[Scotty Valens and Lilly Rush are being shown the floor of Echo Company's barracks at the Pennsylvania Military Institute, where Kate Butler stayed in her time there.]
[Reading a plaque on the wall] 'A cadet shall not lie, cheat, or steal, nor shall he tolerate those who do'.
LillyHonor Code; notice they got one in every building.
LGLawrence Gardner
Single-sanction policy, ma'am; one violation gets you drummed out.
Pretty strict code for most mortals.
[The three have reached the former room of PMI's first two female cadets. Cadet Gardner turns around before unlocking the door; he holds up the gold class ring on his right hand and speaks as if quoting scripture.]
LGLawrence Gardner
And on the Eighth Day, God created PMI.
[Colonel Murillo, Commandant of the Pennsylvania Military Institute, has been called to the Philadelphia PD's offices for questioning.]
Lilly
Thank you for coming in, Mr. Murillo.
CMCOL Murillo
It's Colonel Murillo. I think I've earned that.
Lilly
You have a problem with Cadet Butler enrolling at PMI, Colonel?
CMCOL Murillo
What's this all about? [Looks at Stillman] Lieutenant?
I believe the detective asked you a question.
CMCOL Murillo
What I have a problem with is irrelevant in view of what the courts have decided, now isn't it?
Lilly
It isn't when you allow a student to be assaulted on campus.
CMCOL Murillo
That's a bit presumptuous. Am I on the stand here?
Lilly
You knew Kate was attacked; you should have stopped it from going further.
CMCOL Murillo
I knew no such thing.
Lilly
We have a cadet who witnessed it. Told you what he saw.
CMCOL Murillo
What Cadet Keith Henderson told me was hearsay: I chose to go directly to the horse's mouth.
[A flashback scene occurs with Kate Butler reporting to COL Murillo's office; when asked if she was assaulted by an upperclassman in the barracks the previous night, she denies it, despite Murillo reminding her of the Honor Code, which forbids a cadet from lying.]
Lilly
So that's it? You just let her go?
CMCOL Murillo
What the hell would you have me do? The Honor Code is the backbone of the Institute. If she says it didn't happen, it didn't.
Lilly
She was trying to suck it up. To fit in with the male cadets.
CMCOL Murillo
Well, then. She made her choice, didn't she?
[Major Moe Kitchener, Operations Officer at PMI, is being questioned by Valens and Rush.]
MKMAJ Kitchener
What happened between Cadets Stewart and Butler was tragic and shameful. But if you're looking to spread the blame, I suggest you start with the courts.
Lilly
The courts... killed Kate Butler.
MKMAJ Kitchener
Do you know how many Congressmen have graduated from PMI? Twelve. Six Senators; eight four-star generals. Those courts ordered us to change the way we do things here! [Smiles ironically] Now here we are.
Stuck installing women's latrines and tampon dispensers.
MKMAJ Kitchener
There are over sixty women's colleges in this country. Do you see any men banging down the doors, trying to get in? The value of a separate education, is that it is SEPARATE!
Lilly
You sound bitter, Moe.
MKMAJ Kitchener
Because of this catastrophic experiment, an army of lawyers and press stand ready to shut down the institution I love. The one thing I share with my father, and his before him. Excuse me, if I forgot to shed a tear for Hank Butler's daughter!
[Lilly Rush is questioning Moe Kitchener in a soundproofed room again.]
Lilly
Gotcha, Moe.
MKMAJ Kitchener
[Casually] That so?
Lilly
Sent Ryan for that footlocker, made Cadet Butler's body disappear, and you framed Lawrence for the job.
MKMAJ Kitchener
What? Now you're gonna tell me that kid is really dead?
Lilly
I just... I just know he didn't do it. That's all that matters.
MKMAJ Kitchener
Stories. You're just telling yourself stories.
Lilly
You even tried to take out a cop.
Lilly
You're busier than a one-legged man in an ass-kicking competition, Moe!
MKMAJ Kitchener
[Sighs] You can only keep the flood back for so long, Detective.
Lilly
The flood?
MKMAJ Kitchener
Pretty soon it's gonna pull you down. For good.
Lilly
[Slamming her hands on the table right in front of Kitchener] You put that girl in a BOX!
MKMAJ Kitchener
I put you there too, sweetheart.
[Cracks appear in the walls, and water begins to flood in from under the door.]
Lilly
No... No, I got out! I got you!
MKMAJ Kitchener
Not from where I'm sitting.
[The flood of water increases and Kitchener vanishes when Rush looks away; it is revealed she has been dreaming, unconscious after MAJ Kitchener rammed her car while she was driving across a bridge, attempting to murder her a second time.]
CChelsea
I don't have to talk to you.
Rush
No you don't, it's just your kid who's dead. And yet you keep jerking us around. Keep it up, I'll have the DA pile on conspiracy and extend your stay.
CChelsea
Not like I got anything waiting for me out there.
Rush
There's always vodka. My mom liked hers straight. You know, in one of those plastic bottles... that don't break when you pass out.
[Angry Moe Kitchener has made bail, Lilly Rush has been using her connections with city police to harass him. Moe knows Lilly is behind it, and pulls his car up right beside hers one evening.]
Rush
I was just heading out to mess with you some more.
[Lilly places her pistol in her right hand; she makes sure Moe sees it.]
Rush
You wanna back up your car now?
MMoe
Your car dry up or they get you a new one?
Rush
I said back away.
MMoe
You gonna shoot me, Detective? Now, how do you think that'll look after I've filed a complaint? The more you push, the less I have to lose.
Sonny was a rock star. Women, money, cars. He got mixed up in any trouble, PPD gave him a pass just like Iverson and Barkley.
Come on! Jockeys? Those knee knockers get the ladies?
Rush
Hmm, still a man on a horse. Confident, athlete... Winning combo.
I'm saying this town loves a winner.
Rush
It's been four years, Bobby. What took you so long to come forward?
SBSPC Bobby Kerns
Special Forces. Went from training at Fort Bragg to two tours in Afghanistan. Just got home.
Rush
A bus ticket doesn't prove he was with you.
SBSPC Bobby Kerns
Ma'am, Army thinks one of its top soldiers is a criminal. You gotta make it right. Staff Sergeant Donley changed my life; the least I can do is honor his.
[In a flashback scene told by Jerry Harkin, Kevin's father, SSG Donley arrives at Kevin's funeral to offer his condolences. Jerry follows Donley, angry and meaning to confront him, but finds Donley speaking quietly with Kevin's younger brother, Ethan.]
SMSSG Mike Donley
Ethan, right? Man, your brother talked a lot about you. I'm sure that everybody's telling you you gotta be strong for your pop, and you got big shoes to fill. But none of that answers any of your questions, right? About why all this had to happen? I wish I could tell you; I can't. No one can. But if you ever get sad about your brother, I want you to remember this.
[The flashback ends abruptly; Jerry Harkin is trying to compose himself.]
Rush
Take your time.
JJerry
He, um... he told my son Ethan that... he shouldn't feel sad about never seeing Kevin again. Because, every time he saw a soldier on TV, in the news, on the street- anywhere- that... he was seeing a piece of Kevin. That Kevin was now... a part of something bigger. Now, I might not have agreed with Mike that much but... what he said stays with me today. It's how I get by.
LRLily Rush
Look, I'm sorry I dragged you into this mess.
Nah. I should have told you before.
Rush
I mean, I feel like I'm still responsible for her. But I don't know how to keep doing this.
She went through what you did, too.
Rush
Well, you would think it would have brought us closer, but I barely remember a time when we got along. When we were just sisters.
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