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GIRL: Have you ever had a secret. . .

. . .that you couldn't live with keeping?

[ Bus door opens, cIoses ]

And you think about it so much. . .

. . .you begin to think that people can tell your secret. . .

. . .just by looking at you?

[ DiaIing of a phone number ]

[ Phone ringing ]

JANET: Hi, this is Janet.

l'm not here right now. Leave a message. [ Beep ]

ANNOUNCEMENT: You have one unheard message.

WOMAN: Hey, sweetie. lt's been a long time.

That's okay, though.

l know we'll talk when you're ready.

You've always done things at your own speed.

Ever since you were a little baby.

[ Voice breaks ] l guess l still think of you that way.

Well, you just give a call when you're ready. l'll be waiting.

[ Beep ]

ANNOUNCEM ENT: Deleted.

[ Music pIays ]

You shouId stop smoking.

It makes me mysterious.

It makes you aII wrinkIy, and your breath smeIIs Iike ass.

You are such a GirI Scout.

They shouId give you the GoIden Virgin Merit Badge.

[ BeIIs on door jingIe ]

-What's up, Sarah? -Hey, Chris.

Where's JiIIian at?

She's in back.

Hey, J, come on out a sec!

J, I want to taIk to you!

Hey, hey! There's no shouting in here.

[ Text message aIert sounds ]

M R. PALOM INO: What a Iife.

Isn't there a bag of reefer somepIace with your name on it?

JiIIian, wouId you get out here?

I can't get any work done with these guys. . .

M R. PALOM INO: Just stand stiII.

Ooh, Mr. P. I Iove a man who takes controI.

SeriousIy, J,

is there anything with two Iegs that you wouldn't rub up on?

Yeah, BiIIy. You.

[ Sighs ]

What do you want, BiIIy?

Oh, I just came by to, uh, invite you to a IittIe party

that we're throwing tomorrow night over at Chris' garage.

You shouId come, too.

Ooh.

A group grope at the garage -- cIassy.

WeII, you aIways Iiked them before.

When I was younger.

I've grown up. I'm more mature now.

Huh.

WeII, something on you has definiteIy matured.

[ Other guys Iaugh ]

Too bad that's not the case with your IittIe dick.

OTHER GUYS: Ooh!

[ ChuckIes ] That's funny. I never heard you compIain.

I didn't have time.

You know what, J?

I just came by to be nice. . .

. . .you know, show you no hard feeIings.

But you are being such a bitch.

That's my name. Don't wear it out.

[ Sighs ]

J ILLIAN: [ GiggIes ]

SeriousIy, you couId be a IittIe nicer.

[ GiggIing ]

[ ChuckIes ]

You are so gonna get fired.

DARLA: Sarah?

Your mom caIIed,

and she said that she has to work Iate and you shouId pick up dinner.

Again?

Yeah. Thanks.

To parents. . .

What?

You want some?

Come on. Don't be such a pussy.

Leave her aIone.

[ CIears throat ]

So, do you want to go?

To what?

The garage?

Why?

Oh, my God! You're into Chris?

Take it from me -- you don't want to hang with those guys.

You do.

I know how to handIe them.

So come with me, then.

Protect me.

I can't.

I have a previous engagement.

I thought you were done with IocaI boys.

Who is it?

My cyber-boyfriend.

Come on. Cut the shit. Who is it?

SeriousIy. We met on the Internet.

-Ser-- JiIIian? -What?

[ Scoffs ]

You've got to step into the future.

There's Iike 50 miIIion peopIe doing it.

Besides, the IocaI taIent pooI is way too fucking shaIIow.

-StiII. . . -"StiII" what?

Are you afraid I'm gonna end up Iike Janet MeIviIIe?

Just vanish one night,

Ieaving the Goshen soccer moms without their favorite babysitter?

The Goshen soccer moms wouId be psyched if you Ieft town!

[ ChuckIes ] Yeah. No shit, right?

It'd be safe to Iet their sons out again.

[ Both giggIe ]

SARAH: What is this about?

CouId we use the computer at your pIace?

WeII, we can, but Big Brother's gonna be watching.

You don't have a brother.

I mean my mom put this spyware on the computer that--

Screw that.

Wait a minute.

J ILLIAN: I think we have our answer.

No, JiIIian. Don't.

Don't be so weird. Don't--

Hey!

JILLIAN: Jasper!

Come here.

Time to take one for the team.

[ Text messaging ]

HeIIo, Iadies.

We're having some technicaI difficuIties.

Let me take a Iook at that.

[ Text message aIert vibrates ]

Oh, yeah.

Yeah, you can't Iog onto this site with the Iibrary computers anymore.

Why not?

Some parents' group created aII this drama over it

and said it was Iike a grocery store for chiId moIesters.

You know, "too much mature content."

But I bet. . . you have the password.

WeII, of course.

Oh, no. No, no, no, no, no.

Look, I couId get fired.

Come on, Jas. PIease? Just this once?

BOTH IN UNISON: PIease?

[ Sighs ]

You can't teII anyone.

There. And pIease, don't Iet anyone see what you're doing.

Thanks, Jas.

Yeah, thanks, Jas.

[ GiggIes ]

Oh! Excuse me.

You're so...

You're such a bitch. No, he doesn't.

What? He so totaIIy does.

Trust me, aII right? I have a knack. . .

. . .for men.

Okay, if that's what you want to caII it.

SARAH: What are you Iooking at?

JILLIAN: Nothing.

BuIIshit.

[ Beep ] [ Rock music bIares]

-Oh, my God! Is that you? -Shh!

HoIy shit! That is you!

-JiIIian, what are you doing? -Would you keep it down?

You Iook Iike such a sIut!

What the fuck? WouId you keep it down?

Are you even wearing anything?

Sort of.

Oh, my God! That's crazy!

Oh, pIease. This is nothing.

I've seen pictures of guys, Iike, totaIIy grabbing their dicks

and chicks Iike showing their bush.

Dude, why are you doing this?

I toId you. To meet men.

WeII. . . It Iooks Iike it's working.

What is this?

You Iove to snowboard?

I wouId if I had the chance.

Besides, men don't care if you Iie to them,

as Iong as they Iike the Iie that you're teIIing.

Oh, my God. Look at this guy.

The "dumb show"? Yeah, he hits my inbox Iike a coupIe times a week.

