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00:00Previously on R.J. Decker...
00:02Don't try to eat it through the wrapper.
00:03Today could be the last day of my trial,
00:04meaning I could be going home in a few hours, or...
00:07You could be going to prison.
00:08Or until candy bars are in short supply.
00:10But I can think of something an even shorter supply.
00:14Next witness, Lucas is my stepbrother,
00:17and that's the man who almost killed him.
00:19Mostly just came to see if we're even now.
00:21What's your obsession with us getting even? What is that?
00:23If we get even too fast,
00:25there won't be any reason for me to call you anymore.
00:27Is that what you want?
00:42What?
00:43What? No, it's good.
00:44No, it's a punctuation thing.
00:47The, uh, bop-bop-bop.
00:48That's a lot of them.
00:49The Amdash's? Oh, I like them. They soothe the story.
00:52Uh, they're a bit aggressive.
00:54The commas might give you a better flow.
00:56The story's about a blind priest who tried to broker a truce
00:58between MS-13 and the Latin cakes.
01:00I don't need it to flow.
01:01I need it to, like, grab the reader and shake them.
01:03What?
01:04You do this every time.
01:05You ask people to prove your stuff,
01:06and then you argue every point.
01:08Only the dumb ones.
01:09Sophia, lift off in five minutes.
01:12Oh, look at you, earning your key, proofing my wife's article so I don't have to.
01:16What do you mean?
01:17Did she bite your head off yet?
01:18Pretty much yet.
01:19Hey, Mom.
01:19Harper and Violet just texted.
01:21They're going to a kid's spa on Saturday for mani-puddies and facials, and I'm invited.
01:25I'm sorry, did you say kid's spa?
01:27Isn't a spa for children?
01:29Can I go?
01:29No, but you're busy Saturday.
01:31You're volunteering at the dog rescue.
01:33But can't I just skip it this one time?
01:35You made a commitment.
01:35We keep our commitments around here.
01:37Go get your bag.
01:39Oh, my goodness.
01:40Take it easy on him.
01:42He's got so little going for him in life.
01:49Uh, dashes or commas, it's good.
01:56Hey, how are ya?
01:58What are you wearing?
01:59Excuse me?
02:00Don't get excited.
02:01I'm asking because I may have a job for you.
02:04Change your shirt and meet me at the address I'm about to send you.
02:07Why do I have to change my shirt?
02:08Because these people have money and refinement, and the last time they saw a grown man wearing
02:13an Aloha shirt, he was probably cleaning their pool.
02:18Okay.
02:20Who needs you to change your shirt?
02:22Oh, uh, Wish.
02:23Yeah, you might have a new client for me.
02:26Thinks I need to look nice.
02:27Wish, who last time I saw him was wearing a shirt with a metal detector on it,
02:30and the words, beach better have my money.
02:33Man's got layers.
02:43Hey.
02:44Welcome to the humble abode of the Carter family.
02:47Carter?
02:48Oh, is it Carter Rehab?
02:50Got it in one.
02:51Huh.
02:52In addition to owning the biggest chain of drug rehab centers in Florida, Ed Carter also
02:57funded a wing at the Institute of Contemporary Art.
02:59Gonna go out on a limb and say he's also one of your dad's biggest donors.
03:02He is, and so when the family realized they needed help with a sensitive issue, they came
03:07to me.
03:08I told them it was a job for a very dependable, very discreet private investigator.
03:13Do good work.
03:14Okay.
03:14Do it quietly.
03:15I can virtually guarantee they'll be back for more.
03:18Okay.
03:18Background check, security gags, due diligence, and they'll pay top dollar.
03:21This shirt, this is the upgrade?
03:23Let's go hear about this sensitive issue, shall we?
03:31That's Holden.
03:32He lives in Naples, but stays with us whenever family business requires it.
03:36So usually it's just you and your dad here?
03:38He sends his regards, by the way.
03:40He's wrapping up some work in Orlando, but we are both worried about Holden.
03:44He didn't come home last night, and he isn't responding to calls or texts.
03:47So you're moving pretty quickly, bringing someone like me on.
03:50Can I ask why?
03:51The more he knows, the more he can help.
03:55Holden has struggled with drug addiction for years.
03:57My father and I think he may have relapsed.
04:00Relapsed.
04:01So he had gotten clean at some point.
04:03A little over 18 months ago.
04:04He went to a facility in Switzerland for the first six months, then came back to Florida.
04:08Since then, he has been working as a rehab counselor in one of our Naples clinics.
04:12It'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.
04:21If he has relapsed, Mr. Carter doesn't want the police involved.
04:24Too much chance of the story breaking to the media.
04:27I understand.
04:27And I want to help.
04:28The best place for me to start is with whoever saw him last.
04:31I dropped Holden off at the community center a little before 1600.
04:35Support group meeting.
04:36So you knew about his history with addiction.
