Run: 2026-10-08-01M4DZYXDZZQV834J9NWC13MD7

**VOICE SHEET** **Scene: The Corner Café, Alborn, MN** *Maria sits alone at a small table by the window, camera in her lap, scrolling slowly through its screen. Hunter enters, pauses, and approaches.* **Hunter:** Excuse me. Are you Maria Ortega? The woman who was at the orchard road last Tuesday? **Maria:** *(looking up, startled, then speaking quickly in Spanish)* Perdón, no entiendo. ¿Qué quiere? Por favor, déjeme tranquila. *(Sorry, I don't understand. What do you want? Please, leave me alone.)* **Hunter:** *(frowning)* I'm Detective Hunter, with the county. I just need to ask you a few questions about what happened on Tuesday. **Maria:** *(voice trembling)* Lo vi. Lo vi todo. Esa luz en el lago... y después nadie. Nadie. *(I saw it. I saw everything. That light on the lake... and afterward, nobody. Nobody.)* **Hunter:** Okay. Slow down. Lake? Light? Did you see Dale Corrigan out there? **Maria:** *(shaking her head, gripping the camera)* Sí... no... No sé. Tengo miedo. Tengo muchísimo miedo. *(Yes... no... I don't know. I'm scared. I'm terribly scared.)* **Hunter:** *(leaning in, lowering his voice)* Look, I can tell something spooked you. I'm not going to hurt you. You're safe here. Can you tell me your name again? **Maria:** *(tapping her chest)* María. María Ortega. Soy de Sevilla. Estudio aquí, en el programa de intercambio. *(I'm from Seville. I study here, in the exchange program.)* **Hunter:** *(pausing, then tapping his own chest)* Hunter. Detective Hunter. *(He points to her camera.)* Is that what you were using? Did you take pictures? **Maria:** *(lifting the camera, unsure)* Fotos. Sí. Paisajes. El lago al amanecer. Y... *(Photos. Yes. Landscapes. The lake at dawn. And...)* *(She stops, swallowing hard, and scrolls through the screen. Her hand stills.)* Mire. Aquí. *(Look. Here.)* **Hunter:** *(leaning over the screen, squinting)* I... can't read any of this. Is that a boat? Someone on the dock? **Maria:** *(nodding frantically)* Un hombre. Y otra persona... con una linterna. Después, el agua. *(A man. And another person... with a flashlight. Then, the water.)* **Hunter:** *(exhaling, rubbing his jaw)* Okay. I need you to send me those. All of them. Can you do that? **Maria:** *(blinking, confused)* ¿Enviar? No entiendo... *(Send? I don't understand...)* **Hunter:** *(holding out his phone, mimicking a sending motion)* Send. To me. *(He gestures between the camera and his phone.)* Please. **Maria:** *(hesitating, then slowly nodding)* Ah. Sí. Sí, enviar. *(Ah. Yes. Yes, send.)* *Phone buzzes in Hunter's pocket. He glances at the screen, his expression tightening.* **Hunter:** *(into his phone, clipped)* Hunter. ...Yeah. ...No, I'm at the café on Main. ...Give me ten minutes. *(He hangs up and looks back at Maria.)* I have to go. Stay here. Don't go near the lake, understand? **Maria:** *(softly, in Spanish)* Tenga cuidado, detective. Esa persona sabe que lo vimos. *(Be careful, detective. That person knows we saw it.)* **Hunter:** *(already backing toward the door, puzzled)* I... don't speak whatever that is. But I got the gist. Stay put. I'll be back within the hour. *He exits. Maria watches the door close, then looks down at her camera, her hand tightening around it.* **END SCENE**