("DON'T LET ME BE MISUNDERSTOOD"
BY NINA SIMONE PLAYING)
Baby, you understand me now ♪
If sometimes you see that I'm mad? ♪
Don't you know no one alive
can always be an angel? ♪
When everything goes
wrong, you see some bad ♪
But, oh, I'm just a soul
whose intentions are good ♪
Oh, Lord, please don't
let me be misunderstood ♪
Doo, doo, doo ♪
Oh, oh-oh-oh baby, I'm just human ♪
Don't you know I have
faults like anyone? ♪
Sometimes, I find myself alone ♪
Regretting some little foolish thing ♪
Some simple thing that I've done ♪
'Cause I'm just a soul
whose intentions are good ♪
Oh, Lord, please don't
let me be misunderstood ♪
Doo, doo ♪
Don't let me be misunderstood ♪
I try so hard ♪
So please don't let
me be misunderstood ♪
-
- (SONG FADES OUT)
(CLOCK TICKING)
(CHAIR CREAKING)
Betty
(DEEP BREATHING)
Wha
What are you doing?
BETTY: I don't want you
to ever see him again.
You can't have him.
CANDY: It's been over for a long time.
Okay, I'm not seeing him.
- I don't want him.
- Well, don't see him again.
CANDY: I'm telling you
I won't.
♪
Well, I think under the circumstances
that I should just bring Alisa home
and drop her off after Bible school.
BETTY: No.
No, I don't wanna see you anymore.
Just keep Alisa.
Take her to the movie.
Because I don't wanna look at you again.
You can bring her home tomorrow.
Sure.
Alisa's suit is on the washer.
(CLANKING)
I'll go get a towel
from the bathroom to
to wrap it in.
(RAGGED BREATHING)
♪
(HEAVY BREATHING)
(GASPS)
Thank you.
Don't forget Alisa's peppermints.
Oh, that's okay.
I'm sure that we have peppermints
at home that I could give her.
She likes ours.
(PLASTIC CRINKLING)
I'll give you these.
(WRAPPERS CRINKLE)
(SIGHS)
Betty
I am so sorry.
(CLOCK CONTINUES TICKING)
(BANG)
(GASPS) Betty
You can't have him.
- (PANTING) Betty
- (BETTY GASPING)
You can't have him.
I'm gonna have another baby.
You can't have him. You can't have him!
- You can't have him!
- Betty! What are you doing?
- (CANDY WHIMPERING)
- (BETTY GASPING)
(BARKING)
- (CLANG)
- What are you doing?
I've gotta k-k*ll you.
Aah! (GASPING)
- (CLANGS)
- (SCREAMS)
(PHONE RINGING)
(MUFFLED YELLING)
(LINE RINGING)
♪
(LINE RINGING)
(LINE RINGING)
(LINE RINGING)
(BLOWING)
(ECHOES, DISTORTS)
(BLOWING, PINWHEEL RATTLING)
(EXHALES)
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
- (KEYS JINGLING)
- (RAGGED BREATHING)
(STARTS ENGINE)
(HEAVY BREATHING)
Target.
♪
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
- (BABY CRYING)
- (RINGING DOORBELL)
(DOGS BARKING)
(MUFFLED PHONE RINGING)
(CRYING, BARKING,
PHONE RINGING CONTINUE)
(RINGS DOORBELL)
(CRYING, BARKING, RINGING CONTINUE)
(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYS)
- ("MY SHARONA" PLAYING ON RADIO)
- Oh! ♪
M-m-m-my Sharona ♪
- (TURNS OFF RADIO)
- (BRAKES SQUEAK)
(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYS)
(MUFFLED GASPING)
(HIGH-PITCHED RINGING)
(PANTING) I I don't want him!
- Don't want him!
- (SPLATTERS)
(CARS HONKING)
(HONKING CONTINUES)
(WHISPERING) Sorry. I'm sorry.
