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Published: Feb. 3, 2023, 2:37 a.m.

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Thanks for your patience!\\xa0 Winter is tough.

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This episode includes graphic violence, archiac psychiatric attitudes and terminology, gaslighting, and misogyny.\\xa0 It was written intentionally to emulate the style of Italian "GIALLO" thriller films of the 1970s and 80s.

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Hot chicks in peril, black leather-gloved killer, faces through plate glass, badly-dubbed voices, and lots and lots of the red stuff!

Written and produced by Julie Hoverson

Cast List
Dr. Silver - Anthony D.P. Mann
Jessica - Julie Hoverson
Adrienne - Robyn Keyes
Dana - Kate Waterous
Chris - Tanja Milojevic
Inspector Gules - Glen Hallstrom
Manager - Dru Williams
Voice on Phone - Lord Blood-Rah
Cop1 - Desmond Reddick (Dread Media)
Cop2 - Miguel Guerreiro (FearShop.com)
Coroner - Jack Kincaid (Edict Zero)
Detective - Caretaker (Graveyard Show)

Music:\\xa0 Professor Kliq
Editing and Sound: \\xa0 Julie Hoverson
Cover: Brett Coulstock

"What kind of a place is it?\\xa0 Why it\'s a psychiatrist\'s office, can\'t you tell?"

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WHEN YELLOW CASTS A CRIMSON SHADOW

Cast:

[Opening credits - Olivia]

Jessica

Dr. Silver

Dana

Adrienne

Chris

Detective Gules

Manager

Voice

Cop1

Cop2

Detective

Coroner

OLIVIA \\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0Did you have any trouble finding it?\\xa0 What do you mean, what kind of a place is it?\\xa0 Why, it\'s a psychiatrist\'s office, can\'t you tell?\\xa0

MUSIC

SOUND \\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0LOW MUSIC PLAYS

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 DOOR OPENS

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Dr. Silver?

1. SILVER Ah, you must be Jessica. Come in! \\xa0Come in.\\xa0 Your father has spoken of you often.

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Mm.\\xa0 He told me to come to you if I.... needed anything.

1. SILVER Come in! Sit down!\\xa0 I can\'t tactfully say I am pleased to see you, but I can heartily say I am most happy to make your acquaintance.

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Oh.\\xa0 Yeah.\\xa0 Thanks.

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 DOOR SHUTS QUIETLY, SHE CROSSES ROOM AND SITS

1. SILVER There. Now tell me what I can do for you.

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Since I moved to Florence, I\'ve - I\'ve been doing really well.\\xa0 Sleeping.\\xa0 Even without the drugs.

1. SILVER You haven\'t been taking your prescriptions?

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 My doctor back home said I could cut back some - once I started feeling better.

1. SILVER Your doctor--?

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Dr. Gelb.\\xa0 Joan Gelb?

1. SILVER Ah, yes, I am familiar with some of her work. Go on.

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Go... on?

1. SILVER You had a reason for coming to me, didn\'t you?

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Oh!\\xa0 Yes.\\xa0 [very down] The dreams.

1. SILVER [after a beat] Yes?

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Well, I came here to attend university.\\xa0 And be closer to my father.

1. SILVER He is not in the United States?

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 No.\\xa0 He\'s on diplomatic attachment in the Netherlands - [amused] but I don\'t understand any Dutch.

1. SILVER [chuckles]

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 So I found a room with three other girls from the college.\\xa0 They\'re all models.\\xa0 To pay for their classes.\\xa0 Well, except Dana - she just models for fun...\\xa0 Sorry.\\xa0 That\'s probably not important.\\xa0

1. SILVER Don\'t let it worry you. Go at your own pace.

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Can I have a piece of paper?

1. SILVER You want to take notes? [teasing]\\xa0 That\'s really my job.

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 No, no!\\xa0 It helps me concentrate.\\xa0 Please?

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 PAPER RIPPED FROM NOTEBOOK, PASSED OVER

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Thank you.

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 PAPER FOLDED, TORN - UNDER THROUGHOUT

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 So, Dana, Chris, and Adrienne - are all gorgeous.\\xa0 I\'m the mouse.\\xa0 [heavy sigh] Don\'t get me wrong - they\'re all very nice.

1. SILVER But you are a bit jealous?

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 They\'ve all got legs all the way up to their shoulders!

1. SILVER [musing] A woman with legs up to her shoulders might be missing a heart.

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [startled, laughs, relaxes a bit]\\xa0 I like that.\\xa0 But, they\'re nice - really nice.

