Original subtitles

[soft music]

♪ ♪

- You ready to go? - Almost.

- Where's Gabby? - Upstairs.

- Well...

- Eat. - Okay. Mmm. That's good.

- Mm-hmm. Well, I know you must be getting hungry

'cause you're a little grumpy.

- Well, I just want to hit the road.

- Honey, it's only an hour away.

We have all weekend.

- Mm-hmm. What would I do without you?

- Starve.

- Probably true.

- It's no big deal.

I'll only be gone for three days.

- Three days? That's an eternity.

- You know I'm gonna miss you. I wish you could come.

You'd love the lake, and you could meet my parents too.

- I can't get off work. - Abby, come on.

I want to beat the traffic.

- I haven't finished packing thanks to you.

- Gabby, come on.

- You're so busted. - Okay, Dad, coming.

I'll text you when we get there, okay?

- Okay. Bye.

- ♪ Give me your attention ♪

♪ I look for an ascension ♪

♪ Give me your attention ♪

- Let's go, Gabby.

- ♪ One of these frenemies, feel my awesomity ♪

- Ah, finally. You know, we almost left you behind.

- No chance, Dad.

- You're my only daughter, and that's plenty.

- Well, come on. Let's go.

We want to beat the traffic.

- Let's go. Let's go. Let's go. Let's go.

[gentle music]

♪ ♪

- Hey, wh--Shh-shh-shh-shh. You hear that?

- What?

- Exactly. Nothing but peace and quiet.

- Okay.

- All right.

Okay, let's get dressed and head down to the boat.

- Sounds like a plan. - Um, okay, babe,

I'm gonna grab your skis.

Oh, it's so pretty out. Wow.

- Today's a beautiful day.

That's why we're here.

- You gonna jump in the water? - Yeah, I'm gonna jump.

- All right, let's see it. - All right.

We are good to go up on the boat.

- All right, permission to come aboard, Captain.

- Arrgh, matey.

- Yes.

- As long as you're ready to have fun.

- You all are so annoying.

- What? - You love us.

- Okay. - Okay.

- All right.

- Oh, what a beautiful day out here, huh?

- Oh, yeah. - Be careful, Dad.

- Always. Hey, when am I gonna get you back here to join me?

- No, I'll stick to volleyball.

We're almost there.

- All right. Okay. Just gonna grab my lifejacket.

- Mom! Stop! Dad!

- Scott! - Dad? Dad!

- Get his lifejacket. - Oh, my God.

Oh, there's blood! - What do we do?

- Quick, call for help. Radio for help.

Scott! Scott!

- We need help! Please, my dad fell off the boat.

I think he hit his head. We need help right now!

- Okay, let's look for him in the water.

Tell me if you see him.

- Dad! Dad!

Oh, my God.

Where is he?

Oh, my God.

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

[both crying]

♪ ♪

- Erin, would you please ring this up for Mrs. Aspienwall?

Thanks.

- Melanie. - Steve. My God, what?

I can't believe this. What are you doing here?

and see how you're holding up.

I know it would've been Scott's birthday today, so.

- Yeah. Well, thanks for coming.

- Of course. What are big brothers for?

- Yeah.

- You okay?

- Yeah, I'm just trying to get through today, you know?

How long can you stay in town for?

- Well, I was planning on staying until next week.

I got a few properties in town I want to take a look at.

- How's work? - Work is great.

I actually sold those three properties last month.

- Nice. - Yeah. How's it going here?

- Um, good. Steady.

Oh, hey, I'm making Scott's favorite dinner tonight.

- Nice.

- And Gabby will be really excited to see you.

- How is she doing? - She's struggling.

Yeah, she quit the volleyball team.

She was in therapy, and then she stopped going.

- Yeah. - I don't know what to do.

- Well, maybe she'll listen to some advice from her uncle.

- I hope so. That'd be great.

Um, actually I should probably get back to work.

- Okay. I'll stop in maybe after my appointments,

say about 6:00? - Yeah.

- All right. - Okay, Great.

Come by any time. - Okay.

- Thank you. - Of course. See you later.

- Bye.

- Hey. You studying?

- It's a book of my father's poems.

His birthday is today. - Oh.

Do you need some company?

- Kind of want to be alone right now.

- Gabby...

I miss you,

and I know you've been through a lot this year,

but I just wish you wouldn't shut me down.

- Please, Jason, not today.

- I don't think you even know why you broke up with me.

- We've been through this, okay?

It's too much pressure right now.

I can't worry about anyone else's feelings.

- I just want to make sure you're okay.

Can you meet me tonight at the pizzeria?

I get off at 8:00.

- No, I have to be home. I'm sorry.

- Okay, I get it. I'll see you around.

Hi.

- He just doesn't give up, huh? - Yeah.

I miss him, but he just doesn't understand.

This isn't about him right now.

I just can't be with anyone.

- Well, we need you back. I mean, we got pounded

last week against Placerville in debates.

- I can't focus on the debate team right now. I'm busy.

- Doing what?

[phone buzzes]

Gabby.

- That's my business, okay? - Just chill, all right?

I mean-- - I'm sorry.

I wish I was at my family's cabin and away from all this.

It's so peaceful there. I feel closer to my dad.

Do you want to come to the park with me?

I'm ditching fifth and sixth periods.

- No, I have a test, and didn't you ditch yesterday too?

- Did I?

- Did.

- Text me later, and good luck on your test.

- All right, you're gonna get busted again.

- Mm-hmm.

- Gabby? I'm home.

Gabby?

Gabby?

[suspenseful music]

♪ ♪

- Hey, Mom. - Hey, hon, where are you?

