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Hello Henderson, it's Dr. Evans. I'd like to speak to Mrs. Kiriakis, please.
Oh. Did she have any messages yesterday afternoon?
What about last night? Where did she go?
Okay, what about a number where I can reach her?
I see. Okay. You know, when she gets back to work, please have her call me immediately. It's awfully important.
Thank you. Bye bye.
Oh. Hi, Carrie.
I'm sorry I didn't call first.
You never have to call first. You're always welcome here. Come on in.
Honey, what's the matter?
You're the only one I could turn to.
What the hell are you doing here again, John?
That's something I want you to listen to.
I'm not about to listen to anything. I thought I told you yesterday I didn't want you in here.
It's me. I just got bad news. Some things are going on at the courthouse that could affect us, Duffman.
Well, you said you wanted proof that Duffman was still alive. There it is.
Yes, Peter, I have the transcript of Billy Reed's trial right here in front of me.
Thank you very much for getting it to me so quickly.
It's okay. I know you've been so busy concentrating on keeping Black from Kristen, so you neglected to tie up some loose ends.
Yes, I was remiss in not paying more attention to this matter.
What do you want me to do?
Well, there is someone I want you to deal with.
Leave me alone. You got what you wanted. You ruined my life.
It's not your own damn fault, Billy. You never were very bright.
All you had to do was learn to love me, and everything would have been just fine.
No, get off me.
Oh, come on, baby. It's not too late. It's not too late, baby.
You're dead, Curtis. Go away, you're dead.
Well, I meant to be living in hell, baby, but you got a worse hell waiting on you.
You know why? Because you're going to do a nice long, long stretch in prison.
No!
Yeah! And you are never going to solve those on the cop ever again!
I guess we're right. Both gone.
Where are we? You find anything?
I've been going through this transcript all night long.
There's got to be something that Billy said, something that'll prove she didn't kill Curtis.
Hey, I don't believe in her innocence as much as you do, but hey, we've got to be realistic.
Her testimony yesterday was very damaging.
Yeah, I know that, but she's holding something back. If I could just talk to her about this, I could get her to...
Don't borrow trouble. The commissioner told you, ordered you to stay away from Billy.
Yeah. I still feel like I'm deserting her.
You want to prove her innocence. You can't do that if the commissioner knocks you off the force.
Billy, I know that, all right?
I just hope Billy understands. Have you filed your appeal yet?
I'm working on it. I think we have a good chance to get the judge's verdict overturned.
Meantime, I'm going to talk to Pat Hamilton and ask her not to press for a maximum sentence.
Yeah, well, good luck. With Pat Hamilton, you're going to need it.
Wait a second.
What did you find, Ken? Maybe something can get a judge to overturn his decision. Stay here.
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Honey, have you eaten? Can I get you something? Even coffee or tea?
Sorry, I haven't seen your new place before.
Oh, that's a little lavish. Just rebelling me, isn't it?
No, it's nice. It sure is a lot different from...
From the one that your father and I shared. I know it is.
So much has changed in the past couple months.
One thing hasn't changed. The way that I feel about you. I'm glad you didn't come here and talk to me about your problems.
Marlena, don't misunderstand. I'm still not over the affair you had with John. It hurt my dad a lot.
I know it did. It hurt you too.
There's no point in getting into all that again. Right now there's something more important I have to deal with.
All right. Is it about Austin?
No. Austin's wonderful. Things couldn't be better with our relationship.
Okay.
It's Billy. I want to help her but I don't know what to do.
I know. I'm not sure what we can do. She's already confessed to killing her father.
Yeah. I couldn't believe it when she said Curtis was her father.
When I heard the things he did to her molesting her and getting her into drugs.
She never told you about that?
No.
He was a monster and maybe he deserved to die but I know Billy didn't kill him.
She's not a murderer. She's a good, kind, loving person.
And she shouldn't have to go to jail for a crime she didn't commit.
It's not right. I know. I know. I know. It's just not right.
Honey, I would help her if I could. I'd do anything that I could to help her.
I'm just not sure what anybody can do right now.
No touching.
You look tired.
Yeah. I didn't get much sleep. I had nightmares about Curtis.
He's dead now, sis. He can't hurt you anymore.
Yeah, but even dead, he's still ruining my life.