♪
(BRAKES SQUEAK)
- (BRAKES SQUEAK)
- (SHIFTS GEAR)
♪
(SHOWER RUNNING)
(RAGGED SIGH)
(CLICKS TONGUE, WINCES)
(OPENS, CLOSES FAUCET)
(SIGHS)
♪
(DOOR CREAKS)
("QUEEN OF HEARTS" BY
JUICE NEWTON ON RADIO)
Midnight ♪
And I'm a-waitin' on the 12:05 ♪
No No No
Please, please, please,
please, please
(SIGHS, MUTTERING)
You're just a heartache in disguise ♪
Won't you keep my
heart from breakin' ♪
If it's only for a very short time ♪
(SONG GETTING LOUDER)
Playin' with the Queen of Hearts ♪
Knowin' it ain't really smart ♪
The joker ain't the only fool ♪
Who'll do anything for you ♪
Layin' out another lie ♪
Thinkin' about a life of crime ♪
'Cause that's what
I'll have to do ♪
(SHUTS OFF ENGINE, RADIO)
(SIGHS)
(QUIETLY) Nothing's changed.
(MUTTERING)
(SIGHS)
Candy!
Oh, Barbara.
I went to Betty's, and
we just got to talkin',
and I looked at my watch and
thought I had enough time
to go to Target to get
Father's Day cards,
so I drove all the way to Plano.
But when I got to the parking lot,
I realized my watch had
stopped, and so I was late.
I didn't even go in. I'm so upset.
I wanted to see the kids' puppet show.
Aw, and Jenny was just asking about you.
(SIGHS) Well, I'm just gonna
have to make it up to them.
- Candy, where have you been?
- Oh, I'm so upset.
I went to Betty's and,
well, we just got to talkin'
and I thought I had enough time
to go get Father's Day cards at Target.
But when I got there,
I realized my watch had stopped
and that I was late.
I had to get Alisa's
swimsuit from Betty's,
or I wouldn't have been late.
My watch stopped.
We're taking Alisa with us tonight
to see "The Empire Strikes Back."
- Ooh. That's nice.
- CANDY: Yeah.
Oh, well, that reminds me,
I have to go check on the kids.
- All right.
- Bye.
♪
(DOOR OPENS, ECHOES)
(DOOR SHUTS, ECHOES)
(ECHOING SIGH)
KIDS (DISTORTED): Hi, Mom!
Hi, Mom
(QUIET STORE CHATTER)
Mom, I like this one.
"Hats off for a wonderful Father's Day."
That sounds great, honey.
JENNY: "To wish you
a happy Father's Day,
"and then to tell you, too,
there's always lots of love
and pride in every thought of you."
Great.
- JENNY: Come on, come on! Let's go!
- ALISA: Wait!
(LAUGHTER)
♪
- ALISA: Come on, Ms. Candy!
- JENNY: Come on, Mommy!
(SHUTS DRYER, CLICKS KNOBS)
(STARTS DRYER)
Girls, can you get your suits on?
We don't wanna be late
for Alisa's lesson.
(DIALING)
(PHONE RINGING)
- Hello?
- CANDY (ON PHONE): Pat, hi.
We just got back from Bible school.
I need you to make sure you
get enough money at the bank
because Alisa is going
to the movies with us.
- You checked with Betty?
- CANDY: I went to Betty's
to get Alisa's suit,
but we just got to talkin',
and I lost track of time.
And then And then,
I got to the Target,
and I noticed my watch stopped.
And so, I just I missed the
whole Bible school program.
Uh-huh
So, we'll just meet you
at the parking lot
- at 15 to 5!
- (KNOCKING, DOORBELL RINGING)
Uh, somebody's here, honey,
so, uh, we'll meet you there.
- Okay!
- Okay. Uh
(HANGS UP, DIAL TONE)
Bye.
(RELIEVED SIGH)
(SIGHS)
- SHERRY: Hey!
- Hi. I'm so sorry.
The day just got away from me.
- No worries.
- (LAUGHS)
Can I grab it?
What?
- The card table.
- Oh, yes! Yes, of course.
