On the Other Hand, Death Page #5

Okay.

Thank you.

Wow! We're gonna have to

talk about increasing

those alimony

payments.

You know, I could get

your license suspended

for interfering

with a criminal investigation.

I actually came by

to tell you I found the guy

that hired me

to follow you.

You just had coffee

with him an hour ago.

- Are you sure?

- Oh, I'm sure.

I think he may also be involved

in another case that I'm working.

Look, whatever

you've got going here,

I think someone may

have been killed over it.

Killed? Who?

Why don't we trade

a little information, huh?

- What are you working on?

- How about I call downtown right now

and have you dragged back

to that interrogation room

the minute you step foot

outside this building?

Look, you don't want

to answer my questions,

I'll just wander

around here,

see if I can find

someone who will!

It's a fraud

investigation.

We had an informant

come forward a year ago

who told us

Crane Sturgis

was buying off

zoning commissioners.

He'd acquire a lot

of residences cheaply,

knowing that he was

short of getting them

re-zoned to commercial use

whenever he wanted.

Doesn't sound like a good enough reason

to kill someone.

Are you kidding me?

It's about 40 million

good reasons

to kill somebody,

per project.

Sturgis currently has three projects

in the planning stages.

All right, who was

your coffee date?

His name

is Peter Garritty.

He's a real estate broker.

He puts together properties

for commercial development.

What were you meeting

with him about?

He's been after me

to see if Sturgis

might still

be interested

in the Hollis

SuperCenter project.

It got derailed

a couple of months ago.

'Cause one of the homeowners

didn't want to sell.

Okay, your turn.

Who got killed?

They haven't

ID'd the guy.

Look, ask Bailey.

He'll tell you.

Someone got burnt up

in Hollis last night.

Someone's definitely trying

to make sure that this thing...

- Elizabeth.

- Mr. Sturgis.

Oh, baby, I missed you!

Don't you understand that?

Why you gonna hold that

against me?

I want you back.

Gimme another chance.

Berne... You love

doing this to me, don't you?

- Seeing me beg like this?

- I think you need to leave.

That woman is

the best damn thing

that ever

happened to me.

He's my ex.

He's kind of

an a**hole.

That's crazy.

You're the only

connection I have

to what's going on

in Hollis.

You asked Timothy

to invite me to that hearing.

For support.

What is going on

here, Don?

You don't think

that Andrew had

- something to do with this?

- I'm not buying it.

You know who

Peter Garritty is, don't you?

I'm sorry. I don't.

He's a real estate broker.

Same one that tried to get Dorothy

and Edith to sell their place.

He also hired me

to follow someone.

So if you didn't give him

my name, how'd he find me?

I have no idea.

Maybe you should ask him.

Andrew, listen.

If you are involved in this thing

in any way,

you need to tell me.

Right now.

A man got killed.

Dorothy and Edith could be next.

Look, Don, if this is about me

kissing you last night...

You kissed him?

I was gonna

tell you about that.

You kissed him.

He kissed me.

There's a difference.

G...

Timothy, come on.

Hey.

Hey.

I stopped it

immediately.

And I made it very clear

I was not interested.

You did?

Yes.

Why didn't

you tell me?

I wanted to.

Th...

The fire happened.

There wasn't...

No. You know what

the problem was, Don?

He's your friend.

You clearly

look up to him.

You admire him.

I can see that.

And up until a couple

of hours ago,

I didn't want that

to change.

You did it for me?

Yeah.

You have

that thing...

...that thing

I love

where you see people

as basically good.

It's one of the things

I love the most about you.

I don't have it.

And, Tim, I hope

that I'm wrong.

But it doesn't feel right.

I don't trust him.

The only thing

I am sure of... I love you.

Okay?

Okay.

I'll call you.

Bye.

Back to work.

Back to work.

There's nothing

to see here.

Kenny, you're sure?

You checked both state

and federal records?

Yeah, I don't know.

But I'm about

to find out.

Thanks, Kenny.

It said, "Our love

is our home forever."

We carved it

into the wood

when we rebuilt the old barn,

put our initials on it.

This is close to a wedding vow

as we've ever had.

Maybe, but these

aren't your initials.

Are they?

I've checked every database

known to man.

You didn't exist

before 1972.

Which would explain

the photos in your house.

Dorothy's go back

to the beginning.

Yours start

when you two met.

Now, how about being

honest with me?

"You can't hide"?

That wasn't written by somebody

who was threatening Dorothy.

They were harassing

someone with a secret.

We all have secrets,

don't we?

Who are you?

Really.

Laura Whitaker.

I haven't said

that name in years.

That's who I was...

Laura Whitaker.

Okay, what happened

to Laura Whitaker?

She...

Sh-She...

killed a man.

I killed a man...

a good man

who was my friend.

His name was Michael.

We were

young activists

when I was living

in Manhattan,

back when I thought fighting

actually made a difference.

We both lost brothers

in the Vietnam War.

You can't know

what it was like

to know how wrong that war was

and have nobody listening.

You wanted to make

someone listen.

We decided to bomb

a courthouse.

A blow against authority.

We knew the courthouse

was empty.

We planted

the explosives.

Everything was

going perfectly.

But then,

at the very last moment...

...we found out that there was

a janitorial crew inside.

We both ran back.

I got them out.

All of them, but...

But Michael.

The explosion

was in the news for weeks.

I went into hiding.

Changed your identity.

By the time

I got to Albany,

I was already

Edith Strong, and...

...Laura Whitaker

was just a memory.

Dorothy knows

nothing about this?

No. Are you going

to tell her?

Please.

You can't.

It... It will

break her heart.

Which part,

the truth or the fact

that you didn't trust her

enough to share it with her?

Now, somebody

found out.

Do you have

any idea who?

No. This man

called me at home

when Dorothy

was at work.

He warned me

that he would go to the police

and tell them

who I really was.

What did he want?

For us to sell

the house.

I tried to get her

to sell,

but she wouldn't

even think about it.

You're behind

the vandalism?

No. Not all of it.

Look. Look,

all the craziness

at the school

was happening,

and so

I just thought...

- I just... I just wanted us...

- Who?

to get away

from here, to...

for everything to go back

the way it was.

Who? Who'd you

get to do it?

Joey. Joey Deems.

But I never wanted him to go this far...

all the vandalism, the...

the brick through the window,

the... the fire.

That... That poor man.

You think Joey Deems

is still behind all this?

I don't know.

I hope not.

Edie!

Edie!

We're coming!

Andrew! They're

hurting him!

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