Billy, come here.
You know, the abuse and the drugs, no matter how far Curtis dragged me down, I always had hope.
You know, I wasn't going to give up.
And I was waiting for someone to come along and see me for who I am, you know, see through that tough facade.
And I almost gave up when Bo came along.
He believed in me. He stood by me when I messed everything up and he really saw me for who I was.
You see, so you got your dream.
Yeah, and then I lost it yesterday. Curtis killed it.
Bo won't look at me like a good person anymore.
He'll just see a junkie, someone who's been used by everyone, by her father.
He'll never look at me the same way. He'll never touch me the same way.
You stop talking about yourself that way.
You stop putting Bo down because he cares about you and Bo is not turning his back on you.
Then where is he?
Didn't Mickey tell you?
No, I haven't seen Mickey since I was convicted yesterday.
Commissioner Samuels ordered that Bo not have any contact with you.
Pat Hamilton said that Bo was jeopardizing her case against you.
And you know, tabloid headlines saying that...
Anyway, that's why Bo hasn't come to see you because if he gets kicked off the force, he's not going to be able to help you.
No, that's just an excuse.
You know Bo, and you know that he believes that you're innocent.
I don't know. I saw the hurt in his eyes yesterday.
He kept saying one thing over and over, I'll never forget it.
What did he say?
He just kept saying why. Why Billy?
I couldn't answer him.
Where did you get that tape?
I didn't bug Stefano's house.
You bugged his? I told you not to. You deliberately disobeyed my orders.
Well, I'm not a cop anymore.
What you did is illegal.
Well, I didn't have much of a choice, but after all you wouldn't face the fact that Stefano's still alive.
I have no proof that he's alive.
Now wait a minute. Didn't your lab match up the saliva from the envelope to Stefano's blood profile?
That is not 100% accurate.
Alright, then how about the tape?
What you got is a tape of a voice, not Stefano's voice.
That's only because I could only bug a table next to the phone.
The voice belongs to Peter, yeah, but you heard it on the tape there. He was talking to Stefano.
He could have been talking about Stefano.
What are you fighting me for? Will you just listen to it?
Why the hell should I listen to anything you have to say?
Because we are dealing with a madman here who's been on destroying us, Roman.
Now look, whatever has gone down between you and me in the past, we've got to set that aside right now.
We've got to work together if we're going to stop this man.
We have no proof that Stefano survived that explosion.
Well, now it seems to me we said something along those lines down in Mexico when we watched him fall into a fire and burn up, right?
He's back, Roman. He's not through with us yet.
Every minute that we give him, he's getting the upper hand here. Now are you with me on this or not?
I need more than just that tape. I need facts.
I found it, Roman. Found what?
Proof we need to nail Curtis Brown's murderer.
Billy confessed. He's already been convicted.
He killed Curtis Brown. Stefano DiMera did.
Are my orders clear, Peter?
Yes. Very clear.
I should have taken care of it earlier, but I didn't think that person was going to be a problem anymore.
Well, he might not have been, but we could not take the chance any more than I can take the chance that the Blades have anything on me.
It would ruin everything.
Look, I've worked too hard to make sure that John Black stays away from Kristen so that she could marry Tony.
It was my life's dream.
And you made the right choice, Father. I think Kristen's very happy with Tony.
That's all I ever wanted.
Now look, Kristen is your sister, Peter.
And you must do whatever you can to ensure that nothing hurts her.
Don't worry about it. I'll handle everything. I'll call you when it's done.
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Carrie, I don't want you to think that I don't care about Billy or her situation. I care enormously.
I know you do. But now that she's confessed to murdering her father...
What?
Murdering her father.
Oh.
Something just occurred to me with Billy's background. It's possible that...
That what? That she did kill her father?
No, the opposite. The opposite. I may have a way to prove that, too.
How?
I don't want to get your hopes up right away. I've got to go over the transcripts of the trial.
Okay, well, I'll let you get to work. Thank you so much, Marlene. You don't know how much this means to me.
But I do.
I know how fond you are, Billy. What a good friend you are. And I'm so proud of your loyalty. I can't tell you.
I know how tough it was for you to come here today.
I wasn't sure if I had the right to come and ask for your help after the way I behaved towards you recently.
