AYDEN BAILIFF BIRTHDAY_CROWD CADETS CAMILLA CHRIS COMMANDER_GREG DANIEL DET_SANCHEZ DR_STEINMAN FEMALE_DET FEMALE_GUEST_1 FEMALE_GUEST_2 FEMALE_GUEST_3 FEMALE_MOURNER FEMALE_SHOPPER_1 FEMALE_SHOPPER_2 HAPPY_BIRTHDAY JACOB KYLE MALE_GUEST_1 MALE_SHOPPER_1 MALE_SHOPPER_2 MARIANNE MOURNERS NATHAN NURSE OFFICER STEPHANIE TARA MARIANNE Stop! MARIANNE Please don't do this! MARIANNE Jacob! MARIANNE Jacob! MARIANNE Please, you don't have to do this! MARIANNE Jacob! MARIANNE We can figure this out! MARIANNE We can talk through this! MARIANNE Jacob! MOURNERS I'm so sorry. Terrible tragedy. MOURNERS I just can't believe MOURNERS he's gone. Please, call me MOURNERS if you need anything. So young. FEMALE MOURNER We're gonna miss him so much. STEPHANIE Oh my God. STEPHANIE Oh, this is my favorite one. NATHAN What a clown. NATHAN I can't believe he wrote that. STEPHANIE Stop, it's so cute. NATHAN Look at this right here. NATHAN Man, he was so cheesy. STEPHANIE He was romantic. NATHAN I probably should have had a bigger problem NATHAN with him dating my younger sister than I did. STEPHANIE Don't be a jerk, Nathan. MARIANNE Hi, guys. STEPHANIE Mrs. Davis. NATHAN Hey, is it, uh, NATHAN okay that we're in here? MARIANNE Yeah, of course. MARIANNE He used to love to play, MARIANNE especially with you. NATHAN My first T-ball team, he was on it. MARIANNE I remember. MARIANNE You always pushed him to be better. NATHAN I didn't have to at this last season though. NATHAN I mean, I kind of passed him the torch. STEPHANIE You didn't pass him the torch. STEPHANIE He just got better than you. NATHAN Shut up, Steph. NATHAN Such a girlfriend thing to say. MARIANNE Stay as long as you like. MARIANNE The food will be ready soon. NATHAN Cool. STEPHANIE Thank you Mrs. Davis. NATHAN Yeah, thank you. JACOB What is it? MARIANNE You need to come downstairs. MARIANNE People would like to pay their respects. JACOB So people can just lie to my face? MARIANNE Why would you think that? JACOB They'll tell me how sorry they are, JACOB but behind my back, JACOB they'll just blame me for Ayden's death. MARIANNE Honey, nobody blames you. JACOB They think I killed him. MARIANNE Can we talk about this later, please, MARIANNE and just come downstairs now? JACOB NATHAN Why would he write that? JACOB What are you guys doing? NATHAN Just reminiscing. STEPHANIE Your mom said that it was okay. JACOB That's not your stuff. JACOB It's Ayden's. JACOB Give me that. NATHAN Hey man, easy. MARIANNE Jacob. JACOB And this. STEPHANIE I'm sorry. STEPHANIE I just, I couldn't remember what I wrote him. JACOB I don't care. JACOB You shouldn't be in here. JACOB Get out. NATHAN Okay. NATHAN Okay, we're leaving. MARIANNE Sorry. MARIANNE TARA Marianne, I just- TARA I'm so sorry. TARA I just came in to help. TARA I didn't mean to startle you. TARA I just... MARIANNE It's fine. MARIANNE It's fine. MARIANNE Thank you so much for being here for me for everything. MARIANNE Thank you. TARA Of course. MARIANNE Thank you. DANIEL Everything right? DANIEL What happened? MARIANNE Oh, I just dropped the salad. MARIANNE Now I don't know what I'm gonna serve but... DANIEL It doesn't matter. DANIEL Just try to be more careful, all right? MARIANNE Daniel, it was an accident. TARA It was my fault. TARA I snuck up on her. DANIEL Yeah, well maybe if you weren't in here DANIEL trying to do everything yourself, DANIEL it wouldn't have happened. MARIANNE Were you coming in to help? DANIEL No, no, no, because if I did, DANIEL you'd tell me that I was doing everything wrong. MARIANNE Mm-hmm. TARA It was on me, okay? DANIEL You know, and maybe, DANIEL maybe if you didn't try to control DANIEL every single aspect of their lives, DANIEL they wouldn't have felt it necessary DANIEL to sneak off to the quarry like they did. MARIANNE Are you seriously blaming me? MARIANNE Daniel, you are the one MARIANNE who makes every single thing a competition. MARIANNE Everything! MARIANNE That's why the boys went up there that day MARIANNE because of you! MARIANNE You! TARA Guys, it was an accident! TARA Okay? TARA It was a stupid, ugly accident. TARA And Ayden was a grown boy, TARA he was 17, and he should have known better. TARA But you still have a son who needs you. TARA So I don't think either one of you TARA wants to say something TARA that you can't take back right now. DANIEL Well, that's my cue for another beer. MARIANNE Do you really think you need one? DANIEL Yeah. DANIEL I just buried my oldest son today. DANIEL Excuse me if I don't count my beers. TARA I'll go. MARIANNE No. MARIANNE Do you mind? TARA Yes, yes, of course. MARIANNE Thanks. FEMALE GUEST 1 It is a tragedy. MALE GUEST 1 It's such tragedy. MALE GUEST 1 It's crazy. FEMALE GUEST 1 But here's the thing though, FEMALE GUEST 1 everybody knows Jacob's been jealous FEMALE GUEST 1 of Ayden his whole life. FEMALE GUEST 1 Right? MALE GUEST 1 Nobody really knows what happened. FEMALE GUEST 1 Shh. FEMALE GUEST 2 I'm so sorry for your loss. MARIANNE Thank you for coming. FEMALE GUEST 3 I heard the police are getting involved. FEMALE GUEST 3 Those two boys never got along. FEMALE GUEST 3 Always fighting. FEMALE GUEST 1 Have to get an investigator. FEMALE GUEST 1 Is there? There needs to be. FEMALE GUEST 1 Not an accident. TARA I'll be right back. TARA You really think you should be drinking? JACOB Why does it matter? TARA I just don't think your mother would approve. JACOB She wanted me to mingle. JACOB I'm mingling. TARA I'm pretty sure this isn't what she meant. DANIEL What are you doing? DANIEL You're 16 and drinking? DANIEL Put the beer down, son. DANIEL Put the beer down. JACOB FEMALE GUEST 3 I mean, if I were a betting woman, FEMALE GUEST 3 I would put my vacation home FEMALE GUEST 3 on Jacob gave his brother a little push. MARIANNE Excuse me? FEMALE GUEST 3 Oh, dear. FEMALE GUEST 3 How are- MARIANNE Don't dear me. MARIANNE How dare you come into my house today MARIANNE and say something like that? MARIANNE Jacob had nothing to do with Ayden... TARA Somebody do something! MARIANNE Stop it, stop it! MARIANNE Stop it, stop it! MARIANNE What are you doing? DANIEL He's out here embarrassing us, drinking beer! MARIANNE Take it down, okay? MARIANNE Take it down. DANIEL I haven't spanked him since he was five, DANIEL since you convinced me not to. DANIEL But I think it's about time - MARIANNE Jacob, Jacob. MARIANNE It really is a good school. JACOB It's a military school for delinquents. MARIANNE No, it's a, it's a place to help young men MARIANNE who need structure get structure. JACOB Is that what the brochure told you? MARIANNE Honey, we're doing this for you. MARIANNE If there was any other way- JACOB There is. JACOB Tell dad no. JACOB Tell him you're not gonna ship me off. DANIEL Let's go. MARIANNE Look, if you need anything, MARIANNE will you please call me at anytime for anything? MARIANNE Can I get a hug? MARIANNE I love you. COMMANDER GREG All right, who's back here burning something? COMMANDER GREG Freaking Davis. COMMANDER GREG Should have guessed. COMMANDER GREG You could have sent this whole building up. COMMANDER GREG And cheat sheets. COMMANDER GREG Kiss graduation goodbye. COMMANDER GREG Let's go. MARIANNE Hello. COMMANDER GREG This is Commander Greg. COMMANDER GREG I'm sorry to inform you COMMANDER GREG Cadet Jacob Davis has been expelled. MARIANNE Sorry. MARIANNE Can you say that again, please? COMMANDER GREG He needs to be off base by 0900. COMMANDER GREG Should we call someone else? MARIANNE No, no need to call anyone else. MARIANNE I'll come get him. COMMANDER GREG Thank you, ma'am. KYLE What is it? What's wrong? MARIANNE Jacob. CADETS MARIANNE You burned a trash can. COMMANDER GREG And he was caught burning cheat sheets. MARIANNE Is that true? MARIANNE Thank you. MARIANNE Get up. MARIANNE Let's go. JACOB CADETS JACOB Are you going to say anything? CAMILLA Sit. Sit. KYLE You are a shedder. CAMILLA KYLE Do you see all this hair? KYLE Oh my gosh. CAMILLA All over the place. KYLE Yeah. KYLE Hey, babe. MARIANNE Hi. KYLE Oh, here, let me grab that for you. JACOB It's not