- I'm, uh, studying with Danielle.

- How are you doing? - Mom, stop. I'm fine.

- Well, I know that today is hard,

but Dad would have wanted us to celebrate his birthday.

Okay. So I'm making

his favorite meal, fried chicken,

and Uncle Steve is in town. He's with us all week.

- Oh. Cool.

- Okay, so be home by 6:00 for dinner, okay?

- Okay. - I love you.

- I love you too.

[phone buzzes]

- Hello?

- Hello.

This is an automated message from Ridgecrest

High School attendance office.

Gabby Taylor was absent from period five and six today.

Please send a note to clear these missing attendances.

Thank you. Good bye.

- Oh, here. Actually you can use a spoon for that, see?

- Oh, okay.

Okay. You know, you really should have been a chef.

I've pretty much gotten all of my cooking tips from you.

- Well, I got tired of all that takeout after the divorce,

so I took a few classes. - Mmm.

- This looks good. Is this Mom's recipe?

- Yeah. It was Scott's favorite.

- How're you doing with the house?

If you need help refinancing, I can help with that.

- I'm okay for now.

I just--

[sighs] God, I feel so helpless with Gabby.

And she's struggling so hard at school.

She's basically withdrawn from everything.

I don't know what to do to get her back on track.

You know, I'm grieving too.

Obviously I just--I have to be here

for the both of us, you know?

- She won't go back to therapy? - No.

She said, "There's nothing left to say," and on top of that,

I just found out that she's skipping classes.

I don't know what to do with her.

- It's okay. Calm down. I'll talk to her.

Maybe I can offer her some advice.

But go easy on her when she gets home.

You both had a really rough day.

- Yeah. Yeah.

Hey, Gabby, we're in the kitchen.

- Hey, Uncle Steve. - Hey, Gabby.

- How are you? - I'm good.

I came in to town to see you both.

How you doing?

- Wish everyone would stop asking me that. Fine.

- So what, no hug for your mom? - Oh.

- Have you written any new poetry lately?

- Some.

- Hey, there's no need for a sad face,

'cause guess what?

I just booked us a spa trip next weekend.

- Seriously? - Yeah.

- If we're going on a trip, I'd rather go up to the cabin.

We haven't been there in a long time.

- I know. Well, we can go for spring break.

Look, I already paid for the trip,

and I figured it would be good for us

to get away for the weekend.

- I wish you would've asked me.

- Look, I promise you're gonna love this spa, okay?

[phone buzzes]

Who's that?

- I'll be in my room.

- But--Okay, dinner will be ready in 20 minutes.

♪ ♪

- Hi, it's Gabby.

Yeah, I got your messages.

I'm okay.

I really wanted to celebrate my dad this weekend,

but my mom doesn't want to go up to the cabin.

No, she doesn't know that I called.

Do you think you could take me up there tomorrow?

She won't suspect anything if I'm back by dinner time.

Really? Oh, that's great. Thank you.

- Mmm.

- Well, that was some good comfort food.

Mom's recipe sure holds up well.

- Yeah. I made a change

'cause Scott always liked his food spicy,

and I added just a little bit of Cajun seasoning.

- Well, I approve. - Mm.

Hey, honey, maybe I can get a refund for the spa weekend.

- No, that's okay. - Are you sure?

- Yeah. Don't worry about it. It's fine.

- Okay.

Well, yeah, it's too cold at the cabin now anyways.

- You know, I ran into a buyer

looking for a place up at the lake.

Man, those properties are going for a premium right now.

- Oh, that might be why

I've been getting so many offers lately.

- Mom, are you planning to sell the cabin?

- What are you talking about?

- You never want to go there anymore.

- That's not true. - It was Dad's favorite place.

- I know.

- How--How could you even think of selling it?

- I'm not selling the cabin, okay? Relax.

- I'm sorry. I was just saying how popular

those properties have been getting lately. I--

- We're never selling the cabin, okay?

- Why don't you clear the dishes...

Now.

- Ugh.

Hey. - Hey.

- I just wanted to say

thank you for staying with us.

It means a lot. I really needed the support today.

- Yeah, I figured.

- Gabby's in a really bad place right now.

- I know. I know.

I'll try to find a good time to talk to her. Maybe tomorrow.

- Okay, thanks. - Love you.

- Love you.

Hey, easy with that.

- It's like you don't even care about the cabin anymore.

- What are you talking about, Gabby?

- Never mind.

- I got a call from the school earlier.

You want to explain to me

why you skipped two classes yesterday?

- Can we talk about this later? - No, we cannot.

We're gonna talk about it right now.

- See, you never listen to what I want.

- And why were you so rude to Uncle Steve?

- I wasn't being rude!

- I know that you're hurting, Gabby.

I do. I'm hurting, too, but you cannot go on living like this.

- Why does it matter?

- Listen, it matters because it's your life.

It's our life,

and Dad would not want you to stop living it, sweetie.

The accident wasn't your fault, sweetie.

You can't carry that burden forever.

- Why can't you just leave me alone?

- I think we need to go back to family therapy.

- You go. I'm done. Maybe you need the help.

- But I'm trying my best to keep this family together.

- Nothing is ever gonna bring Dad back, so what's the point?

- What? Gabby, don't leave like this.

- Welcome to my world. - Gabby, come on.

- Gabby. Gabby, we have to talk about this.

- No, we don't.

- Yes, we do. Gabby.

- I'm going to sleep. Good night.

[tense music]

♪ ♪

- I love you, sweetheart.

[somber music]

♪ ♪

Honey, Uncle Steve is making French toast.

