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00:01Previously on R.J. Decker...
00:03Don't try to eat it through the wrapper.
00:04Today could be the last day of my trial, meaning I could be going home in a few hours, or...
00:08You could be going to prison.
00:09Or until candy bars are in short supply.
00:11I can think of something in even shorter supply.
00:15Next witness, Lucas is my stepbrother, and that's the man who almost killed him.
00:20Mostly just came to see if we're even now.
00:22What's your obsession with us getting even? What is that?
00:24If we get even too fast, there won't be any reason for me to call you anymore.
00:28Is that what you want?
00:43What?
00:44What? No, it's good. No, it's a punctuation thing.
00:48The, uh, bop, bop, bop. That's a lot of them.
00:50The Amdash's? Oh, I like them. They soothe the story.
00:53Uh, they're a bit aggressive.
00:55Commas might give you a better flow.
00:57The story's about a blind priest who tried to broker a truce between MS-13 and the Latin cakes.
01:01I don't need it to flow. I need it to, like, grab the reader and shake them.
01:04What?
01:05You do this every time. You ask people to prove your stuff, and then you argue every point.
01:09Only the dumb ones.
01:10See ya. Lift off in five minutes.
01:13Oh, look at you.
01:14Earning your key, proofing my wife's article so I don't have to.
01:17No, no, no.
01:18Did she bite your head off yet?
01:19Pretty much, yeah.
01:19Hey, Mom.
01:20Harper and Violet just texted.
01:22They're going to a kid's spa on Saturday for mani-putties and facials, and I'm invited.
01:26I'm sorry, did you say kid's spa?
01:28Isn't a spa for children?
01:30Can I go?
01:30No, but you're busy Saturday.
01:32You're volunteering at the dog rescue.
01:33But can't I just skip it this one time?
01:35You made a commitment.
01:36We keep our commitments around here.
01:38Go get your bag.
01:40Oh, my goodness.
01:41Take it easy on him.
01:42Mm-mm.
01:43He's got so little going for him in life.
01:50Uh, dashes or commas?
01:53It's good.
01:57Hey, how are ya?
01:59What are you wearing?
02:00Excuse me?
02:01Don't get excited.
02:02I'm asking because I may have a job for you.
02:05Change your shirt and meet me at the address I'm about to send you.
02:08Why do I have to change my shirt?
02:09Because these people have money and refinement, and the last time they saw a grown man wearing an Aloha shirt,
02:15he was probably cleaning their pool.
02:19Okay.
02:21Who needs you to change your shirt?
02:23Oh, uh, Wish.
02:24Yeah, you might have a new client for me.
02:26Thinks I need to look nice.
02:28Wish, who last time I saw him was wearing a shirt with a metal detector on it and the words,
02:32Beach better have my money.
02:34Man's got layers.
02:44Hey.
02:45Welcome to the humble about of the Carter family.
02:48Carter?
02:49Oh, is it Carter Rehab?
02:51Got it in one.
02:52Huh.
02:52In addition to owning the biggest chain of drug rehab centers in Florida, Ed Carter also funded a wing at
02:58the Institute of Contemporary Art.
03:00Gonna go out on a limb and say he's also one of your dad's biggest donors.
03:03He is.
03:04And so when the family realized they needed help with a sensitive issue, they came to me.
03:09I told them it was a job for a very dependable, very discreet private investigator.
03:14Do good work.
03:15Okay.
03:15Do it quietly.
03:16I can virtually guarantee they'll be back for more.
03:19Okay.
03:19Background check, security gags, due diligence, and they'll pay top dollar.
03:22This shirt, this is the upgrade?
03:24Let's go hear about this sensitive issue, shall we?
03:32That's Holden.
03:33He lives in Naples, but stays with us whenever family business requires it.
03:37So usually it's just you and your dad here?
03:39He sends his regards, by the way.
03:41He's wrapping up some work in Orlando, but we are both worried about Holden.
03:45He didn't come home last night, and he isn't responding to calls or texts.
03:48So you're moving pretty quickly, bringing someone like me on.
03:51Can I ask why?
03:52The more he knows, the more he can help.
03:56Holden has struggled with drug addiction for years.
03:58My father and I think he may have relapsed.
04:01Relapsed.
04:02So he had gotten clean at some point.
04:04A little over 18 months ago.
04:05He went to a facility in Switzerland for the first six months, then came back to Florida.
04:09Since then, he has been working as a rehab counselor in one of our Naples clinics.
04:13It's not like him to be out of touch, at least not now that he's sober.
04:17Your job is to find Holden quickly and quietly.
04:22If he has relapsed, Mr. Carter doesn't want the police involved.
04:25Too much chance of the story breaking to the media.
04:28I understand, and I want to help.
04:29The best place for me to start is with whoever saw him last.
04:32I dropped Holden off at the community center a little before 1600.
04:36Support group meeting.
04:37So you knew about his history with addiction?
04:40Ten years working for the Carters.
