Facilis Descensus Averno [REWRITING]

Transcript: Phone Call

SUBJECT: UNKNOWN
PARTICIPANTS: UNKNOWN
DATE/TIME: JUNE XX, 2017, 08:57 AM

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CALLER: HEY, IT'S ME.

RECEIVER: HEY. SOMETHING WRONG?

CALLER: YEAH. COPS CAME BY THE HOUSE JUST NOW.

RECEIVER: WHAT?

CALLER: YEAH. SEVEN PEOPLE GOT MURDERED A COUPLE BLOCKS FROM HERE. THEY THOUGHT I HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT.

RECEIVER: SHIT.

CALLER: YEAH. (PAUSE) DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT?

RECEIVER: NO. BUT I DID SMELL SOMETHING WHEN I WENT PAST THE SCHOOL EARLIER THIS MORNING.

CALLER: WAIT, YOU'RE IN THE AREA?

RECEIVER: (PAUSE) I DIDN'T DO IT. IT WASN'T ME.

CALLER: I KNOW. I KNOW YOU DIDN'T.

RECEIVER: WHY DID THEY THINK IT WAS YOU?

CALLER: THEY SAID THE MURDER WEAPON CAME FROM THE CLINIC I USED TO WORK AT.

RECEIVER: NORTH VALLEY?

CALLER: YEAH. THERE WAS A BURGLARY THAT HAPPENED THERE ABOUT A MONTH AGO. THE BOSS TOLD THEM I WAS THE ONE WHO DID IT.

RECEIVER: FUCKING BASTARD.

CALLER: I DON'T CARE. BUT THEY'VE BEEN DOING SOME DIGGING. THEY WERE ASKING ABOUT TOBY, AND TIM.

RECEIVER: WHAT? WHY? YOU DID TELL THEM YOU HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE MURDERS, RIGHT?

CALLER: YEAH, I DID. BUT BOONE TOLD THEM ABOUT ME STEALING FROM THE CLINIC, SO THEY STARTED ASKING QUESTIONS. I TOLD THEM I HAD A SICK BROTHER. I DIDN'T EVEN MENTION TOBY'S NAME.

RECEIVER: OKAY. OKAY. WHAT ABOUT TIM?

CALLER: THEY WENT THROUGH OUR RECORDS. THE FED ASKED ABOUT THE SHED, AND THE BACKYARD.

RECEIVER: THE FED? WAIT. WAS IT COPS OR FEDS WHO CAME BY THE HOUSE?

CALLER: BOTH. A COP AND A FED. I DON'T KNOW WHY.

RECEIVER: (PAUSE) THEY HAVEN'T SEARCHED THE HOUSE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, HAVE THEY?

CALLER: NO. BUT JUDGING BY THE LOOK ON THE FED'S FACE, I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO. SOON.

RECEIVER: OKAY. OKAY. (PAUSE) WANT ME TO COME OVER?

CALLER: NO, YOU CAN'T. TOO RISKY.

RECEIVER: YOU'RE RIGHT. (PAUSE) YOU GUYS HAVE TO MOVE SOON, THOUGH.

CALLER: WE CAN'T. NOT UNTIL THE CASE'S CLOSED.

RECEIVER: WHAT IF THEY GET A WARRANT? WHAT IF THEY SEARCH THE WHOLE HOUSE?

CALLER: IT'LL BE MORE SUSPICIOUS IF WE JUST GET UP AND MOVE. THEY'LL TRACK US DOWN FOR SURE, EVEN IF WE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THOSE MURDERS. (PAUSE) YOU SURE YOU HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THEM?

RECEIVER: I WOULDN'T, SKYE. I WOULDN'T.

CALLER: OKAY. OKAY. I BELIEVE YOU. (PAUSE) I'LL START GETTING RID OF SOME OF YOUR STUFF. IS THAT OKAY?

RECEIVER: YEAH, YEAH, THAT'S FINE. JUST THROW THEM OUT. I DON'T CARE.

CALLER: OKAY. I'VE GOT TO GO. I HAVE WORK.

RECEIVER: YEAH, OKAY. STAY SAFE. CALL ME IF THEY COME BACK, OR IF ANYTHING ELSE HAPPENS.

CALLER: YEAH, I WILL. YOU, TOO.

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