Gabby?

Gabby?

Huh.

Gabby?

Gabby, where are you?

- Hey, it's Gabby. Leave a message.

- Gabby, where are you? You know that you're supposed

to always pick up the phone when I call.

Uncle Steve is making breakfast for us, so call me. Bye.

[suspenseful music]

♪ ♪

- Where is she? - Gone.

- Gone? I was up since 7:00. When did she leave?

- I don't know. I can't eat.

- Well, did she have plans?

- I mean, none that I know about.

- It's the weekend. Is she out with friends?

- I mean, she usually sleeps in on the weekends,

and she always tells me if she leaves.

- She's probably still upset about last night.

Give her time to cool off.

- I can check her phone location.

What? She turned her location settings off.

- Melanie, if she finds out you've been snooping,

it could make matters worse between you two.

- Yeah.

Okay, I should probably get to the shop.

- Okay.

I'll stop by in a few hours, see if you're free.

- Okay. Thanks.

- Gabby. Over here.

- Hey. - Hi, sweetheart.

- Oh, thank you for coming.

- Oh, it's my pleasure. I'm so excited.

- So what do I call you? Granny or Helen or--

- Oh. How about "Granny Helen?"

- Okay. Granny Helen.

- A whole day with my granddaughter.

It is starting to rain, though,

should we make a dash for the car?

- Yeah. - You ready?

- Ready. - On your marks, get set, go.

- Thanks for taking me up to the cabin.

I really wanted to do something special for my dad's birthday,

and I know that I'll feel closer to him there.

- Your Grandfather Owen and I used to take your father

to the lake all the time as a boy.

Oh, don't be sad. We're gonna have a nice day together

and make up for lost time.

I want us to get to know each other like it was meant to be.

- Yeah, sounds great.

- You know, I ran away when I was 15.

- Really? - Mm-hmm.

- Why? - My mom and I got in

to an argument about my boyfriend.

I stayed at his house for two days

without his parents knowing.

- What made you decide to finally go home?

- My mom called the police, and they found me.

[phone rings]

- I'll get it.

- Hey.

- Hey. - Any word?

- No, nothing.

I called her phone, left a voice mail.

- Okay, well, let's hope she calls in the next few hours

and lets us know she's okay.

- So what, we're supposed to just wait?

I'm ready to call the police.

- And tell them what?

That your daughter left early in the morning

because you two had an argument last night?

- Are you saying that this is my fault?

- No, I'm just saying we need to find--

We just--We need to find out what happened to her.

- Okay, well, she didn't just disappear. We know that.

- No, she probably needed to get away

and be alone for a while.

All I'm saying is you need to give her space,

or you'll push her away even more.

I'm sure she'll call when she's ready.

- When did you get so wise? You're not even a parent.

- I saw what Mom and Dad had to go through with you.

- Ha-ha. Thanks.

Well, I mean, I can't just sit around and wait here.

How about we go check out her favorite spot at the park.

Maybe she's somewhere around there.

- Okay. - Yeah?

- Sounds good. - Okay.

Hey, Erin, I'm just gonna step out for a little while, okay?

- Okay. Don't worry about anything here.

- Forgot how bad the signal is up here.

- I'm sorry. I know.

You kids these days can't live without those cell phones.

- Maybe this was a mistake.

My mom's probably going crazy right now.

- Nonsense. You needed a day off.

That's why you came.

You have been through so much this year.

You deserve this time away.

Oh, it's so beautiful and quiet.

- Oh, my God. - What's wrong?

- I guess I lost my scarf somewhere.

Mom's gonna be so pissed.

She gave it to me for my birthday, so.

- Sweetie, do you have the key?

- I do.

We always kept a spare here just in case.

This is still my favorite place,

even with the bad memories of the accident.

- For some reason,

I feel closer to Scotty with you around.

I've been so lonely since he died.

You're like a bright light that's entered my life.

- I wanted to come up here sooner,

but my mom had other plans for us, so.

- Your mother never liked me.

Even from the first day we met.

She'll say I was overly protective of Scott,

but he was my only child.

- My parents never really talked about you.

Whenever I would ask, they'd just said

you didn't want to be a part of the family.

I'm just glad for the time we're spending together now.

It's fine.

- This is my dad's jacket.

- [humming]

- What's that song you're humming?

- Oh, um, I don't recall the name.

It was something your father liked as a child.

I used to hum it to him at bedtime.

I'm sure this place holds a lot of memories for everyone.

As a boy, your father used to love swimming in the lake.

I never thought that one day he'd lose his life there.

[somber music]

♪ ♪

I'm sorry that you're sad.

You remind me so much of your father.

- Really? - Yeah. Little things.

A look, a smile, I see your father in you.

I've been so alone these past six months.

I hope we can spend more time together.

- Me too.

Can we go down to the lake? - Of course.

Whatever you'd like, dear.

- Did my father always like poetry?

- Oh, yeah.

I always remember him writing little poems on greeting cards.

Then when he was older, he even kept a notebook,

but of course he'd never let me read it.

- Oh, he gave it to me for my birthday.

- Really? Wow. I'd love to see that.

Hey, did he write anything about me in there?

- No. - Aw.

[dark music]

♪ ♪

[bell tolls]

[phone buzzes]

- I have to take this.

Hello?

- Hey, Danielle. It's Melanie.

I'm so sorry to bother you,

but have you heard from Gabby today?

- No, I haven't.

I just got out of debate club, but she wasn't there.

- She's missing.

I mean, she wasn't at home when I woke up this morning.

She's not answering her phone.

