"causing even greater devastation than Hurricane George twoyears ago." "This time the damage was considerable." "This time the damage... was estimated at $1 .8 billion." "This time" "This time the damage" "This time the damage is est--"" "Jesus." "Chantal?" "Shouldn'tyou get that?" " Hello?" " Henry?" "Victor Benezet here." "How areyou?" "As well as can be expected under the circumstances." "That's good." "I'm sorry to call you like this, but I need you to come in." " There's a charityball tonight." " It'sjust a few questions." "lunderstandwhy you were distressedyesterday... but we do need to make a proper report." "I'm giving the toast tonight." "And I'm looking forward to it, old boy." "Can't we do this tomorrow, Victor?" "It's a fund-raiser." "This'll only take ten minutes." "Seeyou at the station, then." " Arias." " Yes?" "Hey, howyou doing?" "Tellmeyourspeech won'tbeinsufferablylong." "Theywon't serve dinner until you're fi nished." "Ifyou're hungry, write a check, because I can crawl all night." "Don't bait Henry." "He's nervous." "Henry loves being the center ofattention, don'tyou?" " Excuse us, will you?" " Yes, go ahead." "I have a position for a good handyman... in caseyou ever tire ofthese long policeman's hours." "Nothing works around here." "I do appreciateyour coming in on such short notice, Henry." "You look marvelous." "Just grand." " You getyounger every day." " Thankyou, Victor." "You met Detective Owens yesterday at the house." "Happy San Sebastian toyou." "Same toyou, Mr. Hearst." "I'll burn us some coffee." "Nonfat milk ifyou have it." "I don't think he heard me, actually." "He reminds me a lot ofyou." "Only listens when it suits him." "That's unfair, Henry." "Not only am I a good listener... but I keep it all in here." "Anyway, we should have this cleared up in no time." "Perhaps under the circumstances, I should be calling you "Captain."" "Oh, no." "No need for that formality." "I do apologize about the timing." "I knowyou're due across the street." "Wejust need to clarify some ofthe details from your report." "Your superintendent is one ofthe charity's biggest supporters." "I know, I know." "So ifyou'll help us put an end to some ofthese nagging questions-- why, we'll haveyou on yourway." "I would've thoughtyou'd be at the party already." "You do know how to have fun, don'tyou, Victor?" "Tuxedo's all ready to go." "I must say, Henry, you seem in high spirits... what with all this on your doorstep." "How should I behave?" "How's Chantal?" "Waiting." "A noble quality in thatyoung woman." "Something mine didn't seem to want to do." "I was sad to hear that." "We always thoughtyou made a charming couple." "Charming, perhaps... but dull, apparently." "You see the children much?" "Both ofmy daughters are living with their mother... back in New York City." "Must be hard during the holidays and all." "We should get on with it." " No milk?" " I'm sorry." "No, thanks." "You're into charity." "Why don'tyou fund-raise us up a cappuccino machine... so all the lowlifes that come through here can enjoy a solid cup ofcoffee?" "I wasjust going to ask Mr. Hearst about the dog." "Oh, yeah." "Right." "The "mystery dog."" "Actually, I like "ghost dog." That's got a nice ring to it." "Can we start again?" "I come in here likeyou ask... and Mr. Congeniality here is taking a hostile mannerwith me." "It's this case, Henry." "It has everyone on edge." "But it'sjust" "This business is strange... going bywhat's in the record." "But let's see." "Here.January 6." "Yesterday afternoon." "You sayyou were... outjogging with a dog." "Yes." "Man's best friend." "Belonging to a neighbor ofyours... named Ricardi." "You ever own one?" "When I was a boy, my family had Great Danes." "Butyou don't own one now?" "Chantal prefers cats." " So, doyou have a cat?" " Too unsanitary." "Chantal would want a cat, but only ifit could be sanitized." "What doyou mean?" "Cats are always licking themselves." "I dumped a girlfriend once because ofher damn cat." "Thing had me up all night slurping away." "A dog is a lot more unsanitary... but at least when they're sleeping, they sleep." "Thankyou for that." "Anyway, the messiest is a canary." "She refused that too." "But for once I stuck to my guns." "I can be quite fi rm ifI need to be." "What was his name again?" "Tango." "Doyou write that just like "tango"?" "How else would you write it, like "waltz" or "fox-trot"?" "When you were questioned... you said..." ""I discovered the girl."" "What we're not clear about here is what the dog was doing." "So?" "Logically, you would expect that the dog would have found the girl." "Well, I suppose it did." "Butyou sayyou found her." "Well, me, the dog-- We were together." "We found the body." "What difference does it make?" "I called the police." "Unless, perhaps, you think the dog called and disguised his voice." "Mr. Hearst... twoyoung girls have been found strangled... within the past 1 6 days." "It is myjob to fi nd the murderer." "You're a principal witness to the crime scene." "Now, I have to make sure that the facts ofyour statements... agree with the other facts ofthe case." "Mr. Hearst doesn't appear to be as distressed today." "I'm a guest here." "I'll be treated with respect, Sergeant Opie." "Owens." " That's Detective Owens." " Please." " O-W" " Please!" "Let's all-- Let's all relax." "Everyone has somewhere else they'd like to be." "Now, Henry, ifyou don't mind... please... tell us one more time howyou came upon the girl." "ljoggedup to Ricardi's like lalways do." "I grabbed the dog." "Better run him a little faster, Henry." "He's getting a belly as round as yours!" "Fuckin' old geezer." "Come on, boy." "Let's go." "Let's go!" "This dog" "He was defi nitelywith you?" "What dialect doyou need this in?" "Yes, the dog was with me." "The dog was with me." "Got it?" "You're saying Tango-- He was there." "Good." "You're catching on." "Tango's all right." "Keeps me company on my runs." "We took the path by my house like always." " SuddenlyTango wasn't there." " Tango, come on, boy!" "I called to him, but he wouldn't come." "I could hear him." "He was