Oh, it's been a hard time for everybody.
I just hope that one day you can find it in your heart to forgive me.
You know, I never thought that Austin and I would get back together.
And we did.
I know. I'm so pleased about that.
Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm.
Because you told me that if two people really love each other, anything's possible.
Oh, you know, the sentiment I have a hard time leading myself these days.
Well, I just want you to know that I told my dad that if he really loves you, nothing else matters.
Thank you. I needed to hear that.
I have to go. Billy's being sentenced today.
Unless a miracle happens.
Well, maybe we'll have a miracle, and I will do all I can to provide it.
Thank you.
Oh, I've got to find a way to save Billy.
I've got to find one.
The police station's in this building, isn't it?
Yeah.
Bo's probably working on a way to prove that you're innocent right now.
Maybe.
Wait, how can you think that Bo doesn't care about you after all that he's been through for you?
I know that he can't.
But he's got a way to prove that you're innocent right now.
But Bo doesn't care about you after all that he's been through for you.
I know that he cares about me.
I saw the hurt in his eyes yesterday.
That's what makes this so hard.
Because now I know he thinks I'm a bad person. He thinks I'm a murderer.
You are not a murderer.
And all this stuff is not your fault.
Curtis got you hooked on drugs when you were 12 years old.
He molested you. He is to blame, and I am to blame. Not you.
You are not to blame.
I don't know whether anyone could ever have.
I couldn't stop him from hurting you, sis.
You didn't know. I didn't tell anyone.
If you would have just told me that he came back.
If you would have just told me that he was alive, I could have stopped him from hurting you.
I could have kept him away from you.
No, I wouldn't do that.
Because he'd mess up your life, and you know he would.
The person I should have told is Bo.
I should have just told him about the parking lot shooter, but I was too afraid.
If you would have told Bo, Curtis wouldn't have had all that power over you.
Yeah, and he wouldn't have shot me up with heroin and tried to rape me.
And I wouldn't have killed him.
You did not kill him.
Yes, I did.
You did not.
I killed him.
I killed my father, and now no one can get me out of jail.
You've got evidence that Stefano's alive?
Yeah, I do.
Well, what? Did you see him? Did you talk to him?
No, but he's up to his usual games again.
And they are Stefano's games. I know he dusted off Curtis Brown. I thought so from the beginning.
We've all felt so from the beginning.
Ever since we found that piece of the hospital ID bracelet in the alley, we just can't prove that it's Stefano.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, but he had a motive. Curtis kidnapped Stefano. As a matter of fact, Kirsten had to give over all her jewelry to get him out.
That's right. There's no way Stefano would let Brown get away with something like that.
Everything we're saying here is true. We just don't have enough to make it stand up in court.
Roman, you are in court. You saw what happened. Pat Hamilton was all over Billy Reed. She was confused. She was upset. She had no idea what she was saying.
Bo, the fact remains it were Billy Reed's fingerprints found on that gun, not Stefano's. It was found in her room.
No, no, no. Stefano planted them there or had a flunky do it. Now, do you honestly think that Billy Reed could kill anybody?
After what she said her father did to her, I can understand why she'd want to kill him. No. She didn't kill him even after what he did to her.
Your father.
Do you have any idea about that, Bo?
No. She never told me. Now I understand why she wanted to take that plea bargain that Pat Hamilton offered her weeks ago.
She didn't want to get up on the stand and reveal what her father had done to her, but I made her turn it down.
Bo, you can't blame yourself.
Roman, I made her get up on that stand and because of me she's gonna go to prison for the rest of her life. Now I am not gonna let that happen.
Bo, if there was anything I could do to help you keep her from going to prison, you know I'd do that.
God knows I know what it feels like to lose the woman you love.
But we have been over this case so many times. We have followed up every lead. Every lead has led us to a dead end. That's exactly where we're at. A dead end with no proof.
I've got proof.
What have you got?
This. This is the transcript from a trial.
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Billy I swear to you that I'm going to find a way to get you out of here.
And I don't care what I have to do, I'm going to do it.
I don't want you to do that.
Why?
Because I already messed up your life enough.
And you have a chance now, you know, you have a life with Carrie.
And I want you to concentrate on that.
I want you to forget about me.
You can't mean that.
Yes I do.
I don't want you to waste any more time on me.