a bother, I got it. KYLE No, I don't mind. JACOB I said I got it. KYLE All right. CAMILLA Sorry, she's usually really friendly. JACOB That's all right. JACOB Dogs don't like me. MARIANNE So that's Jacob. KYLE Yeah. MARIANNE You want a snack? CAMILLA Sure. MARIANNE Come on. MARIANNE Hey. TARA Hey. MARIANNE What are you doin' here? TARA Well, I figured you'd had a day TARA so I brought you some food and some wine. MARIANNE Thank you. MARIANNE You're gonna stay for dinner, right? TARA I can stay. TARA This just needs to be warmed up. MARIANNE You know where the oven is. MARIANNE Great. MARIANNE You know what, actually I'm gonna call Jacob to come down MARIANNE because he has not left his room since he got home. TARA Oh boy. TARA I'll start pouring. MARIANNE Thank you. TARA Mm-hmm. MARIANNE Jacob! MARIANNE Jacob! MARIANNE Jacob, Tara's here. MARIANNE Come down and say hello. MARIANNE Jacob. MARIANNE MARIANNE KYLE It's almost midnight, honey. KYLE What do you wanna do? MARIANNE I don't know. I don't know. KYLE Why don't we go drive around and look for him? MARIANNE Let's just say if he's not home by midnight then- MARIANNE Hello? DET SANCHEZ I'm looking for Mrs. Davis. MARIANNE Yes. DET SANCHEZ This is Detective Sanchez. DET SANCHEZ We have Jacob in holding. DET SANCHEZ You need to come down. MARIANNE Okay. MARIANNE Yes, thank you. I'm on my way. DET SANCHEZ See you soon. KYLE Who was that? MARIANNE Police. MARIANNE They have Jacob. KYLE At least he's safe, right? KYLE Okay. KYLE Go get your boy. MARIANNE Okay. MARIANNE Oh. DET SANCHEZ Jacob. DET SANCHEZ That's quite a file for a young man. JACOB Did you call my mom? JACOB Is she coming to get me or what? DET SANCHEZ You know, I never got the full story DET SANCHEZ of what happened that night your brother died. DET SANCHEZ Mind sharing? JACOB I already told you guys what happened. DET SANCHEZ Just in an initial interview at the scene DET SANCHEZ which lacks detail. DET SANCHEZ How about this? DET SANCHEZ You tell me what happened, DET SANCHEZ I'll understand why you were there tonight, DET SANCHEZ maybe I could just let you go. DET SANCHEZ Not even wait to hear from the owner. JACOB Like I said two years ago... AYDEN Wanna do this again? JACOB We were just challenging each other JACOB like we always did. AYDEN Remember what happened AYDEN last time? AYDEN Whoever gets to the top first. JACOB That's right. JACOB First to the top. AYDEN I don't know why you're pushing this, AYDEN but I'll give you one last chance to back out. AYDEN All right. Your funeral. AYDEN You know, you've never beaten me to the top before, AYDEN so I don't know why you think today AYDEN is gonna be any different. JACOB Maybe I was just lacking proper motivation. AYDEN Come on, little brother. AYDEN You're losing. JACOB Shut up and keep climbing. JACOB It's not over yet. AYDEN Just admit defeat now. AYDEN Easier to climb down at this point than go up. JACOB I'm not quitting. AYDEN Fine. AYDEN See you at the top. JACOB Damn it! JACOB He was too fast. JACOB I couldn't keep up. JACOB I couldn't see him anymore JACOB and I was looking for a hold when I heard him scream JACOB and I saw him fall past me from the top. AYDEN No! DET SANCHEZ What happened after that? JACOB I climbed down and just called the police. DET SANCHEZ So Ayden's phone was a timer. DET SANCHEZ You didn't tell that to the officer before. DET SANCHEZ It's not listed in the evidence. DET SANCHEZ You know what happened to Ayden's phone? JACOB No. DET SANCHEZ The bet. DET SANCHEZ What was on the line? JACOB Bragging rights. JACOB Just bragging rights. MARIANNE Jacob. MARIANNE Do not say another word. DET SANCHEZ We were just talking, Mrs. Davis. MARIANNE Just talking, huh? MARIANNE Is he under arrest or not? DET SANCHEZ Nope. DET SANCHEZ The owner said as long as there's no damage, DET SANCHEZ he didn't wanna press charges. DET SANCHEZ Seems he must know your ex-husband. JACOB You said you were waiting to hear from him. DET SANCHEZ Did I? MARIANNE Jacob, let's go. DET SANCHEZ Your son's lying. MARIANNE What are you talking about? MARIANNE You caught him trespassing. MARIANNE There's no damage, MARIANNE so there's nothing to lie about. DET SANCHEZ Not about that. MARIANNE About what? DET SANCHEZ About your other son's death. DET SANCHEZ Oh, his story was right in line to what he said before, DET SANCHEZ but you know what? DET SANCHEZ I just don't believe him. DET SANCHEZ His story doesn't add up. MARIANNE That is absolutely ridiculous MARIANNE because he loved his brother. DET SANCHEZ Maybe. DET SANCHEZ But I did hear they were competitive with each other. DET SANCHEZ Maybe just in a fit of rage DET SANCHEZ of losing to his brother DET SANCHEZ yet again- AYDEN Jacob! DET SANCHEZ He just gave him a little push. AYDEN Jacob, no! AYDEN No! DET SANCHEZ And you killed him. DET SANCHEZ You know, for bragging rights. JACOB I- MARIANNE Do not say a word. MARIANNE He didn't kill his brother. DET SANCHEZ Then why didn't you let us do an autopsy? DET SANCHEZ It would've put a lot of these questions to bed. MARIANNE Because I was not about to let somebody cut up my son MARIANNE on some wild goose chase. MARIANNE That's why! MARIANNE Let's go. DET SANCHEZ Thanks for the conversation. MARIANNE Jacob, what were you thinking? MARIANNE You couldn't go one night. MARIANNE And why there of all places? JACOB I wasn't doing anything. JACOB I just wanted to... JACOB I just wanted to see it again. MARIANNE But why? MARIANNE I wanna understand. JACOB What are you doing? MARIANNE Is there something you need to tell me? JACOB No, Mom! MARIANNE Really? JACOB No! MARIANNE Because Detective Sanchez is pretty intent MARIANNE on proving his point. MARIANNE So if there's something that you've been keeping from me, MARIANNE now's the time to tell me. MARIANNE Jacob, I'm just trying to talk to you, okay? JACOB Can we please go home? MARIANNE Sure. MARIANNE Coffee? KYLE Just made a fresh pot. MARIANNE Okay. MARIANNE Yes, you did. KYLE Is he up yet? MARIANNE Probably not. MARIANNE He likes to sleep late. MARIANNE What? DANIEL My bad. Just trying to be courteous. MARIANNE By sneaking around the back? DANIEL No, I saw you in the front, DANIEL saw you walk into the back, DANIEL thought I'd save you the trip. DANIEL You know, courteous. MARIANNE What do you need? DANIEL Were you even gonna tell me that Jacob's home? MARIANNE Yes, I was going to call you. DANIEL Oh, you were, huh? MARIANNE Yes. DANIEL And that he got arrested. MARIANNE They just picked him up. DANIEL Really? MARIANNE Yeah. DANIEL Yeah. DANIEL I had to find out from my old boss. DANIEL Do you even know how embarrassing that is? DANIEL Tell me why he's not in school. DANIEL Tell me why he got kicked out. DANIEL Tell me everything. DANIEL All right, and don't protect him. DANIEL Tell me the truth. MARIANNE There was a fire MARIANNE and he got caught burning cheat sheets. DANIEL That school is not cheap. DANIEL I've been busting my ass to keep him there. MARIANNE I know. So have I. MARIANNE But look, MARIANNE there's something that he is not telling me. MARIANNE I mean, he was a month away from graduation MARIANNE and something must have happened. DANIEL Yeah, he happened. DANIEL It's what he does. DANIEL Somebody needs to knock some sense into him. JACOB And how do you plan on doing that, Dad? DANIEL Something that should have happened two years ago. DANIEL Let's go, big man. DANIEL Come on. DANIEL Why'd you get kicked out? MARIANNE Stop. DANIEL Big man. MARIANNE Stop! MARIANNE You can leave now. DANIEL Were you cheating? MARIANNE You need to leave, I said! DANIEL Yeah, walk away. MARIANNE You walk away. DANIEL I'm leaving! MARIANNE Go inside. MARIANNE Inside. JACOB Can somebody move this stupid dog? MARIANNE I did not expect him to just stop by. KYLE Hey, so is this like how things are gonna be now? MARIANNE No, we're just adjusting. JACOB All right. MARIANNE All right, what? JACOB I'm going for a run. MARIANNE Do you want breakfast first? JACOB No. JACOB I'll get something later. JACOB Bye. MARIANNE Bye. MARIANNE DET SANCHEZ Morning. JACOB Can I help you with something? DET SANCHEZ Nope. Just out for a drive. JACOB Don't you have something more important to do today? DET SANCHEZ Well, I am off today, but no. JACOB You're unbelievable, man. DET SANCHEZ I think we all want the same thing, DET SANCHEZ for you to stay outta trouble. DET SANCHEZ That's all I'm doing. DET SANCHEZ Just trying to make sure that happens. JACOB You're harassing me. DET SANCHEZ Whoa. DET SANCHEZ You approached me. DET SANCHEZ You stay outta trouble now. JACOB Hmm. JACOB Hey, Mom. MARIANNE Hey, what are you doing? JACOB I'm looking for work. JACOB Researching how to get my GED. MARIANNE That's great. MARIANNE Let me know if you need any help. MARIANNE Are you doing a wash? JACOB Yeah. JACOB I know how to do laundry. MARIANNE Okay. JACOB I've done it for like two years. MARIANNE Do you always wash your tennis shoes? JACOB I just splashed through some mud. MARIANNE Okay. MARIANNE Continue. CAMILLA Princess! CAMILLA Princess! CAMILLA Princess! MARIANNE Hey, everything okay? CAMILLA I can't find Princess. CAMILLA She's not in the house and she's not out here. MARIANNE Well, I am sure that she's somewhere. MARIANNE Jacob, have you seen Princess? JACOB Yeah. JACOB Earlier when I came back from my jog JACOB she was yapping so I let her out. CAMILLA She's not an outdoor dog. JACOB I thought she had to go out to go to the bathroom. CAMILLA You should have asked. MARIANNE She can get out through the fence. JACOB Sorry. MARIANNE Listen, don't worry. MARIANNE We are gonna go find her, okay? JACOB We? MARIANNE We. MARIANNE Let's go. MARIANNE We'll be back. JACOB MARIANNE Princess. JACOB Princess. MARIANNE Princess. JACOB Over there. MARIANNE Oh my God. MARIANNE Help me with her, help me. JACOB She's gone. MARIANNE No, she's not gone. MARIANNE She's still breathing. JACOB No, she's suffering. JACOB Do you want me to... MARIANNE No, we are not doing that. MARIANNE Put that down. Drop it. JACOB I'll get her. JACOB It's my fault this happened. MARIANNE Hurry. MARIANNE Well? DR STEINMAN I'm so sorry. CAMILLA I can't find Princess. JACOB She was yapping so I let her out. MARIANNE Thank you. DR STEINMAN You're welcome. MARIANNE Let's go. KYLE All right, sweetie. KYLE Okay. KYLE Chapter 20. KYLE "Jacob Poot Changes The Plan." KYLE The last note died away in the distance. KYLE Our boys, who in their vein effort, KYLE felt they were skating backwards KYLE and turned to look at one another. JACOB Can somebody move this stupid dog? JACOB It's my fault this happened. JACOB Is it done? KYLE Just like a dream. MARIANNE No. MARIANNE No, it's not. MARIANNE But your tea is. MARIANNE Here you go. Good night. JACOB Hmm. DANIEL So what do you want, Detective? DET SANCHEZ Come on. DET SANCHEZ You know why I'm here. DANIEL Jacob did not kill Ayden. DET SANCHEZ You really believe that a hundred percent? DANIEL Yep. DET SANCHEZ You know they had a cute little dog, didn't they? DANIEL What? DET SANCHEZ A Jack Russell at the home of your ex. DET SANCHEZ Princess was the name, right? DET SANCHEZ Yeah, it was found mutilated yesterday. DET SANCHEZ Dead. DANIEL That's too bad. I didn't, I didn't know. DET SANCHEZ Yeah, that's one thing about killers. DET SANCHEZ When they're young, they have certain markers, DET SANCHEZ torturing animals, setting fires. DET SANCHEZ Sound familiar? DET SANCHEZ I called his school. DET SANCHEZ I know why he got kicked out. DET SANCHEZ See why I'm uneasy? DANIEL So what do you want? DET SANCHEZ Maybe the same thing as you. MARIANNE Hey, can you turn it down or put your headphones on? MARIANNE It's kind of loud. JACOB Hey! MARIANNE Do you wanna talk about yesterday? JACOB What is there to talk about? JACOB It's not like it was a brother. MARIANNE We're gonna talk later. MARIANNE Hey, Tara. MARIANNE I'm so glad you called. MARIANNE/TARA I- Marianne, listen. TARA The police are at Ayden's grave with a backhoe. MARIANNE They're what? TARA I think they're exhuming Ayden's body. TARA Hurry. MARIANNE Thank you. MARIANNE Hey! MARIANNE Stop! MARIANNE Stop! DET SANCHEZ Keep going. MARIANNE Stop! MARIANNE Stop! What are you doing? MARIANNE What is this? DET SANCHEZ It's a court order to exhume the body. MARIANNE Ayden. MARIANNE His name is Ayden. DET SANCHEZ To exhume Ayden's body and do a proper autopsy DET SANCHEZ like it should have been done two years ago. MARIANNE No judge would sign off on this. DET SANCHEZ You're probably right. DET SANCHEZ That's why I had to get parental consent. MARIANNE You signed off on this? KYLE I had to. MARIANNE MARIANNE Hey, what's this? MARIANNE What are you doing? KYLE We're going to a hotel. MARIANNE You're moving out? KYLE Camilla doesn't feel safe. MARIANNE Is it Jacob? MARIANNE Did he do something or? KYLE Yeah, honestly, KYLE the fact that you would even ask me that KYLE tells me that we need to leave. CAMILLA I'll never forgive him for Princess. MARIANNE Honey, we don't even know what happened to Princess. MARIANNE I mean the vet said that it could be anything. KYLE Yeah. KYLE Anything. MARIANNE You're letting other people's MARIANNE unfounded judgment cloud you. CAMILLA I heard him. CAMILLA I heard what Jacob said about Princess. CAMILLA That it was no big deal. CAMILLA Well, it is a big deal. MARIANNE No, honey. MARIANNE He was making a comparison to his brother. MARIANNE That's all. KYLE Look, like you said, KYLE this whole thing is gonna be a big adjustment, right? KYLE So we're gonna leave, KYLE you stay at the house, KYLE and once the dust settles on all this KYLE we'll figure us out. MARIANNE Okay. MARIANNE Will you let me know where you, where you land, MARIANNE where you end up staying or? KYLE Yeah. KYLE Yeah, of course. MARIANNE Okay. JACOB Hey, Mom. MARIANNE In here. JACOB Can I have the car? JACOB I thought I'd grill some burgers and dogs JACOB tonight for everyone. JACOB It's no makeup for Princess. JACOB I just gotta do something, you know? MARIANNE It's just gonna be us tonight. MARIANNE I'll get you the keys. JACOB What's wrong? MARIANNE Nothing. MARIANNE We can talk at dinner. MARIANNE I'm just gonna go lay down. FEMALE SHOPPER 1 He's always been trouble. MALE SHOPPER 1 You heard what really happened. FEMALE SHOPPER 1 I heard he's always been jealous of his brother. FEMALE SHOPPER 2 How can she even live with him? MALE SHOPPER 2 I hear he's being investigated. MALE SHOPPER 2 Can't believe he wants to show his face here. FEMALE SHOPPER 2 Absolutely disgusting. MALE SHOPPER 2 Let's get outta here. FEMALE SHOPPER 2 I'm with you on that. MARIANNE Still planning on making dinner? MARIANNE Did you make it to the store? JACOB People are never gonna let me forget, are they? MARIANNE What happened? JACOB Nothing. JACOB Nothing happened. JACOB I don't even know if it was real or not, JACOB or just in my head. JACOB They moved out because of me, didn't they? MARIANNE Let's just say that MARIANNE Kyle and I have our differences, that's all. JACOB I didn't kill her dog. MARIANNE I know you didn't. JACOB But you still felt it necessary to check my laundry? MARIANNE Because you said you were guilty, so. JACOB Because I let her out into the front yard. MARIANNE Jacob, I get half truths from you all the time MARIANNE and I try to talk to you, but you shut me out, so. JACOB Am I being investigated for Ayden's death? JACOB I'm not a little boy anymore. JACOB You don't need to protect me. MARIANNE The police exhumed Ayden's body today to do an autopsy. JACOB Can I be alone, please? MARIANNE Yeah. MARIANNE Yeah. MARIANNE Oh! MARIANNE Okay, I'm coming! MARIANNE Now's not really a good time. DET SANCHEZ I need to have a conversation with your son DET SANCHEZ about Ayden's death. MARIANNE No, you've talked to him enough already. DET SANCHEZ Well then I'll have to arrest him DET SANCHEZ for the murder of Ayden. MARIANNE I hope you're kidding. JACOB It's okay, Mom. JACOB I'll talk to him. MARIANNE Do not say a word to him. JACOB I got it. DET SANCHEZ Something weighing on you? JACOB Mom said not to talk, so I'm not gonna, JACOB but I already told you what happened. DET