I swear, I don't know
where my head is at.
I got so busy that I even missed
the puppet show. (CHUCKLES)
What's wrong?
Nothing. Nothin'.
I'm just, you know, going in
too many different directions
at once is all.
(SIGHS)
It's Here.
Thanks for the card table!
CANDY: Mm-hmm.
- SHERRY: Talk to you later, baby.
- CANDY: Bye!
PA ANNOUNCER: Welcome to
Dallas International Airport
♪
(LINE RINGING)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(LINE RINGING)
(LINE RINGING)
(PHONE RINGING)
(PHONE RINGING)
- (LINE RINGING)
- (SIGHS)
(LINE RINGING)
(TAKES COINS FROM SLOT)
(CHILDREN CHATTERING)
♪
(MUFFLED POOL CHATTER)
(CHATTER FADES)
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
(INAUDIBLE)
(DRAMATIC CRESCENDO)
(LINE RINGING)
(LINE RINGING)
- (INSECTS CHIRPING)
- (PHONE RINGING)
(DOGS BARKING)
(PHONE RINGING)
(DOGS BARKING)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(DESK BELL DINGS)
Directory assistance,
please, in Wylie, Texas.
- (PHONE RINGING)
- (KIDS CHATTERING)
- Hello.
- ALLAN (ON PHONE): Richard, hi.
This is Allan Gore.
- Hey, Allan.
- I'm sorry to bother you.
I'm out of town,
and I've been trying
to catch Betty all day.
I think the phones must be
out of order or something.
But w-would you mind knocking
on the door over there
just to make sure she's home?
RICHARD (ON PHONE):
Uh, sure I can, uh, run over.
Uh, but Yeah. Hold on a minute.
- I-I'll go check.
- ALLAN: Okay, great. Thank you so much.
(SIGHS)
(INSECTS CHIRPING)
(KNOCKING)
(RINGS DOORBELL)
RICHARD (ON PHONE):
No answer, Allan. She must be out.
Okay.
- Thank you for checking.
- RICHARD: No problem.
- (HANGS UP)
- (DESK BELL DINGS)
♪
ALISA: I really like your mom's lasagna.
JENNY: Thanks! I'll tell her.
- (JUNGLE GYM SQUEAKING)
- (CHATTER, GIGGLING)
- JENNY: Remember that cute turtle I made?
- ALISA: Yeah.
- JENNY: Out of pipe cleaners?
- ALISA: Yeah.
(PHONE RINGING)
- (PICKS UP PHONE)
- CANDY: Hello?
ALLAN (ON PHONE): Candy, this is Allan.
Uh, have you seen Betty?
(LOUD SIGH)
Allan!
Hi, where are ya?
ALLAN: I'm in Minnesota
on a business trip,
but I've been trying to
get ahold of Betty all day,
and she's not answering.
And I thought maybe you
talked to her today.
Yes, I saw her this morning when
I went to get Alisa's swimsuit.
ALLAN: Do you happen to
know if she had any plans?
No
No, but I still have Alisa
'cause there was a-a change
of plans this morning.
Jenny wanted Alisa to
stay over another night
so they could go to the movies, and
Did she seem all right to you?
CANDY (ON PHONE): Yeah!
Yeah, she was fine.
You know, I'd be happy
to go to the house
and check on them for you.
No, that's okay. I-I'll call
the neighbors again.
CANDY: Okay.
Okay, well, just let me know
if there's anything I can do.
- ALLAN: Okay. Thank you.
- Okay.
- Bye.
- Uh-huh. Bye.
(BOTH HANG UP)
- What's going on?
- Oh,
Allan's out of town.
He can't get ahold of Betty,
so he's, he's a bit worried.
(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYS)
COLLEAGUE: I'm sure she's okay.
She could she could
be out with friends.
(SOFT PIANO MUSIC PLAYING)
I'm gonna go call her again,
if you'll excuse me.
