EPISODE 3/25/02
Simon Argues With Dahlia

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MONDAY, MARCH 25, 2002

Scene 1: Location: The Cottage

SIMON FRASIER, DAHLIA VENTURA

>> Simon: Get out of my house. Get out!
>> Dahlia: You haven't answered my question.
>> Simon: You know what? I'm not going to. Get out!
>> Dahlia: Once Katie's made millions with her video, do plan on killing her the way you murdered Monique Ferrara?
>> Simon: Check your facts, Dahlia. I'm not a murderer.
>> Dahlia: You've been saying that for so long. You've really convinced yourself, haven't you?
>> Simon: Listen, I did not kill Monique and --
>> Dahlia: Really? Well, the Sacramento police department -- that's not what they thought. In fact, you're still murder suspect number one in their eyes, and probably in the eyes of Ms. Ferrara's family.
>> Simon: Why the hell do you care about all this anyway?
>> Dahlia: They knew the type of so-called "man" that you really were. They saw the dollar signs in your eyes, didn't they? But Monique trusted you. She loved you -- until the end. And that's when she woke up. She finally started to see the heartless, cruel man that you really are. She knew that the only thing you loved about her was her money. She knew that she wasn't the first and would most definitely not be your last. She wanted a divorce. And you found out. So before she could have you removed from her life or erased from her will, murdered Monique Ferrara. You drowned your wife, tried to make it look like an accident and became the heir to her will. I know all about it, Simon. I know who you are.
>> Simon: Are you done?
>> Dahlia: Yes.
>> Simon: Well, good. So why don't you tell me something, Dahlia? Just who the hell are you?

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Location: The Cottage

SIMON FRASIER, DAHLIA VENTURA

>> Dahlia: Who am I? You already know the answer to that. I'm Katie's friend.
[ Simon scoffs ]
>> Simon: A friend? Oh, and this is why you're digging up all these stories from my past? What, to make your friend unhappy? Afraid? Or is this what happens to Dahlia when she doesn't get her way? I tell Katie about you crawling all over me, and what is this? Your pitiful payback?
>> Dahlia: Oh, get over yourself, Simon. I'm just doing what you should've done a long time ago.
>> Simon: Get the hell out of my personal life.
>> Dahlia: I thought I already explained this. Not only is Katie my friend, but she is my business partner. We stand to make bundles on these videos. It's my job to protect that investment. But that would be difficult if Katie should turn up dead.
>> Simon: Well, no one is going to end up dead -- except possibly you if you don't leave. And if you dare confront Katie about these insane speculations before I get a chance --
>> Dahlia: Don't you think you've had enough time?! I mean, how many years do you need to tell the truth?
>> Simon: Oh, get out! I'm not discussing this with you.
>> Dahlia: You think I'm the only one out there who knows what you did? If you tell Katie the truth about the past, someone else will. I guarantee it.
[ Simon scoffs ]
>> Simon: What, -- are you actually blackmailing me?
>> Dahlia: No. I'm just giving you fair warning. 'Cause I am gonna be watching every move you make. And if Katie ends up in some kind of "accident" the way Monique did --
>> Simon: Why don't you get this into your thick head?! I didn't murder Monique! Katie -- hey, how was your interview?
>> Katie: I know all about Monique, Simon. What I want to know now is how long were you planning on keeping me in the dark?

