China Moon

I missed you.

Let's get the door shut.

Stay behind the line, please.

Fix your collar.

- What do we got here? - Looks like a shooting.

- Inside? - Yeah.

- This is clear all up through here? - Yeah, it's clean.

- Who's the first officer? - Pinola, sir. He's inside.

Central took a call from one of the neighbors,

wouldn't give a name.

At 8:23, that there was a rape and a robbery going on here.

- What time is it, Dickey? - 9:01.

Get this gentleman's name, would you?

How you doing?

- Pinola, how you doing? - Not too bad.

Who's smokin' in here?

Come on.

Tom, you done with the photos?

Yes, sir.

You get something close on this blood trail here

- and the butts in the ashtray? - Yes, sir.

Great. Thanks.

Give me some gloves, please.

Here you go, sir.

No lividity.

She hasn't been gone long.

Go on, Dickey. Take a look at her.

You may not remember the woman you were with last night,

but you won't forget her.

Pinola, she was dead when you came in?

Yes, sir. I couldn't find a pulse in her, sir.

What time was that?

About 8:40. 8:42 exactly.

- We got any witnesses? - Nobody.

No defense cuts. Fingernails are clean.

Why don't you check the windows and the doors?

Boy, whoever did this fucked up all over the place, didn't he?

The Gong Show of murder.

What's her name?

- Felicity Turner. - Married?

Yeah. Has a daughter, too.

She doesn't know it yet. She's out with some friends.

Lamar says maybe rape and robbery.

Is that what you say, Dickey-boy?

That's right.

She's wearin' a gold watch, Lamar.

Robbers don't leave gold watches behind, do they?

See that hole in her head?

You know what that is? Hard contact wound is what that is.

You gotta be angry enough to press the gun smack against the head to do that.

His unhappiness shot her in the bathroom.

First in the head, then in the chest.

He left her lyin' in there. He left the bullet in the bathroom wall.

Then he sat around a bit,

thinkin' about what he had done, sweatin' up his socks.

Maybe he had a cigarette or two.

Started gettin' the idea his life was over.

So he drags her out of the bathroom into the kitchen,

tryin' to make it look like a rape.

Then he calls the police.

He hadn't fucked up enough, so he goes back into the bathroom,

and begins to clean the blood off the bathroom wall.

Never heard of a rapist or robber who does your apartment afterwards.

I don't think you're gonna find any signs of forced entry

because it wasn't a rape or robbery.

It was her old man.

You find him,

you find the gun that put the bullet in the bathroom wall.

There's no reason he would have thrown it away.

Done everything else wrong.

Are you ready for me to take her?

She's all yours.

Deceased is black female,

approximately 35 years of age.

You don't much like it here, do you, Lamar?

I'm fine.

He likes it. He just doesn't know why.

What do you mean?

Makes him feel alive to see someone dead.

Lamar here.

What's up?

Well, her husband was just picked up at the bus station

with a.32 caliber in his B.V.D's.

And they're taking him to the office.

- Looks like a.32 to me. - Yep.

Kill someone in Brayton, Kyle Bodine's gonna get you.

Don't think it takes any brains.

Murder is a dumb shits.

You always screw it up sooner or later.

Lamar, you shouldn't be doin' this.

This is nothin' that a man like you should be spendin' his life at.

Talk to me, baby

Tell me what I wanna hear

Talk to me, baby

Tell me what I wanna hear

Say that you love me

And you wish that I was there

I miss your sweet kissing

Your love and affection

I miss your sweet kissing

Your love and affection

- I don't see her. - Who?

My dancing lady.

Maybe she's here, maybe not.

But if I see her tonight, I'm gonna fall in love.

I can just feel it.

If only by telephone

- What'd you forget? - My wallet.

I left it in the car.

I'll be back in a minute.

But what hurts so bad

I know you're not alone

Tell me what I wanna hear

I wanna hear a long, long time

Hello.

Do you mind some company?

Am I safe talking to you?

I don't know. We live in dangerous times.

And we meet in dangerous places.

I've had too much to drink in this one.

I know another one.

No, there's something about tonight that wants a place like this.

It's where you end a holiday.

- You've been on a holiday? - Sort of.

I don't much like holidays.

Poor baby.

You an orphan?

Yeah. I'm an orphan of destiny.

I see life and all its dirty details. You know how it is.

Sure, I know how it is.

You had a hard day at the office.

- You could say that. - And you'd like to relieve the stress.

Sounds like a good idea to me.

Only maybe you're confusing me with another kind of woman.

No, I'm not. I'm not confusing anything.

Well, maybe it's just me.

I have to go.

Wait a minute. I thought we were doin' pretty good here.

We were. Now I have to leave.

Don't go, please.

Let me start all over again.

You started just fine.

In fact, you just about swept me off my feet.

- I did? - I said, "Just about."

I really do have to go. I'm expected.

So why are you here?

Thought I'd meet somebody interesting.

And I have.

So there's no sweepin' you off your feet?

- No. - You sure?

Yeah, I'm sure,

but I can't help admiring real effort.

Here she is.

Thanks a lot.

Rachel?

Rachel, what are you doin' out here?

Just getting some fresh air.

You're out here drinkin'.

It don't look good, you being out here drinkin'

so all the damn neighbors can see.

They're all asleep.

Where were you?

Playing cards. I told you.

I forgot.

You always forget.

I don't want you out here drinkin' anymore.

Rachel?

That's your name, isn't it?

Rachel Munro.

- Do I know you? - We met last night.

Last night?

I'm sorry. I didn't recognize you.

I don't have my contacts in.

Kyle Bodine.

Rachel.

You already know.

How'd you find me?

It wasn't hard.

I wanted to apologize if I said anything stupid.

No, you didn't. I...

I just... I had to leave early.

I had a little too much to drink, is all.

I don't do that very much.

It was a holiday, you told me.

- Did I? - Yeah.

What else did I tell you?

Not a lot.

You're lying, aren't you?

I'd like to see you sometime.

That's not possible.

Anything is possible.

Not that. I'm sorry.

Maybe I'll call you anyway.

I'll call the police.

Call me.

How much is that one?

This one?

What do you want with a big 9-millimeter?

How much is it?

Six hundred.