growling, barking... actingpeculiar." "That's when I turned back." "I kept calling." "Tango, come on, boy." "The dog wouldn't come." "You couldn't see the girl at this point?" "Obviously not from the path." "But I could see Tango in there moving around." "Soyou ventured off into the grove." "That's when I saw her." "At fi rst I thought she was asleep." "She was almost-- I want to say-- angelic." "The way shejust lay there." "Her eyes-- Theywere dark brown." "Theywere still open." "Sue Ellen Huddy." "She was three days shy ofher 1 3th birthday." " How did you discern she was dead?" " I touched her." "I mean, I put my head on her chest." "There was no heartbeat." "That was that." " The dog found the body." " That's correct." "Mr. Ricardi states fi rmly that you did not run the dog yesterday." "He admits that on most days you do, but notyesterday." "Well, hejust doesn't remember right." "Well, that may be, but in that case, your neighbor..." "Miss Lazzo, doesn't remember either." "And another neighbor, Mr. Irwin, also suffers memory loss." "In the whole area, you're the only one who remembers correctly." " Who am I to believe?" " Them, naturally." "Come on." "You're taking this personally." "I'm just trying to fi nd the truth." "You know, you enjoy hounding me." " How is that, Henry?" " You forget I know all your tricks." "A murder by some thug or nutcase-- That's average." "But when it's a pillar ofthe legal community... that's more than just a witness" "Then it's banner headlines, television." "It'd help in your push to become our next police superintendent, right?" "Come on, Victor." "Confess." "See?" "I gotyou." "Let's sayyou're right." "Everything you say." "I bag a prominent attorney... hang his pelt on the trophywall ofmy new luxurious offices." "What aboutyour neighbors, then?" "Areyou saying that they're all out to getyou too?" " How would I know?" " Whywould they be?" "Maybe because I'm very rich?" "Because I have a big house... and a glamorous wife." "I have these things, and it happens I don't deserve them." "My looks are entirely ordinary, and I'm no genius." "Mediocre people tolerate success... when it comes to someone exceptional like a movie star or an athlete... but when it comes to one oftheir own... then it strikes them as being an injustice." "You agree?" "I thinkwe're getting a little far afield." "Interesting thing is, there were no dog prints found at the murder scene... and we know that without the dog... you neverwould've seen the body." "In otherwords, your ghost dog story reeks." "There were dead leaves everywhere." "How doyou make dog prints in dead leaves, Detective Opie?" "I don't know." "Tell me." "You're a tax attorney." "Good at making up fantasies." "That's what they payyou for, right?" "The dog was there.Jesus." "Hold it, now." "Hold it." "Hold on." "Yesterday." "Damn." "They're all correct about Tango." "I didn't pick him up at Ricardi's." "I met him out on the path." "Geez." "Really had me going there for a sec." "Good." "He gets out sometimes, and he runs around the gardens." "Halfthe time..." "Ricardi doesn'tevenknow he's missing until lbring him back." "I remember now... that I called him." "Tango, come here, boy." "Come on." " Youjust went offwith him." " Yeah, Tango's my buddy." "Aren'tyou?" "Go on." "Go on." "Run." "Perhapsyou'll understand howour earsprick up... every timeyourstory changes." "Yes, andlcertainlyhope this one works... because I'm banking on this lame dog story to get me off the hook." "Crap." "How much longer do I gotta put up with this" "Owens!" "You're out ofline." "Good boy." "Speaking ofdogs, you keepyours on a leash." "You don't need a lawsuit." "Now, you listen to me, Victor." "This is getting ridiculous." "When you called me, you told me it was gonna be ten minutes." "Now look at this." "I'm afraid it's gonna take a little longer." "I can see the notion ofcivic duty and being a good citizen isjust a myth." " I don't rememberwho said it" " You don't seem to remembervery much." "I don't rememberwho said the police will ensure public safety everywhere... except inside a police station." "You called before anyone knew Sue Ellen was missing." "Well, does that make me the murderer?" "It says right here, "I ran home and called the police."" "My God, there must have been several places closer." "I wasn't thinking." "I just ran home." "Or maybeyou thought, "I'd betterwash up fi rst."" "I don't likeyour tone." "And frankly, I'm beginning to fi nd yours more and more interesting." "What areyou recording?" "Doyou have any idea whyyou're still here?" "Maybeyou should call a lawyer down here." "I am a fucking lawyer!" "This isJanuary 7, 8:06 P.M." "SanJuan Police Headquarters." "I'm Captain Benezet." "With me is Detective Owens." "We're talking to Mr. Henry Hearst." "Doyou haveyour permission to tape this interview, Henry?" "Why not?" "I have nothing to hide." "Thankyou." "Now, then--your name, age, profession and marital status." "Come on." "Name, age, profession and marital status, please." "Youjust said my name." "Fine." "Whatever." "Hearst." "Henry Buchanan Hearst." "I'm 57." "Your house is called "The Ilado" up on Old SanJuan Hill... and you're an attorney?" "Yes." "Senior partnerwith Hearst, Dean and Dumet right here in town." "You must have a lot offancy computers up there in that office." "You ever surfthe Net?" "Check out the chat rooms and the websites?" "I don't know about chat rooms, but sure." "What does this have to do with anything?" "Any other hobbies?" "Computers are not my hobby." "Photography is." "I have my own darkroom." "I enjoy chronicling the island's history." " And you're married." " Yes." " Ten years now." " And no children." "Yes." "And no children." "Why not?" "Chantal won't-- Chantal can't have children." "She can't, or she won't?" "She has a fertility problem." "What difference does it make?" "You ever hear ofadopting?" "You walk somebody else's dog." "That's true tact." "That's very elegant." "Doyou think that's elegant?" "This is what I think." "I remember that you couldn't afford law school." "I rememberyou waiting on tables." "We'd swagger