"Friday." "It was" " It was..." "Friday before Rosie left for school." "She was in the garage getting her bike and" "Did she seem different in any way?" "Did she say anything to you, Mr. Larsen, before she left?" "I was on the phone taking an order." "She" "She just waved." "And that was the last time you saw your daughter?" "Anyone you can think of that might have done this?" "Mrs. Larsen?" "Her fingernails." "What-What was that?" "Her fingernails." "They were broken." "Why?" "Was your daughter involved in politics?" "No, no." "She's-She's quiet." "p She d... stay at home most weekends." "Hangs out with her brothers and... sometimes her friend Sterling." "What about this boyfriend, Jasper?" "Lasted only a few weeks." "Rosie broke it off." "I think in the summer." "He ever hurt your daughter, Mr. Larsen?" "I should have got off the phone." "I should have said good-bye." "Well, these were found on the body." "Keys, jewelry." "Coroner's got no cause of death yet." "You having a talk with the campaign?" "Yeah, I'm about to call them." "No, you do it." "Political nature of this case, deputy com's gonna be watching." "So you have to dot your i's on this one." "I handed in my paperwork." "I don't work here anymore." "Paperwork's sitting on my desk till I sign off." " You found her, Sarah." " And I have a wedding to plan." "Yeah, it's in what?" "Three weeks." "Give me 24 hours, then you can go." "Sir, you know I used to work point... on Undercover busts down at County, right?" "Rick, hold on a second." "Oh, and, uh, car keys were found in the ignition." "Could be somebody inside the campaign." "Keep me posted." "Did you get my message?" "Yeah." "Uh, where's Jack?" "With Regi on the boat." "He's fine." "Okay, good." "Oakes is making me stay." "You're kidding me." "Just till tomorrow." "Rick, I'm so sorry." "This is crazy." "Okay." "Well, cancel the wedding." "It's over." "Might as well tell you." "I'm in love with another woman." "Strawberry blonde." "Hot." "She has the softest, smoothest, "rubberiest" skin." "And the best thing about her?" "p She s here." "p Oh, and she s naked." "Candy Cane's a lucky girl." "Yeah." "Hey, get home to me soon." "I will." "I love you." "Bye." "I appreciate you keeping this just to family for now." "The first 48 hours are the most important." "When can we bring Rosie home?" "Um, soon." "We'll have a unit over at your house later to go through your daughter's room." "Why'd you want to know if she was into politics?" "We're looking at every angle." "You should get home." "Get some rest." "I'm sorry for your loss, Mrs. Larsen, Mr. Larsen." "Will you find who did this?" "We'll do our best." "Will you find who did this?" "Yeah." "We took in close to 24K tonight." "The blue hairs of Seattle were sufficiently charmed." "You must be exhausted." "Nope." "Well, good, because I have a nice pinot waiting for us." "Hello." "Yes, this is she." "I don't" " I don't understand." "Yes." "We'll meet you at the office." "That was the police." "That missing girl from the high school" "They found her body, Darren, in one of our campaign cars." "We'll need to know who had access to your vehicles." "Absolutely." "This is terrible." "I don't understand how our campaign can have anything to do with this." "Where were you this weekend?" "Uh, Tacoma, Friday night, then back here in the city, attending several campaign events." "I can get you a list." "We were both with the councilman around the clock." "Was Rosie Larsen connected to the campaign in any way?" "No." "I've checked everything, including our volunteer lists." "So Friday, you were campaigning out of town, Councilman?" "Uh, I was taking a much-needed break." "I can provide the number of the inn." "The owner will confirm I was there." "And the owner was with you around the clock too, huh?" "Why don't you start looking through those personnel records?" "I'm sure it's a long list." "I put our staff files on a flash drive." "I'll have to send the records from the campaign office." "Is there anyone else who can vouch for you Friday night?" "I can." "I was with the councilman." "We'll need a statement from both of you." " Not until we issue a press release." " I'd rather not go public now." "It's not up to you." "We're in the middle of a campaign." "Whoever did this hid her well." "Our only advantage is he doesn't know we found her." "How much time do you need?" "Till midnight at least." "I'll