04:41They don't keep any secrets from me.
04:43I drive Holden whenever he's in town.
04:44I waited up front like I usually do.
04:4690 mics later, everybody comes out except for Holden.
04:49I went inside, but no sign of him.
04:51How'd he seem to use him yesterday?
04:53Honestly, I was relieved he wanted to get to a meeting.
04:56He seemed distracted, a little down.
04:59Any read on what was bothering him?
05:00He's pretty tight-lipped.
05:02That's part of why I was worried about him.
05:03You served, huh?
05:051,690 mics.
05:06You tell time like a soldier.
05:08Not a soldier.
05:10I'm worried.
05:11Oh.
05:12Okay.
05:13Uh, is that why Ed Carter chose you to drive his son?
05:16Well, if the high-profile family...
05:18Maybe there are security threats I should know about.
05:20I'm sorry.
05:21No.
05:22The biggest danger to Holden has always been Holden.
05:26Got it.
05:28Community center where you dropped him off.
05:29Can I get the address?
05:31Yeah, yeah.
05:32He looks familiar.
05:33He would've come in around 4 p.m. yesterday, headed for the rec room,
05:36but we think he went out a different way.
05:37Remember the back or the side entrance?
05:39When I was out there, I saw you at...
05:40Hold on.
05:414 p.m.
05:42In the rec room?
05:43Yeah, was he for an NA meeting?
05:44Just forget I said our song.
05:46And if you're about to ask to look at the security footage,
05:48don't even bother.
05:48Anyone our cameras caught coming in for that meeting
05:51is entitled to their privacy, okay?
05:53End of story.
05:54I get that.
05:54My sister is five years sober, okay?
05:57Anonymity is crucial to the work.
05:59I'm here because his sister thinks he might be in trouble.
06:02Like, real trouble.
06:03Look, I get that you don't want me looking at the footage,
06:05but you said you were here yesterday.
06:07Yeah, so?
06:08So you already saw everyone that came in here for the meeting.
06:13Your guy didn't use a side exit.
06:16Check the rear door.
06:22Looks like he came out the back right before the meeting would have started.
06:25He's making a call.
06:27Now he's talking to someone.
06:28Who? Who's he talking to?
06:29Someone walked up.
06:30I can't see who they're off camera, but...
06:33But your guy, he looks a little...
06:37Not in the world.
06:38Can I turn around now, please?
06:40Yeah, I think that would be good.
06:42What the hell is that?
06:46In case you're wondering,
06:48not one of the twelve steps.
07:03Do you think it's a sex thing?
07:05Well, this being Florida, the answer to that question should almost always be maybe.
07:10But no, I'm more worried it could be an abduction thing.
07:12Abduction?
07:13Do you see how the big guy keeps his arm pointed at Holden?
07:15It occurred to me that wearing that costume might be a good way to conceal a gun.
07:19Yeah, well, you need to be sure.
07:21I'm not about to tell Naomi maybe her brother was kidnapped by a furry.
07:25It's a slimy, actually.
07:26I did a little image searching and realized it's the costume for Sammy the Sea Cucumber,
07:30mascot for Rio Vista Prep.
07:31Huh.
07:32For what?
07:33That's where Holden went to high school.
07:34Maybe the guy in the costume was just an old buddy pulling a prank?
07:38According to the school's athletic schedule, Sammy's due to make an appearance today.
07:42I'll let you know what he has to say.
07:52Let's give it up.
07:54Let's give it up.
07:55Let's give it up.
07:58Sammy, my name is RJ Decker.
08:00I'm a private investigator.
08:03I'd like to ask you a few questions, if I could.
08:05Sammy, hi.
08:09A bit of a time-sensitive issue.
08:11Maybe you can take a break.
08:13Sammy, I have reason to believe a man was abducted
08:16at gunpoint last night.
08:18You are my top suspect.
08:21Yeah.
08:22I think you have to believe it.
08:28Sorry about before I fully commit to Sammy when I'm in costume.
08:32You do bring him to life.
08:36That isn't me.
08:37Sammy worked a swimmer yesterday, which means I worked a swimmer yesterday.
08:40There's no chance someone could have borrowed your costume?
08:43Are you kidding?
08:45That costume's totally different.
08:49No hat.
08:50But look at the Sammy in the video.
08:54What is that, like a sailor's cap?
08:56Mm-hmm.
08:56That's Sammy.
08:57Circuit 2012.
08:58That costume was retired.
09:00Subsequent Sammy's were hatless.
09:01Thank goodness.
09:03I don't know how I'd play him with a hat.
09:04Any idea where someone could have gotten their hands on the 2012 costume?
09:07Honestly, I assumed it was destroyed after the flagpole incident.
09:11Flagpole incident?
09:12Some rich kid hoisted Sammy up on the flagpole
09:14with the performer inside and left him there overnight.
09:17The costume was soiled beyond salvage.
09:21Hmm.
09:21What?
09:22The guy I'm trying to find, he went to school here around that time.
