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You lied to me last night.

If someone had driven my car, I can't explain it.

I'll talk with a deaf policeman if you can find one.

But I'm finished talking with this stupid hearing cop.

Stay right where you are, little lady, or I'm going to cut your pretty little

throat and leave you to bleed to death all over the floor.

Help. Call 911, give the address, and tell them an officer needs help.

Nasty business.

Well, it's my lunch hour.

So, three little kittens, they lost their

mittens. And they began to cry.

Oh, Mother, here.

Here.

We have lost our mittens.

Lost your mittens. Trevor, look at me.

This word?

That's right, but I didn't hear you speak the word help.

Can you say it?

Help.

That's right.

Good. I help you.

You help me.

Help.

Hey, could I see you out in the hall a moment, please? It's an emergency.

Sure. I'll be right back.

Katie,

this is Sergeant Hunter. I understand you're an interpreter.

Yes, I am.

A deaf man has been stabbed. He's been trying to tell us something. We need

somebody right away.

Go ahead. I'll cover for you.

I'm a police officer, Miss. This woman is an interpreter.

Oh. Sir.

Sir, someone's here to talk to you now.

Just a moment. House burned down.

No Iron Man.

Michael! There.

Move back, please.

Baby's 90 over 60 and dropping. His pulse is 120 and his respiration is 20.

him to stand up.

Okay, Ambrose, thanks very much.

Yeah.

We'll be here until he gets out of surgery.

Thank you.

Code blue to west.

Code blue to west.

Well, the only major fire reported was the stable in Will Rogers Park.

He very clearly said house burned down. No Iron Man there.

Are you sure about that? I mean, his hands were so badly cut up. He

fingerspelled each word.

H -O -U -S -E.

See, there's just no confusing it.

It's simply out of context. We just came in at the end of what he was trying to

say.

Sergeant Hunter?

Yes.

I'm sorry.

Two of the chest wounds were inoperable, and he had lost too much blood.

Now, judging from the size of the wound, it was a big knife, a hunting knife,

maybe. I'm surprised he hung on as long as he did.

But thanks very much. I appreciate it.

Thank you.

You all right?

Yeah, I'm fine.

Let's get back to the scene. There'll be a patrolman there to take you back to

your chair.

You were good in there. I appreciate that.

Thanks.

A little young for a schoolteacher, aren't you?

Oh, yeah?

Yeah.

How old are you? 19.

And I'm not a teacher yet.

I'm an assistant.

I'm still in school.

It'll be a couple years before I get my credential.

How'd you learn about signing?

I grew up with it. My mother and father are deaf.

So how old are you?

Old.

We found him over there, but considering the severity of his wounds, there's not

enough blood for that to be the site of the murder.

His body was probably thrown from the car.

Probably.

Nasty business.

How you doing? Pretty good.

Katie Wilkins, Sergeant McCall.

She's acting as interpreter on this case.

Hi. Hi.

Did you get anything from the victim?

No, he passed away before we could talk with him. You got anything here?

Well, we found this guy's wallet. It's got cash in it, credit cards, I .D., so

it wasn't a mugging. We also got his home phone number off of his medical

emergency card.

Finn's been calling, trying to contact his wife, but there doesn't seem to be

anyone home.

May I ask you that?

Sure.

Well, this is a TDD number.

TDD?

Stands for Telecommunication Device for the Deaf.

It's like a printer that works over the phone line.

Can't get through unless you have another one.

His wife must be deaf, too. Would you mind coming along and talking with her?

Sure.

Hiya, McCall.

Hiya, Charlie.

I hear the victim is Noah Hasbrook, is that right? Yes, it is. Do you know him?

No, but I've been reading his stuff for 20 years. He's an authority on the Old

Western. We got anything?

You can check with McCall on that.

Talk to you later. Come on.

I don't know why, but somehow this isn't what I expected.

What a beautiful car.

Hello, I'm Sergeant Hunter, Metropolitan Police.

Is Miss Hasbrook in?

I'm Mrs. Hasbrook.

May we come in, please?

Something wrong?

Is Noah all right?

Mrs. Hasbrook, I...

I regret to inform you that your husband is dead.

Someone's at the door.

Is she expecting somebody?

No.

Hello. I'm Sergeant Hunter. Mr. Paul's the homicide.