in, drunk... trotting along hot-looking dolls, spending moneyyou know we didn't earn." "I think the matter at hand is payback." "That's what I think." "When Detective Owens arrived atyour house at 6:54 P.M. yesterday... he noted thatyou were not wearingjogging clothes." " I showered." " Beforeyou called?" "Ofcourse not." "lcalledas soonas lcamehome." "91 1." "Whatisyour emergency?" "I want to report a dead body." "Officers also noted thatyourwife had notyet been told about the girl." "She was in the bedroom." "It says hereyou called from the bedroom." "You had to lie down." "You were distraught." " We'd had an argument." " When you got home?" "No, earlier." "Please don't go into this now, Victor." " It's none ofyour business!" " Damn it, Henry!" "Chantal was in the bedroom." "She was not." "The dog was with you." "The dog was not." "Tell me one thing that adds up... so we can go across the street and have a good time." "It's a pity thatyou've never been to our home." "Then you'd understand." "But I was." "I was there." "Downstairs there's that" " Upstairs it gets instructive." " There's nothing real special about it." "Mr. Hearst didn't say "special."" "He said "instructive."" "Thankyou." "Well, let's see." "Upstairs." "There's ahallway, right?" "There's along hallway." "Sixty feet." " Possibly." " Defi nitely." " I count five rooms up here." "The extra bedrooms were for the children, which were never used." "The guest bedroom was redecorated for mywife." "Our old room is now mine." "In between... the hallway." "Sixty feet long." "You have separate bedrooms." "My lovely Chantal's affl iction is the green-eyed monster." "They say thatjealousy is all the fun you think somebody else is having." "Chantal can be unbearable, I promiseyou." "She have reason to be?" "Regardless ofwhatyou think ofme, I do love mywife." "I've always loved her." "The only thing I everwanted was to be happywith Chantal... and have children." "But the pitter-patter oflittle feet... was not to be." " Check those out." " I certainlywould like to." "It certainly pays to advertise." "Ben, Thomas, I caughtyou in the act." "Married men should be more subtle." " Where's Henry?" " He'll be right along." "Had a business matter to tidy up." "I thought I saw him walking into the police station... as we drove up to the valet." "He'll be right along." "Well, what do we discuss now?" "We've pretty much exhausted canaries and dogs." "Let's talk about the fi rst murder, ifyou don't mind, down in La Perla." "Happenednot toolong ago, justovertwo weeks." "Little girl's body was found." "Paulina Valera." "Twelveyears old." "Poorislandgirl." "Mother was astreethooker living in amotelnot too faraway." "We thinkitstarted somewhere in thestreets." "Paulina was luredorsheran." "Either way, thekiller leftherbodyin the dump." "Yeah?" "Tell him I'll be right out." "When I get back, Henry..." "I wantyou to tell me what you were doing in La Perla... the night Paulina Valera was killed." "Superintendent." "I'm waiting to introduce good citizen Henry Hearst... in, let's see, 29 minutes." " And I'm told he's still in there." " That's right." "Victor, doyou realize how important this fund-raising event is?" "Yes, we have two dead girls." "But we also have countless children... whose homes were blown away in the hurricane." "We have open sewers." " We have a cholera epidemic." " Sir, I realize" "You obviously do not." "How will the sponsors react if Henry's accused?" "I imagine extremely grateful that their children are safe." "Just have him across the street... by 9:00, okay?" " What timeyou got?" " Time to go." " Your pulse is racing." " I'm due to give my speech!" "Speech?" "Yes, I know." "I've been told." "Two patrol officers wrote down the license plate number... ofyour Range Rover, which was parked in the vicinity ofthe crime scene." "Your expensive vehicle attracted attention." "Officers thought it might be stolen, called it in." "That puts you in the area, Henry." "Anytimeyou're ready." "Me, I'm just hoping this is as good as ghost dog." "You know whereyou were three weeks ago, Sergeant Opie?" "I was right here serving coffee to stand-up citizens likeyourself." "I was at my sister-in-law's." "I had knocked back a few at the club... andlhadthis inspiration to drop off some Christmas gifts forthekids." "Nameandaddress, Henry." "ldon'tknowthe exactaddress, butlknow where itis." "It's Maria andPaco Rodriguez." "Should be in the book." "Chantal's older sister." "Greatkids." " How areyou?" " Fine." "Maria's done a fabulousjob with them." "Merry Christmas." "Why didn't Chantal go with you?" "It's her sister." "It's complicated." "Paco." "Merry Christmas." "I need to know more about this." "No, you don't." "I talkedtoher." "She gave up a little bit ofdirt." "She says that it's the fi rst time... that either Henry or Chantal... had stopped by in a long time." "She didn't sound too friendly." "Whyyou pick that night to thaw the ice?" " It has nothing to do with anything." " Where'd you go next?" "I went home." "Police reported your car at 2:1 8 A.M." "You see, this is what we here at the police" "We call it a window ofopportunity." "I was driving drunk." "I wasjust driving terribly." "lmostdefinitelyneeded to walk offtheliquor." "La Perla's not a good idea for a man wearing Armani." "It was abeautifulnight." " This place doesn't scare me." " Well, it should." "So?" "Where did you go?" "lfoundabench." "lsatdown." "lfoundabench." "lsatdown. lfellasleep." "Found a bench." "Woke up I don't know when." "Felt better." "I went home." "What's gonna stop me from shoving my fist down his throat?" "The police would rather that I drove home drunk?" "All right, Henry." "Let's revisit this... bench later." "First I want an answer to my question... as to why Chantal didn't accompanyyou that night." "It's between the sisters." "lmetPaco Rodriguez." "He's ahotlocalartist." "Busted him once smoking grass." " Who doesn't on this island?" " You smoke a little grass, Henry?" "Doyou?" "God knows it would help with your sunny disposition." "I'm thinking you don't fancy Chantal hanging out... with a handsome, successful