Body of Proof (2011–2013): Season 2, Episode 16 - Home Invasion - full transcript

( upbeat pop music playing)

BOY: Never again do I
let you pick the movie.

What are you talking about?

(cell phone rings)

I just need a second.

BOY: All right.

Oh, my God, dude, you are so in.

Shut up, man.

I'm serious. She's into you.

She did tell me that
she thinks you're cute.

See? So where should we go next?



I don't know. I don't think
my parents will be cool

with me staying out.

No, you cannot pass this up.

Call them and ask to
see if you can stay out.

But what if they're
already asleep?

My dad's gonna get pissed off.

You can use that
app you showed me.

Check your home
security cameras.

All right.

(sighs)

Okay. They're not watching
TV, but the lights are still on.

Maybe my dad's in his office.

He's still up.

Something's weird. What is that?



Oh, my God.

(Megan chuckling)

Hey, very nice.

(chuckling)

(both moaning)

(Megan chuckles)

MAN: What? Oh.

MEGAN: Sit down.

MAN: Ooh. It's gonna
be like that, is it?

MEGAN: Uh-huh.

(sighs)

There's no rush.

Oh, God.

I'm really nervous.
I am so nervous.

I haven't done this in so long.

You're doing fine, believe me.

Yeah? Yeah.

I feel really stupid.

Well, you look gorgeous.

( tender theme playing)

(phone ringing)

Maybe I should get that.

You shouldn't. Okay.

(both moaning)

PETER (over phone): Hello?

Megan, are you there?

Pick up, it's Peter.

I can hear you.

(siren wails)

OFFICER: all these vehicles,
check out the neighbors.

So how was the date
with the gardener?

He's not a gardener.
He's a landscape architect.

And you are only saying
that because you're jealous.

Oh, I'll admit,

I did get a little joy out
of interrupting your night.

Actually, your call
came just in time.

Oh, was it that bad, huh?

No, it was that good.

( upbeat hip-hop music playing)

Why are you two
out here jibberjawing?

The body's inside.

Curtis, what are you doing here?

I'm the chief medical examiner,
that's what I'm doing here.

Acting chief, I
believe. I just meant

that Kate doesn't usually
turn up at the crime scene.

CURTIS: That's the old chief.

This is how the new chief rolls.

(Megan scoffs then sighs)

All right, detective,
run it down.

Looks like it started as a
home invasion robbery, sir.

There have been two in
the area with the same MO,

with the victims being
bound and gagged.

But this is the first
one to turn deadly.

My guess is he
refused to open the safe,

and the killer or killers
must have snapped.

Nice cut.

Judging from the blood,
I'd say a severed carotid.

Probably bled out in seconds.

CURTIS: Shame. Beautiful family.

No. Gloves. What?

MORRIS: Fingerprints.

The room hasn't been dusted yet.

My bad. Guess
I'm a little rusty.

Yeah, maybe that's just
how the new chief rolls.

You know what?

MEGAN: So who is he?

His name is Michael Lux.

He's the co-owner of a
high-end jewelry store.

Maybe that's the
reason he was a target.

His son found him
over the Internet.

He logged into the home cameras.

MORRIS: The killer
stole the hard drive

that would've
recorded the crime.

According to the son,

this guy was the
perennial father of the year.

What about the
wife? Where's she?

BAKER: A good question.

According to her calendar,

Robyn had a church
meeting tonight.

She never showed.

Our worry is the
killer took her.

We have alerts out everywhere.

We've got people
on their jewelry store,

but so far nothing.

The later it gets...

Yeah. The worse for her.

( ominous theme playing)

Hey, have they...?
They found my mom yet?

I, uh, keep calling her,
but she doesn't pick up.

Hey, don't worry.
They'll find her.

You're a detective,
right? You tell him.

Actually, I'm with the
ME's office. I'm the chief.

Your dad must have
really been proud of you.

GREG: He coached every
sport I was in growing up,

helped me study for tests.

Couldn't have done
any of it without him.

MEGAN: Greg?

We're gonna need to get you
swabbed for DNA. I'm Dr. Hunt.