be in touch." "Councilman." "Oh, screw that." "There is no way we are sitting on this." "Darren, you're not seriously considering it, are you?" "What do you recommend I do?" "Call a press conference immediately and express outrage at this tragedy." "You gotta go on the attack." "Adams has had his head so far up Columbia Domain Fund's ass... that crime has skyrocketed 12%." "In fact, if it wasn't for him, dead girl would probably be alive today." "How do you do that with a straight face?" "We're a month away from the election." "This thing will sink us." "Not if we play it right." "Court the girl's family." "Speak at her memorial." "And say what exactly?" "That you know what they're going through because you've been there yourself." "No." "We send out a press release by noon." "Your private investigator, Penato?" "Have him start vetting our people, and find out what the hell happened with that car." "Darren, he's right you know." "Try to look at this as an opportunity to tell the voters once and for all about Lily." "I am not using my wife." "What are we going to do about Yitanes?" "She'll withdraw her endorsement tonight if we blindside her with this, and you need the unions." "Set up a meeting for noon." "I'll tell her then." "A reporter from the Record called yesterday." "He was tipped off about Yitanes." "Someone sent an e-mail from the office." "Who?" "He wouldn't say." "I want you to check everyone's accounts here at the campaign." "Be discreet." "Yeah, I'll get Nathan on that right away." "How old was she?" "The girl?" "Uh, I don't know." "We're gonna take the later flight, Jack." "You can start school tomorrow." "No, I'll pick you up in a few hours." "Yeah, you can go on the water with Regi in the morning, but don't forget to wear your life vest." "Uh, I-I really- I really appreciate the help." "You're welcome." "Thanks a lot." "The campaign car was reported stolen Saturday morning by a couple of campaign workers." "This is the police report." "Who drove it last?" "Some female volunteer last Wednesday." "It's been on the lot till it got jacked." "What were the keys doing in the ignition?" "These dumb asses keep them there." "Says it makes it easier for their people to drive them off." "So where to next, boss?" "Are you still mad about that, what I said to the Larsens?" "I mean, I can handle 'em." "You know, the guy probably punched Rosie in the face before he grabbed her." "That's what they do to kids." "That's why the head wounds." "You want to tell that to the parents, go ahead." "You want me to get you something to eat?" "No." "Jesus, how could this happen?" "How could she be missing all weekend?" "I just don't get it." "Hey." "I didn't tell the boys nothin'." "But Tommy's so scared, you know?" "Asking questions." "I just don't know what to say to him, Stan." "I could pick 'em up from school." "They should be here with you, right?" "You want me to go get 'em?" "We'll do it." "We gotta keep things normal for them." "Yeah." "You didn't sleep, babe." "You should get some sleep." "Yeah." "What are you doing?" "That's supposed to be on the truck already." "Oh, come on." "Come on, guys." "You're killing me here." "Jonesy." "Jonesy, you gotta be in Greenwood for that pick-up." "I told you like two hours ago, man." "I know." "I'm on it." "Stan." "You hear anything about Rosie?" " Let's fold this up and get out of here." " Yeah, we're goin'." "Hey, we ain't paying you to stand around." "Get outta here already." "You too." "Both of you." "Got it." "I heard you." "Cops called." "They said me and the guys gotta go to the station?" "What's goin' on?" "Stan?" "Hey, what's your problem, Sterling, huh?" "Telling Rosie's dad she was at my house?" "What the hell?" "Then where is she?" "Get off" "Yeah, like I'd know." "I'm not sticking it to her anymore." "Jasper!" "What?" "The police are here." "Rosie's missing." "They want to talk to you." "You too, Sterling." "Come on." "I drove Rosie to the dance, and we, like, hung out." "But then I couldn't find her, so I left." "I thought" " I mean, she was gone all weekend, so I thought maybe she went to Jasper's." "She would do that, you know." "Go to his house." "She didn't go there." "I don't know where she went." "I'm sorry." "So Jasper, he wasn't at the dance?" "I already told you he wasn't." "I'm not lying." "I didn't say you were lying." "We have a video of the dance." "It's a yearbook thing." "I can get