"Come on." "Well, I'm just a small town cop." "Mostly I give out parking tickets." "I don't want to talk about your work." "Okay." "How are things in LA?" "Jesse." "Why'd you call me at the office, Jenn?" "I don't want you to call me tonight." "Okay." "Actually, I don't think we should talk for a while." " How long a while?" " I don't know." "Okay." "Someone's coming over." "He thinks it's strange that we still talk every night." " Was he there last night?" " Yes." "Okay." "You understand?" " No." " You all right?" " Yes." " Jesse." "Thank you." "Things get this slow when Lou was Chief?" "All the time." " How's your wife?" " Ex-wife, Rose." " The rabid skunk has been dispatched." " How?" "DeAngelo shot him." " Okay." " DeAngelo was not happy." " What'd he say?" " He said, "Why is it always my fault?"" "Hey, I didn't say it was his fault." "I just said I was blaming him for it." " He thinks you pick on him." " Well, I don't like him." "Well, if you don't like him, why don't you fire him?" "I'm not going to fire him." "I'm going to wear him down." "Wednesday is your town council meeting." "Oh, I'm going to be late tomorrow." "I have to take Brian to the orthodontist." "And Edwin says the Civil War Memorial has fallen down." "He's watering too much." "Well, he wants the Square to look good for the fall regatta." " Did you tell him?" " Yes." " What did he say?" " He wants to know how you know." "I'm the Police Chief." "I know everything." " He thinks it might be vandalism." " Tell him he's watering too much." "No, you do it." " Get your bike, honey." " I'll get it." "Brahms?" " Excuse me." " I'm Hilda Evans, Chief Stone." "How's the drinking thing going?" "Small town." "Ever since people heard you were drunk on your job interview, there's been concern." "Actually, I drank too much the night before." "I just made the mistake of having one in the morning to steady up." "Brahms." "When I'm feeling troubled, I sit in my favorite chair, put my head back and listen to Brahms." "I find it comforting." "Enough said." "Wake up." "I know you can hear me." "Doctor says your wound is completely healed." ""Believe it or not." "Melbourne, Australia." ""A man left comatose for over 10 years, suddenly sat bolt upright," ""and said, 'I'll have a cappuccino."'" "Boy, everything happens at once, Suitcase." "Things are really jumping in Paradise." "Rampant crime." "I just heard at the weekly briefing that there's a drug ring trying to set up in our town." "I could use a little back-up." "Suit, we're a four-people police force." "With Molly out, I got to retrain Rose." "The town council wants me to replace you." ""It was bitter cold, the wind in his face made it difficult to grasp" ""the shape before him." ""The bow of the yacht cut through the sea, neatly cleaving the water" ""into mirror image waves." ""Now he saw the ship in its full glory." ""Eighty feet at least, mahogany hull, in full sail, dark and silent." ""A latter day Flying Dutchman:"" "Nice car." "Are you giving me a ticket?" " That depends." " On what?" " Lf this is your car." " You don't think I can own a car like this?" " I didn't say that." " It's not mine." "Then I'm not giving you a ticket." "Look, the owner's just been in a week." "He came up for..." " Race Week." "...Race Week." "Race Week's good for local business, right?" " It is." " Well, then, why give him a ticket?" "The curb is red." "What if it were my car?" "I'd still give it a ticket, but with infinitely more regret." " So are you feeling regret?" " A little." "Well, I know how to fix that." "Tear it up." "No." "You want to get me in trouble, don't you?" "No." " And you are feeling regret?" " Yes." "Don't you have anything better to do than spend your time writing parking tickets?" "No." "Hi, Jesse:" "It's Jenn:" "I guess you already left:" "I'll call you at the office:" "Hello?" "It's me." "What's wrong?" "Nothing." "I just wanted to see how you were doing, Molly." "Fine." "You?" " I woke you up." " No, no, you didn't:" " I'm too uncomfortable to sleep." " What time is it?" "9:00 in LA." "How is Jenn?" "Fine." " You okay?" " Yes:" "Would you tell me if you weren't?" "No." "There's a lot of people who care about you, Jesse:" "Including you?" "Especially me." "So you think you're going to have the kid early?" "Hopefully not too early:" "How's Rose doing?" "She's a little rusty, but she's doing fine." " Did you see Suitcase today?" " Every day:" "Did you give him my love?" "I forgot." "Oh, did you have the test?" "The baby's fine." "I'm what's termed a "high-risk mother." Means old." "Jesse, I need to get some sleep." "I woke you up." "Will you call me tomorrow?" "Sure." "So, nobody called?" "Don't do phones." " Are you going out?" " In a while." " Because we're almost out of coffee." " I think you should get some." "Sorry I'm late." " Skipper..." " Not today, DeAngelo." "Are you all right?" "I'm fine." "You can't come every couple of months and expect to get anything done." "I've been busy." " Fighting crime." " Small town." "What do you expect?" "What I've come to expect." "You take a job you're overqualified for." "You're good at what you do, so you stir the pot." "Up comes a couple of