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hurry

when did this happen 20 minutes ago

is he all right could you step back for

just a minute i said is he all right

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oh god

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i sure feel strange coming back to the

whole neighborhood

i forgot how long the drive up is

you know mom's really looking forward to

coming home

yeah i bet she is

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hello sweetie

let's go in the house

now i think some of your favorite things

like fried catfish

you sit right there marky you come sit

next to me

mama if you don't mind i just like to

lie down for a little while

sit down billy don't disappoint your

mama come on please sit down

okay daddy how was the drive up honey

it was okay grandma i hope you're hungry

let's all say our blessing thank you

lord for the blessed food that we're

about to receive

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amen

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here here wait here's another one

nice basketball i think you got

everything

you keep that all right said we'd stay

friends right yeah

joanne i know that i've disappointed you

i'll be kicking myself forward till i

die

run apart i travel for work you run from

football to baseball season coaching

summer camp

i'm not together we don't have anything

in common

i gotta go to work

you know maybe i'm too modern for my own

good but i honestly

forgive you we just don't have a

marriage anymore

we're so mature i hate it but call me

old-fashioned i wish that you would

either love me

or hate me well i'm sorry ron i'm gonna

always love you

i'm just not the right wife for you

uh

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mr michaels yes

i hope i'm not disturbing you no

no i was expecting you please come in

i uh gave the butler today

may i ask why you're selling no i'm not

the owner

i've been renting the place i live here

karma

temporary thing divorce

i'm sorry to hear that

well i guess i should give you the tour

uh

actually it's a bit small but thank you

oh well i hope you find what you're

looking for

mr michaels if you don't mind my saying

god doesn't give us anything we're not

strong enough to handle

i think we'll both land on our feet you

think so

i'm

i know honey but as soon as you get used

to your new class you feel better

mommy's starting a new job at the bank

tomorrow it's all gonna be

fine i can always get you an interview

at the medical center

wouldn't you rather be around doctors

college educated people

i know a lovely doctor there dr sweeney

i think i'll call him i know him that's

mr michael i'm gonna go say hi i'll be

right back okay

mike yeah if we can't win we can only

[ __ ] losing

okay that was before today i smell state

championship

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hi uh guys just you know get your own

over there i didn't realize you were a

coach oh yeah

my little boy is going to go to school

here so i just thought i'd say hi

well hi back it's good school really

good

i've been begging the school board for

new uniforms i finally decided to buy

them myself

the first time i'm glad the wife's not

around at least i don't have any

explaining to do when the credit card

bill comes

well it meant so much to the boys you

think she'd be proud of you

you think so yeah

ah well nice to see you i gotta go

okay fun see you around

well thank you very much for buying me

lunch

it's my treat i just received some of my

late husband's insurance settlement

it's an awful way to come into money and

i guess i wanted to spend a little on

something positive i appreciate it

come john why don't you wear suits you

have the perfect bell for them

you think so i certainly do well

i don't recall to really i'm just a

coach now

no one's just anything really ronald

why please you do

such a great job building those boys

self-esteem and then when it comes to

all you've accomplished you set yourself

short

why did i did i hurt your female no no

it just hit me that song

what a lucky man your husband was what a

loss you've suffered

i mean being separated getting a divorce

at least that was my choice

sort of sometimes i wake up thinking

he's still next to me in bed

you know you don't have to talk about

that no you know something i want to

tell you this

my late husband wanted to be a teacher

he sort of gave up on that after our son

was born he said it didn't pay enough

it changed him it made him bitter he

used to blame me

but i never asked him to give up his

dream god provides

i think that teaching is one of the most

honorable things a person can do with

their life

really i guess that's why i admire you

so much

okay come on come on

move move

come on hustle guys let's go

yeah oh sorry over here

all right guys that's it practice

tomorrow three o'clock

the hospital called me at work sorry to

hear that

i feel kind of lost she was a good woman

she loved you ron i don't think i could

lose you too

you're not losing me joanne we're

friends you know

i have supper with bridgette and me

i can't just leave you here like this

i'm all right i just need some time

alone that's all

anything i can do you know that anything

ron

no hard feelings okay it's my own damn

fault you're with somebody else

things just happened you know

oh

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our song shall rise

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is

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uh before our collection i'd like to