that for you if that'll help." "Hey, it's not your fault, Rosie disappearing." "I know." "Picked up some old lady Friday night." "Some bar in Tukwila." "I think Lee Ann, Anna Lee, that" "What, do you want to call her?" "Hey, you can't do that." "What's the name of the bar?" "The Blue Moon." "And what time did you meet this woman?" "Uh, 8:00, 9:00, 10:00." "I don't know." "Look, she was on her fourth Miller High Life." "Told her I had a six-pack at home." "You know how to charm 'em." "Well, it doesn't take much." "Ones your age." "How long did you and Rosie go out?" "We didn't." "Look, we hooked up for like two seconds." "And then she got bored with you?" " What the hell's going on here?" " Mr. Ames." "Your secretary said you weren't available." "This is over." "Now." "Your son's not under arrest." "I was just talking to him." "You want to talk to him?" "You contact my attorney." "Uh, my phone." "She insisted on speaking with Jasper." "I want to be alone with my son." "Dad, I can explain" "What did you do this time?" "Come on. p We re rolling." "Look scary." "Come on, Rosie." "So nobody I.D.'d the campaign car at the school." " Doesn't mean it wasn't there." " I don't know." "I'm feeling the boyfriend for the perp." "What's Jasper doing driving Richmond's car?" "That kid's a douche." "Sorry, little man." "I don't care." "Well, I do." "Got anything in the school locker?" "Yeah." "Books, notebooks, algebra books." " I hate algebra." " Me too." "Yeah?" "So, like, check this." "A biker goes blah-blah distance at eight miles per hour... and then the same fool, he bikes back at 10 miles per hour." "So what's the average round-trip rate?" "I don't know." "And I don't give a shit." "Holder." "Cell calls to home, parents' phones, Sterling." "Not much of a social life." "Till that boyfriend." "What was she doing with him?" "Good girl with no secrets." "She lied to her mom about her costume." "And her Fabrizio Bianchis." "There's no way she could afford these." "You're lookin' at two G's easy." "How do you even know that?" "How do you not?" " Mom shops at Ross, that's why." " Ohh!" "Maybe you should go get some chips or something." "Jasper could have bought these." "Tryin' to win her back." "No candy bars." "Something healthy like corn chips." "Yeah, Funyuns, son." "Get your fiber." "I mean, that could work out." "Like raising your kid on vending machines." " Ha, ha, ha." "Don't feel bad, Linden." "I mean, you-you really ain't that bad." "So little man and your boyfriend, they get along?" "My fiancé." "Yep, they do." "That's good 'cause my mom's boyfriends?" "Whoo!" "They had it out for me." "They were like lions." "Like kill the cub to get the female back in heat." "It was like" "Jasper Ames." "Boyfriend." "Arrested back in April for auto theft." "Took a neighbor's Maserati out for a joyride." "Guy never pressed charges." "Dad owns half of Mercer Island's waterfront." "It's not surprising." "So how we doing with Richmond?" "Alibi checked out." "Staff records too." "None of 'em got kid-tiddling records." "And Larsen's employees cleared." "So, that makes Jasper our best bet." "Hmm." "You ready for the bad news?" "Richmond's issuing a press release in an hour." "Nathan checked all campaign and office e-mails." "Nothing." "Have him look again." "Any word on the investigation?" "Penato said the cops have been at the school all morning." "Looks like they're focusing there." "Are they close to an arrest?" "He couldn't tell." "He also checked our staff against county criminal records and ViCAP." "We're in the clear." "Oh, that's good news." "Oh, it gets better." "The campaign car?" "Reported stolen Saturday morning." "Lot of thefts in that lot the last two months." "Crap security." "Lucky for us." "So our connection to this is purely coincidental." "Psst, psst, psst." "What are you all whispering about?" "Ruth." "I was wondering when you'd make your grand entrance." "And I'm dying to know the big, bad secret you're gonna tell me." "Can I get you anything?" "Uh, cinnamon latte, double pump, soy." "Make it fast." "Sure thing, Ruth." "I'm really looking forward to this evening." "The unions have always been important to me." "Then lose the suit." "Longshoremen and machinists don't take to Armani." "That's what I love about you." "You cut right through the bullshit." "So I will too." "Hold on." " Something's come up." " I'm sorry to interrupt." "If I could just steal you