(LINE RINGING)
(LINE RINGING)
(PHONE RINGING)
♪
(PHONE RINGING)
ALLAN: Richard, I'm
really sorry about this.
Could you run out back
and look in the garage
to see if her car is there?
RICHARD (ON PHONE):
Yeah. Yeah, just a sec.
ALLAN: Okay. Thanks.
(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING)
(DOGS BARKING)
ALLAN: She never leaves
that garage door open.
Can you please go back over there,
check all the doors
and the garage again,
and, and I want you to get in the house
- any way that you can.
- RICHARD: Hey.
Allan just called.
Yeah, I guess he's calling everybody.
- Yeah, he called me, too.
- He sounded pretty upset.
Said we should get in the
house any way we can.
- (KEYS JINGLE)
- Got my realtor keys.
We can try 'em on all the doors.
♪
(KEYS JINGLE)
(DOOR CREAKS OPEN)
Oh, sh*t. Hey!
- Yeah?
- RICHARD: It's not locked.
What? Lester!
- (DOOR CREAKS)
- RICHARD: Betty?
Betty?
JERRY: Betty?
Betty?
Oh, my God
♪
- JERRY: Oh, my God.
- RICHARD: Oh, my God.
(KNOCKING, OPENS DOOR)
RICHARD: Hello?
(LIGHT SWITCH CLICKS)
There's nothing here.
(HEAVY BREATHING)
(KNOCKING)
(BABY CRYING)
LESTER: The baby.
Hey! Hey!
- Let's, uh, let's get her outta here, huh?
- It's okay. Yes.
- (BABY SCREAMING)
- I'll take her to my house
(CRYING)
Oh, it's okay It's okay It's okay.
It's okay. I got you. I got you.
- I got you
- (BABY QUIETS)
(BABY WHIMPERS)
RICHARD: It's okay
(HEAVY BREATHING)
(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING)
(LIGHT SWITCH CLICKS)
- (LIGHT SWITCH CLICKS)
- (LIGHTS BUZZ)
♪
(GASPS) Oh, God!
(PANTING)
Don't go in there.
Sh-She's dead.
- What? What?!
- She's dead
(DOOR CREAKS)
What
(PHONE RINGING)
- (GASPS)
- (PHONE RINGING)
- Hello?
- This is Allan.
LESTER (ON PHONE): Oh, God.
I have to make a decision.
What? What, what decision? What's wrong?
- LESTER: I don't know
- JERRY: It's okay. Allan?
Yeah, it's, uh, it's Jerry.
What did you find?
JERRY (ON PHONE): Oh, gosh,
it's, it's not good, Allan.
Th-The little one's okay.
- The baby?
- JERRY: Yeah, she's okay.
What about Betty?
- What about Betty?
- JERRY: I'm, I'm so sorry, Allan.
♪
What? What, what, what happened?
I don't know for sure,
but it Oh, God.
It looks like she's been sh*t.
I, I-I'm so sorry, Allan.
I wish there was a better
way to tell you. I do.
(CANDY AND PAT MOANING,
BREATHING HEAVILY)
(PHONE RINGING)
Stop Stop
- You kidding me? (SIGHS)
- Hello?
ALLAN (ON PHONE): Candy,
um, I have some bad news.
Betty's dead.
(SOFTLY) What?
What happened?
ALLAN: It looks like she's
been sh*t, uh, apparently.
The n-neighbors found her.
Oh, my God.
What about Bethany?
We don't even own a g*n.
I don't even own a g*n.
(SOFTLY) I don't know what to say.
ALLAN (ON PHONE): Could you
please keep Alisa for a while
and don't tell her what happened?
I wanna tell her.
Are you gonna be okay?
(RAGGED INHALE) Um
Yeah.
Thanks. I've gotta go.
- (ALLAN HANGS UP)
- (RAGGED SIGH)
(HANGS UP)
♪
(CHOKING SOBS)
(GASPS)
(GASPING)
(SIGHS)
(SIGHS)
(RAGGED BREATHING)
(HEAVY BREATHING)
- (CARS IDLING)
- (QUIET CHATTER)
- (BRAKES SQUEAK)
- (POLICE RADIO CHATTER)
- (DOG BARKING)
- (INDISTINCT CHATTER)
This way, Chief.