09:26He was definitely a rich kid.
09:27You think that was Sammy 2012 exacting some crazy revenge?
09:30You wouldn't happen to know that's Sammy's real name, would you?
09:33Ricky Strong.
09:33He wore the green from 2008 to 2012.
09:41We brought you an afternoon tea.
09:43Hi, you guys.
09:45What a nice surprise.
09:46The people I arrest, they never bring me boba.
09:49Mom, guess what?
09:50Hmm?
09:51I'm going to the spa with Harper and Violet after all.
09:53Yeah?
09:54We went over this.
09:55You have dog rescue Saturday.
09:56Not anymore.
09:58Catherine fixed it.
09:59Fixed it?
10:00I called the rescuer and asked if we could shift Sophia's commitment to next weekend,
10:03so she'll volunteer two days instead of just one.
10:06Self-care this weekend.
10:07Talk care next.
10:08That's great.
10:09And did Harper and Violet mention how much all those spa treatments are going to cost?
10:13Oh.
10:13Catherine took care of that too.
10:15We talked it all through.
10:17She gets us a one-time thing.
10:18I mean, spa Saturdays will not become the new norm.
10:22Yeah, Mom.
10:23Relax.
10:25Enjoy your boba.
10:26About that.
10:28Um, will this cover all three?
10:32No.
10:33No, no, no, no.
10:33It's only fair.
10:34You get the spa day.
10:35I get the boba.
10:37This was great.
10:39But Mommy's got to get back to work.
10:41I'll see you at home.
10:43See ya.
10:53Okay, so to be clear, this is the house of the gentleman you believe dressed up as a sea cucumber
11:00to kidnap this high school bully at gunpoint.
11:03Yeah.
11:04Wow.
11:05Florida just keeps giving and giving.
11:08This is the van in the driveway.
11:10It's the same one I saw holding car to get into at the community center.
11:13You still want me to just hang back?
11:14Yes, hang back.
11:16You're only here to call the cops if anything goes sideways.
11:18I've got to say, a violent turn would almost be worth the headline.
11:21Private eye and sexy lotto winner gunned down by marine invertebrate.
11:26That's straight gold, son.
11:39No, no, no, no, no.
12:01You Ricky Strom?
12:03Yeah.
12:03Does you kick in the door and count as things going sideways because I am a single digit
12:06from 9-1-woo?
12:08I need you to tell me we're holding this.
12:10I think someone took him.
12:11Yeah, you did from the community center yesterday.
12:13No, no, no.
12:14Well, yeah, I brought him here, but then someone else broke in and did this to me.
12:17Okay?
12:17They must have kidnapped him.
12:19Well, Florida man abducted from his own abduction.
12:23It's another good headline.
12:35I looked everywhere.
12:36No sign of holding.
12:37I told you, whoever broke in here and attacked me must have taken him.
12:41Guys, come on.
12:42You think I'm going to hit myself in the head?
12:44Tie myself up?
12:46Stranger things have happened, Ricky.
12:47A six-foot cucumber committing an armed abduction, for example.
12:51Okay, first, I wasn't armed.
12:53I just pretended to have a gun.
12:55Second, in a certain light, it wasn't an abduction.
12:59It was more of a prank.
13:02Like flying a guy in a mascot costume up a flagpole?
13:07You know what Holden did to me?
13:11I was stuck up there all night.
13:14I'd had a lot of water, like a lot of water.
13:18The next morning, half the school saw me humiliated, exhausted, wet.
13:27It ended my mascot career, because every time I tried to put on the costume after that, I'd have a
13:32panic attack.
13:33I'd been offered a full ride to the University of Central Florida.
13:36I was going to take over as Nitro.
13:38You were going to wear the golden helmet?
13:40Coming out of UCF, I could have had my pick.
13:42Mickey, Gritty, Benny the Bull.
13:45A few days ago, I saw on Holden's social media that he was in town.
13:49He kept posting about his sobriety, how great he was doing.
13:52Yesterday, I just, I don't know, snapped.
13:56I dug out my Sammy costume, I wait outside the Carter house, and I tailed him to the community center.
14:01How did you know he was going to come right back out as soon as he went in?
14:04I didn't.
14:04I was just looking for a place to hide when I saw him talking on the phone to someone.
14:07He seemed, I don't know, nervous.
14:10They were trying to figure out a place to meet.
14:11I only brought him here to make him understand that what he did to me that night mattered.
14:15But then the craziest thing happened.
14:18Some mystery man showed up and ruined all your fun?
14:21No.
14:22I'm talking about before that.
14:27Holden, he just listened, let me say everything that I needed to say, then he apologized.
14:35And I could tell it wasn't about me letting him go, it was about real regret.
14:39He told me about how devoted he was to his sobriety, how important making amends is, and
14:44he asked if I would forgive him.
14:48And I did.
14:51Yes, if he could use my phone, I went into the kitchen to get it, and then bam, I'm hit
14:55from behind, everything goes black, and I know that it wasn't Holden, because I was
14:59looking right at him when it happened.