for a moment." "You can't issue that press release." "Maybe I didn't make myself clear." "Yes, you did." "Now if you don't mind, I'm in the middle of a meeting." "Hold off and I'll tell the press how cooperative you were." "How you put this family's tragedy ahead of your own campaign." "And if I don't?" "You will be the candidate who obstructed a child's murder investigation." "You have until midnight, and then we go public." " Excuse me." "Darren" " Holder?" "What is it?" "What are you doing?" "At the school?" "Okay." "I'll be there." "You can contact me at this number." "Detective Holder will take over the case tomorrow." "Thank you for your help." "You didn't give me much choice, did you?" "And, Councilman, you might want to call off your dog at the school." "He won't find anything." "How did you know about him?" "I was guessing." "And I just confirmed it." "Thanks for your time." "What are you doing?" "Call that reporter you know, Max Michaud." "Tell him he has an exclusive, but embargoed until after Yitanes's announcement tonight." "Candidate shows character in face of crisis." "Not bad." "We make the cop happy." "We control the story." "I'll meet him after the announcement tonight." "What do we do about her?" "Now this may come out in the next few hours or days." "I just wanted to keep you in the loop." "I'm hoping it won't, but you just never know." "Okay." "For God sakes, Darren, what is it?" "I smoked pot in college." "It was stupid, I know, but I inhaled, Ruth." "Are you stoned now?" "What?" "No." "Are you?" "Just don't get caught with some intern's face in your crotch." "You'll be the next mayor." "God." "That's all you needed to tell me?" "Scout's honor." "Dad!" "Why are you here with Mom?" "What's wrong, Mom?" "Come here, baby." "Let's get that hat on you." "It's cold." " Let's go home, boys." " But I want to fly my kite." "Not now, baby." "Maybe a little bit later, okay?" "Yeah?" "Hey, it's Belko." "There's a bunch of cops here." "Said they had to look at Rosie's room." "Maybe the boys shouldn't see this, right?" "Yeah, let me know when they're done." "You got it." "You did so good." "Cops are at the house." "Hey, we got a little time." "Let's go fly that kite, huh?" "All right!" "Come on, baby." "Let's go." "Come on, Tommy." "What do ya got?" "I got a fish filet and a veggie burger but" "What did you call me down here for, Holder?" "Okay." "Detective." "Here you go." "Found it in a Dumpster." "Rosie's wig." "From the dance." "I'm Detective Linden." "This is my partner, Detective Holder." "Can I get a show of hands if you saw Rosie at the dance." "Rosie was wearing a witch costume, pink wig." "Maybe one of you saw her after the dance, on her way home or getting into a car." "None of you saw her?" "Should I bring in the next group?" "Yeah." "You let me know, Mrs. Parsons, if that disability check doesn't show up." "I know you've been waiting over a month for it." "I will, Mr. Richmond." "You know you've got my vote." "Thank you." "Take care of yourself now, all right?" "Thank you, Mr. Richmond." "Thanks." "You know, Yitanes is going to eat you alive if she finds out." "Jamie, she will already have publicly given me her endorsement." "No going back." "Unless she finds out before tonight." "Plenty of time to tell her." "She looks frail, Mrs. Parsons, but she's not." "Took care of her husband, Joe, for a year after he lost his legs in Iraq." "Brought him out to the back porch, bathed him." "Joe was a big guy." "Wow." "Now she has to fight just to get her disability check." "That's why we're here." "I'm done talking about Yitanes." "Vern." " How are you?" " Doing fine, Councilman." "Oh, it's good to see you." "Good to see you too." "Okay, Belko." "Call me when they're done, all right?" "Yep." "Not a problem." "Mom... where's Rosie?" "Denny." "Come on." "Let's go over to your mom and Tommy." "But I want to fly my kite." "I know, I know." "Come on." "Hey, guys, uh, me and your ma... we- we have something to tell you about your sister." "What, Dad?" "You remember when Nana was sick, and we went to visit her in the hospital?" "Grandma said she didn't like the hospital 'cause it smelled bad." "Yeah." "And" " And then one day... she wasn't there anymore." "And we couldn't visit her." "You remember where I told you she went?" "You said Grandma went to heaven." "That's" "That's where Rosie is now, in heaven." "When's she coming back?" "When