Blue-Eyed Butcher

Do I look okay?

You look nice.

Really? You really think so?

Is the state prepared to make an opening statement?

We are, Your Honor.

Susan Lucille Wright stabbed and mutilated her husband, Jeffrey Wright.

Theirs was not a perfect marriage, as the evidence will show you,

but whose is?

You will hear evidence that will help you understand

why Susan Wright made the decision to murder rather than divorce.

You're never gonna understand it all.

Because you're never gonna understand her.

How could you?

She's a monster.

Suse, pretty, ain't they?

Shut up, Jess.

Come on, Suse, man up.

Let's go watch.

Yeah.

Yeah, no more of this "shy little sister" stuff.

You are hot, act like it.

Grab a wine cooler, ladies, we're going in.

Yeah.

So cute.

Little help?

Go get him.

Hi.

I'm Jeffrey Wright.

I'm Susan Wyche.

Wanna play?

Go, go, go.

Come on, you can't sit on the sidelines being pretty your whole life.

Sometimes you gotta get in the game.

Here we go.

My God.

Jeffrey Wright? You literally just met Mr. Right.

Go!

My God.

Yeah, we're gonna watch that.

Nice.

All right, it's your serve, pretty lady.

Okay.

So, relax.

Let the ball settle in this hand.

The left hand is your constant.

Right hand, swing it through.

Gotta love a girl who brings her own cheerleaders.

So hold the ball still,

breathe...

- Swing away, pretty lady. - Okay.

Okay, wow.

I get it. That whole sweet, innocent thing was just an act.

I don't even know how I did that, I swear.

Well, whatever you did, keep it up.

You just might be my lucky charm, darling.

So you moved to Houston for...

I was studying to be a nurse.

I'm saving to go back.

Nurse, huh? Damn, you are a good girl.

I'm not that good.

Okay, you just go ahead and shock me with stories of your sordid past.

Well, after I graduated high school and I moved to Houston,

I had to make some money, so...

I was an exotic dancer at the Gold Cup.

I'm sorry?

You're the church leader by day, stripper by night?

It was only for two months.

All right.

So when you did that dancing

for that short period oftime that you told us all you didn't like,

you will agree with me that the way you make money doing that

is to seductively, provocatively, with no clothes on at all,

Iet strange men come up to you,

and pretend to those men that you liked them.

It's what being a dancer's all about, isn't it?

Actually, no.

I enforced the two-foot rule.

And I just didn't like people touching me.

I mean, I'm sure that's the case with others, but that wasn't the case with me.

So you were the most prim and proper dancer

to ever hit the history of the Gold Cup?

- You should... - Yeah, I think l...

I probably have one.

No, I meant you should take me home.

What'd I do? Why?

Nothing, it's just...

We don't have to do everything in one night, and I really like you.

I like you, too.

I don't mean to rush you, it's just...

Do you sleep with all the girls that you take out on first dates?

Well, yeah.

I'm kidding. No. I'm sorry.

It's just, you're a very sexy woman.

And you,

are a very sexy man.

Which is precisely why we have to stop.

Even that is sexy.

I swear, pretty lady, you are gonna be the death of me.

So did you and Jeff go on a date after that?

Yes.

Where did you go?

We went to a crawfish festival in Old Town Springs.

Did you have fun?

- Yes. - So,

did you and Jeff go on a third date after that?

Yes, it was my 21st birthday.

Where did y'all go for your 21st birthday?

We went to a bar called Lola's.

I remember it because Jeff told me that he loved me

and I told him that we barely knew each other.

But it is correct to say that

you were interested in getting to know him better.

- Right? - Yes.

He was sweet.

- Hey, I think that's gonna be the one. - Okay.

Yeah, let me just make sure there's no one coming...

Let's go, ladies, back to work.

All right, we've gotta get back to work.

So wait, he told you he loves you, and he hasn't even slept with you yet?

Well, he's really sweet like that. He's letting me take my time.

He makes me feel like a princess, like nothing could ever hurt me.

I just feel so good, Jess, like,

I don't know, maybe he really is Mr. Right.

Look at you, little sister.

Dude, so you've been out with this girl like, five times,

and you still haven't slept with her?

What, are you saving yourself for marriage?

Yeah, maybe.

What, are you saying you're gonna marry this girl?

I'm saying that she's cool.

And hot.

And I'm almost 30.

My parents got married when they were teenagers.

And they've been together almost 40 years.

Hate to be the one to break this to you, man,

but you're not your parents.

I would just like to point out that we're having this conversation

with half-naked girls grinding in our laps.

Yeah, I had noticed that.

Hey, Suse, it's Jeff.

I don't know if you have plans tomorrow night,

or if you're working,

I was just wondering if you wanted to come over

and, I don't know, I thought we could just have some dinner

and have a quiet night.

Wow.

Thanks.

Please, come in.

Did you have any trouble finding the place?

You did all this for me?

I ordered the food, but I didn't pick out the flowers.

And the candles?

And you bought a new shirt?

How did you know I got a new shirt?

This is the sweetest thing that anyone's ever done for me.

Buy a shirt and light some candles?

No, I mean, you thought about me.

Thought about what I'd like.

I can't stop thinking about you.

I hope whatever you got for dinner will still be good cold.

Well that was...

That was...

It was okay.

I mean...

I love you.

It's okay to say it during sex.

Yeah, but that was...

...after sex.

I love you, too.

You mind if...

No, I don't mind.

You sure? 'Cause I don't have to.

No, not at all.

All right, cool.

So let's move forward a little bit.

Later on, in August into September, what happened to you?

- I became pregnant. - By who?

- By Jeff. - Were you on birth control pills?

At this time, yes, I was.

But they didn't work?

No, they did not.

You trap Jeff at all into getting pregnant with you?

No, I did not.

So you're pregnant now.

I didn't do it on purpose.

I swear.

Are you mad?

No, I'm not mad.

You haven't even looked at me.

We don't have to have the baby if you don't...

I want whatever you want.

I just need, I need some time.

We don't have to do anything right away, right?

We can wait?

Yeah.

Suse, I do...

I love you.

- You do? - Yeah.

And I want you, I want kids. I just...

This is a little faster than I expected.