rats." "But for all intents and purposes, nothing happens here." "You know what I'm talking about." "You were a cop." "Yeah, but I quit." "Because it made you drink?" "I think that's called projection." "So, you called me." "In a moment of weakness." "Is that what happened last night?" "A moment of weakness?" "No." "Did you talk to your ex-wife?" "You think that's what makes me drink?" "Do you drink when you work?" "No." " So then you drink when you get home." " I have two drinks." "Did you have two drinks last night?" "No." "And did you talk to your ex-wife?" " I talk to her every night." " And did you speak with her last night?" "Are you sensing a breakthrough?" "Do you drink when you're involved in a serious crime?" " No." " Because?" "It would be unprofessional." "So you stop." "Yes." "As long as you need to." " Yes." " And how long do you need to?" " It depends." " On what?" "On how long I need to." "If you've got nothing to do, pal, find something to do." "If it's not important, make it important." "Rose, where do we keep the unsolved cases?" "You mean, where do I keep the unsolved cases?" " What kind of cases?" " I want a homicide." "There's three." "1905, 1923 and 1992." " You know?" " Yes." " How do you know?" " I'm the dispatcher." "I know everything." "Molly rearranged my files." "I rearranged them back." "1992." " You said you wanted to get in the field." " Not in this field." " And you're sure you can find it." " I'm sure." "No other customers." "Just the bank guard, Hasty Hathaway, and the bank teller." "Robber takes the teller hostage, uses her as a shield." "The bank guard gets off an errant shot as he's dragging her out the door." "And they disappear." "You know, in six months, none of this is gonna be here." "Some guy bought out the whole point." "Going to put up 40 houses." " Rich people from Boston." " Do me a favor, tell the town council not to reassess and raise my taxes." "A tenuous relationship at best." "Ever since our friend Hasty resigned, they don't seem to understand why I was hired to begin with." "But I will tell them just the same." "Anyway, two years later, some hunters find the teller's body in a shallow grave." " Why are you so sure you can find it?" " It would be hard to forget." " Because?" " I threw up all over the body, first time I saw it." "That would be a reason." "I'll have a cappuccino." "I threw up, first time I found a body." "That's comforting." "And that's when Lou pulled you out of the field?" "Yeah, well, he promoted me to dispatcher." " And this is the spot?" " Yup." " How do you know?" " This is the rock I sat on after I threw up." " Is this about the right depth?" " Yeah." "Oh, my God!" "The grave is empty!" "Maybe that's because the body was removed 13 years ago." "Jesse, what are we doing?" "We're waiting for a clue to pop up." "We had this coroner in LA, stubborn Asian guy." "He recovered this body in a shallow grave and he just kept saying," " "Dig deeper, dig deeper."" " Because he was Asian?" "No, because he was stubborn." "And anytime someone would ask, "Why?" like you keep doing, he'd say, "Because, I'm a stubborn Asian guy."" "Why?" "That's not the point." "The point is he dug up the murder weapon." "That was sloppy police work, Lou." "Thank you." " Think she's afraid of me." " Oh, she'll be okay." " Can I talk to her?" " She won't talk to you, Luther." " Because?" " Because she's afraid of you." " DeAngelo." " So, Luther, do you remember anything?" "I remember cookies." "And I remember juice." " Cranberry juice." " You were shot in a market, Luther." "Oh." "Anything new on the drug case, Lou?" "Excuse me?" "Anything new on the drug case?" "Not really." "And no blood at the scene?" "Apparently not." "There's nothing in the report." "A lot of things aren't in the report." "I know you were fond of your old boss, but that report is a mess." "And what was the robber wearing?" "Jesse, I know these are the robber's clothes." "He didn't need a hostage anymore." "So he shot the teller, buried her in a shallow grave, changed his own clothes, buried them, so he wouldn't be recognized." "Well, actually, he buried his clothes, and then he buried the teller." "That seem backwards to you?" " I guess it could be." " Lou should have found these." " He found the body." "That's pretty big." " Actually, some hunters found the body." "And what do you suppose made these holes?" " Fifteen years underground?" " Organic matter." "How was her body IDed?" "Her mother." "Not even dental records?" "Mary Lewis came in, looked at the body, and said, "That's my little girl."" "Excuse me." " I'm Chief Stone." " My name's Sam Holton." "My daughter Cathleen." "Why don't we go into my office?" "Officer Gammon?" "We had just passed Paradise cove when it happened." "On one of those yachts that come up for Race Week." "What happened?" "I was raped." " Do you know who did it?" " The owner of the boat." " Do you know the name of the boat?" " The Lady Jane:" "Could you pick the owner out of a lineup?" "Yeah." "Good." "Officer Gammon will take the rest of your report, and we'll look into it." "Now if you'll excuse me." " Have you talked to your wife?" " Ex-wife." "I'll take