Secrets of Deception Page #4

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I called this thing off

at the last minute.

Just...

Look, just take the money

and leave town, okay?

Just take it, and go.

- Yeah, it was just kind of a...

Last-minute sort of trip.

I'm sorry, what did you say

your name was again?

-Luke.

- Luke, okay, well, I'm sure

if it's an emergency,

you could probably

just fax in the documents.

-Yeah, you're probably right.

You think I can come in

and use the bathroom real quick?

Kind of...

Kind of really have to go.

-I don't mean to be rude, Luke,

but I just don't know you

like that.

There's a gas station

up the street.

-Okay, yeah, no worries.

- I'll get these to Jeff.

- Um-hm.

- Yeah, no. Nice to meet you.

- Sorry to interrupt.

- Yeah, all right.

- Yeah, sorry.

- Sorry to interrupt...

- No worries.

- Have a good one.

- All right.

- We do realize

you've been through

something very traumatic.

And we believe you.

Unfortunately, we are

required to ask you questions,

that although may seem

stupid or annoying,

they do help us

in our investigation.

- So is this the first time

you cheated on your husband?

-I think I want my lawyer.

-Okay.

You do have a right to counsel.

But, um, just to let you know,

we're not trying to

implicate you for anything.

We're just...

We just want to get some

foundational facts.

- And you can leave

whenever you want.

We just... the deceased...

Cory singer,

he... he has a voice too,

and we want to help

his voice be heard.

We want to help you

find who did this to him.

- We need to know what you know.

That's all.

-I don't know.

- Has Mr. Schaefer

ever seen Cory before?

-No.

- Does he know...

- He has no idea.

- He has no idea.

Are you sure about that?

-What are you doing?

You're a creep sometimes.

Cory...

- Damn, bro. I was

just gonna call you guys.

There's this fool

walking around.

- Drive.

Just drive.

- No seriously, I owe you one.

I'm just glad

I was able to get to him

before anything happened.

- So, Brooke,

we're only going to hold you

for a little while longer, okay?

-Okay.

-But we would like to know,

why did you stay at your mom's

the night before?

- I only spend three days a week

at my dad's house.

And that night happened to be

the night I spent at my mom's.

So I wasn't there.

- How come you didn't

write down the license plate?

- It happened so fast.

I really don't know.

- How many times a week

would you guys say

you see that mustang

in your neighborhood?

- When did I say

I saw a mustang?

- Well, you must have thought

something was a little bit off.

You heard the screams

and then they run into the car.

-I saw them running,

then maybe five seconds later,

we heard a scream.

- Do you know if your dad

and Kim, did they fight a lot?

- No, I don't think

I've ever seen them fight.

I mean, we all get along well.

- So all the other people

that live on the block,

they're not getting questioned,

but we are?

-He's a great guy.

I can't imagine anyone

who'd want to hurt him.

-This don't make sense.

You're treating us

like we did a crime,

and we just walking

down the street.

- We just wanna

kinda get an idea...

-there was a murder, guys.

Do you want to help or not?

- We didn't have

nothing to do with it.

- I know you didn't have

anything to do with it.

We're trying to get

some information from you.

-Then why are we here?

- Because you live

in the guy's neighborhood...

- no, no, no.

They're right, go.

You don't have to be here, go.

- Look. We're just

telling you what we saw.

Sorry we didn't call the police

because we saw some Mexican guys

driving in a nice neighborhood.

I, for one,

am not a racist, okay.

- We didn't make

that assumption at all.

- Are you kidding me right now?

- What do you know

about Mrs. Schaefer?

- I know he shouldn't

have married her.

-Why do you say that?

-It's obvious.

I mean, she's only with him

because of the money.

Come on, let's be serious here.

She's half his age.

And they meet six months ago,

and now they're married,

all of a sudden.

I'm pretty sure she's an escort.

-Hello?

- Baby?

- Kim?

Baby, I'm so scared,

I need you.

- Kim, what's going on?

Are you okay?

- I need you to call your lawyer

and come to the police station.

I'm at the one in Westlake.

- What do you mean?

The police...?

What are you doing

in the police station?

-I can't really tell you now.

But can you please just...

I know there's a detective

who's gonna call you any minute.

And I just want you to know

that whatever he says,

I'm... I'm innocent

and I didn't do anything, okay.

I just need you to believe me.

- What do you mean,

a detective is gonna call me?

What is going on, Kim?

Talk to me.

- I'll explain everything

when you get here.

-All right, okay.

Baby?

- Mr. Schaefer?

- Who's this?

- My name is

detective Timothy Jones.

I'm contacting you

about an incident

that took place

in your home today.

-Listen, what is going on?

- As I understand it, you're

out of town at the moment.

Is... there any way

you could be in town?

We urgently need to

speak with you.

- I'll be on

the next flight out.

-Great.

- Listen,

can I speak to my wife?

- Unfortunately,

we are in the middle of

an open investigation right now,

so you cannot speak with her.

But as soon as you get here,

sir, she'll be available to you.

-Okay, I'm on my way.

-All right, see you soon.

Hello?

- Luke?

Hey, what's up?

- We got a problem.

- Well, we have

witnesses that say

they saw two Hispanic males

leaving the neighborhood

in a rush after the screams.

You got any enemies?

- Who are you?

- This interrogation is over.

I told you not to interview

my client without me present.

Let's go.

When you're ready

to charge Mr. Schaefer

with an actual crime,

then you can talk to him.

- Are you charging him?

- Not yet.

-Didn't think so.

-We'll be calling.

- Yes, we will.

-Dick.

So, what do you think?

- Well, I think we need to find

the two Mexican guys

and this mysterious Luke.

-Oh, yeah.

- Like I said,

I ain't going nowhere.

And if I get arrested,

you're gonna be my lawyer.

And if I get convicted,

you better believe

I'm gonna cut a deal.

Hey, cabron, it's not my fault

you got spooked

and had me rush out

of that house last minute, okay?

You see, the blame falls on you.

-You piece of sh*t,

you actually think

you can blackmail us?

- It's not blackmail,

it's facts.

You see, if I get f***ed,

he gets f***ed.

Or how about

I go back to that house

and f*** that pretty little

whore wife too, motherf***er.

- Easy, easy.

You don't wanna play that game.

- Really?

I like that game though.

Or maybe I end the game

and kill you both, right now?

-You ain't that f***ing stupid.

What the f***.

- I didn't know

what the f*** to do.

- So you f***ing killed the guy?

Where'd you even get the gun?

-I got it for protection.

He was gonna kill us, Lucas.

He was gonna kill us.

-F***!

F***!

One big f***ing spiral

with you, isn't it?

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