15:01Maybe it was some friend of Holden's tracked him here, rescued him.
15:05If it was a rescue, it would have turned up by now.
15:07You said when you walked up to him that he was on the phone, that he seemed nervous.
15:11Oh, you think maybe he was talking to the person who hit me?
15:15Would it help if you had Holden's phone?
15:17Because I know where it is, or sort of, I could help you find it.
15:25I was worried that someone might use his phone to locate him, so I told him to toss it out
15:29the van window.
15:32It's a bag of chips, man.
15:33You're right.
15:37Are you sure this is the right stretch of road?
15:40I think so.
15:41I was still in costume, and Sammy's range of vision is subpar.
15:45Sure.
15:48Oh!
15:49Found it!
15:50You got it?
15:51Yeah.
15:52Okay.
15:53It's like a lot of missed calls.
15:54Ten calls from Naomi Carter, and 47 calls from a guy named Rico Delaware.
15:58Does that name mean anything to you?
16:00No, I've never heard of him, but 47 calls.
16:03If he was that desperate to reach Holden.
16:05Yeah, maybe he was desperate enough to come and find him last night.
16:20I'm sorry.
16:22I know I screwed up.
16:23I shouldn't have made the spa day happen for Sophia.
16:27But she was so excited.
16:29And it was easy for you.
16:30Three, four hundred dollars for a couple hours of self-care.
16:33It's no problem, right?
16:36Please don't be this way.
16:37What way?
16:38Poor?
16:39You are not poor.
16:40No, but I was.
16:41Growing up.
16:42My apartment.
16:43Two bedrooms.
16:44One bathroom.
16:44Six kids.
16:45I remember.
16:45Yeah, can you guess how many spa days me and my sisters enjoyed?
16:49You always do this.
16:50You hold the fact that I have a little money against me.
16:53A little?
16:53My grandparents left me what they left me.
16:55I'm sorry.
16:56Besides, you and I are married.
16:59What's mine is yours.
17:00Yours is mine.
17:01Like this house?
17:03Like this house.
17:04Our house.
17:04What?
17:05You put all the money down.
17:07Yeah.
17:08Yeah, I did.
17:10With your permission, because you agreed that this was the best school district for Sophia by a mile.
17:15I'm sorry.
17:16I'm sorry.
17:16Sorry, I just...
17:18I love this house.
17:19Sophia, she loves this house.
17:21It could just...
17:22It could feel like something I won.
17:25And not something I earned.
17:29The spa day?
17:31I'll sign off on it, okay?
17:33As long as we split it.
17:34Yeah, sure.
17:36Whatever you want.
17:37Okay.
17:51Hey, you get my message about the mascot in Holden's phone?
17:54I did.
17:55Guy that called 47 times, Rico Delaware.
17:58Turns out he's a street artist and spent some time at one of the Carter rehab clinics.
18:02Apparently, he didn't have a good experience because he went to war with them last year.
18:05He put up a bunch of anti-Carter graffiti all over town.
18:07RJ.
18:08I mean, 47 calls to a member of a family you hate?
18:10That's got to be harassment.
18:11Maybe even a prelude to a kidnapping.
18:13We find Rico Delaware.
18:14Maybe we find Holden.
18:15RJ.
18:16Holden has been found.
18:17Oh, okay.
18:18Where?
18:19Where was he?
18:20Some little motel downtown.
18:22Housekeeper came in to clean the room.
18:24Found him with a needle in his arm.
18:27He overdosed.
18:29I just identified his body for the Carters.
18:46He's been like that for hours.
18:48When Holden was little, he was the apple of Dad's eye, and nothing was too good for Holden.
18:54So you can imagine how much it hurt Dad when drugs came into the picture.
18:59Especially given the family business.
19:02Call it ironic if all the papers didn't already do it years ago.
19:05On the subject of the media, my office has been in steady contact with the FLPD regarding messaging.
19:11We don't see any reasons for the specifics of Holden's passing to go public.
19:15And thank you for trying to help us.
19:18I've already sold your account for your services, plus a bonus for your continued discretion.
19:24Oh, uh, I appreciate that, but my discretion is that it's part of the package.
19:28I'm always sorry we couldn't find Holden sooner.
19:33Miss Carter, I'm sorry, I have to ask.
19:35Did Holden ever mention anything about harassing phone calls?
19:38I'm sorry?
19:38When I found his phone, I saw there was a bunch of calls from Rico Delaware.
19:43I assume you know that name.
19:44That has to be a mistake.
19:45That man hates my family.
19:47He wouldn't have been in Holden's phone.
19:49Holden never mentioned any business he needed to attend to that wasn't related to the clinics.
19:54Anyone he was planning to meet the day went missing.
19:56No, no one.
19:57Do you understand any of this?
19:58Naomi, sorry, can you excuse us for a moment?
20:03What do you think you're doing?