announce that our youth group will meet

tomorrow afternoon at 2

and our thanks to mrs ronald michaels

for sewing all these beautiful new choir

robes

oh marky we're thrilled to be your new

grandparents how sweet

m for michael i hope it fits oh it's

adorable give your grandparents a big

hug

what's wrong honey i miss my old

grandparents

there's nan and papa go say hi i'm so

sorry

you would never try to take the place of

lee's parents they never gave a damn

about mark anyway

the first real family we've ever had

hi daddy mama hello

you want something great

state-of-the-art exercise equipment

check it out this is nice

it's great working up the sweat with the

wife taking the shower together

do you think maybe when the honeymoon's

over you'll stop bragging

honeymoon will never be over

bridgette gave me a family a home

we share everything all my life i've

been in and out of debt nothing to show

for it

bridget took the insurance money from

when she was with a weekly savings from

my paycheck started investing

stocks and what option and what all tips

you picked up working in the bank

suddenly we had this incredible life and

a nest egg

really because i was starting to wonder

well sure you were

i mean you're a hot shot tv station

manager i'm just a coach

i am telling you i owe that woman a lot

and as soon as mark is older i'm

thinking about sending bridgette back to

finish college maybe even get her mba

what are you two boys up to talking

about you all good i hope

of course of course sugar magnolia yeah

well your mom and daddy are leaving so

you better say goodbye

i just don't see how i can be short five

hundred dollars it's not the first time

your door was two hundred dollars short

last month no i repaid that

we advanced you 400 against your salary

before the holiday

i think you said your son needed surgery

that amount is still outstanding sir i

can pay that back now your mortgage

payment has also been returned

insufficient funds sure if you'll

redeposit that check it's good now

i just put more money in my account get

your checkbook mrs michaels

you're closing your account with us i

don't expect to see you here again

i just had a bad day

hi hi ron uh how are you

good guys bridgette this is joanne

joanne pleased to meet you

nice to meet you

you know i've been meaning to call to

thank you for the lovely flowers you

sent for grammy

you should call be nice to catch up

congratulations on your marriage

well so long okay

well ron has spoken so highly of your

skills i just know you'll be an asset to

the station

so when would i start one start the day

i usually hire college graduates but a

go-getter like yourself

should have no trouble at all selling

your time this will be your desk right

here

what do you think right down to the uh

hey

glitch on camera we haven't discussed my

salary

oh well it's it's not salary it's

commission the more ads you sell the

more money you make

the sky's the limit now

that's a big transition i'd be giving up

real security at the bank

oh i'm sorry i thought you knew all

sales are

you know on commission i'll tell you

what until you get rolling

i'll advance you 150 a week against your

commission hey

boss man welcome preston

bridget michaels this is preston pavin

hello bridget

hi he's doing pretty good on commissions

pulled in almost 20 000 last month

hey listen you follow my footsteps sky's

the limit

listen preston why don't you show her

around yes

okay all right see you later okay

everybody

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two

honey

hi bridge didn't you pay mark's

orthodontist

bill i quit the bank ron what

why are you dressed like that like

joanne you never guess where i'm working

you quit the bank yes i'm an executive

and hayden gave me my own accounts

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so

bridge hi over 200.