What?

CURTIS: It's
just, you live here.

So we expect your
DNA to be everywhere.

If we have a sample,
we can eliminate yours

from any other DNA we find.

I just...

I just wanna talk to
my mom first, okay?

Look, I'm trying to...

Everybody, quiet.

Listen.

( suspenseful theme playing)

I don't hear anything.

CURTIS: Over here.

Hear it?

(cell phone buzzing)

The wife's phone. Upstairs.

(cell phone buzzing)

CURTIS: Better wait here, boys.

PETER: Megan.

Mom?

CURTIS: No. No. Greg. Greg.

GREG: Let me go! Let me go! Mom!

(grunting)

Mom! Mom! No!

( suspenseful theme playing)

( mellow theme playing)

I'm sorry I'm late. I know.

It's just that I slept over
at Jenna's last night.

Tyler's car battery died,
his mom was gone shopping.

MEGAN: That's fine, but you
are late for your riding lesson,

and I'm late for work.

LACEY: Okay.

Thanks, Tyler. No problem.

LACEY: Bye, Jenna.
Talk to you later.

(sighs)

How old is Tyler anyway?
Does he even have a license?

He's 16, and he's
an excellent driver.

He's really cool. He's
got a band and everything.

I'm not sure I like the idea of
you riding with any teenager,

whether he has a band or not.

But, Mom, Tyler's not like
that. Nothing's gonna happen.

You're right. It's not.

I'm laying down the law. No
more riding in cars with boys.

You can't do that.

Tyler's gonna think
I'm a total baby.

I don't care what Tyler thinks.

But I do. Lacey, get in the car.

Gee, thanks, Mom.

Great way to start
off the week with you.

Listen up, y'all.

There is a new sheriff in town,

and this kind of waste
isn't gonna fly anymore.

These three boxes of
gloves were full yesterday.

Now, unless everybody
in here has five hands,

there's no way they
should be empty already.

Uh, Your Highness? Funny
thing. I actually do have five hands.

Just put them in
the freezer. Oh!

Ethan, can you see how hard
I'm not laughing right now?

What is this?

Uh, it's gum. It's disgusting.

And that?

That keeps it from being wobbly.

Mm-mm. No, no and no.

And I tell you what,

if we can't cut
cost in supplies,

I may just have to start
looking at personnel. And you.

Nice to see you joining us.

Michael and Robyn
Lux are awaiting autopsy.

I've already got
Kate started on them.

Hey, wait, wait a minute.
Those are my bodies.

You're late. Curtis don't wait.

Now go get your work on.

(mouths): What the?

I wanna make sure this tape
gets bagged for prints and DNA.

PETER: Okay. Don't blame me.

It was not my idea
to jump on your case.

Oh, right. Just following
orders, I'm sure.

Who would have ever thought
there was such a despot lurking

in the big, soft,
gooey body of Curtis?

Power corrupts, I guess.

Oh, please. I used to be chief.

I never let it go to my head.

Fine. I hope you don't mind,
I decided to take the wife.

She offered at least a little
mystery as to cause of death.

Other than the tape,

there's really not
a mark on her.

She has a rash on her
cheek and both of her wrists.

Yes, I'm aware of the rash.

I meant nothing obvious
to suggest cause of death.

So how did you die?

MAN: I've sat in this
kitchen a hundred times.

Robyn over there at the stove,

Mike at the counter,
cold beer in his hand.

I can picture them right now.

Mr. Kreger, uh,

you and Mike were business
partners for ten years?

Yeah, we, um, ahem, had
the store together for ten years,

but, um, our friendship
goes back forever.

I'm the one who
introduced Mike and Robyn.

He was honestly the most
focused and driven person

I've ever known.

Everything he did, he did right.

Just look at that kid of theirs.

Why didn't he just
open the damn safe?

They'd be alive right now.

Excuse me.

Greg?

You can't be here.

I just... I just want
some of my things.

Very soon. I promise.

So, what happens next?

I mean, to me.

My parents are dead.
What am I supposed to do?

Child Protective Services
hasn't called you yet?

