Damages2007

[first lines]

Ellen Parsons:
Someone's covering it up.

Hollis Nye:
Who? The police searched Patty's apartment, and there was no one there and no signs of a struggle.

Ellen Parsons:
But I'm telling you the truth.

Hollis Nye:
Okay, then let's start with what you know.

Ellen Parsons:
David and I had a...

Hollis Nye:
Ellen, talk to me. Take your time.

Ellen Parsons:
David and I had a fight. So I stayed at Patty's apartment. That's when the man attacked me. She told me she was going away for the weekend. [fighting off a man with a kitchen knife] I'd never seen him before. I don't know who he was. I couldn't trust anyone. I didn't know what I was doing. I knew. I knew I had to find David.