i thought you said eating in was gonna

be cheaper it's a business dinner and

it's tax deductible

besides i matched the office record for

selling air time you did

yeah aren't you proud of me

where did you learn to make that cherry

crisp uh

well it's one of the advantages of

growing up in the south

my mama believed that every woman what

get me in hot water you know that don't

you because now tina wants a bigger

house too

do it with interest rates going down

bridge got us a great mortgage

between that and her refinancing our

other loans she managed to get us

quite a house what she handles all your

finances

you got a problem with that male

chauvinist pig

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yes i know you advertise on radio sir

but

our tv viewers represent a market share

of

yeah okay but look maybe if we met for

lunch and i showed you our marketing

plan i think that you

okay yes yes i know you're busy

i just landed the pizza press to account

20 spots a week

during prime time congratulations thank

you very much

pick the restaurant i'm buying money oh

a lonely lady brenda julie jordan had it

all

beauty designer clothes diamonds

every man wanted brendan she had

left the adult world of banking for the

glamour of owning a top tv station

but who could know beneath her success

the turmoil inside her

sounds hot what about charlie

sounds good champagne okay let's go

the turmoil inside

uh

you spying on me

what are all these bills well

i didn't expect the station to take so

long to cut my commission check so i had

to juggle a couple of payments

to get us through the holidays i'll

straighten it all out

this is tens of thousands of dollars

we're in debt up to our eyeballs

it's a cash flow problem trust me trust

you you didn't even tell me we're in

trouble

i didn't want to worry you i did it for

you

for me i i never i never needed this

well you want everything perfect

you never once asked how i manage it so

don't turn on me now when i

give you what you want what i want what

i think it's your mother

that you're out to impress don't talk

about what you don't know about okay

you don't know everything my mother's

done for me don't you turn away from me

rod

you know how much i need your support

ron i just

can't can't handle all this without you

just say you love me okay i just i need

to hear you save

i don't see how you can just do this and

then act like it's no big deal

ron ron

ron come on in thanks

how you doing okay

well i just made a batch of brownies you

want one oh sure yeah

they're very good unless you're cooking

thank you

so uh what's going on

well i'm beginning to wonder if i should

have married her

oh ron maybe i'm not the one to tell

this to

today i'm looking for my shoe under the

bed

i find a box of bills thousands of

dollars of bills

past due collection agency letters

meanwhile she is spending money like

there's no tomorrow

you didn't suspect anything what i mean

i see you two around the way you seem to

be living

i mean we could never afford to live

like that whose side are you on

i don't think i want to take sides i

fought about money all the time ron

remember the time you leased that power

boat hmm it's a bad fight

you always told the truth i guess that's

why we're not married

you know what i regret the most the day

your grandma died

when you came to me i had you right

there in my arms

and i let you go

this is joanne i can't get to the phone

right now but if you leave a message

i'll call you back

hey sweet pea got my ticket i'll be with

you tomorrow at 8.

i love you joanne bye

some timing huh i like a patsy cline

song

sweet pea sounds pretty serious you're

getting married

yeah i met him on a business trip in

chicago

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ron if you had showed up on my doorstep

a couple of months ago

i wouldn't have let you go but maybe

i don't know if we've learned anything

by this it's not to take marriage lately

and i can't believe i'm saying this

go home to bridgette make it work

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well maybe we can swap the cars ron

you take our chevy we'll take your car

and finish making the payments on it

it'd be great dad the car's got maybe 30

payments left on

the it been refinanced twice the

interest rate's sky high

son what was this refinance

where did the money go

they'll work it out son seems to me you

need to get a p.o box and keep the key

away from her

i'll get the card

leave her ronald you need to listen to

me and i am not saying this lightly

divorce her she's either evil or she's

crazy and either way she's gonna ruin

you

what about mark no judge would give me

custody even if i could afford a divorce

i gave him my name i know you didn't

raise me to walk out on my son

he's already lost one daddy oh

sweetheart

here's one right there see okay

ready let him come to you here we come

yes

yes get it back

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so what are we gonna do with them