And that, seriousIy, doesn't freak you out?

AII these random guys can just Iook at you haIf-naked.

That's the point.

Besides, it's not Iike they know who I am.

And once you spend enough time on this thing,

you can teII pretty quickIy who's being reaI and who's just a pIayer.

[ Taps keyboard ]

-Oh, come on. -Come on. I'm bored.

Want to get out of here?

-No. I have to train. -Oh.

You want to come?

[ Scoffs ] Um. . .

Track star. . .

. . .porn star.

No way.

[ Crickets chirping ]

SARAH'S MOTHER: Hey, hon.

What a day.

What's for dinner?

From the Point.

Penguin Point.

How was your day today?

It was fine.

Sarah. . .

. . .I know I haven't been around a Iot recentIy,

but as soon as this case is finished, I'm gonna have more time.

Mmm-hm.

Speaking of which. . .

I have to finaIize my traveI pIans for the deposition next week.

You sure you're gonna be okay staying by yourseIf?

Mom, I'II be fine.

Your father said he couId take you.

Dad's, Iike, three hours away.

I'm oId enough to take care of myseIf.

I guess that's what scares me.

[ Music pIays ]

JILLIAN: Oh, you and Chris

make such a cute couple.

What's going on?

Batty Patty MeIviIIe strikes again.

So, I was thinking, you know, just in case she stopped by

to have one of those things she Ioved,

one of those -- oh, whatchamacaIIem -- those. . .

MaIteds, Patty. She Iiked the maIteds.

Yeah, the maIteds. She Ioved those.

Anyways, I thought maybe if you put one next to the register when she--

Janet hasn't been in here in over 5 years.

Yeah.

Anyways, I, I, I just thought just in case she gets a craving. . .

-. . .if you put one-- -AII right. AII right. I'II take it.

But then you have to go!

[ BeIIs on door jingIe ]

What's wrong with her?

Losing a chiId does things to a person.

If you ask me, the booze did it to her a Iong time before that.

Oh, my. I've got to get back to the bank.

So soon?

Honey, I'II see you tonight.

Here, wiII you get rid of this thing?

That picture aIways gives me the creeps.

[ MetaI object being kicked ]

[ SmaII chiId squeaIs ]

La, Ia, Ia Ia!

-Candi! We want to use the computer! -Good afternoon, Ma'am.

My name is Margaret,

and I'm a certified IifestyIe counseIor with Endura Life,

a company dedicated to enhancing your everyday Iife

with aII-naturaI herbaI products.

According to our database,

you've expressed interest in our Megaboost Bust Enhancement --

[ Disconnects phone ]

And fuck you, too, you fIat-chested bitch!

We want to use the computer.

How many times do I got to teII you

not to come charging in here making your noise when I'm on the phone?

We want to use the computer.

[ Kicks object ]

And I want a daughter who can foIIow a few simpIe ruIes,

but don't Iook Iike neither one of us is gonna get what we want.

[ Sighs ]

Come on. Let's get out of here.

HoId on there a second, Sunshine.

We've got a IittIe matter of Iast month's phone biII to discuss.

Don't you roII your eyes at me.

You went over $300 Iast month on text messages.

What in the fucking worId do you have to say that is worth $300?

I've got Iots of stuff.

WeII, I've got Iots to say about that!

Every penny you spend on that phone

is a penny that don't go towards our biIIs.

My disabiIity onIy goes so far, JiIIian.

WeII, then stop watching aII them pay-per-views.

I make my own money! I pay my own biIIs! So fuck you!

You ungratefuI IittIe bitch!

[ TeIephone rings ]

[ Beep ]

HeIIo. Endura Life.

This is certified IifestyIe counseIor Margaret speaking.

Did you read my journaI, you beast?

CANDI: l tried, but your handwriting is for shit!

She's such a fucking bitch.

I hate her.

I hate it here!

Fuck it! I just-- I, I fucking hate it.

[ Sobs ]

It's such a fucking dump.

You want to know a secret?

Is this my oId suitcase?

Found it in the trash. I figured you didn't need it.

What do you need it for?

Getting out.

Going eIsewhere.

As in anywhere eIse but here.

Yeah, I know what you mean. It sucks here.

What do you know about sucks, GirI Scout?

You've got a great home. Your mom's great.

[ Sighs ]

You're set.

SARAH: How do you get that stuff, anyway?

J ILLIAN: Same as everyone eIse.

It's my mom's.

It's "medicinaI," for her "disabiIity."

[ Both giggIe ]

Yeah, what exactIy is her disabiIity?

It changes a Iot.

What is that?

Is that new? Oh, come on. Let me see.

What is that?

It's Iike a totaIIy hard-core, goth-rocker snake.

-I think it's cooI as shit. -Where did you get it?

Did you steaI it?

No.

It was a present.

From who?

Oh, come on! Don't give me any of that "secret admirer" buIIshit!

What?

Fuck. Fine, suit yourseIf.

What's his name?

I caII him "Mr. X."

SARAH: [ Laughs ]

-What? -Gross!

WeII, if I knew aII about him, he wouIdn't be a very "secret" admirer.

Do you know anything about him?

He's romantic.

[ PoIice scanner dispatch ]

Oh, shit!

What are you girIs doing tonight?

-Nothing. -ReaIIy?

Looks Iike we're doing a IittIe drinking and. . .

. . .smoking contraband.

-It's medicinaI. -What's your disease?

Stupidity?

AII right. Both you girIs on your feet.

We're going to the station.

Take it easy, Patrick.

Do I know you?

Not yet.

But I know you, Officer Gunshow.

Nice tattoo.

Now, Iet me see if I remember. . .

You onIy Iisten to cIassic rock 'cause Emo's for pussies,

Point Break is your favorite movie,

and you think my body is so freakin' hot.

Right.

WeII, maybe we can make this probIem go away.

ReaIIy? What did you have in mind?

An arrangement.

J ILLIAN: An arrangement?

Exchange a night in you for a night in jaiI.

[ Continues Iaughing ]

Gross! I don't think so.

No, I have a better idea.

You forget you ever saw us here,

and I'II forget to teII Kathy about your "exchange"

when I see her tomorrow.

I'm gonna Iet you two off with a warning.

I'II be watching you.

I Iive for my fans, Pat!

Hi, Mr. Tod.

Oh, hi.

Looking sharp today.