younger man." " Doyou?" " Is this necessary?" "How old was Chantal when you married her?" " Twenty." "Right, Henry?" " You're, what, 67, right?" "I'm 57!" "Goddamn it, 57!" "This is a fucking outrage." "You know that?" "You've no right to pry into my private affairs... with these soap opera insinuations." "Look atyou, Victor." "Doing a bang-upjob policing the island." "Drugs everywhere." "Just" " Crime is rampant." "Superintendent, my butt." "You'll be lucky ifyou still have ajob." "I'm sorry." "I'm really sorry." "This is really rather unbearable for me." "I don't suppose that..." "Detective Owens could get me a cold drink." "Ifyou would, Detective." "My pleasure." "All right, Henry." "What's going on here?" "Doyou have anything... a little stronger stashed away around here?" "Okay, Victor." "What's itgonna take togetme outofhere?" "We both know that I could march in an army ofattorneys." "I'm intrigued they're not here already, Henry." "You're hiding something, something you don't want to get outside this room." "Now it'sjustyou and me." "Tell me about Chantal." "You tell me about Kate and Consuelo." "Ifhaving a difficult marriage makes me a murderer... you'd be Son ofSam." "Touche." "Kate and I... married tooyoung." "She grew to want somebody better." "A man with a real job... money to buy things she came to know... that other men were only too happy to buy for her." "And Consuelo" "Consuelojust hates me being a cop." "You stuckwith your guns." "You can't tell me being a cop isn't exciting." "And you obviously enjoy harassing people." "You don't see folks running up to me at cocktail soirees saying..." ""Gee whiz, a tax attorney." "Wow." "What a cool job." "Wish I could do that."" "Wouldn't mind whatyou got, Henry." "Used to be enough." "Chantal's green monster... extends to her sister's marriage." "You see, Maria married for other more tried and true reasons... despite her mother's objections." "Married a man closer to her own age." "A man ofmodest means." "Dashing young artist." "Beautiful women." "They are a breed unto themselves." "Wouldn'tyou agree?" "A beautiful woman moves through life unchallenged... men giving them everything that theywant." "First their daddies, then their boyfriends and husbands." " I'll drink to that." " For some, beauty is their only talent." "There's always somebody more beautiful." "Somebodyyounger." "Chantal's mother taught her that." "Why areyou doing this to me, Victor?" "I certainly hopeyou've gotten your petty thrill pulling back the curtain." "But there's nothing more to see." "I'll tell you what I see, Henry." "I see the bodies oftwoyoung girls, murdered." "The man who did that's going to answer to me." "You make me sick." "Why doyou keep saying "The man who did it... the one responsible, the killer"?" "Why don'tyou put a name to this phantom" "Henry Hearst, attorney-at-law-- ifyou're so convinced that I'm guilty?" "Construing my marriage to be dysfunctional... just makes it easier foryou to sell me down the river." "I'm being convinced, but not all the way." " That's whyyou're still here." " I'm still here because I choose to be." "Becauseyou asked me ifI would "drop by."" "Becauseyou fed me this line ofcrap... about a couple ofquestions." "But now-- Now I'm leaving." "I've told my story to exhaustion." "I've got a ballroom full ofpeople waiting for me over there... to give my toast in exactly 1 2 minutes." "And I've suffered enough insults and accusations for any friend to bear." "And I've suffered enough insults and accusations for any friend to bear." "You're not going anywhere, Henry." "What, areyou gonna sick this knuckle-dragger on me?" "In that case, be careful." "Be very careful, because you only have so many possibilities." "You remember:" "I know something about the law." "I'm gonna walk right out that door unless you book me here and now." "How about I detain you on suspicion?" "Areyou serious?" "Read him his rights." "Step inside." "You have the right to remain silent." " Anything you say can and will be" " On what charge?" "Taking a nap on a bench?" "Walking a dog without permission?" "Two counts, fi rst-degree murder." "Special circumstances." "Two counts, rape... upon the persons ofSue Ellen Huddy and Paulina Valera." "I raped them as well, huh?" "Ifyou cannot afford an attorney, the court will appoint one foryou." "Now, doyou understand these rights that have been explained toyou?" "Seeyou outside a minute, please." "He's one hundred fucking percent guilty." "He knows exactlywhere we're taking him." "Yeah, you made sure ofthat." "Thankyou." "Now, what ifhe lawyers up?" "He opens his wallet and trots in some hardball mouthpiece" " That's it." "We lose him." " We already had him." ""I was sleeping on a park bench." I mean, my ass!" "You're playing it soft." "Why areyou butterballing him?" "Why don'tyou let me go in there and let me drop the hammer on that guy?" "I'm gonna walk across the street." "You go back in there, and you sit with him." "And you keepyour mouth shut." "Okay?" "Shut!" "I saw Victor's eyes." "And your nostrils seem to have a new flare to them." "As in, your butt got chewed for blowing the pooch." "Our notorious captain would love to have ambushed me with that tidbit... and owned the most devastating moment." "Yeah." " You okaywith that?" " What?" "I didn't know-- diet or regular." "Bet they're fast, huh?" "Excuse me?" "Little girls." "I bet they run really fast... when you're chasing 'em." "You'll be running quick, too, when I fi le my lawsuit." "You're telling me toletaman-- whom I think in all probability... killed twoyoung girls-- walk out ofthe station?" "For ten minutes, Victor." " Has he confessed?" " Ofcourse not." "You have proofenough to arrest him?" "I've caught him in a number oflies." "You need more than a few lies." "And until you have them..." "I don't want him retained officially." "Don't tell meyou already" "Five minutes ago." "I thought he might take off." "He has to make his toast!" "Bring him here." "No uniformed officer." "No restraint ofany kind." "See to it..." "Captain." "Well, this is nice." "A little alone time." "You