Deadly Whispers

[Kathy exits out of her dad's car in anger]

Tom Acton:
Wait a minute, honey ...

Kathy Acton:
No! No! No more! You know something, you embarrass me! You're always around - around my friends, at church! You're always hanging on me!

Tom Acton:
[approaches her] Don't say that, please, please.

Kathy Acton:
[walks away, furiously] How the hell else am I gonna get you to listen to me? Sometimes, I think you're deaf and dumb!

Tom Acton:
Aw, please...

Kathy Acton:
Deaf, dumb, stupid bastard!

[camera zooms close to Tom's face]

Tom Acton:
[darkly] Don't call me that.

Kathy Acton:
[coldly] Go to hell, you bastard!

Carol Acton:
I don't know who killed Kathy. I'm just trying to tell you that I don't have a husband anymore, and I can't support the family I've got left. I can't even see them! Now when do I get my kids back?

Attorney Clarence Brandon:
[sternly] Until it is proven that you yourself had nothing to do with either your daughter's murder or ANY abuse that might be found, social services won't have anything to do with...

Carol Acton:
[shocked] They think I was involved?

[after a long pause]

Carol Acton:
[sadly] Maybe I was. Maybe I was. I was supposed to keep my kids safe... and I didn't do that.