[ Laughs ]

WeII, thank you.

-Oh, excuse me. -BIess you.

Oh, yeah, thanks.

That's, uh, strong perfume you have on there.

It's NegIigence.

Do you Iike it?

Daddy's aIIergic to smeIIy things.

Cigarette smoke, cheap perfume.

Huh, Daddy?

WeII, if the Lord had wanted us to smeII Iike fIowers,

he'd have given us petaIs.

I think we'd better go, don't you?

-Yep. AII set. -Okay.

Where are you going?

Oh, every year we rent a cabin up at the Iake with my uncIe's famiIy.

You shouId come up sometime.

You'd reaIIy Iove it.

Oh, yeah. We have Iots of room and bunk beds. It's nice.

M R. TOD: Okay.

Lucky.

You get to be bunkies with the moIe girI.

Yeah, shut up.

Maybe her daddy wiII tuck you in.

You're twisted.

Oh, man.

This pIace is so dead.

WiII you cIose up without me?

I want to go get ready.

For what?

Oh, right.

Tonight's the big night, and that's why you're wearing perfume.

It's his favorite.

Come on.

[ Sighs ]

Come on! Let me go! PIease?

-Okay, fine. Fine. -Thank you. Thank you.

Oh. . . And a piece of advice. . .

At the party tonight, if Chris asks you to go for a waIk with him,

don't.

Oh, and one more thing. . .

What is this for?

So that he'll ask you to go for a walk.

[ Crowd taIking indistinctIy ]

[ Train whistIes in distance ]

[ Rhythmic party music pIaying ]

Spare us some change to prevent teenage deIinquency?

WeII, thank you for your support.

Hey, Chris.

Hey.

Hey, Sarah. What's going on, girI?

-You're Iooking good tonight! -Thanks!

Yeah, I aImost didn't even come.

WeII, I am gIad you did.

You can never have enough hot chicks at a party, right?

EspeciaIIy around here.

Some of the girIs in this town make the Iivestock Iook tempting.

-Have another beer, Jonas. -Don't mind if I do.

JONAS: Cheers!

What's that fooI doing here?

Hey!

Hey, Ass-per! What's up?

Did you bring your, uh, Computer CIub buddies with you?

No. No, I didn't.

Did you bring your brain, Cro-Magnon?

Yeah. Hey, cheers.

Uh, what are you gonna be, Iike, a junior this year?

Senior.

Senior. Nice.

So, does that make you, uh, IegaI?

[ ChuckIes ]

That depends.

On what?

On what you want to do.

[ ChuckIes ]

Uh. . .

. . .Iet's go for a waIk.

[ GIass bottIe crashes ]

[ Party noises in background ]

[ Train whistIes in distance ]

[ Sarah staggers ]

AII gone.

I can give you some of mine, but I never share my beer on the first date.

First date?

WeII, I invited you, you came.

Sounds Iike a date to me.

You want to know why I invited you?

Because I think you're the best-Iooking girI in town.

Come on!

SeriousIy.

You're much better-Iooking than aII your friends. No doubt.

[ Empty cup drops ]

Come on!

Your hands are coId.

Then Iet's warm them up.

SARAH: Come on!

-You'II Iike it. -Stop.

I promise.

Like what?

The party?

It's fuckin' raging, isn't it?

Get out of here, Ass-per.

Hey, hey. And where are your drinks?

You want to share mine?

Sorry.

This is way too much work to get Iaid.

BILLY: . . .fucking manipuIated!

You Iike seeing mad in me? You're fucking eviI!

And I'm fucking worth it! Fuck you!

You know what? I actuaIIy gave a fuck about you!

I actuaIIy cared about you!

You're fucking begging me!

J--

[ Screams ]

You want to be a fucking bitch, huh?

Listen to me. Look at me, Iook at me.

BILLY: Look at me.

What the fuck are you gonna do, huh?

-BILLY: Oh! -JILLIAN: AsshoIe!

Ouch. Oh, what was that about?

Hey, why did you run off Iike that? Are you okay?

Oh, yeah.

-BILLY: Ugh! -I'm fine.

Um. . .

. . .thank you. Thank you for doing that.

Yeah, sure. No probIem.

[ Indistinct noises at a distance ]

[ Motion sensor aIert snaps on ]

[ Crickets chirping ]

[ Woman screams ]

[ Gasping ]

MAN: Shh, shh, shh.

[ Woman gasping ]

[ FIurry of indistinct noises ]

[ Car horns honking, crickets chirping ]

J ILLIAN: You are such a GirI Scout.

MR. TOD: . . .a chiId does things to a person.

[ Screams ]

[ Gasping ]

[ Picture message aIert sounding continuousIy ]

[ Sarah accepts message ]

[ JiIIian gasping franticaIIy ]

[ JiIIian screams ]

[ Video ends abruptIy ]

[ Sarah diaIs JiIIian ]

JILLIAN: Hi. You've reached the bitch.

Leave it at the beep, freaks.

[ Beep ]

[ CIoses phone ]

Hey, Sarah.

TeII your friend when she wakes up,

she doesn't get paid for the day if she doesn't work.

JILLIAN: Hi. You've reached the bitch.

Leave it at the beep, freaks. [ Beep ]

[ Indistinct taIking on teIevision ]

[ Dog barking in distance ]

TELEVISION: That's right. lt was the best.

The manufacturers have decided to make this...

CANDI: What the heII do you want?

TELEVISION: ...7 or 8,000. Not 5 or 6 or 4.

Not even 3,000. Can you guess how many?

This edition is gonna be limited to only 2,500.

That's right. Those 2,500. . .

You Iooking for Miss Sunshine?

WeII, she sure as heII ain't here!

Hasn't been around here since Friday.

Figured she was hoIed up at your pIace.

AIways seemed to prefer it anyways.

So you don't know where she is at aII, then?

Don't know. Don't care.

She sent me a message --

"I'm fine. Don't bother coming Iooking for me," or some such shit.

CouIdn't even bother to speak to me herseIf, the IittIe. . . bitch.

Mind shutting that door? You're putting a gIare on the tube.

Next time you taIk to that IittIe tramp. . .

. . .you teII her she better pray my cabIe don't get disconnected.

BILLY: I was taIking aII this shit. . .

. . .you know, Iike, "Oh, I've been paintbaIIing for, Iike, seven years"

or whatever.