04:39Ten years working for the Carters.
04:40They don't keep any secrets from me.
04:42I drive Holden whenever he's in town.
04:43I waited up front like I usually do.
04:4590 mikes later, everybody comes out except for Holden.
04:48I went inside, but no sign of him.
04:50How'd he seem to you yesterday?
04:52Honestly, I was relieved he wanted to get to a meeting.
04:55He seemed distracted, a little down.
04:58Any read on what was bothering him?
04:59He's pretty tight-lipped.
05:01That's part of why I was worried about him.
05:02You served, huh?
05:041,690 mikes.
05:05You tell time like a soldier.
05:07Not a soldier.
05:09I'm worried.
05:10Oh.
05:11Okay.
05:12Uh, is that why Ed Carter chose you to drive his son?
05:16With the high-profile family?
05:17Maybe there are security threats I should know about.
05:19Sorry.
05:20No.
05:21The biggest danger to Holden has always been Holden.
05:25Got it.
05:27Community Center where you dropped him off.
05:28Can I get the address?
05:30Yeah, yeah.
05:31He looks familiar.
05:32He would have come in around 4 p.m. yesterday, headed for the rec room.
05:35But we think he went out a different way.
05:36Remember the back or the side entrance?
05:38When I was out there, I saw you at campus.
05:39Hold on.
05:40It's 4 p.m.
05:41In the rec room?
05:42Yeah, it was here for an NA meeting.
05:43Just forget I said I saw him.
05:45And if you're about to ask to look at the security footage, don't even bother.
05:47Anyone our cameras caught coming in for that meeting is entitled to their privacy, okay?
05:52End of story.
05:53I get that.
05:53My sister is 5 years sober, okay?
05:56And anonymity is crucial to the work.
05:58I'm here because his sister thinks he might be in trouble.
06:01Like, real trouble.
06:02Look, I get that you don't want me looking at the footage, but you said you were here yesterday.
06:06Yeah, so?
06:07So you already saw everyone that came in here for the meeting.
06:12Your guy didn't use a side exit.
06:15Check the rear door.
06:21Looks like he came out the back right before the meeting would have started.
06:24He's making a call.
06:26Now he's talking to someone.
06:27Who?
06:28Who's he talking to?
06:29Someone walked up.
06:29I can't see who they're off camera.
06:32But...
06:32But your guy, he looks a little...
06:36Not in the world.
06:37Can I turn around now, please?
06:39Yeah, I think that would be good.
06:41What the hell is that?
06:45In case you're wondering, not one of the twelve steps.
07:03Do you think it's a sex thing?
07:04Well, this being Florida, the answer to that question should almost always be maybe.
07:09But no, I'm more worried it could be an abduction thing.
07:12You see how the big guy keeps his arm pointed at Holden?
07:14It occurred to me that wearing that costume might be a good way to conceal a gun.
07:18Yeah, well, you need to be sure.
07:20I'm not about to tell Naomi maybe her brother was kidnapped by a furry.
07:24It's a slimy, actually.
07:25I did a little image searching and realized it's the costume for Sammy the C Cucumber,
07:29mascot for Rio Vista Prep.
07:30Huh.
07:31From what?
07:32That's where Holden went to high school.
07:34Maybe the guy in the costume was just an old buddy pulling a prank?
07:37According to the school's athletic schedule, Sammy's due to make an appearance today.
07:41I'll let you know what he has to say.
07:51Let's give it up!
07:53Let's give it up!
07:54Jesus Christ!
07:57Sammy, my name's RJ Decker.
07:59I'm a private investigator.
08:02I'd like to ask you a few questions if I could.
08:04Sammy?
08:05Hi.
08:08A bit of a time-sensitive issue.
08:10Maybe you can take a break.
08:11Come on.
08:12Sammy, I have reason to believe a man was abducted at gunpoint last night.
08:17You are my top suspect.
08:20Sam, I think you haven't seen him.
08:27Sorry about before.
08:29I fully commit to Sammy when I'm in costume.
08:31You do bring him to life.
08:33Mm-hmm.
08:35That isn't me.
08:36Sammy worked a swimmer yesterday, which means I worked a swimmer yesterday.
08:39There's no chance someone could have borrowed your costume?
08:42Are you kidding?
08:44That costume's totally different.
08:48No hat.
08:49Look at the Sammy in the video.
08:52Hmm.
08:53What is that, like a sailor's cap?
08:55Mm-hmm.
08:56That's Sammy.
08:56Circa 2012.
08:57That costume was retired.
08:59The subsequent Sammies were hatless.
09:00Thank goodness.
09:01I don't know how I'd play him with a hat.
09:03Any idea where someone could have gotten their hands on the 2012 costume?
09:07Honestly, I assumed it was destroyed after the flagpole incident.
09:10The flagpole incident?
09:11Some rich kid hoisted Sammy up on the flagpole with the performer inside and left him there every night.
