False Pretenses Page #2

- Honey, talk to me.

- He's gone. He's gone. - Who?

Mitchell.

The transfer was not a mistake.

It was...

He was giving himself

a head start.

The weekend.

What are you talking about?

- Oh, God.

- Rand?

He called for months with no

charge stock...

no charge stock tips.

Never once tried to push

anything on me. Infallible.

Checked him out with his

other clients.

His rate of return on investment

was... it was amazing.

I trusted him.

You know, he was...

he was my friend.

I don't understand, Rand.

He had a once in

a lifetime deal.

I invested a million dollars.

Do we even have that kind

of money?

Rand?

[ Slam ]

No, I leveraged everything I...

took a second on the house,

our savings and my 401K,

it was only $500,000.

So I just borrowed

the rest from the company

reserve fund.

You borrowed?

Oh, it was just sitting there in short

terms CD's, earning next to nothing.

A couple of months I could have

put it all back with interest.

No harm, no felony.

We would have been set,

so freaking set!

But why?

Diane, we're drowning.

Rand, this house,

the cars, your job.

We're not drowning, Rand.

You play in the bigs, you

know, you gotta look the part.

Oh yeah, sure, Nabil,

he pays himself huge.

The rest of us?

This was my chance.

This was our chance.

Why didn't you tell me?

Huh?

Rand?

I wanted you planning parties,

raising our kids,

buying art.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

[ Quiet sobbing ]

Nabil is your friend.

He's your friend.

You were college buddies.

No.

Rand, you borrowed the money.

It's going to be okay.

You borrowed it.

The state opposes bail in this

case your honour.

Given the hundreds of thousands

of dollars involved,

the defendant is a serious

flight risk.

Your honour, my client

is a victim here,

like dozens of others who were

taken in by Mitchell Thompson's

fraudulent investment schemes.

As the court is aware, Mr.

Thompson has disappeared

along with millions of dollars,

but Randall Ackers is here

before you today, taking full

responsibility for his actions.

He's lost five-hundred thousand

dollars of his own money.

He's cooperating fully with the

district attorney and has

already signed over the deed to

his home as partial restitution.

Your honour, I can assure you my

client isn't going anywhere.

He can't afford to.

Bail is set for $150,000.

[ Gavel ]

The rug goes in the rental,

and the big screen TV

and all the other furniture goes

to the consignment house.

Be very careful.

[ Sigh ]

We're going to get through this.

It's only furniture.

Yeah.

I'm going to go do

a quick walk through.

Rand.

We will get through this.

Hmm?

Yeah.

Oh!

Oh, I'll take that. Thanks.

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