You are my sister and I don't consider anything that I do for you a waste of time.
Do you got that?
No matter what happens in your life, I love you.
I'm going to stand by you.
I'm going to help you and somehow, somewhere I'm going to get you out of this place.
And you're going to have all the happiness that you deserve and I'll love.
And whatever I have to do to make sure that happens, I'm going to do it.
Do you got that?
That is a promise from me.
I need some time alone with my client matrix, thank you.
Well, I just had a meeting with Pat Hamilton.
Yeah, what, does she want to burn me at the stake now?
Well, not quite.
This doesn't sound like good news.
She is going to ask the judge to sentence you to 25 years without probation.
You've got to be kidding me, Mickey. She might as well give her life.
We are going to appeal a judge's verdict and we may win this.
It might not work.
That's true.
Billy, a lot of people, including Bo, believe that you did not kill Curtis Brown.
But even if you did, there are extenuating circumstances.
He tried to force himself on you, you picked up a gun, you shot him.
That's self-defense. You don't belong in jail.
Well, if the judge thinks I belong in jail, otherwise why would he have convicted me yesterday?
I'm going to try to prove him wrong. But the appeal will take some time.
And it might not work.
Yes, that's true.
That's why you have a job to do today.
You have to talk from your heart about what it was that led you to commit this crime.
And how you regret your actions.
Why should she be sorry that Curtis is dead after all that he did to her, Mickey?
Austin, this is something that she has to do. Billy, you understand that?
Let me talk to her, okay?
There's an awful lot riding on this.
Okay, I'll see you in court.
Okay, I know things are not good right now.
Now they don't.
But look, I'm going to do everything that I can to prove that you're innocent.
And I am going to do it.
But right now we have to think of something to say to the judge.
So you spend the least amount of time here as possible.
What does it matter, you know?
What does it matter if I get parole, if I go to jail for the rest of my life?
Without Bo, it means nothing.
It's time to get ready for court.
No touching.
Come on.
I wonder what this transcript for hours trying to find something that would free Billy and this is it right here.
What?
Check and checkmate that.
Check and checkmate? That's it?
Alright, let me explain.
Look, Billy said she heard Curtis arguing in the alley, right?
Here's what she said in the stand.
Billy, one of the voices was angry.
This is the end of it.
That's what the angry voice said.
Check and checkmate.
Pat, whose voice was that?
Was it yours?
Billy, maybe it was mine.
Maybe.
She wasn't sure.
And you know why?
Because Billy doesn't talk like that.
She would never use the phrase check and checkmate.
Why not?
For one thing, Billy doesn't know anything about chess.
Alright, I talked to her about it once.
She doesn't even know how to play.
Boy, that doesn't prove anything.
Here's an example.
A person doesn't know anything about, say, baseball.
They can still use the expression three strikes and you're out.
No, no, no, no.
Billy doesn't talk like that.
Alright, check and checkmate.
She would never use a phrase like that.
Why would she believe she said it?
I don't know.
But I do know this.
There is only one person I know of who would use that phrase.
Stefano DiMera.
That's a fact.
He's a chess master.
He likes to brighten up his speeches by using chess phrases.
That's it.
Here's how I figured it out, alright?
Curtis and Stefano were arguing in the alley that night.
Billy never mentioned Stefano's name in court.
Billy was on drugs.
Her father gave them to her.
She was blacking out half the time.
She was under the tarp when Lucas and Kate came over.
She didn't know what was going on.
She doesn't even remember how she got into the alley.
But she remembers being behind some crates.
So she was still out of it when Stefano came in.
That's it.
And killed Curtis.
You've got to initiate a manhunt to bring down Stefano.
Hold on here, John.
Billy's life stands in the balance here.
Come on.
Roman, come on.
If we can prove Stefano killed Curtis, Billy's going to go free.
That's true, Bo.
But you're a cop.
You know what stands up in court and what will not stand up in court.
And even if we can prove that Stefano is alive,
if we can bring him in and put him on trial,
we walk into court with nothing but check and checkmate,
they're going to laugh us out of there for crying out loud.
All you've got is some wishful thinking.
I don't agree, Roman.
Okay, what are you doing here?
I brought Billy a change of clothes.
How's she doing?
Not good.
I guess not.