20:06I think I'm asking questions about a death I find a little suspicious.
20:09What's so suspicious about a drug addict dying of an overdose?
20:12Ricky Strom described a guy utterly devoted to his sobriety.
20:16Then a few hours later, he's dead when he...
20:18I'm sorry, are you talking about the lunatic who dressed up like a vegetable to kidnap him?
20:22There were two kidnappings.
20:23One from the community center, one from Ricky Strom's house.
20:26You're wanting drugs right now?
20:27Listen to me, something was going on with Holden that day.
20:29Something completely incidental to whatever Ricky did.
20:31He clearly had no intention of going to that support group.
20:34I mean, he went in one door, out the other, but on the phone with somebody outside,
20:36trying to figure out a place to meet.
20:37His dealer, RJ.
20:39He was calling his dealer.
20:40This is a tragedy, okay?
20:42Not a mystery.
20:42Can you think of a better way to mirror someone with a history of drug abuse and a staged overdose?
20:46Tell me.
20:46No.
20:47No, I want you to tell me.
20:48No, no more.
20:48These people are as mortified by Holden's death as they are devastated.
20:52They want to preserve his memory.
20:53They want to move on.
20:54You need to let them do both.
20:56Holden's phone.
20:58You said you found it.
20:59Give it to me.
20:59I'll give it to the family.
21:00I don't have it with me, but I will drop it by your office later.
21:26Now, retail, brand new.
21:28This beauty will run you 700.
21:30I pulled it out of a dumpster, sterilized every part, rebuilt the motor, and now I'm letting
21:34it go to you for 100 bucks.
21:36Now, that's not for everybody.
21:37That's because we're old pals.
21:39Oh, hey, speaking of old pals.
21:41Hey.
21:41Mauricio, how you doing, man?
21:42Are you kidding me, man?
21:43Oh, come on.
21:44Don't block me forever, my man.
21:46It's a van out front.
21:48Mauricio's appliance repair.
21:49Yeah.
21:49You're going to turn your prison hustle into a real business.
21:51Hey, I can say the same thing for you.
21:52Well, I wasn't a PI inside.
21:54Sure as hell couldn't mind your own business.
21:57Reason I called, I was hoping you could unlock this for me.
22:00Yeah.
22:01It's yours, right?
22:02Well, if it were mine, I would know the password.
22:04Untrue.
22:04People forget their passwords all the time, and unlocking someone's phone without his
22:08or her explicit permission is illegal.
22:11It's yours, right?
22:13Oh, yeah, it's mine.
22:14100% mine.
22:15All mine.
22:16Great.
22:16Give me a day.
22:17Beautiful.
22:19Now, look, wish I could let the blender go for 90, but after that, I'm giving.
22:22It'll wait.
22:26Oh, move fast and tight to the wall for outlines.
22:30You go Delaware?
22:31Yeah.
22:31Oh, should I call you Professor Delaware?
22:33I know the university made you an artist in residence.
22:36Selfies got to wait until after class, okay?
22:38I don't like to break flow.
22:40I respect flow, but I'm a private investigator.
22:43I'd like to ask you a few questions about your relationship with Holden Carter.
22:46What's the PI care about me and him?
22:48A lot, actually.
22:50Mostly because he was found dead last night.
22:56A lot of people like me, people like Holden, a number of times we stick a needle in our
23:03arm and never wake up.
23:07You think I'd be used to it by now, but no, it messes me up every time.
23:13That's the reason why I wanted to talk to you, Rico.
23:15I'm not sure Holden put that needle in his arm himself.
23:18You think someone killed him?
23:21You think I killed him?
23:23It's no secret you had a grudge against the Carter family.
23:25My grudge is with Ed Carter.
23:27The way he runs his business, me and Holden, we were cool.
23:32A while back, Holden reached out to me.
23:36He wanted to meet, to talk about my experience with Carter Reham.
23:42I obliged, told him about recruiters pulling 5k ahead for addicts with primo insurance, about
23:48how the facilities are straight up turnstiles, how no one gives a crap if you get sober just
23:54so long as the insurance keeps paying.
23:58There's one guy I knew, he went through four rounds of that.
24:02The fourth time, he OD'd right there in the clinic.
24:06You ever tried talking to the cops?
24:07Oh yeah, you tell me when police start listening to junkies, former or otherwise.
24:12And Holden, how did he take care of everything you told him?
24:14He was upset, you know, but he said that he'd take it all to his old man.
24:18How'd that conversation go?
24:19I don't know.
24:21I figured I said my piece, I gave him some space.
24:23Yeah, well, I happen to know you called him 47 times the other night.
24:26And how's that giving him space?
24:28Me and Holden, we stayed in contact.
24:30He wanted me to stay clean, I wanted him to stay clean.
24:34The other night, all I could think about was getting high.
24:37So you called Holden?
24:39Yeah, when I couldn't reach him, I freaked, I kept calling.
24:43But then I said to myself, you know what he would say, get your ass to a meeting.