SANCHEZ It's funny. DET SANCHEZ The autopsy tells us a different story. JACOB That can't be true. JACOB It's like I've already said. DET SANCHEZ Why don't you just tell me again? JACOB I saw him make it to the top, JACOB or at least I thought he made it there safely, JACOB and then I heard him scream JACOB and I saw him come over the side. JACOB I was on the wall frozen trying to process it JACOB because it didn't make any sense. DET SANCHEZ How long did you stay frozen? JACOB Five seconds, five minutes, I don't know. JACOB My first instinct was to climb down, JACOB but then I realized it would take too long. JACOB So I went to the top JACOB and ran down the road for the haulers, JACOB but it didn't matter. JACOB It didn't matter. JACOB He was already dead. DET SANCHEZ The other night you told me you climbed down. DET SANCHEZ In your original statement you said the same. JACOB Did I? DET SANCHEZ Why would you change your story now? DET SANCHEZ Turn around. MARIANNE What are you doing? DET SANCHEZ You're under arrest. DET SANCHEZ I'm arresting you. MARIANNE Wait, what are you doing? MARIANNE What are you, what did you say to him? JACOB Nothing. MARIANNE What are you doing? DET SANCHEZ Ayden didn't die from the fall. DET SANCHEZ He was killed with a weapon DET SANCHEZ and Jacob here just confessed DET SANCHEZ he was at the top of the quarry that day. DET SANCHEZ Get him outta here. MARIANNE Jacob, is this true? DET SANCHEZ Mm-hmm. DET SANCHEZ This Ayden's room? MARIANNE Yes. DET SANCHEZ Where's all his stuff? DET SANCHEZ Check everything. DET SANCHEZ Check under that box right there. MARIANNE Could you please be careful with that? MARIANNE That's expensive. MARIANNE Excuse me? DET SANCHEZ Let me see those. MARIANNE Please put that back. DET SANCHEZ What's that? DET SANCHEZ Get a picture of that. MARIANNE That's Ayden's. DET SANCHEZ Work it up. DET SANCHEZ Priority one. DET SANCHEZ We're also looking for a cell phone. FEMALE DET Right here. DET SANCHEZ What kind of phone did he have? DET SANCHEZ We're gonna find out what kind one way or another. DET SANCHEZ So I need it now. MARIANNE They both had smartphone XGs. DET SANCHEZ Let me see that phone. DET SANCHEZ Bag it up. FEMALE DET Okay. DET SANCHEZ We've got all we need right now DET SANCHEZ but we will be back. DET SANCHEZ Grab that. DET SANCHEZ Let's go. DET SANCHEZ Let's grab those two. Let's go. BAILIFF All rise. BAILIFF Court dismissed. DANIEL Excuse me. Excuse me. DANIEL Hey, did I- MARIANNE Miss it? MARIANNE Yeah. DANIEL So what happened? TARA Well, luckily the judge was able to grant bail. DANIEL For a murder case? MARIANNE He's on house arrest. MARIANNE He has to wear an ankle monitor. MARIANNE They're not just gonna let him walk around MARIANNE and I had to put up the house. DANIEL Is Kyle gonna be okay with him? MARIANNE He and Camilla aren't staying there right now. DANIEL So you're gonna be alone there with Jacob? MARIANNE Yes. DANIEL And you think that's safe? MARIANNE What makes you so certain that he's guilty? DANIEL Why are you so certain he's not? MARIANNE He's the only son I have left. DANIEL And he's the reason for that. MARIANNE DANIEL If you want me to come stay with you, I will. DANIEL All you have to do is ask. MARIANNE He's unbelievable. MARIANNE I mean, why would he say that? MARIANNE Why would he even think that? TARA He just sees the whole thing differently. MARIANNE Differently? MARIANNE He honestly believes that Jacob killed his brother. MARIANNE He didn't. MARIANNE He couldn't. MARIANNE Hello? DR STEINMAN Hi, this is Dr. Steinman DR STEINMAN from the West Side Animal Hospital. MARIANNE Hi. DR STEINMAN Yeah, I was just calling DR STEINMAN to let you know that Princess' ashes are here DR STEINMAN and ready to be picked up. MARIANNE Oh, could you please call Kyle for that? DR STEINMAN Oh, I'm sorry. DR STEINMAN This is the number that was left. MARIANNE You know what? MARIANNE Actually I'll come by in the morning MARIANNE and pick them up. MARIANNE Quick question though. MARIANNE Do you know what happened to her? DR STEINMAN It looks like a wild animal. DR STEINMAN The bite marks and trauma DR STEINMAN are consistent with cases I've seen before. MARIANNE And are you pretty sure about that? DR STEINMAN I'm pretty positive, yeah. DR STEINMAN Why? MARIANNE Nothing. Thank you so much. MARIANNE I will see you in the morning. DR STEINMAN Oh, sounds good. MARIANNE Bye. MARIANNE MARIANNE MARIANNE To my sweet one. MARIANNE I dream of the day we can truly be together. MARIANNE I watch you in the field, MARIANNE your hair glistening in the sun. MARIANNE You drive me crazy. MARIANNE I want you to take me in your big, strong arms MARIANNE and never let me go. MARIANNE xo. MARIANNE You look so hot in that uniform. MARIANNE I will always be your MARIANNE naughty girl. MARIANNE To my handsome man, XO. KYLE Well, it just depends KYLE on if we want to give them that. KYLE Right. KYLE Well... KYLE Hey, could I actually call you back in like 10 minutes? KYLE I just had a client walk in. KYLE Thanks. Okay. MARIANNE I'm a client now? KYLE No, look, KYLE this whole thing is crazy and complicated. KYLE I'm sorry, I didn't... MARIANNE How's Camilla? KYLE Nights are hard. KYLE She's having these nightmares KYLE about Princess and... KYLE Is that her? MARIANNE Yeah. MARIANNE It was a wild animal. MARIANNE Jacob didn't hurt Princess. KYLE She's still gonna blame him KYLE for letting her out that night. MARIANNE So are you still at the hotel? KYLE No. KYLE Look, I don't see how we can move back in KYLE until this whole thing with Jacob gets resolved. KYLE It's probably gonna be a while. MARIANNE Yeah. KYLE I don't like it. KYLE She's my daughter. KYLE I mean, she's gotta be my first priority, you know? MARIANNE And Jacob is mine. KYLE Yeah. MARIANNE Okay. KYLE Yeah. KYLE Hey, wait, wait. KYLE Look, I saw a future in us. KYLE All of us. MARIANNE Me too. MARIANNE This really sucks. KYLE Yeah. KYLE Yeah. MARIANNE So when you find something more permanent, MARIANNE just call and you can come get your stuff. KYLE Okay. CHRIS Jacob, you should have called me back. JACOB You shouldn't have come over. CHRIS Why won't you let me help? JACOB Just go, man. Get outta here. MARIANNE Hi. MARIANNE Can I help you? CHRIS Ms. Davis, I'm Chris Taylor. CHRIS I go to school, CHRIS went to school with Jacob. JACOB You shouldn't be here, Mom. MARIANNE Well, I'm clear about that, MARIANNE but I am curious why you are. CHRIS I feel like everything that's happening CHRIS is because of me. JACOB Do you wanna get kicked outta school too? MARIANNE What are you talking about? CHRIS You didn't tell her? MARIANNE Tell me what? CHRIS Jacob wasn't the one burning the cheat sheets. CHRIS It was me. JACOB What are you doing? CHRIS Burning my cheat sheets. CHRIS I should have never cheated. CHRIS It was stupid. JACOB You were desperate. JACOB It's okay. JACOB We all do stupid stuff when we're desperate. JACOB Someone's coming. COMMANDER GREG All right, who's back here COMMANDER GREG burning something? JACOB Don't worry. JACOB I got this. MARIANNE Thank you so much for coming here and telling me this. CHRIS I wanna help. CHRIS I know he couldn't have done what they're saying. JACOB But what happened at school JACOB has nothing to do with what happened to my brother. JACOB So no reason to get kicked out on my account. MARIANNE But Jacob, don't you see this is a good thing? MARIANNE People need to start seeing you in a more positive light. MARIANNE And if Chris becomes a character witness, MARIANNE then it's only gonna make your case stronger. MARIANNE Especially if this goes on record with the school. CHRIS I'm gonna do it CHRIS and you can't stop me. CHRIS Okay. MARIANNE Thank you. JACOB Mom, I really wish we didn't just do that. MARIANNE And to think for a second MARIANNE I thought you would apologize for lying to me again. JACOB Lying? JACOB I protected him. MARIANNE Jacob, it is always a half truth with you. MARIANNE I mean, why would you not tell me that? MARIANNE I could have argued your case to them. JACOB