What's wrong? Where's Noah?

Who are you?

I'm Brad Lindquist. I'm Noah's tax attorney.

I'm afraid Noah's dead.

What? We were going to go over his portfolio tonight.

Where's Mrs. Hasbrook?

She's in the living room. Come on in.

I am very, very sorry about

Noah. I wish I were a better signer.

Noah taught me a few things, but it was mostly business.

Rebecca, if you need anything, call

me.

If you need to talk to me, you can reach me here.

Ask her if she feels like answering a question.

Rebecca, do you have any idea at all of anybody that would want to harm Noah?

No.

Noah was the nicest man.

I can't think of anyone who would want to hurt him. When was the last time you

saw him?

This morning, before he left for work.

And then later, he called me from the plant.

The plant? I was under the impression that he was a writer.

No, he owned a printing plant.

Writing was his hobby.

What did you talk about when you spoke with him?

That he was having lunch with a friend, and he'd be home late.

He was working on a project.

He spent a lot of time on it. What kind of project?

I asked him, but he wouldn't tell me.

Who was he having lunch with?

Todd Montgomery.

He's also hearing impaired.

He's been a good friend of Noah's since they were kids.

He has a gallery on Melrose.

Has anybody else called here today?

No.

Kit would have come and got me if he heard the phone.

He's a hearing ear dog.

So you've been here all alone since this afternoon?

Yes. Is that your Aston Martin out in the driveway?

Yes.

Call 911, give the address, and tell them an officer will need to tell them.

Oh,

my

God.

Gunshot.

The dog's going to be just fine.

Rebecca, your husband said something to us in the hospital that we didn't quite

understand. Maybe you could help us with it.

He said, house burned down, no Iron Man there.

We had a cabin in the mountains at Arrowhead.

It burned down last November. The police suspected arson.

But I don't know what Iron Man could mean.

Well, thank you, Rebecca.

Good night.

Maybe somebody should stay with her.

No, she'll be all right.

I think she's lying to us.

What?

Well, she said she spent the entire day here by herself, alone.

But when we got here, the hood of her car was worn.

Why didn't you ask her about it?

See what she does.

I can't believe she would do that.

She also said that Noah wasn't due home till late in the evening.

When Lindquist got here, he was here to help him work on his taxes. Now, I

wonder who's lying about that.

Let's get going. You free tomorrow?

Well, yeah. I mean, tomorrow's Saturday.

Uh -huh. Good.

in 30 minutes.

Noah and I ran this place together for 26 years.

I just can't believe it.

You think Rebecca's going to inherit his side of the business?

Yeah, but I've got an option to buy it from her.

It's a normal partnership agreement.

But don't worry about Rebecca. She'll do just fine.

The house, the cash, very nice portfolio of securities.

She won't have to worry about paying the bills.

Gary! Tell Martin I want to see him in my office.

You don't like Rebecca very much, do you?

No.

I never trusted her motive.

She was a very attractive woman, 22, 23 years old.

No, I was 61.

Have some nice pizza, dear.

Thank you, ma 'am.

I'm looking for Todd Montgomery.

Well, now, he just stepped out for a bit, but I'm expecting him back any

Is there something I could do to help you, officer?

No, I guess I'll just look around.

I'll wait for him. Thanks.

All righty.

Powerful, ain't it?

Name's Travis Becker. I'm keeping an eye out front for time. And you are?

Dee Dee McCall.

Yeah, it's very dramatic.

Ain't that the truth?

I got a couple of paintings hanging in the gallery in my cell. Of course,

they're nothing like these Cantrells.

These are Cantrells? That's a fact.

The lost Cantrells.

These are the first Cantrells found painted before 1880.

Some old codger found them.

In his attic.

So nailed him up to his living room wall.

For about 30 years, he's eaten pork and beans out of tin cans, using paintings

worth about a million bucks each just to keep the wind out of the cracks.

Are you kidding? These are worth a million dollars apiece? That's a fact.

You, uh, care to go on a little tour?

Yeah. Mr. Cald, you have any idea at all who might want to kill Noah?

You mean, uh, Sergeant Rebecca?

Albert maybe leeched off Noah for years until Rebecca put a stop to it.

Albert came into the plan about a month ago asking for more money.

Noah wouldn't give it to him. He went berserk. Had a couple of guys thrown

We'll kind of find him.

