"There's never any good in a lie. Never.
Because truth always prevails. Always."
-- Amber Frey, 1/6/03 wiretap

"Sweetie, I can't give you answers."
-- Scott Peterson, 1/6/03 wiretap         

"I had nothing to do with this, and I just, you know, I hope that you are not involved to any degree. ... You know, what I mean by that is, obviously you're not involved -- but I mean I don't want you to have any repercussions from people."
-- Peterson, 1/8/03 wiretap  

"Okay would I be safe to say, well okay let's see -- and I know you've never said this, but you've indicated so many other things that I could assume, possibly -- that she's missing because you love me, right?"
-- Frey, 1/6/03 wiretap

Frey, 1/1/03 wiretap

"I wish you were here and I could be with you. I'm just waiting -- anticipating the day that I will get to see you again. "

". . . at the same time -- I had said to you, you know, at least if I don't get to see you, if I could talk to you every day it would mean so much, cause I can't see you -- but at the same time, phone calls are impersonable (sic) to a point -- but yet are an open door to communication. . . "

"I know, but you haven't elaborated on that. It doesn't really say anything that I need to hear. "

"I need to hear things as well as you know seeing -- hearing is such a great thing for me. I need to hear, I'm the type of person -- I need to hear -- you know?"

"You know I told you before, you could call me -- anytime."

"I was praying that I could talk to you. It's just been so frustrating."

"And I've been thankful for that and, you know, and just trying to stay positive and -- and go to church."

" Tell me... Do you think I'm intelligent?"



Frey, 1/6/03 (10:16 PM) wiretap

"I'm reading the Bible."

Frey, 1/6/03 (11:30 PM) wiretap

"Robbers don't steal people... pregnant people."

"You don't think you KNEW you lied to me?"

"You can't answer the questions about you and I? This isn't about Laci."

"Do you remember a conversation where you said, 'I've thought about you' but said you didn't want to share it over the phone, and I said 'well write me.' Well I haven't received anything yet in the mail."

"Do you still feel that you're very adamant about not having another child?"

"Seems there's a lot of things you 'don't know' and 'can't talk about.'"

"So should I be afraid of you? You've lied to me, as well, about something so big"

"That doesn't make sense. That doesn't make sense to me Scott."

"You've got a missing pregnant wife and you're talking to your girlfriend? Hmmm. Did you think about that one?"

"You sound like you have information! What is it you're hiding?"

"I'm just still stuck on -- why you can't tell me?"

"Don't you think this is just so incredibly cruel?"

"How am I supposed to deal with the media and the police?"

"I did everything possible to protect my baby and me. I told you this. I worked 40 plus hours a week -- because I wasn't gonna ask for any help from any one. And I did this on my own. I went to school. I had my baby, I did this all with her. I didn't need this in my life. I didn't need for somebody to come in and fuck all of it up. I have worked too hard! And you weren't supposed to be someone that would take me down. You were supposed to be somebody to be there for me!"

"You don't think you're gonna need my help in this, Scott?"

"You know, you don't have to tell me directly, and it's not something -- it's something I would LIKE to hear, but Scott, I -- uh -- I hear you, --- that's not your baby...?"

"I just have to say it sounds to me, in your choice of words, that this baby is not yours. …Again silence. Remember, actions speak louder than words, Scott."



Frey, 1/7/03 (4:15 PM) wiretap

"But I'm saying, now, was Laci aware of the situation about me? ... She was? Really? How did she respond about it?"

"An 8-month pregnant woman -- 'fine' about another woman? Oh! She was okay with it, but you... you continued to lie to me and couldn't be with me at the holidays, but she was okay -- she was fine with knowing about me?"

"What I want you to tell me is everything that happened from the -- beginning the night before Christmas Eve."

"Wasn't it raining on Monday?"

"Deceit from Day One. I see this elaborate lie unveil in front of me. And what I see before me is unbelievable. This can't be happening to me. This can't be happening to the person I met November 20th. This person that I was led to believe was the person … was this, caring, attentive, thoughtful man. And what's revealed to me is all this, and all these lies. I don't know what -- I don't know what it is I'm supposed to perceive of all this."



Frey, 1/8/03 wiretap

"I have a hard time finding you innocent in this, Scott."

(after a lost connection)
"He'll call back."

Frey, 1/12/03 wiretap

"Do you know where she is?"

