Mystic River Page #3

Yeah.

We'll have the father

do a positive ID at the morgue.

Blood's from a split

in the crown of her head.

She was beaten with a stick,

but that didn't kill her.

She was shot a second time.

Looks like a.38.

What the f*** am I gonna tell him?

'Hey, Jimmy...

...God said you owed another marker.

He came to collect.'

Hey.

- Hold on.

Grab him. Stop that guy.

- Hey, you.

I'm f***ing going in there.

- Take it easy.

Get his arms.

- Hold him. Come on.

Let me in, you motherfuckers.

- Take it easy.

Let me in.

- Is she in there?.

Sean, is my daughter in there?.

- Let me in. You motherfuckers.

Is my daughter in there?. Is she in there?.

Is she in there?.

Hey, take it easy. That's the father.

Is my daughter in there?. Motherfuckers.

Is that my daughter in there?.

Look into my eyes. Is she in there?.

Get off me.

- Sean, is that my daughter in there?.

Is that my daughter in there?

No. No.

Oh, no.

No, God.

Oh, God, no.

No one's said anything, right?

What do you mean?

You haven't seen her yet, right?

It might not be her, right?

Jimmy?

Jimmy, please...

- Please what?

Please...

- Please what, baby? Please what?

That's her.

That's Katie.

That's my daughter.

Fresh-brewed.

So we need to work a time line.

It's details, little things that make a case.

You know, things that you could

forget about after a day or two.

Did you ever think about how one little

choice could change a whole life?

I heard Hitler's mother wanted to abort him.

At the last minute, she changed her mind.

See what I mean?

What do you mean, Jimmy?

What if you or I had gotten

into that car instead of Dave Boyle?

What car?

- You're losing me here.

If I'd gotten into that car that day,

my life would have been a different thing.

My first wife, Marita, Katie's mother...

...she was a beautiful woman.

Regal.

As a lot of Latin women are,

and she knew it.

You had to have balls

to go near her, and I did.

Eighteen years old, the two of us.

She was carrying Katie.

Now, here's the thing, Sean.

If I'd gotten into that car,

I'd be a basket case.

I never would have had the juice

to go near her.

And Katie never would have been born.

And she never would have

been murdered. You know?

You ever see Dave around?

- He married my cousin Celeste.

What time did Katie get home

from work yesterday?

Around 7:
30.

Anything unusual,

out of the way about her?

No. She sat with us,

with me and the girls, while we ate.

She was having dinner with her friends.

Eve Pigeon and Diane Cestra?

- Yeah.

She talked to Nadine

about her Communion...

...and then she was on the phone

in her room for a bit.

And then around 8, she left.

Do you know who she talked to?

- No.

Do you mind if we have the phone company

subpoenaed for records?

No, go ahead.

- Good.

You say you spent most

of the day Saturday...

with your daughter in the store, correct?

Yes and no. I was mostly in back.

Anything odd? A confrontation

with a customer, anything?

No, she was herself, she was happy. She...

She what?

It's nothing.

Listen, the littlest thing

could be something right now.

It's just that when she was little,

right after her mother died...

...I had just gotten out of prison,

she couldn't be by herself.

Whether she was crying or not,

it didn't matter...

...but she gave a look sometimes, like

she was preparing to never see you again.

For a couple of seconds on Saturday,

she looked at me that way.

Okay.

- It was just a look.

It's information. We collect it,

put it together, see what fits. Little things.

You were in prison?

Oh, Jesus.

- Here we go.

Whitey.

- I'm just asking.

Sixteen years ago, I did a two-year bit

for robbery at Deer Island.

Is that gonna find

my daughter's killer? Just asking.

Let's forget about that.

Let's get back to the point.

Sorry.

- It's all right. It's all right.

Okay, Mr. Markum.

Okay.

- Okay. All right. So, Jimmy...

...outside of the look Katie gave you,

was there anything else?

There was this kid.

What am I talking about?

That was this morning.

What? Remember, it's the little things.

This kid Brendan Harris come in the store,

like he was expecting to see her.

Barely knew each other.

- Could they have been dating?

No.

- What makes you so sure?

Sean, are you gonna grill me?

A father knows.

Mrs. Markum, was Katie seeing anyone?

No one right now, as far as we know.

I mean, knew.

- I'll give you whatever you need tomorrow.

We got girls at home wanting to know

where their sister is.

All right, there will be a trooper

downstairs to take you home.

And if you think of anything...

...anything at all, give us a call.

He said you almost got into a car

when you were kids?

Sh*t. Me, Jimmy and a kid named Boyle

were playing in front of my house.

This car came up and took Dave away.

Abduction?

- Yeah, guys pretending to be cops.

Convinced Dave to get in the car,

kept him for four days before he escaped.

They catch these guys?

- One died.

The other got busted,

went the noose route in his cell.

Your pal Markum, the moment I laid

eyes on him, I could tell he'd done time.

They never lose that tension,

it settles in their shoulders.

He lost his daughter.

That's what's in his shoulders.

No, that's in his stomach.

The tension in his shoulders, that's prison.

Cause of death:
the gunshot wound to

the head, not the trauma from the beating.

What else?

- Her and her friends were barhopping.

We're interviewing anyone

who might have seen them.

One other thing,

the backpack in her car...

...had pamphlets on Las Vegas

and a list of Vegas hotels.

It doesn't sound like much.

What do you say, Devine?

We'll get the guy, sir.

That's right. All right, let's do it.

That's the best you can come up with?

- It made him happy, didn't it?

This is Sean.

Hello?

- Is it Lauren?

You're in Manhattan.

I can tell by the traffic sounds.

Is he with you?

Is that the baby?

Lauren, at least tell me her name.

Yeah, nice talking to you too.

Hey.

Would it surprise you?

Wouldn't be the first time.

Did you see that girl?

Did you see that...?

Did you see her?

I heard a car hit something.

- Hit what? Another car?

Oh, no, not loud like that.

- Like hitting the curb?

Yes, maybe.

Then it stalled, and someone said, 'Hi.'

Someone said, 'Hi'?

- 'Hi.'

Then there was a loud crack.

Could it have been a gunshot?

- Yes, maybe.

Did you look out your window, Mrs. Prior?

- Oh, no.

I was in my dressing gown by then.

I don't look out the window

in my dressing gown.

The voice you heard,

was that a male or a female?

Female.

I think.

It sounds like the girl knew the shooter.

- Yeah.

Sorry to trouble you.

Jimmy.

- Theo.

How's my daughter?

How's Annabeth holding up?

She's trying.

- Let's get these on ice.

You got a couple of coolers?

Right here's fine.

So how are you handling all this so far?

It hasn't really sunk in, Theo.

- Yeah?

It's gonna hurt like hell when it does.

When my Janey died,

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