Pentatonix: Murder House

Twenty-Nine

Mike was digging a hole in this backyard, when the same investigator from earlier walked in the yard.

"Dr.Grassi!" He yells as he walks past the large trees and bushes.

He looks at what he was doing and started to get suspicious.

"It's a little late to be planting isn't it?" The investigator asks.

"What can I help you with?" Mike asks.

"We found Candice Lambert. She had something of yours on her person." He says and pulls Mike's tape recorder out of his pocket.

Mike looks at him terrified as he doesn't know how Candice got it.

"Candice was admitted to University hospital two days ago. Failed suicide attempt. Found in a hotel downtown. She took one too many pills and put herself in a coma." The officer explains.

Mike sighs in relief that they found he, but he can't help but think of the ways he could've stopped this from happening.

All the red flags he missed during their session together just two days ago.

"She was brought in without an ID, which is why it took a while to find her in the system. Could've saved a lot of people a lot of trouble if you would have just told us." The officer says.

"I'm bound under Doctor-Patient confidentiality." Mike says.

The officer just looks at him as he doesn't believe in that stuff.

"Who you trying to protect, Doc? Candice Lambert or you?"

The officer players the recording from the session a few days earlier so Mike could hear it.

"You're worse than my husband! I'm paying you to help me through the crisis! The least you can do is pretend to be interested! I'm in pain!" Candice yells at Mike as he stares into space not listening.

Candice starts to get more frustrated as Mike keeps ignoring her.

"I'm in pain! What do I have to do to get your attention!? Kill my self!?" Candice yells

Mike drifts in and out of it as he can't seem to focus on much of anything at the moment.

It's like something g has taken over his mind and body.

Candice gets up and grabs a letter opener from Mike desk and cuts herself.

Mike quickly snaps out of his daze and rushes over to her.

"Stop!" He yells grabbing her arms.

"Finally I got a rise! Now I know what I have to do!" She cries and leaves his office.

The officer shuts off the tape recorder and looks back to Mike for answers.

"I didn't do anything." Mike says.

He just stares at Mike no believing what he's saying.

"You heard it on the tape. She did it herself." Mike continues.

"Right." The officer says and sets down the tape recorder.

He slides the tape recorder over to Mike and just looks at him.

"It's not a crime to be an asshole."

The officer then gets up to walk away, while Mike just stares at him with nothing else to say.

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Nel goes out to look at apartments for her and her family to stay in for the time being so they can get out of that horrible house and away from It's history.