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oh hey how you doing well i thought you

were the broadcasters convention

yeah well i came back early so what are

you up to

i had an appointment with trans

automotive and i think they're going to

be our biggest sponsor yet

well they could be if they actually buy

some airtime from you are they going to

um where'd you there you are

look at three o'clock oh i forgot well

aidan how was vegas getting work done

there was an old blackjack

we're sorry to inform you that your

manuscript on timely death has been

turned down

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hello joanne hey it's it's me ron

hi listen uh i got your latest note here

it's very sweet thank you uh anything

okay

things just didn't work out with eric in

chicago no i'm nuts i'm sorry about that

you know other people get married and

live happily ever after what is it with

us

you know this happiness

thing is not all that it's cracked up to

be

i mean i've kind of given up on the

happiness thing

how are things with you and bridgette

oh we're hanging in there

bridgette uh sorry things didn't work

out here

but i do need your signature on this

promissory note for which you owe the

station it's just a formality

you might want to check the figures

there and i did arrange for you to pay

it off in installments

i appreciate that hayden where did i

sign

right there

thanks good luck to you

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now the loan's all set to go through 25

000

i can approve it today now i checked

with our legal department

and uh your letter from the publisher is

as good as a written contract so

your advance from the publisher is more

than adequate collateral

i am so relieved i i keep telling ron

it's

time we paid off these deaths where is

ron parking

uh i came alone but um

here's the activation um

i needed you both to sign in front of me

so i could notarize it

oh i'm sorry ron is

he's so busy at school it's it's hard

for him to

get away from morning practice

since we know each other from church

just don't tell

i'll make sure i get a signed copy of

that book of yours i love a good romance

hello bridget this is hayden you're way

past due on the money you owe me

i thought we were friends hayden look

bridget i don't like doing this

but you did send a promissory note when

you quit the job

i mean i i even arranged for you to pay

it off in installments

believe me if i could pay the station

right now i will bridgette

you don't owe just the station you owe a

person

me don't worry you'll get your money i

see that's all you care about

look don't push me on this one

who's that on the phone ah

some [ __ ] salesman i guess

ignore him and he'll go away

hey mark guess what i just heard on the

news

nuggets got a new coach yes maybe

they'll win this year

i think it's great why don't we go this

weekend pile in the car

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this is a very difficult situation

hayden

clearly ron has no idea that bridget

owes the station over three thousand

dollars

for all i know he probably thinks she

still works there

and i don't want to go to him out of

pride or anger that would be sinful

but if we keep something so important

from ron out of our own cowardice

isn't that sinful too you were right to

come to me

we're all concerned with everyone

involved

let's seek the lord's wisdom

our father who art in heaven hallowed be

thy name

thy kingdom come thy will be done

on earth as it is

she never made one

basketball practice thursday

donnie's not making it on point guard

we're gonna

we're gonna have to put him on the bench

hmm

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okay

uh january 7th

it's me again maybe i'm

paranoid but uh

i got a funny feeling about this

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foreign never ends with you does it

