Before I Say Goodbye (2003) | Full Movie | Mary Higgins Clark | Sean Young | Peter DeLuise

uh [Music] where am i [Music] [Music] can't be scared i can't find it where's the camp [Applause] [Music] get up [Music] [Music] that's my girl [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] you could do it now i heard my mother's voice as clear as if she was standing beside me her and and my father be strong nell you could do it they they guided me back to camp and saved me how long have they been dead oh five years that was the last time i i felt them near me had you ever felt their presence before once when i was 10 i was at boarding school and i'd had a premonition i had the overwhelming feeling that they had died in this terrible way i was so upset i was sent to the infirmary later that day my grandfather came and told me that my parents had died in a plane crash that morning in africa i wish i'd had a chance to say goodbye why do you think you're dreaming about your past now now maybe it has something to do with adam and me he's just under so much pressure with his work he's become sullen withdrawn maybe i'm wishing my parents were here reaching out to me do you feel like your marriage is in trouble no nothing that ominous i guess i'm just wishing to reconnect with adam well that's why you're here i think it's time we talk about asking him to come to a session with you adam would never talk to someone about our problems he's a classic loner his parents died early too hard worker self-made man that's one of the things that attracted me to him that and his passion he went after me with everything he had and i was so ready to fall in love it was a whirlwind romance three months i'm curious how well did that go over with your grandfather mac oh mac loves him always has i've never liked adam that's not true mac you gave him his first job after we were married at walters and arsdale yes i did and then he walked out after three years to form his own architectural firm and in your words it was a savvy business move that was before he turned on me what are you talking about adam never turned on you you were supposed to run for my seat in congress when i retired and you would have if adam hadn't talked to you out of it adam didn't talk me out of anything we both decided to wait until after i had children and where are they now we've got a major problem with this weasel bob gorman deciding not to run for a second term you're the only one who can save the seat for the party you've got the name and you've got the political savvy to win i have a job remember i write a column and uh if you haven't heard i'm very good at it you're right a great column you're a thorn in the side of every politician but let's face it you know you're dying to throw your hat in the ring it's not that simple mac the hell it isn't why'd you spend all those summers interning with me remember i groomed you for that seat because you wanted me to because you knew your day would come it's here nell seize the moment if you don't you'll always regret it always i have a good feeling about my designs being approved for the vandenberg terrace complex i'm meeting with peter lang and sam krauss today on the boat if all goes well we'll be breaking ground by next month that's fantastic i know how much that project means to you plus you're gonna put me on the map as an architect and give you a husband you can be proud of adam did you see this the district attorney's office is charging the old firm walters and arsdale with payoffs yeah i sought do you think they'll question you probably well tell maggie has nothing to worry about i promise not to tarnish the cherished family name i am not worried about what mac thinks oh come on nell i'm not an idiot you've been trying to find a way all morning to tell me that the old man is talking to running for congress you're right i've decided i'm going after max seat and i would like to believe that i have your support count on my support now what are you trying to do so listen to my vote that's really not fair adam i know how you feel about my getting back into politics but two years ago i walked away from this chance because you convinced me that it was the best thing for our marriage i convinced you no no we both agree that our marriage had a better shot at working without mac spending ten hours a day counseling your every move it's not gonna be like that i've always supported your career choices all i'm asking for is the same from you guess that's it then we're talking about it i'll talk all you want but this is something i'm going to do for me do what you have to do now i sure as hell don't want to get in the way of max plans for you really i'm gonna eat downtown after the meeting don't wait out for me fine maybe you shouldn't come home at all then [Music] hello i hope to god adam kept his nose clean while he was with walters in ours relax mac i talked to adam you have nothing to worry about i'm worried about you i don't want him hurting your chances of winning this election now if he knows anything he's got to tell us first before mac he's my husband i love him i trust him that should be enough for you okay congresswoman now i want you over here tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock to meet your campaign staff don't be late i never am [Music] [Laughter] [Music] [Music] so winifred hello now uh adam asked me to stop by and pick up his briefcase and his blue blazer oh come on in yeah i guess he rushed out this morning and forgot them i think i saw them upstairs i was gonna call oh i know he meant to call you too he's just really anxious about our meeting you know how adam is at planning things he gets lost in the details and he forgets everything else oh are you going to oh i wouldn't miss it i mean adam wouldn't let me miss it he's he's just um he's lucky to have you winifred although i hope this isn't part of the job description oh i don't mind adam is so much nicer to work for than walters and arsdale truth is i was thrilled when he asked me to help him start up his new firm i mean um the long hours don't bother me at all you've been on a boat actually i like when we have meetings on his boat i love being out on the water even when it's strictly business what what is it nothing well well we'll have to have you out on our boat sometime when it isn't strictly business well i like that thanks now [Music] okay there you go hey hey sweetheart what are you doing here what a surprise i hate to do this to you on such short notice but uh there's a meeting on adam callispo