Her location tracking is turned off.

Did she text you or anything?

- No, I haven't heard from her since yesterday.

Maybe her ex, Jason, knows something.

- Her ex? - Oh.

Yeah, she was dating this guy, Jason, earlier this year,

but they broke up. They still talk though.

- I had no idea.

Do you know his last name? - Keating.

- Keating. Do you have his phone number?

- I don't, but I can try to get it,

and I'll text it to you.

- Okay. Thank you, Danielle.

If you hear from her, will you please tell her to call me?

- Yeah. Sure, Mrs. Taylor.

- Thank you. Bye.

- So she had a boyfriend?

- I guess so. - Hmm.

- Okay, let's go.

- Do you want to walk over

to the marina and see your dad's boat?

- Oh, I thought you knew. We sold it.

My mom didn't want to keep it after the accident.

- Yeah. [phone buzzes]

- I guess the signal's better down here.

- What's the matter? Is that your mom?

- No, it's my friend.

My mom already called her worried,

asking if she knew where I went.

- Oh, dear.

Well, does your friend know that you're up here?

- Nobody knows.

You know, I should probably call my mom

and make up some excuse just so she doesn't worry.

- Oh, let me talk to her. She'll probably be mad

that you lied to her about coming up here.

I think I can smooth things over

and tell her it was my idea.

- Oh, you'd do that for me? - Yeah, of course.

You're my granddaughter. Oh, my God.

- No! - Oh, I'm so sorry.

It just slipped out of my hand. It's my arthritis acting up.

Oh.

- Ooh, it's dead. - I'm so sorry.

I'll buy you another phone. I promise.

- My dad always warned me about taking my cell on the lake.

I never listened.

- Would you like to see the house

where your father grew up? - Sure. Where's that?

- I live just about an hour from here.

I still have so many of his things.

You'd enjoy seeing them. I think we'd both feel closer

to him if you came by the house.

- Okay, but I got to call my mom so I'm not busted.

Can I borrow your cell phone? - My battery's dead.

I can never remember to charge the darn thing,

but you can use the house phone when we get there, okay?

- Okay. - Let's go.

- Okay.

[phone buzzes]

- Oh, good.

- What? - It's Gabby's ex-boyfriend

that I knew nothing about. Now I have his phone number.

- Here you go. You all enjoy.

[phone buzzes]

Hello?

- Hi, is this Jason?

- Yeah, what's up? - This is Melanie, Gabby's mom.

- Oh. Hi, Ms. Taylor. - Hi.

I heard that you're friends with my daughter?

- Yeah. Not so much lately.

She just kind of keeps to herself now.

- That's what Danielle said.

- Yeah, well, she hasn't really been herself ever since--

- Her father died?

- Yeah, I'm so sorry for your loss, Ms. Taylor.

- Thank you. Well, we haven't seen her since last night.

Have you heard from her at all?

- No. No, I haven't seen her since yesterday at school.

- I keep calling her, but she's not picking up.

- Well, it's not so unusual.

She's been giving me the silent treatment too.

- Okay, well, if you hear from her,

can you please tell her to call her mom?

- Um, of course. Yeah. I hope she's okay.

- Me too. Okay.

- Well, I better get back to work.

- Thank you. Bye.

- Bye.

- Well, he hasn't seen her either.

- You never met this guy.

How do you know he's telling the truth?

- He said that Gabby's been shutting him out too.

He knew the feeling.

Anyway, she likes to write under this tree.

She says it gives her inspiration.

Steve, her scarf.

- What? - Can you get it?

That's her scarf.

- How do you know?

- Because I gave it to her for her birthday this year.

That means that she was here recently.

- But how long ago?

- I mean, I know I saw it in her room yesterday.

- Come on.

- This is where your father grew up.

- Wow. It's amazing. - All right, come on inside.

♪ ♪

Make yourself comfortable.

- Is this my dad? - Yeah.

He was such a great kid.

I loved him so much.

All the pictures in the house make me feel like

he's always with me. Would you like to see his room?

- Sure. - This way.

Come on.

I have something very special to show you.

In here.

- Why's it locked? - It's probably silly,

but there are just so many precious things in there.

Whoop. It's fine.

I've gathered everything that Scotty ever loved.

What do you think?

- Yeah.

Wow, it's--

It's really something.

- I know it must stir up a lot of feelings.

It does for me every time I come in here.

Sometimes I just sit at his desk and wait,

and it feels like any moment

he would just come through the door

and give me a great big hug.

Are you hungry?

- No. You don't have to go to the trouble.

- Nonsense. You must be hungry, and I promised you lunch,

so it's really--It's no trouble at all.

Why don't you just take as much time as you like.

I'll call you when lunch is ready.

- The location settings on her phone are turned off

which isn't like her. I know something has happened.

- Does she ever use an app for any of the car services?

- Yeah, but it would've showed up as a text on my phone.

- This park is near a bus stop, so maybe she met someone here

and they left together. Check with the bus company.

See if any of the drivers on this route

remember her getting on their bus today.

We get missing person reports every day.

Most are usually solved within the first 48 hours.

The runaways end up contacting someone they know,

and then they realize it was all a bad mistake.

Let's hope that's her situation.

I'd like to come check out your house if that's okay.

- Yeah, of course.

[suspenseful music]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

[dark music]

♪ ♪

- Granny Helen?

- In here.

- Hey, where's your phone?

I really need to call my mom.

She probably thinks something bad happened to me.

- It's right there.

That's the only one in the house. Help yourself.

- It's not working. - Really?

- There's no dial tone.

- No, it was working this morning. That's strange.