bridgette

come on ron with him with him

please no no no no you're not gonna

no no no way

just don't leave me yet please

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what are you doing here uh

i'm not sure

i shouldn't bother you i'll just really

ache about my marriage it's not fair to

you

well i'm not a fair weather friend

she's sleeping around no

a fancy job she never sold one ad she

just got

dressed up every morning and pretended i

should go

ron lever

it doesn't matter what i said before you

don't have to do penance by sticking

with it

on mark i'm all he's got

his first father died

gunshot wound no

she said it was an accident

you don't believe her

sure yeah i do

but if i die in a shooting accident

promise me look into it

okay okay

i mean but there must have been an

investigation when her husband died

oh no yeah you're right uh you know i'm

just being paranoid i should go

ron listen why don't you come over for

coffee in the morning and we can talk

you've been a good friend i don't know

how

i don't know where but i hope with all

my heart that someday we'll

be together

ron

ron

this is katie sanders from snowy ridge

bank sorry to call at home but

i need to check for what's passed on

your loan by the end of the week

bridgette please call me unless you

prefer i discuss the matter with ron

run my goals

things just can't be saved

what ron

we should talk honey

there's nothing left to talk about

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so

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i love you

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hello

bridget wants you

one

what you can expect tie-ups for at least

an hour on your morning approach on

highways 31

and and now repeating our top story

jordan high loses a beloved coach for

the latest we switch to our reporter

live in the field

coach ronald michaels was shot dead this

morning with a gun he kept under his

pillow from prowlers accidentally went

off

coach michaels was one of the most

successful high school coaches in the

state

he was named coach of the year three

times in the last five years

he leaves behind his son mark as well as

his wife

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wow

where's the woman who wants to see me

i'm detective cochran ma'am what can i

do for you

guys i'm doing michael's ron michael's

first wife

and well i i think ron michaels didn't

die accidentally

i think his wife murdered him

i uh realized you might have good reason

to dislike the lady ma'am with those

serious charges well see we stayed

friends and we talked

he feared for his life it was a tragic

accident

go home ma'am

when will the autopsy come back

no autopsy on an accidental death well

in the pictures

from your crime scene where was the gun

we didn't take any pictures what about

fingerprints

the widow admits to accidentally setting

off the gun why would we take

fingerprints

the man was an experienced hunter he was

obsessed with safety now do you actually

think he would sleep with a loaded gun

under his pillow

ma'am i'm a police officer not god

the list of things i can't explain is

pretty long

but i'll tell you this i've been in this

department for 19 years

been in homicide for eight take my

advice

go home let us handle this

your brother will be staying here with

you i don't want him staying with me

i don't need clay here bridge i'm just

trying to help

you need to find me close bridget that's

what families are for

you're watching me like hawks i should

never have moved back to this town

seems to me you've always done exactly

what you wanted to do

you always believe the worst about me

you never take my side

say it mama say you think i shot ron by

accident

say you believe me i have supported you

i will always support you you're my

daughter but you have no right to talk

to me like that and frankly

i don't deserve it

mama look i'm sorry it's just that i'm

not ready to go through it again

people looking at me funny

talking behind my back i'm sorry mama

i'm sorry

i'm sorry

we're glad you came it's just so awful

we have to put in god's hands

and pray for a way to accept what

happened

it's pretty hard to accept it is

i can't understand how it was an

accident

the christian thing to do is to forgive

mom would want that

i'll go check on the others you talk to

joanne

she misses you you know

he's taking it so hard i can't talk to

him about it

do you have some doubts about bridget's

story oh you [ __ ]

i found out a couple of things look at

this look

oh my god our first husband

promised ron if anything happened to him

you mean ron knew for a new bridget was

going to try to kill him

he had suspicions toward the end

oh god ron forgive me

i should have run straight to the police

maybe we can do something

receive ronald michaels in the arms of

your mercy

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the blessed rest of your everlasting