(sighs)

Well, you got a place
to stay for now, right?

With your buddy Travis?

Yeah, but then what?

( tense theme playing)

(sighs)

According to the
insurance records,

there are six pieces of
jewelry unaccounted for.

Could be in the safe. We
won't know until it's open.

Just the same, let's get
these out to every pawnshop

and fence we know just
in case someone tries...

( suspenseful theme playing)

What is it, Bud?

What is it?

"L&P Plumbing." So what?

The other two home
invasion robberies nearby?

Both had work done by L&P
a week before they were hit.

Anybody interview the guy?

Yeah. They decided
it was a coincidence.

But a third time?
I don't buy it.

MEGAN: We have
sharp force trauma

from the anterior left to
the anterior right of the neck.

Serrated blade.

From the angle and
position of the incision,

the killer was right-handed

and was positioned
behind the decedent

when the laceration was made.

Ethan, I need swabs.

Oh, sorry.

You find something?

Cuts right above the incision.

Well, hesitation marks.
The killer was unsure.

Or the killer was threatening,

holding the knife
to Mike's throat,

demanding that he open the safe.

There's something in them,
probably from the knife.

Robyn Lux died
of simple asphyxia,

but I still have a mystery.

What do you mean?

With tape over her mouth,
her nose was her only airway.

But at some point, her sinuses
became inflamed or congested.

Thing is, there's no sign

of acute or chronic
sinus condition,

so, what made them close up?

The rash. The rash.

She had an allergic
reaction. Ethan, hand me...

Thank you. You're welcome.

Yeah. See the wheals and flares?

Contact urticaria.

She had a reaction to something
she came in contact with.

Maybe something from the killer.

So, Lee, you did plumbing
work at both these houses,

and both were hit by home
invasion robbers soon after.

I work on a lot of houses.

I've been over
this with the cops.

MORRIS: Those were
robbery cops, Lee.

You're talking a homicide now.

BAKER: Another home invasion.

And guess whose card
we found on the fridge.

I got nothing to do
with that. No way.

Really? Because right now,

our guys are turning
that house upside down.

They're gathering every hair

and every discarded skin
cell that doesn't belong.

What do you think
they're gonna find, Lee?

You don't trust
Kate's work, huh?

(scoffs)

I trust Kate just fine. Heh.

I just wanted to see
the bodies side by side.

Sometimes when I
look at the big picture,

I find something that I missed.

And?

Look at the restraint
marks on Mike's wrists,

and then look at Robyn's.

His are severe, hers are
practically nonexistent.

He probably
struggled a lot harder.

That would fit in with what
we know about his personality.

Right, but keep in
mind that Robyn's death

was probably unintentional.

Obviously, you have a theory.

Yes, I do.

Hmm.

The killer loosely
bound Robyn's wrists

so as not to hurt her,

and then put her in
the closet to protect her.

Robyn Lux knew her killer.

More than that.

He cared about her.

( suspenseful theme playing)

Ethan, have you
heard from the lab

if they found out what
caused Robyn Lux's rash?

They called.

I, uh, just haven't had
time to call them back.

Curtis has me pulling
cases for quality review.

Some of them don't even qualify.

It almost makes
me long for the days

when you were in charge.

Wow, and to think
I was this close

to feeling sorry for
you. Call the lab.

Okay.

I'm watching you, you know.

I do know, and
it's getting creepy.

MAN: I got a delivery
for Dr. Brumfield.

Uh, right here.

What the hell?

(laughing)

What...? You think this is
funny? This ain't no damn joke.

Gloves are disappearing.
Hundreds of them.

Cases and cases gone. Vanished.

I'm a little concerned

that maybe the
pressure's getting to you.

You damn right,
it's getting to me.

And don't think
I'm not on to you.

(inhales)

(speaks in Spanish
in high-pitched voice)

I know, I know. Call
the lab, call the lab.

Hey, I talked to Peter.

He said you think, uh,

the killer had
feelings for Robyn.

You think I'm wrong?

I think it's a theory.

Her jewelry, it's
nice stuff, high-end.

Except for this
piece right here.

