Tell-Tale Page #2

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Yeah, I'm watching right now.

You think we should be worried?

Hello.

Yeah.

Are you alright?

Jesus Christ, you scared the sh*t out of me, man.

I got a 10-45 D in a medical center subway station.

Possible homicide. Wallet found on the scene says the victim is Acherton, Paul Ed.

We're gonna need a cleanup for this one.

-Jesus Christ.

-Why does he have to show up?

He jumped?

No, it says he was pushed.

You got anything?

Just some hair.

But it'll never hold up in court.

Besides, we need a suspect first.

Hey, sweetheart.

Where is he?

He locked himself in the bathroom.

Terry, if you're in there and you can hear me...

let me know if you need help, alright.

Coz I can call an ambulance.

Don't call an ambulance.

What..?

It's nothing. Just a little irritated.

What did Dr. Averman say?

He's not concerned coz I'm fine.

Obviously it's not fine coz you look just so pale.

Did you take your meds this morning?

I'm not your patient.

If this is about us...

If you think we've taken a wrong turn somewhere,

then just tell me.

Last night I...

No, it's okay.

Are you alright?

I'm fine.

I'll take Angie to school.

Thanks.

You just take care of yourself, right. Promise me that.

What's wrong with him?

He's just being a little bit sick.

Is he gonna be okay?

Yeah, you know, when you get back from

school, he's gonna be right as rain.

Gets embarrassed when they see

a lady's underwear.

I think you wanna come with me.

Something of yours was found at the train station.

Let's try and make this cordial, shall we?

-Well that's not very cordial.

-I don't drink.

Are you sure?

Because you're looking at that drink

the way I look at that drink.

I don't drink.

Okay cowboy, let's cut the wood.

Paul Acherton.

DNA is gonna link him to the Vieillard crime scene, isn't it?

I don't know.

I think you know.

There's one other case that's been

opened for months.

We haven't fingered a single suspect yet...

and then you come along.

Now, I don't think Acherton slipped on his own banana peel.

I don't know you, Terry Bernard.

But you seem like a nice guy.

And as far as I know, nice guys don't roam around...

tossing health care professionals in front of moving locomotors,

and gutting 25-year old paramedics in the alleyways.

Yeah.

I did a little digging.

It turns out this kid, Stanovic, turns out he's the responding

paramedic at the Vieillard crime scene.

Did you know that?

I think you did.

My heart, whenever they like, came closely..

I could hear my heart beating clattering my head.

Okay? Cute.

Let's back up a second.

How did you find them?

I mean, your magic heart didn't

give you their names, did it?

I have his heart.

Jean Vieillard is my donor.

I have his heart.

I'll tell you what I think, Terry Bernard.

I think you wanna have that drink.

Look, we can help each other, you and me.

I got a murder case which never close.

You know who the perfs were.

I don't care how.

I don't need to know.

It's going too far.

It smells to me like it just begun.

It's going too far.

It's going too far.

Hey, hey, hang on, friend, hang on.

Keep in mind.

What are you gonna do?

You're gonna turn me in?

You know what? I'll turn myself in.

Wait a minute.

Hey.

Hey.

What happened?

You had a heart attack when you

were driving yesterday.

Did I hurt anyone?

Just an old station wagon.

I guess my behavior yesterday..

Hey, we all have our moments, right?

You didn't deserve that.

I spoke to Dr. Averman this morning...

and he said your cardiac enzymes

is through the roof.

You're showing tissue injury in every major artery.

I know you know that, that's some serious stuff.

He thinks you're drinking.

No.

I know, I told him you don't.

That you wouldn't.

But levels of your test results...I don't know why...

The point is and this is where

I agree with him...

is some time before your accident, you did something

that made your heart very very angry.

You nearly died yesterday, Terry.

You understand what I'm saying?

Dad.

Hello, button.

So you'll remember how lucky we

are to have each other.

It's beautiful.

You won't go away.

I'm not gonna go anywhere.

That really is one hell of a kicker,

the heart they gave you.

Isn't it?

First you tell me it told you about Stanovic and Acherton.

And then when you decide to turn yourself in,

it pulled the plug on your little vigilante role play, just like that.

It stops itself.

It stops you.

Hell of a thing, really.

What do you want?

There were four of them.

They went in from the back.

Standard burglary setup.

They didn't know that Jean and Frances

were at home.

So everything went to shock really quick.

They hit Vieillard on the head.

And on the after hand, they killed

Frances in front of him.

He watched them.

As they try to slit her throat out.

He watched her scream.

So he went to the shadow, twice.

And slowly, slowly,

he watched fade away.

And then...Boom!...he died.

Yeah.

That is one hell of heart you got.

She's very beautiful.

Yes, she was.

Sir, what happened? We need to slow

this down. Give me 2500 mg of...

I can't even believe I'm saying this...

considering you just survived a heart attack.

But every test we run indicates that...

apparently, you are the second documented

case of spontaneous blood type switch.

Ever.

Spontaneous?

You've adopted your donor's blood type,

all immune system actually.

The stem cells from the donor part migrated...

to your bone marrow and just

took all the refractory.

Which is a good thing?

Well, oh yes, since your previous immune system

is essentially a time bomb...

Do you know what this means?

This is good news.

I'm serious.

Terry.

Are you okay?

Let's get you home.

Sit.

Just orders.

I wished I wasn't called late...

but you know how to reach me.

I'm gonna turn down your

bed before I go.

You can reroute the TV, right?

Are you there?

Nice guy with the unusual

heart problem.

Come on, I can hear you breathing.

Hey, Cochius.

Who are you?

I know you were there.

What the hell are you talking about?

I know you're involved in the murder

of Jean Vieillard and his wife.

You better get the f*** out of

here before I hurt you.

Stop.

You were there, you were with them.

What the f*** do you want, man?

Just tell me who else was involved.

Tell me.

I didn't know they were

gonna do those things.

I told them "Don't do it."

I said:
"Please, don't do it."

Terry, is that you?

The babysitter had to leave, but she

said you can pay her next time.

Terry, you have to be kidding.

I don't wanna be charged with murder.

Bullshit.

Terry, will you wear a condom?

Hey.

Thank you for everything you

have done for us.

I'd do anything for you and Angie.

Anything.

What are you thinking?

Do you think that sometimes you have

to do things you don't wanna do?

But you have to do them...

because, in the end, it's better

for the people that you love.

Stanovic, Acherton, Valdez...

I don't wanna be next.

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