that as a no." "I thought you spoke to her every night." " Not lately." " Why not?" " She's seeing someone." " At night?" "Yes." " At your house?" " Oh, yeah." "How do you feel about that?" "Like I want to kill him." "Do you imagine her with him?" "Having sex?" "Yes." " Does she tell you about it?" " No." "So, in fact, you don't know what she's doing." "I don't know anything." "So you invent it." "How long have you been inventing her life?" " I'll take that as an always." " Not always." "Since the divorce?" "You're pretty good at this." "How many years does it take to be a psychiatrist?" " Ten." " You got to go to medical school first?" "I got a question for you." "A medical question?" "A medical cop question." "Is this important?" "I hope so." "What's the question?" "Bugs go after organic matter first, right?" "What kind of bugs?" "What kind of organic matter?" "Well, I got these clothes." "And they've been buried for about 15 years." "They're pretty deteriorated." "But there's two big holes, one on the shirt and one in the jacket." "And they line up." "I'm thinking it might be blood." "You know what I think?" "I think you won't be drinking tonight." "What are you looking at?" "Hi, Jesse:" "It's Jenn:" "I guess you already left:" "I'll call you at the office:" "Hi, Jesse:" "It's Jenn:" "I guess you already left:" "I'll call you at the office:" "So, where's Stone?" "Town council." "You interview the rape victim?" "Basically." "Don't you think he should have been there?" "I mean, he's always the first one at work." "But he wasn't the other day." " That's correct." " Why do you think that is?" " You know what I think?" " Tony, I don't really care what you think." "Rabid skunk is no longer a threat." "Office DeAngelo expressed his regrets." "Sixty-three parking tickets." "Fourteen traffic stops." "And Edwin claims the Civil War Memorial has been vandalized." "You don't think it has been?" "Maybe you could tell him he's watering too much." "What about this rape case?" "What about it?" " Anyone arrested?" " No." " Good." " Rape out of season?" "Now, the merchants need Race Week." "They don't need a scandal." "I know that." "The fall regatta brings in a lot of revenue." "Including your paycheck." "So how have you been?" "Fine." "No problems?" "No." "No personal issues?" "Anything we need to know about?" "Yes, my deputy doesn't want you to reassess her house and raise her taxes." "What are you looking at?" "I was admiring the rigging on the Lady Jane:" "What do you use for bait?" "Bugs, worms, last night's supper." " Catch much?" " Don't catch spit." "Plenty of fish, though." "Yep." "Maybe you should just shoot them." "The fish or the bank robbers?" "You a good shot, Bob?" "I'm a certified expert with a pistol in the Army." "Which war?" "Korea." "You a good shot now?" "I don't know." "How old are you, Bob?" "Seventy-six." "You a good shot when you were 61?" "I thought I was." "You had to be qualified to be a bank guard." "Have you ever been in a hostage situation, Chief Stone?" "Yes." "Did you take the shot?" "Yes." "So did I." "I reached for my back-up and I went to the door." "I saw him in my front sight." "I figured he'd kill Rebecca when he didn't need her." "Well, you figured right, Bob." "What caliber bullet killed Rebecca?" " .38." " Now that's what I was shooting." "You don't think that I..." "No." "And I don't think you should." "Why is that?" "Not healthy." "It will drive you to drink." "Already did." "Six years sober come December." " And when did this happen?" " Four days ago." "Cathleen, we have no evidence of this." "So, you think I was lying?" "It doesn't mean you're lying." "It just means there was no sperm." "He was wearing a rubber." "I thought it was best if Cathleen and I discussed this." "The rape test was inconclusive." "Why don't you tell us the part you didn't want your dad to hear, Cathleen?" "They made me do a striptease." " Were you drinking?" " Yes." "They said I had to do a striptease or they wouldn't take me back to shore." "Who's they?" "The guy that raped me and two other guys." "They said I had to strip." "So you're saying they forced you?" "Yes." "And then the guy who owned the boat took me downstairs." "I thought, you know, so I could get dressed again." "But he just threw me on the bed and raped me." "He was like an animal." "Just threw me down and jumped on me." "But he wore a condom." "Yes." "Did he put that on just before he jumped on you like an animal?" "Yeah, just before." " Was it in a packet?" " Yes." "Did he have to open the packet?" "I don't remember." "You think she's lying?" "You don't think she was raped?" " I didn't say that." " Well, I think we can get a warrant." "Sure, we can get a warrant, but I don't want to." "Since when do you care what the town council thinks?" "I don't." "But I do care about Paradise." "You prosecute a rape case in a resort town, all the cable news channels will live here." "And no rape shield law will protect that kid." "Legally, she's not a kid." "I think it's blood on his clothes." "Excuse me?" "I want to test the robber's clothes for blood." "So, after he shot the teller, he dragged the body to the grave and got blood on