- You know, maybe it's the battery.

- Let me see this.

Hmm. Well, the battery's fine. God, that's strange.

Probably gonna have to return it and get another one.

We can go to the market later,

and you can use their pay phone. Is tuna okay?

- Yeah, that's fine.

You know, after lunch, I really need to get back home.

It wasn't cool of me to leave without telling anyone,

and I have to get a new phone, so.

- I made quite an effort to pick you up

and drive you to the cabin.

I think the least you could do

is spend some of your day with me.

I'm sorry, sweetie.

It's just I want to get to know you better,

and I--I feel so much closer to your father when you're here.

So why don't you just go and get washed up,

and I'll bring lunch into the dining room.

The bathroom is down the hall on the left.

- Okay.

[tense music]

♪ ♪

- Iced tea okay?

- Uh, yes. Thank you.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

- Here you go.

- Thank you.

Uh, aren't you gonna eat? - Oh, no.

I had a late breakfast, but you go ahead.

♪ ♪

- It's funny.

I don't know anything about you,

like where did you grow up?

- Oh, not far from here in Oak Valley.

I met your grandfather, Owen, in high school,

and right after graduation, we got married.

I don't know if your father told you,

but we lost Owen to a heart attack

when your father was just 12.

It was hard raising Scotty on my own, but we survived.

He was the light in my life.

But now you're my new light.

- I miss my dad so much every day.

- I know.

We'll never get over it.

How's your lunch?

- Oh, it's--It's good. - Okay.

We've hardly spent any time together.

I wish you could stay a bit longer.

How about I'll call your mom

and tell her you're spending the whole weekend with me.

- Um, I'm really busy with schoolwork

that I need to finish. - That is nonsense.

You're my granddaughter.

I have a right to spend time with you.

Besides, you bring so much l b.

Eat your lunch.

Finish that ice tea. I brewed it special for you.

Are you okay?

- I don't know.

All of a sudden I don't feel so well.

- I'm sure.

You'admu stress lately,

and--oh, you're probably not sleeping enough either.

- Oh.

I'm sorry, but I'm feeling dizzy and nauseous.

You know, I'm gonna go to the store and use their phone.

- Maybe you'd rather take a little nap

in your father's room.

It's so quiet and peaceful.

You are gonna feel so much better.

- Um, yeah. Okay.

- Here we go.

Okay, you sleep.

I've got you right where you belong.

♪ ♪

- Did you have indication that she wanted to run away?

- No.

- They had a heated argument last night.

- A discussion.

- About? - I was just talking with her

about her overall behavior lately.

Look, Detective Diego, I don't want you to think

that my daughter Gabby is some sort of,

you know, problem child. She's not.

Before my husband passed away, she was a straight-A student.

She's just--She's

just going through a really hard time right now.

- I'm sure she is. Because of the circumstances

surrounding your argument last night and everything else,

this sounds like a typical runaway case.

- How can you be so sure? - From what I've

seen here and what you've told me,

there were no signs of foul play or a struggle.

We find that most runaways are the same age as Gabby,

between 15 and 17 years old.

Can you think of any relatives she might reach out to?

- We have no other family on our side. It's just us.

- Anybody on your husband's side?

- Oh, just his mother, Helen Taylor,

Gabby's grandmother.

The last time we saw her was six months ago

at my husband's funeral, but Gabby hardly even knows her

since we've been estranged for years.

- I understand.

We'll follow up with her. What about her classmates?

- I spoke to Gabby's best friend, Danielle.

Last time she saw her was yesterday.

- What about the ex-boyfriend? - Right.

Gabby was dating this boy earlier in the year.

- Without your knowledge? - They have since broken up,

but I spoke to him.

Jason Keating. He doesn't seem to know anything.

- Okay, but even so, text me all their numbers.

We'll follow up with them. - Okay.

- I'll be in touch.

- Well, can you track her cell phone or something?

- We'd have to get a warrant for the phone company.

That's not usually granted until we can establish

that a crime's been committed or a life is in danger.

We're nowhere near that yet. Don't give up hope, Ms. Taylor.

I've seen these cases before, and teenagers can be impulsive

without realizing the consequences.

She's probably just blowing off steam.

You'll hear from her soon.

- Okay. - Have a good day.

- Thanks.

Why did you do that?

Why did you tell him about the argument

and that I didn't know anything about her ex-boyfriend?

- Do we have something to hide? - No, we don't,

but I don't want him to think that she ran away

because we have some kind of horrible relationship.

- He knows. I was just trying to help.

- Well, next time, let me decide

what I want to reveal about my daughter, okay?

[soft music]

♪ ♪

- Hey. How does this look?

- I'm sorry for lashing out at you earlier.

- It's okay.

- I'm a mess.

- I can't imagine what you're going through right now.

- The fear of losing Gabby has brought me right back

to that terrible place when I lost Scott, you know?

All I've ever wanted to do is protect her, and now I can't.

Oh, God,

I promised myself that I would stay positive.

- Well, we can start by posting these first thing

in the morning.

- You still think she's run away,

even after we found her scarf?

- Look at the way she's been behaving.

I agree with the police. Everything points to her

being a runaway, but they're gonna find her.

- We're going to find her.

Thanks for this.

[phone buzzes]

- It's Gabby?

- What can I do for you, Helen?

- I just got off the phone with the police.

They were asking if I'd seen Gabby. She's missing?

- That's right. She's been gone since early this morning.

- Oh, I'm so sorry to hear that.

You sound terribly distressed.

- Yeah, I--I'm beside myself.

I've been in a panic since I realized that she was gone.

