I had to make several adjustments in this scene due to the clue that was in it. I had to figure out how not to give away the possibility that each suspect could have committed the crime while not directly pointing fingers at anyone. I'm not sure how successful I'll be in this round, but we'll have to see!
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NOTE: I know there is a backlog in publishing these, but sometimes internet connectibility is touch and go for me. Not wanting to publish them all at once, I'm going to try to catch up by publishing a couple a day until I am up-to-date.
THE SILENT MOVIE PROJECT - SCENE 4
SCENE: Mia sits down in a chair opposite the first suspect, Ms. Maggie Johnston, in that lady’s living room.
MIA: Thank you for speaking with me, Ms. Johnston.
MAGGIE: Did I really have a choice?
MIA: What do you mean?
MAGGIE: I mean that if I don’t cooperate I’m going to look guilty, then the police might consider that I was the one who killed that rat.
MIA: I take it you and Elsa Miller, the victim, weren’t good friends?
MAGGIE: Friends? She was a cheat! She cheated me out of my business! I worked hard to build it and she tore it down!
MIA: How did she do that?
MAGGIE: I was looking for a partner and she knew that I wasn’t good with figures. I’m a designer, not an accountant! Anyway, she bribed my banker into telling me I had more money invested than I did and so I unintentionally sold her a controlling amount in the business. Once I had my name out there, she thought the business would be better without me, so she made the decision to fire me and forced me to sell my portion.
MIA: That’s terrible!
She notices Grim in the other room, snooping around. He picks up a hat and looks at it, then puts it down. Then he picks up a file lying on a table and flips through it. He continues to look around. Mia gets a little distracted, but Maggie never notices.
MIA: What did you do next?
MAGGIE: I had to sell and start over!
MIA: Do you know a Judy Kipster?
MAGGIE: No. What does she have to do with anything?
MIA: I was just curious. Where were you the afternoon of the murder between 4:00 pm and 6:00 pm?
MAGGIE: Oh, I was at Mr. Hudson Bancroft’s house. He is such a sweetheart! He’s helping me start my business back by cosigning on my loan. He’s even buying a share of this new business after I told him the story about my first business! I was going to go over later to Elsa’s to brag, since she had broken her foot, but when I got there the police were already at the scene. Poor girl couldn’t even get to her crutches in time to escape!
MIA: I’m sorry to hear that, about Elsa, I mean. But that was nice about Mr. Bancroft.
MAGGIE: Indeed! He’s always looking out for people!
MIA: Well, thank you for your time, Ms. Johnston.
MAGGIE: That’s it? That’s all the questions?
MIA: Yes, for now. Have a nice day!
Grim comes out of the bushes behind her as she’s making notes. She jumps because he taps her on the shoulder with his scythe.
MIA: Geeze! Don’t do that!
GRIM: folds his arms across his chest. You need to relax. What did you find out?
MIA: I’ll fill you in on the way. We need to go to a Mr. Hudson Bancroft’s house.
They walk off screen.
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