Where Is She? - Part 3
by Kayla Parent
Hold tight, honey.
I can hear the sirens.
The cops are on their way.
Why can't I hear them?!
Mom, nothing makes sense anymore!
Just concentrate on staying safe.
Where's Jessica?
In the house.
I can hear her screaming...
She's just keeps saying…
"WHERE IS SHE?!"
I'm not letting her take this baby back, mom!
She’s my sister, mistake or not!
I just got out of the cab.
I'm walking into the complex.
Tiffany, pick up the phone!
Why aren't you answering?
I can talk now.
TIFFANY!???
I’m here.
Oh thank god. I thought…
The ringing phone scared the baby.
She started crying again and Jessica ran outside.
I ran farther into the woods...
I'm hiding in the bushes by Sweetheart lake.
But I think she’s following us!
Sweetheart lake…
We used to picnic here as a family.
Are you here?!
I'm afraid if I move from this spot the baby will start crying!
Jessica is getting closer!
So am I.
Goodness, these woods bring back so many memories.
Mom, now is not the time to reminisce!
WHERE ARE THE POLICE?!
WHERE IS DAD?!
AND WHERE ARE YOU?!
Soon honey, soon.
I'm calling dad.
And then I'm calling the police.
I’ve had enough of this!
Your father isn't going to pick up the phone.
I’m going to try anyway.
Hold on.
two minutes later
Mom...
I just called dad...
His phone was hidden in the baby's blankets!
And it’s covered in blood!!
Throw it in the lake.
Or wait until I get there and I'll do it.
Why would I do that??
Mom, why is there blood on Dad’s phone?
Get rid of the phone, Tiffany.
No!
I'm worried!
What if something happened to dad!?
Dad, dad, dad!
Is that all you care about?!
What about me?!
I'm the victim here!
Mom, you're scaring me...
I'm looking in dad's phone.
Maybe I can figure out what happened to him.
Don't look at the phone!
I'm getting closer...
I think I see Jessica.
I'm reading the conversation you had with dad today...
He's leaving you...
He's in love with Jessica...
Your father was a fool!
He can't take the fighting anymore...
He says you've changed...
Mom… why did you lie to me??
Because none of this involves you.
Your father was making a mistake!
Why are you talking in the past tense?!
Omg...
There's another text he wrote to me...
That was never sent.
It says he's sorry he can't keep the family together.
…that he thinks something is wrong with you.
He wanted to meet ASAP to explain.
He didn’t want me to go home today.
He said you might be...dangerous.
Ha! Dangerous.
He cheats on me and then has the nerve to call me names.
He really was an idiot.
…where's dad, mom?
What did you do to him?
I really tried to keep you out of this, Tiffany.
But I guess it's too late.
WHERE'S DAD?????
Dad’s in the basement.
I told you not to go down there, didn’t I?
God, he was such an idiot.
An affair! Can you believe that?!
After all I did for him?!
I couldn’t let him get away with it.
I killed him just as he was writing you that text.
I guess he didn't die right away...
....if he still had time to slip his phone into those blankets.
Must have been when I was washing the blood off my knife.
But he deserved it, honey.
He made a fool of me!
A mockery of our marriage!
Now, let's throw the phone and the baby into the lake together.
Then we’ll both go back and get rid of dad’s body.
Tiffany?
Oh honey... I can see you in that bush.
You can’t hide from mommy.
THREE DAYS LATER
Hi dad.
I feel a little crazy doing this...
Knowing you can't answer me...
But...I want to respond to your text.
The one you were never able to send.
I'm so sorry about what happened to you.
I'm so sorry about what mom did.
I wish I could have somehow saved you.
I don't know how I'm going to go on without you guys…
But dad... I'm so disappointed you had an affair.
Even if you no longer loved mom... it wasn't right.
Anyway, it’s too late for regrets.
I just got back from mom's funeral...
I didn't want to go but...
I can't get the images from that night out of my head.
Jessica shot mom in cold blood...
Then turned the gun on herself...
Everything happened so fast.
Jessica was...
She really loved you, dad.
She wasn’t looking for her baby that night.
She had no intention of living after you were gone.
She just wanted to take mom with her in revenge.
The baby… your daughter…she's doing well.
I'm never going to tell her about any of this.
I don’t want you to worry about her…
She’s my sister.
I’m going to take care of her.
I've named her Sweetheart.
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