ANOTHER WORLD 124

Created by: William J. Bell and Irna Phillips

Fanfic Written by and Directed By: C. Nathaniel Richardson

Story and History Consultants: aMLCproduction and CarlD2

Jack and Toni move on to their next suspect

PART 1

CORY MANSION

Cory answers the door…

Cory: Frankie?

Frankie: Cory. Hi…is Carl here?

Cory: You came all the way over here to see our dad?

Frankie: Yeah something like that. I haven’t been here since we all returned from St. Croix.

Cory: You didn’t miss anything. He’s still the same old Carl Hutchins he’s always been.

Frankie and Cory walk into the living room…

Frankie: Come on sit down. Tell me what you mean.

Cory: Aw you don’t wanna listen to my rants about dad.

Frankie: It looks it bothers you. Are you talking about all the things he’s done in the past?

Cory: Well doesn’t that bother YOU? He hasn’t changed Frankie. He’s still the monster he used to be.

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AT THE MENTAL INSTITUTION/PRISON

Grant sits across Scooter Carruthers in the visitors lounge…

Scooter: Grant Harrison? You’re the…you’re the senator right?

Grant: I used to be. You’re Edgar Carruthers aren’t you?

Scooter: I don’t go by that name anymore.

Grant: Why not?

Scooter: Because Edgar was a bad person. I’ve been in this institution for years for what I did.

Meanwhile, Christy is unseen by Grant and Scooter nearby, listening.

Christy (to herself): Grant Harrison. Why would he be visiting Scooter?

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POLICE STATION…JACK’S OFFICE

Jack and Toni discuss Reginald’s murder case…

Jack: I questioned Grant Harrison.

Toni: And? Why isn’t he in here? Don’t tell me…

Jack: As surprised as I am to say this, I don’t believe Grant had anything to do with Reginald’s murder.

Toni walks up to the easel with the possible suspects listed…

Toni: Do you really wanna cross his name off this list?

Jack: As much it pains me, I have nothing to nail Grant with.

Toni: He was at Reginald’s suite wasn’t he? I mean there’s got to be something we can get him with.

Jack: I pulled Reginald’s cell phone records. He texted Grant five minutes after the poisoned food was ordered. Grant couldn’t have gotten there in time to taint the meal.

Toni: What about Grant’s cell phone records? He has connections.

Grant: The only calls placed that night were to his driver, Paulina, and the hospital. None were made to any of the room service attendants, or any the hotel staff. He had no opportunity. We can’t pin this murder on Grant.

CAMERA PAN ON JACK…SLOW FADE TO THEME SONG…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNQFu9qJ88U

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PART 2

Frankie: I know everything that Carl has done.

Cory: So you wanna still see him?

Frankie: No matter what has happened in the past, he’s still your father. He’s still OUR father.

Cory: I don’t think you understand. It makes me sick that he tried to kill mom, and them mom turned around and married him. I can’t wrap my head around that.

Frankie: And your mother got a lot of flack for that. From Amanda; from Iris, Matthew. She got criticized by her friends about it. She went through a lot to be with Carl, and hey you might even be here if she didn’t follow her heart.

Cory: Don’t get me wrong, I love dad, and that’s why it hurts. The day after he came back, he had gone out, and he didn’t even tell mom. She was so worried about him. I don’t think he’s changed.

Carl walks in…

Carl: You’re right son. I’m still the same old person you’ve read and heard about.

Frankie: Hi Carl.

Carl (smiling): Frankie. So good to see you.

Frankie: Likewise. It seems like you two needs to have a talk.

Carl: You don’t have to leave. You’re family. Your younger brother here has had trouble dealing with the fact that I have done some horrible things in the past.

Frankie: I need to go and meet Charlie for lunch anyway.

Carl: We have to catch up.

Frankie: Definitely. Bye Cory.

Cory: Bye sis.

Frankie leaves…

Cory: I’m going upstairs.

Carl: Shut the doors. You’re not going anywhere until we talk about this.

Cory: Dad there’s nothing to talk about.

Carl: I’m tired of you walking around here as if someone did something to you. If you can’t come to terms with what I’ve done; the kind of man I used to be, then you need to get some help, because I’m not going to stand for it anymore.

Cory: What are you gonna do dad? You’re gonna kill me, too. Just like you did Mac Cory, or Kathleen McKinnon.

Carl: How did you know about Kathleen?

Cory: You can find anything on the internet almost. Maybe I should go into witness protection like she did.

Carl: You STOP it Cory! Stop this nonsense! I didn’t fight through a brain tumor to come back to you for this disrespectful attitude. You better fix it, and fix it soon because you don’t wanna see the ugly side of me.

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Grant: You have what I want Scooter.

Scooter: And what’s that?

Grant: What are you in here for?

Scooter: I bought a baby from that blonde girl.

Grant: Wasn’t someone else with her?

Scooter: Why are you asking me?

Grant: I want to see justice done. Why should you pay for something he did?

Scooter: I said I’d never tell.

Grant: Why are you protecting this guy? The blonde girl has been wondering where her baby is. Did he threaten you?

Scooter: No.

Grant: Then stop letting him have this power over you.

Scooter: He promised he’d help me.

Grant: He didn’t help you at all because you’re in here.

Scooter: I might have something. The blonde girl dropped it. It’s in my room.

Grant: When can you get it for me?

Scooter: Come back tomorrow.

Christy sees a guard coming and leaves…

Guard: Time’s up!

Grant: I’ll be back tomorrow.

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Toni: Reginald was blackmailing Grant.

Jack: I guess he thought he could send Grant to prison, but what was in that dossier meant nothing.

Toni: Please don’t tell me that Grant’s gonna weasel out of this one, too.

Jack: Toni you know the rules. As much as we don’t like Grant, we can’t just pick him up on circumstantial evidence. We can’t link him to any crimes that Evan committed in the United States.

Toni: That evidence supposedly links Grant to Evan.

Jack: It does not prove that Grant did not help Evan kidnap Amanda and shoot Mitch Blake.

Toni: So he gets away with crimes again.

Jack walks up to the easel and grabs a marker.

Jack: Grant may have the means and motive to kill Reginald, but he didn’t have the opportunity.

Toni: You don’t understand. We’ve been waitin’ for years to nail that son of a bitch.

Jack: Lieutenant you gotta focus on catching Reginald’s killer, not personal vendettas.

Jack crosses Grant’s name off the list.

Toni: So who’s next? Who is the next person we question.

At the same time, Jack and Toni look at Donna Love’s name on the list.

FREEZE FRAME ON THE NAME “DONNA LOVE”…SLOW FADE OUT…END OF EPISODE 124http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zn53K1NIghc