Sorry. I don't know. But you should check out Rebecca's ex -boyfriend, too.

Austin McKay. Real hot -headed death kid.

A militant has helped. He thinks Noah stole his girl. He even threatened him

one.

Oh, really?

Did Noah report this to the authorities?

He wouldn't do it. Noah's a real push guy.

You want to talk to me, Sam?

Yeah, I told the sergeant about it last night. The security guard heard somebody

trying to break in around 2 .30 in the morning.

The guy heard Peter's coming. He ran off.

Did Peter stay with this guy, LeBron?

No, but he'll be back on duty at 3 o 'clock if you want to talk to him.

Yeah, maybe I'll do that at that.

Is that all pronounced out?

No, actually.

Where were you yesterday between two and three?

Very good, Sergeant.

Go ahead, Martin.

Well, he was around here all afternoon.

Out on the floor?

Oh, out on the floor.

Always suspect everybody.

Dickens said that.

Smart man, Dickens.

I guess most of this stuff here is about a thousand years old.

And that's the problem with the art business.

By the time you're rich and famous, you're also dead.

Isn't that the truth?

Oh.

Uh, Todd, this pretty young lady here is Dee Dee McCall.

Oh, yes.

I should came from Rebecca.

You know, I must have misunderstood. I thought you were deaf.

Yes. I lost my hearing when I was three.

And I re -lived.

Well, that's great. Then we won't need an interpreter, will we?

L -56, L -56, come in, please.

L -56, come in, please.

Lincoln 5 -6, go.

Roger, TAC -2. What do you got, McCall?

You're not going to need an interpreter here.

Montgomery can talk and he can read lips.

Okay, then I'm going to ride out and see Rebecca's ex -boyfriend, Austin McKay.

All right, I'll talk to you later.

I wish there was something I could tell you.

Nora was here yesterday.

We had lunch across the street, and he left.

Did he happen to mention a special project that he was working on?

Yes, he did.

I wanted him to tell me about it, but he wouldn't. It was strange.

He added there was something in there not to talk about it.

Do you have any idea who may have wanted him dead?

There must be someone, but there's no one.

I have to ask you where you were yesterday between 2 and 3.

I was with Travis Baker.

I got some of his paintings for the opening tomorrow night.

Before Hasbrook died, he said house burned down, no Iron Man there.

Do you have any idea what that might have meant?

I'll find out.

No one's there.

No Iron Man there.

Can he say anything else?

Well, yes, he signed a lot, but unfortunately,

my partner didn't get there in time.

Sergeant Hunter, Metropolitan Homicide.

Are you Austin McCabe?

I'd like to ask you a couple of questions, if that's okay with you.

I'm busy.

I'm expecting someone.

Maybe another time.

Tell him this is a homicide investigation.

He can either talk to us here, or he can go downtown with us and talk to us

there.

Whatever he wants to do.

He said something about a murder investigation.

Who was murdered?

Noah Hasbro.

I'm glad he's dead.

But what's that got to do with me?

Didn't you threaten his life at one time?

I told him to get the hell away from Rebecca.

If that's what you mean.

I could have given her something.

Children, a family.

All Hasbro could offer her was money.

Where were you from 1 o 'clock yesterday on?

He forgets. He forgets.

Cute boy.

I'm watching him for my sister.

I'm not going to answer any more questions.

I'll talk with a deaf policeman if you can find one.

I'm finished talking with this stupid hearing cop.

You tell him he's a prime suspect in a murder investigation. I will be back.

What happened to all the signing?

He didn't want to talk to you. If he had seen me voicing the words, he would

have stopped.

So what did he say?

That he was here all day yesterday, painting, alone.

Why didn't he just tell me that? Why all the hostility?

Maybe he resents hearing people, feels discriminated against.

My father's kind of like that.

It's a tough thing to live with sometimes.

Maybe that's why Rebecca left him and married Noah Hasbrook.

Or maybe she just opted for Beverly Hills.

Are you always so cynical?

Quite often. Helps me solve crimes.

What did he tear up there?

It's a picture of him and Rebecca.

You know what I think his real problem is?

Yeah, he's still in love with Rebecca.

Which makes him my number one suspect.

L -56, L -56, come in, please. I have Lieutenant Finn on tap, too.

