The Detective Page #8

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of the Borough Planning Commission.

Okay, I'll be there.

I've got to go.

What happened in that garage? Why did they

try to kill you? What's all that about?

Some important people in the neighborhood

got their necks stuck out.

I'm gonna chop them off.

Will the department let you do that?

- We'll see.

- Joe.

Take good care of yourself.

[DOOR CLOSES]

What is it, Joe?

I just discovered something else

about this guy Maclver.

He had a strange sense of humor. Rainbow

means an organization that covers the town.

- What are you talking about?

- The Borough Planning Commission.

You know how it's formed.

A couple of political payoffs.

An ex-mayor, a councilman...

a representative of the business world,

somebody from the religious community.

Rainbow. Covers the town.

- Why are they selling land back and forth?

- To make the prices rise. Don't you understand?

The board recommends to the city which land

should be bought for new housing...

hospitals, slum-clearance projects.

They're selling land to the city.

They buy it for a song, sell it to each

other's corporations, raising the price.

You got it. That's why there are no hospitals

being built and the old slums still stand.

By the time they fill their pockets, there

ain't enough money to build a birdhouse.

There are half of the most respected names

in the borough here.

They're the ones always talking about

how the town needs improving.

Naturally.

Dave, I've been waiting a long time

to get those bastards. A long time.

[CHUCKLES]

And they judge other people's morals.

The thing we have to find is the link

between this and Maclver's death.

Hey, maybe he wanted to pull out

and maybe they didn't want him to.

Maybe.

[HUMMING]

- What's this?

- The lox came fresh this morning.

- Not now, honey.

- The bagels will get stale.

- Rachael, please. This is important, will you?

- You have to eat.

- Wait till evening, will you?

- Will you look how he looks?

Now she's gonna cry.

Did you notice how many times

Dr. Wendell Roberts is mentioned?

Now, he must be on the board

of at least 10 organizations.

Dave, we're sitting on

something pretty dangerous.

I suggest you send Rachael

to her mother's for a few days.

What'll I tell her?

- Tell her you got a shiksa.

- Thanks a lot.

- Norma, it's Joe.

- Oh, hello, Joe.

- Will you do me a favor, no questions asked?

- What is it?

I want you to see Dr. Roberts tonight,

keep him busy.

Joe, if you suspect Wendell of anything,

you're mistaken.

I'll be in his office so if he comes

anywhere near the building, you call me.

All right.

What time do you want me to see him?

Uh, about eight o'clock.

Joe, be careful.

Don't worry, I will.

- Dave, do me a favor, will you?

- What?

Don't leave the house. If anybody

rings the doorbell, don't answer it.

- That's just what I didn't want to hear.

- And another thing.

If you swallow your chewing gum

or run out of cigarettes, call me.

You'll hear me all right,

and I won't need a telephone either.

Joe, will you do me a favor?

Will you tell Rachael

to go to her mother's?

Dave. Sheesh.

[PHONE RINGING]

- Yes?

- Joe, he's coming up.

What?

He stopped at the building

to pick up some papers he has to have.

This was the first chance I had to call.

- Where are you?

- I'm downstairs. He's on his way up now.

Okay.

Close the door, doctor.

Don't turn your back.

This is ridiculous.

Mm-hm.

Do you keep tapes of all your patients?

No, only sometimes.

Sometimes there are things

I don't want even a secretary to hear.

Maclver come to you clinically?

No, he didn't. This is something else.

I'd like to hear that something else.

Play them.

Go on, play it.

Joe, you don't want to do this.

Yes, I do. Play them.

You don't want to hear this, Joe.

What's the matter, doctor? You afraid

I'll find out too much about Rainbow?

No, no. This is something else.

He talks about Rainbow only in passing.

You knew about Rainbow,

didn't you, doctor?

I didn't know until, uh,

he made these tapes.

Proceed.

MAN [ON TAPE]:

My name is Colin Maclver.

I'm 38 years old, and I...

I don't know if I can do it.

WENDELL:

You have to.

COLIN:
I'm making this tape

because I want to clear Dr. Roberts.

He had nothing to do with Rainbow.

I used his name.

I'm making it also because I want Dr.

Roberts to have something on me.

I want him to use this in

any way he sees fit...

in case the patterns that led

to the evening that I am going to relate...

manifest themselves again.

Where shall I begin?

Uh...

Shall I begin with that night?

WENDELL".

Go ahead. The tape's running.

COLIN:
Now, I had a beautiful wife.

I was a success.

Everybody thought it was just wonderful.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

Stay here.

All right, the party's over.

On your way, friends. Outside.

BOY:
Sorry.

COLIN:
Come on. Get outta here.

- Nice car, Dad.

- Get out, fast.

- Don't rank me, Dad. I like the car.

- Get out of here, right now!

Hey, don't act tough with me.

You're a f*ggot. A dirty queer.

You little bastard, I could kill

you right now. Get out of here!

COLIN:
You said there was no such thing

as a bisexual.

You said there were only homosexuals

without conviction.

The thought of turning...

Of turning involuntarily

into one of them...

frightened me

and made me sick with anger.

I went down there.

I had heard about the waterfront.

People giggle and make jokes about it.

I had had only two experiences before,

once in college, once in the Army.

I thought I'd gotten it out of my life,

but I hadn't.

I looked at them.

Was this what I was like?

Oh, my God.

Twisted faces. Outcasts.

Lives lived in shadows.

Always prey to a million dangers.

People don't realize what we go through.

I was raised in a family

that would not admit...

that there was such a thing

as a homosexual in this world.

And here I was...

and I couldn't do anything about it.

I couldn't stop.

I thought if I could have just one night...

I could get it out of my system.

Just one more time.

[LIGHT JAZZ PLAYING]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

Excuse me, fellas.

Hello.

Hello.

What would you like to drink?

Anything-

Moss.

Can we have a couple of Scotch and waters,

please? Okay?

Fine.

What's the matter?

You're a shy one, aren't you?

You're a closet queen.

You're the kind that thinks

he's fooling people. Forget it.

I knew you were gay

the moment you walked into the bar.

How could you know?

We know each other.

Something about the way you walked.

Something about the eyes.

What's the matter with you?!

Have you lost your mind?

What is the matter with you? Let go of me.

I'll call the police, do you hear? Let go!

- Don't! Don't do that!

- Operator? Operator, I want to talk...

- You b*tch.

- Ah!

[YELPS]

[GASPING]

COLIN:
I'd killed one man, and another

was about to die for something I did.

When it was announced that Tesla was executed,

I should have felt something, I know.

I was responsible now

for the deaths of two men.

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