Secrets & Surprises: Exposed, Accepted & Acted Upon

Chapter 89

At BPD

Joan: What do you say?

Kevin: Thank you.

Jane: You're welcome. How's your arm feeling?

Kevin: Okay. Kind of wish you guys had better band-aids.

They both laugh.

Jane: Really? Okay. I'll look into that.
What, like-like Spider-man?

Kevin: You ever seen the bacon-shaped ones?

Jane: Bacon? Okay.

They both laugh.

Jane: That sounds cool. Okay. Kev, can you tell me what happened yesterday?

Joan: It's okay. Honey, you're not in trouble. You should tell Sergeant Rizzoli everything, okay?

Kevin: (sighs) The clown said he had a puppy. He said if I guessed how big his feet were, he'd give me the puppy.

Jane: Is that why you got in the car?

Kevin: Yeah.

Joan: Oh, my god.

Jane: But you threw your backpack out the window, though, didn't you?

Kevin: Yeah - Yeah, when I knew something bad was gonna happen.

Jane: That was really, really smart.

Maura knocks on the door.

Jane: Excuse me. Be right back.

Maura: I ran a tox screen, looking for sedatives. Kevin tested positive for valium.

Jane: (sighs) Okay, thanks. (to Kevin) Um, did the clown give you anything to eat or drink?

Kevin: Yeah. He gave me some milk and some cookies.

Joan: Is that why he doesn't remember anything? Was there something in the milk?

Jane: There was valium. Hey. Thank you very much.

Kevin: Thanks for finding me.

Jane: Is it okay if I get a hug?

Kevin: Yeah.

Jane: Okay. Good. Come here.

(sighs)

Jane: You did great.

In the Bullpens Breakroom

Korsak: Okay. Pack up, then. Thanks.
Damn it.

Frost: Ground-penetrating radar team didn't find remains?

Korsak: Searched every inch of Brent Miller's place. Nothing.

Frost: (sits at a table) I've been digging into his background. He worked at his father's car wash while he got his teaching credential, left Boston in August of '88 to take a teaching job in Philadelphia.

Korsak: That would have been after Nick Hamilton's disappearance. Any missing kids or clown sightings in Philly?

Frost: Nope. Miller didn't even have parking tickets.

Korsak: Where did he go for 25 years?

Frost: Flea-hopping from school to school, up and down the East coast.

Korsak: They chased him out.

Frost: I made calls to the schools where he worked. Nobody would talk.

Korsak: Once he was a teacher, he didn't need a clown costume. He had access to all the boys he wanted.

Frost: (scoffs) Put him on indefinite paid leave at his last job.

Korsak: Molestation's hard to prove.
Most boys don't want to testify.

Frost: I'm not sure I would.

Korsak: What's going on between you and Dr.Isles?

Frost: Nothing.

Korsak: You're a bad liar, Frost.

He walks out. Frost sniffs.