Yeah, she wore that
under her clothes.

We didn't find it till
we had her undressed.

I wonder what it meant to her.

Uh, could we pick this up later?

Oh, that must be the gardener
Peter was talking about.

(whispers): Landscape
arch... Just get out.

Hi. Hi.

So, what do you say to
me stealing you for lunch?

Oh, I can't. I can't. Not today.

Work always comes
first with you, doesn't it?

Well, I could say no,

but seems a little bit too
early to be lying to you.

(chuckles)

Okay, what about tonight?

Oh, I've got Lacey all week.

Honestly, I just...

I don't know when my
schedule's gonna lighten up.

What are you doing, Megan?

I'm being honest.

I just... There's a lot going
on with Lacey right now.

And, like you said, my
job, and I, you know...

I just don't know when there's
gonna be time for, you know, us.

How often do you think
you've used that excuse

to push someone away?

(chuckles)

It's not an excuse.

( tender theme playing)

What are you so scared of?

I'm not.

Um, heh...

Gotta go.

Ahem, it seems I have a
growing talent for interrupting,

but the lab has
ID'd the allergen

that caused Robyn
Lux's urticaria rash.

It was a mixture of sea
salt and lemon juice.

Lemon juice is a pretty
common cause of urticaria.

Have you never cleaned anything?

Lemon juice and sea
salt is a metal polish.

PETER: Coin dealers
use it to remove deposits

without scratching the coins.

Dealers, as in
high-end jewelry stores.

Like Mike's partner,
Owen Kreger.

Is this really what
we're gonna talk about?

Is this why I'm here?

We found lemon juice
on Robyn Lux's cheek.

According to the ME,

it was transferred there very
close to the time that she died.

BAKER: We also found
these documents in Mike's safe.

They suggest that your
partnership was in real trouble.

In fact, Mike
wanted to dissolve it.

"We'd been business partners
for ten years. Friends forever."

What happened? Were
you stealing from him?

Stealing?

We were fifty-fifty partners.

I owned half of everything.

He had nothing I wanted.

What about Robyn?
Did you want her?

I'm beginning to think that
this whole home invasion

was really a plan to
have Robyn all to yourself.

Okay, if I wanted Robyn,
why would I kill her?

MEGAN: You didn't mean to.

It was Mike you were after.

You handled Robyn very gently.

You bound her hands loosely,

you put her in the
closet to protect her.

You didn't know she was
going to have an allergic reaction.

Did you caress her face?

Is that how the
lemon juice got there?

(sighs)

MEGAN: Robyn was
wearing this when she died.

Did you give that to her?

(chuckles)

I didn't think she
knew how I felt.

( tense theme playing)

Mike...

He wasn't good to her.

Well, that's not how
you described him before.

She was so much more
before she married him.

I mean,

she was ambitious
and she was funny.

And he just took the
life right out of her.

So yeah.

I was in love with her.

But I didn't do this.

This wasn't me.

(Owen sighs)

Lace?

I thought you had
work all day today.

I do, and I have to get back.

But I was feeling
bad about the way

things went down this morning.

I haven't seen you in a week,

and that wasn't a
good way to start.

So I am sorry.

Hmm.

What are those?

LACEY: They're for Tyler's band.

I'm not done with them.

I still need to
take some photos.

But I really hope he likes them.

Why wouldn't he?
Lace, these are great.

You, um...

(clears throat)

You do know that Tyler is 16.

And that boys, when they're 16,

they're different than
boys that are your age.

Oh, my God. Mom, are you
trying to give me the talk?

(chuckles)

(chuckles)

Ah. Do you know that
this was actually pink

when you first got it?

Oh. For whatever reason,

out of all the toys
you got as a baby,

this was the one.

We could never go anywhere
without Stinky, remember?

And the only way you
could sleep at night

is if she was
tucked right there.

Right under your chin.

Don't forget. Tomorrow's
parent-student-teacher meeting,

so there's no school.

Yeah, I know, 1:30. Your
dad's gonna be there too.

And I'm going to Jenna's
tomorrow morning.

I'll have to have
you pick me up.

Fine.