09:16The costume was soiled beyond salvage.
09:20Hmm.
09:20What?
09:21The guy I'm trying to find.
09:22He went to school here around that time.
09:25He was definitely a rich kid.
09:26You think that was Sammy 2012 exacting some crazy revenge?
09:29You wouldn't happen to know that Sammy's real name, would you?
09:32Ricky Strom.
09:33He wore the green from 2008 to 2012.
09:39Hi.
09:40We brought you an afternoon treat.
09:42Hi, you guys.
09:44What a nice surprise.
09:45The people I arrest, they never bring me boba.
09:48Mom, guess what?
09:49Hmm?
09:50I'm going to the spa with Harper and Violet after all.
09:52Yeah?
09:53We went over this.
09:54You have dog rescue Saturday.
09:55Not anymore.
09:57Katherine fixed it.
09:58Fixed it?
09:59I called the rescuer and asked if we could shift Sofia's commitment to next weekend.
10:02So she'll volunteer two days instead of just one.
10:05Self care this weekend.
10:06Talk care next.
10:07That's great.
10:08And did Harper and Violet mention how much all those spa treatments are going to cost?
10:12Oh.
10:12Katherine took care of that too.
10:14We talked it all through.
10:16She gets us a one-time thing.
10:17Mm-hmm.
10:18I mean, spa Saturdays will not become the new norm.
10:20Mm-mm.
10:21Yeah, Mom.
10:22Relax.
10:23Mmm.
10:24Enjoy your boba.
10:25How about that?
10:27Um, will this cover all three?
10:31No.
10:32No, no, no, no.
10:32It's only fair.
10:33You get the spa day.
10:34I get the boba.
10:35Well, this was great.
10:38Mm-mm.
10:39But Mommy's got to get back to work.
10:40I'll see you at home.
10:42See ya.
10:52Okay, so to be clear, this is the house of the gentleman you believe dressed up as a sea cucumber
10:59to kidnap this high school bully at gunpoint.
11:02Yeah.
11:03Wow.
11:04Florida just keeps giving and giving.
11:07This is the van in the driveway.
11:09It's the same one I saw holding car to get into at the community center.
11:12Oh, you still want me to just hang back?
11:13Yes.
11:14Hang back.
11:15You're only here to call the cops if anything goes sideways.
11:17I gotta say, a violent turn would almost be worth the headline.
11:20Private eye and sexy lotto winner gunned down by a marine invertebrate.
11:25That's straight gold, son.
12:01You're Ricky Strom?
12:02Yeah.
12:02Does you kick in the door and count as things are going sideways because I am a single digit from
12:069-1-Woo-Hoo?
12:07I need you to tell me where holding is.
12:09I think someone took him.
12:10Yeah, you did from the community center yesterday.
12:12No, no, no.
12:13Well, yeah, I brought him here, but then someone else broke in and did this to me.
12:16Okay?
12:16They must have kidnapped him.
12:18Well, Florida man abducted from his own abduction.
12:22It's another good headline.
12:34I looked everywhere.
12:35No sign of holding.
12:36I told you, whoever broke in here and attacked me must have taken him.
12:40Guys, come on.
12:41You think I'm gonna hit myself in the head, tie myself up?
12:45Stranger things have happened, Ricky.
12:46A six-foot cucumber committing an armed abduction, for example.
12:50Okay, first, I wasn't armed.
12:52I just pretended to have a gun.
12:54Second, in a certain light, it wasn't an abduction.
12:58It was more of a prank.
13:01Like flying a guy in a mascot costume up a flagpole?
13:06You know what Holden did to me.
13:10I was stuck up there all night.
13:13I'd had a lot of water.
13:15Like a lot of water.
13:17The next morning, half the school saw me.
13:21Humiliated, exhausted.
13:24Wet.
13:26It ended my mascot career, because every time I tried to put on the costume after that, I'd have a
13:31panic attack.
13:32I'd been offered a full ride to the University of Central Florida.
13:35I was gonna take over as Nitro.
13:37You were gonna wear the golden helmet?
13:38Coming out of UCF, I could have had my pick.
13:41Mickey, Gritty, Benny the Bull.
13:44A few days ago, I saw on Holden's social media that he was in town.
13:48He kept posting about his sobriety, how great he was doing.
13:51Yesterday, I just, I don't know, snapped.
13:55I dug out my Sammy costume, I waited outside the Carter house, and I tailed him to the community center.
14:00How'd you know he was gonna come right back out as soon as he went in?
14:03I didn't, I was just looking for a place to hide when I saw him talking on the phone to
14:06someone.
14:06He seemed, I don't know, nervous.
14:09They were trying to figure out a place to meet.
14:10I only brought him here to make him understand that what he did to me that night mattered.
14:14But then the craziest thing happened.
14:17Some mystery man showed up and ruined all your fun?
14:20No.