1. SILVER You\'re lucky. Good friends are hard to find.

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Yes... [trails off, sighs, then absently]\\xa0 The dream.

1. SILVER Whenever you\'re ready.

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 You\'re going to think I\'m horrible!

1. SILVER Nonsense. Dreams are primarily symbolic, and everyone dreams about things they are embarrassed by.\\xa0 I promise not to judge you.

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [gulps, long breath] In the dream, I come home.\\xa0 Our apartment is on the top floor, so I walk up and up the endless stairs.\\xa0 It\'s the type that goes round and round an open space.\\xa0 [her voice slowly picks up an echo, as if in a stairwell] You know, where you can look all the way down to the ground floor - as long as you don\'t have to worry about vertigo?

SOUND [under] \\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0FOOTSTEPS ECHOING UP THE STAIRWELL

1. SILVER Mm.

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 And the door was ... open.

JESSICA [under] Hello?

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 I pushed it the rest of the way, and went in.\\xa0 And everything was red.\\xa0 Red on the walls.\\xa0 I couldn\'t understand.\\xa0 All I could think was - did we repaint?

1. SILVER Yes?

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 And then I looked up and saw the light fixture.\\xa0 It was red too.\\xa0 Red and dripping.\\xa0 [slowly] Slowly dripping.

1. SILVER [after a pause] Is that when you woke?

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [hollow, numb] No.\\xa0 [coming back]\\xa0 Can I have another piece of paper?\\xa0 I\'ll trade you.

1. SILVER A crane? Very nice.

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 It was... part of my therapy.

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 PAPER RIPS, PASSED OVER, MORE FOLDING BEGINS

1. SILVER Still... very nice.

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Thanks. \\xa0[deep breath] \\xa0I went into the next room.\\xa0 [half a chuckle]\\xa0 Out of the foyer into the frying pan.\\xa0 [lame laugh]\\xa0 You must think I\'m awful, to be able to joke at a time like this!

1. SILVER No. Humor is a very common way to deal with painful circumstances.\\xa0 Don\'t concern yourself with what I think.

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Adrienne was in the sitting room.\\xa0 [trying not to choke up]\\xa0 Dead.\\xa0 She was - all cut up, and the mirror next to the kitchen door was smashed and bloody.\\xa0 I could see my reflection in the shards ....sticking ...out of her ...eyes.

JESSICA [tinny] [screams]

1. SILVER [after a short moment] Was that where the dream ended?

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [trying to be chipper]\\xa0 Yes.\\xa0 Just that.\\xa0 Just... seeing her dead.

1. SILVER I\'d... like to venture an interpretation of this dream that might help you... come to terms with it.

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Yes?

1. SILVER It\'s a manifestation of a deep-seated jealousy.

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 I\'m not jealous!

1. SILVER It\'s normal - don\'t worry. She\'s a beautiful model and you want to see yourself in her eyes as she appears to yours.\\xa0

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [brightening] Really?\\xa0 But it was so bloody.

1. SILVER Symbolism again. Red is the color of jealousy and passion.\\xa0 Nothing more.

MUSIC

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 HER FOOTSTEPS ECHO UP ENDLESS STAIRWAY

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 HEAVY FOOTSTEPS BELOW

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 HER FOOTSTEPS STOP

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 A COUPLE OF HEAVY FOOTSTEPS, APPROACHING

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 HER FOOTSTEPS, RUNNING UP THE STAIRS

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 SHE PAUSES AGAIN

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [heavy breathing, trying to be quiet and listen]

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 NO FOOTSTEPS

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 THUMPING SOUNDS APPROACH - SETS OF FOUR

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 TURNS OUT TO BE A BALL COMING DOWN THE STAIRS

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 SHE CATCHES THE BALL

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [sigh, chuckle]

CHILD\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [strangely bland] My ball!

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [gasp, almost a scream]\\xa0 Oh!\\xa0 [more normal] I\'ve got it.

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 HER STEPS BEGIN AGAIN

MUSIC

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 DOOR OPENS

DANA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [lecturing] I only eat chocolate off a man.

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [gasp]

CHRIS\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Ha!\\xa0 What a line to come in on!\\xa0 Dana was just explaining her perfect diet plan.

ADRIENNE\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 It makes perfect sense - work up a sweat, then have all the chocolate you want!

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 You girls.

DANA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Don\'t tell me you wouldn\'t, if you had a chance?