♪
(QUIET CHATTER)
Look there.
(CHIEF SIGHS)
Looks like one of them cult deals.
Call the sheriff.
We gotta have backup.
Then call Collin County.
In fact, call everybody.
Whoever did this could be crazy enough
to still be in the neighborhood.
(LOOSENING TIE)
(PICKS UP PHONE)
(DIALING)
(LINE RINGING)
(PHONE RINGING)
This is Chief Abbott.
This is Allan Gore.
ABBOTT (ON PHONE): Mr. Gore.
I'm Chief Abbott of the Wylie PD.
Can you tell me what you know
about what happened here?
I understand that Betty's been sh*t.
That's correct.
ALLAN (ON PHONE): I-I've been
trying to reach her all day.
I left for Saint Paul on
business at about 4:30.
I tried to call her before I left.
She didn't answer, and, um
I kept trying her right up until
the point that they told me
ABBOTT (ON PHONE): I understand.
And do you know anybody else
that could have been
around the house today?
ALLAN: Well, Candy Montgomery.
She's a friend of ours.
She said she came by to pick
up a swimsuit this morning.
- (SIREN WAILS)
- (RADIO CHATTER)
♪
Serious?
The goal to contaminate as
much evidence as possible?
(SIGHS)
Start with the utility room.
Then the bathroom.
It's covered in blood.
♪
(SHUTTER SNAPPING)
(SNAPPING GETTING LOUDER)
(LOUD SHUTTER SNAPS)
(JUICING ORANGES)
(SNIFFLES, SIGHS)
(PHONE RINGING)
Hello?
- ALLAN (ON PHONE): It's Allan.
- (SIGHS)
Uh, my flight doesn't land
till about 10:00 or so.
I'm going to go home first.
Can you keep Alisa till 3:00 or so?
Of course.
ALLAN: And she still doesn't know?
No. No, we've
We've kept her away from the
radio or anything like that.
Okay. Um
I talked to the police last night
and I, I mentioned you were over there,
so they'll probably be calling you.
That's fine.
ALLAN: Okay. I'll call you later. Bye.
- Okay.
- (HANGS UP)
(DIAL TONE)
♪
- (HANGS UP)
- (PHONE RINGS)
- Hello?
- SHERRY (ON PHONE): Have you heard?
Betty Gore's been sh*t.
She's dead!
Um, yes, we heard. Yes.
SHERRY: It's all over the news.
Honey, I have Alisa with us.
I should get off.
Listen, when I get all these
relations out of my house,
I'm gonna come over, and we're
gonna drink a pot of coffee
- and talk.
- That is just what I need.
Thank you, honey.
I'll ring if I hear more.
- (HANGS UP, PHONE RINGS)
- Jesus.
Hello?
It's me, Jo Ann. You heard Betty's dead?
We heard last night,
yeah. It's so awful.
JO ANN (ON PHONE): The police just left.
They say she was m*rder*d with an axe.
- An axe?
- JO ANN: Yeah.
Must have been some very sick person.
♪
- (SHUTTER SNAPS)
- It looks like from the pinky finger.
Probably the victim's.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
- (DOOR SHUTS)
- How we doin'?
It was not premeditated.
The w*apon's too strange,
signs of a struggle everywhere.
- (SHUTTER SNAPS)
- It was a crime of circumstance.
Or sex crime, maybe.
That I can't tell you.
The coroner will have to make that call.
But those footprints in the utility room
do not belong to a man.
- (SHUTTER SNAPS)
- They're too small.
Think a woman did this.
A woman or a kid.
♪
Oh.
