Run: 2026-09-23-01M37PR4M4GJ6REBW5VJ5XD9EH

**Voice Sheet: "The Café on Main Street"** Hunter: "Excuse me, ma'am. Detective Hunter, Alborn Police. Mind if I sit a minute?" Selvi: "जी... हाँ, बैठिए।" Hunter: "Thanks. I'm asking around about Thursday night, out at the Keller orchard after the festival tents came down. A girl went missing out there. Emily Lindqvist, nineteen, blonde. I'm told you were seen walking that road with your camera. Were you out there?" Selvi: "केलर... वो सेब का बगीचा?" *(beat, voice tightening)* "हाँ, मैं वहाँ थी। मैं सुबह की रोशनी की तस्वीरें ले रही थी, और फिर... वहाँ कोई था। खलिहान के पास। मैंने सोचा कोई मज़दूर है, पर... वो लड़की... हे भगवान, मुझे नहीं पता मैंने क्या देखा।" Hunter: "Okay. Okay, hold on. I'm sorry, I didn't catch any of that. English? Do you speak any English at all?" Selvi: "माफ़ कीजिए... मुझे अंग्रेज़ी नहीं आती। हिंदी? आप हिंदी समझते हैं?" Hunter: "Hindi? That's Hindi? No, ma'am. Not a word. I've got 'hello' in Pashto and that's about my limit." Selvi: "हिंदी नहीं... ठीक है।" *(exhales)* "कैमरा। मेरे पास फ़ोटो हैं। फ़ोटो।" Hunter: "Photo. Camera. Okay, that I got. You took pictures out there?" Selvi: "हाँ, हाँ। देखिए... ये सूरज निकलने से पहले की है। और ये... ये देखिए। खलिहान के पास।" Hunter: "That's the Keller barn, all right. Time stamp says 5:52 a.m., Friday. That's hours after anyone says they last saw Emily. Can you... zoom? Bigger?" Selvi: "बड़ा? हाँ... ऐसे।" Hunter: "There's somebody standing by the door. Can't make out a face. And that's a pickup behind the silo." Selvi: "लाल गाड़ी। वो लाल गाड़ी। वो आदमी उस गाड़ी में गया, और फिर उसने... उसने इधर देखा। मेरी तरफ़।" Hunter: "You're pointing at the truck. Red truck, yeah, I see it. And you're pointing at yourself. He saw you? Is that what you're telling me?" Selvi: "मुझे नहीं पता कि उसने मुझे देखा या नहीं। मैं भाग गई। मैंने किसी को नहीं बताया। मैं यहाँ किसी को नहीं जानती... किसे बताती? पुलिस को? मैं पुलिस से क्या कहती, जब मैं बोल ही नहीं सकती?" Hunter: "I heard 'police' in there. Look, you're not in any trouble. You understand? No trouble. You did good. These pictures are exactly what I need. Could I get a copy? The memory card, maybe?" Selvi: "मेरा कार्ड? नहीं... इसमें मेरी तीन महीने की सारी तस्वीरें हैं। पूरा सफ़र।" Hunter: "Okay, okay. I hear you, even if I don't understand you. We don't take it. We copy it. I've got a guy at the station. You get it right back. Same day." Selvi: "...वापस मिलेगा?" Hunter: "I'm gonna take that as a maybe. Here's my card. That's my number. Call it, and I'll find somebody at the college who speaks..." *(phone buzzes)* Hunter: "Sorry. One second. Hunter. ... Where? ... Out on County Road 9? ... Is it hers? ... Don't touch anything. Keep everyone back. I'm ten minutes out." Selvi: "क्या हुआ? उस लड़की के बारे में है? उसे मिल गई?" Hunter: "I've got to go. They found something. A bike, maybe hers. Listen to me. Don't delete anything. Nothing. Don't show those pictures to anybody but me. Okay?" Selvi: "रुकिए... मत जाइए। अगर उस आदमी ने मुझे देखा था तो? वो जानता है कि मेरे पास फ़ोटो हैं। मैं कहाँ जाऊँ?" Hunter: "Tomorrow. I'll come back tomorrow with someone who can translate. Right here, this café. Tomorrow morning. Okay?" Selvi: "...ओके।" Hunter: "Okay. Stay safe, ma'am." Selvi: *(quietly, to herself)* "सुरक्षित रहूँ... वो आदमी कल तक इंतज़ार करेगा क्या?" --- **Translation Key (for director/cast reference only; Hunter does not understand any of this)** - **"जी... हाँ, बैठिए।"** Yes... please, sit. - **"केलर... वो सेब का बगीचा?..."** Keller... the apple orchard? Yes, I was there. I was photographing the morning light, and then... someone was there. By the barn. I thought it was a worker, but... that girl... oh God, I don't know what I saw. - **"माफ़ कीजिए... मुझे अंग्रेज़ी नहीं आती..."** I'm sorry... I don't know English. Hindi? Do you understand Hindi? - **"हिंदी नहीं... ठीक है। कैमरा। मेरे पास फ़ोटो हैं।"** No Hindi... all right. Camera. I have photos. Photos. - **"हाँ, हाँ। देखिए..."** Yes, yes. Look... this is from before sunrise. And this... look at this. Near the barn. - **"बड़ा? हाँ... ऐसे।"** Bigger? Yes... like this. - **"लाल गाड़ी..."** Red truck. That red truck. The man went to that truck, and then he... he looked this way. Toward me. - **"मुझे नहीं पता कि उसने मुझे देखा..."** I don't know if he saw me or not. I ran. I didn't tell anyone. I don't know anyone here... who would I tell? The police? What would I tell the police when I can't even speak? - **"मेरा कार्ड? नहीं..."** My card? No... it has all my photos from three months. The whole journey. - **"...वापस मिलेगा?"** ...I'll get it back? - **"क्या हुआ?..."** What happened? Is it about the girl? Did they find her? - **"रुकिए... मत जाइए..."** Wait... don't go. What if that man saw me? He knows I have photos. Where do I go? - **"...ओके।"** ...Okay. - **"सुरक्षित रहूँ..."** Stay safe... will that man wait until tomorrow?