Run: 2026-10-08-01M4DAEWTF0DG7TV1QPEACTNXD

**VOICE SHEET: "Apples and Shadows," Scene 4** *Setting: The Copper Kettle Café, Main Street, Alborn, MN. Late morning. Selvi sits alone by the window, camera in her lap. Hunter enters, scanning the room.* **Hunter:** "Excuse me. You're Selvi Raman, right? The exchange student staying over at the Lindqvist place?" **Selvi:** "मैं यहाँ बस अपनी तस्वीरें देख रही थी... मुझे नहीं पता कि आप क्या कह रहे हैं।" *[I was just looking at my pictures here... I don't know what you're saying.]* **Hunter:** "I'm Detective Hunter, Alborn PD. I'm looking into what happened at the orchard on Tuesday. A witness says you were out there at dawn with your camera." **Selvi:** "कृपया, मुझे कुछ समझ नहीं आ रहा। मैं इंग्लिश नहीं जानती।" *(Her voice cracks.)* "मैंने वो देखा... मैंने सच में वो देखा।" *[Please, I don't understand anything. I don't know English. I saw it... I really saw it.]* **Hunter:** *(frowns, pulls out his phone)* "Okay. Hindi. Hang on." **Selvi:** "आप मुझसे क्या पूछना चाहते हैं?" *[What do you want to ask me?]* **Hunter:** *(reading the phone's translation aloud, slowly)* "Tell me... about... Tuesday." *(He turns the screen toward her.)* "Can you type it? Or show me?" **Selvi:** *(hesitates, then opens her camera's display and turns it to face him)* "यह देखिए। सुबह साढ़े पाँच बजे, उत्तरी गेट के पास। वहाँ एक आदमी था, सीढ़ी के साथ। उसने एक लालटेन उठा रखी थी।" *[Look at this. 5:30 in the morning, near the north gate. There was a man there, with a ladder. He was holding a lantern.]* **Hunter:** *(squints at the tiny image, then at the phone)* "A man with a lantern. Okay. Did you see his face?" **Selvi:** "नहीं। उसकी टोपी बहुत नीची थी। लेकिन उसने एक घड़ी पहनी थी, चाँदी की, जो लालटेन की रोशनी में चमक रही थी।" *[No. His hat was pulled very low. But he was wearing a watch, silver, and it was catching the lantern light.]* **Hunter:** *(typing quickly, then reading)* "Silver watch. Got it. You're sure about the time?" **Selvi:** "हाँ। मेरे कैमरे में समय लिखा है। और फिर... मैंने देखा कि वह आदमी गेट के अंदर गया, और कुछ देर बाद दो लोग बाहर आए। बहुत धीरे धीरे। एक ने अपना हाथ पकड़ रखा था।" *[Yes. The time is stamped on my camera. And then... I saw the man go through the gate, and a little while later two people came out. Very slowly. One of them was holding onto the other's arm.]* **Hunter:** *(stops typing, his jaw tightening)* "Two people. Wait. Are you saying the Brandt sisters came out of the orchard?" **Selvi:** *(pauses, then nods slowly)* "मुझे नाम नहीं पता। लेकिन उनमें से एक रो रही थी। और जब मैंने फ़ोटो ली, तो वह मुझे देखकर डर गई। फिर वे दोनों भाग गए।" *[I don't know the names. But one of them was crying. And when I took the photo, she saw me and got scared. Then both of them ran away.]* **Hunter:** *(quietly, to himself)* "And nobody's seen them since." *(Louder, to her)* "Selvi, that's important. Did anyone else see this? Did you tell anybody?" **Selvi:** *(shaking her head, her hands trembling on the camera)* "किसी को नहीं। मैं डर गई थी। मुझे लगा शायद मैं ही कुछ गलत समझ रही हूँ। लेकिन आज सुबह अख़बार में उनकी तस्वीर देखी... और मुझे लगा मुझे बताना चाहिए।" *[No one. I was scared. I thought maybe I was misunderstanding something. But this morning I saw their picture in the newspaper... and I felt I had to tell someone.]* **Hunter:** *(sits down across from her, his voice softening)* "Okay. You did the right thing coming forward. Can you send me those photos? I need every frame, especially the ones with the gate." **Selvi:** "मैं... भेज सकती हूँ। लेकिन मुझे डर लग रहा है कि कोई और भी मुझे देख रहा था।" *[I... can send them. But I'm scared that someone else was watching me too.]* **Hunter:** *(glancing toward the front window, then back at her)* "Nobody's getting near you while I'm in this town. I'll have a patrol car swing by the Lindqvist place tonight." *(Typing again.)* "Tell me one more thing. Did the man with the lantern look like he knew what he was doing?" **Selvi:** *(considers this, then speaks slowly)* "हाँ। वह जल्दबाज़ी में नहीं था। जैसे उसे पता था कि कहाँ जाना है।" *[Yes. He wasn't in a hurry. It was as if he knew exactly where he was going.]* *(Hunter's phone buzzes. He glances at the screen, and his expression hardens.)* **Hunter:** *(into phone)* "Hunter. ...Yeah. Where? ...Okay. No, I'm on my way. Ten minutes." *(He hangs up and stands abruptly.)* "Selvi, I have to go. Keep that camera on you, and don't delete anything. Send me those photos as soon as you get back to the house." **Selvi:** *(standing too, clutching the camera to her chest)* "आप कहाँ जा रहे हैं? क्या कुछ और हुआ है?" *[Where are you going? Did something else happen?]* **Hunter:** *(already at the door, pausing with one hand on the frame)* "Probably. Stay inside tonight. I'll be back." *(The bell above the door chimes as Hunter exits. Selvi sits slowly back down, lifting her camera and staring at the frozen image of the lantern light on the orchard gate.)* **Selvi:** *(whispering, to herself)* "मैंने उसका चेहरा नहीं देखा... लेकिन उसने मुझे ज़रूर देखा था।" *[I didn't see his face... but he must have seen me.]* *END SCENE*