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BLACKOUT II: THE VOICE
<p><span style="background-color: transparent;">(Blackness.)</span></p><p>(A phone vibrates somewhere in the dark.)</p><p>SAM:</p><p>Hello?</p><p>(Silence.)</p><p>SAM:</p><p>Who is this?</p><p>VOICE:</p><p>You said you wouldn't tell him.</p><p>(SAM freezes.)</p><p>SAM:</p><p>Who?</p><p>VOICE:</p><p>Don't do that, Sam.</p><p>(The voice is familiar.)</p><p>SAM:</p><p>...Who are you?</p><p>VOICE:</p><p>You already know.</p><p>(SAM hangs up.)</p><p>(A long silence.)</p><p>SAM:</p><p>That voice...</p><p>(He looks around the darkness.)</p><p>SAM:</p><p>That was me.</p><p>(The line cuts.)</p><p>(Lights come up slowly. The interrogation room. SAM is still seated at the table. DETECTIVE MORROW stands in the doorway, holding a phone.)</p><p>MORROW:</p><p>Interesting.</p><p>SAM:</p><p>What?</p><p>MORROW:</p><p>You tell me.</p><p>(He places a photograph on the table.)</p><p>SAM looks at it.</p><p>It's Daniel's bedroom.</p><p>The bed is made.</p><p>The bathroom door is open.</p><p>And on the floor.. </p><p>blood.</p><p>SAM:</p><p>You've shown me this already.</p><p>MORROW:</p><p>Not this one.</p><p>SAM:</p><p>What's different?</p><p>MORROW:</p><p>Look closer.</p><p>(SAM leans forward.)</p><p>There is a second set of footprints in the blood.</p><p>SAM:</p><p>Those aren't mine.</p><p>MORROW:</p><p>I know.</p><p>SAM:</p><p>Then whose are they?</p><p>MORROW:</p><p>That's what I'm trying to figure out.</p><p>(A beat.)</p><p>SAM:</p><p>You said I was the only one in the house.</p><p>MORROW:</p><p>I said we couldn't find anyone else.</p><p>SAM:</p><p>That's not the same thing.</p><p>MORROW:</p><p>No.</p><p>(MORROW sits.)</p><p>MORROW:</p><p>Your brother called someone at 4:47 p.m.</p><p>SAM:</p><p>Who?</p><p>MORROW:</p><p>Your number.</p><p>(SAM's expression changes.)</p><p>SAM:</p><p>I was at work.</p><p>MORROW:</p><p>I know.</p><p>SAM:</p><p>Then he couldn't have called me.</p><p>MORROW:</p><p>He didn't.</p><p>(MORROW slides the phone across the table.)</p><p>MORROW:</p><p>He called himself.</p><p>(Silence.)</p><p>SAM:</p><p>That's impossible.</p><p>MORROW:</p><p>You're right.</p><p>(A pause.)</p><p>MORROW:</p><p>But his phone says otherwise.</p><p>SAM stares at the screen.</p><p>CALL LOG:</p><p>DANIEL → DANIEL</p><p>4:47 PM</p><p>Duration: 00:38</p><p>SAM:</p><p>Someone changed it.</p><p>MORROW:</p><p>Maybe.</p><p>SAM:</p><p>You don't believe that.</p><p>MORROW:</p><p>I believe people lie.</p><p>SAM:</p><p>Including you?</p><p>(MORROW smiles faintly.)</p><p>MORROW:</p><p>Especially me.</p><p>(The lights flicker.)</p><p>SAM looks toward the observation window.</p><p>SAM:</p><p>There's someone behind that glass.</p><p>MORROW:</p><p>There shouldn't be.</p><p>SAM:</p><p>I can see them.</p><p>MORROW turns.</p><p>Nothing.</p><p>MORROW:</p><p>Sam.. </p><p>SAM:</p><p>They're wearing Daniel's jacket.</p><p>(MORROW immediately gets up and opens the door.)</p><p>MORROW:</p><p>Stay here.</p><p>(He exits.)</p><p>SAM watches the door.</p><p>A beat.</p><p>Two beats.</p><p>Then.. </p><p>KNOCK. KNOCK.</p><p>SAM slowly turns toward the observation window.</p><p>The lights go out.</p><p>VOICE:</p><p>You should've opened the door that morning.</p><p>(Blackout.)</p><p>TO BE CONTINUED…</p>
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