sam cross peter lang they want me there okay so i don't know maybe they're gonna fire me they want to do it in style why would they fire you did something happen no i'm kidding it'll be fine besides you could support us all in this daycare job couldn't you you what baby i think you would feel a lot better if you would tell me what's bothering you the past few weeks tell me i gotta go i love you i love you too [Music] i'm sorry [Music] where's man i'm hiding the good stuff i know he doesn't drink this crap i don't know what krause is worried about you have enough liquor down there to pickle a pig that's the idea to you and the deal that gives you everything you want well nothing happens without you honey sorry i didn't mean to interrupt anything you didn't thanks for coming we were just hosting the new vandermeer complex you're going to be a very big part of that great never forget my friends jimmy excuse me adam call off yeah peter everybody's here waiting on you i hope you're all right no no we're set to go i think uh we should just move forward i don't want to deal with sam at this point yeah all right what happened well lange got himself to an accident he's banged up pretty bad and won't be able to make it well what do you want to do what we came here for why don't you help catch me off [Music] [Music] i'd like to count on your support support what are you trying to do now solicit my vote i've never liked adam [Music] come on don't wait out for me maybe you shouldn't come home at all ah [Music] i'd like to wrap this up detective i understand congressman uh just have a few more questions it's okay matt what was your husband's relationship to sam krause sam owns a construction company that did a lot of work for adam's former architectural firm walters and arsdale i think adam was planning to use sam on the vandermer towers complex aren't walters and arsdale under investigation for brian yes it should be noted that adam was no longer associated with them and peter lang was the money behind the vanderbilt project that's right adam was the architect it's my understanding that it was a meeting of the partners is that all just one more question this is called can you think of anybody who would want to see your husband killed no everybody loved adam are you saying this wasn't an accident well we'll know more tomorrow but based on the size of the boat remains it appears the explosion was a lot bigger than one you'd get from a tank of fuel right that's it for the night my granddaughter needs some rest please of course i'm sorry to make you go through this tonight i'll see myself yeah i'm more sorry that i can sing [Music] hey george hey what'd you find out for collett's wife well apparently everybody loved you everybody loved kennedy too anything else i hear of a guy named sam kraus guy's a blueprint for corruption and construction why well apparently he was a guest of honor yesterday really so much for an accident i got a list of people as long as my arm would like to get rid of kraft before he's brought in for questioning so mrs collips says the rest of the people at the party were her husband husband's assistant the winner for johnson and uh big time developer named peter lang lang lang no that um something doesn't add look at up who's this guy jimmy ryan his wife calls in she says he was at the party on the boat yesterday didn't come home but all our witnesses put four people on the boat when they left somebody missed the boat looks that way [Music] [Music] [Music] well how are you holding up you know i'd say the early returns don't look promising i don't want to sound like a politician but i've had plenty of practice losing people that i love i know how much it hurts and i don't know how long it takes i'm sorry mac it's just been hard i loved adam so much and when he walked out of here yesterday we were fighting is it over you running for office yes i'm sure he would have come around if he'd had the chance i spoke to my source downtown peter lang didn't make it to the boat he had a car accident not serious but enough to send him home and they think that the fourth person on the boat was jimmy ryan you know him i've heard adam mention him i think he works in construction yeah the police are going to want to talk to you about him and uh you're going to want a sample of adam's dna a dna sample they recovered some human remains too small to identify oh god mr lang why do you think adam call of one on the boat without you i couldn't say but it was a beautiful day maybe they just decided to cruise the harbor you were supposed to be meeting on the vandermeer towers complex weren't you a project that adam calif was the architect on who told you that well his wife is that not accurate we were meeting about vladimir towers yes but i'd made no decision regarding the architect why would the call of think you had adam cauliffe married into a very influential family in my business i find it not profitable to offend influential people i'm afraid you're gonna have to be a little bit more specific for us he wasn't a very good architect his design for the complex was pedestrian at best i had no intention of using it so why lead them on it's a very long and boring story well that's why we're here can i have you a drink no thanks the old vandemeer mansion is an egregious example of bureaucracy run amok a run down old building on a valuable piece of property that's been shackled with historical landmark status i bought it thinking i could get that status removed and put up my towers on it i was shocked at the amount of resistance i met anyway while i was doing that adam calif beat me to the punch and purchased the property next door but it had no value as long as vandemir was untouchable so i didn't see any great urgency to acquire it then something happened you're damn right something happened the vandermeer mansion conveniently burnt down and cauliff was left holding the ace and i offered him double what he paid for but that's not what he had in mind he thought he could turn the sale of the property into a nice little contract for himself as architect so what the meeting on the boat to make him a final offer one that he couldn't refuse you sound very confident that he would have sold oh adam had an inflated opinion of himself as an architect and as a businessman but he wasn't completely stupid he would have sold because he knew i'd never use his design i want you to find out all you can about the property call of pot timing on the fire seems very convenient what do you think about lang i think