They wanted to dump me JACOB and you didn't seem like you wanted to talk to me JACOB at that point either. JACOB So I kept my mouth shut to get back here JACOB and show you that I'm not the screw up JACOB everyone thinks I am. MARIANNE I do not think that you're a screw up. JACOB That's right. I'm a killer. MARIANNE Don't say that. MARIANNE And why would you think taking the blame was a good idea? JACOB No reason. MARIANNE No reason. MARIANNE Awesome. MARIANNE Do you know that feels like a lie to me? JACOB I don't care what it feels like. MARIANNE God. MARIANNE Jacob, I want to believe, MARIANNE I wanna trust, MARIANNE I want to do everything in my power to help you. MARIANNE But if you lie to me, MARIANNE I can't trust you. JACOB You can trust me. MARIANNE But you said you didn't make it to the top. JACOB I didn't kill Ayden. JACOB And I'm tired of everyone thinking that I did. JACOB Even you. JACOB I didn't do what they said I did. JACOB I lied because I was 16 and I was scared JACOB and I already knew what people thought of me. JACOB So I thought that if I didn't make it to the top, JACOB people wouldn't blame me for Ayden's death. JACOB It was stupid. JACOB But why would you believe me now? JACOB You didn't before. JACOB That's why you sent me away. MARIANNE No, Jacob, no, that is not why I sent you away. MARIANNE I don't even know why I sent you away MARIANNE and I owe you an apology. MARIANNE I am so sorry. MARIANNE We never should have shipped you off to that school MARIANNE and I should have never let you be sent to that school. JACOB But Dad, right? MARIANNE He was in pain. JACOB I was your son too. I was in pain! JACOB Me... ! JACOB ...me. MARIANNE I'm so sorry. MARIANNE I'm so sorry. MARIANNE I am not gonna make the same mistake twice. MARIANNE I am not gonna let anybody ship you away MARIANNE and I am going to do everything in my power to save you. NATHAN We would've been great that season. NATHAN His back, my arm. NATHAN You still haven't told me why you're here though. MARIANNE I need your help. NATHAN Anything. Yeah. NATHAN You know that. MARIANNE I need to know if anyone had a grudge against Ayden, MARIANNE especially if they were on the baseball team. NATHAN I mean, everyone I know loved Ayden, NATHAN the whole team, the school. NATHAN He wasn't a bully. NATHAN He was a class favorite. NATHAN I mean, yeah, there's not a single person NATHAN I would know that'd have anything against him. NATHAN Except one. NATHAN Look, Mrs. Davis, I know why you're here, I do. NATHAN But I saw Jacob follow Ayden around like he was God. MARIANNE So then you know he couldn't do it. NATHAN Yeah, but at times he would go crazy NATHAN when he lost to Ayden. NATHAN It doesn't matter if it was video games, NATHAN ro-sham-bo or, you know, thumb wars. NATHAN I don't know, Ayden cast a pretty big shadow NATHAN that Jacob just couldn't seem to get past. NATHAN So, I mean, NATHAN I think in the heat of the moment, NATHAN losing to his brother NATHAN could have caused him the lash out again. NATHAN I do. NATHAN I'm sorry. MARIANNE The police think Ayden was killed with a bat. NATHAN I'm sorry, a bat? NATHAN So- MARIANNE Yeah. NATHAN Not the fall. MARIANNE Yes, that means the bat MARIANNE had to be at the top to start with. MARIANNE And neither of the boys carried it up with them. MARIANNE Besides, that would be premeditated, MARIANNE not heat of the moment. MARIANNE Look, I know that Jacob lied about a lot of things, MARIANNE but he is not a killer. MARIANNE So I just need for you to think about it. MARIANNE Anybody you know who had a problem with Ayden, MARIANNE just let me know, that's it? NATHAN Yeah. NATHAN Yeah, I'll do that. MARIANNE Great. NATHAN All right. NATHAN Should I walk you out? MARIANNE Thank you. NATHAN Yeah. NATHAN So I'll keep thinking about it, NATHAN but I'll figure it out. NATHAN Yeah. MARIANNE I appreciate it. NATHAN Mm-hmm. STEPHANIE Hi, Mrs. Davis. MARIANNE Hey, Stephanie. MARIANNE You might wanna swing by the house. MARIANNE I found this letter that you wrote Ayden, MARIANNE a love letter and it was, it was kind of graphic. MARIANNE I thought you might want it. STEPHANIE Wait. STEPHANIE Love letter? STEPHANIE I never wrote Ayden a love letter, STEPHANIE especially one that might be graphic. MARIANNE Oh. STEPHANIE He was cheating on me. MARIANNE No, no, no. MARIANNE He was not cheating on you. STEPHANIE God, I knew it. MARIANNE You knew it? NATHAN Things have changed. NATHAN There's a possibility that somebody else killed Ayden. NATHAN So, if you know of anything just, you know. STEPHANIE I never actually knew it. STEPHANIE I didn't have any evidence. STEPHANIE The last few days before Ayden died, STEPHANIE he was just so different. STEPHANIE He was being secretive and it made me paranoid. NATHAN Why didn't you say anything? STEPHANIE The last time I saw him we got into a huge fight. STEPHANIE He caught me looking through his phone STEPHANIE and he flew off the handle on me STEPHANIE even though I didn't find anything. STEPHANIE My last memories of being with him are just so ugly. MARIANNE I am so sorry. MARIANNE Maybe the letter came from someone else, MARIANNE someone before you, older. MARIANNE But I do know that Ayden did not cheat on you. MARIANNE I know that. STEPHANIE Okay. MARIANNE Okay? STEPHANIE Okay. MARIANNE Thank you. NATHAN Yeah. Drive safe. JACOB Mom, what are you doing? MARIANNE Just going through the past. JACOB Do you need any help with anything? MARIANNE Did you ever see Ayden MARIANNE with another girl besides Stephanie? JACOB No. Why? MARIANNE Because this fell out of one of his yearbooks MARIANNE and Stephanie thinks that he was cheating. MARIANNE So I'm just going through the yearbook MARIANNE and trying to match handwriting MARIANNE and see if I can find a secret crush or something. JACOB He always seemed so into Steph. JACOB They had gotten into a fight JACOB the day we went to the quarry, JACOB but usually he seemed pretty happy with her. MARIANNE And the fight was about MARIANNE her going through his text messages, right? JACOB Yeah. MARIANNE Have you seen his cell phone? JACOB Not after that day. MARIANNE Here. MARIANNE Thanks. JACOB Okay, if there's nothing I can help with, JACOB I'm gonna go watch a movie. TARA Hey, you. TARA So, how's Jacob? MARIANNE MARIANNE I hope that we turned a corner. MARIANNE I feel like I've been so busy MARIANNE trying to prove his innocence, MARIANNE that I'm afraid that I'm gonna destroy MARIANNE my memories of Ayden. TARA How so? MARIANNE Thank you. MARIANNE Well, I found this letter MARIANNE that someone wrote Ayden MARIANNE and it's a love letter and it's kind of graphic. MARIANNE Anyways, I approached Steph about it MARIANNE and she didn't write it. MARIANNE So now she's convinced that Ayden was cheating on her MARIANNE and it's basically destroyed her memories of him MARIANNE and I'm afraid that if I keep digging, MARIANNE I'm gonna do the same thing for myself. TARA No, it won't, not with Ayden. TARA No way. MARIANNE Well, you were around both families MARIANNE when you were dating Nick. MARIANNE Am I crazy to think MARIANNE that maybe he really was cheating on her? TARA Yes, absolutely nuts. TARA Okay? TARA Ayden was a great kid. TARA He was a well adjusted, TARA handsome young man TARA who was gonna be somebody TARA that you and Daniel could always be proud of. TARA He didn't deserve what happened to him, TARA whether it was an accident or something uglier. MARIANNE Thank you. TARA Oh. MARIANNE Thank you for your support. MARIANNE Jacob and I are gonna need it. TARA Well, I can be there for you, TARA but I can't be there for Jacob. MARIANNE What are you, what are you saying? TARA You really need me to list all the reasons? TARA The funeral reception, TARA him disappearing the first night back. TARA I mean, even before Ayden's death TARA there were times he made me feel really uncomfortable. MARIANNE What do you mean? TARA I've caught him staring at me TARA and I always thought, you know, TARA it was just him being a young boy coming into his own, TARA