She's going to be sentenced to prison today.
She can't, Austin.
She can't go to prison.
I don't want to lose her.
She's like a sister to me.
To think of her in prison, I can't think about it.
I know it, and it's all because of my father.
Austin, why didn't you tell me that your father was alive,
that he was in Salem?
Because I didn't want to get you involved.
But what you and Billy must have been going through,
the two of you worrying if she'd killed him,
not being able to turn to anybody or even talk to anybody about it.
Well, we figured that it was better for us to handle it on our own.
Austin, you don't ever have to go through something like this alone.
I put you through enough already.
Hey, I love you.
And I would stand by you through anything.
I'm very lucky to have you in my life.
Promise me that we'll never keep secrets from each other ever again.
Yeah, I promise.
What are you writing over there?
This is a speech for Billy.
Mickey's going to file for an appeal, but it's going to take some time.
So he says it is very important for Billy to tell the judge
that she's sorry for what she did.
It's her only chance of getting an early parole if the appeal doesn't work.
The only problem is that Billy seems to have given up.
I mean, it's almost like she doesn't care what happens to her.
She has to care.
Well, if she's not going to speak up for herself, then I am.
Because maybe I couldn't fight for her to keep Curtis away from her,
until I'm going to fight for her now.
I just hope that it's not too late.
Your friend, Carrie Brady, brought these.
Thanks. Do I have any messages?
Did Bo Brady call?
No.
He doesn't want to see me.
Nothing matters anymore.
Nothing matters.
I've gone through the transcripts of Billy's testimony.
I think Bo is right about one thing.
Check and checkmate are not words she would have used.
That's not how she talks.
No, that's Demira's trademark.
Yes, that's right.
So you think that Stefano is alive, too?
Well, I don't want to think that, but I'm afraid I'm...
Who else would call me up and play classical music?
Your lab did the DNA work up on his blood.
I showed you the tape.
You got the hospital snap from the alleyway.
Stefano was there. He said, check, checkmate. That's him.
All right. Assuming that Stefano is still alive,
assuming that Billy doesn't talk that way,
then why did she say it? What does it mean?
Given Billy's state of mind at the time,
she could have taken on the killer's persona herself.
Stefano.
She's been trying to get away from Curtis for years.
She wants him dead because she wanted the pain to stop.
She dreamed of killing him, but in fact, she was helpless.
She was helpless that night, also.
Stefano would have been there, and Stefano wasn't helpless.
He wasn't afraid of Curtis, either.
He could have acted out Billy's fantasy about killing Curtis.
The problem was that Billy was so drugged,
she couldn't tell what was real from what was a fantasy.
Because of her guilt, she would have assumed she had said those words
and assumed she had pulled the trigger that had killed Curtis.
When in fact, Stefano's the one who took Brown out.
We still need hard evidence.
We need to prove that Stefano was in the alley that night with Curtis.
The only person that can prove that for us right now is Fred Harris,
the cop who was on assignment outside Stefano's hospital room
the night of the murder.
Yeah, well, Freddy kind of clammed up when he thought Stefano was dead.
Yeah, he still thinks he's dead. He doesn't want police protection.
There's no way he's going to talk to us.
If Harris knows anything, I'll get him to talk.
Lucky Fred and the Third. Why not?
That's me. Lucky Fred.
Who is it?
Stefano sent me.
Peter.
May I come in?
Yeah.
Look, just don't scare me like that.
Stefano's dead, isn't he?
Well, let's just say the family is making sure you keep quiet
about certain events that occurred the night that drug addict was killed.
Hey, I swear I didn't tell the cop Stefano left the hospital with a gun that night.
I'd never tell anyone.
Fred, you just told me.
With the utmost respect for the law,
Pete, Pete, you want some?
No, no.
and government,
We have a delicate political situation here.
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A woman who hates the ER.
A patient with an appetite for surgery.
Oh, my pen. I was wondering where I left it.
And friction between colleagues.
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Open up, Fred, it's Bo Brady.
He's in there.
His landlord said that you didn't see him, were you?
Knock it down.
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Bo.
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You didn't see me do this.
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Yeah, and I gotta find him.
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They're gonna be bringing Billy in any minute now.
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It's a little bit late for that.
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Judge gonna go easy on her sentence?