he looks pretty good for surviving a car accident that kept him from closing such a big deal hello nell calif yes your husband spoke to me last night who is this he said to tell you don't worry about the fight you had it wasn't your fault adam's death doesn't feel real to me yet i keep expecting him to call and apologize for being late that's a normal response to losing a loved one so abruptly it takes time to deal with that kind of loss i'm not ready to let him go i need a little more time before i say goodbye now is there something else you want to talk about yeah i got a phone call this morning a woman she said she talked to adam last night last night maybe just a crank call someone read the paper i don't know what else did she say nothing i just hung up on her [Music] i never thought i would feel so lonely being alone [Music] uh [Music] [Music] [Music] you know it's funny thank you all these people and none of them were adam's friends they came for you now i know and they're good people but why didn't anybody stand up for adam today where are his friends he was a tough man to know he never let anybody close why did someone hate him enough to kill him why i don't know mrs collins hello mr mcdonald i'm lisa ryan jimmy ryan was my husband excuse me i'll get the call yes i recognize you from the newspaper i'm sorry about your husband i wonder if i could meet with you privately i wouldn't bother you if it wasn't important sure i will call you we just came to pay our condolences mrs cauliflower i lost my wife two years ago in a car accident i know how hard this must be for you thank you look i'm i'm sorry to be so insensitive but i got to do my job that was lisa ryan you were just talking to wasn't it yes it was how well did you know the writers i didn't adam worked with jimmy ryan and i believe you just witnessed my meeting his wife what were you two talking about am i under surveillance detective no of course not good because i don't think my grandfather would like that very much you think she's lying no she's too smart to lie not for me okay i know i wanted to thank you for taking the time to see me i know how difficult the last couple of days had been for you what did you want to talk to me about peter well you knew that adam created a design for the new towers complex i'm building yes he was very excited about it well and i was very excited about the drawings he'd done he was such a creative architect we'll all miss him terribly thank you unfortunately now that he's gone i'm gonna have to start all over a new architect will certainly have a new concept i can understand that i'm sure you knew that last august adam purchased the property of joining mine paid a little under a million dollars for it yes i'm aware of that well that property was part of the deal that he brought to the table its current value is eight hundred thousand dollars but i'm prepared to offer you three million why are you willing to pay so much because if i have your property i'll have the space to give my complex a more impressive presence of course it will up the value of my venture i see but if you decide not to sell i'm afraid your value will decrease simply because of the overwhelming presence of the towers i'll have to think about that i understand i'll take your time there's still a couple of weeks before the final bids have to be presented now is there any truth to the rumor that you're running for your grandfather's old congressional seat i never discuss rumors peter that sounds like a campaign strategy but i want you to know if you do decide to run you have my full support in every way thank you mrs cauliffe your husband's trying to contact you i'm bonnie wilson i'm sorry i know i shouldn't be approaching you like this but i had no other choice adam spoke to me from the spiritual plane i'm not listening to this he said he said remember your parents they found a way to say goodbye and i will too you don't expect me to believe that call me when you're ready [Music] i have to be honest i don't think i'm gonna make my deadline well we have to talk that's very generous i'll call you when i'm finished okay okay bye who's that brian wood my editor he's extended my deadline he's given me the time i need to grieve for adam well now there's uh there's no easy way to put this but mac just say what it is you came here to say robert walters and leonardsdale came to visit me a group of contractors have confessed to taking bribes it looks as if adam may have been in on the take when he was working for them i don't believe that it's way too easy to lay blame on the dead man did anyone say they actually handed money to adam they say winnifred was the go-between winifred she knew the business inside out it would have been easy for her if she had a partner to handle arrangements don't you think it's possible that adam's death has given them the perfect scapegoat where did adam get the money to buy that property next to the old vandermeer mansion i gave it to him i took it from my trust hey if adam was getting bribes and where is it all now because i sure haven't seen it and why would he borrow money from me if it comes out that your husband was involved in a bribery scandal we're gonna have a hell of a time getting the support you need hello mrs carliff this is lisa ryan i met you at your husband's mass jamie got fired a few years ago for being honest and reporting the use of substandard materials he got blackballed and didn't work again until your husband got him a job with krause yeah we were desperate and i know how grateful jimmy was for that chance adam always spoke very highly of him we're finally digging ourselves out of debt but jimmy had changed here he was always depressed he he didn't sleep he lost his appetite did he say why no he was such a good man good father he was so honest i think it was something at work why do you think that look i i know we just met but um i'm scared and i need to talk to somebody you can trust me lisa this is what i found hidden in jenny's workshop it's 50 000 jimmy never touched it i can tell it was never opened i think it's dirty money do you think adam had anything to do with it oh we don't know but right after adam gutimeon causes payroll something terrible must have happened i think it was with whatever jimmy and adam were working on do you think jimmy was the target of the explosion he came by that day to work to see me and uh he never did that before and the last thing he said was i'm sorry like he knew something was gonna happen to him i think that sounds crazy no it