The General's Daughter Page #5

I want to talk to him.

Your son Wes,

we've got to speak to him.

He was involved with the victim,

but you neglected to mention it.

He was on duty when it happened.

We got tapes of his radio calls.

Just the same,

we'll be in touch.

- Good night.

- A**hole.

- What is that?

- The gods have smiled on you.

It's a West Point psych report

and pages from her medical file.

- What does it say?

- It says we're going to West Point.

Yes?

- Brenner and Sunhill, sir.

- Come in.

And talk loud.

Terrible thing for a shrink to lose.

Can't hear my patients half

the time. Considering my patients, -

- maybe it's a blessing.

Col. Slesinger ... Do you prefer

being called Colonel or Doctor?

I prefer Donald. And I'm assuming

you didn't fly here to bullshit.

No, sir.

It's what I told you on the phone.

And I told you I can't talk about

Capt. Campbell. Nothing has changed.

- You were her psychiatrist?

- And a poor one, at that.

And she was at the end of her

sophomore year when she came to you.

- She was in a serious depression.

- I take it she's in trouble again?

- Not now.

- That's good.

Well, she's too young to be dead ...

She was strangled, sir.

Mock raped and then strangled.

Goddammit! Goddammit!

I couldn't help her.

I tried, but I couldn't unlock her

enough to trust me.

But I still can't talk about her.

No, you can't.

- But you're angry, yes?

- Of course.

Sometimes when I'm angry

I talk to myself out loud.

Do you ever do that,

just sort of rant?

Yes, sometimes.

If you were to rant, and we

happened to be in the vicinity ...

- Free country.

- My thoughts exactly.

She sets the place on fire.

Top woman here.

Pretty as hell. Outdoes most

of the men in the training runs.

At the end of her sophomore year-

- there was a big night exercise.

There must have been

thousands involved.

Lizzy got separated from her group.

Found herself wlth about

a half a dozen men.

A very dark night. Not only

were the men unknown to her, -

- but they were also

wearing camouflage.

They raped her almost to death.

Raped her all night long.

Taking turns.

Stripped her.

Spread-eagled her.

Nailed her to the earth with

tent pegs. Had a whale of a time.

Threatened to kill her

if she talked.

Tied her underwear

around her throat?

Lizzy was hospitalised.

Treated for venereal disease.

Treated for pregnancy.

By the time I got to her,

she had gone away inside.

- Never let me get close.

- Who were they? I need a name.

No. Sorry. Medical ethics.

I'm going to finish my work here.

I can't tell you what to do ...

But you better go back to my office.

The key's under the mat.

In her file, you might find

a notation with a man's name on it.

It might be worth your while.

It's up to you. Free country.

Sorry I couldn't help.

Beginning our descent

to Fort Benning, ma'am.

Now, ranger! Let's go!

Female on the floor!

- Capt. Bransford?

- That would be me.

What can I do for you, honey?

Better yet, what can you do for me?

Well, dear, you can ask

these other men to excuse us.

Yeah, that's a CID badge

you're looking at.

Looks like I picked

the wrong woman to ''honey''.

I'm Sarah Sunhill,

I'm a rape investigator.

We need to talk about

Elisabeth Campbell.

Liz and I were classmates

together at the Point.

I only have one question:

How scared are you right now?

I'm sorry, Miss Sunhill. Is it

possible you're in the wrong place?

Your heart's racing a little faster.

There's a ball in your throat.

- I think that's enough.

- You can sit your ass back down.

I know you weren't the leader.

- I don't know what you mean.

- You're too weak to have been.

You're just a guy who's got by

on his smile and his charm.

- You could never lead a rape.

- That's good to know.

Elisabeth was murdered 36 hours ago.

Staked out with tent pegs

and strangled.

So I'm going to ask you again:

How scared are you right now?

- I was here on the post, lady.

- But you were there for the rape.

- You can't prove sh*t.

- Dr Slesingers records say I can.

Okay, I went to see Slesinger.

And I told him a story

that I had heard.

That's what his records say.

It was just a story.

Somebody else's story.

And that's it. Understand?

- What is that?

- What does it look like?

It looks like underwear.

Women's underwear.

Amazing scientific changes

in the last few years, Captain.

Certain fields,

it's been incredible.

- If you say so.

- Like DNA.

If it's there, it's there forever.

But then,

you probably already knew that.

Those are hers, aren't they?

I tried to stop it.

I did everything I could.

But they hated her.

They hated her so much.

They hated that she was smarter than

them, that she had to squat to piss.

I tried to save her,

but I couldn't make them stop.

Who were the others?

It was my recon squad.

Their names are in the yearbook.

Liz was my friend.

Thank you for your co-operation.

Someone from CID will be in touch.

What are you doing?

What about the DNA?

What DNA?

I bought those an hour ago.

So long, honey.

- That's a positive match?

- It's only a partial print.

But it's definitely Fowler's,

and it's right next to the body.

We only have today,

then the Feds will be all over us.

- I got a lot on my plate just now.

- I just want to thank you.

For leaving the medical records

in the car.

- Did he instruct you to do it?

- Not in so many words.

I knew his wishes. Anything to help.

You know how much he loved her.

- Not as much as he loved you.

- What do you mean?

The way you came in that night,

the extra care in making dinner.

- What do you plan on doing?

- Not a thing.

Other than to say I'm sorry

and ask for your help.

- What do you need to know about?

- The recreation of the rape.

- I suppose that's what it was.

- Was it Moore's idea to do this?

- To cleanse her of her past?

- Jesus, no. She thought it up.

- He couldn't talk her out of it.

- He felt so bad he killed himself?

We both know

that's not how it happened.

That's where they screwed up,

whoever did this.

They didn't know about Bob and me.

Bob could never have killed himself.

These types don't understand that.

Affairs of the heart

are beyond them.

Okay, so he staged this thing.

Tied her up, got rid of her clothes?

And he had to call the general,

play him the tape.

The tape?

General ... Brenner.

Paul, come in, please.

Just wanted to say goodbye, sir.

I'm leaving in the morning.

I'm leaving tomorrow, too.

I'm taking Elisabeth to Michigan -

- to be buried next to her mother.

Thank you for everything you did.

I understand

you're still going into politics?

The jury's still out. We'll see.

When you thanked me for what

I had done, what I wanted to say -

- was I really didn't do anything.

Not anything right. I did

a lot of things that were wrong.

You're not responsible for Moore's

death. You followed your instincts.

I'd like to talk about that, sir.

- We all know Moore did it.

- Then we're all in agreement.

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