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Well...

CHRIS\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Maybe she doesn\\u2019t like chocolate!

ADRIENNE\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Maybe she doesn\'t like men.

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 I like chocolate!\\xa0 My father sent me some cocoa - the good Dutch kind.

DANA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 I\'m surprised you like men any more, Adrienne, after all that bastard Alberto put you through.

ADRIENNE\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Don\'t get me started.\\xa0 [beat]\\xa0 You should really be allowed to shoot men when you\'re through with them.\\xa0

CHRIS\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 I\'d have a trail of bodies stretching to the sunset.

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Are there any more of those apples?

DANA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Catch!

SOUND \\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0CATCHING AN APPLE

CHRIS\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 What would we do when we run out of men?

ADRIENNE\\xa0 \\xa0\\xa0\\xa0[bitter, haunted] Not all men, just the ones who want to track you down and torment you.

DANA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 He didn\\u2019t!

CHRIS\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Again?

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [bites into apple, then chewing]\\xa0 What?

DANA \\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0You should tell her.

ADRIENNE\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 It makes me sound like such a victim.

DANA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Why do you think she never does bikini shots?

CHRIS\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 She\'s moved three times in the past year - but he always finds her.

DANA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 She\'s got the scars to prove it.

MUSIC

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 SOFT MUSIC PLAYS

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 DOOR SLAMS OPEN, HURRIED FEET ENTER

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 It\\xa0 happened again!

1. SILVER Calm down, Jessica.

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 I\'m - I\'m so sorry to burst in here like this--

1. SILVER Sit down.

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 But I - I can\'t concentrate on anything today--

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 PAPER RIPPING FROM NOTEBOOK

1. SILVER Here. Now sit.

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 SHE SNATCHES THE PAPER, FLAPS IT

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Thank you.\\xa0 Are you sure it\'s ok?

1. SILVER I\'ve got plenty of paper.

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [chuckles] No, I mean-- [sighs] Thank you.

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 SHE SITS, BEGINS FOLDING

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 I feel like such a fool.

1. SILVER It obviously upset you. Sharing will make you feel better.\\xa0 You had another dream?

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 No!\\xa0 That\'s the weird part - it was the same dream!

1. SILVER The same?

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Well, it started the same.\\xa0 Going up the stairs, and the blood on the light, and ... [almost a whisper] Adrienne.

1. SILVER And...?

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 It was all the same - except the ending.\\xa0

1. SILVER How did it end, then?

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 It didn\'t.\\xa0 I mean - it went on, from where I woke up before.\\xa0

1. SILVER Hmm.

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 I was staring at myself in the mirror shards - but then I realized it wasn\'t me.\\xa0 Not Jessica.\\xa0 Not this time - that was different.\\xa0

1. SILVER Who was in the reflection?

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 I think it was.... the killer!

[NOTE - now the voices in the consulting room are tinny, as the scene plays out underneath]

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [repeat of Jessica\'s scream from the first dream, which trails off into a weird noise of breathing]

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 FOOTSTEPS WALK SLOWLY THROUGH SQUISHY BLOODY PUDDLE

1. SILVER Be as specific as you want. You won\'t shock me.\\xa0 You can give me every detail.

JESSICA \\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0I can smell the blood.\\xa0 It\'s everywhere.\\xa0

1. SILVER It\'s quite a distinctive smell.

JESSICA \\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0Yes.

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 DOOR PUSHED SLOWLY OPEN, FOOTSTEPS MOVE INTO DRY SPACE

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 SQUEAK AS KNIFE IS CLEANED OFF - LEATHER AGAINST METAL

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 FOUR TAPS OF KNIFE AGAINST WOOD

JESSICA \\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0It was Dana\'s room.\\xa0 And she was sleeping.

1. SILVER So this was nighttime?

JESSICA \\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0[slightly confused] I don\'t know.\\xa0 Dana sleeps late.\\xa0

1. SILVER Jessica - in the dream, are you Jessica, or are you the killer?

JESSICA \\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0I - I\'m not sure.\\xa0 I\'m not... thinking in the dream, just seeing and feeling... and smelling.\\xa0 I can\'t see a face - even in the mirrors - I just knew it was the killer looking back at me, but I couldn\'t tell you what he...I...looked like.

1. SILVER [too interested] What are you wearing?

JESSICA \\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0Boots.\\xa0 Black.\\xa0 Leather gloves.\\xa0 I move toward Dana\'s bed...

