April Rain Page #6

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I'm fine - for now.

Oh, yeah, that's hilarious.

You're real funny, Dad.

Listen, I am doing everything

I can to fix this. OK?

I don't think so. I...

I talked to the shrink.

I know what I've got.

No, so, we'll find

another doctor, right?

OK, look... look at you.

You are totally fine right now.

So, you go to your sergeant,

right, you ask for a desk job, you

tell him you want a desk job,

and you coast through the next

eight months, no problem.

Poppy. Poppy.

No, we need to fight this,

Dad. This is not right...

Poppy!

I've been fighting this,

you know?

For a long time.

Ray's been helping me.

I'm just not winning.

Dad...

Like... like I...

I always tell the rookies,

you know, if... if...

if you can't do the job right,

then just don't do it.

If I can accept this,

so can you.

Right?

Right?

- Tell me.

- OK.?

OK, dad.

That's my girl.

That's my girl.

I love you, Dad.

Morningside and Ellesmere.

Got it. Thanks.

Tim Lawton's car just showed up.

Ident's going over it now.

I mean, Maya was smart.

She worked with disturbed people

all the time. Why didn't she see

through this guy?

He had his act down.

I mean, there was no reason

for Maya to doubt that he was

exactly who he said he was...

an antique dealer who thought that

she was attractive and interesting.

This was at the front for you.

Oh, juvenile

psych records on Lawton.

But why go after

Maya at all when he had a girl

locked up in his basement?

Well, someone like Maya might

help him feel normal.

Except he wasn't normal.

Father died when Lawton was 10,

mother worked nights

as a cleaner at a private school

till it closed down in the '80s.

She was investigated for

physical abuse and confinement

of Tim, but committed suicide

before it went to court.

Got some audio here.

Tell me about

"the box," Tim.

Why did your mother put you

in there?

Just,

if I was bad.

I couldn't see if it was light

or dark outside, so I don't know

for how long.

I still dream about it.

Do you think that will stop?

I'd like to help you

make it stop.

Something tells me

she didn't make it stop.

So, Tim Lawton was locked up,

and abused physically

and emotionally

throughout his youth.

He can't have a relationship

unless he's in total control.

It's not about sex;

It's about power.

Now I see it.

Maya.

She liked the broken ones -

like Brendan. Always thought

- she could fix 'em.

- All right, so,

now we've taken away Lawton's

power. What'll that do to him?

He'll be under extreme stress. He'll

need to regain control at any cost.

Which makes him

more dangerous than ever.

Black.

Yeah, just follow at a safe

distance and keep me posted.

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