Lincoln, 5 -6, go.

Hunter, I got the address you asked for on Albert Hasbrook.

He lives in Venice at 1087... Mr. Del Mar.

I know exactly where that is, Ambrose. Thanks very much. Lincoln 56, out.

That's a couple of minutes' drive from here. Mind if we go by there first

I take you home? No, not at all.

Good.

Wait a minute, just a second.

I want you to stay here.

When I get out, lock the doors and all the windows.

Don't worry about me.

I don't worry about you. I worry about the neighborhood.

Can I get through here?

What the hell do you think you're doing?

Sergeant Hunter?

Oh, my God.

Thank God you're alive.

I thought I told you to wait in the car.

We've got to get you to a hospital.

Forget about that.

Did you see a man running out of here?

Yeah, a fat man with gray hair.

Jumped in a car and took off.

He wouldn't happen to remember his license. It's 1 -P -E -O -3 -1 -8.

Good girl.

I'm giving you full responsibility of remembering that number.

Here's the ticket to Arrowhead Lake.

Made out to Albert Hasbrook. He left November 10th and came back on November

11th.

Not a very long trip, was it?

However long enough to commit arson.

Look at that.

There's a picture of Rebecca.

That's him.

That's the guy I saw run out of here.

I assume that's Albert Hasbrook.

Can you tell where they are?

It looks like where they found Noah's body.

That's Albert.

When was this photograph taken?

Last summer, by my husband.

Noah always hoped that Albert and I would go to like each other, but we

I'm not surprised that Albert was in Arrowhead when the cabin burned down.

I always suspected him.

But for my husband's sake.

I didn't think so.

When was the last time that Albert saw Noah?

I don't know.

Rebecca, why should I believe you?

I don't understand.

You lied to me last night.

Lied?

What are you talking about?

You said you hadn't left the house the entire day.

That's right.

But... The hood of your car was very warm when we got here.

You must be mistaken.

I'm not mistaken.

As I told you yesterday, I was out back in my studio.

If someone had driven my car, I can't explain it.

Calm down, baby. I told you it would be all right. Come on, not again. How much

did you think I could take?

So you were just playing with my head, is that it?

You know, we got a word for women like you.

Here, let me write it down.

You're still in love with that loser Austin McCabe, huh?

You can understand me. You can read my lips.

I'll tell you what. Let me help you forget McCabe, huh?

was registered to an Albert Hasbrook, Charlie.

We've got an APB out on him, but we don't have anything yet.

His rap sheet shows a 1984 extortion charge, but they were dropped.

What about the break -in at that printing plant? You got anything on

The security guard at the dead end, he didn't even get a good look at the guy's

face. I mean, he couldn't even give me a general description.

But Herb was definitely trying to break into Hasbrook's office. So I went in and

I found these notes in a locked drawer.

This is unreadable.

What is it, some kind of personal shorthand? I think I should be able to

decipher it if I just have a little time. I don't know, you know, maybe

notes have something to do with that special project that Noah was working

Do you have any idea what that project was about?

Well, I think it had something to do with those paintings down at Montgomery

Gallery, the Lost Cantrells.

Did you talk to Todd Montgomery about this?

Well, I tried to reach him at his office and his home.

Couldn't find him.

So go see him first thing in the morning.

You better get down there in the morning.

Yeah.

Want me to go with you?

Sergeant McCall, I have Lieutenant Finn on the line for you. Go ahead.

We need a search warrant for 740 Melrose and a locksmith at the same address.

You got cause?

Yeah, Montgomery's missing. He hasn't been seen at his home or his gallery

yesterday. Okay, McCall.

Thanks, Ambrose.

Good morning, folks.

How are we doing today?

Well, not so good, Travis.

Travis is my partner, Sergeant Hunter.

Howdy. How are you doing? Good. We're looking for Montgomery.

He hasn't been seen. Do you have any idea where he is?

Any inside?

No, not at home either.

Well, that ain't like old Todd to be late.

That boy usually gets up as the cock crows.

Let's take a look.

Don't worry about it. I got a key.

I was just helping Todd out until my opening tonight.

And I was going to head on back to Albuquerque.

When's the last time you saw Todd?

Yesterday afternoon when he was locking up.

He seemed real depressed. I just figured it was about his friend and all.

Yeah.