- What do you think happened? - I don't know.

She's not answering her phone,

and the police are looking for her now.

- Oh, my. I would love to offer my help.

How about if I stop by in the morning?

- No, that's okay. Really.

- It's no problem, Melanie.

I know things haven't been the best between us,

but we have to come together at a time like this.

- I don't think that that's-- - I'll be there around 7:00.

- Helen--

"You seem terribly distressed."

Really, Helen? My daughter is missing.

Of course I'm distressed.

- Don't let her get to you, okay?

- Well, it's too late,

'cause she's coming over tomorrow morning to help.

- You're kidding. - No.

- Where does she live?

- About 20 minutes away without traffic.

It's where Scott grew up.

- Look, we're not gonna solve this tonight,

and we need to get some sleep.

- Steve, sit down.

I've needed to tell someone this for a while.

It's about Scott's accident.

I didn't tell you everything that happened on the boat.

[sinister music]

♪ ♪

- I can't lose you, too, Gabby.

You're all I have left.

- Hey, how'd you sleep? - I didn't.

[doorbell rings]

Oh, that must be Helen. Okay, I don't want her involved

with our search for Gabby at all, okay?

- Agreed. - All right,

so come in and save me. We're on our way out.

- Right. I'm gonna print more of these up.

- Hi, Helen.

- Melanie.

- We were actually just about to leave to post fliers,

but come in.

- Oh, you have a lovely home.

Not that I expected anything less.

Scott had great taste. He took after me.

So many memories.

The precious times you can never get back.

I'm just heartbroken over this, so I had to help.

Do you have any word?

- No.

- What do the police know? - Nothing.

- Hmm. Do you need anything?

- No.

- How are you handling this?

You look tired.

- Yeah, well, it's a struggle

with every passing hour, but I'm trying my best.

- I'm sure that's the hardest part,

not knowing and the fear that comes with it.

Does that provide the most anguish?

- All right, the fliers are done.

We should probably get going.

- You remember my brother Steve?

- Yes. Hello.

- We're very fortunate that he's here to help.

- I know what you are going through

because when Scotty ran away after Owen died,

I didn't sleep. We eventually found him.

He was hiding out in the garage, so he hadn't gone far.

- Okay, well, Gabby's

never done anything like this before, so.

- You never recover when you lose a child.

It changes you forever.

- Well, I know that Gabby is out there somewhere,

and I know that she will be calling me.

- I would've liked to know my granddaughter better,

but I had no choice in the matter.

- Well, we don't always take responsibility for our actions,

and then we wonder why life turned out the way it did.

- I loved my boy, and I don't have to apologize

to anyone for the way I raised him.

- Hmm. - We should get going.

- Yeah.

- Are you sure that you don't need my help?

- No.

- I should be going too. - Yeah.

- I just wanted to offer my support, so you will,

of course, let me know if you hear anything?

- Yeah, bye.

- Wow. Are you okay?

- It took everything in me not to go off on her.

I am convinced that that woman is unstable.

I mean, you can see

why we wanted her nowhere near our family.

- Yeah. We should get out of h

- Okay.

- Yeah. - Yeah, thanks.

- Yeah.

- Okay. - It's a good start.

- Let's just keep passing out? - I think so.

- Okay. Thank you. - Oh, no problem.

I hope you find her.

- Yeah, thanks. Okay.

- Well, that covers all her usual hangouts.

- Yeah, that we know of.

God, I just still feel so helpless.

My baby's out there somewhere,

and I can't do anything to help her.

- Do you want to try her cell again?

- Okay.

- Hey, it's Gabby. Leave a message.

- Honey,

everyone's looking for you,

including the police.

Your Uncle Steve and I are really, really worried.

I'm not mad at you for leaving, honey.

I'm not, so please don't make

that the reason why you're not calling.

I just want to know that you're okay, so please just call me.

I love you.

- [breathing heavily]

[tense music]

♪ ♪

"Went out to the store to get breakfast.

You must be thirsty, so this water is for you."

♪ ♪

Oh, come on.

- Gabby?

You're up. How are you feeling, dear?

- I have a monster headache. - You're probably dehydrated.

Did you drink that water that I left for you?

- Yeah. What happened?

The last thing I remember I was eating lunch.

- Well, it's morning, and you slept through the whole night.

- Morning?

- Yeah, maybe you're coming down with something.

- Look, I really need to get home.

My mom is probably going crazy.

- Everything is fine. I spoke with her.

- Really?

- Yeah. - What did she say?

- She was happy that you could spend time with me,

said we could have the whole weekend together,

so why don't you go sit down in the dining room.

I will make you breakfast,

and you are gonna feel so much better.

Go ahead.

[dark music]

♪ ♪

How do you like your eggs?

[laughs] Seriously?

I'm just cutting the potatoes. You really need to relax.

♪ ♪

The eggs?

- Um, scrambled is fine. - Coming right up.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

[phone buzzes]

- Who is it? - It's Detective Diego.

Hi, Detective. Any news?

Okay.

Thank you. Bye.

None of the bus drivers recognized Gabby's photo.

- What else are they doing to find her?

- They don't have any more leads.

- Okay, so that's it? - No, I found this:

Scott's poetry book.

If Gabby ran away, she would've taken this with her.

- Why? - Because she never goes

anywhere without it--She's

writing her own poems in the back, which means

she was either planning to come back home,

or she was taken against her will.

Oh, I have a bad feeling about this, Steve.

I know she's in trouble.

We know that she's obsessed with the cabin.

- Yeah. - I'm going up there.

- Not by yourself. I'm coming with you.

