*Int. Zenith Publishing

(Shifts two days after the crime as we cuts inside the publisher building as we see inside Detectives Goren and Eames walking with the secretary, Donna Stewart as they pass a wall with the name of the company)

Eames: So how well you know Hannah?

Donna: Oh, just the three months she was editing her book and publishing it. Last Wednesday, was her book's first official day published.

Goren: So you said it took you only three months to publish it.

Donna: Yeah, her book was...

Eames: Was what?

Donna: I can't put my feelings to it.

Goren: Let me guess... (Jiggling his body and waving his hands) like "whoa!"

Donna: You can say that.

Eames: Do you know if there was anyone who seemed a threat to her or her work?

Donna: I don't know. My boss spends more time with her when her book was being published.

Goren: Can we talk to your boss.

Donna: (By her desk she sees her boss's door and its locked) If it's lock, that means she went on her break.

Eames: Well, if she ever appears just give her this number. (Giving her the squad's phone number) If you think or know anything else that could help with this investigation, just call us.

Donna: I will.

(Goren and Eames turns around and heads out, as we see Donna getting back to work)

Goren: (To Eames) Three months; it only takes three months to edit and publish a book that fast.

Eames: It's either she had a very good story, or she's hiding something that might indicate her as a suspect.

Goren: We need to go to Yale, I need to go to a friend of mines.

Eames: For what?

Goren: Science 101.

Eames: More like weird science 360.

(They walk out)

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*Int. Yale University - Science Labs

(Cuts to the college then to the Science dept. as we enter a lab classroom, Goren and Eames are talking to Goren's old friend, Professor Wimbely)

Prof. Wimbely: (observing a experiment while hearing what the detectives are talking about the author's murder) Tetrodotoxin, one very strange chemical; why are you implying this?

Goren: It was found as a poison that paralyzed a author, Hannah Bent, and soon she dies.

Prof. Wimbely: And let me guess, the poison didn't killed her.

Goren: (Not surprised as he sees Eames a little shock, but not surprised about his look) Well, (coughing a little) sometimes it can kill the person if they take too much at once.

Prof. Wimbely: Tetrodotoxin, or Pufferfish Poison, or whatever it's called can't be a main killer. Did she rubbed or ingested the poison?

Goren: Ingested.

Prof. Wimbely: Oh my... (gasp)

Eames: What? So it did killed her.

Prof. Wimbely: I never say it did, I'm just saying this type of poison wasn't a sign of a regular M.O.

Goren: So you saying that this poison couldn't be handle by a serial killer.

Prof. Wimbley: It's ridiculous; a serial killer won't use a pufferfish to kill anybody. I have read before by one of my colleagues that if a non-popular poison was used intentionally a person who has knowledge of Chemistry.

Eames: So we are looking for a killer that likes science, how weirder can they get. (Hearing he cell) I need to get this, excuse me. (Answering) Hello?

(As she walks while talking, Goren continues talking to the professor)

Goren: You mentioned that non-popular poisons could be used by people who know Chemistry... I like to know can anyone have access to it even if they don't have the knowledge of Chemistry.

Prof. Wimbley: I haven't got that far.

Goren: (Doubting) You're sure? (Twirling his hands) I wonder how a professor with your basic knowledge can't think or wonder if people who don't have the skills you have to get this kind of poison.

Prof. Wimbley: (Feeling humiliated) See you again, Robert. (Heading out)

(Goren feeling a little quirky after he left; Eames return after getting of the phone and noticing the professor is gone)

Eames: What happened? Where he go?

Goren: (Wondering) He had to rethink his knowledge. Who was that on the phone?

Eames: It was the captain. You know Donna Stewart, her boss the publisher of Hannah's book, is waiting for us back at the squad.

Goren: Kind of fast.

Eames: We still don't have any concrete evidence of the poison, or suspect who done it.

Goren: Well let's think. The professor said that people who know Chemistry can access this non-popular item.

Eames: And what do you think?

Goren: I think the killer don't have that knowledge, if so, he would have known what type of poison to kill her.

Eames: (Agreeing) So, we're dealing with a rookie. Natural.