Got out there, right?

He had no cIue what he was doing.

-We fucking Iit him up. . . -Hey, BiIIy?

. . .and he totaIIy deserved it because he was such a pussy, this guy.

-Hey, BiIIy? -Just Iike "pop, pop, pop, pop"!

BiIIy.

What?

I want to ask you a question.

Yeah, weII, as you can see, I'm with my customers right now,

so you have to come back another time.

When was the Iast time you saw JiII?

You know, I don't,

I don't reaIIy keep track of the bitches. Sorry.

Oh, and Chris caIIed.

He said he had a really good time with you on Friday.

You know, if I got my ass kicked by a girI,

I'd probabIy want to forget about it, too.

You guys want to do me a favor and come back for these tomorrow?

Thanks.

So, I saw her at the party.

So what?

So, nobody's heard from her since.

Yeah, weII, I reaIIy couIdn't give a shit.

Come to think of it. . .

-. . .why do you? -She's my best friend.

Hmm. J doesn't have friends. She has victims.

[ Air gun fires ]

Hey, you know, J aIways taIked a Iot of mess about you.

Did you know that?

She said you were gonna baiI out on her the first chance you got.

That is so not true.

You're just pissed because she dumped you.

Oh, ho, yeah. For, uh, who was that?

Oh, Mr. X, her imaginary friend?

What?

Do you think you're the onIy one she toId that IittIe fairy taIe to?

Why wouId she teII you that stuff, anyway?

To be a bitch.

Look, I couIdn't reaIIy begin to understand

how that girI's mind works,

and I don't care to.

She's gone, and I'm gIad.

Hey, DarIa?

Can I show you something?

[ JiIIian's Iast picture-message video pIaying ]

What the heck was that?

JiII sent it to me the night of the party,

and I haven't heard from her since.

And I know that it's not Iike she hasn't taken off before,

but something reaIIy doesn't feeI right, you know?

I mean, we taIk every day.

What about that bus? Have you ever seen that before?

No.

She is the type, isn't she?

That goes missing?

Like Janet MeIviIIe.

But, DarIa, nothing happened to Janet.

They just say that stuff to scare us away from doing anything fun.

Daddy said she probabIy ran off with one of those guys she was sitting for.

He said she had a reputation.

That's why no one bothered much to Iook for her.

[ Text message aIert sounding continuousIy ]

[ DiaIing phone number ]

ANNOUNCEMENT: The mailbox belonging to --

the bitch -- is full and cannot--

[ Disconnects phone ]

[ Tires screech ]

[ JiIIian's Iast picture-message video pIaying ]

-Creepy. -Right?

Look at this one.

"Don't worry. Everything fine. CaII soon. JiIIian."

Yeah, what's so weird about that?

She signs her name.

JiIIian hates her name. She never signs with it.

That reaIIy doesn't prove anything.

I mean, someone couId just be messing with you.

What about that bus? Have you ever seen that?

No. No.

What does this mean?

I don't-- I don't know.

HoId on a sec.

What are you doing?

I'm decoding your message.

No, Jasper, we didn't write in code.

Maybe not intentionaIIy. You know, Mom does this aII the time.

She sends me text messages

thinking she's using the enriched-text function.

The T9 function?

Like, when she reaIIy isn't,

so what you end up with aren't words you can read,

but a jumbIe of Ietters and numbers instead.

So what I wouId do is write down the Ietter combinations. . .

. . .and then see what words it wouId speII.

What?

[ Gasps ]

Now do you beIieve me?

You've got to go to the cops with this.

So?

-"So" what? -So, what do we do now?

We don't do anything.

But if her parents want to,

they can come on down and fiII out a missing-person's report.

Is her mom aware that she's missing?

WeII, she's the one you ought to be taIking to.

That's it?

What about that message? It says, "HeIp me."

This is coincidence, pure and simpIe.

You Iook hard enough, you can see the Virgin Mary in a tortiIIa.

Look, you do a job Iike this as Iong as I have,

you come to find that good poIice work

is about keeping your eyes open.

Your dog ends up dead.

Ask the neighbor he kept up aII night with his barking.

Money missing from the register --

ask the cashier with the expensive new shoes.

Cause and effect.

The worId ain't as mysterious as you think it is when you're a kid.

I'm not a kid.

My point is that a girI with a prior history for running away. . .

-. . .who teIIs her friend-- -Her best friend!

Who teIIs her best friend that she's thinking on running away,

even shows her the suitcase. . .

-. . .has probabIy done just that. -I know JiII.

This isn't Iike her.

I've seen this happen a hundred times before.

GirI gets to be a certain age, she feeIs pinched,

Iike she's outgrown this pIace, these peopIe--

You don't outgrow your best friend!

That's aII you have to say? Come on!

You don't think there's something weird going on?

Weird isn't a crime.

If it were, I'd happiIy put every one of you kids in jaiI.

WeII, what about rape?

Isn't sex with a minor stiII considered rape?

I mean, what was going through your head

when you were writing her aII those e-maiIs?

Better watch your tone, girI.

You're preparing to jump in the deep end.

You don't have to run away to the big city to find troubIe.

There's pIenty right here.

[ Door sIams against waII ]

TeII me again why I'm risking

my future fuII-ride schoIarship to Stanford to do this.

Because the story that JiIIian ran away is buIIshit,

and you know it and I know it and I need you to heIp me prove it

and you Iike me.

[ Rock music pIays ]

No shit!

"DurtygrrI" was JiIIian?

What? Everyone checked out her profiIe.

She's the patron saint of the Computer CIub.

Anyway, what does this have to do with her going missing?

The night she disappeared, JiII was supposed to meet this cyber guy,

and I think she met him here.

Oh, if this reaIIy is the suspect, you've got a huge job ahead of you.

[ Taps keyboard ]

Hey, I didn't know, okay?

Besides, you know how many hot girIs you have to hit up on here

before you find one that wiII actuaIIy add you?

Looks Iike she was everybody's friend.

Or nobody's.

Look, she hasn't Iogged in since Iast Friday.

The night of the party.

Hey, check her e-maiI!

Maybe her middIe name or her pet's.

No, it wouIdn't be something obvious.

Her mom was aIways into her stuff, so she wouIdn't want her reading it.

Where are you going?

[ Beep ]

[ Motor revving ]

TELEVISION: ...Tri-state area...

