Jane Doe: The Harder They Fall Page #2

IF IT HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH NUMBERS,

YOU'RE GONNA MESS IT UP.

OH, YEAH? WELL,

THEN HOW COME MY PORTFOLIO'S INCREASED

BY 23% ALREADY?

EASY. YOU ADDED WRONG.

ALL RIGHT, YOU TWO,

GO TO BED.

WHAT?

I THINK THAT'S OUR CUE.

SAY 10 GRAMS OF SUGAR--

PER SERVING.

WHAT COMES TO MIND?

WHOA! THAT GUY'S

KIND OF CREEPY.

BOTH OF THEM.

WELL, LET'S GO FIND

SOMEBODY LESS CREEPY.

WE'RE FOLLOWING A BREAKING

STORY THIS TUESDAY MORNING.

THE OWNER OF THIS MULTIMILLION

DOLLAR BEACHFRONT HOME

WAS FOUND DEAD:

A WATER'S EDGE

JUST AFTER DAWN:

BY A JOGGERS.

THE VICTIM HAS BEEN

IDENTIFIED AS:

THE RECLUSIVE CEO

OF HORNING INTERNATIONAL,

MELVILLE HORNING.

THERE'S NO SIGN

OF FOUL PLAY:

AND THE PULMONARY

CAUSE OF DEATH:

IS LISTED AS:

ACCIDENTAL DROWNING.

IN OTHER NEWS IN THE SOUTHLAND

THIS MORNING, CARL--

HERE YOU GO, FRANK.

THANK YOU.

YOU SAID ON THE PHONE

THAT YOU NEEDED MY HELP.

WHAT'S GOING ON?

WELL, IT'S ABOUT JIM.

I ASKED HIM TO LEAVE.

THE BOOZE AGAIN?

YEAH.

AT LEAST THAT'S WHA I THOUGHT,

UNTIL I TURNED ON

THE NEWS THIS MORNING

AND I HEARD ABOU MELVILLE HORNING.

HORNING. YEAH,

WE WENT OVER THAT IN OUR DAILY BRIEFING.

JIM WAS WORKING FOR HIM.

WELL, YOU KNOW HOW JIM HAS BEEN

STRUGGLING WITH HIS ALCOHOLISM.

RIGHT.

WELL, THE LAST COUPLE YEARS

SINCE HE GOT LET GO OF

FROM THE C.S.A.

IT'S BEEN THE WORST.

I MEAN,

HE'D HAVE A COUPLE MONTHS OF SOBRIETY

AND THEN HE'D STAR DRINKING AGAIN--

YOU KNOW, LOOK, MAGGIE,

I NEVER WANTED HIM FIRED

IN THE FIRST PLACE.

I KNOW, FRANK.

AND I NEVER BLAMED

YOU FOR THAT.

RIGHT.

ANYWAY, AN OLD

NAVY BUDDY OF HIS

GETS HIM THE GIG AS PRIVATE

SECURITY FOR MELVILLE HORNING.

THAT'S A BIG JOB.

THE THING IS--

JIM TOLD ME, SUNDAY MORNING,

THAT HE SAW HORNING FALL

OVERBOARD AND DROWN

SATURDAY NIGHT.

THEY SAID HE WAS DRUNK.

AND THEY FIRED HIM.

AND THEN HORNING

TURNS UP DEAD,

DROWNED, IN FACT.

THAT'S QUITE A COINCIDENCE.

MAYBE I COULD HAVE CATHY

HELP ME OUT ON THIS ONE.

THOSE TWO USED TO BE PARTNERS.

CATHY DAVIS?

YEAH.

SHE STILL WORKS WITH YOU?

YEAH, WELL...

I GUESS YOU CAN SAY

I KIND OF...

DRAGGED HER BACK IN.

TELL YOU WHAT.

LET ME SEE WHAT I CAN DO.

OK?

AHH! UNI.

UH, SURPRISE.

[DOOR SLAMS]

HI, MOM.

HEY, DON'T SLAM

THE DOOR SO HARD.

- HEY.

- HI.

HI.

HEY, WAIT, WAIT,

SUSAN, COME HERE.

WHAT'S WRONG?

ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?

SHE WON'T TELL

ME WHAT'S WRONG.

IS IT BOY TROUBLE? WHAT--

MY FANTASY:

STOCK PORTFOLIO.

IT CRASHED,

'CAUSE THE STUPID HEAD

OF STUPID HORNING FOODS DIED

AND NOW THE STUPID STOCK

IS WORTHLESS.

WELL, AT LEAST IT'S

A FANTASY PORTFOLIO.

I GUESS.

HONEY--

[TELEPHONE RINGS]

HI.

HOW ARE YOU?

IT'S FOR YOU.

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