his clothes." "So what?" "So what?" "How much money was taken in the robbery?" "Just the cash that was in the bank. $24,000." " Hardly worth a life." " Jesse, what's the point?" "The point is this isn't just a robbery, Officer Gammon, it's murder." "And the guy got away with it." "This report doesn't even say whether she was shot from the front or the back." " No, it doesn't." " And I'm not happy with the ID of the body." " You don't want to run a DNA test?" " I do." "You don't think a mother could recognize her own daughter?" "Not after two years underground." " She recognized the clothes." " And where are they?" "Lou returned the effects to the family." " Jesse, this stuff isn't important!" " I think it is." " Why?" " Because I need it to be!" "What was the mother's last known whereabouts?" "Sisters of Mercy Hospital." "Up north." "Jesse," "I think DeAngelo went to the town council." "I would expect no less of him." "They're laying for you." "The ugly truth of it, Rose, is it doesn't matter a whole hell of a lot to me." "Jesse, you need to concentrate on the rape case." "I know." "You're right." "Thank you." " Yes?" " I'm Jesse Stone." "The Police Chief in Paradise." "You're a long way from home." "I was looking for Mary Lewis." "My mom's resting." "You look like your sister." "This is about Rebecca." "Yes." "Oh, I'm sorry." "I'm Leeann Lewis." "Come in." "Thank you." "You can speak to her but she won't speak back." "My mom had a stroke." " Momma, this is..." " Jesse Stone, Mrs. Lewis." "I was just visiting with Leeann." " Would you like some coffee?" " I would." "Nice meeting you, Mrs. Lewis." "When did your mom have the stroke?" "The day after she identified Rebecca." "Thank you for not upsetting her." "I assume you have the power of attorney." "I thought this case was closed." "No." "Just cold." "What do you want, Chief Stone?" "Probably what you want." "Justice for your sister." "I'd like permission to exhume the body." "My sister was cremated." "Okay." "This is old." "I'm gonna get you a new pot." "Did you see your sister's body?" "No." "Maybe my mother wouldn't have had her stroke if I had been here." "I wouldn't beat yourself up." "You've obviously devoted yourself to her." "I left my job in LA and I got her out of that hospital, and we've been here ever since." "Long way from Paradise." "Too many memories." "Do you have any personal effects of your sister?" "Pictures?" "Why?" "Well, it's just the way I work." "It gives me a sense of the person." "Frankly, there's not much in our files." "We really don't want to open old wounds unless there's a reason." "Oh, I think there's a reason." "Well, I got rid of all that stuff after the funeral." " That upset your mom?" " Yeah." "Frankly, it upset me, too." "I'm sorry." "This is going to take a while." "Do you still want coffee, Chief Stone?" "Jesse." "Jesse." "Coffee would be good." "It's a long way back." "Jesse," " would you like to eat at the bar?" " Sure, Laura." "Okay." "I thought I'd stop by, see if you need any help fighting crime." "What's happening at home that you'd rather be here?" " Nothing." " Not nothing." "My wife's younger brother is visiting, with his wife." "They have young children." "You don't care for young children?" "Neither of us do." "But it's her brother." "So you dropping by is not all about helping me." "It's nothing about that." "Are you staying for dinner?" "Can I tell my wife it's business?" "You can, if you crank up your lab for me." "There's something I want you to check." "Can't Doc Perkins do it?" "I don't want to destroy his confidence." "Even State Homicide operates on a budget." "This stuff costs money." "Is it important?" "I have no idea." "Will you call my wife for me?" "Okay." "That'll crank up the lab." "You know, marriage is hard for cops." "And the only people we know how to talk to are the women we marry." "Then the marriage breaks up, and you need to talk to someone, the only person you can't talk to is the woman you married." "When did Molly call you?" "The morning after you woke her up." "Captain Healy will be joining me for dinner, Laura." " What can I get for you?" " Scotch on the rocks." " And another for the Chief." " I'm good, Laura." " Have you talked to the son of a bitch?" " No." "But I will be talking to the son of a bitch." "Why'd Cathleen drop out of high school before her senior year?" "What's that have to do with her being raped?" "I don't know." "I tried." "She just wouldn't go." "I couldn't make her." "I work all day." " Her mom is..." " Gone." "Took off with some guy when Cathleen was just six." "Look..." "I'm sorry, Chief Stone." "This whole thing's just got me..." "Pissed off?" "She came home very late." "I confronted her." "She got real upset and it all just came out." "Well, two things you need to know." "One is I'm going to talk to the son of a bitch." "And two, you're going to stay away from the son of a bitch." "Because?" "Because I'm the Police Chief." "Jesse." "Boy, I do not get many visitors." "So, how are you doing, Hasty?" "You don't say "How are you doing?" To a convict." "Okay." "How's it going?" "Well, I teach illiterate prisoners to read." "I give financial advice