I'll get you right
before the meeting.

(sighs)

( tender theme playing)

(elevator dings)

PETER: I was just calling you.

We got the DNA results from
the duct tape on Robyn's mouth.

And?

And they found an
unknown sample.

Fifty percent match to
Robyn, 50 percent to Mike.

So it's Greg's.

It's not a shocker to find
his DNA in the house.

Except it doesn't match
the elimination sample

we took from Greg.

( suspenseful theme playing)

What's going on?

When you did the
autopsy on Robyn,

did you notice any
signs of multiple births?

No. There was no
evidence of vaginal delivery,

and just the one C-section scar.

Unless Unless?

Sometimes OBs,
to minimize scarring,

do a second C-section
on top of the first.

And, wow, this doctor was good.

Yeah. So there is a second scar.

The Luxes have another
child out there somewhere.

( suspenseful theme playing)

(knocking on door)

Travis.

We need to talk to Greg.

He's asleep, I think.

He was up all night again.

Can I help? CURTIS: Depends.

How much do you know
about Greg's brother?

Greg doesn't have a brother.

We checked birth
and school records.

Aaron Lux would be 20 years old.

I've known Greg
since sophomore year.

There isn't any brother.

GREG: No, no, there
is, actually, Travis.

Sorry I never told you.

It's just... We don't
talk about him.

Aaron was a screwup.

He had a real problem
living under my parents' rules,

so he took off.

Ran away about four years ago.

CURTIS: Greg, I
was in your house.

I didn't see a hint of
your brother anywhere.

That's how my dad
decided it was gonna be.

Like he didn't exist.

I think he wanted it to
be easier for my mom.

It broke her heart
when Aaron left.

So he just took any trace of him
and removed it from the house.

That was it.

Do you know where Aaron is now?

Do you think he's
the one that did this?

We just wanna find him
and talk to him, okay?

Can you help us?

Yeah. When he... When he left,

he supposedly went up to
Alaska to work on some boat.

I never heard from him after.

Okay, thanks.

CURTIS: Thanks, bud.

GREG: Uh, hey.

You said you were
chief of something, right?

Well, this guy from
Social Services

keeps calling Travis' mom.

He wants to take
me out of here and...

I'm chief ME, Greg.

I really don't have a
lot to do about that.

Please.

Can't you do something?

I just don't wanna go to a
place where there's a bunch of...

Okay, look, I can't
promise anything,

but I'll see what I can do.

Okay?

(singing mid-tempo pop song)

That singer right
there, that's Tyler.

Lacey has a big crush on him.

What makes you say that?

Well, first of all,
he is the lead singer

so I probably don't need
to say anything more.

But she just lights up
when she talks about him.

Him? Mm-hm.

I don't know.

I've never heard
her mention him.

TODD: Hey, girl. Hey. Hey.

Aren't they amazing? Yeah.

LACEY: This isn't
even their best song.

You should hear
the one Tyler wrote.

He's like a musical genius.

TODD: No, no, they sound
great. They sound great.

We gotta go, though, okay? So...

I know. Go grab your stuff.

Okay.

Okay, stop gloating.

Why? I'm so good at it.

MEGAN & TODD: Oh.

No. Tyler has a girlfriend.
TODD: Oh, you have got to be...

Well, he is the lead singer.

JENNA: Bye, Lacey.

Bye, guys.

Bye. LACEY: Bye.

BAKER: All right. Aaron Lux.

Photos from Alaskan
Fish and Game.

He applied for a
crabbing license in '08.

Mm-hm.

State database doesn't
have a current address.

Considering his DNA
is on his dead mother,

I got a feeling he's a
lot closer than Alaska.

I've already got his photo out.

(cell phone rings)

Morris.

Where? All right,
just stall him.

Uh, tell him you need
a second appraiser.

Tell him that all the
cash is locked in the safe.

Just keep him there.

Someone just walked into
a pawnshop on Belmont

with Robyn Lux's jewelry.

(door bell dings)

( dramatic theme playing)

Hey, Aaron?

Yeah? How's it going?