[phone buzzes]

- Hello?

- Sheriff Dobson? It's Melanie Taylor.

You helped us when my husband

had the boating accident earlier this year.

- Yes, I remember. How've you been?

- Honestly, I've been better. My daughter, Gabby, is missing,

and we think that she might be up at our cabin.

- Did you need me to check for you?

- If you could. We're on our way now.

We should be there in about an hour.

- Okay. I'll go by and call you from there.

- Thank you, Sheriff.

- My pleasure. Good bye.

♪ ♪

- I hope you're hungry, Gabby.

♪ ♪

[lion growls]

♪ ♪

- Help me. - Are you okay?

♪ ♪

- Here we go.

♪ ♪

- Oh, there you are.

It's my granddaughter, and she's not well.

- She came up to me asking for my help.

What's the matter with her? - She's on medication,

and she's not supposed to leave the house.

You know better than that, dear.

- She doesn't look good. I'm gonna call the paramedics.

- Thank you so much,

but it's just-- It's not necessary.

- It's not a problem.

- I told you it's--We don't need any help.

- What are you doing? Stop it!

Help! Help me!

Ugh!

- You're coming home with me. Now.

Up. Let's go.

[dark music]

♪ ♪

- Hello? Anyone home?

[suspenseful music]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

[phone buzzes]

- Hello? - Mrs. Taylor,

this is Sheriff Dobson.

I'm at the cabowbut as fa,

no one's here. I looked through the window

but didn't see any signs of recent activity.

Did you want me to wait for you here?

- No, that's okay. We just got to town.

We're at the general store now.

I want to see if Mr. Doherty has seen her.

- I can meet you there and get her photo

so that my deputies can start a search.

- Okay. Thank you, Sheriff. Bye.

- Let's go. Come on.

That was foolish leaving while you're sick.

You need your rest.

[dark music]

♪ ♪

- Another dead end. So now what?

- Keep looking.

If she came up here, somebody had to see her.

It's a small town. Let's wait for the sheriff,

and then we can head back to the cabin.

Hi. My daughter, Gabby, she's missing.

Can you please keep an eye out for her?

Let me know. Thank you.

- Good morning, Mrs. Taylor. - Sheriff Dobson, thank you

so much for coming.

- Of course.

If your daughter's missing up here, we'll find her.

- Thank you. This is my brother, Steve.

- Please to meet you, Sheriff. - Pleasure.

I'll get this photo to my deputies

so they can help with the search.

I'm glad you both came up.

It's always good to have the family close just in case

we need more information. How long has she been missing?

- Since yesterday morning.

She's never left home like this before,

so I know something has happened to her.

- Sheriff, have your deputies

searched the woods by the cabin?

- Well, I did a preliminary search,

but now that we have more information,

my deputies can start to comb the area.

- That's her. Gabby?

Gabby. Gabby!

Oh, God, I'm sorry. I thought you were my daughter.

Okay, I'm sorry.

I was so sure that was her.

She looked just like her from behind, didn't she?

- It's understandable, but you can't give up hope.

If she's up here, I have faith we'll find her.

- Thank you, Sheriff.

- I'll be in touch the minute I find anything.

- The last time I was up here, Gabby was in elementary.

Everything still looks the same.

- This was our peaceful getaway.

We loved coming here so much.

The key's gone.

Gabby was the only one that knew it was here.

Gabby? Gabby, are you here?

- You okay?

- This is hard.

- I'm gonna check upstairs, okay?

- Yeah.

Oh, my God. Gabby was here with Helen.

- That's Gabby's drawing. - Yeah. It has to be.

- How do you know Helen was here?

- Because no one has been here for six months,

and someone checked for dust recently.

I saw Helen do the exact same thing at my house.

- Okay, so we know that she was here.

- Yeah.

- Maybe--Maybe someone saw Gabby and Helen together.

- But isn't everyone gone until spring?

- You know what?

I saw a car parked next door. Come on.

[sinister music]

♪ ♪

- Head back. - Stop! Why are you doing this?

Just call my mom. I want to go home. Please.

♪ ♪

- Your mother doesn't care about us.

She turned your father against me when they got married,

forced him to abandon me.

I was alone without anyone.

Do you know what it was like to be rejected all those years

like I wasn't part of the family?

She took my Scotty from me.

- What are you talking about?

- She planned it.

She wanted to get back at me, so she took him to the lake

and killed him,

my only son,

and destroyed my life.

- The accident wasn't my mom's fault.

- You're just trying to protect her.

- [sniffles] It's the truth.

- Wow, what a beautiful day out here, huh?

- Oh, yeah.

Mom, Dad, can I drive the boat?

- Well, yeah, sure. Why not?

- Only for a few minutes. Careful.

Got it.

Okay, eyes straight ahead. - I know, Mom.

- Okay.

- It was my fault.

[dramatic music]

- Hey, we're almost there.

- Okay, let me grab my lifejacket.

♪ ♪

- Stop!

[no audible dialogue]

♪ ♪

- Dad! Dad!

It was so horrible.

I--I don't know how it happened.

I mean, she told everyone that she drove the boat

'cause she wanted to protect me.

Just--Just let me go home please.

Why are you doing this? I'm your granddaughter.

♪ ♪

- I don't even know you.

♪ ♪

- Yes?

- Hi. I'm so sorry to bother you.

My name is Melanie Taylor.

I have the cabin just up the pathway.

- Oh, hi, I'm Jane. We just moved in last month.

I didn't expect to see anybody here before the spring.

- Yeah, well, I'm actually looking for my daughter, Gabby.