to the guards." "How's the drinking thing?" "Better since I gave up hope." " How is my wife?" " Ex-wife, Hasty." " How is she doing?" " Cissy is Cissy." " But she's okay?" " Yes." "Jesse, you and Cissy, you never..." "No, we never." "So, no hard feelings?" "Hey, a guy saves your life." "Albeit for the wrong reasons." "What are you doing here?" "Your bank was robbed in 1992." "Teller was killed." "Yeah, Rebecca." "Nice kid." "And what do you remember about it?" "Nothing." "Hasty, you can't be put away twice for money laundering." " I know that." " So?" " So I just didn't see anything." " Because?" "Because I was hiding under my desk the whole time." "There were no surveillance cameras in your bank." "Small town." "Were you laundering money for Gino Fish back then?" "No." "No, on my sacred honor, no." "You know, Hasty, when I said you saved my life," "I wasn't talking about the night I arrested you." "I meant you saved my life because you hired me." "Albeit for the wrong reasons." "I'm very fond of you, Jesse." "See you, Hasty." "Suit." "Jesse!" "Where have you been, Skipper?" "Fighting crime." " Rose at the orthodontist again?" " Yeah." "How you feeling?" " Perfect." " You lost a little weight." "I'm not much good with the phones." " You supposed to be here?" " They let me out of the hospital." "They say it was okay to go back to work?" "Well, I didn't ask." "Well, I need you to answer the phones for now, Suitcase." "How do you feel about that?" "I don't like it." "I feel fine, Lou." "Okay." " Boy, that thing's a mess." " Tell me about it." "The folder's torn, the pictures are dirty, the papers are all wrinkled." " Well, I threw it across the room." " Why'd you do that?" "Because it's a mess." "I think DeAngelo wants your job." "I feel it in my cells." "Well, actually, he thinks he should have had the job to begin with." "I'd like to help you with your drug case." "Suit, do you remember anything about your stay at the hospital?" "No." "Okay." "What did you think about the bank robbery?" "I think you're on to something." "Well, Rose doesn't think so." "Rose hasn't been in the field." " Well, she threw up." " Was she sick?" "It's not important." "You know, I think we should check for blood on those clothes you found." "You know, there might be an upside to this coma thing." "What are you talking about?" "You know what I'm talking about." "You mean..." "Yes." "Coply intuition." "Now you're as crazy as I am." "Well, Inspector Yokel." "Actually, it's Chief Yokel." " Where's your badge?" " It's in a drawer." "This your boat?" "Why, you don't think I could afford a boat like this?" "The Lady Jane is mine." "I'm Chief Stone." "This is Officer Gammon." " I'm Harrison." " Nice to meet you, Mr. Harrison." "Well, Harrison is my first name." "I'm Harrison Pendleton." "I see." "Nice boat." "Schooner." "Officer Gammon would like to ask you a few questions." "Do you know a Cathleen Holton?" "I do." " Was she a guest on your schooner?" " Yes." "When?" "Four days ago." "She joined some friends and me for an evening cruise." "Do you know how old she is?" "Yes. 18 years and two months." "She showed me her ID." "I was wondering if you could show me below." "Do you have a warrant?" "No." "Well, then no." "Guy's got two last names." "You might have briefed me that I was going to question the suspect." "Well, I'm not sure he's a suspect." "But I thought you handled it well." "Till you got pissed off." "Jesse, why don't you get a cell phone?" "'Cause I don't like them." "You can always page me." "I have." "Well, call me on the car radio." "I have." "You've been spending a lot of time away from the office." "I have." "At home?" "No." "Good." "So, I assume you've talked to the bank guard." "I did." "Have you talked to the mother?" "Actually, I didn't." "What are you doing?" "Run that plate." "License and registration, please." "Did I do something wrong, Officer?" "You have no front license plate, Mr. Genest." "I knew someone named Genest." " Joe Genest?" " He your brother?" "He was my brother." "I tell you what." "I'm gonna let you off on the license plate, just put one on." "Thank you, Officer." "One more thing." "Don't follow me around, Terry." "I wouldn't have surveillance cameras in my bank if I were laundering money." "Well, neither would I if I was laundering money." " When did you call Gino Fish?" " What?" "When did you call Gino Fish?" "Right after you left." " Now, Jesse..." " I know, you're very fond of me." "How much money was really in the bank?" "Twenty-four thousand dollars." "A lot." "Two million dollars." "You think the robber knew?" "Not if I was doing my job right." "How did you know?" "Gino had some guy following me around." "Turned out to be Joe Genest's brother." "Terence Genest." "Do you think he knows I killed Joe?" "Hasty, everybody knows you killed Joe." "Well, Jesse, this is a really bad guy." "I would assume so." "This is the kind of guy that would hold a grudge." "I would assume so, especially since you weren't prosecuted for it." "In defense of a police officer's life." "Well, I'm not sure Mr. Genest makes those kind of distinctions." "I'm not sure he makes distinctions, period." "Jesse, you