# ALBORN CAFÉ - VOICE SHEET **SCENE: Interior, local café. Morning light streams through windows. ISABELLA sits at a small table, reviewing photographs on her camera. HUNTER approaches, badge visible on his belt.** --- **Hunter:** "Excuse me, miss. Detective Hunter, Alborn PD. I'm investigating some incidents that've been happening around town. You been here long?" **Isabella:** *looks up, startled* "Mi scusi? Io... io non capisco l'inglese." **Hunter:** *pauses, clearly puzzled* "English? Do you speak English?" **Isabella:** *shakes head, speaking in Italian* "No, no inglese. Solo italiano. Mi dispiace." **Hunter:** *rubs temple* "Great. Just great." *speaks slowly and louder, as if volume helps* "Missing. People. Gone." **Isabella:** *eyes widen with understanding and alarm* "Oh! Sì, sì... le persone scomparse. Ho... ho visto qualcosa." *her hands tremble slightly* "È stato terribile. Molto strano." **Hunter:** *sits down across from her, frustrated* "I have no idea what you just said, but you look scared. That much I can read." **Isabella:** *clutches her camera* "La notte scorsa... con la mia fotocamera, io..." *trails off, shaking her head* "Non so se dire. È brutto. Molto brutto." **Hunter:** *leans forward* "Look, I don't know what language that is—" **Isabella:** *interrupts softly* "Italiano." **Hunter:** "Right. Italian. Well, I don't speak Italian, and you don't speak English, so we're—" *HUNTER'S PHONE BUZZES. He checks it, his expression shifts.* **Hunter:** *standing abruptly* "I gotta take this. Stay here, okay? Don't leave." **Isabella:** *nods uncertainly* "Va bene..." **Hunter:** *answers phone while walking away* "Hunter here... Yeah, when?... I'm on my way." *exits quickly* **Isabella:** *sits alone, watching him leave, still trembling* ---