24:46And so I did.
24:48My sister drove me there and back.
24:52This is her number.
24:53If you want to call her...
24:54It's okay.
24:55It's okay.
24:57Look, as far as I've been able to tell, Holden seemed like he was in a good place.
25:01But I don't know, what do you think?
25:04Every addict is just one bad day away from a slip.
25:09But if you're right, if someone did this to him, then you need to catch him.
25:17Because trust me, that is the last way he would have wanted to go.
25:36R.J. Decker.
25:38Yeah?
25:39Agent Jacob Coop, IRS.
25:42Criminal Investigation Division.
25:44Wow.
25:45I knew I shouldn't have rounded up my mileage on that last tax return.
25:49Actually, I wanted to talk to you about the work you've been doing for the, uh, Carter family.
25:53Well, if you know the kind of work I do, you know I can't talk about my clients.
25:57I can't even confirm the people you're talking about are my clients.
26:00Well, I'll just cut to the chase then.
26:02See, I'm here because I don't think Holden Carter's overdose was an accident.
26:06I think someone forced him to shoot up.
26:09Probably at gunpoint.
26:12Well, I don't think I'll be violating confidentiality to tell you I've been thinking the same thing.
26:16Oh, good.
26:17You want to come inside? You want to compare notes?
26:19No, I'd love to talk, but not here.
26:21Someplace public.
26:22All right, you know FM station?
26:23I'll find it.
26:25Why do we have to go somewhere public to talk about Holden Carter?
26:29Well, because I think you're the one that killed him.
26:37Crazy day.
26:38You accuse a guy of murder, he ends up introducing you to the best burger you've had in years.
26:41Not that it's alleviating any suspicion.
26:43I get it.
26:44Ex-con takes money from a shady family.
26:4724 hours later, that family's black sheep winds up dead.
26:49I take a look at me, too.
26:51Coroner's report says Holden died between 7 and 9 p.m. two nights ago.
26:55Can you account for your whereabouts?
26:56Oh, I can.
26:57But first, I'd like to confirm a few of my suspicions.
27:01Naomi Carter paid me electronically this morning.
27:03By the afternoon, I'm getting a visit from you, which tells me the IRS is monitoring the family's accounts.
27:07And since you work in criminal investigations, it ain't your standard audit.
27:12You've been looking into something bigger.
27:14Something that now includes Holden's death.
27:16Well, I can neither confirm nor deny.
27:19It's something we're required to say when someone's got us dead to rights.
27:24Holden was looking into some pretty dark corners of the family business.
27:27I think he was going to have a talk with his dad.
27:29I think he did, but it went poorly.
27:30So poorly, in fact, his next step is reaching out to the IRS.
27:33Which makes me wonder if it was you he was planning on meeting when he snuck out of a support
27:36group meeting the other day.
27:39Oh, I can neither confirm nor deny.
27:40Okay, well, then don't confirm or deny this either.
27:42Holden was going to whistleblow.
27:44He was going to take down Carter Rehab, because unlike his dad, he actually cares about addicts getting better.
27:49Those whereabouts you were going to account for?
27:51Oh, computer records.
27:53Oh, prove I was home all night.
27:54What?
27:54It's going to take me days to subpoena those records.
27:56Well, that's good.
27:57It'll give us both more time to prove his dad was behind what happened to him.
28:00The premise that you killed Holden but might be willing to roll in his dad was all I had left.
28:05And if that premise is wrong, then I have nothing.
28:07And if I have nothing, trust me, you've got less than nothing.
28:12Ed Carter's going to get away with everything.
28:19Someone had a crappy day.
28:22Yeah, someone did.
28:24You want to join me for a beer?
28:26Yes, I do.
28:37Let me guess.
28:38We're still unhappy about the way you're dressing?
28:40Mm-hmm.
28:41He's the one who brought you the new client, right?
28:44Mm-hmm.
28:45Touching by that second beer you had lined up, I'm guessing you had a crappy day, too?
28:50Mel and I had the money fight again.
28:53Oof.
28:54Yeah.
28:54Oof.
28:55I pay for stuff when I can pay for stuff, and she acts like I'm some eccentric millionaire.
29:00Back when you and I were together, I'd pay more rent, I'd pay for more meals out.
29:04You were always okay with it.
29:06It's like...
29:10Wait, you weren't okay with it?
29:13I mean, it's not like I wasn't okay with it.
29:15It just took me a little while to get used to.
29:17I like to pay my own way.
29:18Mel does, too.
29:20What?
29:21Nothing?
29:22I just found out that I'm repeating an ugly pattern from my first failed marriage.
29:26No biggie.
29:27No, you're not repeating anything.
29:30Unlike me, Mel said something.
29:31That's not repetition.
29:32That's progress.
29:35But what do I do?
29:36Get in there.
29:37She said something.
29:38You said something back.
29:45What?
29:45My crappy day.
29:46It ain't over yet.
29:50Hey, what happened?
