Nine Dead Page #6

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I had even less getting out.

But somehow he was able

to pull off

this big liquor store

robbery heist?

Where did he get a gun

to rob Mrs. Chan?

Leon said the easiest product

to move were guns.

Guns can be better than cash.

So you think Leon sold the gun

to Christian

that he used to rob Chan's

liquor store?

So Sully gave Christian

the motive for the robbery.

Leon gave him opportunity.

Chan identified the wrong man.

Kelley locked him up.

And Father Francis didn't

go to the cops

after he found out the truth.

Okay, so that leaves Jackson,

me, and Coogan.

But we can all agree that this

all started with Christian

borrowing money from Sully.

Between that and Greeley

going to jail

is our new time line.

When Christian borrowed

the money from Sully,

I was studying

pharmaceuticals in Arizona.

Okay, well, Christian said

that he was dealing drugs.

Could he have gotten them

from you?

No.

I didn't have any access

to drugs.

All right, all right,

we've narrowed this down some.

Narrowed it down?

All we got is a robbery,

drug dealing, and a pedophile.

Sorry, buddy.

Buddy?

Look, Sully is a criminal.

Okay, he's a killer.

We would have taken him down

Now he's your best friend?

I'm sorry for liking the guy

who's trying to save my life.

Thank you.

And for bacon,

you're not so bad yourself.

Look, our only chance is that

we think Eddie might be next.

And then hopefully after that,

Sully's next.

So you and I can take him down.

God, you are one twisted

home-wrecking b*tch.

Well, it's good to know

it only takes a gun to your head

for you to speak your mind.

You know what?

The worst thing I did was not

beating that kid till he was blind.

It was f***ing the lawyer.

That hurts.

Jackson, I hope you die

for getting me into this.

What are you talking about?

I didn't get you into this.

What are you talking about?

What are you talking about?

No, no, wait, wait, wait.

You just said that Jackson

got you into this.

What does that mean?

What does what mean?

We have, like, seconds left

till he comes in.

Why are you here?

Because this b*tch

knows something,

and she won't talk!

Please, please!

I beg you!

You can't kill me.

You have to let me go.

My child needs me.

Okay, my son needs his mommy.

You're a human being.

You can understand.

You can't take a mother

away from her son.

Your son William goes

to the Sacred Heart School,

where he is picked up every day

by your hired help.

And when was the last time

you actually spent time

with him?

And how long will it be

before you pack him off

to some boarding school?

Do not use your child

as an excuse.

It pisses me off.

And it should piss you off

as well.

What was he talking about,

Kelley?

It looks like you might be

a dad, Jackson.

Billy's mine?

I didn't think I could.

My wife and I,

we'd been trying for--

I didn't think it was possible.

Yeah, well, it's possible.

Maybe if you had spent a little

less time with me

and a little more with her.

How could you do that to me?

How could you just

keep that from me?

I know our relationship,

the breakup was bad,

but how could you just

cut me off like that?

I had to do what was best

for me.

Okay, jackass over there was

never gonna leave his wife.

He would rather just lead me on.

So when I found out,

I just blamed it

on someone else.

What you did was wrong

and downright selfish.

You need to start talking.

And it doesn't matter

what you're holding back.

I don't care.

I forgive you, but we have to

get out of here alive.

Do you want to die?

I might as well be dead

if this gets out.

Before, you said Jackson got

you into this.

How?

Look.

Wade Greeley was picked up

He was a good match

to Chan's description.

And no one could verify

his lame-ass alibi.

And then Chan picked him

out of the lineup.

I had him.

I had to have him.

You remember what I was

going through, Jackson.

The mother and son,

the abortion case:

two in a row lost.

I was just getting

into the life

that I had worked so hard for,

and I felt the pressure.

You know, I had to have a conviction,

or I was on my way out.

I was the lowest

on the totem pole,

and no one was

taking me seriously.

I had to win at all costs.

Losing cases

doesn't make you incompetent.

No, but combine that

with budget cuts

and an affair with Jackson that was

growing more public every day,

and it doesn't look good.

What did you make me do,

Kelley?

I had Chan's testimony,

but it was shaky at best.

I would never be able convince

a jury that a 60-year-old woman

could positively identify

someone,

especially after she'd been

pistol-whipped.

I had to put Greeley

at the scene.

During the struggle,

Chan grabbed Christian

by the head

and got a few couple hairs.

So I knew I just had to

get some of Wade's hair

and make the switch.

So I snuck the sample

out of the lab.

I got a few hairs

from Wade's comb.

And--

and I couldn't get the sample

back into the evidence room.

And I thought me and Coogan

were the most f***ed-up

Don't you realize that you

helped kill these people?

How could you not

tell us this before?

Look, if the truth ever gets

out of this room, I'm over.

I'll lose my job. I'll go to jail.

I'll never see my son again.

I might as well be dead.

I committed a felony.

Yeah, welcome to my world.

You know, I know we're not

a team or a family,

but we have a child together.

Doesn't that mean something?

No, he's my son, Jackson, okay?

You're not a father.

You'll never be a father.

You were just a dick, literally.

You're f***ing unbelievable, Kelley.

You're not a father.

What?

No, no, no.

Hear me out for a second.

Greeley said that he wasn't

Wade Greeley.

I'm not Wade Greeley.

Did you see how upset he got

when Kelley tried to use her son

for pity?

Do not use your child

as an excuse.

It pisses me off.

I mean,

if it's not really Wade,

then maybe it's his father.

Has anybody thought about what

happened to Wade Greeley

after he went to prison?

Remember when I said

Wade Greeley going to prison

was the end-all-be-all?

Well, I could have been wrong.

Jackson was on to something

a minute ago.

We've been trying to see how

Coogan and I

fit into the time line before

the trial.

We weren't thinking

about what happened

after prison.

You said that Wade

was in San Quentin.

Did Christian say what prison

he was in?

No, but the sick f***er

over there

said he'd been to a couple

of prisons.

My travels have

taken me all over,

including Los Angeles.

More than a few prisons.

This must mean something.

Christian couldn't have known

Wade Greeley.

Christian got out of prison

before Wade Greeley went in.

But Coogan

knowing Wade Greeley,

that's a possibility.

That just leaves me.

Wait, wait!

We need more time!

Why are you here?

Look, we think it has

something to do

with what happened to your son

after he went to prison.

Isn't this what you want?

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