[Background: Lobby]
February 16, 1:14 PM
District Court
Defendant Lobby No. 4
Mia:
Mr. Fawles... I...
Fawles:
UGGAAA!
Mia:
Eeeeeek!
I'm sorry! I-I'm sorry!
Fawles:
I wanna say thanks.
You're real good!
You really hooked me up!
Mia:
Thanks! We're almost there!
Once I prove that she
committed the crime...
Armando:
...Yeah, bu there's one more
big obstacle we've got to
get past.
Mia:
Ob-Obstacle...?
Armando:
Yeah. Motive.
Why would Melissa Foster
kill that policewoman anyway?
Mia:
(Motive, huh.)
Armando:
Anyway... We're still badly
in need of information.
Mia:
Information... Right...
Armando:
What we need the most
is info about this
Melissa Foster herself.
All we know is that she's
a student studying
literature.
And one more thing.
Mia:
...What is it?
Armando:
Well, the incident that
happened 5 years ago,
of course.
The kidnapping-murder case
that Zebra Boy is on
death row for...
Fawles:
I din't do nuttin'!
I din't kill nobody!
I never lie!
Mia:
Mr. Fawles! In that case...
Tell us more about it.
...About what happened
5 years ago.
Fawles:
...
OK.
I trust you.
That day, 5 years ago.
I dream of it. Every day.
[Background: witness photo]
This picture.
It reminds me everything.
Bridge looks same.
Just like then...
5 years ago...
Like it could fall apart...
Fall apart any minute...
[Background: Map]
Mia:
(So it's been broken like
that for at least 5 years...)
Armando:
Ha...! Sorry buddy, but you
sound like the one that could
fall apart at any minute.
Fawles:
It true. I did...
...I did kidnap her.
...Five years ago.
I kidnapped. My girlfriend.
Dahlia Hawthorne.
Mia:
Y-Your g-girlfriend?
Huh...?
Armando:
Hey, hold on there!
Did you say, "Hawthorne"!?
Mia:
(The victim's last name...!)
Fawles:
Dahlia Hawthorne...
Valerie's little sister.
Mia:
Wh-Wh-Whaaat!? Ar you
serious!?
[Background: black]
[replay kidnapping movie]
[Background: overhead view of kidnapping]
(The detective back then
was Valerie Hawthorne!)
At first I thought shooting
someone for a kidnapping was
crossing the line, but...
If it was to protect her
little sister, I can
understand why she did it...
Fawles:
Wrong! No protect sister!
Valerie betray me! Betray us!
Mia:
What do you mean she
betrayed you!?
Fawles:
Everything. All lies.
All make-believe.
Kidnapping, too...
Mia:
A make-believe kidnapping?
Fawles:
Dahlia. My girlfriend.
My love. My Teen Angel.
Mia:
(Ugh. Did he actually say,
"My Teen Angel"? He's seen
one too many soap operas.)
Fawles:
I do anything she says.
Anything Dahlia says...
Mia:
("Anything Dahlia says"...?)
H-Hold on a minute!
What you're saying is that
the kidnapping 5 years ago
was planned by...
Fawles:
Yeah. Me and Dahlia...
...And Valerie, too.
Mia:
(Valerie was in on it?)
Fawles:
Dahlia's family rich. Jewelry
business. We get one jewel...
That's what we thought...
Me and Dahlia write kidnap
note. We send to her dad.
Asked for 2 million dollar
diamond. Tell him make
exchange on Dusky Bridge.
...We tell him Valerie make
transfer cause she new
detective.
Armando:
Having a police detective
in your pocket is a useful
thing alright.
In the end, you were planning
on splitting the 2 million
three ways, huh...
Fawles:
Yeah, but!
That woman!
[Background: kidnapping scene]
That woman!
Valerie!
She do it for real!
She shoot at me for real!
Me and Dahlia!
*BANG!*
[Background: body falls from bridge]
I was shot in arm.
Dahlia... she jump in river.
[Background: Lobby]
Mia:
Jump...?
You don't mean she jumped
on purpose, do you?
Fawles:
I couldn't do it!
I could never push her...!
Anyway, I blacked out...
Wake up with police all over.
Armando:
...And that's when they
decided to give you the
death sentence.
Fawles:
I couldn't believe it.
That woman. She betrayed me.
[Background: Valerie testifying]
Valerie:
That man... Terry Fawles...
He killed her!
He threw her off the bridge!
He threw my beloved sister
into the roaring river
40 feet below!
[Background: Lobby]
Fawles:
...These 5 years...
All I wonder is... Why!
...Why! ...Why! ...Why!
Why did she lie!?
That's all I want to know!
Armando:
So that's why you called her.
You wanted to hear the truth
from Valerie herself.
Fawles:
Yes... but I forget what she
look like. So I tell her
to wear scarf.
I don't want to hurt her!
...Just ask why!
Why! Why did you lie...?
Why did you betray me...?
I just want to hear answer
come from her mouth.
That's all!
Mia:
(So that's why...
That's why you made a crazy
escape like that...)
Armando:
Just one thing, Zebra Boy...
My senses are tingling all
over. Tell me, Mr. Fawles...
Where is it?
Mia:
...Huh? Where's what?
Armando:
Come on now, Kitten...
The ransom.
The 2 million dollar diamond.
Remember that now?
Did you give it back to Pops?
Did the police take it?
Fawles:
...I dunno.
Mia:
Huh? You don't know?
Fawles:
No really. I dunno.
It's gone. With Dahlia.
Mia:
...With Dahlia?
[Background: kidnapping]
Fawles:
That day. On the bridge...
Dahlia put it. In backpack...
[Background: body falls from bridge]
Now gone. With Dahlia.
Gone... Forever...
Into Eagle River...
[Background: Lobby]
Mia:
(It disappeared with
Dahlia, huh...?
Wait a minute...!)
Baliff:
...You can come back in now!
We're about ready to go!
Mia:
Mr. Fawles!
Just one more question!
When you said, "with Dahlia",
do you mean the diamond is
still missing...?
Along with the body of
Dahlia Hawthorne?
Fawles:
...
Never found her...
My sweet Dahlia...
Mia:
(They never found her...!)
Fawles:
Swallowed by river... Gone...
Dahlia... My Teen Angel...
Armando:
Your "Teen Angel"...?
How old was she anyway?
Fawles:
Just 14...
Mia:
F-F-Fourteen!?
(I guess you were robbing
cradles before diamonds...)
Armando:
She plans a fake kidnapping
and disappears into the river
with a rock worth 2 mil...
Man oh man...
Angels these days.
[Background: black with Fawles sprite]
Mia:
(And Fawles takes the fall...
And gets a one-way ticket
to Death Row...)
(Is Dahlia Hawthorne an
angel or is she really a ...)
Armando:
...It's time, Kitten.
It looks like we have a few
more aces up our sleeve now.
Mia:
...You bet!
[Diamond added to the Court Record]
[Diamond
Type: Other
Received from Terry Fawles]
Armando:
The training wheels come off
now, Mia! You've got to
strike while the iron is hot!
That's one of my rules.
Remember it.
