Smoke Screen Page #7

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That Jay Burgess

carefully orchestrated all of it.

548

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Getting you

to blast my face on the news...

549

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...was just the final nail

in the coffin.

550

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It just-- It doesn't make sense.

551

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I mean, why would he try

to screw up your career...

552

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...and risk ruining his own?

553

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That's exactly

what I wanted to know.

554

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And I could only think of one thing.

555

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The Cleveland Jones file.

556

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What do you think

would be in that file...

557

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...that could possibly

be so terrible?

558

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I wish I could tell you.

559

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After I lost my job,

the arson investigator...

560

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...that took over the case closed it.

561

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If he did get

the Cleveland Jones file...

562

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...he didn't include it

in the final report.

563

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And then he bought a car

and a new house...

564

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...and took his wife

on a cruise to Mexico.

565

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-So you think Jay paid him off?

-Someone did.

566

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Until yesterday,

I always thought Jay acted alone.

567

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Then it hit me that Jay

must have had an accomplice.

568

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And that accomplice killed him--

569

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Because he was gonna finally

tell me the truth.

570

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-Do you have a phone?

-No.

571

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Of course not.

572

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You do.

573

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You took my purse?

574

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Needed to make it look

like you left on your own.

575

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Good. That will go over well

with the cops since they love me.

576

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Who are you calling?

577

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Well, if I was following

the wrong story...

578

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...maybe it's not too late

for me to get the right one.

579

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iHi, Sam, it's me./i

580

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-Britt, where are you?

-I didn't skip town.

581

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iI don't think you understand/i

ihow serious this is./i

582

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Oh, yeah, no, I do, I do.

I'm trying to get to the bottom of it.

583

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-iIt's about the police station fire./i

-What about it?

584

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iI don't have the details yet.../i

585

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i...but Jay Burgess' death/i

irelates back to it./i

586

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-iAnd you know this how?/i

-iI'm gonna need your help./i

587

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iTrack down the paperwork on Jones,/i

ithe guy that started the fire./i

588

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iDon't bother looking at the fire/i

iinvestigation report. It's not there./i

589

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iOkay, listen to me, Britt./i

590

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Sam, you gotta trust me on this.

This is really good.

591

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I'm gonna save my ass.

I'm gonna break open a story.

592

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Yeah, from where? Jail?

593

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Coroner's report came.

Jay Burgess was murdered.

594

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It's official.

595

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iThey've actually issued/i

ia warrant for your arrest./i

596

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iYou gotta turn yourself in./i

597

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iBritt, are you listening to me?/i

598

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iYeah. Yeah, I heard you./i

599

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-You got her?

-Got her.

600

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You'll want these. Directions.

601

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I don't understand

why you won't come.

602

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What happened to me is confirmation

of what happened to you.

603

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-If we go to the police--

-You kidding?

604

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I don't trust the cops anymore.

I sure as hell don't trust you.

605

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You destroyed my life. You think I'd

give you the chance to do it again?

606

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I listened to your story.

607

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You have selective memory.

608

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Back when I was reporting on you

I begged you for an interview.

609

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I gave you the opportunity

to tell your side but you wouldn't.

610

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-Shut up.

-No.

611

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You lay low and let things pass by.

612

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-Just shut up.

-No, you should've fought back.

613

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You should've fought.

If not for yourself, for your fiance.

614

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You have no idea

how much I wanted to fight for her.

615

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No idea.

616

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Raley, I'm sorry.

617

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I'm sorry.

618

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I know exactly why I'm alone.

619

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What's your excuse?

620

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Damn it!

621

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It's okay.

622

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So are you guys close

to catching her?

623

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I mean, Jay was my dad's partner...

624

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...so he was kind of like a father

to me himself.

625

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Yeah, we understand. Really.

626

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We got an APB out on her.

627

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-Every cop in the state is on high alert.

-Great.

628

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Good.

629

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You know, she comes across

as very earnest and innocent...

630

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...but my father always told me that

those were the most dangerous type.

631

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Just that....

632

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Okay.

633

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Are you okay?

634

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I should take you to the hospital,

I think you're still in shock.

635

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No.

636

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I'm fine, it's just a little cut.

637

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Guessing you couldn't see who--

638

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Two men, black Mercedes,

that's all I could tell.

639

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Your station manager, you think

maybe his phone was bugged?

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