The River Murders Page #5

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I got to get home.

I just moved back from

New York City last month.

Really? Yeah, I got a great place.

Close by, beautiful view. Heh.

You mind if I walk you home?

I don't. Sure. Okay.

What can I get you?

I will have an IPA. Coming right up.

Mm. Smells good.

Yeah.

Are you coming up for a drink?

Uh, it's late. No, I really can't,

Annie. Please. I will be good.

Come on. No, no, no.

I can't.

Once more for old times' sake.

No, no.

Yes.

Annie, just listen to me. Listen to me.

You might be in danger, Annie.

The FBI is going to contact you.

I am surprised they haven't already.

I need you to go inside, lock your door

and don't talk to anybody you don't know.

What's this about?

They will call tomorrow

and explain everything.

Please. Okay.

Go on. It was good to see you, Annie.

Good night.

Give me Vukovitch.

Well, find him.

- Yeah?

- First Street Motel.

Another one, Jack. F***.

This is quite a list, Jack.

Thought you weren't going to read it.

I didn't.

But when you come home late smelling

of cheap perfume, makes me wonder.

I got to go.

He killed somebody else.

Then go.

I don't have time for this.

F*** you.

What do you want?

You're reading a list of women I slept with.

I am not going to apologize.

It's my life.

Oh, men are so sad.

I got to go. If you want to

talk about this, we will.

I just can't do it now.

I don't want to.

I have told you I don't care.

You don't understand...

Understand what?

You don't like what you're reading.

Make your own list. We will duke it out.

How many times did you sleep

with each woman?

What's your point?

You really enjoy one-night stands.

Oh, my God.

Before I met you,

I had maybe 12 relationships.

I slept with them many times.

Hundreds.

Great.

How many times have we slept together?

How many? I don't know. Do the math.

I have f***ed more times than you.

I like to f***, Jack.

I am a sexual person.

And this list, it's not complete.

What do you mean?

You know what I mean.

And who I mean.

Are you Jack Verdon? Whoa.

Are you Jack Verdon?

Yeah, yeah, I am Jack...

I am Jack Verdon.

You know who I am? No, who?

Sarah Richards was my wife. Oh, God.

Detective Sotor tells me

that she died because of you.

That some animal raped and

murdered her because of you.

Is that true?

My babies are going to grow up

without their mother.

Know what it's like

to grow up without a parent?

Look at my face.

We met once. You...

Police. Drop the gun.

We got him, got him.

Michael, I remember you.

I remember you. I am sorry.

I am so sorry.

It's all your fault.

Jack, you dog.

F*** you, Sotor.

Sarah's husband tried to

put a bullet in me because of you.

Me? Right in there.

Unless you, uh, want to go in

through the back door.

I don't care who

or what you have slept with,

but we need everyone on that list.

A man? Never.

It's nothing to be ashamed of, Jack.

My brother's a little light. Heh.

I don't know who this is.

You think our suspect did this?

He's our boy.

Tongue carved, finger's busted,

wedding ring missing.

Let's not even guess where that is, okay?

Was he raped?

I didn't look too close.

I will leave that to the coroner.

His name's Thomas William Lincoln.

His wallet's over there in the gym bag.

You sure?

Maybe an orgy-type situation?

The notes, the fetuses.

He's testing you, Jack,

daring you to figure it out.

We found this beside the bed.

"Malachi."

"Malachi."

"Malachi."

Malachi, in most editions, is the

last chapter of the Old Testament.

Other than that,

very little is known about him.

He's not mentioned by name

anywhere else in the Bible.

Though the name Malachi

means "messenger" in Hebrew.

I read the Book of Hosea.

It's allegorical.

Hosea equates Israel as a faithless wife.

God was very upset with Israel.

Here's the quote

from the Book of Malachi.

These are the last two verses

of the Old Testament.

"Behold I will send you Elijah the prophet

before the coming of the great

and dreadful day of the Lord.

And he shall turn the heart

of the fathers to the children

and the heart of the children

to their fathers."

That's Elijah again.

It's prophesied that he would return

before the second coming

to prepare the way.

And Jezebel?

She's the pagan queen of Samaria.

Elijah and Jezebel had

a vicious battle of faith.

And the name Jezebel signifies

wickedness. Heh, heh.

Here, Jack. A gift.

You can read all about it.

Think you'd recognize

this guy if you saw him?

I met someone. He comes into the cafe.

Someone new?

Jenny, what are you thinking?

You think I haven't thought of that?

Every goddamn man who

smiles at me on the street

has turned into a psychopath.

It's not a fun way to live your life.

What's his name?

His first name's John.

I don't know his last name.

What does he do?

He's a social worker, a consultant.

Where?

You don't know his last name, where he works?

He asked me to have a drink tonight.

I need you to meet him, here at 8.

He's going to pick you up here?

Yeah, it didn't bother him at all.

Well...

Ask him a few questions if you want to,

just don't act like my dad.

I just want you to be safe.

Okay? I want you happy,

but I want you safe.

Well, I guess if the guy who slept his way

through hundreds could find just one...

You will find somebody.

Jack, don't let Ana get away.

Don't let all this ruin

what you two have.

You know...

Something doesn't fit here,

this thing about the wedding ring.

What do you mean?

We're too close

to the symbolism of the ring.

On some victims, he used other items.

And then the whole sexual aspect.

What if the symbolic act isn't about

sex, but about where he places it?

He places it in the vagina. Mm-mm.

Not the vagina, the womb. Childbirth.

Remember what Father Harlan said

about the ripping open of wombs

and the little ones dashed to pieces?

Yeah. He sent you a fetus, Jack.

Right this way, Mrs. Lincoln.

Please, have a seat.

I know her.

Hey, Lisa.

Jack. Hi.

What's happened?

I am so sorry.

We're not sure yet.

He went to play basketball

and he never came home.

I am going to ask you a few questions,

okay? Is that all right?

Okay.

Okay. What did your husband do?

He's an attorney.

We met at the restaurant.

I liked waitressing.

Tommy hated the place.

He used to work there at the restaurant?

Breakfast shift.

You probably never knew him.

He went to school at night.

When was this? How long ago?

Maybe seven years ago.

So he knew Ana?

Mm...

Jezebel.

- Yeah, Jenny?

- Where did you go?

I need you here at 8 to look at my guy.

I will be there.

I met Lisa Lincoln this afternoon,

the waitress who used to work here.

And you were right. She knew.

She knew what?

Are you going to deny this to me?

No. I don't deny it. It happened.

You slept with this guy?

I f***ed him. Three times.

When you were at home,

in our bed, f***ing Jenny.

I spent three stupid nights in some motel.

Uh-huh.

First Street Motel?

Yes, why?

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