know, I likeyou, Henry." "Can you believe it?" "A couple ofgirls strangled, raped." "And yetyou maintain a sense ofhumor about it." "Raped and strangled." "What?" "You said "strangled and raped."" "I wouldn't know, especially... but these things should be put in their proper order." "Don'tyou agree, Detective?" "Doyou call to them?" "What do I know?" "Could be the poor kids, they lured you... off into the woods and seduced you." "It happens." "You sound obsessed." "You like this sort ofthing." "I'm just curious." "I'm curious howyou operate." "Now... these little girls" " I bet they run like rabbits, don't they?" "Come on." "Tell me about it." "What doyou do?" "Touch 'em?" "You touch 'em like that?" "What, did that hurt?" "You hurt 'em, don'tyou?" "The little girls." " Doyou kiss them?" " Cut it out!" ""What's your name, sweetheart?" "Paulina?" "That's a pretty name." "It's sexy, yeah." "Areyou here all byyourself?" "I am too." "Cute top." "It's a tight little blouse you got on there." "God, you're a hot little cutie." "I just wanna put my--"" "Where areyou going, little girl?" "Back." " Getyour hands off me." " Get back in the office." "You" "You son ofa bitch." "It's the captain." "Line three." "He what?" "Never mind, Owens." "Never mind!" "Just bring him here." "Bring him here now!" "He has aspeech tomake." "When you've fixed your rug, I gotta run you over." "Haven'tyou done that already?" "Would you please getyour hands off me?" "Please!" "My God, Henry!" "What happened?" "Haveyou met my new tailor and hairstylist... the " Marquis de fucking Sade"?" "Look!" "This is nothing less than assault and battery, and I have witnesses!" " Witnesses to what?" " You knocked me down the stairs!" " You attempted to escape!" " That's bullshit!" "Come on!" " Let's go have a serious discu" "Just cut the crap." " What?" " Henry, people are depending on you." " Shut up.Just shut up." " Shut up,Julio." "Doyou mind?" "Ruthanne, you're looking lovely, as usual." " Henry, is everything okay?" " Yes, fi ne." "Thankyou very much." "It's all right." "Isabella, hola." "Wait." "Just pray that I'm guilty ofkilling those girls... because ifI am, then your boys worked over a monster." "It'll be brushed under the carpet." "But ifI'm not, the monster changes sides." "Henry, just give us that money smile." "Shit." "Good evening, ladies and gentlemen." "Happy San Sebastian." "I'm proud to introduce a man... who along with his lovelywife Chantal Hearst... has championed many charity causes in Puerto Rico." "And in the wake of Hurricane Lucy, we need him more than ever." "So, Henry, get over here and empty these people's pockets." "Where's his fucking hair?" "Had the damn thing upside down." "Thankyou very much for coming tonight." "Whereyou been?" "Got a lot ofcatchin' up to do." "I'm right behind you." "When nature sends its worst, it's as ifone ofGod's checks has bounced." "Let's prayyour checks don't." "Because that's whywe're here." "Hurricane Lucy ripped across" "They say no amount oflearning can cure stupidity." "You're certainly a candidate for" "Ifhe'd cracked, you'd have come back" "Well, he didn't crack, and you're off this investigation." " What?" " Don't, Detective." "Learn the grammar ofsilence whileyou still hold that rank." "Now, you go back to the station." "Go home." "Put on a silly hat." "Do whatever morons do." "The island is a family, one that has been torn apart." "We need to be there for each other, especially for our children." "For there's no greater gift than a child's smile." "I want him back." "Now." "Tonight." "Not tomorrow." "Victor, don't underestimate... the resolve of Henry Hearst and his law fi rm... to raiseyour severed head on a pole... and wave it for the whole damn island to see." "We'll see whose head gets waved on that pole." "Well, that's your decision, then... isn't it?" "In closing, I'd like to askyou to look intoyour hearts... realize what truly matters in life... and fi nd the love to help our family." "Perhaps catastrophe... is the natural human environment." "We fi nd ourselves attacked by unforeseen forces come to harm us... even though we are innocent ofanywrongdoing." "But it is human nature to overcome, ifwe work together." "So, please, help me help the children." "Thankyou." "You know, as ifI wasn't embarrassed enough... youjerked me out ofthere without being able to chat or have dinner." " I'm hungry, damn it!" " You like chocolate?" "There's a whole machine full ofit in the hallway... and I knowyou've got money." " You can't treat me like this." " Ofcourse I can!" "You'll eat, Henry." "Food is the least ofyour problems." "I'm going to do the best I can to seeyou get three squares a day." "Come with me." "Will you hold my husband all night?" "How long could that be?" "Would you like to have a private chat with yourwife?" "This is Detective Castillo." "He's going to set up a video camera in here while I chat with Chantal." "Why mustyou question her?" "Detective Castillo will getyou some food." " I should tell you the" " Do it outside." "Victor, I need to know what's happening." "Just give me a moment while I close the door." "She came in" " She was-- to me" "Is Henry here?" "Can I see him?" " I need to see him." " Doesn't want to talk toyou." "Ifhe's innocent, why is this taking so long?" "I never said he was innocent." "Tell me aboutyour lives together as a couple." "You could start with the separate bedrooms." "He talked about that?" " And what else?" " Your sister." "Don'tyou offer to light a lady's cigarette?" "Tell me about the night he... visited your sister's home." "What night would that be?" "December 1 9, Sunday night, about 9:00 in the evening." "I fi nd it curious thatyou chose not to accompany him." "I wasn't aware Henry had visited my sister." "Whywouldn't he tell you?" "Obviously Henry has talked to us aboutyour marriage... howyou wish you had married someone closer toyour age, like Paco." "You're saying Henry'sjealous ofmy sister's husband?" "Areyou having an affair with Paco?" "Am I on trial now?" "Can you tell me what time he got home that night?" "There was a night that could