know, you might need to be a little careful." "Excuse me." " Your boss in?" " Do you have an appointment?" "I'm with the police." "Can I see your badge?" "No." "What police department is that?" " Paradise." " Paradise?" "Is your interest personal or professional?" "I'll talk with the boss." "Mr. Fish never sees anyone without an appointment." " And your name is?" " Alan." "Alan." "Well, we can do this easy or we can do this hard, Alan." "Easy is I go in, sit down, and chat with your boss." "Hard is I call Captain Healy, the State Homicide Commander, and bring your boss in for questioning." "I'll talk to Mr. Fish." "Jesse Stone." "I know who you are." "As I recall, you thought I should be arrested during the Hasty Hathaway trial." "That would be me." "Have you spoken to Hasty lately?" "I've never spoken to Mr. Hathaway." "I have some questions about an employee of yours, Terry Genest." "I have no such employee." "You employed his brother Joe." "That was never proven." "You lost a lot of money in a bank robbery in Paradise in 1992." "I've never been a depositor in Paradise." "This isn't going very well, is it?" "Here's what I think." "Think?" "Know, but can't prove." "I think Hasty Hathaway was laundering a lot of money for you." "I think it was stolen in the robbery, and you'd like to get what's left of it back." "So you hired Joe Genest's brother, because you knew he had a deep personal interest." "That is quite a story." "I think it is." "I think I'll wait to see the movie." "Nice to meet you, Jesse Stone." "Chief Yokel, I came to say goodbye." " Was it something I said?" " No." "It was something Harrison did." " You mind if I smoke?" " No." " Is this legal?" " No." "Are you going to search me, cuff me, and then arrest me?" "Are you carrying your gun?" "Always armed and ready." "My name's Sybil Martin." "Jesse Stone." "I know." "You married, Jesse?" " Sort of." " Sort of?" "Divorced." "Every place but in my mind." "I came to help you." "With my relationship or my case?" "Both." "Are you wondering what help I'm going to bring?" "Breathlessly." "Listen, I only met Harrison a couple of days ago." "He tapes himself having sex." "Did he tape you having sex with him?" "Yeah." "Were you aware he was taping you having sex with him?" "Yes." "But when I saw this tape of a kid, I thought you should know." "I'm going back to Boston." "I come to Boston a lot." "Well, let me give you my number." "Boston's not far, as the crow flies." "I'll have to drive." "She likes you, Jesse." "How do you know?" "I just know." "So what about the bank case, Lou?" "I'm Jesse." "Yeah, I know." "What about the bank case?" "I don't have a clue." "I think I'm throwing stuff against a wall to see if anything sticks." "Well, isn't that what cops do?" "You stirring the pot?" "Oh, yeah." " Well, what's come up?" " Nothing." " Not nothing." " Nothing." "What do we know so far, Jesse?" "Well, that there wasn't $24,000 in the bank." "There was..." "Two million." "And it would make a hell of a lot more sense for the robber to take down a small town bank, if..." "If the robber knew." " But the question is..." " How would he know?" " I wish you wouldn't do that." " Do what?" "Finish my sentences." "Sorry, Jesse." "What if the teller found out about the money and was in on the robbery?" " Doesn't fit with the facts." " Yeah, I know, the robber killed the teller." "But what if the guard hit what he was aiming at?" "He obviously only wounded him." "Maybe we can get Healy to check emergency room records for May of '92." "I mean the guy isn't going to say," ""Doc, I just robbed a bank." "Can you fix me up, so I can get away?"" "So, accidental gunshot wounds." " Maybe we can get a name." " Why don't you call him?" "Can I?" "You can." "Good." "That's good work, Suit." "You're on to something, Jesse." "I feel it in my cells." "Oh." "You had a phone call." "My sense was it was personal." " Hello?" " Jesse Stone." "Oh, I checked in storage and I couldn't find anything that might help you." "I'm so sorry:" "It's like she didn't exist." "Regrets, Chief Stone." "Jesse." "Jesse." "Listen," "I know this is forward, but if you're ever around here" "I'd love to see you again." "Well, if you're ever in Paradise, I'd love to see you." "Well," "I can't get that far away from my mom so," " I guess we're at an impasse:" " Not really." "It looks like she was having a pretty good time stripping." "Cathleen is apparently wise beyond her years." "And in my expert Police Chief's opinion, it hardly looks like she was being raped." " Where did you get these?" " I accidentally found them." "Where did you find them?" "In a cabinet below decks on the Lady Jane:" "I'd be interested to know what you think." " Do you think I should see them, Jesse?" " No." "Are you happy in your work?" "What do you mean?" "Well, there's this Japanese prison camp commander in Bridge on the River Kwai, and he just keeps telling these miserable starving prisoners, "Be happy in your work."" "You didn't see the movie." "You happy in your work, Cathleen?" "What are you talking about?" "The point I was attempting to make is this is a lousy job." " You need some help with that?" " No." "Why'd you