Unknown Number
Hello, Mara.
Mara
Hi! Sorry, who is this?
Mara
I just got my phone repaired and lost some numbers…
Unknown Number
Oh no! What happened to your phone?
Who would be texting her at midnight on a Tuesday?
Mara
I dropped it in the hot tub over the weekend 😬
Mara
So clumsy. You know me!
Unknown Number
I do know you, Mara…
Unknown Number
The question is, do YOU know ME?
Mara walks to her dorm window.
She’s probably one of the last people on campus for the summer.
Unknown Number
Feeling a little lonely on campus this summer?
Only Mara’s mom knows she’s staying on campus.
Mara
This isn’t funny. Please just say who this is right now.
Unknown Number
Calm down, Mara. Let’s play a little game…
Unknown Number
It’s called 'Who’s in the Photo?'
A picture pops up on Mara’s phone.
It’s the inside of a dorm room…
And Mara’s standing by the bed…
She recognizes this photo…
She took it herself, but never sent it.
How did this stranger get it?
She tries to breathe slowly.
Mara
What the heck? I’m going to block this number!
Unknown Number
You’d better not…
Mara pulls up settings on her phone…
And her finger hovers over the “Block” button…
Unknown Number
Do you really think that’s the worst picture I have of you?
Mara feels her cheeks flush, even in the dark room.
The secret folder on her phone.
How did this person find it?
Mara
I don’t know what you’re talking about.
Unknown Number
I think you do, Mara.
Unknown Number
Just imagine if one of these pictures from your secret folder found their way to Mom.
Mara almost throws her phone across the room.
Then she closes her eyes and tries to think.
Mara drops her phone in a desk drawer…
And she sits, opening her laptop.
First, she sticks tape over her screen’s camera…
Then, she begins Googling identity theft.
Mara says it to the empty room.
Mara
Did you break in and hack my laptop?
Mara hears her phone buzz from inside the drawer.
She holds her breath, then pulls it out.
This time, it’s one her ex took of her before they broke up.
She thought she deleted it.
Unknown Number
It’s surprisingly easy to hack people’s phones these days…
Unknown Number
You should be more careful about updating your passwords.
Mara
Okay, what do you want from me?
Unknown Number
Now you’re asking the right questions.
Unknown Number
I want to help you!
Unknown Number
All you have to do…
Unknown Number
Is help me first.
Unknown Number
I’m sending you an address…
Mara
Okay, I’m outside the house.
Unknown Number
Do you see the old Honda parked out front?
Mara looks up and down the street.
She’s in some random suburb just off campus.
Mara
Yeah, I can’t tell the color in the dark, but it’s light-colored.
Unknown Number
Good. I want you to steal the car.
Mara
WHAT?! Are you crazy?
She regrets typing it right as she presses send.
But crazy people usually don’t like to be called crazy.
Unknown Number
The keys are in the glove compartment…
Unknown Number
The door is unlocked.
Unknown Number
No one in this neighborhood is awake…
Unknown Number
No one will see you.
Mara pockets her phone and grips her steering wheel.
He’s right. The street is quiet.
But she still feels like she might hyperventilate.
Mara
You swear this is all I have to do?
Mara
And you’ll delete every photo?
Unknown Number
Just steal the car and drive it where I tell you.
Mara gets out of her car…
The summer night is humid.
Mara crosses the street to the old Honda.
The keys are in the glove compartment, too.
Just as Mara pushes the key into the ignition…
A porch light turns on 2 houses down.
Mara ducks behind the steering wheel…
She holds completely still as a door slams and voices drift down the street…
After a minute, the only sound she hears is her own pulse in her ears.
Mara
This doesn’t make sense.
Mara
Why would he want me to steal this random car?
Mara looks in the back seat…
She gets out and pops open the trunk…
She walks around the passenger side and notices something up front…
The right side of the front bumper is dented…
And blood is spattered on the hood.
Mara’s heart leaps into her throat…
And she jumps inside the car.
She whispers to herself, trying to make sense of her night.
Mara
And now he wants ME to hide the evidence!
Mara turns toward the dark house beside her.
Mara
Are you watching me right now?
She’s not sure if it’s just her imagination…
But Mara thinks she catches movement in one of the windows.
Mara starts shuffling through the glove compartment…
But can’t find anything besides a tiny phone repair toolset.
Unknown Number
Why haven’t you left yet, Mara?
Mara tries to think fast.
Mara
How’d you know that?
Unknown Number
Your GPS location hasn’t moved.
Unknown Number
You’re making me think you might need a little more motivation.
Unknown Number
What do you think Dad would make of this little selfie?
Mara closes the message before the photo even shows up.
She turns to the backseat, using her phone light.
On the back seat is a magazine…
The subscriber’s name is Todd.
Mara’s eyes burn as she searches the magazine for other clues.
Wait…this is a tech magazine…
Mara grabs the tiny toolset from the glove compartment.
And this is a phone repair kit!
This guy hasn’t hacked my phone…
He works at the phone repair shop!
He stole my photos when I got my phone fixed!
That’s how he knew I was still on campus!
Mara begins to dial 911 and looks up just in time to see…
A dark shape sprinting down the front lawn toward the Honda.
Mara screams and slams the locks down on the car.
She recognizes his face from the shop…
Dark circles ring his eyes, like he hasn’t slept for days.
Todd
Open the door, Mara!
Mara tries to fit the key into the ignition…
But her hands are shaking too badly.
Todd
Why are you making this so hard?
He runs around the front of the car…
And begins punching the driver side window.
He yells as he swings an elbow into the glass.
Todd
If he hadn’t been running in the dark…
The window shatters, and Todd’s bruised hand reaches for Mara.
Todd
And if you’d just done what you were told…
He grabs a handful of her hair.
Todd
I wouldn’t have to get rid of TWO bodies.
Mara finally fits the key into the ignition and twists.
The car sputters to life…
And Mara stomps on the gas.
And Todd loses his grip on Mara.
The back of the car slams into a tree…
And an airbag explodes into Mara’s face.
She tries to wipe her eyes clear…
But she can already hear Todd’s feet scraping toward the wreck.
Mara feels around for the key…
Todd
Why couldn’t you just…
She finds it, then twists…
Todd
Do what you were told.
The car sputters, but won’t start.
He’s so close, Mara can hear Todd’s ragged breathing.
And this time, the engine roars to life.
Todd
If you run away, you’re going to regret taking those photos!
Mara wipes her eyes and catches sight of Todd through the windshield.
Mara
And neither are you!
She stomps on the accelerator…
And she hears something smash against the hood of the car.
She parks, and stumbles out.
Todd is still breathing on the street as she approaches him.
Sirens echo in the distance as Mara stands over Todd.
Mara
I don’t regret taking those pictures…
Mara
But you’re going to regret stealing them.
