#031 Tuesday May 29th

Trish and Henry hear the gunshot

Trish: That sounded like a gunshot.

Henry: I wonder where it came from.

Trish goes out into the hallway and looks around.

Trish: Well, I don't see anyone on this floor. I'm going to go upstairs and check on my Mother.

Henry: Well, I'm coming with you.

Trish and Henry leaves the office.

Meanwhile, Carol is coming out of the restroom, when she finds B.P. lying on the floor.

Carol: My god.

Carol unlocks her office and attempts to use the phone, but remembers that B.P. yanked the cord out. So she runs back into the hall just as Trish and Henry are coming up the stairs.

Trish: Mother, I thought I heard a gunshot, so I came up here to check on you.

Carol: It's that crook B.P. Charles, somebody has shot him.

Trish: Oh, my god.

Henry kneels down to check B.P.'s pulse.

Henry: He's dead.,

Trish: What was he doing here?

Carol: He was here making more threats.

Henry: Well, who was this guy?

Trish: Cody had gotten himself in some trouble over gambling debts and Mr. Charles was determined to collect on them.

Carol: I need to call the police.

Henry: I'll call them.

Carol: Thank you.

Henry takes out his cell phone and dials.

Henry: (into phone) Yeah, I'm calling because a man has just been shot and killed at Donahue Department Stores corporate office. It's urgent, the shooter might still be in the building. You'll send someone right over? Thanks. (hangs up) They are on their way.

Over at the McGregor estate, Edmund is sitting on the patio alone, when Yvette steps outside and sits in the chair across from him.

Yvette: You all right?

Edmund: I'm trying to keep from falling apart right now.

Yvette: I know this whole ridiculous custody case is hard on you.

Edmund: I was making progress with Troy and Kevin, I think they finally started to heal and she just had to come back and complicate matters.

Yvette: Well, she's the type of person who just doesn't know when to leave well enough alone.

Edmund: She's back in their life now, but if things don't go her way with this case, she's just going to walk out again and devastate those kids once more.

Yvette: The important thing is you don't let her get custody, she's far from a fit parent. Who knows how the boys would turn out if she raised them? I don't even want to think about it.

Edmund: Hopefully, the judge will see through her.

Yvette: If there is anything I can do, just let me know.

Edmund: Thanks, I need all the support I can get.

Back at Donahue, the police have arrived and are examining the crime scene.

Det. Lewis: Now there was no one else on this floor what the time of the shooting, except for you, Mrs. Donahue.

Carol: That's right, I was in the restroom and when I came out I found him lying on the floor.

Det. Lewis: You don't mind if I take a look in your office, do you?

Carol: Not at all.

Det. Lewis starts to examine Carol's office. He looks in her desk drawer and finds the gun.

Det. Lewis: Mrs. Donahue, is this yours?

Carol: Um, it was my late husband'cs, he kept it there for protection.

Det. Lewis: I need to run a test on this.

Trish: Officer, my mother would never shoot anyone, it's just not in her nature. Besides, she was in the restroom at the time.

Det. Lewis: Being in the bathroom isn't a credible defense when there are no witnesses.

Carol: It's all right, Trish, Det. Lewis is just doing his job.

Det. Lewis: I'll need for all of you to come down and file a formal statement later on.

Carol: Will do.

Det. Lewis leaves

Trish: Mother, you have got to tell the police about B.P. threatening you.

Carol: I can't do that, because they would automatically think that I shot the man.

Trish: Ballistics will prove that the gun hadn't been fired recently.

Carol: I can't take any chances, I just can't.