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Location: The Cottage

SIMON FRASIER, KATIE FRASIER, DAHLIA VENTURA

>> Dahlia: Katie, I'm really sorry --
>> Katie: Dahlia, would you mind leaving me alone with my husband?
>> Dahlia: Of course. Call me if you need me.
>> Simon: So what did you hear?
>> Katie: Plenty. Although, lucky me, I already heard the whole story from the reporter that you met at Al's Diner. Seems like the wife is the last to know.
>> Simon: That's not the way I wanted you to find out.
>> Katie: How long were you gonna keep it a secret? That I'm married to someone who -- I can't even say it.
>> Simon: It's not like I was actually trying to keep it a secret. You know, it just never came up. What, I'm gonna lie in bed at night and say, "'night, babe, sweet dreams. And by the way, once upon a time, I was accused of murdering my wife!"
>> Katie: You should have told me before now!
>> Simon: When? When? When we were first married? I had no reason to! We weren't even together then.
>> Katie: What about when we finally fell in love?
>> Simon: Because we were happy then, remember? And I didn't want my past to get in the way. And I didn't want you to go obsessing about it and creating insane scenarios in your head the way that --
>> Katie: You should have told me anyway!
>> Simon: Okay!
>> Katie: When people tell me the facts, I don't have to obsess or conjure up stories!
>> Simon: All right, Katie. Okay, I'm telling you now!
>> Katie: That's too late.
>> Simon: Oh, God!
>> Katie: When you told me about Monique's death before, you just happened to leave out the fact that you were accused of drowning her. How could you do that to me? What about the vows we took? What about being honest with each other?
>> Simon: Okay. All right? All right. I should have trusted us. I should have put more trust in us.Ask me. Fine -- ask me anything you want.
>> Katie: You don't mean ask you anything. Because the one question I need to ask you--
>> Simon: Is if I -- if I killed her? Come on, Katie --
>> Katie: No -- I'm sorry. I'm sorry, but I just can't seem to come to terms with the fact that you would keep something like that from me. Not unless you had a good reason. I mean, you're obviously guilty about something, so -- Simon, are you? Are you guilty?
>> Simon: Yeah, it's true. I am guilty. I am responsible for Monique's death.

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Location: The Cottage

SIMON FRASIER, KATIE FRASIER

>> Katie: You killed Monique?
>> Simon: Not in the way the cops and the D.A. say I did.
>> Katie: Were you with her that night on the boat?
>> Simon: No.
>> Katie: All right. I need for you to just tell me everything that happened night. Please.
>> Simon: I've told you before. The night that Monique died, we had a terrible fight. The private detective that she'd hired to spy on me had told her the type of man that I was, how I made my money. She was frantic, okay? She started drinking. All night, she just kept drinking. And then she tells me she wants to go for a sail, which I thought was sheer insanity. It was dark. She was drunk. And sailing by yourself at the best is dangerous, but when you're drunk it's just -- so I let her go. You know, things were over between us. She now despised me as much as she'd once loved me. And you know, quite frankly, I didn't care anymore. So I went for a swim to try and clear my head. A huge storm started rolling in. I started to get worried about Monique, so I went down to the dock to try and find her. There was nothing. Katie, her family, the Ferrara's, knew everyone who was anyone -- lawyers, media. So there was an inquest.
>> Katie: And you were accused. What did they say?
>> Simon: What did they say? The D.A. and the cops said that I had motive, the opportunity and the means to swim out to Monique's boat, to push her overboard and then swim all the way back to shore.
>> Katie: Well, how far was the boat from the dock?
>> Simon: Two miles. Now, I'm a strong swimmer, but I'm not that strong. And there was a huge storm rumbling. I couldn't do it!
>> Katie: Okay, so then, why were the charges were thrown out?
>> Simon: The case never went to trial. The prosecutor knew that he didn't have enough evidence to prove that I was guilty. Now I did not kill Monique, but I still -- I didn't feel like an innocent man. Katie, if I could have saved her, I would have saved her. But her family didn't believe me. And they especially didn't believe me when they took a look at the will. They contested that in court for years. And, you know, I didn't care! I just wanted the whole thing gone, out of my head!
>> Katie: Okay, but -- you told me that you found out about the accident from the newspapers.
>> Simon: I know. I know. I was just so ashamed to look into your eyes and tell you that anent woman died because of me. Katie, Katie, honey, she drowned, okay? She drowned -- the way that my sister drowned. Now, I didn't want to think about it again. I didn't want to bring it up. I wanted those memories gone?
>> Katie: All right.
>> Simon: I am sorry.
>> Katie: All right. I'm glad you told me. And I don't hold you responsible for what happened to Monique.
>> Simon: Good.
>> Katie: But when you told me there were no secrets between us -- you lied again. You lied about the way you found out how Monique died. How am I ever gonna know that there aren't other things that you lied to me about?

