Run: 2026-04-24-01KPZTSTJVS3A8CQT7JDN48XXP

# Voice Sheet: The Cafe Encounter **Setting:** A small cafe on Main Street, Alborn, MN. Late afternoon. --- Hunter: "Excuse me, miss. Mind if I sit down? Name's Hunter — Detective Hunter. I saw you had a camera there, and I was hoping I could ask you a few questions about last night." Marie: "Oh... bonjour. Euh, pardon, je ne parle pas anglais. Je suis désolée." Hunter: "I'm sorry, what was that?" Marie: "Je... je ne comprends pas bien. Vous êtes de la police?" Hunter: "Police? Yeah — well, detective. Close enough. Listen, I just want to know if you saw anything unusual last night. By the old mill? I know you were out there taking pictures. The waitress told me." Marie: "Le moulin... oui, j'étais là-bas hier soir. Mon dieu, j'ai vu quelque chose... quelque chose d'horrible. Il y avait un homme, et une femme, et... et elle criait, monsieur. Elle criait si fort." Hunter: "Okay, okay — slow down. I'm not getting any of that. You were there, though? At the mill? You're nodding, so... yes. Good." Marie: "J'ai tout photographié. Regardez — regardez, s'il vous plaît." Hunter: "Your photos? You want me to look at your photos? Yeah, show me." Marie: "Là. Vous voyez? Cet homme. Il l'a emmenée dans la voiture. Je me suis cachée derrière les arbres. J'avais tellement peur, monsieur. Tellement peur." Hunter: "Jesus. Jesus Christ. That's — that's Dana Kowalski. She was reported missing this morning. Miss, I need these photos. Do you understand? These — photos — I — need." Marie: "Les photos? Oui, oui, je peux vous les donner. Je veux aider. Mais... cet homme, je crois qu'il m'a vue. Je crois qu'il sait que j'étais là." Hunter: "I have no idea what you just said, but you look scared half to death. Are you safe? Where are you staying? Staying — sleep — house?" Marie: "Je loge chez Madame Patterson. Rue des Érables. Mais monsieur, je vous en prie, écoutez-moi —" *[Hunter's phone rings.]* Hunter: "Hold that thought. Hunter here. ... What? When? ... Yeah. Yeah, I'm on my way. Five minutes." *[He pockets the phone.]* Hunter: "I have to go. There's been another one. Listen to me — stay here. Stay. Here. I'm going to find someone who speaks French and I'm coming right back. Do not leave this cafe. You understand? Nod if you understand." Marie: "Vous... partez? Non, non, attendez, s'il vous plaît —" Hunter: "I'll be back. I promise. And miss? Whatever you saw out there — don't show those pictures to anyone else. Just me. Okay?" Marie: "Monsieur, je..." Hunter: "Sit tight." *[Hunter exits quickly. Marie clutches her camera to her chest, eyes on the door.]* Marie: "...Revenez vite. S'il vous plaît, revenez vite."