doesn't for now we're gonna keep this money a secret because whoever gave it to jimmy if it was some kind of payoff they might come after you can you keep it here you know just because i think i can't sleep with it at my house for the kids being there okay in the meantime i'm gonna see if adam knew anything about this adam i don't understand you know i'm not sure that i do either but for now it's worth trying it was a birthday gift listen i gotta be honest with yvonnia i'm not sure that i believe any of this that's all right i'm used to skeptics let's just give adam a chance to make contact okay [Music] adam is here can you see him in my mind's eye he's looking at you with so much love now he's standing in the snow kissing you in front of a dinosaur does that make sense the dinosaur museum in north dakota that's where he proposed to me he says he wants to apologize the last time you two were together before he passed over you had an argument he's saying it was his fault [Music] yeah he says that it was something you wanted to do and he was making it difficult for you i'm beginning to lose him tell him i love him tell him i'm sorry that we argued tell him adam doesn't want to go i see him more clearly now he looks pleased he says to start a new chapter in your life something you need to do to be free the campaign that's right he's smiling he says to give away his personal things his clothes and he says you know where he can't he can't he can't what he says you need to let him go now he's not alone [Music] he's met your parents something about camp don't be afraid next time you're lost he'll show you the way he's leaving us again no adam his boat does he know who blew up his boat [Music] he's fading he's showing me towers it's dangerous stay away from the towers now stay away from what is it [Music] stay away from peter now [Music] uh you're a creature of a habit mr cullen run this route every day i don't appreciate being followed detective brennan i admire your discipline man after my wife died couldn't really get motivated to exercise anymore you'd see the result well you're welcome to join me anytime you feel motivated never occur to you then it might not be safe jogging home what occurs to me is your time would be better spent following somebody who would have benefited from adam's death like peter lang what did you two talk about in his office he wants to buy a piece of real estate the piece your husband bought next to the vanderbilt mansion that's right this mrs cauliff peter lang had no intention of hiring your husband as the architect for that project adam bought that property to leverage his way into that job but according to lang that was never going to happen but lang did want adam's property and i believe that he would have done anything to get it including blowing up his boat why would adam lie to me about peter lang being his architect why same reason everybody lies he was hiding something how well did you know jennifer johnson not well she left walters in arsdale with adam he said she was a good assistant why we found her purse washed up on shore with barely a mark on it you'd never be able to tell it was in an explosion that annihilated everything else we found this inside it's a safe deposit box key we don't know what bank because they make them untraceable can you think of any reason why a 40 grand a year assistant would need a safe deposit box no i don't know why well neither did her mother who just happens to live in a very expensive nursing home that her daughter pays for that's all very interesting tell you what's interesting so far we haven't had one positive hit on her dna testing we've got matches on krause and ryan but no winner for johnson rhoda's having a hard time dealing with her daughter's death she's very angry winifred was a devoted daughter never missed a friday visit and to the best of my knowledge she was the only visitor that would have ever had mrs johnson hi i'm nell mcdermott adam's wife adam cauliffe i don't know why my winnie left her job to work for your husband she was doing good where she was i told her to stay put but she wouldn't listen to me look where it got her i'm very sorry about winifred i know how sad and frightened you may be feeling if you'd rather i didn't stay oh not your fault i just don't know what i'm gonna do now when he managed everything i can't afford to stay here without her well maybe she had an insurance policy that could help pay for your expenses i don't know anything about insurance what about her safety deposit box do you know what bank she had it in why would winnie need a safety deposit box she never had anything worth hiding do you know where she might have kept some of her important papers and her desk and her apartment the same apartment we lived in since she was in kindergarten i'd still be there if i wasn't for this damned arthritis maybe a neighbor could go in there and look for you i don't want neighbors nosing around my business anyway i haven't talked to any of them since i've been here well there must be someone you can ask a friend of winifred's i don't know any she did have a boyfriend recently talked about marrying him but he never came here his name was uh harry something mrs johnson i'd be happy to go over there and look for you if you like your grandfather's mac mcdermott isn't he yes he is he's a good man honest yep i voted for him every election winnie had that made for me from one of her medals first place for something she was a champion swimmer in school regularest of williams she was everything a mother could want from her daughter i'm going to try to find her daughter's insurance papers but in the meantime does mrs johnson need any financial assistance oh sweet of you to ask but winifred had already paid in advance for the next 10 years all taken care of hey what'd you find out not much she's playing her cards pretty close to the best but she definitely knows more than she's letting on how about you well nothing from north dakota on college background yet but my guy says he should have something soon i did however get the skinny on the kaplan property that he bought see it turns out that the place was a warehouse for a family fur business that went belly up about 20 years ago now caulif bought it from an ada kaplan for about 800 grand it's fair market value but after leans to the place property tax income tax a sizable credit card debt she walks away with a little under 200 000. tough luck yeah gets worse she's living in the building at the time that it sells she's got to move out guess