be it." "lrememberthe frontdoor." "It's old, veryheavy." "It tends to slam." "Did you look at the clock?" " You must've been worried." " This wasn't the fi rst time." "Hello?" "Take me into that room." "Why don'tyou answer me?" "Andyoudidn'tpursueit?" "Or didn't youcare toask where he was?" "We don't ask those sort ofquestions anymore." "But I'm sure you're going to tell me." "We have reason to believe he was in La Perla... where a young girl named Paulina Valera was raped and murdered... and left on a garbage dump." "I need to know whose name the house is in." "The house was a gift." "Then may I haveyour permission to search the house?" "You may not." " You said you were hungry." " What'd she say?" " You all set, Castillo?" " Yes, sir." "Start recording." "I was talking toyou." "That's right." "Victor only listens when it suits Victor." "I listen, Henry." "I was listening when you told me you left your sister-in-law's... and drove to La Perla, thatyou went for a walk and fell asleep on a bench." "Now I'd like to hear something that vaguely resembles the truth." " That is the truth." " Chantal says you got home at 3:30 A.M." "I told you I went for a walk." "I was drunk." "I" " I may have had another drink." " You happen onto Via Del Mar Boulevard?" "Doyou want toparty with me?" "Whatdoyou want?" " Did you see any hookers?" " No." " You didn't talk to any hookers?" " No." " Spend time with one, perhaps?" " Absolutely not." "You're lying, Henry." "Your carotid artery is pumping like crazy." "And your eyes" " They turn down and to the left." "That's what liars do." "It's a fact." "Our bodies give us away." "Doyou know what these do?" "They keep me awake." "I haven't been sleeping much." "Sinceyou found Sue Ellen Huddy's body, I've been working straight through." "And I've got so much to share with you." "For instance, I accompanied those two officers... who phoned in the license number from your Range Rover." "We went back to La Perla." "They showed me exactlywhereyou parked." "We conducted some interviews." "Imagine my surprise when several prostitutes recognized your photo... said you'd been coming around for months." "Jesus Christ, Victor, she's in the next room." "I'm talking about street hookers, needle users, crackheads... not high-class call girls." "Curb crawlers, for God's sake." "My God." "That old carotid artery is pumping like gangbusters." "God damn you." "Chantal can't hearyou, not with the door closed." " Unless I turn the speaker on." " Please." "She was blond." "Obviously peroxide, being Hispanic." "She would truly have been beautiful without all that makeup." " I never knew her name." " Doyou miss me, huh?" "Yes, you do." "I left my sister-in-law's house... to have sex in an alley with a prostitute." "I be a good little girl foryou." "Little girl." "I fi nished myselfoff... drinking any goddamn thing I wanted at the Sunshine Cafe." "A whiskey." "What doyou think?" "That I'd spend my life banging on mywife's-- mywife's door?" "I'd fi nd a substitute... someonejust the opposite from Chantal." "A prostitute is a woman who will giveyou a great deal... for relatively little money." "Well, as an alibi, I don't know, Henry." "A lot ofwomen in Puerto Rico die their hair blond... especially in that profession, but I'll tell you what I do know." "One ofthem admittedshe'dbeen withyou last week." "Hername was Reina." " Doyou know this man?" " No." "Yes." "She was young, much younger than the others." "And she says that's whyyou like her." "But this must be an old picture." " Why?" " The guy's bald now." " Bald?" " Mm-hmm." "You removeyour hairpiece down there as well, don'tyou, Henry?" "It seems nobody remembers you with the rug." "Trying not to be recognized." "That's smart." "Pick 'em up inyour car, somebodymightcatch alicenseplate." " "This one likes it quick"" " From behind." "He pumps me hard." "At least he comes fast." "Then goes like he doesn't want to be here." "But I like it fast." "Gets me back" ""...into my corner."" "But a week ago is no alibi, is it, Henry?" "Why, Henry?" "Why here like this... in the dirt?" "Think ofthehigh-class escorts youcanbuy." "Suites at the Ritz." "Dom Perignon." "And you choose this." "Don't tell her, will you, Victor?" "Please." "I imagine Chantal will be thrilled to learn you were with a prostitute... instead ofwhat you were really doing." "Rapists leave bodily fluids-- semen..." "DNA." "Your test'll prove that it wasn't me." " You use condoms with your prostitutes?" " Ofcourse." " What kind?" " I don't know." "Trojans." "Whatever they have." "The killer used condoms." "Chemical lubricants were found in the victims." "He's smart, likeyou." "Knows all about our lab tests." "Both victims were rapedfrom behind." "Both victims were strangledfrom behind." "Thumbandfingerprints on the victims'necks confirmedthis." "Areyou here all byyourself?" "Then you put the clothes back on." "Dirtandleaves inside thegarments confirmedthis, as well." " Prettyblouseyouhave on there." " Then you pose them." "Each on theside... little heads resting on cupped hands." "And you combed their hair." "The lack ofdebris suggests this." "And we have reason to believeyou took their photograph." "Stop it!" "Photography is your hobby, isn't it?" "Isn't it?" "Stop it!" " What's wrong?" "You all right?" " I'm fi ne." " What's wrong?" "You all right?" " I'm fi ne." "You want some water?" "No." "I'm perfectly fi ne." "I've never been better." "I'm just tired." "You don't look exactly fresh as a daisyyourself." "You surf, Henry?" "The Internet?" "This is a statement from yourweb-browser provider." "You sometimes use an on-line alias." "" Hard Body Hank"?" " Very catchy." " God, does this ever end?" "A simpleyes or no, Henry." " Yes." " Yes." "It seems that Hard Body Hank has visited several pornography sites... one ofwhich is called Barely Legal." "It features young ladies posed as schoolgirls." "That website features women, not children." "Christ." "Every time I check E-mail, there's a new message from some electronic bimbo... luring me to her site." "So I checked it out a few times." "What's the big deal?" "And the