ACT FIVE
[INT. PRECINCT, INTERROGATION ROOM - DAY]
Lee Wax and Keith sit across from each other. Lance leans against the wall.
LEE
Murder? Are you people crazy?
KEITH
I have an eyewitness who can place you at the SRO where Cynthia's body was found.
LANCE
You had motive, means, and opportunity.
LEE (scoffs)
Please. Only a novelist could come up with a twist this absurd.
LANCE
Not as absurd as killing a woman to salvage your story. Drowning her in motor oil gave you just the ending you needed.
LEE (scoffs)
I'm a true crime writer, so I don't have your talent for fiction.
KEITH
We know your publisher wanted to dump your contract.
LEE
Because I told them that I thought Cynthia was lying.
KEITH
So, you didn't believe her remorse was genuine?
LEE
When Cynthia cried, it was for herself. She wanted to cash in and keep herself out of jail, that's it.
KEITH
Well, she must have felt some responsibility for what happened. After all, she sent the Pikes money year after year.
LEE
What money?
LANCE
Every month since the bombing, the Pikes have been receiving money, courtesy of Cynthia Dern. Only, there's nothing about that in your notes.
LEE
Because she never told me. Are you sure?
KEITH
We're sure.
LEE
Look, the Tuesday that Cynthia was killed, I was out to dinner with my publisher until after midnight. So, I couldn't have killed her.
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[INT. PRECINCT, BULLPEN - NIGHT]
Keith is on his computer as Lance stands nearby, studying the murder board plastered with Cynthia Dern notes, clippings, and photos.
LANCE
Remind me if I ever decide to write a memoir, to never write a memoir.
KEITH
Okay.
[A long moment while he waits for him to ask, "Why not?" Keith sighs; gives in.]
KEITH (CONT'D)
Why not?
LANCE
Because memoirs are about the truth, and I'm not a very truthful person. It'd be too easy to make myself look good.
KEITH
Might be harder than you think.
LANCE
Maybe. But I would sure start with the most generous thing I ever did.
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The Murder That Brought Us Together// Klance Castle Au
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