TEXT: INT - MARS RESIDENCE - NIGHT. Piz and Veronica are sitting on her bed, each reading. Veronica's leg is resting over Piz's right foot and her foot against his left knee. They elbow each other playfully without looking up from their books. Piz is reading Soldier of Misfortune by Apollo Bukenya. The cover shows an African child soldier. Piz looks up as Keith marches into the bedroom, pointing at Veronica. KEITH: What does the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act make illegal? Veronica responds promptly and without looking up from her book. VERONICA: Electronic surveillance without judicial authorization. Keith flips his pointing hand into a "You got it" gun and marches out again. Piz is bemused. PIZ: What was that? VERONICA: I'm taking my P.I. exam tomorrow. He's ensuring his legacy. PIZ: He's nervous for you. That's sweet. VERONICA: He should be nervous for himself. I'm gonna beat his score. Then I'm gonna dine on that shared knowledge for a lifetime. Keith marches back in, pointing at Veronica again. KEITH: A passive infrared detector would not be the best choice under which of the following conditions: A., overhead doors, B., significant changes in temperature, C.- VERONICA: B. Why don't you bug Piz for a while? Keith takes a step further into the room. KEITH: So, Piz, what are you studying? Keith reaches out for Piz's book to bring it closer without taking it from Piz's hand. KEITH: Apollo... PIZ: Bukenya. Yeah, he actually goes to Hearst, and he wrote this, uh, memoir, I guess you'd call it. KEITH: What could a college kid possibly have to put in a memoir? Surviving Spring Break on ten bucks a day? Keith laughs at his own joke. PIZ: He was a child soldier in Uganda. Keith's laughter is strangled in his
SUMMARY:
Veronica is officially a private investigator - Veronica passes her exam to be an official Private Investigator, while Piz lands an interview with Apollo Bukenya, an African student at Hearst who wrote a book about his years as an orphan child-soldier in Uganda's rebel army. Veronica is hired by an African man, Kizza, to help prove that he is Apollo's father, but her investigation leads to information that might expose Apollo's story as a fake. Meanwhile, as the election for Sheriff nears, Keith is faced with a crime spree in Neptune. Parker comes to Veronica for ...