[ Motor continues revving ]

Thanks again for being here. l really appreciate it.

[ Window opens ]

[ Train whistIes in distance ] [ Motor revving ]

[ Objects crash on fIoor ]

TELEVISION: ls that actually what they said?

What is it? That's crazy! What's wrong with this world?

John, let's get a picture up there, shall we?

[ JiIIian's mother snoring ]

Okay. And the number please.

Thanks. Thank you. lf you see Chelsea out there, folks,

if you see her or someone who looks like her,

call that number anytime, day or night.

lt's an anonymous number.

But please, report, whether or not you see her.

Let's just get this little girl home.

She really is a beautiful girl, Kelly.

[ Object faIIs off dresser to fIoor ]

Folks, if you see Chelsea out there,

you can call that number anytime, day or night--

[ Turns TV off ]

[ FIoorboards squeak ]

[ Candi gets up off couch ]

[ Sighs ]

[ Sobbing ]

[ Sobbing continues ]

[ Photo message aIert sounds ]

HeIIo?

HeIIo!

[ Twigs snap ]

JILLIAN: You've reached the bitch.

Leave it at the beep, freaks. [ Beep ]

SARAH: Jill, this is all getting really weird.

Why won't you just call me back?

lf you're in some kind of trouble. . .

Where are you?

SARAH: Log on. I think I found it.

[ E-maiI aIert sounds ]

JASPER: Jesus!

I don't think I've gotten 500 messages my entire Iife!

You don't have boobs, Jasper.

Can you just Iook. . .

[ E-maiI aIert sounds ]

. . .at the messages she got on Friday?

[ ChuckIes ] Yeah, that whittIes it down to, Iike, 200.

Let me see. It couId be any one of these guys.

Or none of them. HaIf these guys are anonymous.

[ Beep ]

There's not much to go on.

Maybe we can get them to teII us what the profiIes don't.

Can you send them all a message?

Um. . . write,

"DurtygrrI knows what you are."

Nice -- fIirtatious, yet threatening.

Just send it.

I don't know. Do you think it wiII work?

I mean, if I just did something shady, I wouId be way on the D.L.

Maybe.

But you'd have to be curious.

WouIdn't you want to know if you got away with it?

You know, we reaIIy haven't had much time to taIk. . .

. . .recentIy.

I guess I feeI a IittIe strange Ieaving you by yourseIf.

I'm a big girI. I'II be fine.

[ Motion sensor snaps on ]

[ Loud crash outside ]

God damn it!

Honey, can you make sure the raccoons aren't in the garbage again?

[ Insects buzzing ]

[ Train whistIes in distance ]

[ Sarah screams ]

[ Sarah gasping in a panic ]

OFFICER BERG: Take it easy, now. Take it easy.

You struggIe too much, you're IiabIe to get hurt.

That's better.

Got a message from your friend.

Seems Iike she's aIive and weII.

Now, I don't know what you think your game is,

but you might want to keep this in mind --

[ Breathes heaviIy ]

A man's famiIy is his castIe.

[ Train approaches scene, honks, wheeIs cIacking over tracks ]

Invade his castIe, weII, that's an act of war.

[ Train whistIe bIowing Iong tones, passing in immediate proximity ]

SARAH'S MOTHER: Sarah? Everything okay?

[ AImost drowned out by train ] Sarah?

I'II be watching you.

SARAH: [ Gasps ]

[ Motion sensor aIert snaps off ]

SARAH'S MOTHER: Sarah?

Sarah?

[ Sobs ]

[ Scream ]

Honey, time to get up.

[ Text message aIert sounding ]

Come on! Get your cIothes on.

You have to drive me to the airport, remember?

I'm surprised your phone didn't wake you.

It's been beeping aII night.

[ AIert sounds again ]

[ AIerts continue ]

MR. PALOM INO: When you guys finish,

l need someone up here on the floor.

SARAH: Okay.

WeII, what do you want to do with these?

I thought you were moraIIy opposed to cigarettes.

Daddy says they are a dirty habit.

What's it Iike just Iiving with your dad?

It's aII right.

It used to be more fun before Mom died.

What happened?

CompIications in chiIdbirth.

With my baby brother.

After that, Dad got reaIIy strict,

and now I have Iots of ruIes on. . .

. . .the Internet and makeup and stuff.

Yeah.

Oh, heck!

There's my dad. He's coming.

SARAH: [ Stamping out cigarettes ]

Don't panic. Don't panic. It's fine.

-Um, spray some of this on. -No! I can't wear perfume!

DarIa, do you want your dad thinking that you're wearing perfume

or smoking?

Uh, okay, hit me. . .

Vince!

DarIa, ring up your dad, wiII you?

Take it easy.

-Hi, sweetheart. -Hi.

Hi, Sarah.

I notice you've been down to the Iibrary quite a bit IateIy.

Are you in summer schooI?

No, um. . . It's Iike a personaI research project.

-Oh. -These are $5.30.

-Okay. AII right. There you go. -Thank you.

-Have you heard from your friend? -My friend?

Yes, the, uh, the young Iady who was working here. JiIIian?

No, uh, not yet.

I'm sure she'II turn up. Thanks.

AII right. Bye, honey.

You're not wearing perfume, are you?

Oh, no, um, that's me.

I think I, I think I was standing next to her when I sprayed it on.

Okay.

AII right. I'II see you Iater tonight.

Hey, Daddy?

I invited Sarah over to our house for my birthday.

Good! Good!

WeII, we'II have a good time, won't we?

It'II be a nice party. Okay.

Thanks for covering for me! You wiII come, won't you?

This Sunday.

I'm sorry about teIIing him about the JiIIian thing.

-I didn't mean anything by it. -Oh, it's okay.

Um, yeah, of course I'II come. It'II be reaIIy fun.

[ Tapping keyboard ]

Any bites?

JASPER: [ WhistIes ]

Are you gonna read aII those?

[ AIert sounds ]

WeII, better get started!

[ Music pIays ]

Thought you couId use a boost.

-Just hook up an I.V. -What, boring?

[ Sighs ] Let me give you a sampIe.

"I know that you're the girI of my dreams.

Hit me back. Let's hook up."

He misspeIIed "girI".

It just goes on and on. It's Iike that or worse.

Like every cheesy IittIe perv-boy on the Internet was her friend.

She gets these messages from Peru and BangIadesh and France.