but I mean, there was one time he followed me into a store. MARIANNE Tara, teenagers go shopping too. TARA At Maxie's? TARA It's not exactly your typical teen hangout. MARIANNE Okay, what'd he say? TARA That he was getting a birthday present for you TARA and it was nowhere near your birthday. TARA Did he ever give you this present from Maxie's? MARIANNE I don't remember. TARA I think you do. MARIANNE Why didn't you ever say anything before? TARA Well, I was going to, TARA but then Ayden died and you sent Jacob away. TARA So it just seemed like a non-issue at that point. TARA But now, until I know more TARA about what happened at the quarry, TARA please don't ask me to put my faith in Jacob. TARA I just can't. MARIANNE If you can't put your faith in Jacob, MARIANNE then you don't have any faith in me. MARIANNE None. TARA Marianne. MARIANNE I'm leaving. TARA Marianne. TARA Come on. TARA MARIANNE Hey. JACOB You had a late night last night. JACOB I heard you come in after midnight. MARIANNE I was over at Tara's. JACOB Oh, Tara's. JACOB Why were you there? MARIANNE Just talking about things. JACOB Did she ask about me? MARIANNE Your name came up. JACOB What did she say? MARIANNE What do you mean? JACOB I don't know, is she like team guilty or team not guilty? MARIANNE Jacob, it's not funny. MARIANNE I wish you would take this more seriously. JACOB So, what did she say? MARIANNE I don't want to get into it right now. JACOB I think I have a right to know. JACOB Can you please just sit down? JACOB Tell me. MARIANNE Okay. MARIANNE Apparently before everything happened, MARIANNE she said that you made her feel uncomfortable MARIANNE and that you followed her around. MARIANNE Did you? JACOB No. MARIANNE So you didn't follow her into Maxie's? JACOB I never did that. JACOB That's a lie. She's lying. MARIANNE Then tell me why would she make up such a specific lie? MARIANNE You don't know? JACOB Mm-mm. MARIANNE Look, it's okay if you had a school boy crush on her. MARIANNE You can tell me. TARA I never had a crush on Tara. MARIANNE Okay. JACOB Hey, Mom? MARIANNE Yeah. JACOB Thanks for all this. JACOB I love you. MARIANNE I love you too. MARIANNE She said you made her feel uncomfortable MARIANNE and that you followed her around. MARIANNE Did you? JACOB No. JACOB I didn't follow her. MARIANNE So you didn't follow her into Maxie's? JACOB I never did that. JACOB I never did any of that. JACOB That's a lie. She's lying. MARIANNE Then tell me why she would make up MARIANNE such a specific lie. MARIANNE Why? MARIANNE Jacob, it's okay if you had a school boy crush on her. MARIANNE Jacob, can you get that? MARIANNE Jacob! MARIANNE Thanks for nothing, Jacob. MARIANNE What are you doing here? DET SANCHEZ Where's Jacob? MARIANNE In his room. DET SANCHEZ You sure? MARIANNE Yeah. DET SANCHEZ Because we got a notice his ankle monitor alarm went off. MARIANNE Well, he's in his room. MARIANNE So... DET SANCHEZ Jacob. MARIANNE Excuse me? DET SANCHEZ Jacob. MARIANNE I didn't invite you MARIANNE into my house. DET SANCHEZ It's called probable cause, DET SANCHEZ Mrs. Davis. DET SANCHEZ Which room is Jacob's? Jacob! MARIANNE It's right here. DET SANCHEZ Yeah, he's gone. TARA Jacob, what are you doing? JACOB Why are you lying about me? DANIEL Can you please sit? MARIANNE Can you please leave? MARIANNE I don't even know why you're here. DANIEL He asked me to be here. DANIEL I'd rather be anywhere else, trust me. DET SANCHEZ Put it on speaker. MARIANNE It's my friend. MARIANNE Hey, Tara... NURSE Mrs. Davis, this is the floor nurse NURSE at Valley Hospital calling regarding your friend Tara. MARIANNE What happened? NURSE Apparently Jacob attacked her at her house. NURSE She's in recovery now and wanted us to notify you. MARIANNE Yeah, I'll be right there. DET SANCHEZ Where do you think you're going? MARIANNE To the hospital. MARIANNE My friend just got admitted to the ER. DET SANCHEZ Okay, well we'll have somebody take you. MARIANNE That's not necessary. DANIEL No, you're hiding something. DET SANCHEZ What is it? DET SANCHEZ What is it? MARIANNE Jacob broke into Tara's house and beat her up. DANIEL Jesus. DET SANCHEZ And you were gonna keep that from us? MARIANNE I just wanted to find out MARIANNE the whole story first, that's all. DET SANCHEZ Well I wanna find out the whole story too. MARIANNE Okay, then let's go. MARIANNE Oh my god. TARA It's okay. I'm okay. DET SANCHEZ What happened, ma'am? TARA It was Jacob. TARA He broke into my house. TARA He was so upset. TARA I've seen him mad before, but this was different. TARA This was rage. DET SANCHEZ Why would he attack you? TARA He was afraid I was trying to turn his mother against him. TARA Jacob, what are you doing here? JACOB Why are you lying about me? JACOB She was on my side JACOB until you opened your big fat mouth. TARA Jacob, you're acting crazy. TARA TARA Let go of me! TARA TARA I must have blacked out for a few minutes. TARA When I woke up, he was gone. DET SANCHEZ Any idea where he might have gone? DET SANCHEZ I'm gonna put somebody at your door DET SANCHEZ and at your house once you're released. TARA He won't come back. TARA He did what he needed to do. TARA I'd just be more concerned TARA with anybody else that he might have a grudge with. MARIANNE I am so sorry. MARIANNE Do you want me to go? TARA JACOB Don't! DANIEL Go ahead, son. DANIEL Do it. DANIEL You've already destroyed DANIEL everything I care about in this life. JACOB Will you ever believe that I didn't kill Ayden? DANIEL You can take me out of this world, DANIEL but there is one incontrovertible truth DANIEL that I know to be a fact. DANIEL Ayden isn't here because of you. JACOB DANIEL MARIANNE Is someone here? MARIANNE Jacob! MARIANNE Jacob! MARIANNE Oh, Jacob. Thank God. MARIANNE What are you doing with a gun? JACOB It can all be over, Mom. JACOB It can all end. JACOB You won't have to worry about me anymore. MARIANNE Please don't say that. MARIANNE Give me the gun, okay? JACOB I screwed up, Mom. MARIANNE I know. JACOB You know? MARIANNE Yeah. MARIANNE Tara called me. JACOB I'm sorry. MARIANNE It's okay. MARIANNE Look, she's gonna be okay. MARIANNE She's gonna recover MARIANNE and the hospital's gonna release her soon. JACOB What? JACOB The hospital? MARIANNE Jacob, give me the gun. This isn't the answer. JACOB What does it matter? MARIANNE Please don't say that. JACOB Sanchez is here. MARIANNE Jacob, please let me walk you out to him. MARIANNE I promised you that I would be there for you 'til the end MARIANNE and I will be. JACOB Get rid of him. MARIANNE Give me the gun. JACOB No. MARIANNE Jacob, if I don't open the door, MARIANNE he's gonna know that something is wrong. JACOB Just know I'm not gonna let him take me. MARIANNE Okay. MARIANNE Okay. MARIANNE I'm gonna, I'm gonna go get rid of him. MARIANNE Don't shoot, don't do anything, MARIANNE and I'm gonna get rid of him. MARIANNE What now? DET SANCHEZ Your ex-husband called me. DET SANCHEZ Jacob made off with his weapon. DET SANCHEZ So now I gotta treat him as armed and extremely dangerous. DET SANCHEZ Especially after his assault on your friend. DET SANCHEZ Has he tried to contact you? MARIANNE No. DET SANCHEZ If he does, I will let you know. DET SANCHEZ Also the bat, DET SANCHEZ the one we found in your garage, DET SANCHEZ it was inconclusive as to being the murder weapon. MARIANNE Inconclusive means that Jacob didn't do it? DET SANCHEZ Inconclusive means inconclusive. DET SANCHEZ It doesn't clear your son of anything. DET SANCHEZ But the medical examiner estimates the barrel DET SANCHEZ that fractured Ayden's skull was bigger. DET SANCHEZ Your son could have gotten another bat DET SANCHEZ and one very similar to the one we had DET SANCHEZ and then tossed it. MARIANNE I think that you're looking for the wrong person. MARIANNE I think there's someone else out there. DET SANCHEZ He still assaulted your friend DET SANCHEZ and I need to find him DET SANCHEZ as soon as possible. DET SANCHEZ Maybe then I can worry about another suspect. MARIANNE Okay. MARIANNE Jacob. MARIANNE Jacob. MARIANNE