- Elliot Burch: Who the hell are you?
- Vincent: [remaining in the shadows] No one to fear.
- [Elliot moves to turn on a nearby lamp]
- Vincent: Don't. Please.
- Elliot Burch: How do you know me?
- Vincent: We shared something - a friend - very dear to us both.
- Elliot Burch: Who?
- Vincent: Catherine.
- Vincent: My name is Vincent.
- Elliot Burch: Vincent. You know about me from what she told you?
- Vincent: Yes.
- Elliot Burch: What do you want from me, Vincent?
- Vincent: I need your help.
- Elliot Burch: Why should I help you?
- Vincent: I do not do this for myself. I saw the man who killed her.
- Elliot Burch: You what?
- Vincent: I was there... with her, at the... end. But I was too late.
- Elliot Burch: Who is this man? Do you know him?
- Vincent: No. But his face is burning inside my mind. I know where he kept her. Will you help me?
- Elliot Burch: Why should I help you?
- Vincent: Because you loved her, too.
- Deputy D.A. Joe Maxwell: Elliot Burch at my doorstep. I'm speechless.
- Elliot Burch: Hello, Joe.
- Deputy D.A. Joe Maxwell: Let me guess. You bought my building and you're here for the rent.
- Elliot Burch: You think I could come in?
- [Joe is reluctant]
- Elliot Burch: It's about Cathy.
- Deputy D.A. Joe Maxwell: She's dead, Elliot. Why don't you stop chasing her?
- Elliot Burch: Why don't you?
- Deputy D.A. Joe Maxwell: Look, what do you want?
- Elliot Burch: I got a lead on her killer.
- Deputy D.A. Joe Maxwell: All I'm hearing are complaints about the D.A.'s office. And I don't even work there now.
- Elliot Burch: That's right. You ever ask yourself why?
- Deputy D.A. Joe Maxwell: I never had to. My boss made it real clear. I was "acting against orders".
- Elliot Burch: You think he was right?
- Deputy D.A. Joe Maxwell: Maybe. Why, what's your point?
- Elliot Burch: Cathy worked there, too. I mean, doesn't the D.A. take care of their own?
- Deputy D.A. Joe Maxwell: What are you driving at?
- Elliot Burch: Six months ago when Cathy disappeared, everybody got interested and started looking into it. Two people looked harder than the rest. And after a while, it started looking hopeless. People lost interest, except you and me. We got warned off. We didn't pay attention to the warnings. And then the warnings started to hurt.
- Deputy D.A. Joe Maxwell: Come on, you're giving me coincidences like they prove something.
- Elliot Burch: They're not coincidences, Joe. It's all coming from the same man.
- Deputy D.A. Joe Maxwell: Who? Moreno?
- Elliot Burch: The man Moreno works for.
- Deputy D.A. Joe Maxwell: I know Moreno.
- Elliot Burch: Whoever killed Cathy has a direct line into your office. To somebody powerful enough to suspend you, and to launch a witch hunt against me.
- Deputy D.A. Joe Maxwell: Well, maybe it's this guy Vincent nobody seems to be able to find.
- Elliot Burch: It's not him.
- Deputy D.A. Joe Maxwell: How do you know?
- Elliot Burch: I know.
- Deputy D.A. Joe Maxwell: Then I don't know. Maybe it's nobody. Let me ask you something. How much is Moreno costing you holding up your building permits?
- Elliot Burch: That's not it, Joe.
- Deputy D.A. Joe Maxwell: You know what else I don't like about this picture, Burch? Time after time, I saw you put Cathy on the line when there was something in it for you. And now you're back here doing the same thing to me.
- Elliot Burch: I'll tell you something. You got no idea how wrong you are!
- Deputy D.A. Joe Maxwell: I think it's time for you to leave.
- Elliot Burch: No, Joe. Joe, listen. I'd at least like you to promise me that you'll look into it.
- Deputy D.A. Joe Maxwell: I'm not promising you anything. Have a nice day.
- Jacob 'Father' Wells: Vincent, did you see Elliot Burch?
- Vincent: Yes.
- Jacob 'Father' Wells: Is he going to help you?
- Vincent: He has agreed to help.
- Jacob 'Father' Wells: So does this mean that you're going to risk seeing him again?
- Vincent: Yes, I will risk seeing him. I would risk everything. Would you do any less for me?
- Deputy D.A. Joe Maxwell: What's at 1900 Sixth Avenue?
- Elliot Burch: You talked to Moreno?
- Deputy D.A. Joe Maxwell: I did.
- Elliot Burch: And?
- Deputy D.A. Joe Maxwell: Why don't you tell me what 1900 Sixth Avenue is?
- Elliot Burch: It's where Cathy died.
- Deputy D.A. Joe Maxwell: Jesus.
- [a thought strikes him]
- Deputy D.A. Joe Maxwell: How do you know?
- Elliot Burch: I can't tell you.
- Deputy D.A. Joe Maxwell: Why not? What, are you protecting someone? How do you know so much?
- Elliot Burch: It doesn't matter how I know.
- Deputy D.A. Joe Maxwell: The hell it doesn't!
- Elliot Burch: Moreno's dirty, Joe! We both know that! What's important is that he may be the only link we have to whoever killed Cathy.
- D.A. John Moreno: What's on your mind, Joe?
- Deputy D.A. Joe Maxwell: I heard some things. Things I didn't want to hear.
- D.A. John Moreno: What things?
- Deputy D.A. Joe Maxwell: About the ones who killed Cathy.
- D.A. John Moreno: You can't let that go, can you?
- Deputy D.A. Joe Maxwell: About someone bought and paid for in this office. Deny it for me, please.
- D.A. John Moreno: I'm going to let you apologize for that, and then I'm gonna let you leave!
- Deputy D.A. Joe Maxwell: Do you think I would come here if I wasn't sure?
- Deputy D.A. Joe Maxwell: Cathy Chandler is dead, and her blood is all over you.
- D.A. John Moreno: You better get out of here, Joe.
- Deputy D.A. Joe Maxwell: What are you doing here? This office stands for something!
- D.A. John Moreno: Get out of here!
- Deputy D.A. Joe Maxwell: How many times have told me the only difference between us and the people we put away is what's here?
- [indicating his heart]
- Deputy D.A. Joe Maxwell: "It's like a religion, Joe. It's like a faith, Joe. It has to be."
- D.A. John Moreno: I also remember telling you something about loyalty! Where's your loyalty?
- Deputy D.A. Joe Maxwell: Where should it be, John? With you or the law? I didn't think there was a difference. Now, I know you didn't kill her. Help me get the one who did.