"How can you not possibly be involved with her disappearance?"

"Do I just like . . . is it written all over me, you know, 'sucker' or something? 'Oh, here's a person I can easily take advantage of, she's just so naive.'"



Frey, 1/14/03 wiretap

"This has been an unbelievable mind fuck."



Frey, 1/15/03 wiretap

"I was reading the cover today -- the cover of ROMEO AND JULIET, um, and actually I should probably grab it again so I don't screw up what it says, but -- 'This brilliant and contemporary re-telling of the world's most tragic love affair makes this wildly inventive ROMEO AND JULIET unforgettable.' It just brought me back to the movie you want me to watch, LOVE AFFAIR. You now, and I think for the most part, the movie LOVE AFFAIR is just the coincidence... of my life, and yours, and the parallel to this movie is just very coincidental I guess. Would you agree?"



Frey, 1/25/03 wiretap

"From what I know, Scott ... this was all a plan. The thing is you know where it went wrong for you, Scott, in this plan is you didn't think the media would be so big and I'd ever learn of this. That's where it went wrong, that it was so huge and I did learn of this."



Frey, 2/7/03 wiretap

"Okay. But the pay phones in Fresno, generally you can't receive calls. Um -- I've had some issues with pay phones."



Frey, 2/19/03 wiretap

"I think right now for me, Scott, and really everything that has happened in the last 50-plus days for myself and, and the family, and you and everything that's going on right now -- I think it would be best if you and I didn't talk any more until there's a resolution in this whole thing."

"The best movie ever made is THE SHINING."
-- Peterson, 1/4/03 wiretap

Peterson, 12/30/02 wiretap

"Hey, I'll be in I'll be in Paris tomorrow. I'm flying to Normandy right now and hopefully the phone will be better. So I... I can't hear you right now. Are you there?"

"In my mind we would be wonderful together, and I could care for you the rest of our lives."

"And we could fulfill each other, forever."

Peterson, 1/1/03 wiretap

"And last night -- well, this morning too -- there is this fucking dog next to this hotel. This dog that just keeps barking. Oh, I want to kill it!"

"I am determined to go out and jog. I'm going to fight pudge boy."

"If you need a timetable, I can't give you one."

"Our relationship will grow and when it's the right time it will be beautiful."

"You are so special . . . I want you to go back to that party and sing."

"I'm here for you. . . I am and I will be."

                 


Peterson, 1/4/03 wiretap

"I need a better vocabulary, or a book or a thesaurus or something, to find the right words to describe you. "

Peterson, 1/6/03 wiretap (11:30 PM)

"Don't change just because someone like me has lied to you."

"I cannot explain to you now."

"I never cheated on you."

"I can't explain everything."

"I wouldn't say adamant, but [having a child] it's not in my thoughts currently. "

"I can't say anymore."

"Sweetie, we can't talk about it."

"I can't give you answers."

"Our hope is -- it's a sad hope -- is that, well we need a tip. That's why we have such a big reward. We just hope that someone's holding her for her child, and that we can get her back with a tip. "

"She's missing because someone abducted her. ... That's what we think happened. ... She would not have run off. Someone took her. "

"You're so special."



Peterson, 1/8/03 wiretap

"I've got my Bible in front of me."

(referencing the Bible)
"I need to get some good soil for us."

"When you get all the facts, it'll make sense to you."

"I can't tell you these things."

"Those details are the ones we can't talk about."



Peterson, 1/12/03 wiretap

"I also have nothing to hide in her disappearance. And if you, you know, if you want to go to the police, that's, you know, fine."

"That house in Modesto. The house where Laci disappeared."



Peterson, 1/25/03 wiretap

(about Frey's media appearance)
"It's incredibly brave. It just shows what amazing character you have ... I pulled over and threw up when you cried."



Peterson, 2/7/03 wiretap

"Is there some way for us to see each other, Amber?"

"I just need to tell you how much I care about you ... And I desire so much to be, you know, for the rest of our lives, your best friend, your biggest comfort, and the second-most joy in your life."

"I just know that if we got to sit down ... I think of how both of us could be experiencing something so unbelievable that I think it would help both of us."

"You know I'm not a monster."

"I can tell you -- but not on these phones."

"What would be a good time that you would be near a pay phone that maybe you could call me ...and tell me, and I'll call you at a pay phone -- from a pay phone?"

Can you hear me now?

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