29:52I was loading groceries in the van, and some huge guy comes out of nowhere, cold cocks me,
29:57and snatches the phone you gave me and ran off.
29:59He only took the phone?
30:01Yeah.
30:01Three of us are the only ones that knew Mauricio had it, so how would anyone know to track him
30:06down?
30:07Wish, have you ever heard of Find My Phone?
30:10It enables users to find their phone.
30:13Yeah, but the owner's dead.
30:15I'm sorry.
30:15He's what?
30:16Did you get a look at him?
30:17Not really.
30:18I mean, he was white, jacked, kind of like that Aryan Nation guy who was weirdly good
30:23at kickball.
30:23You remember him?
30:26Oh, that's not good.
30:28What?
30:29You got a dent in your face, huh?
30:32Looks like a little lollipop with wings.
30:38That ain't a lollipop.
30:39It's a globe from a signet ring.
30:41You got punched in the face by a Marine.
30:43You know who he is?
30:44Yeah, I do.
30:44I'm starting to think he's the one that killed Holden Carter.
30:58Are the cuffs really necessary?
31:01You're suspecting a violent robbery.
31:03Did the officers who pulled you over fail to make that clear?
31:06They did.
31:07And then I made it clear that they had the wrong guy.
31:09And yet they found this property reported stolen by the victim in your car.
31:14It belonged to the late Holden Carter, son of your employer, Ed Carter, yes?
31:19I'm thinking you were able to track it to the man you assaulted because you, or Ed, or one
31:24of his other flunkies at Carter Rehab, but spy were on the phone that let you see Holden's
31:28movements, maybe even read his emails and texts.
31:31This is insane.
31:32I found that phone under a car seat today.
31:35Obviously, Holden left it there.
31:37I didn't beat anyone up to get it.
31:41Take a look at these.
31:43And then take a look at that ring of yours.
31:49Sorry.
31:50This guy must have pissed off a different Marine.
31:52How did Ed take it when he heard Holden slipped away the other night?
31:56Did he already know Holden had a meeting with the IRS?
31:59I'm just a driver.
32:01I have no idea what you're talking about.
32:03Hmm.
32:04You could tell from the spy were on the phone that Holden exited the community center as
32:08soon as he entered it.
32:09I'm guessing you got to the parking lot just as he got into a van with a man named Ricky
32:14Strom.
32:14You followed them to Mr. Strom's house, and then you called Daddy.
32:19He got nervous.
32:20Thought maybe this was Holden's IRS contact.
32:22So he told you it was time Holden had to go.
32:26Give up your boss.
32:27Confess to staging Holden's OD.
32:30Maybe the state of Florida won't put a needle in your arm.
32:34Go ahead.
32:36Charge me with this assault if you think it'll stick.
32:38But if you want to talk to me again, I'll come back with a lawyer.
32:42Mr. Carter will hire the best that money can buy.
32:59Yeah, the best I could.
33:01Only thing that guy said in there that was even remotely true is Ed Carter's loaded, which
33:06is funny.
33:07Daughter hiring a PI who works out of a pool house instead of some big white-glove security
33:13firm.
33:14I don't know.
33:14Must have liked my website, I guess.
33:39What's too loud inside?
33:40For this conversation?
33:41Yes, because I need you to hear me.
33:43I tried to do you a favor when I brought you to Naomi.
33:46Now her father is threatening to cut off ties with mine.
33:49That would be bad, right?
33:50Losing all that money Ed Carter's making not keeping addicts off drugs?
33:53What are you talking about?
33:54Part of rehab doesn't want people getting better.
33:56It's bad for business.
33:57Holden was about to blow the whistle.
33:59If we open up the phone, there's going to be spyware on it that'll prove his dad knew he
34:03was talking to the IRS.
34:04Hold on.
34:04If we open his phone, you mean you don't know there's spyware?
34:07The phone's locked.
34:09Can you think of another reason why Ed sent his hat to man to get it back yesterday?
34:12Tell me.
34:13Wow.
34:13I can't believe this.
34:14I can't believe you accused Ed Carter of having his own son killed without any proof.
34:19If there's no proof, there's no crime, right?
34:21Isn't that the Ochoa family motto?
34:23Look, Holden is dead.
34:24A guy that died trying to be a better man to fight for people who needed help.
34:28He was willing to go up against his own father.
34:30Not because it was easy, because it was the right thing to do.
34:33Of course, you wouldn't care about a guy like that.
34:36Next time you want to do me a favor, don't do it.
34:38I don't need business like yours.
34:48I have to admit, I was surprised to hear from you this morning.
34:52It was pretty clear with your father.
34:54I thought our families needed some time to part.
34:57You were.
34:59But he and I both felt we'd be remiss if we didn't at least try to apologize for Mr. Decker's
35:05actions yesterday.
35:06Next time we'll do a better job bidding our referrals.
35:09You're assuming there'll be a next time.
35:11I'm well aware we need to earn back your trust.
35:15But that's why I brought you this.