you go there, you don't come back, dummy!" "I'm not a dummy!" "She's not coming back 'cause she's dead!" "Tommy, come here." "Come here." "Let me go!" "Get off of me!" "Get off of me!" "Tommy!" "Here, baby." "Baby, come here." "Come here." "Shh." "We're gonna be ok- We're gonna be okay." "Right, Son?" "Thanks for meeting me, Nathan." "Yeah." "Gwen tells me you, uh, had all the e-mail accounts checked." "Nothing was sent to the Record yesterday." "I checked twice." "How about Gwen?" "Jamie?" "You check their accounts?" "Um, I-I didn't, no." "Well, do it." "Then report back to me." "Clear?" "Yeah." "Ready?" "I gotta pick up Jack." "I think I'm gonna stay for a while." "Do some digging." "Into what?" "We got nothing from those kids." "Yeah." "Well, you know, it ain't your case no more, so" "But, you know, don't you worry, Linden." "I'll get a ride." "Oh, I won't." "Good luck." "Yeah." "And good luck in, uh, San Diego." "And tell the little man I said, you know." "Yeah, definitely." "Oh, the cops didn't bother to clean up after themselves." "And they broke that vase that Ma gave you." "Let's go play in your room, boys, come on." "Hey, he said to go play in the room." "You have to come too." "Come on." "Let's go." "Yeah, well I'm older." "Stop arguing." "Go." "Uh, Terry, I'll do that." "You need to go to work." "I'm not going, Mitch." "Geez." "Here." "Use some bleach." "Why didn't you call her?" "I mean, all weekend." "Hey, look, it's the cute cop." "Oh, my God." "My God, are you smoking pot?" "Oops." "You caught me." "Aren't you, like, a cop?" "Do you want a hit?" "I'm off the clock." "It's not like I'm gonna arrest you." "Whatever." "Okay." "Go to it, little girl." "Do it again." "You didn't inhale." "Hold it." "Now let it go." "Let it go." "That's some crazy, sick weed." "I'm so stoned right now." "Yeah." "Is that right?" "Yeah, totally." "So are we gonna party?" "Yeah." "What?" "How old are you?" "Old enough." "Yeah, all right." "Here, you keep it." "I gotta bounce." "Wait." "There's no place to party here, princess." "I know a place." "In the basement." "The cage." "The cage?" "Hey!" "Hey, aren't we gonna party?" "See the world." "Uh, I amjust" "If we stay through the weekend, I can go to Nash's party." "What's the big deal?" "The big deal is you're supposed to start school tomorrow." "And Rick is waiting for us." "For you, you mean." "What's going on with you, Jack?" "Nothing." "I know how hard this move is for you." "How much you're giving up." "I get it." "But it's gonna be great." "I gotta go to the bathroom." "We leave for the airport in five minutes." "Let's get there early so I can score some duty-free cigs." " Jack okay?" " How'd you raise four of 'em?" "Had a wife." "Maybe I need one of those." "What's that?" "Uh, coroner's report on the Larsen girl." "Cause of death was drowning." "T.O.D. anywhere from Friday through to Monday." "Tough call 'cause of the water." "Ditto on whether or not she was raped." "Rosie was alive when that car went in the water." "And it takes, what, 10 minutes to fill a trunk that size?" "Ripped off her own fingernails trying to claw her way out." "I'm not staying." "Well, you better get goin' then." "I'll have one of the guys drive you and Jack." "Hey, Jackie boy, how you doin', huh?" "You wanna go?" "Ohh!" "Doo!" "Ohh!" "You had me." "Request available C. S. U. unit, 600 block of Orland A venue," "Fort Washington High School." "We'll call in our E.T.A." "Load it up." "Tomorrow, look for periods ofrain and a high of45 degrees." "And now, back to the news desk." "With 25 days left before the election, three-term incumbent Mayor Lesley Adams holds a small lead... ahead of City Council President and challenger Darren Richmond in the race for Seattle may" "Mitch?" "Mitch?" "Where's Mom?" " I don't know." " I'm hungry." "When's dinner?" "Yitanes is gonna try to do all the talking, so you gotta drown her out, right?" "You got your bullet points?" "S.E.I.U. is the heart of the city." "The machinists built it." "You are Seattle, the real S eattle, et cetera." "You're gonna do great." "Tonight is your night." "Yeah, I guess so." "Hello." "This is Darren Richmond." "Who is this?" "I have no comment." "Yes." "Yes, I'm sure." "That was a reporter... wanting confirmation that the Larsen girl was found in our campaign car." "You missed your plane?" "Again?" "What is this place?" "It's where the real Halloween party went down."