Run: 2026-10-09-01M4G034GT5F36FJBEJ2XRV097

**VOICE SHEET: "The Last Frame"** *Scene: A corner café on Main Street, Alborn, MN. Early October. Marie sits by the window, her camera in her lap. Hunter enters, scanning the room.* **Hunter:** Morning. Mind if I sit? I'm Detective Hunter. I'm looking into the disappearance of Daniel Reyes. You were near the lake road last Thursday, is that right? **Marie:** "Je suis désolée, je ne comprends pas. Vous parlez anglais?" *[I'm sorry, I don't understand. Do you speak English?]* **Hunter:** Okay. Lake road. Thursday. You were there? **Marie:** "Il était là. Je l'ai vu. Il tenait la lanterne, et puis... il n'y avait plus personne. Seulement la lanterne sur le ponton." *[He was there. I saw him. He was holding the lantern, and then... there was no one. Only the lantern on the dock.]* *(Her voice cracks. She grips the camera tighter.)* **Hunter:** I'm going to need you to slow down. Lantern. Dock. Was he alone? **Marie:** "Non, il y avait une autre personne, au bord de l'eau. Je ne voyais pas son visage. Je suis désolée, je ne sais pas quoi faire. J'ai eu si peur." *[No, there was another person by the water. I couldn't see their face. I'm sorry, I don't know what to do. I was so scared.]* **Hunter:** *(leaning back, rubbing his jaw)* Look, I don't speak French. Not a word. Can you show me? *(Marie hesitates, then turns the camera around and scrolls through the screen. She stops on a blurred photo: a dock, a lantern glowing, a dark figure at the edge of the water.)* **Marie:** "Voilà. J'ai pris cette photo à 5 heures du matin, pour le lever du soleil. Je ne l'ai remarqué qu'après." *[Here. I took this photo at 5 a.m., for the sunrise. I only noticed it afterward.]* **Hunter:** *(leaning in, studying the screen)* Okay. That's a clue. Can you send me this? *(He taps his phone, holds it out, and mimes sending.)* **Marie:** "Vous voulez que je vous l'envoie? Oui. Mais... vous allez la garder, n'est-ce pas? Vous n'allez pas la montrer à la police avant de savoir ce qui s'est passé?" *[You want me to send it to you? Yes. But... you'll keep it, won't you? You won't show it to the police before you know what happened?]* **Hunter:** *(pause, a flicker of confusion)* I'm the police, ma'am. Whatever you're worried about, I'm not going to make it worse. *(Marie nods slowly, though she clearly understands nothing. She sends the photo. Her phone buzzes in Hunter's pocket.)* **Marie:** "Merci. Je suis désolée de vous avoir fait venir ici sans savoir parler votre langue." *[Thank you. I'm sorry for making you come here without knowing your language.]* **Hunter:** *(half-smiling)* Don't apologize. You're doing better than most witnesses I've had. *(His phone rings. He glances at the screen, his expression tightening.)* **Hunter:** I have to take this. *(into the phone)* Hunter. Yeah. Where? ...Give me ten minutes. *(He stands, pulls on his coat, and looks back at Marie.)* Stay in town for a few more days, okay? I'll find someone who can translate. We're going to figure this out. **Marie:** "Attendez! Ne partez pas seul vers le lac. Promettez-moi." *[Wait! Don't go to the lake alone. Promise me.]* **Hunter:** *(already at the door, unable to understand)* I'll take that as a yes. *(The bell above the door chimes. Marie looks down at her camera, where the lantern still glows in the frozen frame.)* **END SCENE**