Taking Lives Page #3

but it looks like you have a problem.

Well, the first step is admitting to it.

ls that a sense of humor?

ls that what that is? lt is.

All that and-- What's this?

My cell phone number,

in case you remember anything else.

Anything that might be helpful.

Okay.

All right. Well, thanks.

Okay, l'll--

Maybe you want to come

to the show on Friday night.

You know, l think you'd like it.

Lots of strange, disturbing pieces.

All right.

Whoever was in that hotel room

called this number 20 times.

''Rebecca Asher.''

She claimed to have seen her dead son at

the Quebec ferry terminal three weeks ago.

-And what do we know about her?

-ln her late 60s, no husband, lives alone.

l'm gonna handle this one

on my own, l think. Okay?

l know you've seen this picture

on the news...

...but if you could take

a closer look at it, please?

Of course.

Could that be your son?

lt could be.

l recognized him on the ferry.

He had a full beard,

hat low on his forehead.

But his eyes...

...they were unmistakable.

And he was pulling on his ear.

lt's an old nervous tic from childhood.

l could never get him to break it.

Were you ever actually asked

to identify a body years ago?

They showed me some remains...

...that had been hit by a truck.

l can't say that l was

in any way prepared for it.

No, of course not.

l'm sorry.

-May l?

-Please.

Martin.

No. No, that is Reese.

That's Martin's older brother.

By older, l mean three minutes.

-Twins?

-ldentical.

Has Reese been receiving

any strange phone calls, or...?

Of course you couldn't know.

Reese passed away.

l'm sorry.

They were 1 4.

They took a raft out on the Saint Michel.

There had been a very big

snow melt-off that year...

...and Martin fell overboard.

Reese jumped in to save him.

Only Martin reached the shore.

-That must have been devastating for you.

-lt was.

Well, it was for Martin too.

You know, Reese....

He was just charismatic...

...outgoing.

After he died,

Martin just took a strange turn.

He became violent.

And when he was 1 6, he stole

most of my jewelry and ran away.

The police from St. Jovite

called me just a few days later...

...telling me about the accident.

That's a great one.

Oh, yes.

Summer vacation, Fort Rupert.

And this?

Oh, that was our first symphony.

-The Magic Flute.

-Of course.

He's cute.

He was.

He was cute.

Now, that's Martin.

He always had to wear those big glasses.

Half the time, l couldn't tell them apart

unless he had those on.

Here, l'll just take...

...that thing for you.

-Oh, l forgot my purse. l'll just be--

-l'll get it.

Here you are.

Thanks. l appreciate your time.

You've been very helpful.

You will call me

when you find him, won't you?

Yes, of course.

Good.

So?

How long does it take here

to dig up a body?

According to his mother, Martin Asher

had only broken one bone in his life:

The left radius,

falling off a chair or something.

This kid broke a lot of bones.

Mostly in his face, hands and torso.

But as you can see,

the left radius is intact.

This isn't the body of Martin Asher.

Okay. We better

get Mrs. Asher someplace safe.

Here, Mrs. Asher, 601 .

No, no. l'm afraid that room

is unacceptable.

lt's too near the elevator.

-How'd she talk you into putting her here?

-Mrs. Asher has a way with words.

She's hiding something.

There's a door in the house

hidden by a bookcase.

Her house is under

the department's protection...

...but we can't just go and search it.

Well, what about a headstrong FBl agent

who's just not familiar with the rules?

Now, that's a different story.

There you are.

-Scott.

-Illeana.

The crime scene investigators think he came

in through a second story window.

Mrs. Asher claims no one else has a key.

And so far, the fingerprints

haven't turned up anything.

-How are you feeling? You okay?

-l'm fine.

-Are you sure?

-l'm fine.

Illeana, Leclair knows

you were at the house.

I don't think he connected you

with anything else....

Could--? Would you come to the office

about an hour early tomorrow?

Sure.

-l'll see you there.

-Bye.

Taking lives.

That's what Martin Asher's

been doing for almost 20 years.

His first victim, John Doe.

He was clumsier then.

He covered with a car accident...

...to fake his own death,

and then he took the boy's identity.

There's a gap between

John Doe and Henri Bisonnette...

...but that doesn't mean

Asher was dormant.

Yes, ViCLAS gave us 1 9 unsolved murders

throughout eastern Canada.

At least 1 1 match the m.o.

All who either lived solitary lives

or simply would not be missed right away.

Henri Bisonnette. Asher kills him,

takes his life, his apartment...

...uses his credit cards.

He even pays his taxes.

Nothing extravagant.

He's just living Bisonnette's life.

Then he drops him for Clark William

Edwards, and as Edwards he stalks Morin.

All of these men have something in

common, something that he desires.

Simply, a life different from his own.

l met his mother.

Asher had a twin brother

who she clearly favored.

He died in a drowning accident.

lt wouldn't take much

to get her to admit...

...that she thinks Martin had something

to do with it. She hates him.

So this guy can't stand to be

who he actually is for even a moment.

So...

...he overlaps bodies.

He's like a hermit crab.

He outgrows one shell,

and he starts looking for a new one.

Okay.

Someone just broke

into James Costa's gallery.

All that's missing is my organizer

and a business checkbook? Nothing else?

The alarm system was cut.

Yeah, right. So this doesn't feel

like a normal break-in?

What happened tonight, Mr. Costa?

Right, listen,

l do all my calls to Europe at night.

All my shipping stuff at night.

l want a cup of coffee,

l go to the diner across the street.

l come back in, the door's busted open,

and my desk is all messed up.

You think it's him, right?

We're going to assign more officers to your

apartment until we're sure it's nothing.

-That answers my question.

-Clark William Edwards.

You're meeting with someone named

Clark William Edwards tomorrow night?

-ls that right?

-Yeah. He's a potential buyer.

His rep called me up yesterday.

Could be a really big client.

You're kidding me.

We'll have undercover officers

watching all the time.

The best surveillance team.

We're still talking about the same guy

who smashes in people's faces...

...and cuts off their hands?

He won't come within 50 yards

of you, okay?

lt would be a great service

to the city of Montreal.

lt is a dangerous thing to do, but it is

probably our best shot at catching this guy.

All right?

All right. All right.

But only in service

to the great city of Montreal.

ls he gonna drive me home?

Could Agent Scott drive me home?

l should have stayed

in Winnipeg, you know?

l had a nice gallery, three paintings

on the wall, nobody ever came in.

lf you stayed there, we wouldn't have had

a witness who could draw the killer.

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