prostitutes-- What does that prove?" "That I'm lonely?" "That I don't get it at home?" "That mywife makes me sleep down the hall?" "And all this makes me a pedophile, a rapist, a killer ofchildren?" " Whywould I do such a thing?" " I don't know, Henry." "Notyet." "Let's talk about this glamorous wife who keeps poor Henry shivering in the hall." " You know what Chantal says?" " She's lying!" "Whatever she said." "I never touched Camille." "Who's Camille?" "All right, Mrs. Hearst." "Let's talk aboutyour separate bedrooms." "Henry says it was his choice;" "he moved out." " He's wrong." " He's wrong or he's lying?" "Let's not quibble overwords." "But words can be very amusing." "Words like "conjugal duty," for instance... which Henry claims you have not been performing with willing good spirits." "To be honest, he says you're not performing at all." "He has been revealing things, hasn't he?" "I'd like to hearyour side." "The most interesting things-- Those I'm sure he kept to himself." "Not Camille, I'm afraid." "That is the reason you sent him down the hall with his toothbrush and washcloth?" "He's out there... afraid, hoping for a miracle... that one day things will turn out all right... as long as nobody speaks ofthem." "He's right to." "To what?" "Hope?" "To be afraid." "Christmas Day, twoyears ago." "We always used to spend Christmas with Maria and Paco." "Ofcourse this was before." "Yeah." "That's what I understand." "I couldn't wait to see my niece." "Camille." "Their children were special... with an extra share ofmagic... andgraceandpurity." "Camille was one ofthem." "Henryandl were extremely fondofher." "How areyou?" " They seem very close." " Don't they?" " You look great!" " You too." "We were allhaving agoodtime, the way families shouldbeat Christmas." " But then Henrygotdrunk." " Red, anybody?" " No, thanks." " You've already poured it out." " I have." " He startedmaking remarks..." " Please excuse my husband." " aboutmeandPaco." "Excuse the husband, yeah." "Something Paco seems very adept at." " It was embarrassing." " Henry." "I was angry." " This the fi rst time?" " No." "ls itsomekindofsecret thatPaco finds my Chantalenchanting?" " Henry, don't." " So what did you do?" " Don't what?" " I told him to shut up." "Just don't." "Afterdinner..." "Maria and I opened our presents." " Books forme..." " Thanks." "she wantedtoread... andjewelry forher thatl wantedto wear." "Why I got up when I did, I don't know." "Unless youcallintuitionareason." "But he wasn't there." "Something ledme toward thebedrooms." " I don't get it." " Come here." " Theywere there..." " Let me see." "in herroom." " Yes." " Thankyou." "He was talking, andshe was listening." "lcouldn't tellyou whathe was saying... but the wayhe talkedtoher... was the way you talk toa woman." "lrememberhowshesmiled, thelookin hereyes." "He had no right to make her smile that way." "And you continued to stay together... each atyour own separate ends ofthe hall." "And you never had sex since?" "You're putting on quite a show for Henry, aren'tyou?" "Right now, he can't hearyou." "Once a woman decides that's it's not important" "Even when I would try toget things back tonormal... that image was always with me." "And sinceyou can't have children" "Ofcourse I can." "Would you mind telling me how old you were when you and Henry met?" "I think I was about 1 1 when we came over from Europe." "Henry became my father's attorney here." "They sailed together." "He was always around." "In our families, you could always fi nd some friend ofyour father's... with a boat in St. Thomas or a penthouse in Manhattan." "And that man was Henry." "Now, your father" "He died when you were what?" "Fourteen." "And Henry becameyour surrogate father?" "He paid for my college." "And that's when you became lovers?" "I wasn't interested in boys my age." "Spring break." "I couldn't wait." "We did it on Henry's yacht, then in hotels... in cars, on beaches, everywhere." "He was different with me." "He was tender." "We had a time, Henry and I." "I can imagine." "So can you imagine his anger... at not being able to make love toyou now?" " I've seen it." " You've seen it?" "As in, he raped you?" "Rape is an act ofanger." "It's about control, not about sex." "Henrywas a very angry man." "Doyou think he's guilty?" "Doyou?" "That night, he visited your sister's home." "Did you notice any scratches on him, signs ofstruggle?" "I can't remember." "I need to get my hands on the clothes he was wearing that night." "Please." "Give me permission to search your house." "Becauseyou sawyour husband talking toyour niece on Christmas Eve... you've thrown him out ofyour bedroom and haven't slept with him in twoyears." "Now, don'tyou think that's a little bit harsh?" "Stop trying to bait me." "What doyou call a beautiful young woman who'sjealous ofher 1 3-year-old niece?" "Honest." "" Honest." I don't know who's more fucked up, you or him." "I'm sorry." "But don'tyou want to know you've been right about him?" "Don'tyou?" "Don't make a mess." "Castillo?" "Take a squad ofmen." "Escort Mrs. Hearst back to her house." "Yes, sir." " Castillo, search the house." " Yes, sir." "Say it." "Go on." "Say it." "She tells you about Camille, everything falls into place." "There's no need to even ask my side ofthe story." "I'mJack the Ripper, Jekyll and Hyde, big, bad wolf." "I'll remind you, Henry." "I've heard your story all night, and you've been lying." " Detective." " You got a problem?" "Huh?" " All right." " Let's go." "Sitdown, Henry." "Sitdown, Henry." "Going man to man now, are we?" "Shall I roll up my sleeves?" "Christmas." "Twoyears ago." "You and Camille." " Letmesee." " ldon'tgetit." "It was nothing, absolutelynothing." "Camille draggedmeintoherroom toshow offa Christmas gift from hermother." " Evenaknuckleheadshouldbeable to" " She was high onasugarrush... frompumpkinpie." "This would look good on you." "Couldn'tkeep still." "Smile." "So Chantal overreacted?" "Chantal never letyou touch her after that?" "You know, there are many things that separate couples:" "infidelity... money, long illness." "I'm separated from