tell me what you saw.

What I did see.

Yeah.

What I did see

about the fancy man.

What fancy man?

That man has a fancy suit

and a fancy car

and he was in a very

big hurry that night.

- That night that that boy...

- - What guy?

That night that that boy...

Was killed that night.

Okay, okay, tell me

exactly what you saw.

Okay, I did, I did see that boy.

I did see that boy... I did see that

boy and that boy that he was doing...

He was doing things...

He was doing things.

And... and then I couldn't...

I didn't see him very good.

That boy didn't have

all the lights on.

He didn't turn on

all the lights.

So and then the fancy man comes.

That fancy man comes... That fancy

man comes and he just goes in there

and then they, they, they...

They, they, they what?

They what? What were they?

They hugged, they were hugging

for a very long time.

And then I couldn't see anymore.

I didn't...

Tell me whatever you can

about him, whatever you can.

Whatever you remember.

I did see the license tag.

I did see that.

Do you remember what it was?

There was a state, state car

m-m-k-m-m-m-k-m-two-two-one.

M-k-m-two-two-one,

m-k-m-two-two-one.

Okay, thank you, okay,

m-k-m-two-two-one.

- I remember that one.

- Thank you so much, Beverly.

I remember that one.

Hey.

- I got your call.

- Yeah, I got some information.

You know Beverly,

the homeless lady?

Mm-hmm.

She saw something that night.

- What do you mean?

- After everyone had left except David,

he had a visitor,

someone in an SUV.

Here's the license plate.

Um... it had a state seal on it.

You think you could

look into that for me?

Yeah, yeah, of course.

It's beautiful here.

Yeah, it is.

David's mother, how's she doin'?

She won't talk to me.

She won't see me.

Seems like no matter what I do,

I'm losing everyone

I care about.

No, no.

Look, you can't blame yourself

for any of this, rose.

You married?

Was.

Prom queen?

Something like that.

Didn't work out.

What about you?

No, no, it's another thing

I'm not good at.

You know, when I

was a kid my mom used

to send me to my daddy's

girlfriend's house.

Bring him back home for dinner.

What chance did I have?

- Scarred for life, huh?

- God, I hope not.

Stay right here, okay?

- You wait here, okay?

- Okay.

How you doin', man?

How you doin', brother?

Good to see you.

Take care of her.

I got Rosemund our there.

Come on.

Thank you.

- Mm.

- Doctor McGowan.

Ms. Wallace,

what a pleasure to see you.

- Oh, likewise.

- Please, sit down.

Thank you.

Can I get you a cocktail?

Oh, a gin Martini

with an olive, please.

I'm so sorry to be

disturbing your meal.

Not at all, not at all.

What a beautiful ring.

Oh, hmm.

- Family crest?

- Oh, quite so, mm.

Well, I think

congratulations are in order

for the Lucy moon gala.

Oh, regrettably

the event was marred

by the death of that poor boy.

Yes, losing David

broke my heart.

I'm so sorry. Thank you.

Thank you, sir.

I read somewhere that he was

a promising media artist.

Which is why I would never

believe he committed suicide.

Right.

Rosemund, may I

call you Rosemund?

Please.

Could we just lay this

aside just for the moment?

It's so sad, so dreadful.

Now, I understand you're preparing

to showcase Mayo's work.

Oh, I love what he does.

Oh, well, Mayo Johnson's

a very lucky man.

I'm not totally unaware

of your reputation.

It seems you have

a discerning eye

for discovering young talent.

- Thank you.

Um...

To be candid, I didn't come

here to discuss Mayo's work.

Although, at another time,

it would give me great pleasure.

Really?

Yes.

Then why are we here?

James Travers.

The scoundrel that

sits on the right hand

of our illustrious governor

who uses a facade

of power to impress

and elicit certain favors

from young men.

Seems you have an almost

intimate familiarity with him.

Well, this is Mississippi.

Oh, yes.

Mayo seems to think that David

and Travers knew each other.

Now I was hoping you might be able to

help me get to the bottom of this.

Trust me, I will get

to the bottom of this.

If Travers had anything to do

with David moon's death,

believe you me,

justice will be swift.

I can assure you of that.

Oh, my, as one gets

older the hands of time

do most inexorably

quicken their pace.

I wonder what Mr. Einstein

would have to say about that?

Hm?

Well, can I say goodbye?

I hope we meet again.

You better stay close.

I might need you later.

Yes, sir.

- Hi.

- Hey.

- Hey.

- You okay?

- Yeah.

- What a day.

Can I have coffee, black please?

Thank you.

You know, I could

get fired for this.

But before you look at it,

it's not nice, okay?

It's a brand.

We found it on David's thigh.

Oh, my god.

Medical examiner says it's

been there a week, two at most.

There's something

familiar about the shape.

What do you mean?

Reminds me

of the ring I gave you.

The one I found at the gallery.

The inscription.

Come to think about it,

a lot like the

symbol on the ring

Walter McGowan was wearing.

Dr. McGowan?

Yes, I had drinks

with him last night.

Rose, have you been

playing detective again?

No. Business.

Okay, look,

I'll get one of my lab guys

to look into it.

Also, that plate

you wanted me to run.

Says that it was a state

motor pool vehicle.

So we'll work out who

was driving it that night.

I know it was Travers.

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