Did you ever meet Noah Hasbrook?

Yeah, sure.

He used to come around all the time.

He and Todd were real close.

Noah Hasbrook had been acting strange lately. Apparently he was working on

sort of a secret project or something.

Have you any idea what that might have been?

I don't know.

Like what?

Well, we don't know for sure, but we think that it might have something to do

with these Cantrell paintings.

Well, I'll tell you, those Cantrells are the biggest thing that come along here

since I can remember.

Wouldn't surprise me at all if Hasbrook was writing something about them. Excuse

me. Barney seems to think Montgomery was stabbed the same night he killed

Hasbro. I don't believe this is happening.

Well, hold the fort down here and we'll talk to Miss Hasbro.

If you have an alibi for yesterday, I suggest you use it. Otherwise, I'm going

to have to take you in on suspicion of murder.

I was with Brad Lindquist.

Where?

The Beverly Palms Motel.

Nothing happened.

I couldn't go through with it.

It was the first time I ever did anything like that.

My husband was the kindest man I ever met.

He loved me.

But... What time was that meeting with Lindquist?

One o 'clock?

We were there less than an hour.

That doesn't explain why the hood of your car was warm at 7 p .m. that

A few minutes after I got home, Albert called me.

He insisted I meet him at a coffee shop on Wilshire.

He said we had business to discuss.

What kind of business?

He'd followed me to the motel.

He demanded money or he would tell Noah what happened.

How did you respond to that?

I told him that I would tell Noah myself.

And I'd call the police and have him arrested for trying to blackmail me.

Do you believe her?

Yes. It kind of explains why Albert Hasbrook hit me and took off.

Yeah, but if Rebecca and Brad Lindquist were at a motel together and Albert was

watching them, well, it seems like just about all of your suspects have an alibi

for the time that Noah was killed. Except for Austin McKay.

Why would he want to kill Todd Montgomery?

I don't know that yet.

Get in. I've got to get a hold of my car.

Cowboy. J -R -G.

Man.

Brand.

Branding. Cattle.

Iron Man.

Cowboy. Jargon. For man branding cattle. Iron Man.

Stay right where you are, little lady.

And if you're thinking of going for that gun, don't bother. At this distance, I

could plant this knife through a toothpick.

Cantrell painting.

One in the gallery with the man with the branding iron. It's called Iron Man,

isn't it?

It's a fake. You painted it, didn't you? Where'd you get an idea like that?

But there's a house in the painting, and that house burned down a year before

Cantrell was supposed to have painted it. You've got quite an imagination,

you?

Unfortunately, I don't have time for it.

Now, why don't you just give me what you found in Noah's desk, and I'll be on my

way.

I don't know what you mean.

Little lady, you're gonna do like I tell you, or I'm gonna cut your pretty

little throat and leave you to bleed to death all over the floor, and then I'll

just look for it myself.

Killing me isn't gonna do you any good, Travis. If I could figure it out, then

why don't you think my partner could?

Now, without Noah's research, you can't.

Now, you got five itty -bitty little minutes to tell me where... Drop the

Travis.

Be very slow with it.

It's dead.

How'd you know I was in trouble?

Process of elimination.

Besides, your phone was dead.

Was Todd Montgomery in this thing with Travis Becker, or did he just figure it

out, like Noah has been? He was involved.

What makes you so sure of that?

Because he supplied Becker's alibi.

And Travis would have needed a respected dealer like Montgomery to make a scheme

work.

Well, I guess it doesn't matter. Montgomery's dead. We know Travis killed

Good job, you two.

Thanks.

Now, get out of here. Finn's got another one for you.

Sergeant Hunter, Sergeant McCall. Hi, how you doing?

I just stopped by to pick up my check.

You guys sure do pay well.

And she's worth every cent.

Yeah? Then you don't mind filling me in?

No, not at all.

Hungry? Yeah.

Let's get a ham sandwich. Okay.

And if one of the lost Cantrells was a fake, Noah figured that maybe all six of

them were. Turns out he was right.

End of story.

Not quite.

That's not the end of the story.

I got a call on the TDD at school from Austin McKay. He asked me if I still had

that picture he tore up.

You're right, Sergeant.

He's still in love with Rebecca.

You know what? I think she feels the same way.

You're not as cynical as I thought.

Well, it's my lunch hour.