where she lands rich carlton klaus the vandermeer mansion well that place had been abandoned for years the cops are constantly chasing vagrants out of them i'm guessing that she's scared to spend the money a month later the place burns down she's in it and the kaplan warehouse triples in value opening the door for cauliff to make a bundle selling the property delay you think he torched it i'm guessing there's somebody who thinks he probably did aydah kaplan's son jed kaplan [Music] hi hi thank you for coming on such short notice you're welcome did you find out anything about the money do you know who winfrey johnson is no i mean only what it said in the paper that she worked for your husband and uh wasn't she on the boat yeah she started working for adam at walters and arsdale i know that name jimmy worked for them on a couple of buildings they designed well they're under investigation for taking bribes the police think that winifred johnson was involved she has a safety deposit box she paid for an expensive nursing home for her mother she paid 10 years in advance a place like that must cost about what five thousand dollars a month you do the math that's half a million dollars on an assistant's salary maybe somebody wanted her out of the picture you would think the police think that she had a partner and they suspect adam but i'm not ready to believe that maybe peter lang was her partner is that the big shot developer yeah huh yeah yeah adam bought uh some land that he wanted and he wouldn't sell it to him i think peter lang was leading adam on and pretending to develop the vandamer towers with him so that he would get his hands on adam's property how does jimmy fit into this well jimmy was working for cross construction right and krause was on the boat so maybe we should assume that jimmy was making the payoffs he would never be part of that i believe you lisa hey maybe he overheard something and they paid him to stay quiet i know it's what i fear that's why he didn't spend the money he had to take it he was scared he'd never work again what if peter lang set up the meeting with everyone that could hurt him on that boat and then he blew it up and then he faked a car accident as an alibi we should go to the police no the police know everything i know and they're convinced that adam was part of that bribery scam with winifred i don't think he was i need to find the truth just the same as you do about jimmy what do we do winterferd's mother gave me the keys to their apartment fred's mother does she know about any of this no as far as she's concerned she lost her daughter in a boating accident she's just a grieving mother with no friends or family it's sad i offered to help her i felt bad for her what does she want you to do go to the apartment and check for any insurance records i could really use the support if you if you felt like going yeah my kids come home at 3 30 from school i just have to be there when the bus arrives oh thank you thank you thank you thank you you know it's funny you're nothing like i thought you'd be i've seen you on those talk shows arguing with politicians i'd always imagined you'd be a lot tougher catch me before my morning coffee what if we were wrong what if adam and jimmy were involved like the police think i just can't let myself go there now are you scared i think i'm more frightened by what adam might have been hiding even more than the people that killed him thanks for coming with me it's depressing in here like an old betty davis movie i feel like i'm doing something wrong why she gave you the key didn't she yeah i'm here to look for an insurance policy but you know the real reason i came was to try and find some evidence to help clear adam that's not wrong now that's faith state champion 800 freestyle 1973 winifred johnson my mother said she was a champion she must feel so proud proud it's a damn shrine wow what's this some childish display of affection when if fred loves harry is is that the same one in fred from 73 it must be her mother said she had a boyfriend named terry this is getting really creepy this is the behavior of a 15 year old [Music] announcing the wedding of winifred johnson and harry reynolds are you okay we shouldn't be here why [Music] i oh know they want to kill me ah i don't know i can't breathe oh lisa are you alright i'm okay i get these premonitions oh you scared the hell out of me the hell out of me too [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] thanks [Music] who are you please don't what do you want you got three million dollars you people think you can buy anything just write a check and all your problems go away something gets in your way you burn it down that the way your husband does business my husband is dead yeah i heard about that unfortunate boat accident it's too bad he was gonna make a nice profit off that warehouse he bought that's right [Music] i know about it everything tell me what was jimmy ryan going to get out of it a nice fat bonus and a gold watch i don't know what you're talking to don't lie to me please i've been watching you now and you're all gonna [Music] what the hell is going on i think i should go with you mac it's a broken collarbone i survived worse in world war ii you were younger then i was just as tough you stay here you talk to the police see me tomorrow sure keep this from the press bill at least until we find out who this wacko is how do we figure out how to spin it mac i really don't care but your supporters do okay okay i love you you be careful with him now everything's gonna be fine mac tough old bird always had my boat listen he's worried about this getting out to the press well i'll see what i can do i'd like to have you uh help us put together a composite drawing of your attacker tomorrow at the station okay then maybe you can show me around your husband's office i don't know what you expect to find there but okay what about you i'll post an officer here tonight for you you're gonna be okay i'm mac mcdermott's granddaughter remember that would be great thank you thanks for caring good night thanks for coming by the station this morning mrs cloth we'll uh circulate the composite drawing today please call me now hope you're feeling better did you get some sleep yes i did and thank you for the sentry um this is uh what for johnson's desk yes adam's office is in there uh-huh listen did you find the bank that the safety deposit box belongs to no but we will oh i wonder why that's locked let's find out shall we nothing unusual what what is it yeah definitely the same