She's missing. Have you seen her at all around here lately?

- Yes, I have. I was gardening yesterday,

and I saw her walking down the path with an older woman.

I'd never seen either one of them before.

- Did you see what she looked like, the older woman?

- Uh, long blond hair, thin. I really couldn't see her face.

- Okay, did you see which way they headed?

- Yeah, they were going to the lake.

- Okay. Thank you so much. - I hope you find her.

- Thank you.

- Who are you calling?

- Who do you think?

[phone ringing]

- Melanie, did you hear something about Gabby?

- Where is she? - What do you mean?

How would I know?

- I know you and Gabby were at the cabin yesterday.

- Why are you saying that?

- Because I just spoke to someone who said

that she saw you guys here.

- Oh, well, she must be mistaken.

I have never been to the cabin.

- Helen, I know that you know where she is, so just tell me.

- Like I told the police,

I don't have a relationship with Gabby,

and I don't appreciate being accused of something.

- Helen, please, just tell me the truth. Where is Gabby?

- It seems to me you've caused this mess,

and I can't help you, Melanie.

- Okay, then I'm coming by.

Helen? Helen?

[tense music]

♪ ♪

- Gabby. Gabby!

Wake up. We have to go.

♪ ♪

- It's locked. Um-- - All right, now what?

- Okay, just keep an eye out for anyone.

- Okay, what are you doing?

- Never mind.

See?

Gabby?

Gabby?

♪ ♪

Oh, my God.

♪ ♪

Oh, my God.

Steve, look at this.

- What is that?

- [gasps] This is Gabby's phone.

It's dead. God.

- We can't do this alone, Mel. You need to call the police.

- All right, give me your key.

Good. Up.

- [mouthing]

- What are you doing? Let's go. Inside.

- Yes, Helen has my daughter. [phone beeps]

Hold on, that's my surveillance app.

There's someone at my front door.

- [mouthing]

- It's Gabby! She needs help.

They're--They're at my house. We have to go.

- Where's my mom?

[phone ringing]

Please!

[glass shatters]

- This number can not be reached as dialed.

Please hang up and--

- Try the land line. - Good idea.

[line trilling]

- Come on. Up.

[phone ringing]

l ght, here we are.

Over here. Now step up.

Come on. There we go, and sit down.

Good girl. There. Comfortable?

- What are--What are you doing? - Okay.

Look up. Open.

Open. That's it.

Yeah.

[tense music]

♪ ♪

- ♪ Highly, lowly ♪

♪ Lowly, lowly ♪

♪ Highly, lowly ♪

♪ Low ♪

♪ ♪

- Gabby? I'm gonna look upstairs.

Gabby?

Gabby?

- Gabby?

♪ ♪

- Gabby!

Steve, she's not upstairs. Steve!

- You're too late. - Oh, God. Where's Gabby?

- Now you'll know what it's like to lose your only child.

- What are you talking about?

What have you done with her? Where is she?

Tell me!

♪ ♪

- You took my Scotty away from me.

Now you'll suffer. - You're sick, Helen.

I never took Scott away from anyone.

- My boy would still be alive

if you hadn't forced him to abandon me.

- I didn't force him to do anything.

He chose to keep you out of our lives.

- No. That's a lie.

- It's true.

He couldn't stand the way he was treated in your house.

- You don't know what it was like.

Owen was a strong man. I couldn't leave him.

- I know. I know that you allowed Scott

to be abused all of those years.

- I protected Scotty!

He'd still be alive

if you hadn't let Gabby drive that boat.

Yeah, she told me.

You're both to blame!

Oh!

- Where is she?

- You're too late.

Just like Scotty, she's drowned.

- Oh, my God! - Sit!

- Oh, my God, Gabby.

Gabby! Gabby, wake up!

Steve! Oh, my God.

- Get her up. Get her up. - [gasping]

- Here we go.

- ♪ Highly, lowly ♪

- Gabby, honey, can you hear me? Wake up!

- ♪ Highly, lowly ♪

- Is she breathing?

- ♪ Highly, lowly ♪ - Okay.

One, two, three, four, five.

One, two, three, four, five.

- [coughs] - Get her on her side.

- [coughing]

- Lean back, lean back. - Baby, baby, baby.

Baby, it's okay. It's gonna be okay.

[soft music]

♪ ♪

[police radio chatter]

♪ ♪

- [humming]

- How could you do this to your own granghter?

- [humming]

- Answer me!

- It's like she's in some kind of trance.

She claims she doesn't remember what happened.

- Where am I? - She's a good liar.

- I asked her about that tune she keeps humming.

She said it was her son's favorite song before bedtime.

- What happened?

- You know exactly what happened!

- Ms. Taylor.

Let's go, Ms. Taylor.

- Where's my granddaughter?

- She's on her way to the hospital.

- Oh, no. My God, I hope she's all right.

She is my bright and shining light.

- Let's go. - Where are we going?

- To the station. Get up. Now. - I see.

[siren wailing]

♪ ♪

- Wow.

Honey, that was beautiful.

Honestly, I think that was one of your best poems yet.

- Thanks, Mom. I think Dad would've liked it too.

- I know he would.

- I feel like he's always with us.

You know what I mean? - I do. I do.

Hey, let's plan to spend

more time up here at the cabin, okay?

- Yeah. I'd like that.

[phone buzzes]

- Oh, no, what now?

- Another text from Jason. - Oh.

- He wants to hang out after debate club next week.

- Hmm. Mm-hmm.

Well, you two seem to be getting serious.

- Mom. - What?

♪ ♪

Honey. Hmm?

It's time to get up.