14:21I'm talking about before that.
14:27Holden, he just listened.
14:30Let me say everything that I needed to say.
14:33Then he apologized.
14:34And I could tell it wasn't about me letting him go.
14:36It was about real regret.
14:38He told me about how devoted he was to his sobriety, how important making amends is.
14:43And he asked if I would forgive him.
14:47And I did.
14:50He asked if he could use my phone.
14:51I went into the kitchen to get it.
14:53And then, bam, I'm hit from behind, everything goes black.
14:56And I know that it wasn't Holden because I was looking right at him when it happened.
15:00Maybe it was some friend of Holden's tracked him here, rescued him.
15:04If it was a rescue, it would have turned up by now.
15:06You said when you walked up to him that he was on the phone that he seemed nervous.
15:10Oh, you think maybe he was talking to the person who hit me?
15:14Would it help if he had Holden's phone?
15:16Because I know where it is.
15:18Or sort of. I could help you find it.
15:24I was worried that someone might use his phone to locate him, so I told him to toss it out
15:28the van window.
15:31It's a bag of chips, man.
15:32You're right.
15:36Are you sure this is the right stretch of road?
15:39I think so.
15:40I was still in costume, and Sammy's range of vision is subpar.
15:44Sure.
15:47Oh! Found it!
15:49You got it?
15:50Yep.
15:51Okay.
15:51Looks like a lot of missed calls.
15:53Ten calls from Naomi Carter, and 47 calls from a guy named Rico Delaware.
15:58Does that name mean anything to you?
15:59No, I've never heard of him, but 47 calls.
16:02If he was that desperate to reach Holden.
16:04Yeah, maybe he was desperate enough to come and find him last night.
16:19I'm sorry.
16:21I know I screwed up.
16:23I shouldn't have made the spa day happen for Sophia.
16:26But she was so excited.
16:28And it was easy for you.
16:29Three, four hundred dollars for a couple hours of self-care.
16:33It's no problem, right?
16:35Please don't be this way.
16:36What way?
16:37Poor?
16:38You are not poor.
16:39No, but I was.
16:40Growing up.
16:41My apartment.
16:42Two bedrooms.
16:43One bathroom.
16:43Six kids, I remember.
16:44Yeah, can you guess how many spa days me and my sisters enjoyed?
16:48You always do this.
16:49You hold the fact that I have a little money against me.
16:52A little?
16:52My grandparents left me what they left me.
16:54I'm sorry.
16:55Besides, you and I are married.
16:58What's mine is yours.
16:59Yours is mine.
17:00Like this house?
17:02Like this house.
17:03Our house.
17:03What?
17:04You put all the money down.
17:06Yeah.
17:07Yeah, I did.
17:09With your permission.
17:10Because you agreed that this was the best school district for Sofia by a mile.
17:14I'm sorry.
17:15I'm sorry.
17:15Sorry, I just...
17:17I love this house.
17:18Sofia, she loves this house.
17:20It could just...
17:21It could feel like something I won.
17:24And not something I earned.
17:28The spa day?
17:30I'll sign off on it.
17:31Okay?
17:32As long as we split it.
17:33Yeah, sure.
17:35Whatever you want.
17:37Okay.
17:50Hey, you get my message about the mascot in Holden's phone?
17:53I did.
17:54Guy that called 47 times?
17:56Rico Delaware.
17:57Turns out he's a street artist and spent some time at one of the Carter rehab clinics.
18:00Apparently, he didn't have a good experience because he went to war with them last year.
18:04He put up a bunch of anti-Carter graffiti all over town.
18:06RJ.
18:07I mean, 47 calls to a member of a family you hate.
18:09That's gotta be harassment.
18:10Maybe even a prelude to a kidnapping.
18:12We find Rico Delaware.
18:13Maybe we find Holden.
18:14RJ.
18:15Holden has been found.
18:16Oh.
18:17Okay.
18:17Where?
18:18Where was he?
18:19Some little motel downtown.
18:22Housekeeper came in to clean the room.
18:23Found him with a needle in his arm.
18:26He overdosed.
18:28I just identified his body for the Carters.
18:45He's been like that for hours.
18:47When Holden was little, he was the apple of Dad's eye.
18:51Nothing was too good for Holden.
18:53So you can imagine how much it hurt Dad when drugs came into the picture.
18:58Especially given the family business.
19:01Call it ironic if all the papers didn't already do it years ago.
19:04On the subject of the media, my office has been in steady contact with the FLPD regarding messaging.
19:10We don't see any reasons for the specifics of Holden's passing to go public.
19:14And thank you for trying to help us.
19:17I've already zelled your account for your services, plus a bonus for your continued discretion.
19:23Oh, uh, I appreciate that, but my discretion is part of the package.
19:27I'm always sorry we couldn't find Holden sooner.
19:32Miss Carter, I'm sorry, I have to ask.
