The Stepfather Page #2

They can give a sh*t.

Listen to me a minute, alright?

Three weeks before Morrison

killed them...

... he quit his job, didn't

tell anybody.

Got up every morning, pretending

he'd go to work,

and came home at the

same time every night.

So how far could he go every day...

... and still get back at the same

time every night? Look at this.

It has to be...

... somewhere within this radius.

See, what I think...

... is that during that time he was

setting himself up a new life,

somewhere close by.

- What do you want from me?

- Just this:

do a follow up story, right?

You run a picture of Morrison.

Your paper circulates in this area.

Someone might recognize him and if

they do, Brennan, you're a hero.

Why are you chasing this?

Vicky Morrison's maden name

was Ogilvie.

She was my sister.

Oh... Jesus!

I'm sorry, Ogilvie, uh?

Ok, I'll do what I can, right?

OK.

This place is mine now.

You wanna go inside?

F*** no!

I'll take him.

Everybody! Everybody!

Jerry is gonna make a speech!

I guess you all know why I

asked you here.

'Cause when I first started with

American Eagle Realty, a year ago,

you were the first five families

I sold houses to.

Yeah, Jerry, I've been meaning to

ask you about my garage door.

It would still work if you wouldn't

have gotten your car into it.

We met doing business and we

stayed to become friends.

And although I may be arguing

against the comission here,

don't sell your houses 'cause

I like being your neighbor.

I wanna get a picture with my

family. Steph! Susan!

Come here! Come on down.

Yeah! Come here.

Yeah, come on!

- Come on, Steph.

- Oh, I don't know...

There we are... OK.

This is as good as it gets!

I hope you don't think what

I'm gonna say is pretencious.

I sell houses, that's my job,

but sometimes I think it's more

than that... I truly believe

... that what I sell is the

American Dream.

You can call me sentimental,

I don't care.

When I came here I was

a stranger,

but I never felt more at home

anywhere in my life.

I have beautiful friends,

I have a wonderful new family...

Have a good time. Thanks

for coming.

Look at this. They'd print

anything to make a buck.

- It's just simple sensation.

- What's that, Herb?

That guy in Bellvue who killed

his whole family.

Cut'em up with knives.

I don't think I know about that.

It happened last year, that's

what I was talking about.

This thing is a year old and they

go waking it up again.

This is terrible.

Jerry...

Jerry?

You're alright?

This kind of thing really gets

to me, you know?

That a man could be driven to do

something like that to his family?

to his children?

I don't even wanna know

about it.

Makes you wonder though...

What's it take to make a guy...

... do such a thing?

Maybe they disappointed him.

Hey, I thought this was

supposed to be a party.

Hey, Tommy! Tommy, come here!

- You're Black Beard, the Pirate.

- Thank you, Mr. Blake.

Aye aye, Captain.

Steph, honey, would you go down

and get the ice cream, please?

All we need is a little order

around here!

Order!!

You're a good boy. You're

Daddy's little angels.

Why don't they just leave

me alone?!

Let me out! Let me out!

We're gonna keep this family

together.

You had better believe it!!

Hi, honey.

Oh, the ice cream.

Honey,

you know how it is.

Being a salesman, smiling all

the time, you know-Sometimes I,

have to let off some steam,

you know?

You know how it is.

Sure. I gotta get back or Mom

is gonna wonder where I'm at.

Steph,

things like these don't happen.

It happened to them.

Let me see if I follow your

thinking.

A man murdered his family.

You hate Jerry.

Therefore, Jerry is the man

who murdered his family.

Yeah... that all adds up.

Karen, maybe Jerry isn't the guy...

but you don't know him like I do,

or see him down in the basement.

And guess when Jerry showed up

in town and met my Mom?

Right after this!

So, what are you going to do,

Nancy Drew?

I'm writing this letter to

the "Seattle Examiner",

and ask them to send me a picture

of Henry Morrison.

I told them I'm in a project

about mass murders.

Off the deep end...

Give me a break.

You didn't run his f***ing

picture!

- How is anyone gonna identify him?

- Get your hands off of me!

My editor didn't want the picture

not me, huh!

I almost didn't get the article

on the paper at all!

What do you want from me? I just

work here, I don't make policy.

I'm sorry.

Yeah, I don't want this to happen

again. Almost gave me a coronary.

Here.

And this is a job for

professionals, Ogilvie.

You're just one man.

Why don't you get on with the rest

of your life? Forget about it!

You saw what he did to 'em.

Can you forget about it?

Mom says you only charge half

of your regular fees to see me.

How come you do that?

My 3 o'clock pacient is

schizophrenic. I charge him double.

All works out.

Besides, I like seeing you.

You were gonna tell me your idea.

I wanna go to a boarding school.

Don't say it's running away.

- What's the matter with running

away? - It's just that...

- What?

- Sometimes running away is the best.

It gives everybody some breathing

room, right?

Right.

What do your folks say?

I think I can talk my Mom into it.

And what about... him?

He has this crazy thing about

breaking up the family.

If you saw this man, you would

say:
"Commit him".

You probably are driving

him crazy

to a certain extent.

- Yeah...

Why don't I have a talk with him?

If you could be on my side...

I am on your side.

I'll give your father...

Sorry.

I'll give... him a call.

You're home awfully early.

Hi, honey, I run out of

appointments.

Anything for me?

As a matter of fact, something

did come for you.

Well, can I have it?

I don't know...

What do you mean?

I don't know if it's the kind of

thing you should be looking at.

I'm just kidding. Here you go.

Ohh... My sweet little thing.

My sweet little b*tch.

That's my good girl.

Yes, you are daddy...

Jerry, honey!

Yes?

Dinner in 15 minutes.

Okay...

Where did you go?

Oh, yeah...

Ahhh... That's my baby.

I'm sorry.

Hello?

Hi, Dr. Bondurant.

Jerry?

Dr. Bondurant is on the phone

for you.

What does he want?

He wants you to come in for

a talk.

Tell him I'm not here.

- Why don't you just come up and

talk to him? - Tell him...

I'm not here!

And if he calls back, tell him

I'm still not here.

Er... Jerry can't come to the

phone right now. - I see

Could I have him call you back?

- Yes, that would be fine.

- Thank you.

I take it you're the guy

that called me... Ogilvie?

I'm Lieutenant Wall.

You're in my parking space.

I figured this way you'd have to

talk to me about Henry Morrison.

For starters, Morrison isn't his

real name.

- Well, what is it?

- God only knows, we don't.

His personal history was falsified

and his prints were untraceable.

We talked to a criminal

psychologist

who proposed a possibility

you might be interested in.

He said it was possible that

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