(MUFFLED, DISTORTED AIRPORT CHATTER)
(EERIE MUSIC PLAYING)
- (UNDISTORTED CHATTER)
- (INDISTINCT PA ANNOUNCEMENT)
(MUFFLED CHATTER)
♪
(QUIET STREET CHATTER)
(BRAKES SQUEAKING)
REPORTER: He's about to step
out of the, the cab right now,
and this would be the first time
that he has been here after
- (INDISTINCT REPORTING)
- (SHUTTERS SNAPPING)
(SIGHS)
How'd it happen, d*ck?
What all do you know?
(SIGHS) Just that she was sh*t.
(CLOCK TICKING)
Well, that's wrong.
- What happened?
- The w*apon was an axe.
And it was very brutal.
Crime lab was here
until 8:00 this morning.
It was all hell to clean up.
I-I wish there was another
way to say it, to tell you.
(ALLAN SIGHS)
(SIGHS)
- (SIGHS) I wasn't here.
- What?
I wasn't here.
(SIGHS)
Betty
was always afraid when I go,
something would happen.
(SIGHS)
She always said I should be here.
A husband
should be home.
And I wasn't here.
(SIGHS DEEPLY)
(SNIFFLES)
(SIGHS)
(HEAVY BREATHING)
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
(QUIET STREET CHATTER)
CANDY: Come on, sweetie.
Daddy!
- Hi, sweetie.
- Oh, Allan.
Allan. Oh, I'm so sorry.
I'm so sorry.
(CANDY SIGHS)
ALISA: Princess! Cheeto!
Is there anything that,
that we can do for you?
Just, just please don't leave yet.
I'd like for you to be here
when I tell her. I think that'd help.
Of course.
♪
(CANDY SIGHS DEEPLY)
(FRONT DOOR OPENS)
Sweetie, can I talk to you for a minute?
Last night
somebody very bad came into the house
and
cut up Mommy very bad and
Mommy's not coming back.
Understand?
(ALISA CRYING)
(CANDY SNIFFLING)
(SOFT CRYING)
(SNIFFLING, GASPING)
(SOFT CRYING CONTINUES)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
ELAINE: She was damn near
dismembered from what I'm told.
Can you imagine?
BARBARA: That's why I always
say, use the deadbolt.
ELAINE: Like she'd been put
through a Veg-O-Matic.
DON: I'd just finished
seeing "The Shining"
when I got the news,
if you can believe that.
- Talk about bad dreams.
- ELAINE: Did she say
DON: Well, it had to be a drifter.
A w*apon like that
during the day in Wylie?
Now, my bet is probably
either sex criminal
or a burglar caught in the act.
And whoever it is, likely a
thousand miles away by now.
Honey, I'm gonna go speak
to Don for a second.
Okay.
DON: It happened Friday, today's Sunday.
After 48 hours, the odds flop.
Hey, Don.
- Hi, Candy.
- Hi, y'all.
We're just talking about it.
(INHALES DEEPLY) Awful.
(SIGHS) Oh, yes. It is.
Can I speak to you in
private for a second?
- Sure.
- If that's all right. Okay.
Thanks.
Well, I guess you know that
I was there that mornin'.
I was probably the last
one to see her alive.
Well, I doubt the last.
Maybe second to last.
Well, yeah, you know what I mean.
Anyway, I'm supposed to speak
to the police this afternoon,
and is there any reason
that I should be worried?
- What do you mean?
- I don't know.
I was the last one seen at the
scene of the crime and everything,
and those are always the people
they arrest on the TV shows.
Candy, they talk to everybody
in a case like this.
And the way she was chopped up
Whoever did this had to
be a very big man.
Yeah. Yeah. You're right.
- Thanks, Don.
- Sure.
REPORTER: Family and friends of
the Gores continue to gather
(STREET CHATTER)
ELAINE: My deepest sympathies.
I appreciate that.
Bob's got Bethany in the bedroom.
I think they both need a
moment away from all this.
What about this Marriage
Encounter thing?
You and Betty went to that?
We did, yes.
Could it be someone from there?
- I'm hearing it's like a cult.
- I don't
It wasn't anyone from
Marriage Encounter.
It's not a cult.