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 CREAK OF THE LEATHER GLOVES

1. SILVER Do you stab her too?

JESSICA \\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0[offhand] Oh, Adrienne wasn\'t stabbed - at least... that wasn\'t how she died.\\xa0 She was strangled.\\xa0

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 CREAK OF LEATHER

DANA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [gasps, awakens, tries to breathe]

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 CLAWING AT LEATHER, SHAKING OF BED, POUNDING

1. SILVER And then she died?

JESSICA \\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0Oh, no.\\xa0 That would be too quick.\\xa0 I let up just in time - she\'s out.

1. SILVER [licks his lips] Do you tie her up?

JESSICA \\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0Yes.\\xa0 I tie her to the bed frame.\\xa0 Up and down.

1. SILVER What is she wearing?

JESSICA \\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0A scarlet negligee.\\xa0 She got it after one of her modeling shoots - the picture is on the wall over the bed.\\xa0 Huge.\\xa0 Her.\\xa0 Posed in red.\\xa0 Enticing.

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [tinny] CRUMPLE OF PAPER

1. SILVER And then...?

JESSICA \\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0[coming out of it]\\xa0 I-I- can I have another piece of paper?

1. SILVER [breathing a bit heavily, trying to calm down] Of course.

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 PAPER TORN RATHER CLUMSILY OUT OF NOTEBOOK - RIPS IN HALF

1. SILVER Damn. What will you make?

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 TEARS ANOTHER PIECE, SHE SNATCHES IT AWAY FROM HIM, BEGINS FOLDING

JESSICA \\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0A box.\\xa0 I feel like I\'m in a box.

1. SILVER Perhaps you should make something more... open. Something you can get out of.

JESSICA \\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0Maybe next time.

1. SILVER All right. Was there more to the dream?

JESSICA \\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0A little.\\xa0 After Dana woke up.\\xa0

1. SILVER [trying to hide his excitement] What happened?

JESSICA \\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0[evasive] I just... killed her.

MUSIC ESCALATES

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 STABBING - SETS OF FOUR

DANA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [Screaming, begging, gurgling]

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 SPLATTER

DANA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [gurgling]

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 A COUPLE MORE KNIFE STABS

DANA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [death rattle]

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 DRIPPING

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 WIPING KNIFE WITH GLOVES AGAIN

MUSIC

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 FOOTSTEPS IN STAIRWELL, STOP FOR A SECOND

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 FAR AWAY, DOOR OPENS

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [sigh]

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 TWO STEPS

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 DOOR NEARBY SLAMS OPEN

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 FEROCIOUS DOG!!!!!

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [screams, then smothers it]

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 SCRABBLING OF DOG NAILS ON TILE FLOOR

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Mrs. Amarelo!\\xa0 Mrs. Amarelo!\\xa0 Please!

MUSIC

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 TEAPOT WHISTLING, TAKEN OFF, WATER POURS

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [talking loudly to someone in another room] She really needs to keep that dog on a shorter leash. \\xa0She\'s lucky I didn\'t jump back and fall down the stairs.

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 DOOR OPENS, SLIPPERED FEET IN

DANA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [half awake]\\xa0 Mm.\\xa0 Coffee?

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [silly!] Cocoa.\\xa0 [gasp] Oh!

DANA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 You don\'t like it?\\xa0 It\'s imported French lace.

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 I\'m just not used to--

DANA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 And red is such a good color on me.

ADRIENNE\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [calling from the other room] --she\'s just shy.

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 FOOTSTEPS COME IN

ADRIENNE\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [close] Haven\'t you ever wondered, Jessica?

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [disturbed]\\xa0 Wondered... what?

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 A COUPLE OF STEPS

DANA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Mmm?

ADRIENNE\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 What it would be like with a woman?

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [disturbed] Um - no.\\xa0 Uh, I don\'t even know anyone who does--

ADRIENNE\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Anyone who you KNOW does, anyway.

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Um... I guess.

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 DOOR SLAMS OPEN

CHRIS\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [freaking out, out of breath] Oh, god!\\xa0

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 DOOR SLAMS SHUT, BODY THUMPS AGAINST IT

ADRIENNE\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 What\'s wrong?\\xa0 Sit down!

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 DOOR LOCKS

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Cocoa?

CHRIS\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Thanks!\\xa0 [sips, then shudders in a breath]

ADRIENNE\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 What happened?

CHRIS\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [gasping it out] On the street.\\xa0 A gun! It was so loud!\\xa0

DANA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Someone was shot?\\xa0 I\'m phoning the police.