twine and paper you have any idea how much is here fifty thousand dollars lisa and i think that it was some kind of payoff to keep her husband quiet fifty grand payoff it's cheaper to whack somebody well then what do you think it was for uh i guess to get his hands dirty if he wasn't dead i'd be talking to him about blowing up that boat listen she was adamant that jimmy would never do something like that well you'd be surprised what some people were capable of especially if they're desperate a couple of kids bills piling up are you saying that jimmy was in on the payoffs jimmy was just a working stiff but he was working for sam kraus and winifred johnson gave him 50 grand to do something something they got him on that boat and killed now what other secrets are you keeping from me i've told you everything i know yeah well you didn't tell me about this i'm sorry lisa came to me in confidence she was afraid you'd make jimmy part of the investigation 50 grand makes him a big part of this investigation and withholding any kind of evidence can get you both locked up i found the money hidden in here do you know when he might have gotten it it was in august he was depressed i remember it because he came home one night and started drinking it wasn't like him to drink like that so i asked him what was wrong and he said that he was worried about work which shouldn't make any sense because he just started that new job at sam crosses do you know the exact day in august i believe it was the night that old mansion burnt down jimmy watched on the news over and over again it really had him upset like it was his own house or something jack you know what that is newscast august 24th lead story vandermer mansion burns down i think i can prove winner for johnson paid jimmy ryan 50 grand to torture well that would explain the attacking colin's wife also meet jed kaplan patty larseny shoplifting auto theft habitual punk what's the connection in elkhart [Music] we got an address [Music] huh looks like we got a first-class nutcase on our hands yeah hey jack huh who stood to benefit the most from the vandermeer mansion burning down i don't know adam cauliffe yeah call of stood to make a hefty profit but the big winner was peter lang no house no landmark status as long as call of soul so you think that lang gets tired of waiting so he hires kaplan to blow the bug and qualify the picture and goes into the widow for the property [Music] right now hold on i'm coming wait a minute hello [Music] oh his name is jed kaplan small-time thief and con man his mother sold the property to adam she ended up living in the vanderbilt mansion she was trapped in it the night it burnt down my god why go after me adam had nothing to do with that fire are you sure about that yes i am now jimmy ryan was paid 50 grand to torch that building does lisa know yes and if the money came through winifred the odds are adam is dirty i am not willing to believe that without proof i have a feeling the proof you want was destroyed on his boat not necessarily have you ever heard of uh harry reynolds no never heard of them well rhoda johnson said that winifred had a boyfriend his name was harry reynolds it looked like she was planning on marrying him don't you think it's odd that he hasn't come forward what are you getting at well i think that winterford blew up adam's boat and managed to escape from it you got anything to back that up yeah faith in adam okay i'll bite how does this harry reynolds guy fit into your equation well he uses winifred's contacts to make the payoffs together they steal a fortune but they can't spend it without getting caught so they need to eliminate anyone who can expose them krause and lang you left adam off your list that's because i think they used adam too adam often said that he would never have left walters in arsdale if it hadn't been for winifred going with him she's the one who convinced him to buy the kaplan property and then use it to get peter lang to hire him so so winifred and harry paid jimmy ryan to burn down the mansion which opens the door for lange to build his complex and then she sets a meeting on the boat to get rid of them all with one well-timed bomb and then she jumps before it blows that's one hell of a theory she was a champion swimmer why else do you think she would pay 10 years in advance for her mother's expenses she wasn't planning to be around you know that would explain why we can't match any of her dna to the remains okay maybe but i'm not ready to say that lang and kaplan had nothing to do with blowing up that boat they were both rich with motive what do you got there's no sign of forced entry somebody gets in this clean they're not gonna leave any prince could winterford have gotten a key to this place from adam it wouldn't have been that hard you're not thinking that winifred killed kaplan are you no not likely kaplan was killed by a pair of pretty strong hands she could have paid a guy to come in or given the key to this mystery boyfriend mrs cauliff what do you think they were looking for in the bedroom i don't know the only thing in those boxes was adam's clothing i was planning on donating them well no that could have been a ruse the intruder comes in tries to make it look like a break-in then kills you when you walk in on lucky for you kaplan got here first and you think that kaplan came here to kill me too well it's nice to know that i'm so popular i'm gonna put someone here 24 7. until we get this guy you've got to consider yourself a target [Music] i assume you can prove you were working late last night i can prove whatever i need you know this is beginning to sound a little like you're accusing me of murder not accusing you of anything mr lang just doing my job if jed kaplan planted a bomb on a boat it's always a chance that somebody hired him to do it and anybody with an apparent motive would have to be checked out if you're talking about killing adam to gain his property let's not forget that i was scheduled to be on the boat that day oh i'm sure you won't let me forget that i think it's time you started directing your questions to my lawyer detective you can get his number on your way out not if you don't mind you know i know all about guys like you and how you do business now maybe you're involved and maybe you're not but i'll bet if i dig deep enough i'll find something to make it worth my time jimmy had no idea that kaplan's mother was in the building when the fire was started he got sick when he saw it that night on tv that must have been devastating for him