Jacob! MARIANNE Jacob. MARIANNE Oh, Jacob. NATHAN I didn't have to do that this last season though. NATHAN I mean, kind of passed him the torch. STEPHANIE You didn't pass him the torch. STEPHANIE He just got better than you. NATHAN Shut up, Steph. NATHAN Such a girlfriend thing to say, NATHAN Mrs. Davis. NATHAN You should've called, but come in. MARIANNE Thank you. NATHAN So, can I get you anything? MARIANNE Coffee if you have some made already. NATHAN Yeah. NATHAN Yeah. MARIANNE Thanks. NATHAN I want you to know, I, NATHAN I haven't forgotten what you said the other day. NATHAN I really wanna help solve Ayden's death NATHAN and I'm sorry I haven't gotten those names NATHAN over to you yet. MARIANNE Yeah, no problem. NATHAN I've just been brainstorming. NATHAN It takes a bit to remember everybody's names NATHAN and, you know, where they went after high school, NATHAN but I'm working on it. MARIANNE Yeah. NATHAN Stephanie is as well. MARIANNE Great. NATHAN I'm sure we'll come up with a good list. MARIANNE Anything will help. NATHAN We're gonna make it a priority, so. MARIANNE Appreciate it. NATHAN Yeah. NATHAN Let's go outside. MARIANNE Okay. MARIANNE Thank you. MARIANNE Wow. What's all this? NATHAN Coach asked me to help mentor NATHAN some of the younger guys. NATHAN Not nearly as good as we were though. NATHAN And won't ever be. MARIANNE Yeah. MARIANNE I don't mean to be a pain, MARIANNE but could I please get some cream and sugar? NATHAN Yeah, sure. MARIANNE Thanks. MARIANNE Oops. MARIANNE Clumsy me. NATHAN What are you doing? MARIANNE I was just looking through your bats. MARIANNE It's quite a collection. MARIANNE But I didn't see the one MARIANNE that was in the picture at my house. MARIANNE You know, the one that you used in high school? NATHAN Yeah, I don't have it. NATHAN It was stolen. MARIANNE Really? MARIANNE Are there a lot of bat thieves running around? NATHAN I mean, it wasn't just stolen. NATHAN It was actually taken just around Ayden's death. MARIANNE Well that's weird. MARIANNE Did you report it missing? NATHAN A stolen bat? MARIANNE Yeah. NATHAN To the police? MARIANNE Yeah. NATHAN What are you really doing here? NATHAN You weren't just stopping by. MARIANNE Ayden was killed with a bat, MARIANNE one that was bigger than his, MARIANNE and you always used a bigger bat than Ayden. NATHAN Me? MARIANNE Yeah. NATHAN You think I killed Ayden? NATHAN Mrs Davis, I know you're desperate for an answer, NATHAN and you want it to be anybody else except for Jacob, NATHAN but what makes you think that I would kill Ayden? MARIANNE Jealousy. MARIANNE You were the star of the team MARIANNE and then he comes along MARIANNE and he becomes better than you MARIANNE and then he's the star and you don't like it MARIANNE 'cause it's not gonna change. NATHAN Yeah, he was better than me NATHAN and the coaches knew it, NATHAN the team knew it. NATHAN It doesn't mean I'd kill him. NATHAN Going to state with Ayden NATHAN meant more to me than being the star NATHAN and you gotta realize that. NATHAN I loved that kid like a brother. MARIANNE But you knew he was gonna be MARIANNE at the quarry that day, didn't you? NATHAN I'm not keeping tabs on the guy. NATHAN I mean, what do you think, I'm his girlfriend? STEPHANIE Hey, you two. STEPHANIE What's with the looks? MARIANNE You. STEPHANIE Me what? NATHAN No way. STEPHANIE No way what? MARIANNE This was you. STEPHANIE Ms. Davis, why are you looking at me like that? NATHAN She thinks you killed Ayden. MARIANNE You were in a fight MARIANNE and you thought that he was cheating on you MARIANNE and you went through his phone MARIANNE and you could not find any proof of it. MARIANNE But I bet you saw the text messages MARIANNE that they were gonna be at the quarry that day, didn't you? MARIANNE So, so you stole your brother's bat MARIANNE and then you went to swing at him MARIANNE just to show him how serious you were. MARIANNE Maybe you didn't mean to kill him, MARIANNE but you swung at him MARIANNE and you hit him in the head and you killed Ayden! STEPHANIE I did know that they were gonna be there that day, STEPHANIE but I didn't follow or show up STEPHANIE and I definitely didn't kill him. STEPHANIE You wanna know what I did instead? MARIANNE Yes, I do. STEPHANIE I locked myself in my room STEPHANIE deciding whether or not to break up with him. STEPHANIE And I decided to. STEPHANIE I decided to end things. STEPHANIE And then I got the call that he had died STEPHANIE and felt like I had wished his death into existence, STEPHANIE but I wasn't at the quarry STEPHANIE and I definitely didn't hit him with a bat. STEPHANIE So instead of standing there pointing fingers at me, STEPHANIE why aren't you looking for that girl? STEPHANIE You know, the one that wrote the letter? STEPHANIE Why aren't you looking for her? MARIANNE Because there's no names on there MARIANNE and I have been trying to match the handwriting MARIANNE to the yearbooks and I can't find a match. STEPHANIE So, there's no names? MARIANNE No. STEPHANIE Obviously they were trying to keep things a secret. MARIANNE Okay, but the baseball bat, MARIANNE the missing baseball bat cannot be a coincidence. MARIANNE It can't be. NATHAN I'll ask my dad. I'll ask Tara. NATHAN I'll ask the coaches. I'll ask the team. MARIANNE Tara? NATHAN Yeah, Tara. NATHAN My dad's ex-girlfriend. NATHAN I mean, I'm sure if I asked him NATHAN I must have asked her. STEPHANIE And besides, STEPHANIE who even writes a fricking letter? STEPHANIE I mean even like two years ago? STEPHANIE That's something someone your age would do. NATHAN Is everything okay? MARIANNE Can I have that letter back please? NATHAN Yeah. MARIANNE I am so sorry, you guys. MARIANNE I am so sorry for accusing you, MARIANNE but I have to go. NATHAN Where are you going? MARIANNE To see one of my friends. TARA Jacob? TARA Oh my God. JACOB Drive. Oh my God. MARIANNE Is that Jacob? MARIANNE What are they doing? MARIANNE Where are they going? JACOB They'll tell me how sorry they are JACOB but behind my back, JACOB they'll just blame me for Ayden's death. MARIANNE Nobody blames you. JACOB They think I killed him. DET SANCHEZ Your son's lying. MARIANNE About what? DET SANCHEZ About your other son's death. MARIANNE What makes you so certain that he's guilty? DANIEL Why are you so certain he's not? MARIANNE I mean, he was a month away from graduation MARIANNE and something must have happened. DANIEL Yeah, he happened. DANIEL It's what he does. MARIANNE He's the only son I have left. DANIEL And he's the reason for that. MARIANNE DET SANCHEZ So now I gotta treat him DET SANCHEZ as armed and extremely dangerous. MARIANNE Do you know that feels like a lie to me. JACOB I don't care what it feels like. DET SANCHEZ Ayden didn't die from the fall. DET SANCHEZ He was killed with a weapon and Jacob here DET SANCHEZ just confessed he was at the top of the quarry that day. MARIANNE Jacob, is this true? MARIANNE Is this true? MARIANNE Come on. MARIANNE Hurry up! MARIANNE I'm gonna lose them! TARA TARA Where are you taking me? JACOB Shut up. MARIANNE Come on. MARIANNE Where are they? MARIANNE Jacob! JACOB Stop struggling. TARA Jacob, ow! JACOB Don't make me hurt you. TARA You're hurting me! JACOB Let go! Move. MARIANNE Jacob! MARIANNE Jacob. MARIANNE I do not think that you're a screw up. JACOB That's right. I'm a killer. JACOB I'm a killer. I'm a killer. MARIANNE Jacob! JACOB Just keep moving, do you understand? TARA Jacob, I don't wanna go up there, please. MARIANNE But if you lie to me, I can't trust you. JACOB You can trust me. MARIANNE You said you didn't make it to the top. JACOB I didn't kill Ayden JACOB and I'm tired of everyone thinking that I did. TARA Jacob, please. TARA Why are you doing this to me? JACOB I think you know why. MARIANNE Let me walk you out to him right now. MARIANNE Jacob, if I don't open the door MARIANNE he's gonna know that something is wrong. JACOB Just know I'm not gonna let him take me. JACOB I'm not gonna let him take me. JACOB I'm not gonna let him take me. MARIANNE Jacob! TARA Marianne, help! TARA