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HIDDEN TRUTH By CRYSTAL BUKENYA

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FADE IN: CREDITS PHONE CALL *Rings* WILL Hello? VOICE There will be a package for you outside your house. Its a message from your wife. WILL Who is this? Hangs up. INT. GARAGE AFTERNOON In an unfamiliar garage, a mysterious man is slowly setting his tools on a table under a dimmed light. He briefly sharpens one, and lines all the tools in place, before selecting a small axe. He then places the axe to the right end of the table, before turning away and slowly walking out of the garage door. CUT TO

EXT. WALKING DOWN HIS ROAD - EVENING WILLIAM SHAWDER(WILL) aged 25, enters from right and is closely approaching his door way, holding his briefcase and his keys. As he pushes his gate open, he sees a box placed on the step outside his door, with his name attached, WILLIAM SHAWDER, on a small white paper. He walks to the step, and picks up the box feeling anxious, just before he enters his house. CUT TO INT. LIVING ROOM- EVENING WILL drops his and places the taking off his He sits on the it. WILL finds briefcase by the right side of the couch, box and keys on the coffee table before coat and throwing it onto the bigger sofa. couch and examines the box before opening a DVD inside with his name written on, and

3 is still very puzzled. He picks up the DVD, puts it into the player and turns on the TV. Footage of his wife, KAREN SHAWDER, aged 24 appears. She is tied to a chair with a bag over her head, and breathing heavily. WILL begins to panic and moves closer to the screen. WILL (Quietly to himself) Oh no.. WILL watches the screen anxiously, breathing heavily. On the TV screen, the bag is removed from KARENS head by a mysterious man wearing all black, with black gloves and a balaclava. Karen begins to look around the room panting and terrified. Suddenly, she looks into the camera and opens her mouth to speak. WILL moves in closer to the screen, and begins to panic. KAREN (trembling) WILL...listen carefully ok. I dont know where I am.. KAREN briefly looks down to compose herself. She takes a deep sigh. KAREN (Reading) I have been instructed to deliver this message via cue cards. If you attempt to call for help, or repeat what you are witnessing.. I will be killed. If you ignore or refuse him what he is asking for, I will be killed.

WILL begins to sweat on his forehead and runs his fingers through his hair. He loosens his tie for air. KAREN continues to read the cue cards. KAREN (Reading) You will be watching this long after it had been recorded and sent to you.

WILL looks down in distress and guilt, and runs his hands through his hair. He begins to sweat and loosens his tie. On the screen, KAREN continues to read... KAREN (Reading) You must empty the safe and the cash must be handled in sacks and dropped off precisely at 10pm. You will deliver the cash in 2 days. WILL grabs a pen from his blazer pocket and quickly scrambles below the TV to get some paper. He begins writing the details. KAREN (Reading) The address you will deliver it to is Number 40, Revert Road. I do not know where I am, but if you ever want to see me again, you will do as he says. He will show you that he means business... ( to kidnapper) What do you mean you mean business? On screen, the camera drops and KAREN is no longer in shot. Her heels and another pair of dark shoes can only be seen. The dark shoes approach her near a table. There are noises of tools being sharpened whilst KAREN cries for WILLS help. There is a shadow of a small axe in the kidnappers hands. KAREN (screaming) YOU TOLD ME YOU WOULDNT HURT ME! WILL! WILL! WILL PLEASE! WILL falls back and stops writing. He is distressed by her screams and is nodding his head in fear and panic. Suddenly, there is a long, loud scream from KAREN, following the sound of an axe chop.

WILL AH! F*CK!

WILL gets up and swings on the floor. Something towards the object, and cut off finger with her

his arm in anger to knock the box rolls out the box. As he moves examines closer, he finds KARENS ring still on. FADE OUT.