Motive

Are you absolutely sure that you know what you're doing?

Positive.

Okay, 'cause I've heard this can turn your hair green.

Don't worry, you're gonna love this.

I just want to look like you.

Aw. Okay.

Put this around your neck.

I'm so excited!

Are you ready? Let's do this.

Oh, my God.

Okay...

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Aiden? Where'd you put the wine glasses?

Uh, never mind.

- Did you find them? - Yes.

Oh! Looking good!

Yes...

I'm talkin' about you...

Hey! What part of "Wait" didn't you get?

- Hey. There she is. - Hi.

And this is for you.

Oh. Coke in a wine glass. Classy, guys.

We haven't properly acknowledged

your birthday, so... Happy 18th, Em.

- Happy Birthday. - Thank you.

And another thing...

Emily got offered a full ride.

Aiden!

Full scholarship, for cross-country.

Emily!

Your parents must be so proud.

I guess. I haven't told my mom yet. So...

Well, we are proud of you.

We are so proud.

Here's to Emily and Aiden.

Cheers!

What are we proud of?

Janine, your head is orange.

Jerk.

It's "Stunning natural copper."

Like I said...

Orange.

I think it looks beautiful.

It's just like mine.

Sweetheart...

Emily got into pac tech.

How could you not tell me?

I wanted to tell you right away. Sorry.

So you're definitely sticking around?

Yeah.

Oh, my God! I'm so excited!

I'm so excited!

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Answering machine.

Hey, Manny.

Thank you, sir.

It's your mom.

You know, the woman who... gave you life.

So maybe you could, uh, call me back?

So... Still no word?

No. I've left him six messages

and three texts.

It's not like him to avoid me.

Maybe because

you left six messages and three texts, right?

He just started school. He needs space.

Trust your work.

- Oh. That's a long fall. - Yeah.

Rigor hasn't even set in yet.

She's been dead two hours, max.

That puts the time of death at 8:30?

Any sign of sexual assault?

Uh, hard to say at this point.

I'll have to get her back to the lab.

So, Emily Williams...

She falls onto these rocks...

Crawls down here and dies. Is that an accident?

Unlikely. See here?

Blunt-force trauma to the back of the head.

Here, here and here.

Likely hit with a rock.

Somebody really wanted this girl dead.

They had to kill her twice.

Okay, good job. Ladies, bring it in!

Let's get those heart rates up, okay?

We have time for five sprints before the end of period.

Line up on the red line.

Let's go. Straight line.

Here we go!

I'm sorry I'm late.

Janine.

My bike got stolen.

I had to run the entire way.

It's all right. It's a stressful time,

with your mom in the hospital.

It won't happen again.

Go get changed and join in.

- Thanks. - Wait...

You changed it back.

Yeah.

My mom likes it better like this, so...

Go ahead.

Thanks.

Again! Good job.

Hey, come on, I need that!

After you talk to the detectives.

Is there a problem here?

Aiden Boxton.

He found the body, called it in.

She took my phone.

Mr. Boxton was trying to make a call.

I just want to talk to my dad.

And when I asked him to desist,

he ignored me,

so, of course,

per protocol, I confiscated the phone.

That's when I observed there was blood on it.

Okay, well, we'll take it from here.

This crime scene needs securing. Thank you very much.

If you wanna talk, you can talk to us.

I saw her on the rocks, I called out.

She didn't answer. I climbed down after her.

You didn't think to call 911?

I didn't think anything, okay? Other than to help her.

Okay? She was just... laying there.

Did you know the victim?

Yeah. She's my ex-girlfriend.

I'm sorry.

She's your ex-girlfriend?

Yeah. We haven't spoken in a few weeks.

You see anybody else?

No.

Aiden, where were you between 8:00

and 9:00 this morning?

I was looking for Emily.

Emily?

Emily.

Hi.

Aiden says you broke up with him.

What's going on?

Can we not talk about that? Not here. Please.

He says you turned down pac tech.

That you two won't be going together in the fall?

Where are you going?

I-I don't know. I've got to make some changes, okay? Sorry.

Okay. Emily!

Yes?

We're still gonna hang out, right?

Yeah, that kind of looks like her.

You're not sure?

Well, pretty sure.

Um, she was turned away from me,

heading back up the trail.

And what time did you see her?

Uh... Would have been 7:15.

That's specific.

Yeah, well, I'm working on... on increasing my pace,

keeping track of my time.

You see anyone else with her? Was anyone else around?

Uh, no. Uh, I saw she'd left her bike.

Noticed it wasn't a trail bike.

It was a red-and-white-colored step-through,

wicker basket, European maybe.

Uh, she hadn't locked it,

and I slowed down,

thinking I should tell her, but she was already gone.

I don't see a bike.

I know it's the suburbs,

but I guess the park isn't as safe as it looks.

That's what I was going to tell her.

Probably stolen.

You've been very helpful.

Thanks.

Emily left me a message this morning,

at about 8:00.

We hadn't spoken since she dumped me.

What'd she want?

She said she messed up.

I was hoping she was talking about us.

What happened next?

I blew off calculus to go meet her.

- Why the bluffs? - It was our spot.

It was where we'd go to...

We would hang out there.

Why'd you two split?

She told me she wanted to break up

about a month ago.

She'd turned down pacific tech,

and we wouldn't be together next year.

She said she wanted to get her head straight,

maybe take a year off.

You didn't believe that was the real reason?

Not when I started hearing the rumors.

Which were?

That she was doing it with some teacher.

The police can't tell for certain

if it was an accident, or something else.

They'd like to speak to you first.

So, go ahead.

Thank you.