The Murder That Brought Us Together// Klance Castle Au

Act 4

ACT FOUR

[ INT. BALLROOM - DAY]

Keith and Lance enter. Staff scurries around the ballroom, clearly in preparation for an event. M.A.D.T. banners are being raised. Wading through the activity is Anne Greene, 30s, an impeccably dressed socialite.

KEITH

There she is. Anne Greene, company's director.

LANCE

She can invade my home any time.

KEITH

Yeah, well, if she's in on it, she's doing it purely for kicks. Textile heiress. No record and clean DMV.

[They cross to her.]

ANNE (to staff)

White centerpieces go on the Angel Tables. Red centerpieces go on Sponsor Tables.

KEITH

Ms. Greene, I'm Detective Kogane and this is--

ANNE

Lance? Lance McClain? I've heard perfectly awful things about you from my friend Cheney.

LANCE

Cheney...

ANNE

Tall, brunette, after-market nose.

LANCE

Cheney! Of course! How is Cheney?

[Keith glares at Lance.]

ANNE

Oh, I hear she's a great scandal in San Moritz.

LANCE

Ahh.

ANNE

And you?

LANCE

Currently between scandals, actually.

ANNE

Oh. You two aren't...?

KEITH

No.

LANCE

Not yet.

KEITH

Never. In fact, um, Lance here is assisting me with a homicide investigation.

ANNE

How exciting.

KEITH

Yes. And it involves your organization.

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[INT. BALLROOM - LATER]

Lance, Keith, and Anne sit at one of the tables.

ANNE

All of our employees go through an extensive background check. I can assure you, none of them are

involved.

KEITH

I'm still gonna need a list of the employees who had access to donor records.

ANNE

Of course... Detective, I'm sure this is all a coincidence.

KEITH

Unfortunately, I'm not. And that's why I'm gonna need a copy of your donor list as well.

ANNE

That may be a problem. The people who give publicly, they're not an issue. But some of our donors cherish their anonymity. We're contractually obligated to protect that.