19:34Did Holden ever mention anything about harassing phone calls?
19:37I'm sorry?
19:37When I found his phone, I saw there was a bunch of calls from Rico Delaware.
19:42I assume you know that name.
19:43That has to be a mistake.
19:44The man hates my family.
19:46He wouldn't have been in Holden's phone.
19:48Holden ever mentioned any business he needed to tend to that wasn't related to the clinics?
19:53Anyone he was planning to meet the day he went missing?
19:55No, no one.
19:56Do you understand any of this?
19:57Naomi, sorry, can you excuse us for a moment?
20:03What do you think you're doing?
20:05I think I'm asking questions about a death I find a little suspicious.
20:08Oh, what's so suspicious about a drug addict dying of an overdose?
20:11Ricky Strom described a guy utterly devoted to his sobriety, then a few hours later he's dead when he...
20:17I'm sorry, are you talking about the lunatic who dressed up like a vegetable to kidnap him?
20:21There were two kidnappings.
20:22One from the community center, one from Ricky Strom's house.
20:25Oh, you want drugs right now?
20:26Listen to me. Something was going on with Holden that day.
20:28Something completely incidental to whatever Ricky did.
20:30He clearly had no intention of going to that support group.
20:33I mean, he went in one door, out the other.
20:34He was on the phone with somebody outside trying to figure out a place to meet.
20:37His dealer, RJ. He was calling his dealer.
20:39This is a tragedy, okay? Not a mystery.
20:41Can you think of a better way to murder someone with a history of drug abuse than a staged overdose?
20:45Tell me. No.
20:46No, I want you to tell me. No, no more.
20:47These people are as mortified by Holden's death as they are devastated.
20:51They want to preserve his memory. They want to move on.
20:53You need to let them do both. Holden's phone.
20:57You said you found it. Give it to me. I'll give it to the family.
20:59I don't have it with me, but I will drop it by your office later.
21:25Now, retail, brand new, this beauty will run your 700.
21:29I pulled it out of a dumpster, sterilized every part, rebuilt the motor.
21:33Now, I'm letting it go to you for a hundred bucks.
21:35Now, that's not for everybody. That's because we're old pals.
21:38Oh, hey, speaking of old pals.
21:40Hey.
21:41Mauricio, how you doing, man?
21:41Are you kidding me, man?
21:42Oh, come on.
21:43Don't block me forever, my man.
21:45Yeah, inside your van out front.
21:47Mauricio's appliance repair.
21:48Yeah.
21:48Going to turn your prison hustle into a real business.
21:50Hey, I can say the same thing for you.
21:51Well, I wasn't a PI inside.
21:53Sure as hell couldn't mind your own business.
21:56The reason I called, I was hoping you could unlock this for me.
21:59Yeah.
22:00It's yours, right?
22:01Well, if it were mine, I would know the password.
22:03Untrue.
22:04People forget their passwords all the time.
22:05And unlocking someone's phone without his or her explicit permission is illegal.
22:10It's yours.
22:11Right?
22:12Oh, yeah, it's mine.
22:13100% mine.
22:14All mine.
22:15Great.
22:15Give me a day.
22:16Beautiful.
22:18Now look, wish I could let the blender go for 90, but after that, I'm giving it away.
22:25Oh, move fast and tight to the wall for outlines.
22:29You go Delaware?
22:30Yeah.
22:30Oh, should I call you Professor Delaware?
22:32I know the university made you an artist in residence.
22:35Selfies gotta wait until after class, okay?
22:37I don't like to break flow.
22:39I respect flow, but I'm a private investigator.
22:42I'd like to ask you a few questions about your relationship with Holden Carter.
22:45What's a PI care about me and him?
22:47A lot, actually.
22:49Mostly because he was found dead last night.
22:56People like me.
22:58People like Holden.
23:01A number of times we stick a needle in our arm and never wake up.
23:06You think I'd be used to it by now, but no, it messes me up every time.
23:12That's the reason why I wanted to talk to you, Rico.
23:14I'm not sure Holden put that needle in his arm himself.
23:17You think someone killed him?
23:21You think I killed him?
23:22It's no secret you had a grudge against the Carter family.
23:24My grudge is with Ed Carter, the way he runs his business.
23:28Me and Holden, we were cool.
23:31A while back, Holden reached out to me.
23:35He wanted to meet, to talk about my experience with Carter Rehab.
23:41I obliged.
23:42Told him about recruiters pulling 5k ahead for addicts with primo insurance.
23:47About how the facilities are straight up turnstiles.
23:50How no one gives a crap if you get sober just so long as the insurance keeps paying.
23:57There's one guy I knew, he went through four rounds of that.
24:01The fourth time, he OD'd right there in the clinic.
24:05You ever tried talking to the cops?
24:06Oh yeah, you tell me when police start listening to junkies, former or otherwise.
24:11And Holden?