(grunts)

( suspenseful theme playing)

Come on, Aaron, your
DNA was on the tape

that covered your
mother's mouth.

You were pawning her jewelry.

Tell me there's something
I'm not seeing here.

BAKER: Tell you
what I'm seeing, Bud.

A kid who thought
he was a badass,

thought he didn't
have to follow any rules.

Only, when he got
out into the real world,

he couldn't hack it.

So he came back to
prey on his own family.

You don't know
anything about me.

Or my family.

The only crime I committed

was not being good
enough for my father.

Old story, Aaron.

All teenagers have
issues with their parents.

Oh, and do they all get the
crap kicked out of them too?

So your father was abusing you?

Why? You were a bad boy?

No, because I was average.

And he couldn't deal with that.

I sucked at sports, I struggled
to make Bs, so he beat me.

He beat me until I finally left.

I don't know, Aaron.
I've been to your house.

Everything there seems pretty...

Perfect, right?

Because my mother was
scared to death of him. Greg too.

What? She gave it to me.

Was that before or after
you tossed her in a closet

and slit your father's throat?

AARON: None of that.

I was dead to my father,

but my mother and I
kept in touch always,

and secretly so
he wouldn't know.

And so she just
gave you her jewelry?

AARON: She couldn't give me cash

because my dad watched
the finances too closely.

He counted every penny.

But he gave her tons of jewelry.

I kissed her goodbye after.

I mean, maybe that's
how my DNA got on her.

Look, I admit I wished my
father dead a million times,

but I did not kill him.

My only regret in this

is leaving Greg behind
with that monster.

Ethan, what are
you still doing here?

I'm trying to ID this
substance that Megan found

on Mike Lux's wounds.

Isn't the lab doing that?

Theoretically, yes,

(elevator dings)

but they're backlogged,

and I don't think we'll
have it until tomorrow.

It's odd. Initially, I
thought it was a paste.

But now it seems
like it's sandings

or filings from something.

A little more work and a
little less talking, ladies.

You feel me?

(slurps then spits)

( dramatic theme playing)

CURTIS: That's it. That's it!

No more Mr. Nicey Nice.

Heads are gonna roll.

(laughs)

You, don't look at me with
those big, dumb, sweet eyes.

This has your name
written all over it.

No, Curtis, you
gotta believe me.

I had nothing to do with this.

But big props to whoever
did, guys. This is awesome.

I'll give you props with...

You don't know Ethan
had anything to do with it.

And I don't want you
undermining my authority, and...

What is he doing here?

They came for me.

Child Protective Services.

They said I can't stay at
Travis' anymore. That's nuts.

Why do I have to go
to some foster home

with a bunch of people
I don't even know?

All right, Greg. Calm down.

You said you'd help!

Let's go in here and
talk about it, all right?

(grunts)

Are you all right?

Yeah, I'm fine.

Come on.

Unh, just please don't touch me.

You are definitely not
fine. What's going on?

(sighs)

(sniffs)

Who did this to you?

My father.

Do we really have to do this?

I told you I'd help
you, and I will,

but you gotta trust me, okay?

I'll be right back.

Promise.

I want every mark on
that kid documented.

That is a hell of a beating.

If his father did that,
it's motive for Greg.

I don't even wanna
think about that.

Bud's gonna wanna talk to him.

I don't care what
Bud's gonna wanna.

Nobody's talking to him
till I can get him a lawyer.

Kid's got no parents
to look out for his rights.

So I'm stepping in.

( suspenseful theme playing)

Greg?

You son of a bitch.
How could you?

(both grunting)

Get him down to holding.

Don't tell them
anything, you hear me?

Don't say a word, Greg.

Greg!

( suspenseful theme playing)

What do you think Aaron
meant, "Don't tell them"?

I mean, they both suffered
the old man's abuse.

So you think they
did it together?

Uh, maybe.

And by that, you
mean, "Maybe not."

You care to tell me
what you're thinking?

MEGAN: Curtis.

I need to see the
photos of Greg's bruises.

I'm not so much
interested in his bruises

as the rash on his arm.

You're looking at
Robyn Lux again?