35:19Holden's phone.
35:21My office was able to get it back from the police.
35:24It wasn't too difficult, considering there was no crime they could actually connect it to.
35:28But given the scrutiny Mr. Decker was inviting, I thought you would value having it back.
35:40If there's nothing else.
35:46Yeah, actually there is one more thing.
35:49It was locked when we got it.
35:51My father and I didn't want to assume you would know the password, so we did you the favor of
35:54bringing it to one of our communications experts.
35:56The intention was to give you access to Holden's photo album, all those precious memories.
36:03But then our expert found something else.
36:06Someone was tracking Holden's movements and reading his emails and text messages.
36:11Whoever it was, they knew he was looking to go public with some very serious concerns about treatment practices at
36:19Carter Rehab.
36:19If you're suggesting I had anything to do with what happened to Holden...
36:23I'm not suggesting anything.
36:27Just hoping my family ends up back in your family's good graces.
36:33Because a man who would have his own son killed can never have too many friends, can he?
36:41Tell your father when the time comes.
36:44He'll have my support.
36:51It's important to me that he knows that you both know Holden wasn't supposed to die.
36:56The plan was only to discredit him.
36:59To make it so the feds couldn't take him seriously as a witness.
37:04So all you really wanted to do was throw away all the hard work he did to get sober?
37:08It was a mistake.
37:10A terrible mistake.
37:13Naomi, can I assume she played no part in this?
37:17Of course not.
37:18She loved her brother.
37:19I loved Holden too.
37:22I loved him as much as your father loves you.
37:26I'm sure that's true.
37:40How'd it go?
37:43It's important to me that he knows that you both know.
37:46Holden wasn't supposed to die.
37:48The plan was only to discredit him to make it so the feds couldn't take him seriously as a witness.
37:55Who gets this first?
37:58My new friend at the IRS.
38:00I'll go see him after I drive you home.
38:02Actually, I'll come with you.
38:05And then I need a drink.
38:22Uh, I didn't do all this.
38:24You're early.
38:26Uh, Mel, this is Frances.
38:28She writes the Herald's financial advice column.
38:30Oh, okay.
38:31Hi.
38:31Nice to meet you.
38:34I, uh, was just leaving.
38:39You have a lovely home.
38:42Thanks again, Frances.
38:47Is it terrible I'm relieved you weren't about to pitch a threesome?
38:51A little.
38:52But whatever.
38:54Come sit.
38:57The real reason I had Frances come over was to...
39:01Mm-hmm.
39:02Help me prepare a trip for you into the future, or at least our financial future.
39:12This line represents, based on all sorts of variables that were, frankly, a little over my head, my future income.
39:20And this one predicts yours.
39:25And what I'm looking at should make me as happy as you are, because...
39:29Because between your gradual, if inexorable, ascension through the ranks of the FLPD and the long, sad death march that
39:36is print media, Frances has you passing me an annual take-home pay no later than 2032.
39:41By 2042, by 2042, actually, you know what, don't even look at 2042.
39:45The point is, it's gonna be a long marriage, and our love will be a constant, but our money?
39:53Now that's gonna be variable as hell.
39:55So will you, every once in a while, let me be a little generous, if I promise to be a
40:02financial drain on you in the years to come?
40:04I'll do my best, and I'll do my best, and I look forward to carrying your broke ass.
40:132042 is dark.
40:21Gross.
40:25Hola to you too, mija.
40:26I'm hungry.
40:27Is there a dinner plan?
40:29Ah.
40:33Takeout?
40:35Someplace cheap.
40:37Someplace cheap.
40:42Of course, I understand.
40:45Well, I'm here for you, no matter what.
40:50Okay.
40:51Bye.
40:53That was nice with me?
40:54Yeah.
40:56How's your line?
40:57About as well as you'd expect, but she is grateful for what you did.
41:02And she's planning to work with the IRS as they investigate everything, and then start instituting the changes Holden wanted
41:09at the clinics.
41:10Good.
41:13To Holden?
41:15To Holden.
41:19Listen, some of the things I said yesterday, I didn't like saying them, but I'm glad they got through.
41:25Holden.
41:28You think I did what I did because of you?
41:29Did somebody else accuse you of choosing your dad's political career over doing the right thing yesterday?
41:35Oh, I totally chose my dad's political career.
41:37Ed Carter was a liability.
41:38He had to go.
41:39All that's left is for my father, outraged at his one-time contributor's crimes, to introduce legislation that'll close every
41:46loophole Carter Rehab was taking advantage of.
41:48I still think it was me.
41:50It was not.
41:52You.
41:53Okay.
41:54She says something.
42:11Hello?
42:12Is it too late to add fries to the order?
42:14Uh, they're closed.
42:16Private event.
42:17I'm gonna try the new taco place instead.
42:19Just text me when you know what you want.
42:25One more.
42:58I'm gonna try the new taco place.
42:59I'm gonna try the new taco place.
43:00I'm gonna try the new taco place.
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