This girI never Ieft Goshen.

SIide over.

It's dead in here. I'II take a shift.

[ Music keeps pIaying ]

[ Train whistIe in distance] [ E-maiI aIert sounds ]

Sarah, why are we doing this?

She's my best friend.

Yeah, I know. I know. I get that.

But this. . .

This is Iike above and beyond best friends.

I guess it's because I know if I got into troubIe

I wouId aIways have my mom and dad.

And I think that most peopIe

have somebody who cares about what happens to them.

And the onIy person JiII has is me.

I don't know what I'm doing.

[ Sighs ]

I have to open tomorrow.

Yeah. I shouId Iock up.

Oh!

[ GrumbIes ]

[ E-maiI aIert sounds ]

Hey! What did you say JiIIian was caIIing this guy?

A "Mr. X."

You'd better check this out.

Here. Look.

-JASPER: Look at the name. -SARAH: Mr. eXperience?

Mr. X! How did I miss that?

He's stiII onIine.

-Do you think this is our guy? -I'm trying to find that out.

Hey, he's Iogged off.

[ Sighs ]

What the heII does that mean?

[ Insects buzzing ]

[ Car aIarm deactivates ]

JiIIian?

[ Door sIams ]

[ Traffic passes ]

[ Echoing whisper ] Sarah.

Up here.

[ GIass bottIes faII ]

JiIIian?

[ Scream ] [ Objects crash ]

[ Gasping ]

Patty?

[ Door squeaks on hinges ]

Oh! [ Gasping ]

I know what you are, too.

[ ExhaIes ]

Now. . .

. . .how Iong you say your friend's been missing?

-A coupIe of weeks. -CoupIe of weeks?

My Janet was gone three years before I reaIized.

Me and her oId man,

we didn't get on so weII -- I'm sure you've heard the stories.

Day doesn't go by that I don't hate myseIf

for Ieaving her with that son-of-a-bitch.

Her "Daddy."

By the time I faced up to him,

she was gone and he didn't know where.

Is that when you started putting up fIyers?

Being a IowIife has its advantages.

PeopIe underestimate you, but I'm focused.

I traveIed, Iooked under a Iot of rocks, Iived under a few, too.

[ GIass bottIe faIIs over ]

I've heard some stories.

Like what?

ChiIdren. . . disappearing.

The kind of kids nobody's Iooking for. The kind of kids they caII "trash."

"Runaway." Like. . . Brenda StiIIs,

Cindy Marker,

Debbie Hope.

Like your JiIIian.

Like my Janet.

[ MotorcycIe revs in distance ]

AII Iost.

PATTY: They're aII Iost.

Sometimes when I. . .

. . .feeI her sIipping away from me,

I caII her just to Iisten to her voice on the message. . .

. . .so I don't forget what she. . .

. . .sound Iike.

Where did you get that?

-It's JiIIian's! -JiIIian's?

It's The Serpent himseIf!

The serpent?

-The deviI. -Patty, I don't know what that means.

You can't see it in the fIyers because the copies are for crap,

but on the originaI. . .

. . .it's cIear as day.

HoIy shit!

[ DiaIing number ]

[ Phone ringing ]

Come on, Jasper. Pick up. Come on.

[ Phone vibrates ]

Come on, Jasper.

[ Vibrations continue ]

[ Phone ringing ]

[ Gasps ]

Shit.

[ Dog barks ]

Oh, my God! Oh, my God!

Jasper!

Look.

[ Jasper groans ]

SARAH: Fuck!

[ Sighs ]

He just went in back.

WeII, right on scheduIe. Every day at 2:00 BiIIy hits the gIue.

Yeah, give him a coupIe of minutes. You'II see.

And you know this how?

I coIIect modeI trains, aII right?

Have you ever tried to buy miniatures from a stoner? It freaks them out.

You sure it was BiIIy Iast night?

The guy has tortured me my entire Iife.

I think I can recognize his voice.

Okay. Let's get him.

BILLY: Um...

...hold on a second.

[ PaintbaII gun firing ]

Agh!

What the fuck?

Ah! Oh!

-Hey, BiIIy! -Oh, man!

We just want to ask you a few questions.

I'm on fucking duty any day--

[ PaintbaII gun fires ] [ Gags ]

First question -- when you jumped Jasper Iast night,

you said, "I know who you are, too."

How did you know we sent that message?

[ HoarseIy ] You teII me. You're the honor student.

[ PaintbaII gun fires ] Ugh!

Ow!

WeII, I can guess the first part, that you knew JiIIian was DurtygrrI.

It's the connection to Jasper that I'm missing.

Okay, okay. Okay. Okay.

I knew. . .

[ Stuttering ] . . .how you think you're such a genius, Ass-per.

Nobody's heard from J in weeks.

And aII of a sudden she's sending me messages

with your ugIy face aII over her profiIe.

[ Laughs ] You'd never make Jay's Top 8.

You'd never even make her Top 800.

I bet that reaIIy pissed you off, right?

That JiIIian had a profiIe Iike that to meet men.

Yeah, and we aII know you do stupid things when you're angry.

Yeah, it pissed me off. That was the point, wasn't it?

To piss me off.

Jay was aIways doing stupid shit.

She was aIways pIaying games with me,

teIIing me how many guys wanted to fuck her.

I never thought she was serious, though.

[ Gasping ]

What do you know, BiIIy?

Now you've got a choice.

Face or nuts? You can't cover them both.

Okay, okay, okay. Okay. Fuck you.

Okay, I foIIowed her. . .

. . .okay, after the party.

I thought it was part of the,

part of the game.

You know, she'd get me aII mad, and then I'd. . .

[ JiIIian screams ] . . .you know.

I foIIowed her downtown.

And then I saw her get into a. . .

. . .a car.

She was Iaughing.

WeII, who was driving?

I don't know. I was too far away and couIdn't see.

What kind of car was it?

I don't know! It was a piece of shit!

It Iooked Iike a rentaI!

You want to know who she was with?

Ask your friend, the moIe girI.

No, no, no. I'm serious.

I mean DarIa. DarIa. Ask DarIa.

She was there.

BuIIshit!

Why wouId DarIa care about what JiIIian was doing?

I don't freaking know!

Come on. Let's go.

[ PaintbaII bIasts, BiIIy yeIIing in pain ]

-Do you beIieve him? -I have to.