Help! TARA Help, please! Somebody help me! TARA I'm over here! MARIANNE I am not gonna let anybody ship you away MARIANNE and I am going to do everything in my power to save you. JACOB Admit it. TARA How am I supposed to admit something I didn't do, Jacob? MARIANNE Jacob? MARIANNE Jacob. TARA Marianne, please, please talk to your son. JACOB You shouldn't be here. MARIANNE Jacob, you don't have to do this. JACOB You don't know what she's done. MARIANNE I know what she did. MARIANNE She killed Ayden because she was sleeping with him. TARA What? TARA I didn't do that. That's a lie. MARIANNE Are you telling me MARIANNE that you didn't write this? TARA What are you talking about? MARIANNE You were my friend. JACOB Tell her what you did. MARIANNE Jacob, please don't. MARIANNE You don't have to do this. MARIANNE You don't have to become somebody MARIANNE that everybody thinks you already are. MARIANNE You can walk away from this MARIANNE and you can still have a life. MARIANNE Please. JACOB But I'm responsible for Ayden's death. JACOB I'm fixing my mistake. TARA You heard him. TARA He just admitted it. TARA He just said that he's responsible TARA and he's just trying to cover it up by blaming me. JACOB You used me. TARA What? MARIANNE Used? MARIANNE How'd she use you? JACOB That letter you wrote. JACOB It wasn't to Ayden. JACOB It was to me. MARIANNE To you? MARIANNE To my 16 year old son? TARA No, he's, he's lying. TARA He's a liar. TARA He's always been a liar. TARA I never- JACOB Ayden found out about us. AYDEN Look at what I found AYDEN in my little brother's room yesterday. AYDEN His own homemade personal erotica. AYDEN AYDEN Oh, man. AYDEN I can't believe my little bro is finally getting some. TARA Jacob! AYDEN He thinks I'm at dinner with Stephanie AYDEN and that he'll have the house to himself. TARA That feels so good. TARA JACOB He threatened to show the video to you and Dad. JACOB I didn't want that JACOB and Tara definitely didn't want that. TARA Jacob, this isn't good. TARA How could you let this happen? JACOB I didn't know he was gonna be home. JACOB I thought he'd be at dinner with his girlfriend. TARA That's okay. TARA I have an idea. JACOB It was her idea for me to challenge Ayden JACOB to climb the rock face. JACOB A race to the top with the bet being JACOB that when I won, he'd have to keep our secret. JACOB She knew we would be there. JACOB She made me believe that I could beat him. JACOB I believed it so much that I only realized JACOB that she set him up when she lied JACOB about me beating her up in her home. JACOB I never put a hand on you. TARA What are you gonna do? TARA I knew you weren't man enough. JACOB I've done everything to protect you JACOB and you tell my mom I stalked you? TARA Jacob. TARA Come on. TARA Don't you see? TARA If I'm not in your corner that gives us cover. TARA I love you. TARA And you love me too, right? TARA I mean you promised me you're always gonna protect me. TARA Jacob. TARA Come here. TARA Jacob. TARA Jacob. JACOB And because of that lie, JACOB I realized she never believed in me at all. JACOB She counted on the fact JACOB that I would lose and lose badly. JACOB She needed me to lose. JACOB I'm not quitting. AYDEN Fine. AYDEN See you at the top. JACOB She stole the bat from Nathan JACOB and waited at the top. AYDEN Boy, it's nice up here. AYDEN What happened to all that big talk down there? JACOB Shut up. AYDEN You stop for lunch? JACOB Do you ever stop talking? AYDEN Not this time. AYDEN Don't worry, we'll find something you can beat me in. AYDEN AYDEN JACOB And she counted on my guilt to keep me quiet. JACOB She was right. MARIANNE I shared my life with you and this is what you do? MARIANNE You sleep with my son and you kill the other one. TARA Marianne, come on. TARA You can't possibly believe all that. TARA This is just some fairy tale that he's made up. TARA You really think I would sleep with your son? TARA This is just some delusion that he's made up TARA because I rejected his advances. TARA Okay, I knew he had a crush on me, TARA but I didn't know it would turn into this crazy obsession. TARA And nice, Jacob, victim blaming. TARA It wasn't enough that you beat me up. TARA You have to make up this elaborate lie TARA to try and discredit me. JACOB That letter you wrote. TARA The letter. TARA Good luck trying to prove that that was me. TARA Are there, are there names, are there dates? TARA You think handwriting is gonna hold up in court? JACOB You're right. JACOB Maybe they won't believe the letter, JACOB but they'll believe this. JACOB Ayden's old phone. JACOB The one with the video of us together for posterity. JACOB Your face is there in all its glory close up. JACOB Hmm. JACOB Should I just play it for my mom? TARA No. TARA No, Marianne, please, please, please. TARA You have to believe me. TARA I didn't mean for any this to happen, okay? TARA I'm so sorry. MARIANNE So it is true. MARIANNE It's all true? TARA TARA I'm sorry, okay. TARA Nick and I were having problems TARA and Jacob gave me what I needed. TARA He gave me attention. TARA That's all I wanted was just attention. TARA And so at first he would just, TARA he would just listen to me TARA and then it just happened. MARIANNE It doesn't just happen! MARIANNE He was a 16 year old boy! TARA I didn't mean for this to happen, Marianne. TARA I'm sorry! TARA I'm sorry! TARA I'm sorry. TARA JACOB Get up. JACOB Get up! TARA TARA Help me, help me, please! JACOB Mom, don't. MARIANNE What she did to you, MARIANNE you were just a boy MARIANNE and she killed Ayden. JACOB I know. TARA Please, I can't hold on much longer! TARA Please! MARIANNE We could just walk away. MARIANNE We could just leave her. JACOB No. TARA He's right, he's right. TARA Help me up, help me up. MARIANNE Shut up. TARA Please, please! MARIANNE Shut up! JACOB Mom. JACOB I just needed her to admit it. JACOB She's done that. JACOB Now everyone else needs to hear it from her too. JACOB Not just from me, JACOB not just from you, but from her. JACOB She deserves everything she's about to get. JACOB What would Ayden do? TARA No. TARA No, you were gonna let me go. TARA Please just let me die here, please. TARA Let me go. TARA No, you should've just let me die! TARA I'm sorry! TARA JACOB Mom! MARIANNE I don't think Ayden would've minded that. MARIANNE Where did you find his phone? JACOB Oh, this one? JACOB It's not Ayden's phone. JACOB It's my old one. JACOB I don't know where his went. JACOB I needed to get her to confess JACOB and now I have it recorded. JACOB I've always been a pretty good liar. MARIANNE God, I love you. Come here. OFFICER I'll take her to lock up. MARIANNE Did I hit her that hard? JACOB Knocked her out. JACOB Sorry, not sorry, right? DET SANCHEZ Excuse me? JACOB Thanks. DET SANCHEZ Why are you thanking me? DET SANCHEZ I'm the one that was convinced you killed your brother. JACOB You were convinced someone killed him. JACOB You were just trying to do right by him JACOB when nobody else was. JACOB So, thanks. DET SANCHEZ You let me know if you need anything. JACOB Thanks. JACOB I hope I never do. DET SANCHEZ Me too, kid. DET SANCHEZ Me too. DANIEL Hey. DANIEL Hey. DANIEL Think I might be able to give you a ride home? MARIANNE Go ahead. JACOB Yeah, I think so. DANIEL Yeah? DANIEL I'm so sorry. DANIEL I'm so sorry. DANIEL I'm so sorry for doubting you, son. DANIEL Thank you so much for forgiving me. DANIEL Happy birthday, son. JACOB I love you, dad. DANIEL I love you too. MARIANNE Hey, guys. MARIANNE Hey, guys. MARIANNE Cake's ready. MARIANNE Come on for cake. DANIEL We get some cake? MARIANNE Cake, yes. DANIEL All right, let's do it. CHRIS Oh, thank you. DANIEL Thank you. JACOB Yep, finally, a dog that likes me. JACOB Thanks, Mom. JACOB I love you. MARIANNE Oh, I love you too. MARIANNE Let's have cake! BIRTHDAY CROWD HAPPY BIRTHDAY Happy birthday! JACOB Oh my gosh. BIRTHDAY CROWD ? Happy birthday to you ? BIRTHDAY CROWD ? Happy birthday to you ? BIRTHDAY CROWD ? Happy birthday dear Jacob ? BIRTHDAY CROWD ? Happy birthday to you ? BIRTHDAY CROWD