to even agree to do something like that i had no idea how desperate he was i should have seen it but i i was so busy with work and the kids and don't do that he did what he felt he had to you can't blame yourself for the choice he made but i'm his wife i was supposed to be there i'm going through the same thing right now i'm learning that adam wasn't as honest with me as he could have been i'm sure you were there for jimmy he got lost and he made a mistake thank you lisa i want to ask a favor of you there's this psychic and she says she's in contact with that and she told me things that only adam and i could know but what i'm not sure she's for real i wanted you to talk to her about jimmy see what you think see if you think she's for real jimmy is here he's showing me two children a girl and a boy he's smiling they're your children yeah he says they need you to be strong for them he's saying he's sorry he won't be there to help you he's sorry to have let them down oh something happened something bad it was an accident he wanted to tell you but he didn't know how there's a woman with him an old woman she's in pain he's crying now he's saying he's sorry but he didn't know he didn't know she's burning the woman is burning [Music] stop it please i don't want to hear anymore there's something else lisa he needs you to do something for him to help him please what his friend adam needs your help adam connor yes he says his wife needs to let go she needs to remove his personal items it's very important and she hasn't done this yet she needs to bring them to a church what church i don't know he's saying she knows she said tell her to do it tell her to do it tonight i don't understand she said that you would know what it means and what church she was talking i do adam and i always donated our clothes to the same church i just don't understand why it's so important to do it tonight i don't know do you think she really contacted jimmy [Music] yes [Music] you're sure it's identical positive i talked to brennan this morning he said they haven't found the bank are you going to give it to them not yet well they have a key another one won't help them find the bank any faster and if they know adam had a key it'll just implicate him in everything that's happened why would adam have a key i don't know maybe he was with winterfed from the beginning i know the day she came to pick up his jacket that was the day that adam's boat blew up and whoever broke into my house was probably looking for that key and maybe maybe jed kaplan was just a victim of bad timing it's possible so you think that bonnie got the message from adam and jimmy about getting rid of their clothing was actually supposed to sound like it was protecting you yeah and putting the key where somebody could get it what do you mean well look look if if winifred is still alive maybe she's feeding bonnie information what are you gonna do mrs johnson company i brought you some flowers aren't they beautiful mrs johnson don't have much use for flowers not as if i can eat them why uh don't i just take these and put them in your room for you thank you i should have brought you something a little more practical i wonder freddie used to get me a little coffee cake at the bakery in the mall nearby she knew that the food here had no taste would you like one today i can pick it up for you why why are you being so nice to me you think you owe me something because winifred was on your husband's boat no you've lost your daughter i know how much you must be hurting i miss my winnie i miss her so much she must have been a wonderful daughter to take such good care of you she never missed a visit she didn't want to bring me here you know but she had to she had to work and i needed i never thought she'd die before me we used to talk about me dying and what she would do and she used to say that she would just quit working and get on the first plane to nowhere do you remember her last visit how could i forget it was thursday the day before the accident she was upset she wanted to make a stop at the bank but she got there too late the bank do you remember what time she got here it it must have been just after five i always eat dinner at five and uh i was eating dinner when she came it was meatloaf thursday's her meatloaf and she brought me a coffee cake banks close at five what did you say i i i said banks closed at five it sounds like it was a bank around here i wouldn't know didn't you say you were going to get me a coffee cake [Music] that key is tied to an ongoing criminal investigation i need to call the district attorney's office and give them your location i'm sure that they'll be here with a search warrant before the end of the day i understand whatever i can do to help would it be violating security to tell me the name that the box is registered under uh i don't think i can do that let me make it easier for you i know that winifred johnson's name is on that card could you tell me if harry reynolds name is listed as the co-signatory i really shouldn't divulge that information has anyone opened the box in the last week we don't keep records of that kind thanks thanks for your help oh mrs call if you forgot your package thank you it's a gift for a friend at old woods manor god knows she deserves every bite [Music] hey nell left a message a little over an hour ago don't ask me how she found the bank it's over near the nursing home where winifred johnson's mother lives huh i'm gonna put that woman on the payroll let's get to work on a warrant i'm already on it something else i spoke to my guy in north dakota earlier he should be faxing over a full report on adam call off within the hour he says the guy had more skeletons in his closet than a hollywood madam now i'm surprised to see you sorry i didn't call bonnie uh i was hoping you could make some time for me i really need some help come on in i'll do what i can so um what's going on i got your message from lisa and i i gave all adam's clothes to the church near our house well that's great i'm sure adam will be very happy about that please sit your hand is shaking are you nervous i know i'm just i'm fine it's just too much caffeine so um are you here to try and contact adam again can we do that i gave away his clothes like he asked i thought you said that's what he needed for me to let him go that's just the message that was given to me actually i'd like to try and contact winifred johnson she was on adam's boat i'm game if you are did you bring a personal item first yes [Music] where the hell's my fax how