drop out of school, Cathleen?" "Why are you here?" " You miss your mom?" " You've been checking up on me." "I have." "Don't talk to me about things you don't know anything about." "Actually, I know something about that." "Your mom run off?" "No." "She died." "When I was eight." "I miss my mom a lot." "Moms are important." "Well, you don't miss someone you never knew." "You know how to do hospital corners, Chief Stone?" "I do." "And call me Jesse now that you're 18 and all grown up." " What's that supposed to mean?" " It means you're not a kid anymore." "It means you're fair game." "I saw the tape." "So?" "It didn't look like anybody made you take off your clothes." "So?" "That's no excuse for what he did." "There's another tape." "Just you and Mr. Pendleton." "He had a hidden camera in his bedroom." "I want you to tell your dad." " Why should I?" " Because he loves you, and I don't want to see your dad do something stupid." "Unintended consequences." "You're not supposed to be here." "No, I'm not." "You're not supposed to try and talk me out of this, are you?" "That's correct." " I could get you in trouble." " You could." "You don't think what he did was wrong?" "It was wrong." "But it wasn't illegal." " Yeah, but he's..." " A grown-up?" "You know what I think?" "I think you don't like yourself so much for what you did." "I think you love your dad, and you know how disappointed he'd be if he knew the truth." "But you getting even with some sick son of a bitch isn't going to change any of that." "But at least then he won't do it again." " Oh, he'll do it again." " Why?" "Because he can." "And there's nothing you or I can do to stop him." "You know, you live long enough, you have regrets." "And the ones that nag at you the most are the ones where you knew you had a choice." "The ones where you knew you could have stopped yourself." "The ones where you looked into the mirror and everything good inside you said," ""Don't do this."" "You go talk to your dad and I'll go punch him in the mouth." "How's that?" " The Paradise Motel." " I know it well." "As do I. I used to live there." "You're not following me around, are you, Terry?" " I prefer Terence." " And I prefer you didn't do that." " Do what?" " Follow me around, Terry." " Are you trying to provoke me?" " I was going to ask you the same thing." " I'm just sitting here reading the paper." " Did you get that license plate fixed, Terry?" "Yes, I did, Officer." "And since now I have a violation-free motor vehicle, I'll drive it wherever I want." "I'll obey all traffic regulations so as you can't harass me." "Unless you set me up, the way you did my brother when you killed him." "I didn't kill your brother, Terry." "But I did set him up pretty good." "God, I miss her." " Scotch?" " For the lady." "Thank you." "Thank you." "Long way back?" "It is." "Thanks for meeting me halfway." "Well, actually, it's three quarters to one quarter, so, I guess you owe me." "Are you going to find the man who killed my sister?" " Well, it's been 15 years." " How long have you been on it?" "Three days." "That's not actually why I called you." "Why did you call me?" "The soup of the day is cream of tomato." "Thank you." "You know, I wasn't being entirely honest with you the other day." "I know." " How do you know?" " I'm a cop." "I'm good at what I do." "The truth is?" "The truth is, my mom and I..." "I hadn't spoken to her for years." "I..." "I was 3,000 miles away when I heard about Rebecca and the stroke." "I was just a kid." "I couldn't get along with her." " I understand." " You do?" "That's how I got here." "Went 3,000 miles to get away from someone I loved." " Was the someone you loved a wife?" " Not anymore." "You don't like to talk about it." "Actually, I talk too much about it." "Well..." "Anyway, when I did find out, I was lost." "So you came home." "You know, I'm from LA." " Where'd you live?" " Beverly Hills." "Well above my pay grade." "Your mom was in a charity hospital." "If I'm not being too nosy, how do you handle this financially?" "I grew up a lot in LA." "I went back to school and I made some money in real estate." "An attractive, educated, full-grown woman can make a lot of money in Beverly Hills." "Attractive how?" "What do you want to talk about, Jesse?" "Baseball." " Do you have someone in Paradise?" " I did." " But you're not seeing anyone now." " I'm seeing you." "How about those Sox?" "Well..." "It's been a long time." "You want me to come back?" "Keep the change." " There won't be any change." " Well, keep it anyway." "Good night." "Good night." " What did you do?" " I hit somebody in the fist with my face." "So, Jesse, is there anything you need to talk about?" "Did Molly call you or did Rose call you?" " Rose called me." "She's..." " Concerned?" "How are you with blood?" "I see blood all the time." "It's just usually child blood rather than big people blood." "Doc, you are rapidly spiraling into pediatrician talk." "Sorry, Jesse." "I need your expert, grown-up, medical examiner opinion here." "Okay." "Somebody gets shot." "Do they bleed right away?" "Not necessarily." " I'm studying at night." " Good." "So a gunshot victim might not leave