ADRIENNE\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Give her a minute!\\xa0 She\'s nearly hysterical!

CHRIS\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 No!\\xa0 No!\\xa0 Call them!\\xa0 The sooner I tell, the sooner he\'ll be caught!

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Did you see the guy?

CHRIS\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Uh-huh! [yes]

MUSIC

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 LOW MUSIC PLAYS

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 PAPER FOLDING

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 I have this awful feeling--

1. SILVER Yes?

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 That this is all... some kind of premonition.

1. SILVER You think you\'re seeing something that might happen in the future?

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 It would make so much sense.

1. SILVER Is there anything in the dream that makes you think it will happen?

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Like what?

1. SILVER Something with the date? A newspaper, perhaps?

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [concentrating]\\xa0 Mmm, no.\\xa0 None of us really reads the papers.\\xa0 Magazines, yes, but they don\'t come out that often.\\xa0 [beat] And they all kind of look the same.

1. SILVER Have you ever had a dream - any dream - come true in the past?

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 What?\\xa0 [half a chuckle] No!

1. SILVER Then I think you are safe. [teasing, fatherly] But make sure to lock your door.

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [laughs a bit]

1. SILVER [getting back on track] So. The dream came back.\\xa0 Again.

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [quiet, sad] Yes.

1. SILVER And it was--?

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Longer.

1. SILVER [avid] So once again, you saw your first two friends strangled and tortured and-- [swallows] mutilated.

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Yes.\\xa0

1. SILVER And then? What about your third friend - what was her name?

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Chris.\\xa0 [numb]\\xa0 Chris was in the hall.\\xa0 She must have heard the commotion with Dana.\\xa0 I... feel like the killer was - ummmm - surprised.\\xa0 Like he didn\'t expect her to be there.

1. SILVER Why do you say that?

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 I don\'t know.\\xa0 Just that he - I - had to chase her down.

1. SILVER Be specific.

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 I came out of Dana\'s bedroom--

[office voices go tinny]

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 SQUISHING FOOTSTEPS, WIPE FEET AND STEP ONTO TILE

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 DOOR OPENS

CHRIS\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Dana?\\xa0 What?\\xa0 Oh, god!\\xa0 [screams]

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 I hesitate, stunned.\\xa0 Just long enough for her to run back into her room.

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 DOOR SLAMS

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 HEAVY FEET RUN, SLAM INTO DOOR

CHRIS\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [muffled] No!\\xa0 No!

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 SLAM INTO DOOR, WOOD CREAKS AND CRACKS

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 There\'s such a - a rush as the door gives way.

1. SILVER Where is Chris?

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 She\'s pressed again the window, outlined in light from the pink and red neon across the street.

1. SILVER Ahhhh. What is she wearing?

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Silk.\\xa0 A blue slip--

1. SILVER Blue? Are you sure?

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Yes.\\xa0 Why?

1. SILVER The neon light - it might be deceptive.

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 I saw it in the hall.

1. SILVER Ahhh. What color is her hair?\\xa0

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Chris?\\xa0 She has long straight blonde hair.\\xa0

1. SILVER And very pretty.

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Yes.

1. SILVER Mmmmm.

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 WINDOW SLAMS OPEN

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 I raise the knife and she screams again, trying to climb out the window.

1. SILVER Can she?

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 We\'re six stories up.\\xa0 That\'s why there\'s all those stairs.

1. SILVER Do you... cut her?

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Better.\\xa0 I set the knife aside again--

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 LEATHER ON METAL

JESSICA \\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0--and take her by the throat.\\xa0 The black leather of the gloves looks strange in the neon pink glow - especially against her pale white throat.

1. SILVER Does she struggle?

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Like a fiend.\\xa0 She strikes and kicks, but it is all in vain.\\xa0 [coming out of it] The killer must be a man.

1. SILVER [startled out] Um? Of course--\\xa0 Um, [swallows, clears throat] The um - the killer in the dream.

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 That\'s what I meant.

1. SILVER Right. More paper?

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 RIPS PAPER OUT OF NOTEBOOK

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Thanks.

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 TAKES IT, STARTS FOLDING

1. SILVER You\'ve made me quite a little collection here. What\\u2019s this one?

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 A knife.\\xa0

1. SILVER [amused] A paper knife. And this?

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 A shrew.

1. SILVER No more cranes?

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Cranes are peaceful.\\xa0 I haven\'t been feeling very... peaceful.

