Kat
But I don’t have anything to do with it at all…
Kat
I have no idea where Jenny is.
Kat
And Jesse is innocent. We both are.
Lynne
You’re a good girl Katherine.
Lynne
Maybe that’s why you can’t see the truth…
Lynne
That he’s using you.
Kat
Why should I even trust you?
Kat
I know what you’re really like.
Kat
Jesse’s told me what you’ve done to him in the past.
Lynne
You’re much too good for Jesse.
Lynne
Don’t throw your life away for him.
Kat
But you don’t sound very sad about your missing STEP daughter atm…
Kat
Maybe because you’re not really her mom.
Kat
Just like you’re not Jesse’s real mom.
Kat
You’re just a drugged-up widow who abuses her step children!
Lynne
Don’t you dare speak to me that way.
Lynne
I raised those children. Both of them.
Kat
Terrorized them, more like.
Kat
You might be fooling everyone else by sobbing all over the news…
Kat
But I don’t buy it for a second.
Kat
Jesse tells me everything.
Lynne
Just like he lies to everyone.
Lynne
Just like he’s lying now about you two being together last night.
Lynne
And he’s asking you to cover for him.
Kat
We WERE together last night.
Lynne
Are you sure that’s what you want to say?
Kat
The last time we saw Jenny was when we took her to the park.
Kat
That’s all I can really tell you Lynne.
Kat
That, and I hope they find her soon.
Emily
I cannot believe you lied to Lynne.
Kat
She was such a bitch about Jesse.
Kat
And she’s treated him so horribly his entire life.
Kat
I don’t trust her, Em.
Emily
Um. Will you cut the lady some slack, please?
Emily
HER CHILD IS MISSING.
Kat
She didn’t seem that concerned at all, tbh.
Emily
Of course she’s concerned.
Emily
She’s probably acting crazy because of all this!
Emily
And now you’ve committed a crime, Kat.
Kat
All I know is Jesse would never hurt Jenny.
Emily
Honestly, I feel bad for Lynne.
Emily
You didn’t see how sad and freaked out she looked on TV.
Kat
It’s Jesse, he’s texting me again!
Jesse
They don’t believe me.
Jesse
They don’t believe anything I told them.
Jesse
They believe you though.
Jesse
You’re the only reason I’m even out…
Kat
What matters is you’re out.
Kat
And now, we’re in this together.
Kat
You have to tell me everything.
Jesse
They’ve already decided I’m guilty.
Jesse
You should see the way they looked at me.
Kat
I’m in the dark here, Jesse.
Kat
And I believed you enough to lie to the police…
Kat
So it’s time you tell me what you know.
Jesse
I can’t keep anything straight.
Jesse
I’m back in the house with…
Jesse
And I’m scared Kat.
Jesse
Scared like I’ve never been.
Kat
TELL ME OR I’M GOING TO THE POLICE.
Kat
I’ll feel much calmer about everything…
Kat
Once you tell me exactly what happened, Jesse.
Jesse
After you left, here’s exactly what happened:
Jesse
I fall asleep on the couch.
Jesse
I wake up later and the house is dark.
Jesse
I figure everyone is sleeping…
Jesse
So I head to my room and pass out.
Jesse
I figure she’s in her room, so I don’t check or anything.
Kat
Ok so you went straight to bed.
Jesse
Wednesdays I usually take her to school…
Jesse
So that next morning…
Jesse
I get out of bed and then go to wake her up…
Jesse
And her room is totally empty.
Jesse
But the bed’s made.
Jesse
Like she was never even there.
Jesse
I remember thinking maybe I’m confused…
Jesse
Maybe I got the days mixed up…
Jesse
And then I smell something weird…
Jesse
And see something on the door…
Jesse
Something muddy and kinda wet looking…
Jesse
I run to all the rooms.
Jesse
Shouting for Jenny - like Jenny where are you
Kat
Why didn’t you call the police??
Jesse
I just wanted to find Jenny.
Jesse
I wasn’t thinking about anything else
Jesse
I go back to her room to double check everything
Jesse
To make sure she’s not in there
Jesse
And I notice that the blood is gone.
Jesse
One second there. The next second – gone.
Jesse
Then my stepmom comes out of her room like nothing’s happened.
Jesse
The look on her face…
Jesse
Almost like a smile…
Jesse
And idk I got so freaked out.
Jesse
Ran right out of the house.
Jesse
That’s when I texted you
Kat
Why would you go to the woods?
Kat
You should’ve just gone to the police
Jesse
Idk…I wasn’t thinking straight.
Jesse
And it’s not like the police have ever been helpful to me.
Jesse
Is that really the most important part of the story?!!
Kat
I’m just trying to understand everything, J.
Kat
Are you sure what you saw was blood?
Kat
You said you were confused about the day…
Jesse
She cleaned up the blood when she realized I’d noticed it.
Jesse
That’s what I told the police.
Kat
Your stepmom cleaned up the blood?
Kat
Jesse you have to admit…it sounds a little…idk…
Jesse
Lynne has taken my sister.
Jesse
Lord only knows what she’s done to her.
Jesse
And she’s pinning the blame on me.
Kat
Why would she do that?
Kat
What could possibly motivate her to do that?
Jesse
That’s what I can’t figure out.
Jesse
But it’s true that she’s never really loved me or Jenny.
Jesse
Two birds one stone sort of thing.
Jesse
I feel like she’s been planning it ever since my dad died.
Jesse
Now that he isn’t here to protect us anymore…
Jesse
She can finally get rid of us.
Kat
That sounds really extreme.
Kat
Why can’t the police find any trace of it anywhere else in the house?
Kat
Idk like special tools and stuff for that?
Jesse
You don’t believe me.
Jesse
You’re just like the cops.
Kat
Jesse - I’m just trying to understand.
Jesse
You’re exactly like everybody else in this fucking town.
Jesse
You think I’m lying!
Kat
I know your stepmom’s the worst…but a killer?
Jesse
But me a killer - that’s more likely?
Jesse
Easier to stomach as the truth?
Jesse
Yeah that’s what I thought.
Jesse
It’s what the police think, too.
Jesse
You said we were in this together.
Kat
I committed a crime for you.
Jesse
I’m sure you’ll end up just fine, Kat.
Jesse
The police are here again.
Jesse
They’re calling me downstairs.
Jesse
I really thought you were different.
Kat
Jesse don’t, please. Not with me.
Kat
He won’t respond to me, Em.
Kat
I know I hurt his feelings…
Kat
But the pieces just don’t add up for me.
Kat
Something’s just not right…
Kat
But I can’t put my finger on it.
Emily
They’re saying the longer the search goes on…
Emily
The less of a chance Jenny is found alive.
Kat
Please don’t tell me that.
Kat
I can’t even watch the news right now.
Kat
Why do they have to blast Jesse’s face everywhere??
Kat
When he’s not even a suspect anymore?
Emily
Do you really believe that?
Emily
After that INSANE story he told you?
Emily
Fine - so maybe Lynne is like, an annoying stepmom or whatever
Emily
But “two birds one stone”?
Kat
I get what you’re saying, Em.
Kat
And I know Jesse’s story feels sort of sketchy or whatever…
Kat
But I just know deep down that Jesse would never, ever hurt Jenny.
Emily
Sometimes it’s hard to see the real person behind the fake one.
Kat
No – the real Jesse is a good person.
Kat
People see in him what they’re too afraid to see in themselves.
Kat
They treat him like shit, because they’re scared.
Emily
They just found Jenny’s body.