Why did you two go there?
JO ANN: They're evidently
doing two services.
One here tomorrow and the other
in Norwich on Wednesday.
And get this. Ron will be performing
the ceremony tomorrow.
SHERRY: Ron Adams?
Betty hated him.
I know, but they hadn't officially
rejoined the Wylie Church,
so, technically, Ron
is still her pastor.
- SHERRY: Oh, my God.
- Candy? Candy.
Some of this, uh, food needs
to be put into the freezer.
Um
I'm afraid I can't get myself
to go into that room.
Would you mind taking
it in there for me?
- Yeah, okay.
- Thank you.
♪
(DOGS BARKING)
(BARKING CONTINUES)
(BARKING BECOMES MUFFLED, DISTORTED)
(BARKING CONTINUES)
- Hey! Hey! Stop!
- (BARKING STOPS)
(SIGHS) I'm sorry about those dogs.
Anytime anyone comes in this
room, they bark like that.
I'm, uh, I'm Bertha.
I'm Betty's mother.
Oh, I
I'm so sorry for your loss.
Thank you.
Uh, excuse me.
- (SIGHS)
- (DOGS BARKING)
(MUFFLED SCREAMING)
(SIGHS)
(MUFFLED CHATTER)
"Happy Father's Day, honey.
"It really means a lot to
have a husband like you.
- A lot of time, a lot of frustration."
- (SOFT LAUGH)
"A lot of headaches,
(LAUGHS) a lot of worry,
a lot of fun." (LAUGHS)
That's so great. Thank you.
You're welcome.
Wow. Look at you.
Oh, well, I'm not sure what one
wears to the police station,
- so I figured I might as well look nice.
- (KEYS JINGLE)
You sure you don't want
me to go with you?
Oh, yeah. I'll drive myself.
They said it shouldn't take long.
- PAT: You sure?
- Yeah. I'll be fine.
("SUNDAY GIRL" BY
BLONDIE PLAYING ON RADIO)
I know a girl ♪
From a lonely street ♪
Cold as ice cream,
but still as sweet ♪
Dry your eyes, Sunday Girl ♪
Hey, I saw your guy
with a different girl ♪
- Looks like he's in another world ♪
- (BRAKES SQUEAK)
Run and hide, Sunday Girl ♪
(QUIET POLICE STATION CHATTER)
(QUIET, TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
(MUSIC BUILDING)
OFFICER: Well, let's just
start from the beginning.
CANDY: The beginning would have
been vacation Bible school.
And that would have started
about 9:00 in the morning
with a service ceremony sort of thing,
where, where I told one of my parables.
"The Three Trees."
Would you Would
you like to hear that?
Oh, no. Th-That's okay.
Um, after the ceremony?
After the ceremony, I left
the church around 9:45,
and got to Betty's around 10:00.
What was she doin'?
She'd just put the baby down,
and she was drinking a
cup of coffee, and, uh
sewing something out
of, uh, yellow material.
And she was about to,
um, watch "Phil Donahue."
ABBOTT: So, after you got there?
CANDY: Yes. Um, we got to chattin'
about what to do with the children.
And then, we went and
played with the dogs
'cause they just got a, a new puppy.
And then, I told her about,
um, this new business
that I that I've started
with Sherry Cleckler,
a wallpapering and painting thing.
And, and then I showed
her one of my cards,
and she thought that was cute.
And maybe I can leave
some for you all. (LAUGHS)
- (OFFICER CLEARS THROAT)
- Uh,
after you showed her your business card?
Um
I went into the utility room
to get Alisa's suit,
and Betty went to grab
a towel to wrap it in.
And then she handed me, um,
some peppermint candies
because Alisa doesn't like to
put her head under the water.
And so, she sort of just, uh,
bribes her with the candies.
What did you have on, clothes-wise?
I was wearing a burgundy
blouse and blue jeans.
ABBOTT: What about shoes?
We picked up some
footprints in the hallway,
and we need to screen the prints
for people we know
who were in the house.