1. SILVER Do you want to continue?

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Don\'t you have another appointment?

1. SILVER No. Your case is fascinating, so I cleared some extra time for you.

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Oh.\\xa0 All right.

1. SILVER At least follow the dream to the conclusion.

JESSICA\\xa0 \\xa0\\xa0\\xa0Where was I?

1. SILVER [too quick] You were strangling Chris.

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 STRANGLING NOISES UP AGAIN

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 HAND POUNDING AGAINST GLASS

[voices go tinny again]

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Right.\\xa0 Then she passed out.

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 STRUGGLE STOPS, SQUEAK OF HAND SLIDING DOWN PANE

1. SILVER Gooood.

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 ROPE PASSING THROUGH HANDS

1. SILVER And--?

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 I took the cord from the blinds and wrapped it around her neck.

1. SILVER Strangling her? Again?\\xa0 Why?

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 It wasn\'t tied that tight.

1. SILVER Then, what?

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Then I cut her a little.\\xa0 Not deep.\\xa0 Just enough to see red - just enough for the blood to flow.\\xa0 Shoulders.\\xa0 Thighs.\\xa0 Chest.\\xa0 It took a long time for her to wake up again.

1. SILVER Did you cut her blue slip off?

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 It\'s not blue any more.\\xa0 Now it\'s wet and dark in strange rivulet patterns.\\xa0 So is the floor.

1. SILVER And then?

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Her eyes open - and once again I see my own reflection twice in one face.\\xa0 And this time I can almost make out who I am.\\xa0 If it weren\'t for that darn pink neon, I might be able to.

1. SILVER Does SHE recognize you?

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [dismissively] Maybe.\\xa0 She tries to scream.\\xa0 But I already gagged her.\\xa0 [little sigh]\\xa0 She was asleep a long time.

1. SILVER Uh-huh?

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 I pull her up by her hair - her long blonde lovely hair.\\xa0 The word "tresses" pops into my mind.

1. SILVER Tresses. That\'s a good word.

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 She squirms and tries to escape.\\xa0 Her eyes plead with me.\\xa0 But I don\'t waver.\\xa0 I show her the knife and she closes her eyes.\\xa0 I run the hilt of the knife over her forehead and she squeals - when really all I want to do is press her eyelids open.

1. SILVER She can\'t understand that, can she?

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 I just want her to see.\\xa0 She was always a big one for seeing things.

1. SILVER See what?

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 The window.

1. SILVER Is there something outside?

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Not yet.

1. SILVER Oh?

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 As soon as her eyelids flutter open, I turn her toward the window and slam her face into it, shattering the glass.\\xa0 Something breaks in her, too, and I hear her muffled agony.

1. SILVER Her nose?

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 I don\'t know, since as soon as the glass is gone, I push her out.

1. SILVER On the cord?

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 She dances so prettily.\\xa0

1. SILVER Do the people outside see?

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 No, the music from the club with the neon is very loud, and no one ever looks up.

1. SILVER What about the blood?

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 I don\\u2019t know.\\xa0 I woke up.

1. SILVER [breathing heavily, calming down]

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 What do you think?

1. SILVER We definitely have some work to do. You\'ll see me each afternoon for a while - can you promise me you will?

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Of course, if you think it\'s important.

1. SILVER Very. And here is my home number--

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 SCRIBBLING ON A CARD

1. SILVER --In case anything else comes to mind.

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 You\'re sure you don\'t mind if I call you?

1. SILVER No. Of course not.\\xa0 In fact, I insist.\\xa0 I am here for you.

MUSIC

AMB\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 STREET, NOT TOO MANY PEOPLE AROUND

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 JESSICA\'S STEPS, HURRYING

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0 \\xa0\\xa0A STRANGE TAPPING NOISE - SETS OF FOUR - GETTING CLOSER

SOUNDS\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 SHE SPEEDS UP

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 THE TAPPING GETS CLOSER

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 SHE SPEEDS UP MORE

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [gasping]

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 GRAB AND FLING OPEN DOOR

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 FEET RUN INTO BUILDING

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 DOOR SLAMS SHUT

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [breathing heavily]\\xa0

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 TAPS GO PAST OUTSIDE

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [sighs, almost laughs]

MANAGER\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [off slightly] Scotomaphobia?

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [gasps]

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 THUMP AS SHE RECOILS

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 What?\\xa0 Mr. Cramoisie?\\xa0 You - you startled me!