(Goren agreeing as well)

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*Int. 7th Street Pawn Shop

(Cuts inside the shop as we see Jason walking in; the cashier, an 65 year-old Chinese American not that surprised to see him , since he knew what is he up to)

Cashier: Hey! Wilks, what you want again?

Jason: I'm looking for whatever to shut you up old man!

Cashier: Screw you!

Jason: (Laughing) Ha! (Seeing what he wants as it's only $2,000)

(We see a on the cashier's counter, and the cashier is shock to see him buying a gun)

Cashier: (About the gun) Why you need that?

Jason: Protection...got a problem old man?

Cashier: (Thinking he might do something harmful) No.

Jason: Here! (Giving him the $2,000 for the gun) Now, can I have it?

Cashier: Take it...

Jason: (Taking the gun, and walks off)

Cashier: Be careful, don't do anything stupid.

Jason: Whatever old man! (Don't care what he says and continues to walk off)

(Shifts back to cashier worrying about the public)

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*Int. One Police Plaza - Major Case Squad - Waiting Room

(Cuts to the squad then to the waiting room, as we see a mid average 44 year old successful lady as she is Helen Turner, the publisher of Hannah's book and boss of Donna Stewart, sitting near the table)

(Ross, Goren, Eames enter the room to spot the female waiting for them)

Helen: Detectives, I been waiting for hours; what kind of place are you running; I'm like a dog trapped in a small enclosed room.

Ross: Mrs. Turner, these are Detectives Eames and Goren. They are the leads of Hannah Bent's case.

Helen: Good. So, when I can leave?

Eames: (Both her and Goren sit on the other side of the table across from her; the captain leaves and closes the door behind him) As soon as you answer these questions.

Helen: For goodness sakes, are these questions...long?

Goren: (Seeing how she is) Have somewhere to go, Mrs. Turner?

Helen: Helen...call me Helen, dear. And yes, I need have three clients that need their works published. I'm on a crucial deadline.

Goren: (Studying) I notice your face; you been tweaking your eyes every two minutes and the way you wanted to be call by your first name suggest to me that maybe your husband is not around with you; your awkwardness to your last name signifies something's wrong with your marriage.

(Eames understanding his study towards her)

Helen: (A little surprised) Yeah, I have some rough times with my husband.

Eames: So, your marriage is on the rocks.

Helen: Sort of.

Goren: I was wondering that crucial deadline you said earlier, you mentioned it was three what...authors.

Helen: Technically, my deadline is full stock of inspiring authors.

Eames: And Hannah Bent, let me guess, was one of those inspiring authors.

Helen: Yeah. Can I go now?

Goren: Not yet, I wanted to ask when you just said about inspiring authors; what made Hannah so inspiring?

Helen: She has that spunk.

Goren: Spunk...you said that your deadline is full stock of authors, inspiring authors; you're like a magnet, attracting all their spunk and getting rid of what... their personality as a writer.

Helen: I give them their personality when it comes to the finished publishing.

Eames: And what about after, once the book is in the bookshelves. You give them their personality back and keep their spunk.

Helen: I don't know what are you are instating about me, but I do not harm my clients.

Goren: Which comes back to my question; what makes Hannah so inspiring?

Helen: She is inspired because of her spunk.

Goren: Come on! (Getting up) You think spunk, but you know she's a newbie and she wants to publish her first book; she wants to have a name for herself like her husband and her son. And I wonder, did you ever had a chance to read her book?

Helen: Like I told you, I am always busy.

Goren: No! That's your work life, I mean your personal life. If you have one.

Helen: Excuse me?

Eames: Did you read her book or not?

Helen: I didn't.

Goren: If you didn't, why you keep saying she has that spunk unless you read. I'm curious; you read any of the books you published by those authors?

Helen: I don't have to answer that.

Eames: You're not a suspect, yet, but just letting us know is a good sign.

Helen: Alright, I didn't. I never read any books that I published.

Goren: So that spunk you said, that wasn't their way of writing...that was how they act towards you.

(Helen look at him with a sterling stare)

Goren: Your busy bee life was too important towards you, their attitude towards their partnership with you kind of what... (Walking to her and doing that famous bending at his neck) faded like their soon to be success after the book is published.