24:12How did he take everything you told him?
24:13He was upset, you know, but he said that he'd take it all to his old man.
24:17How'd that conversation come?
24:18I don't know.
24:20I figured I said my piece, I gave him some space.
24:22Yeah, well, I happen to know you called him 47 times the other night.
24:25And how's that giving him space?
24:27Me 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?
24:38Yeah, when I couldn't reach him, I freaked, I kept calling.
24:42But then I said to myself, you know what he would say, get your ass to a meeting.
24:45And so I did.
24:47My sister drove me there and back.
24:51This is her number.
24:52If you want to call her.
24:53It's okay.
24:55It's okay.
24:56Look, as far as I've been able to tell, Holden seemed like he was in a good place.
25:00But I don't know, what do you think?
25:03Every 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.
25:35R.J. Decker!
25:37Yeah?
25:39Agent Jacob Coop, IRS. Criminal Investigation Division.
25:43Wow.
25:44I knew I shouldn't have rounded up my mileage on that last tax return.
25:48Actually, I wanted to talk to you about the work you've been doing for the, uh, Carter family.
25:52Well, if you know the kind of work I do, you know I can't talk about my clients.
25:56I can't even confirm the people you're talking about are my clients.
25:59Well, I'll just cut to the chase then. See, I'm here because I don't think Holden Carter's overdose was an
26:04accident.
26:05I think someone forced him to shoot up. Probably at gunpoint.
26:11Well, I don't think I'll be violating confidentiality to tell you I've been thinking the same thing.
26:15Oh, good. You want to come inside? You want to compare notes?
26:18No, I'd love to talk, but not here. Someplace public.
26:21Alright, you know FM station?
26:22I'll find it.
26:24Why do we have to go somewhere public to talk about Holden Carter?
26:28Well, because I think you're the one that killed him.
26:36Crazy day. You accuse a guy of murder.
26:38He ends up introducing you to the best burger you've had in years.
26:41Not that it's alleviating any suspicion.
26:42I get it. Ex-con takes money from a shady family.
26:4624 hours later, that family's black sheep winds up dead.
26:48I take a look at me, too.
26:50Coroner's report says Holden died between 7 and 9 p.m. two nights ago.
26:54Can you account for your whereabouts?
26:55Oh, I can.
26:56But first, I'd like to confirm a few of my suspicions.
27:00Naomi Carter paid me electronically this morning.
27:02By the afternoon, I'm getting a visit from you, which tells me the IRS is monitoring the family's accounts.
27:06And since you work in criminal investigations, it ain't your standard audit.
27:11You've been looking into something bigger.
27:13Something 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.
27:23Holden was looking into some pretty dark corners of the family business.
27:26I think he was gonna have a talk with his dad.
27:28I think he did, but it went poorly.
27:29So poorly, in fact, his next step is reaching out to the IRS.
27:32Which makes me wonder if it was you he was planning on meeting when he snuck out of a support
27:35group meeting the other day.
27:38Well, I can either confirm or deny.
27:39Okay, well, then don't confirm and deny this either.
27:41Holden was gonna whistle blow.
27:43He was gonna take down Carter Rehab, because unlike his dad, he actually cares about addicts getting better.
27:48Those whereabouts you were gonna account for?
27:50Oh, computer records.
27:52Oh.
27:52Prove I was home all night.
27:53What?
27:53It's gonna take me days to subpoena those records.
27:55Well, that's good.
27:56It'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.
28:04And if that premise is wrong, then I have nothing.
28:06And if I have nothing, trust me, you've got less than nothing.
28:11Ed Carter's gonna get away with everything.
28:18Someone had a crappy day.
28:21Yeah, someone did.
28:23You wanna join me for a beer?
28:25Yes, I do.
28:36Let me guess, we're still unhappy about the way you're dressing?
28:40He's the one who brought you the new client, right?
28:43Mm-hmm.
28:44I'm touching by that second beer you had lined up.
28:46I'm guessing you had a crappy day, too?
28:49Mel and I had the money fight again.
28:52Oof.
28:53Yeah.
28:53Oof.
28:54I pay for stuff when I can pay for stuff and she acts like I'm some eccentric millionaire.
28:59Back when you and I were together, I'd pay more rent, I'd pay for more meals out.
29:03But you're always okay with it.
29:05It's like...
29:09Wait, you weren't okay with it?
29:12I mean, it's not like I wasn't okay with it.
29:14It just took me a little while to get used to.
29:16I like to pay my own way.
29:17Mel does, too.
29:19What?
29:20Nothing.
29:21I just found out that I'm repeating an ugly pattern from my first failed marriage.
29:25No biggie.
29:26No, you're not repeating anything.
29:28Unlike me, Mel said something.
29:30That's not repetition.
29:31That's progress.
29:34But what do I do?
29:35Get in there.
29:36She said something.
29:37You say something back.
29:44What?