I was wearing my blue tennis shoes.
- ABBOTT: Rubber soles?
- Yes.
ABBOTT: Do you have those shoes?
Not with me, but I could
I could get them for you.
How long do you think you
were in there, in total?
About 15 minutes.
And after?
After, I went to Target in Plano
to get Father's Day cards,
but I noticed my watch stopped.
It still said 10:15.
And so, I asked someone
what time it was,
and they said it was 11:10,
meaning I was already
late for the puppet show.
And so, I drove straight to the church
and got there around
11:30 for the luncheon.
And I-I didn't know that
anything was wrong
until about 8:30
when, when Allan called me to tell me
that he was having a hard
time getting ahold of Betty.
(DEEP SIGH)
(LAWNMOWER ROARING)
♪
I'm not saying cancel it altogether.
Just, you know, postpone it some.
Yes, I realize that they
wanna go, and we will.
It's just, you know,
under the circumstances,
it's not the best time to go
to Six Flags, that's all.
(STREET CHATTER)
REPORTER: Not just that she
was a popular school teacher,
but, bear in mind, this is
the first m*rder of any kind
in Wylie in 25 years.
That it was committed with an
axe against an innocent woman
in her own home in a nice neighborhood,
you can understand why this
whole community is on edge.
RON: She was a loving mother,
a loyal wife,
a committed person of faith.
How can a thing like this happen
to a person who is so
needed by her family?
A mother so needed by her children.
A daughter so loved by her parents.
Perhaps there will be
those who look to God
and say that He has some
eternal purpose in all of this.
I cannot accept that.
The notion that God would will
something like this upon anyone.
This was not God's will.
His will has been thwarted
by the actions and behavior of humanity.
Humanity seems too kind a word.
A monster.
When things like this happen,
God's will and purposes then
change to His ultimate will.
This act was unnatural.
It was evil.
♪
ALLAN: I'm sorry, but I feel
like we've been over this.
Well, with me, you have,
but I want these boys
to hear it as well.
But we're trying to be as,
uh, painstaking as possible.
I appreciate that.
How were things with your marriage?
- ALLAN: They were good.
- Yeah? She was secure in it?
ALLAN: Uh
Th-There was a time when she wasn't.
(SIGHS)
You know, we've, um
We, we had our issues,
specifically over the, the travel.
Sh-She battled postpartum depression,
which was a strain,
but things were improving of late.
We'd gone to a church program
called Marriage Encounter,
and, and things were im-improving.
So, you can't think of anybody
that'd wanna hurt your wife?
No. She didn't have any enemies,
or um (CLEARS THROAT)
She wasn't too popular
at her school with her students.
One time, our house was vandalized,
but I can't imagine that.
If I could go back a second.
You said that on Friday evening,
and then again on Saturday,
you had several conversations
with Candy Montgomery?
Yes.
- She told you she was at the house?
- Yes.
What else she tell you?
That Betty seemed fine.
OFFICER: Now, I, I apologize
for having to ask this, but
can you think of a time
where Betty might have had
an affair with another man?
(PHONE RINGING)
(SIGHS)
Yes, in 1971.
We were living in Las Cruces.
It was a time when I was traveling.
She had a one-night stand with
a, a college student there
at New Mexico State.
I don't believe she ever
had another affair
uh, with any other man since then.
Pretty sure about that?
Yes.
You ever had an affair yourself?
No.
OFFICER: Have anything
else you wanna tell us
that could help us in the investigation?
I can't think of anything
at this time. No.
(CLOCK TICKING)
♪
(SIGHS)
(PHONE RINGING)
(INSECTS CHIRPING)
(PHONE RINGING)
Hello?
Chief Abbott? It is Allan Gore calling.
Um, I'm, I'm sorry to disturb you.
I was just calling
to let you know that there was one thing
I was not truthful about.
(GRUNTS) What's that, Allan?
I did have an affair.
Oh.
With Candy Montgomery.
♪
(INSECTS CHIRPING)
♪