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Location: The Cottage

SIMON FRASIER, KATIE FRASIER

>> Simon: Katie, be angry at me, be disappointed in me, but don't doubt us. That will let Dahlia win. She's been trying to break us up from the beginning. Do not give her the satisfaction, please!
>> Katie: What are you talking about? Dahlia was not the one who told me that you were a murder suspect! It was the reporter!
>> Simon: The reporter would have found out off Dahlia.
>> Katie: Oh, right, okay. No, she came with clippings from the Sacramento papers.
>> Simon: Oh, yeah. At the same time that Dahlia shows up here, so damned happy that she knows about my past, so pleased that she knows something that you don't. Katie, she is ruthless! Do you know what she said? She made a comment, a hideous comment about me murdering you for your money. Yeah, if you believe that --
>> Katie: I don't know what to believe anymore.
>> Simon: All right, then believe this -- if you continue to confide in Dahlia, then you're only giving her ammunition for her to pit us against each other.
>> Katie: Wait, you're saying this is my fault? You lied to me about something so -- I mean, like, huge, and you're saying that this is my fault?
>> Simon: That's not what I said, no.
>> Katie: Okay. You said that I was giving Dahlia ammunition, as if there's some kind of war here that I started.
>> Simon: I am not angry with you. I'm angry with Dahlia, okay? I'm just saying that you shouldn't trust her. I mean, if you hadn't told Dahlia about my inheritance from Monique, then she wouldn't have got all curious about my past.
>> Katie: Yeah, I'm pretty curious about your past, too.
>> Simon: And I told you everything there is to know. Word for word, you gotta take my word on this, all right? Now I need yours on something.
>> Katie: On what?
>> Simon: That our private and personal lives stay strictly between us, okay?
>> Katie: You're issuing orders now?

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Location: The Cottage

SIMON FRASIER, KATIE FRASIER

>> Simon: I'm sorry, that came out all wrong. It's been a hell of a day.
>> Katie: For both of us. You know, I knew that I didn't know every little detail about your past, but I feel like I'm just learning too many things about you.
>> Simon: And all I'm saying is that I think that our private lives should be kept between us. Dahlia doesn't need to know every little detail that goes on.
>> Katie: She doesn't know every little detail. We work together. We talk.
>> Simon: Do you know much about her private life, Katie? Didn't think so.
>> Katie: So now I can't have any friends?
>> Simon: You can have friends. I'm not trying to drive a wedge between you and Dahlia or ruin your career before it starts.
>> Katie: Well, if any of your secrets come to life, then I'm not gonna have a career. So, please, just tell me if you're neglecting to tell me anything else.
>> Simon: Yes, okay, I am. There's one more thing. Don't bring Dahlia anywhere near me. I do not want anything more to do with her. >> Katie: Is that another order?
>> Simon: No. It's a heartfelt request.
>> Katie: She has to know a couple things about us for business purposes.
>> Simon: Oh, yeah, well, I've heard that one before, haven't I? Dahlia's interest in us, in me, is a little bit deeper than a professional interest. She's got something -- something more personal in this.
>> Katie: Oh, fascinating.
>> Simon: What?
>> Katie: How you have managed to turn this discussion or argument or whatever it is from being about us to being about her. You're the one that lied to me, Simon.
>> Simon: And I explained all that just here before!
>> Katie: All right, is this because you don't trust me?
>> Simon: No, this -- no. This is about --
>> Katie: All right, there was one answer to that question. "Of course I trust you." Well, you know what? Maybe I don't trust you anymore, either.
>> Simon: What, you don't trust me? You trust Dahlia -- you trust Dahlia more than you trust me?
>> Katie: I don't know. Maybe I should.
>> Simon: You don't know the slightest thing about her!
>> Katie: And I don't know anything about you anymore, either.

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