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 CIGARETTE CRUSHED OUT

MANAGER\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 The fear of going blind.

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Huh? Me?

MANAGER\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 I saw you run from the white stick.\\xa0 [chuckles] And I don\'t know a word for fear of a blind man.

MUSIC

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 DOOR OPENS TENTATIVELY

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [clearly worried] Hello?

ADRIENNE\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Jess?\\xa0 Is there something wrong?

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [sigh of relief]\\xa0 No.\\xa0 Nothing.\\xa0 Glad to be home.

SOUNDS\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 STEPS COME IN, DOOR SHUTS

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 REMOVING COAT, ETC.

DANA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 I was just putting on some tea - want some?

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 No, thanks.\\xa0 Save me some water, though?

ADRIENNE\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 You and your cocoa.\\xa0 Come in here - we\\u2019ve got company.

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 A FEW SLOW STEPS

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Oh?\\xa0 Hello.

GULES\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Ah.\\xa0 This must be your other roommate.\\xa0 Very pleased.\\xa0 Four such lovely ladies, [slightly ominous] all alone.

CHRIS\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 This is Detective Gules.\\xa0 That is Jessica. \\xa0Sit down Jessie.\\xa0

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Detective?

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 CHAIR CREAKS AS SHE SITS

CHRIS\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 He\'s investigating - um - [whispered] what I saw yesterday.

GULES\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 We suspect the murder she witnessed was gangster-related, and are concerned for her safety.\\xa0 Your safety, too.\\xa0 This isn\'t a very secure building.\\xa0 You don\'t even have grilles on the windows.

DANA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Pssht!\\xa0 We\'re six floors up!\\xa0 Who needs grilles!\\xa0 Here, Jess.\\xa0 Water--

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 MUG SET DOWN

DANA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 And your precious cocoa.

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 TIN

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 SPOON DROPPED INTO MUG

DANA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [to the room, teasing] I wouldn\'t dare measure it for you.

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [laughs]\\xa0 That\'s perfect, Dana, thanks.\\xa0

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 MIXES UP THE COCOA

GULES\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 I\'m trying to convince Chris to let me take her into protection.\\xa0 [getting darker] We want to make sure she stays where we can put our hands on her.

MUSIC

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 PHONE PICKED UP

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Hello?\\xa0

VOICE\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [harsh whisper] \\xa0Four girls.\\xa0 Could be three.\\xa0 Or one.

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Who is this?\\xa0 You\'re scaring me.

VOICE\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Will it be you?

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 I\'m hanging up now!

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 \\xa0PHONE SLAMMED DOWN

DANA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [worried] Jess?\\xa0 Who was that?

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 A heavy breather.\\xa0 You know the type.

DANA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 I didn\\u2019t even hear the phone ring.

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Oh?\\xa0 Umm... I must have picked it up just as it was starting.\\xa0 Who did you think it was?

DANA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Oh, Michel.\\xa0 My brother.\\xa0 He\'s been asking for money again.\\xa0

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 What\'s wrong this time?

DANA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Same old shit.\\xa0 Someone\'s going to break his legs.\\xa0 Someone\'s going to kill his dog.\\xa0 [disgusted noise]\\xa0 He ran through his half of the inheritance years ago.

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 And you don\'t feel sorry for him?

DANA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 I felt one hundred thousand dollars sorry for him, and that was in the first month after he flushed all his cash down one toilet and another.\\xa0 Since then.\\xa0 [shrug]\\xa0 Not so damn sorry.

MUSIC

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 SNORING [Dr. Silver]

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 PHONE RINGS

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 PHONE PICKED UP

1. SILVER [not awake] mmm Hello?

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [on phone, hysterical] Doctor?\\xa0 Please?\\xa0 Something terrible has happened!

1. SILVER [snapping awake, but still groggy] Jessica? Wha-what\'s going on?

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [on phone] You have to come, Doctor!\\xa0 I need help!\\xa0 [backs off and screams]

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [on phone] PHONE DROPS, THUMPS A FEW TIMES.

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 BED CLOTHES FLUNG OFF

MUSIC

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 DOC\'S FEET COMING UP THE STAIRS, QUICKLY

601. SILVER [reading door numbers] 601... 602...?

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [moan]\\xa0

1. SILVER Jessica? What has happened?

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 D-doctor?\\xa0

1. SILVER Come out here. My god - what--?

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 A nosebleed.\\xa0 I - I get them sometimes.

1. SILVER With the dreams?

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Uh-huh.