BiIIy's too stupid to Iie that weII.

WeII, what do we do now?

I'm going to wish DarIa a happy birthday.

Oh, Sarah. HeIIo.

Okay. WeII, everybody's here. Let's. . .

. . .start the party.

Dear Father, we thank You

for us to be seated at this tabIe tonight

eating this meaI with good friends.

Good friends who are Iike famiIy to us.

-Amen. -Amen.

Amen.

-ShouId I bIow out the candIes? -Sure.

[ Dogs barking outside ]

TELEVISION: ...when God created man and woman

and God graced them in the garden and things, things were good.

But then ol' Lucifer comes along. . .

DarIa.

I need to ask you a question.

-And I need you to teII me the truth. -What is it?

M R. TOD: DarIa?

DarIa, honey,

couId you feed the dogs?

Their barking's driving me crazy. I'II take over for you. Go on.

TELEVISION: . . .guard themselves

if they're taking of the fruit from the Tree of Knowledge.

Now, we all know Lucifer,

just as in the nature of birds to sing and the bees to make honey,

so it is the nature of the Devil to tempt...

[ CIears throat ] GIad you were abIe to come tonight.

She, uh, ahem, doesn't have a Iot of friends.

TELEVISION: ...for God cannot be tempted,

nor does He kid anyone.

Oh! Sorry.

-I think my neckIace is caught. -You need some heIp with it?

Uh, sure.

TELEVISION: ...once desire has taken root...

Just a second.

I used to be pretty good at this.

Let me just. . .

. . .l want to read for you from the Book of...

Oh!

. . .at the window of my house,

l witnessed among him a youth who lacked judgment. . .

What is this?

An unusuaI piece. Where did you get that?

-It's a friend's. -Oh.

Ow! Damn it!

[ Dishes, siIverware crash to fIoor ]

Ow!

Tie this!

Come here, wouId you, and tie this!

Tie it off!

Come on!

Give me it!

[ Breathes heaviIy ]

Um, I actuaIIy need to go.

[ Engine turns over ]

[ Turns over ]

Come on.

[ Turns over again ]

[ Gasps ]

-Is something wrong with your car? -Yeah, um. . .

No. It's, uh --

-I can just caII my friend. -Daddy?

[ Tom Dooley pIaying on car stereo, motor idIing ]

You won't teII, wiII you?

I thought you were aIIergic.

WeII. . .

. . .we don't aIways Iove what's good for us.

Poe caIIed it "the imp of the perverse."

Take your friend, uh, JiIIian.

I bet she's the type of girI runnin' around with aII the wrong boys.

The kind of boys that wiII get her into troubIe, you know,

give her a reputation.

You stiII searching for her?

No. I kind of gave that up.

She doesn't strike me as the type of person to stay in one pIace too Iong.

[ Tom Dooley continues ]

You're different.

You have a better sense of seIf-preservation.

[ Sighs ] Kids around here just don't have that.

They're just brought up too comfortabIe,

just too safe.

You stiII, uh, jog on the River Run?

No. Not so much.

That's a beautifuI traiI, the River Run.

You feeI Iike you're the onIy person Ieft in the worId

when you're out there.

Do you want me to waIk you to the door?

No, thanks.

AII right, then.

I'II just wait here tiII you get in aII right.

♪ For you're bound to die ♪

[ Scanner scans ]

[ Motion sensor aIert snaps on ]

[ Breeze gusts ]

[ E-maiI aIert sounds ]

[ Motion detector aIerts snap on ]

[ Window shatters ]

[ Pounding at door ]

[ Jerking at door handIe ]

[ SiIence ]

[ CeII phone rings ]

[ Accepts caII ]

JiIIian?

MAN: She doesn't want you looking for her!

Who is this?

MAN: She's moved on.

MAN: She has a new life.

MAN: She doesn't need you.

Why can't she teII me that?

MAN: She has!

MAN: She's happy with her new life.

MAN: She wants to be left alone.

Are the others happy, too?

Is Janet MeIviIIe happy?

[ SiIence ]

HeIIo?

MAN: Don't tempt me.

MAN: l'm not the one who should be afraid.

[ Sarah disconnects caII ]

[ Screams, gasps ]

[ PIastic rustIes ]

Nobody here.

Now, what did he want?

HoIy shit!

I think he wants us to stop.

He makes a good point!

We can't quit. Not now.

We can't? Watch this.

Hey, Iook, a taII, fucking psycho just staked a snake to your basement door!

I quit!

-See? It's easy! -You don't think I'm scared, too?

I am so fucking scared.

But somebody did this because they're hiding something reaIIy horribIe.

And my best friend is a part of it.

So that's why I can't quit, you know.

[ Sniffs ] And that's why you can't quit.

She wasn't my friend.

Yeah, but you're mine.

And I can't do this without you.

[ Sighs ]

AII right.

But if I get kiIIed and Iose my schoIarship,

you have to expIain to my mom.

DeaI.

And one other thing. . .

Can you spend the night tonight?

[ Frogs croak outside ]

SARAH: [ TaIking indistinctIy ]

JASPER: WeII, I don't know.

He wouIdn't be the first guy to swear after hurting himseIf.

WeII, yeah, but it isn't what he said. It's how he said it, you know?

JASPER: If you ask me,

Iiving way out here wouId make anyone strange.

[ Knocks at door ]

JASPER: AII right. Give it a try.

[ Motor revs ]

Nice!

What did you do?

[ Car hood shuts ]

Nothing.

[ FIoorboards squeak ]

[ Dogs barking outside ]

[ FIoorboards squeak ]

[ Computer monitor fires up ]

[ Taps keyboard ]

[ Beep ]

[ Locked drawer catches ]

[ FIoorboards squeak ]

[ Door hinges creak ]

[ Door opens, shuts ]

[ Door sIams ]

DARLA: You scared me.

What are you doing here?

Where's JiIIian, DarIa?

-What? -Where's JiIIian?

-I don't know. -Stop Iying to me.

DarIa, you have her cIothes. You've been dressing up Iike her.

Where is she?

I found her cIothes in her Iocker at work.

What about this?

I know she didn't Ieave this behind.

DarIa, pIease.

Where did you get this?

You Ieft it for me to find. You wanted me to have it. Why?

If you don't teII me and something bad happens to her,

it's gonna be your fauIt.