29:44My crappy day, it ain't over yet.
29:49Hey, what happened?
29:51I was loading groceries in the van and some huge guy comes out of nowhere, cold cocks me and snatches
29:57the phone you gave me and ran off.
29:59He only took the phone?
30:00Yeah.
30:00Three of us are the only ones that knew Mauricio had it, so how would anyone know to track him
30:05down?
30:05Wish, have you ever heard of Find My Phone?
30:09It enables users to find their phone.
30:12Yeah, but the owner's dead.
30:14I'm sorry.
30:14He's what?
30:15Did you get a look at him?
30:16Not really.
30:17I mean, he was white, jacked.
30:20Kind of like that Aryan Nation guy who was weirdly good at kickball.
30:22You remember him?
30:25Oh, that's not good.
30:27What?
30:28You got a dent in your face.
30:31Looks like a little lollipop with wings.
30:37That ain't a lollipop.
30:38It's a globe from a signet ring.
30:40You got punched in the face by a Marine.
30:42You know who he is?
30:43Yeah, I do.
30:44I'm starting to think he's the one that killed Holden Carter.
30:57Are the cuffs really necessary?
31:00You're suspecting a violent robbery.
31:02Did the officers who pulled you over fail to make that clear?
31:05They did.
31:06And then I made it clear that they had the wrong guy.
31:09And yet they found this.
31:11Property reported stolen by the victim in your car.
31:13It belonged to the late Holden Carter, son of your employer, Ed Carter, yes?
31:18I'm thinking you were able to track it to the man you assaulted because you, or Ed, or one of
31:23his other flunkies at Carter Rehab.
31:25But spy were on the phone that let you see Holden's movements, maybe even read his emails and texts.
31:30This is insane.
31:31I found that phone under a car seat today.
31:34Obviously, Holden left it there.
31:36I didn't beat anyone up to get it.
31:40Take a look at these.
31:42And then take a look at that ring of yours.
31:48Sorry.
31:49This guy must have pissed off a different Marine.
31:51How did Ed take it when he heard Holden slipped away the other night?
31:55Did he already know Holden had a meeting with the IRS?
31:58I'm just a driver.
32:00I have no idea what you're talking about.
32:02Hmm.
32:03You could tell from the spy were on the phone that Holden exited the community center as soon as he
32:07entered it.
32:08I'm guessing you got to the parking lot just as he got into a van with a man named Ricky
32:13Strom.
32:14You followed them to Mr. Strom's house.
32:16And then you called Daddy.
32:18He got nervous.
32:19Thought maybe this was Holden's IRS contact.
32:21So he told you it was time Holden had to go.
32:25Give up your boss.
32:26Confess to staging Holden's OD.
32:29Maybe the state of Florida won't put a needle in your arm.
32:33Go ahead.
32:35Charge me with this assault if you think it'll stick.
32:37But if you want to talk to me again, I'll come back with a lawyer.
32:41Mr. Carter will hire the best that money can buy.
32:58The best I could.
33:00The only thing that guy said in there that was even remotely true is Ed Carter's loaded.
33:04Which is funny.
33:06Daughter hiring a PI who works out of a pool house instead of some big white glove security firm.
33:13Yeah, I don't know.
33:13Must look like my website, I guess.
33:38What's too loud inside?
33:40For this conversation?
33:40Yes, because I need you to hear me.
33:42I tried to do you a favor when I brought you to Naomi.
33:45Now her father is threatening to cut off ties with mine.
33:48That would be bad, right?
33:49Losing all that money Ed Carter's making not keeping addicts off drugs?
33:52What are you talking about?
33:53Carter Rehab doesn't want people getting better.
33:55It's bad for business.
33:56Holden was about to blow the whistle.
33:58If we open up the phone, there's going to be spyware on it.
34:01That'll prove his dad knew he was talking to the IRS.
34:02Hold on.
34:03If we open his phone, you mean you don't know there's spyware?
34:06The phone's locked.
34:08Can you think of another reason why Ed sent his hatch man to get it back yesterday?
34:11Tell me.
34:12Wow, I can't believe this.
34:13I can't believe you accused Ed Carter of having his own son killed without any proof.
34:18If there's no proof, there's no crime, right?
34:20Isn't that the Ochoa family motto?
34:22Look, Holden is dead.
34:23A guy that died trying to be a better man to fight for people who needed help.
34:27He was willing to go up against his own father.
34:29Not because it was easy, because it was the right thing to do.
34:32Of course, you wouldn't care about a guy like that.
34:35Next time you want to do me a favor, don't do it.
34:37I don't need business like yours.
34:47I have to admit, I was surprised to hear from you this morning.
34:51It was pretty clear with your father I thought our families needed some time apart.
34:56You were.
34:58But he and I both felt we'd be remiss if we didn't at least try to apologize for Mr. Decker's
35:04actions yesterday.
