Secrets and Lies

Previously on "Secrets and Lies"...

You are the prime suspect.

She had a baby, and she took a bunch of cash out of my savings.

It's an extortion letter. You were being blackmailed.

Where were you two weeks ago on Wednesday night?

I was watching my wife have dinner with her ex-boyfriend, Shane Campbell.

- No! No! - Hey! Hey!

- Stay out of it! - Was this the man that attacked you?

That's him.

You're lying to that cop. Now you're lying to me.

- What are you hiding? - Nothing.

- Get out. - Kate's assistant, Liam,

hasn't come back.

Son of a bitch.

Who are you?

You scare pretty easy for a killer.

You do your wife?

What the hell do you want?

- Did you kill your wife? - No.

Did you?

Where's Liam?

- Where's Liam?! - I don't know.

He stopped coming to work.

- When? - About a week ago.

He hasn't been in since Kate died.

Why are you looking for Liam?

I'm not.

I'm looking for her.

How did you get that picture?

It was your party.

- Who'd she come with? Her name is Carly. - I don't know.

- She's 19. - Why are you looking for her?

- Where's Liam? - I said I don't know.

I think you do.

Too bad.

The last time I saw you, you beat up a friend of mine.

Even if I knew where Liam was, I wouldn't give him over to you.

Dumb and brave.

I like you, Eric.

Wait.

How did you get that photo?

Your wife sent it to me right before she died.

I understand that you can now identify

the young woman in this photo.

I know her name. It's Carly.

I'll need her contact information.

Okay, well, you'll have to ask the guy who beat up Neil Oliver,

then broke into Liam Connors' apartment, and carries a gun.

- You... you have a sketch of him. - I'm doing my job.

I don't need you to do it for me.

Okay, well, whoever he is, he is looking for Liam.

He is dangerous, and he's committed.

Aren't you supposed to protect and serve?

What exactly would you like me to do?

Find Liam.

Maybe he saw who killed my wife.

Maybe... maybe he's in trouble.

What makes you so sure that Liam's missing?

His apartment was tossed,

and... he hasn't been to work since Kate died.

Maybe he quit and just packed in a hurry.

- This is a waste of time. - Attrition, Mr. Warner.

What?

Your guests were led past Kate's body in a pool of blood.

It's a miracle anybody went back to work at all.

We're a family.

Still, most people don't come that close to violence

and remain unscathed.

You seem to be handling it rather well.

I don't have a choice, Detective.

Your employees do.

Thank you for coming in and doing your civic duty.

I made a mistake.

Then call a lawyer you'll listen to. I'm busy.

Kate's assistant went missing,

and when I went looking for him,

I was confronted by a guy with a gun.

The same guy who beat up Neil.

You okay?

Then call a lawyer.

Mandy, I'm sorry.

You always do this.

The puppy-dog eyes and the earnest apology, and I give in.

- Well, not this time. - Okay.

I'm used to being the guy who knows what to do...

The guy other people listen to...

The guy whose shoulder you cry on.

That was a long time ago.

Amanda, you're my kid sister.

Sometimes I forget you're not a kid.

You have to know there's no one I trust more.

What happened?

I told Cornell about it, and she brushed me off.

You talked to her alone?

- Yeah. - Okay.

- That's it? - What do you want me to say?

I have told you over and over again what not to do.

Take my advice or don't.

But the ones who don't usually end up behind bars.

Mandy...

I'm really sorry.

Mm.

Write down everything you said to that woman,

and don't leave anything out.

Okay.

You can go with this officer here.

So long, and good luck, bitch.

Third time isn't always the charm, huh?

See, there is no charm, Eric.

Okay, a marriage, plain and simple, is bondage

designed to separate men from their buddies and their money.

You invited Kate?

- Yeah. - We had plans before you called.

You know how long it takes to get a reservation at red door.

Yeah, nine years and three months less than we've been friends.

That's just a rough calculation.

She's my wife now.

- I can't bail on her. - Ah, so it begins.

Hey.

Oh, hello.

Neat... the way you like everything.

I'm gonna go find some new friends.

Amy left him.

Aw, man.

Why didn't you say something?

- We had plans. - No, no. You can't be one of those guys

that abandons his buddies after he gets married.

You know he's sensitive.

Neil?

His third wife just dumped him.

He's hurting. Go find him.

I'll meet you at home later.

- All right. - No, I got it.

You're gonna need your singles.

Hm.

Mm.

- Love you. - And I love you.

May, did you get the...

Liam's personnel file? Right after you called. Yes.

And I contacted the references like you asked.

But it isn't gonna be much help.

- What are all your notations? - Fabrications.

He lied about all of this?

Y-you marked his name. He lied about his name?

Well, the name he gave matches the social, but neither of them...

Belong to the kid we hired.

This is bad.

Have you told my father about this?

I thought you'd want to.

Bottom line, May.

Is anything on this résumé actually true?

Well, I did confirm that a boy by the name of Liam Connors,

who'd be about 20 now,

went to Watauga High School in Boone,

just like it says on the résumé.

- In Boone? - Yes.

But that boy died in a car accident,

and I just submitted Liam for a background check,

but the agency told me that Kate already ran one...

Before she hired him.

Kate knew it was all lies, but she hired him anyway.

I don't understand why in the world she would do that.

I might have some idea.

You have a minute?

I won't accept your resignation, Eric. I can't.

Dad, I need to talk to you about Kate.

Kate's assistant, Liam,

made up information on his résumé.

Lots of people pad their CVs.

What did he lie about? Education? Work history? What?

Everything.

So you're saying that a man that we know nothing about

has direct access to our investors confidential credit information?

Yes.

How did that get past Kate?

It didn't. Kate knew.

Why would she be so irresponsible as to put our company at risk like that?

To be near her son.

What we know for sure is that they both were from Boone.

Liam's around the right age.

He could be the son that she gave up for adoption.

Kate let a wolf in the henhouse.

Biology alone does not excuse such an enormous lapse in judgment.

What lengths haven't you gone to for me?

I know you. I have a basis to make that call.

- Kate was my wife, and I knew her. - Maybe you didn't.

Maybe none of us knew her as well as we thought.

Where is Liam? I need to talk to him.

He's gone.

This is my problem.

If he did anything wrong, I'll take care of it.

What are you doing?

Putting out a fire.

I figured.

The old man looks pissed.

Let me help.

You can't.

Was it something I did?

No. Uh, it's Kate.

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