The Murder That Brought Us Together// Klance Castle Au

Act 4

ACT FOUR

[INT. PRECINCT, INTERROGATION - DAY]

Keith and Lance enter where Elizabeth Forte, 40, professional, waits.

KEITH

Mrs. Forte, I'm Detective Kogane. This is Lance McClain.

ELIZABETH

Why am I here?

KEITH

Does the name Samuel Cavanaugh ring a bell?

ELIZABETH

What about him?

KEITH

We found the body of his wife, Melanie. From the looks of it, she was killed somewhere around the time the two of you were having an affair.

ELIZABETH

I'm afraid I don't know what you mean.

KEITH

Do you really want me to start digging around in your life, Ms. Forte? Because that's exactly what I will do. I'll go through your old phone records, your credit card statements. I'll even talk to your husband if I have to.

ELIZABETH

Please. Please don't do that. Gary doesn't know anything about it.

LANCE

Just walk us through what you know.

ELIZABETH

I met Sam when I got transferred to the downtown branch. He was in new accounts. We were both pretty unhappy at the time.

KEITH

How long was the affair?

ELIZABETH

Not long. Six months.

LANCE

Why did it end?

ELIZABETH

I realized I loved my husband.

LANCE (scoffs)

Please. No one ends an affair because they realize they're still in love. They end an affair because they're scared. Scared of taking it to the next level, scared of being found out, scared of ruining their life. So, tell us, Elizabeth, what were you scared of?

ELIZABETH

Him. I was scared of Sam.

KEITH

Why?

ELIZABETH

He started to ask me what I would do if he wasn't with his wife, if she wasn't in the picture anymore.

KEITH

And when was that?

ELIZABETH

A few weeks before she disappeared. When I found out she was missing, I broke things off. He became angry. It got so bad that I had to transfer to another branch.

KEITH

Y-- (scoffs). I'm sorry. You had to, uh... Five years, Mrs. Forte. Five whole years and you never came forward.

ELIZABETH

What's it matter if Sam killed Melanie? He's dead. They're both dead. What's it matter anymore?

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[INT. PRECINCT, BULLPEN - NIGHT]

Keith looks at the murder board. A Post-it that says "Affair" sits atop a photo of Elizabeth Forte. Pictures of Kevin Henson, and Melanie also clutter the board, along with other notes... "Freezer", "Philadelphia", "Drugs?" He studies the board puzzled. In the center is a photo of Sam.