35:06Next time we'll do a better job vetting our referrals.
35:09You're assuming they'll be next time.
35:10I'm well aware we need to earn back your trust.
35:14But that's why I brought you this.
35:18Holden's phone.
35:20My office was able to get it back from the police.
35:23It wasn't too difficult, considering there was no crime they could actually connect it to.
35:27But given the scrutiny Mr. Decker was inviting, I thought you would value having it back.
35:39If there's nothing else.
35:46Yeah, actually there is one more thing.
35:48It was locked when we got it.
35:50My father and I didn't want to assume you would know the password, so we did you the favor of
35:53bringing it to one of our communications experts.
35:55The intention was to give you access to Holden's photo album.
35:59All those precious memories.
36:02But then our expert found something else.
36:05Someone 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
36:18Carter Rehab.
36:18You're suggesting I had anything to do with what happened to Holden.
36:23I'm not suggesting anything.
36:26Just hoping my family ends up back in your family's good graces.
36:32Because a man who would have his own son killed can never have too many friends, can he?
36:40Tell your father when the time comes, he'll have my support.
36:50It's important to me that he knows that you both know Holden wasn't supposed to die.
36:55The plan was only to discredit him, to make it so the feds could take him seriously as a witness.
37:02So all you really wanted to do was throw away all the hard work he did to get sober?
37:07It was a mistake. A terrible mistake.
37:12Naomi, can I assume she played no part in this?
37:16Of course not. She loved her brother. I loved Holden too. I loved him as much as your father loves
37:23you.
37:25I'm sure that's true.
37:27I'm sure that's true.
37:38How'd it go?
37:42It'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 could take him seriously as a witness.
37:54Who gets this first?
37:57My new friend at the IRS. I'll go see him after I drive you home.
38:02Actually, I'll come with you. And then I need a drink.
38:21Uh, I didn't do all this.
38:23You're early.
38:25Uh, Mel, this is Frances. She writes the Herald's financial advice column.
38:29Oh, okay. Hi. Nice to meet you.
38:33I, uh, was just leaving.
38:38You have a lovely home.
38:41Thanks again, Frances.
38:46Is it terrible I'm relieved you weren't about to pitch a threesome?
38:50A little.
38:51But whatever.
38:53Come sit.
38:56The real reason I had Frances come over was to...
39:00Mm-hmm.
39:01...help me...
39:03...prepare a trip for you into the future.
39:06Or at least our financial future.
39:11This line represents, based on all sorts of variables that were frankly a little over my head,
39:16my future income.
39:19And this one...
39:22...predicts yours.
39:24And 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
39:35is print media,
39:35Frances has you passing me an annual take-home pay no later than 2032.
39:40By 2042...
39:42Actually, you know what, don't even look at 2042.
39:44The point is...
39:47...it's gonna be a long marriage.
39:49And our love will be a constant, but our money...
39:52That's gonna be variable as hell.
39:54So will you, every once in a while...
39:57...let me be a little generous...
39:59...if I promise to be a financial drain on you in the years to come?
40:04I'll do my best.
40:05And I look forward to carrying...
40:08...your broke ass.
40:112042.
40:13It's dark.
40:21Gross.
40:21Mmm.
40:24Hola, to you too, mija.
40:25I'm hungry.
40:26Is there a dinner plan?
40:28Ah.
40:32Takeout?
40:34Someplace cheap.
40:36Someplace cheap.
40:41Of course, I understand.
40:44Well, I'm here for you.
40:47No matter what.
40:49Okay.
40:50Bye.
40:52That was Naomi?
40:53Yeah.
40:55How's she holding up?
40:56About as well as you'd expect.
40:58But she is grateful for what you did.
41:01And she's planning to work with the IRS as they investigate everything...
41:05...and then start instituting the changes Holden wanted at the clinics.
41:09Good.
41:12To Holden?
41:14To Holden.
41:18Listen, some of the things I said yesterday, I didn't like saying them, but...
41:22...I'm glad they got through.
41:24Hold up.
41:27You 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?
41:34Oh, I totally chose my dad's political career.
41:36Ed Carter was a liability.
41:37He had to go.
41:38All that's left is for my father, outraged at his one-time contributor's crimes, to introduce legislation that'll close every
41:45loophole Carter Rehab was taking advantage of.
41:47I still think it was me.
41:49It was not. You.
41:52Okay. If you say something.
41:56One more step to take.
41:59I've got one more change to make.
42:02I like it.
42:04One more change to make.
42:08One more day to wait.
42:10Hello?
42:11Is it too late to add fries to the order?
42:13Uh, they're closed.
42:15Private event.
42:16I'm gonna try the new taco place instead.
42:18Just text me when you know what you want.
42:24One more.
42:41You, I'm Boothier.
42:49A hashtag.
42:54Here we go.
42:56Go filter them.
42:58You too.
43:02What are you guys doing?
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