MEGAN: It's not
Robyn, it's her son, Greg.

Those are the same wheals
and flares I saw in Robyn's rash.

It's contact urticaria.

Well, urticaria is hereditary.

That means that Greg

had the same allergic
reaction as his mother.

Wait a minute.
Greg isn't the killer,

but he was touched
by the killer?

PETER: He's
allergic to lemon juice.

Those photos were taken
before Greg saw Aaron,

so Aaron didn't
give him the rash.

ETHAN: Hey, am I interrupting?

Whoa. Uh, hey, check this out.

I think I identified

the substance in Mike
Lux's neck wound.

I was confused at first

because it was
largely made up of talc,

but there were also instances
of resin and pigment...

Could you spit it out already?

It's Bondo.

It's used to fill
in dents on cars.

MORRIS: Travis, do
you have a few minutes?

I have some questions
about the night the Luxes died.

Yeah. Sure. I guess.

Hey.

Is there a problem?

No, I just don't want
anybody messing with my stuff.

Check it out.

Grease cutter,
mostly lemon juice.

Bud, look at this.

Serrated blade.

Everyone thought
they were so perfect.

That's how they made it look.

No one really knows.

About the abuse.

You try not to do
anything wrong, you know?

You try to be perfect
so they won't get mad.

And then sometimes,
they just snap.

You were abused
too, weren't you?

Who was it? Your father?

I was used to seeing
the marks on Greg.

He told me to just let it go.

But this last time, his dad...

Went off like he was crazy.

He just kept hitting Greg
with this hose over and over.

He wouldn't stop.

MORRIS: You were there?

You saw it happen?

I was right outside the door.

I froze.

I didn't stop it.

But I stopped it now.

Why didn't you
just tell someone?

TRAVIS: Who?

Nobody cares.

Nobody does anything.

I had to do this to save Greg.

I never meant to hurt Mrs. Lux.

It was just supposed to be him.

(sniffles)

I thought I could save them.

Come on, Travis, let's
go talk to your mother.

(sniffles)

Tell Greg I'm sorry.

Will you?

For me.

( melancholy theme playing)

She just...

She looks like she's asleep.

I keep thinking I
could wake her.

I've got nobody now.

She's gone. And Travis...

What am I gonna do?

Maybe you're not
as alone as you think.

( tender theme playing)

Greg, come on. Look at me.

You should have been there.

I wanted to.

I just didn't know how.

But I'm here now, Greg.

And I'm never gonna leave
you again. I promise you that.

We've got each other
and we'll be a family now.

That's what Mom would've wanted.

(cries)

( tender theme playing)

You impressed me, you know?

The way you handled this.

You really stepped up.

Maybe you're not such
a bad chief after all.

Thank you.

That means something.

Too bad the practical
jokers in the office

don't feel your sentiments.

Uh, ahem...

Actually, they, uh, do.

I mean, I'm not
saying I did it, but...

Okay, I am saying
it. I did it. I did all of it.

The delivery, the office.

Why would you...?

I wasn't that bad, was I?

(clears throat)

(chuckles)

You do know it's
on now, don't you?

(laughs)

All right.

MAN: There we go.

Okay, yeah. You were right.

What am I right about?

I'm terrified.

Of what?

What do you think?

Of being vulnerable,
of getting hurt.

And then there's
the age difference.

Let's stop pretending
it doesn't matter.

I happen to like older women.

Right. You say that now

because you think that
I'm strong and independent.

Just wait till you find
out who I really am.

And then there's
Lacey and my job.

I know you thought I was
using it as an excuse before,

but it really doesn't leave
me that much time in my life

for any... Stop.

But I think that...
Stop talking.

This can work if
you want it to work.

But you have to be
willing to take the chance.

Now,

just nod if you think
you're willing to give it a try.

( tender theme playing)

MAN: Hey, boss,
you got a minute?

Lace?

( melancholy music playing)

Oh, no.

Oh, no.

Oh, no.

(sobbing)

Mom, I'm so stupid.

No, you're not, sweetie.

You are not at all.

Oh.

( suspenseful theme playing)