1. SILVER Why are you out here in the hall?

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 I didn\\u2019t want to wake anyone.

1. SILVER They\'re your friends. They will surely understand.\\xa0 Let\'s go inside.\\xa0 [suave] Maybe have some of your famous cocoa?

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [small laugh]\\xa0 That would be nice.

1. SILVER Invite me in?

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 DOOR OPENS

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 You\'re invited.

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 A COUPLE OF STEPS, A SLIGHT SQUISH

1. SILVER [slight shock] What?

MUSIC

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [sips, then] The dream was sooo bad this time.

1. SILVER [grunt]

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Then I found these--

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 SLAP OF LEATHER GLOVES

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 And suddenly everything started to be so real.\\xa0 But it can\'t be, can it?

1. SILVER [grunt]

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 I hoped I would wake up, and the gloves would be gone, but here they are.

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 GLOVES CREAK

1. SILVER [agreeing grunt]

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 It\'s really good isn\'t it?\\xa0 Is it too hot for you?

1. SILVER [slight overreaction negative grunt]

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 My father sent it.\\xa0 From the Netherlands.\\xa0 He\'s always somewhere else.\\xa0 I mean somewhere else from where I am, anyway.\\xa0 Did I tell you how my mother died?

1. SILVER [negative]

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 She committed suicide when I was 5.\\xa0 I found her.\\xa0 Dr. Gelb says that\'s why I can\'t sleep.\\xa0 She says I can never forget my mother\'s dead eyes.\\xa0\\xa0

1. SILVER Hmm?

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 They looked at me, but they weren\'t really her any more, you know?

1. SILVER Hmm.

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [briskly] But this is all beside the point. \\xa0I\'m so glad the girls are heavy sleepers.\\xa0 So we can talk.

1. SILVER Mm-hmm.

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [very important]\\xa0 I finally saw myself in the dream.

1. SILVER Mmm?

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 I mean, I, in the killer\'s eyes, saw me - Jessica.\\xa0 Do you know how frightening that could be?\\xa0 The idea that I could not only watch myself be butchered, but that I would somehow be behind the eyes of the one doing it?

1. SILVER [sigh]

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [sips]\\xa0

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 SETS DOWN CUP, PICKS UP PIECE OF PAPER, STARTS FOLDING

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Somehow, when I have a piece of paper in my hands, the dream fades into something that might have been on the television.

1. SILVER Hmm.

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [beat, then] Once Chris was dead, the killer must have pulled her back in.\\xa0 She was on the bed, starred with glass in the dark.\\xa0 Pink stars, catching the neon.

1. SILVER Mmm.

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 I watch his black gloved hand push open my own bedroom door.\\xa0 I\'m lying on the bed, tossing in my sleep.\\xa0

1. SILVER Umm.

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 The knife in my - his - hand leads me to the bed.\\xa0 To the woman.\\xa0 To me.

1. SILVER Umm?

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [agreeing] I know.\\xa0

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [off slightly]\\xa0 DOOR SLAMS OPEN

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 What?

COP1\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [off] Oh my god!

COP2\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [off] [trying not to hurl]

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 HER SQUISHY, STICKY BARE FOOTSTEPS

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [way too calm, calling] \\xa0Chris?\\xa0 Did you call for the police?\\xa0 [to the police] You should have knocked.

COP1\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 What the hell?\\xa0 What... the ... hell!

COP2\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Is all that...blood?

JESSICA\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 What?\\xa0 Oh, the nosebleed.\\xa0 Sorry, I should have changed into something fresh.\\xa0 Would you like some cocoa?

COP1\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [calling back over his shoulder] Watch where you step!

MUSIC\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 GURNEY AFTER GURNEY BEING WHEELED OUT BEHIND THEM

SOUND\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 DOG BARKING DOWN THE HALL, KEEPS GOING

COP1\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 It\'s bad, sir.

COP2\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 You might want some shoe covers.

DETECTIVE\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Who could have done such an awful thing?

COP2\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Someone crazy.\\xa0 Truly out of his mind.

DETECTIVE\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Or her mind.

COP1\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Do you have any reason to suspect a woman?

DETECTIVE\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 [shrug] I suspect everyone.\\xa0 How many bodies?

CORONER\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Four bodies.\\xa0 And one clinging to life.

DETECTIVE\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 And the smell?

CORONER\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Rotting flesh.\\xa0 [long sniff]\\xa0 Been lying here several days, if I don\'t miss my guess.\\xa0

MUSIC

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