peace

and into the glorious company saints of

light

amen

so

we love you

thank you for coming joanne

it was a nice service wasn't it

i'm sorry for your loss

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dear god

please help me get justice for ron

i'm so glad you're here this is so

difficult

well after seeing how you carried

yourself these last few days i have to

say it's just

i'm not as strong as you think i am i i

can't even

bring myself to touch his things

would you mind coming upstairs and

getting rid of some of his clothes for

maybe i'd feel better if you could find

a place for these

bridgette if it's too soon to put you

through this honey if i gave you a key

maybe you could come by when i'm out and

find a place for these i mean

i know some poor family could use these

porn maybe this would fit you

ron thought so highly of you i know he

would want you to have something of his

it suits you

mom now i don't need you downstairs

i'll be right there if you'll excuse me

of course bridget

anything i can do for you now or anytime

i think you know what you can do for me

so uh you really didn't ask me here to

uh

talk about choir did you i mean all

you've done is ask questions about

bridgette

well i think you're exaggerating a

little bit warren am i

you have no idea what bridget's been

through how she suffered

you'll forgive me if i'm a bit

protective of the lady well i didn't

mean to get personal

if bridget michael shot her husband on

purpose don't you think the police would

have done

something by now i never said she shot

her husband

well the woman lost two husbands to gun

accidents i mean any fool can see that's

just a horrible coincidence

but we live in a gun crazy world at

least she was widowed

you were divorced maybe you should think

on that

and mind your business

well thank you for your time

mrs smith yes bridget michael's second

husband just died in a gun accident i'm

joanne his ex-wife

and i'm trying to get some information

for the police

i think maybe she killed him just like

she killed my son

oh my dear come on in thank you come on

man

oh i know i shouldn't have cut bridgette

out of the pictures

but i was alone that day and i oh

you must think i'm a crazy person no

little mark is such a cute fella yes

i understand that he hardly seemed like

a man to hold a grudge

he stayed friends with you even after

you divorced

why'd he keep us from seeing our

grandson

ron said mark you asked about you at

first but bridgette told him that

that you didn't care about your grandson

mr smith how could this happen

let's let's take a walk how can she just

lie

and get away with it ever hear murphy's

law

we don't see lots of murders here

bridget called 911.

they didn't send calljack they sent the

voluntary fire department with a first

aid kit

and bridgette tried to make it seem like

an accident

everybody knew her she was a good

neighbor the time we got

anyone to investigate well it was a long

hard

road traveling nowhere

the detective on the case moved away

the sheriff was elected insurance

companies well they were pressing to

close the case one way or another

ask me they all just threw up their

hands

mr smith this is detective cochran's

phone number

i think he needs to hear all this from

you

watch out bridget looks like a sweet

little thing

she's capable of anything

excuse me we're here to see detective

cochran he's right over there

ladies please have a seat

we need to talk to you about bridget

michael's first husband lee smith

look at these

my condolences ma'am thank you

i know about lee smith in fact i'm

driving to the state medical examiners

they've got the records on his death

got a hold of bridget and ron's marriage

certificate we're going to use

that to check for any guns registered in

their name and i've arranged for her to

reenact the shooting

you have yes now

what can i do for you

this is michael's i'm detective cochran

this is detective gaines

we spoke on the phone are you ready to

do this

i i don't know i i

i'd certainly like to put all this

behind us

come on

you just want me to act it out yeah if

you can

maybe you think it would help if

jim here sort of pretended to be your

husband

whatever okay uh i remember stretching

out

and i stuck my hand under

under there and i felt something okay

and then i started when i picked it up

i don't know i don't know how i got it

in my hand

that whole part of it just doesn't

register

no you know what he's not in the right

position

uh your legs need to be more over there

and your body needs to be back like that

that's like this

yeah that's it the cover is over the

bottom

of the pillow more like that that's it i

have the weapon with me

if it would help you no okay you sure

okay you go ahead mrs michaels

i don't even know what position the gun

was in

under under here it's just that i

realized

i realized what it was and so i thought

i've got to

get up i've got to get up and i've got

to get it out

from under there

and i heard this this awful noise

and i was i was shocked

and then i and then i realized

i realized wrong

run run

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i hope that helps detective absolutely

