Part 12
| Cruz is talking to Santana at the police station. Mason appears and says that Cruz has already been 15 minutes late for lunch with Eden. Santana goes away. Mason says that the last time he saw Eden, she was going to see Cruz. Did anything happen to them? |
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Cruz is not too polite; he asks Mason what he wants. Mason says that Christie managed to pass the test on lie detector. Cruz answers that it is just a machine. Mason says that now she doesn't have any reason to change her evidences. They are discussing Ted's case. Mason says moodily that the only person that Christie seems to trust to is Mary. Moreover, she is a nun. Cruz doesn't believe that Mary will help them. Mason is much more sanguine.
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Mary is looking for telephone number of the Perkins' apartment in the telephone directory.
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| Christie yells that she hates Ted, he answers that he doesn't feel like this about her. They used to be friends. Christie answers that now she won't be so stupid.Telephone rings and Christie takes another attempt to run away. Ted catches her at the door and doesn't let go. Jade comes downstairs. Ted asks her not to take the call but Jade says it can be Amy. Ted shuts Christies mouth and Jade answers the phone. |
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| It is Mary calling she wonders why nobody answered for so long. Jade answers that she was in the yard. Mary says that she just wanted to make sure that Christie is all right, she is without relatives for the first time since the rape. |
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Jade promises to do this and hangs up. Ted lets Christie go, Jade tells her what Mary wanted and goes away. Ted and Christie stay face to face again.
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Ted asks why she hates him so much.
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Christie asks: "Don't you understand?"
"Except that I raped you."
"Do you think it is not enough?"
Ted asks her to stop lying. Christie cries that it is true.
"Do you want to say that you believe that?"
Ted tries to calm down and presumes that she doesn't remember well the rape and confused him with the rapist. Christies denies it. Ted asks her to tell the truth.
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CC and Sophia are kissing when Mason interrupts them by coughing.
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| Sophia asks whether he has news about her case. |
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| Mason answers that the hearing is postponed. CC asks what happened. Mason answers that the prosecutor wants to give them time to change the attorney, Jack Lee. He says that the most important thing for him is to save Ted but them he can take Sophia's case. |
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| Sophia doesn't mind, she says that Mason knows her case better than anybody else but CC is strictly against it. He feels bad but answers Mason's question that he is all right. |
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Sophia makes CC sit on the chair, thanks Mason for the help and promises that they will discuss it later. Mason goes away.
* * * Ted interrogates Christie.
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She confirms that she knows the rapist, so does Ted. But then she says: "It was you". Ted springs back. Christie says weepingly that she can't change her evidences, she can't do anything. Ted says she can if she admits that she lies. "I can't!" Christie cries. "Because it is not a lie", she adds.
Ted asks if she knows what term he can spend in jail. 20 years! It is a whole life. These 20 years Laken and he will communicate through the bars. Does Christie know what plan he had for the next 20 years? |
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Christie says she doesn't care. Ted outlines the picture of Laken's and his family life, his dream. He says that it depends on Christie if it will become true. Won't she be sorry about her lie?
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Looking for Steve, Mary comes to the police station. Cruz says he hasn't seen Steve since afternoon and offers looking for him in the court.
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Mary asks why he didn't arrest Ted in the restaurant. Cruz answers that it was him who was hit by Ted and it depends on him whether to make noise because of it or not. He decided not to do it. Mary doesn't agree with it, Ted was released to bail on condition that he won't see Christie.
Cruz says that the restaurant is a public place and they might meet by chance. Mary doesn't thing it was an occasional meeting. Cruz insists that the only thing that suffered was his own jaw.
Both of them don't notice Mason approaching. He is listening to them in silence.
Mary asks whether he was engaged with Ted's sister earlier.
Cruz offers her addressing to another policeman if she doesn't like him. Mary answers that another policeman should take Ted's case, as Cruz believes he is innocent, doesn't he? |
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Cruz says that the case is being investigated.
"Why?" Mary asks. "You mean Christie is a liar? Or is it that she's new in town and that Ted is from one of the founding families?" |
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Cruz says that the investigation doesn't depend on all these, including his own feelings.
"What do you take me for, inspector?"
"A lady who is very upset. Whose sister has been badly hurt. And who I am not going to give the chance to say anything else you might regret." |
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Cruz goes away. Disappointed Mary pulls her chain with the cross; it gets torn, and falls down.
Mason comes from the shade and takes the chain. |
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"Did you drop something?" He gives it to Mary.
She looks in surprise. "It's broken..." |
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"Shouldn't be too hard to fix?"
"I've had this on since the day I took my vows."
Mason notices that she doesn't control herself and makes her sit on the chair. Mary can hardly help crying.
"I don't know what's wrong with me..." she says.
"Cruz handles a lot of people. Most of them do not have the nerve to talk back."
"You were listening?"
"Well, you weren't exactly talking in whispers."
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| Mason leans towards Mary, his face close to Mary's. |
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| "Mary, you're wrong if you think Cruz is bent on protecting the Capwells. He's been a lot worse by our family than he has by yours." |
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| Mary says that she has to go and stands up. Mason is not going to step aside. |
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| He suggests that he can give her a lift but Mary refuses and says that she has to pick Christie up from Jade Perkins. She goes away and Mason realizes that Jade happens to be Ted's friend. |
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| Cruz comes back. Mason goes away too. |