mywife by a hallway, a 60-foot hallway." "ln fact, it's a desert, thathallway." "Andat the very end, there's a door." "And when it's locked, you can knock all you want... but thatdoor won'topen." "Why doyouholdon?" "Whynotjustgeta divorce?" "Just trade one nightmare for another." "Let's add it up:" "halfmy money, the house." "I'd end up living over somebody's reconverted garage." "Oh, yeah, and then there's half my share ofthe law fi rm." "That's bullshit, Henry." "It's vanity, pure and simple." "Being with her puts you on everybody's A-list." "You're Puerto Rico's glamour couple." ""Ah!" "Henry and Chantal Hearst!" "They're so in love!"" "Just full ofcompliments, aren't we?" " That's whyyou stay married." "At our age, fi nding anotherwoman like that's not so easy." "Not so easy ifyou're taking them back... toyour third-floorwalk-up piece ofshit $500-a-month studio apartment." " Is that whatyou mean, Victor?" " Well, we can't all afford... to wine and dine classy, sophisticated ladies we meet in La Perla, can we?" "Just who'd yourwife fi nd you with before she relocated in such a hurry?" "Fuckyou, Henry." "Whoops." "Tell me." "Sue Ellen Huddy." "Did you know herwell orjust in passing?" "Not well." "Notatall." "It's impossible foramanmyage toknowa 12-year-oldreally well." "To knowa 12-year-oldreally well." "Bags." "Throw me the bags." "Thanks." "The darkroom." "There was no dog in there." "There was onlyyou." "We don'thave any evidence ofastruggle... so it had to be somebody very good with children... or someone she knew." "Did you kick the ball around with her, Henry?" "Did you laugh and play with her fi rst?" "Or did youjust take her?" "Was itas exciting as Paulina Valera?" " Tell me, Henry!" " Go to hell." "You dressed her again." "You posed her." "We'll fi nd the brush, Henry." "We'll fi nd the brush you used." "We'll fi nd the brush you used to get her hairjust right." "And then whatyou came for:" "your trophy." "Youmet Chantal whenshe was 1 1." "Youmoldedapleasure model." "ls that whatyou think childrenare for?" "Topleasureyou?" "You peel my onion down to the nub." "Areyou trying to tell me thatyou don't like them young?" "You're twice divorced, single with a vengeance." "Who doyou talk to in a martini bar?" "The best-looking girl you can get awaywith, that's who." "And she's not 50." "Probably mid-30s." "Ofcourse, in their 20s" " Hey." "Now we're talking." "And how about teenage girls?" "We loved them then." "Why should anything change now?" "What does he possibly see in a girl thatyoung?" "What in the world do they talk about?" "IfI want to discuss the SP 500, I'll call my broker." "Young girls don't talk." "They laugh." "They live." "They're in the moment." "And every night is the night." "And their bodies are hard and tight... and smooth... the way skin is supposed to be." "And saying so... doesn't make me a pervert." "Men can't say shit anymore." "We're all browbeaten byyouth-obsessed old bitches fresh from chemical peels." "Still want us to open their doors, pay theirway." "Yes, Victor, I loveyoung women." "At least I'm honest enough to say so." "One-hundred fucking percent guilty." "Owens." "We found them, sir." " She come backwith you?" " Yeah." "Put her in there." "All right." "All right, but only ifyou promise to keepyour mouth shut until I'm ready." "You're welcome." "You can sit right here." "Check the recorder." "There should be enough tape... though I don't think we'll need much more." "Have a seat, Henry." "She's in there watching?" "What's he saying?" "You're good athiding behindthings." "Sitdown, Henry... andtell us onemore timeaboutyour relationship with thesecondvictim..." "Sue Ellen Huddy." "Your relationship with the murdervictim, Sue Ellen Huddy-- the little girl you claim you found by thejogging path." "She thinks that I did this." "I'llask the question onemore time." "What was your relationship to the murdered girl, Sue Ellen Huddy?" "There was none." "None?" "No." "None." "I saw her by the house on occasion." "Shelivedin theneighborhood." "I might have spoke to her once or twice... ifever." "A greeting, per-- perhaps." "Here's what I believe, Henry." "You're bored." "You're unhappy." "You have a history with veryyoung girls." "You've been placed at the scene ofthe fi rst murder." "Your attempt at an alibi was to kill a second young girl." "You're in love with someone who doesn't loveyou... just whoyou were." "You're very, very lonely." "I'll tell you what I believe... whatlknow... whatlhaveproofof." "Can you tell me who that is?" "Sue Ellen." "Aportraitlike that takes time, Henry." "And this little girl?" "Chantal was nice enough to bring these out ofyour darkroom." "Youmakelovelyphotographs, Henry." "I can't believe that she would go these lengths... to make this kind ofpoint." "It's almost farcical." "You killed Sue Ellen Huddy." "Yes." "And Paulina Valera?" "Yes." "Both ofthem?" "Yes, both ofthem." "Raped and murdered them." "I'm the one." "Areyouprepared tomakeastatement?" "What else am I doing?" "Well, let's" "Let's begin with the first victim, little Paulina." "Takeyour time." "I... saw her on the doorstep." "Go on, Henry." "I'll be right back." "You saw her on the doorstep." "I saw her on the doorstep, and... she was allalone." " Andshe wentoffwithyou?" " All right." "What is it?" " These were in his car." " Youhadsex with her?" "Yes. lrapedher." " Andthen?" " Andthenstrangledher." "There in the dump?" " No." "No, in the" " Who is this?" " ln analley." " We were too late." " Which alley, exactly?" " But we got him, sir." "Park Central stakeout caught him in the act." " ldon'tknow." " He's downstairs." "They are processing him now." "So, afterwards... youcarriedthebody to the dump?" "Sir, it's over." "Yeah, I dragged it." "Herclothes." "You'dalreadyput them back on?" "lredressedher." "Andyouposedher?" "Yes, I po" "Yes, lbrushedherhair." "I tookher-- l tookherhands andcuppedthem... underhercheek." "lopenedhereyes and-- and then..." "I took her picture." "Whatareyoudoing?" "You can go home, Henry." "What?" "It's over." "They caught thekiller." "Whatareyousaying?" "He's downstairs." "What?"