you can consider this investigation

closed

it's good

uh

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this is

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so

you're harassing me ron said you were

unstable

he told me about the day your divorce

papers came how you stopped by school

begging him to take you back i read the

letters you wrote

the ones you sent to him at work after

we were married

ron told me everything about you joanne

after all he was my husband

how did ron really die oh you read the

papers

you can't stand it that ron chose me

over you can you

you're obsessed but we're not in a

triangle anymore joanne

it's over

i hate people talking behind my back

don't you

case is closed huh i told her

she could consider the case clothes hey

she can consider herself princess die if

she wants

oh this spot is great every time she

points the gun it's at the wrong

angle she has to stick to her story but

when she tries to act it out

the only way she can hold that gun is

low

and pointing up the exact opposite of

the ballistics report

would suggest her whole statement is a

lie

he wants to see the part again when she

crawls all over gains

on the line of duty you know for a woman

afraid again she sure didn't mind

feeling your pistol

don't be afraid hey you got a dirty mind

he was talking about the man's

nine-millimeter

it's not enough what if a judge rules it

inadmissible

there's nothing dirty about that tape i

need more than a videotape

philly smith information is powerful but

she was never charged

there's no guarantee a judge even let us

mention the prior shooting

plus the physical evidence has been

compromised the gun was handled

the bed linens were thrown away

and you guys want me to ask a jury to

put away

a mommy uh a widow the church lady

are you saying bridget michaels didn't

kill her husband

no no she killed him

but that's only my opinion

how about the first wife joanne

she knew the victim better than anybody

i mean maybe there's something we

overlooked

maybe she's our ace she's too emotional

we can't use her

okay but i'm not going before a grand

jury

unless i smell a conviction

thanks for the pizza

we've asked you here today joanne

because you're the one person besides

bridget

who can give us some insight into ron's

married life

maybe you can find something that we've

overlooked

well you haven't exactly been eager for

my help up until now

what's changed are you a gambler joanne

not really no me neither i hate to

gamble but we're going to have to in

this case

i'll go to the grand jury i'll get an

indictment and i will arrest her

well finally thank you

and hopefully that'll keep her behind

bars until the trial is over

and then we go down to the wire we

re-examine every shred of evidence

we pray before the trial is over we find

it

motive joanne help us find the evidence

which says that bridget michaels

deliberately chose

to kill ron michaels at that exact

moment

because of this specific event

oh

what's going on richard michaels i have

a warrant for your arrest

on a grand jury indictment for the

murder of ronald michaels

oh i wouldn't kill my husband

you have the right to remain no if you

choose to give up this right anything

you say

cannon will be used against you in a

court of law

take her in i'll capture it right

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mrs michaels i see you're filing an

indigency claim

do you understand this means that you're

too poor to pay for your own attorney

yes sir i see

debts just over two hundred thousand

dollars less than nine hundred dollars

in savings

and your salary at uh university medical

is

sixteen hundred dollars a month

i rarely see property owners who qualify

as imogen but

you've managed to do so the court

appoints

winston becker as your attorney

how's it going slowly talk about a

needle in a haystack yeah we took a

bunch of papers out of our house

financial records mostly i want you to

see if there's anything out of place

any purchases iran wouldn't have made

any inconsistencies

there's got to be a financial motive

behind this thing

wow that's quite a lot of paper

you asked to be involved in the case

we are known in this community we would

never run

and you're willing to put your own

savings up to raise a fifty thousand

dollar bond

yes mrs rawlings

do you realize that the present bail is

five times that amount that's 250

000 how could you raise that kind of

money

not alone judge the state will offer

evidence at trial

showing that the defendant committed two

killings the high bail reflects the fact

when a person commits two such crimes

they obviously pose a threat to society

your honor my client has never been

charged with anything before in her life

not even a traffic ticket

now these charges are already ruining

mrs michael's life she's been suspended

without pay from her job

she's unable to collect her mortgage

insurance

let her return to her son her church

this lady has nowhere else to go she's

destitute

motion to reduce bail is denied yes mrs

rollins

you may step down

your honor sir do you have business with

this court your honor

we're members of mrs michael's church

and we'd like to join together with mrs

michael's parents and

put up our houses as collateral

we can meet bridget's 250 000 bail

you're still at it

maybe you should call it a night i'm

sorry i

really shouldn't have brought all this

paperwork over i'm keeping you up

no you don't sleep that much anymore

oh i always love that picture of you too

it's just so hard

i don't think i can do this i've tried

going through rod's mail seeing every

piece

of his life with that woman it just

hurts too much

can you please forgive me forgive you

for what ron would still be alive

if i hadn't wanted a divorce he would

have never married her

oh i'd be here you can't talk that way

it's my fault i threw away our marriage

i killed him now you listen to me

listen you did not kill my son

bridget did you are the best

friend ron ever had his whole life

and you're still fighting for him even

now he's in heaven

but i've got to find the evidence

i owe that to you

tomorrow mark what honey what's wrong

i couldn't sleep i miss her old house

when did they rent it oh no

but it was a good idea mark because we

couldn't keep up the payments with me

out of work

yeah but i mean they could have told us

first

well

happening so fast knock

it's very late honey why aren't you in

bed

well you going up i'll be right there

okay

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mama what's gonna happen i feel so