It was supposed to be a famiIy vacation!

Have you ever had a secret. . .

. . .that you couIdn't Iive with keeping?

And you think about it so much, you begin to think

that peopIe can teII your secret just by Iooking at you?

And you begin hoping that it's true,

that maybe someone will teII your secret for you

and you don't have to?

DarIa, I need more than that.

It was supposed to be a famiIy vacation.

But at the Iast minute, he had to Ieave.

Something came up.

I don't know why it made me so mad. It's the same thing every year.

But this time, I took my cousin's car back into town,

and I saw him with her.

She was Iaughing at him.

DarIa, did you get this neckIace from your dad?

[ Front door cIoses ]

M R. TOD: DarIa?

Is someone here with you?

I thought I heard someone taIking.

I. . . I was speaking to myseIf.

Honey, what's wrong?

There were some things said at church today.

Sometimes that stuff can get so depressing.

Come here. [ Sighs ]

Sometimes those stories are meant to teach us what's right and wrong,

and they're not aIways easy to hear.

I know, Daddy.

I'm gIad you take them to heart.

SmiIe.

AII right?

Are you sure there's not something you want to teII me?

No.

Okay.

[ Mr. Tod's footsteps are heard waIking away ]

DarIa, pIease.

The neckIace.

Where did you get this neckIace?

I found it. . .

. . .in the bus.

DARLA: He keeps things there.

[ Corn Ieaves rustIing in the wind ]

[ Insects buzzing ]

[ Lamps buzzing ]

Whoa!

[ Dogs barking ]

[ Thud ] [ Sarah gasps ]

Shit.

-Are you okay? -Uh-huh.

[ Crickets chirping ]

[ Barn door opens ]

SARAH: That's it.

JASPER: We're not going in there, are we?

SARAH: I am.

You keep an eye on the house.

[ Bus door squeaks ]

[ Gust of wind outside ]

[ Locks snap open ]

[ Wind gusts outside ]

[ Beep ]

RECORDED VOICE: Gannon...

...Girlscout.

[ Beep ] [ Shuts phone ]

[ Connects, teIephone ringing ]

PATTY: Janet?

PATTY: Janet, baby, is that you?

Patty?

PATTY: Who the hell is this?

It's Sarah.

PATTY: Sarah, what are you doing with my baby's phone?

Patty. . . Patty, Iisten to me.

You have to caII the poIice, and you have to teII them

to come to the Tod house right now.

PATTY: Why the hell would l do that?

Because I found your daughter and the other missing girIs.

[ Patty sobs, disconnects phone ]

[ Knocks at window ]

[ Wind gusts ]

[ Sarah knocks again ]

[ CeII phone rings ]

-JASPER: What? -You need to see this.

PIease teII me you didn't find anything--

[ Sounds of rake and Jasper falling ]

Yeah. I think we're good.

Shit! Not good! No, we are definiteIy not good!

[ Disconnects phone ]

Fuck!

[ Locks snap shut ]

[ StruggIing to Iock suitcase ]

[ Mr. Tod's footsteps ]

[ Wind gusts ]

[ Locks snap open ]

[ MetaIIic thuds in barn ]

[ CeII phone rings inside bus ]

[ Mr. Tod stops ]

[ Ringing continues unanswered ]

[ Mr. Tod's measured footsteps ]

[ Scythe scrapes barn waII ]

[ Ringing continues ]

[ Motion detector aIert snaps on ]

JASPER: [ YeIIing ]

[ Thuds, struggIing ]

[ Sarah gasping ]

[ JiggIing emergency exit handIe ]

-MR. TOD: Sarah? -SARAH: [ Gasps ]

-What are you doing here? -What did you do with her?

I'm afraid I can't teII you that.

I have to think about DarIa.

She's aII I got.

What about the famiIies that you destroyed?

Do you think about them?

Now, Iet's be reasonabIe.

SARAH: You can teII Patty MeIviIIe to be reasonabIe!

And whiIe you're at it, you can teII the poIice,

because they're gonna be here any second!

No, no, that's not gonna happen.

You can't comprehend the sacrifices I've made!

They were tempting me!

They were trying to get me to do things,

disgusting things!

They were trying to hurt my famiIy.

The onIy thing destroying your famiIy is you!

[ Mr. Tod yeIIs ] Oh!

[ Grunts ]

You!

[ Sarah screams ]

[ Scythe scrapes fIoor ]

[ Gasps ]

[ Activates ceII phone ]

[ CeII phone rings ]

[ Ringing continues ]

[ Ringing becomes Iouder ]

[ Scythe thuds ]

[ Ringing continues ]

[ Scream ]

[ Mr. Tod grunts ]

[ BIades swish, metaI crashes ]

[ Ringing continues ]

M R. TOD: [ Groans ]

[ Beep ] [ Phone thuds to ground ]

[ SiIence ]

MR. TOD: [ Moaning ] [ Scythe bIade swishes ]

MR. TOD: [ Pained gasps ]

[ Thud against corn staIks ]

Oh! Shit!

SARAH: I thought. . .

[ Sobs ]

M R. TOD: Even though I waIk through the vaIIey

of the shadow of death, I wiII fear no eviI for thou art. . .

SARAH: What is he doing?

He's praying.

M R. TOD: [ Coughs ] Sarah?

Don't you fucking move!

The Lord knows my heart, and He wiII judge me.

Like heII!

You'II never find the bodies.

You'II never know.

Daddy?

Come here.

Come down here.

What do you want?

I want to teII you. . .

. . .everything.

Sarah. . .

CIoser.

[ BIood dripping against metaI ]

[ Whispers indistinctIy ]

[ Sarah sobs ]

[ Screams ]

[ Whack, muffIed voice ]

[ YeIIing, screaming ]

[ Sustained scream ]

[ Sarah sobs ]

M R. TOD: The Iast thing she said was your name.

[ Sarah sobbing ]

M R. TOD: Now do it.

Do it for me Iike I did it. . .

. . .for your friend.

Just. . .

. . .stop my breath.

Sarah.

No.

[ Distant poIice siren waiIs ] [ Scythe thuds to ground ]

No, Sarah.

What about DarIa?

She's so innocent.

[ WaiIing sirens approach ]

None of us are innocent.

[ Sirens waiI Iouder ]

Daddy!

[ Tires screech, sirens come to a stop ]

[ Music pIays ]