long has this been here there's someone here it's uh it's a woman brown eyes dark hair she's standing on a burning boat it's winifred sounds like her oh she's in a lot of pain she's reaching out her arms for help ask her why she put a bomb on adam's boat she doesn't understand losing her she's fading i know winifred's alive bonnie and i know she's been using you to feed me lies about adam and i know she's been trying to get this key i don't know what you're talking about oh i think you do you're already an accessory to murder don't make it any worse tell me where winford is and i'll talk to the police on your behalf that's gonna be hard to do because it wasn't winnifred who got off the boat [Music] broken home shoplifting vandalism juvenile record was expunged 17 he was questioned in the death of an uncle no charges were filed yeah his mother inherited a chunk of money from that uncle too it was his ticket to college keep reading uh fake letters of reference for his first job in bismarck fired for infidelities with the owner's wife out for his second job for selling contents of sealed bids to rival firms well this guy's as dirty as a broken toilet how does he set up shop with a history like this because adam calif is actually harry reynolds he started using his mother's maiden name a few months before he met nell mcdermott new wife new life new mistress winifred johnson so nell was right about johnson's boyfriend coming after her we better get to her before colin does hey wait for me welcome back honey adam you know i got to hand it to you now you're smarter than i gave you credit for where's winifred winfrey well she's scattered across the river don't you watch the news why are you doing this why money i just got tired of living on an allowance we didn't need money wake up come on now there was no we [Music] there was a granddaughter the great mac mcdermott and then the incompetent husband you see from the moment we met he made it very clear to me that i was not good enough for you and i was not gonna end up being a house boy to a politician i loved you no you didn't you loved the idea of being in love so you were so desperate for it that you didn't find out anything about me you don't even know my real name oh my god you're harry reynolds that's very good now how'd you find that out did mac hire a private detective to dig up some dirt myself winifred's wedding invitations winifred she was a very lonely woman a lot like you now she couldn't wait to help me fulfill my potential so you used her like you used me no i used her differently she had no breeding her education she she had no reason to question anything i told her she had no life until i gave her one she was the perfect patsy you know one of the only mistakes she ever made was bring me the wrong jacket you you i had to seduce which really wasn't that hard to do in fact it was surprisingly easy what are you doing i'm saying goodbye to my wife what do you mean saying goodbye what do you think i mean you can't just let her walk out of here we didn't talk about this well no we didn't talk about killing jake kaplan either but we're a little too late to back out now don't you think but maybe she brought the key with her we can go to the bank when it opens take out the money but tomorrow night we'll be in another country this was about a key you were going to kill me for a key you see this do you see this face you see this face yeah it's true this is the price i had to pay for leaving that key at home when i asked her for her key right and then when i finally found it in her person she showed up on the deck and we started fighting for it i couldn't get off the boat just enough to see that key sweetheart i would have killed my own mother for it baby we've got it now let's just forget about all these people and get on with our lives the police know about winterferd's safe deposit box and by now they have a warrant and have seized everything in get it from me you just couldn't leave things alone could you because i had things planned perfectly i even knew that you would wait for me to reach out from the grave to say goodbye well here i am sweetheart help me please please help me shut up i can't do this i can't do what i can't kill her it's different with a boat i didn't know those people i can't do this okay okay gagger then don't do this don't don't what's that for another tragic accident that's a certain amount of symmetry to it don't you think everybody gets burned [Music] don't worry buddy baby you just relax and i'll take care of everything this relationship just isn't working out for me anymore you know what i have to leave now but don't blame yourself [Music] oh i understand i understand is that it one last kiss one last case before i say goodbye [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] bye [Music] [Music] come on where do you think you're going to help that's where you went to your therapist to talk about our marriage problem how are we getting along now [Music] [Music] um [Music] [Applause] what's the matter now no dead parents to save you this time freeze i'm covered in gasoline don't do it [Music] upstairs she's upstairs jack he's dead how did you find me alicia ryan said there was a psychic here talking to your dead husband i just had to meet her i'll call it in oh i've been ambulance here soon [Music] aren't we supposed to sing for she's a jolly good fellow or something not till she's elected don't you think celebration's a bit premature the results won't be in for several hours getting here was a victory mac we wanted to celebrate a successful campaign win or lose what do you mean lose no mcdermott has ever lost an election yet and with peter lang's generous million-dollar donation we have a fighter's chance to keep that streak alive that was a nice incentive to get you to sell good business better politics okay i don't know if i ever thanked you yet for bringing me on board only every day for the last six months well you don't know how much it means to me i uh i don't know if i would have made it without your friendship thank you you're wonderful and uh i am counting on you running my local office if we end up winning this thing that's it they want to start at campaign headquarters come on let's go win an election mac i just want you to know no matter what happens i'm glad you made me run why took you so long uh just waiting for a little motivation congresswoman [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] you

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Published: Mon Oct 19 2020