(Helen not saying a word)

Eames: And when it comes to the final meeting, you shut them out because what Helen, their work don't have that..spunk you're looking for.

Goren: Hannah, was one of them, she felt that her partnership towards you will fade, so she accepts her success not knowing it will be her who will be faded not her work.

Helen: (Having enough) Can I go; if I remembered correctly, I'm not a suspect, so I can leave...please.

Eames: Sure. (Standing up and getting a officer from the outside)

(As Eames heads out, Helen gets up just right soon after Goren mentions one last thing)

Goren: I been wondering about that marriage on the rocks.

Helen: And what about it detective.

Goren: I notice that you didn't twink your eyes the last two minutes, but I now know.

Helen: (Confused)

Goren: He cheated on you. That twinkling eye is a effect of a spouse seeing their loved one betrayed and seeing the affair right before your eyes; you seen your husband cheating on you, and you don't budge.

Helen: I thought I had the perfect life, perfect husband, perfect job.

Goren: And neither of them are panning out for you.

Helen: And to you detective, do you have a love one? If not, you can't tell me my love isn't panning out unless you see your love betrayed you in the end.

Goren: (Hesitating because of that remark) Hannah had a perfect marriage, perfect life, perfect everything.

Helen: No one's perfect.

(Goren feeling that remark as well; Eames enter with the officer)

Eames: This officer will escort you out.

Helen: I hope you find that killer detectives.

Goren: (Not saying anything as of now)

(The officer takes Helen off the squad)

Eames: (Sensing something is wrong with Bobby) You're okay?

Goren: (Still heaving from that "do you have a love one" remark) Yeah.

(About to leave the room until they see Ross pointing to them to come inside the video room where he is)

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*Int. MCS - Video Room

(Cuts to the desks, as Goren and Eames are walking to Ross, who is waiting in video room)

Ross: What happened in there?

Eames: Speculation.

Ross: Yeah, speculation don't lead to a main suspect.

Goren: She has a potential motive.

Ross: And what's that?

Goren: She witnessed her husband cheating on her and she felt guilty of her life punishing her, in come Hannah who has the life she wanted...

Eames: Feeling threaten, Helen becomes jealous and poison her with that tetrodotoxin.

Ross: It's to farfetched.

Goren: How?

Ross: First off, we have a successful publisher who is what using her burned love as a motive to kill a upcomer author. Second, how she learn to use the toxin in the first place and third, how she kill her...because the M.E. has no reports for the cause of death.

Eames: Well, at least we have a attempting murder charge.

Ross: We need to find evidence to prove Helen was even at the house.

Goren: We need to check her alibi.

Eames: Yeah, the busy bee might have not been busy last Thursday.

Ross: Check on that and I will get in talks with the D.A. (Heading to his office)

Eames: (To Bobby) What's wrong?

Goren: It's just I have a funny feeling Helen wasn't the killer.

Eames: She may not be, but there is the poisoning charge.

Goren: We just need to settle on what we have.

Eames: What we have is no blood, no DNA, no physical evidence on the victim, nor any prints of the suspect. I think we might have a perfect murder on our hands.

Goren: Not quite, can you check on Hannah's phone records and Helen's.

Eames: And what you going to do?

Goren: (Thinking of the book) I need to re-read that book of hers again. (Walking out of the room)

Eames: (Feeling something is wrong with him; she stays in the room while trying to access the phone records of Hannah's and Helen's)

(Goren receives a note about Helen Turner's alibi, but as he walks he sees the mysterious package on his desk, and he looks around to see if someone have put it there by accident, but the package did say "To: Major Case Squad"; he retrieves it and bring it in it to the waiting room)

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*Int. MCS - Waiting Room

(Cuts back to the room as noone is there except for him and the package)

(He reluctantly opens it and sees the most shocking twist of all cases, a miniature crime scene of the Bent's family room and the outside part; we then see a doll sitting in the chair, very familiar to the crime scene and Goren looks closely as he sees a broken glass representing the glass of scotch and the book mimicking everything)

(We look at Goren as he is left dumbfounded, and then we see the miniature)

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