a blood trail at the scene." "Exactly." " So, did I answer your question?" " Oh, I think I know the answer." "I just wanted to be sure you did." " I want you out of my town." " Your town?" " That's right." " What are you, the Sheriff?" " But, Chief Stone..." " Hey, I'm just here for field training." "I'm missing some personal property." " Did you misplace the item or items?" " I think it was stolen." "I see." "A theft." "Well, during your abbreviated stay in Paradise, we aim to protect and serve." "So, just what are you missing, Mr. Pendleton?" " Perhaps I did misplace the items." " How's tomorrow?" " How's after the race?" " How's tomorrow?" " Oh, well." " Mr. Pendleton?" " Yes?" " Shame on you." " How did I do?" " Officially, I'm shocked." " Unofficially?" " I'm proud of you." " What would you have done, Jesse?" " I would have slugged him." " Skipper, what happened?" " I fell." " Where's Rose?" " Orthodontist." " Where's Suit?" " Market." "He said to let you know that Captain Healy called." "Hey, Skipper, do you think I could have the day off tomorrow?" "Are Gino Fish and his receptionist an item?" " You got a problem with that?" " Hey, I'm just accumulating data." " Your in-laws still visiting?" " That's what they call it." " What did you find out about Terry Genest?" " Well, he prefers Terence." "He just got out of prison." "Freelance gunsel." "Works for Gino on occasion." "A bit of a loose cannon." "Cokehead." " You'd better be a little careful." " Everybody says that." "The material on the robber's clothes was blood." "Now, we're not going to get much more out of them." "It was pretty degraded." "Oh, and I also ran that check that Suitcase said you wanted." " And?" " Dead end." "There were no accidental gunshot wounds in May '92." "I also checked New Hampshire and Rhode Island." " You're thorough." " I am." "And I don't know what this other thing's about." "Is he okay?" "He's not quite in the same pond with the other ducks yet." "What other thing?" "Well, he wanted me to run a background check on LA resident, Leeann Lewis." " Because?" " He said he had a feeling." "He's been having a lot of those." "The only thing we got was she was reported missing once." "Landlady filed the report." "Well, she left to take care of her mom." "Anyway, went away." "And she sent the landlady an apology and money to pay off the lease." " And that was May '92." " You mean '94." "No." "She was reported missing May 23rd, 1992." "That's the same date as the robbery." "Is that important?" "Jesse?" " Did that report list an occupation?" " Yeah." "Waitress." " Where was her residence?" " Inglewood." "Jesse." "What happened?" "I fell." "You got some coffee?" " Long drive." " Lot of traffic?" "Actually, I had to make sure I wasn't followed." "Turns out there was a lot of money in Hasty's bank." "Mob money." "And I've been getting the distinct impression they'd like to have what's left of it back." "Do you think you were followed?" " I know I wasn't." " How do you know?" "I'm good at what I do, Rebecca." "Oh, I'm sorry." "It's just that you and your sister look so much alike." "Of course, if Leeann was dressed as a man, you wouldn't look anything like her, would you?" "I screwed up." "I know better." "It's not just men who rob banks." "It's not just men who kill people." "I didn't kill anyone." "You mean you didn't shoot anybody." "Look, it's just a theory so far." "But it's a pretty good theory." "Shouldn't be too hard to prove." "You went to the dentist as a kid." "Dental records." "Fingerprints." "DNA." "Something will tell us." "And then what?" "Then I'll have to arrest you." "Will you give me time to make arrangements for my mom?" "Yeah, your mom." "How much money you got left?" "Not a lot." "Enough to..." "Enough to make sure I can take care of her." "When you go to jail, they take it away." "I talked Leeann into it when I found out how much money there was going through that bank." "We never had anything." "We thought we were going to travel and do anything we wanted." "It just seemed so easy." "We thought we were so smart." "It was smart." "Unintended consequences." "The bank guard hit what he was aiming at, didn't he?" "Leeann died where we planned to change our clothes." "So I..." "I put my clothes on her and I buried her." "What do you think is going to happen to her after I take you away?" "Oh, what the hell." "You won't be hearing from me again." "What was that kiss about?" "You." "I'd like to believe that." "Did you find what you were looking for?" "I did." "I found the money Hasty was laundering for you." " Hasty who?" " Let's not do this again." "I don't know what you're talking about." "If we're going to be pals, we have to find a way to be more honest with each other." "Not completely honest?" "More honest." " Well..." " You first." "Assuming I were interested in the whereabouts of this money, what could you tell me?" "A woman robbed the bank and has used up most of it taking care of her sick mother." " You don't really expect me to believe that?" " Not really." "You don't know where the money is." "Not really." "I'll pull off Mr. Genest." "Jesse, it's Rose:" "Where are you?" "Hello?" "Hello?" "5@y3"