Depends on whether or not Billy asks for mercy, but without Bo here in the courtroom,
I'm afraid she's just gonna give up.
I don't know.
I don't know.
Well, you tell her to hang in there. Bo's doing everything he can.
Okay, I hope he gets here soon.
Oh, Maitre, I'll take her in now, thanks.
She's wearing the suit you gave her. That's a good sign.
How you doing?
Okay.
We wrote a speech for you to say to the judge.
No, it's okay.
I just talked to Roman. He said to tell you that Bo's doing everything he can to get you free.
He should be here soon.
Oh, I hope he doesn't come.
Why?
Well, I think it would be easier with what I have to say to the judge.
All rise.
Superior, I'm sorry.
All rise.
Superior Court, County of Salem is now in session. The Honorable Henry A. Davies presiding.
Be seated.
Ms. Reed, remain standing.
You've been found guilty of murder in the second degree.
Before I make my judgment as to your sentence, is there anything you have to say in your own behalf?
Would you mind if I waited here until Bo talks to Fred Harris?
No, I don't see a problem with that.
Well, you've obviously studied the transcript quite thoroughly.
I think there are things about that night that Billy doesn't remember very well.
Yes, I found your observations on the testimony to be quite interesting.
Thank you.
I hope it doesn't make you think that I'm interfering with your case.
No, no, you've always been pretty good at weeding out psychological motives.
You've helped me solve more than just a few cases.
Well, we're a good team.
Actually, you know, Carrie is the one that made me focus on the testimony.
Carrie?
Carrie, she came by my apartment.
She wanted me to see what I could do to help Billy.
I felt so sorry for her. She was so terribly upset and concerned about her.
She's been through some tough times lately.
Well, yeah, we all have.
I don't know if my theories will help Billy at all.
I hope that I'm able to do something to wipe out what's happened in the past.
Maybe make things a little easier for everybody involved.
You know, actually having Carrie come by the apartment gave me a little glimmer of hope.
I was going to ask you if you think that there's some way that you could give me a little glimmer of hope.
Billy Reed, do you have anything to say before I make my decision?
Yes, Your Honor.
Very well. Approach the bench.
Your Honor, I'd like to apologize for denying my guilt for so long
and for wasting the court's time and the taxpayers' money.
I'm very sorry for the pain that I've caused my friends, especially my brother.
But I want to make it very clear that he had no idea that I was guilty.
And neither did Carrie Brady, my roommate.
So I don't want any of this to be reflected on them.
They were very supportive of me through this time.
I would also like to tell the court that Bo Brady had no idea that I was guilty.
He didn't know about my father. He didn't know that Curtis was my father.
He didn't tell him because I was too ashamed and I didn't want him to know about the life that I led.
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except for my brother, to see me for who I really was.
And he really cared about me.
He put his life on the line for me.
He believed in me. He had faith.
I didn't want to hurt him because I love him so much.
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Every night I lay awake and I remember the day at the church that you told me about your
affair with John.
Roman, if we keep going.
Every afternoon. When I found out the child I thought was mine, the baby I love. It's
another man's.
I know how much.
So now you want me to give you hope. I'll tell you. There may come a day when I'll be
able to forgive you. And there may come a day when I might even be able to rationalize
what you did with John. The fact that the two of you were married. That you never really
had time to deal with your feelings for one another. All those other rationalizations
that you and so many other people have told me. I'll tell you something. You're all missing
the point. She's not whether or not I'll ever be able to forgive you. It's whether or not
I'll ever be able to trust you again. And the simple truth is, I can't. I put everything
into our marriage. All my plans, all my hopes, all my dreams. They're all gone. They're gone
forever. And now you want me to give you hope. I'll tell you something. I've already given
you too much. I don't have anything else left to give.
Do you have anything
more to say, Ms. Reed? No, Your Honor. This has been a complicated and highly emotional
trial. Therefore, I've decided to place this case under advisement. I will consider everything
you've just said before I make any decision regarding your sentence. In the meantime,
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of Curtis Brown. All rise. It's okay, Billy. What was so disgusting? Oh, it's all rostrum.
It's over. I did what you said. You took care of everything? Yeah. You have nothing to worry
about. There's no way Bo Brady could ever get Fred to talk. Very good.