scared

bridgette i think the the only thing we

can do now

is trust in the lord

good night good night

your hand surprised

oh

hey charlie look at this

hey what are those this tape was

discovered a few days ago

i'd like you to id the voice

ah january it's me

maybe i'm paranoid but i just don't feel

right about anything

she's starting to scare me a little i

caught her with some guy that's

that's bad enough but i think the money

trolls are

starting again too i haven't seen a

credit card built in

two months how can i get lost in the

mail

friday i lost my keys and she ran to my

p.o box to intercept more bills

he prayed for her way out of these lies

i i keep thinking maybe

she lied about how lee smith died too

you

that's the know way i know how to talk

it out i can't come to joann what if i'm

wrong

it's not fair to drag her into this that

cost her enough worries

i should let her live her own life and

be happy

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that tape was found in school your

instincts about ron were right on the

money

we have her there don't we

rebecca's a good lawyer i guarantee you

he'll parade her entire family in front

of the jury swearing that's not ron's

voice

look joy and i uh i know it's hard

you're still in the morning i

should have realized you're on michael's

real widow

aren't you

thank you

the weapon in each case 25 caliber

semi-automatic handgun

each of rigid michael's husbands died

from a single bullet

fired at extremely close range and she

was the last

person in the presence of each man

ron and lee were each killed in their

bedrooms just before dawn

and each man was in serious debt

and one week after each shooting

bridgette michaels produced a will

for probate it's all here

side by side the wheels

insurance policies and the weapons that

killed him

this is the gun that killed ron michaels

go ahead you may handle the evidence

see for yourselves how difficult or how

easy it is

to make that gun go off

coming up something to eat dear we'll be

late for court i'll be right there

this checks out a sequence

diane come here look at this

look at the signatures look at the check

ron wrote to the dry cleaners and look

at the one he wrote to the snowy ridge

bank

it's odd they're not the same

wait a minute there was a credit

application around here for the snowy

river

she forged ron's signature

look at the date it's the day ronald

died

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yes

i got to this you want to make a good

impression in front of the jury

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sure mama on the life of me i don't know

what's so amusing

well it's just you picking out clothes

for me

worrying about me making a good

impression

sounds like my first day at bible camp

said

here i am a grown woman

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bridget michaels spent her way through

two marriages

cars diamonds designer shoes does

anybody really need any of that

but some people just need what those

things stand for

proof that we're good enough proof that

we're loved

richard michaels went to church she

tried to be a perfect person

she just wasn't good enough

the things she spent her money on didn't

make her feel more valuable

the men she threw herself at didn't make

her feel more loved

she blew it with ron it's like she blew

it with lee

a check that ron didn't write repaying

alone he didn't even know about

was going to show up in the mail her

marriage was about to blow up in her

face

bridgette was running out of time

perhaps i should say ron was a man

a good man went to sleep in his own bed

not knowing i didn't ever wake up

i ask you return

a verdict of guilty

of first-degree murder

mrs michaels is not on trial for lee

smith's death

or for going over her credit limit or

even for having a rocky marriage

the one legitimate question here today

is did the state

prove bridget michaels guilty of

murdering her husband

or is there reasonable doubt now this

lady

devout churchgoer loving mother

is presumed innocent in the court of law

were you in the michael's bedroom the

night of this tragedy

is there really only one way that gun

could go off

oh i've

missed you

mr foreman will you please read the

verdict

your honor we find the defendant bridget

michaels

guilty of murder in the first degree

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