BONSAINT: Well, Melissa’s caused some stir. People here say she’s a witch.
SCULLY: Well, that’s not the first time for that accusation in these parts.
BONSAINT: Ayuh.
SCULLY: Look, to be honest with you, Captain Bonsaint, um, I’m not much of a believer in witchcraft.
BONSAINT: Well, you know, I’m not either. I used to just think it’s ‘cause Melissa was pretty and single. Threatening, you know?
SCULLY: But now you’re not convinced?
BONSAINT: Well, you know, I appreciate the trouble you went to, and I sure do hope there’s a reasonable explanation like you said – just this one thing going to make it hard to persuade folks to your thinking.
SCULLY: What one thing is that?
BONSAINT: Who she’s been carrying on with.
SCULLY: Who she’s been carrying on with?
BONSAINT: Ayuh. With Dave, the butcher.
SCENE 4 (Back in store office, OFFICER BUDDY RIGGS calls MELISSA.)
MELISSA: (on phone) Hello?
(At MELISSA’S house, the HOKEY POKEY song is playing on POLLY’S record player. POLLY, holding her doll, watches MELISSA.)
BUDDY: (on phone) Hey. It’s Buddy.
MELISSA: Oh, hi.
BUDDY: (on phone) Are you okay, Melissa?
MELISSA: (on phone) I’m fine. Why do you ask?
POLLY: Who’s that, Mommy?
BUDDY: (on phone) I know you were here, Melissa. Down at the Super Saver.
MELISSA: (on phone) I don’t know what you’re talking about, Buddy.
POLLY: Hang up. Mommy.
BUDDY: (on phone) Melissa, turn the music down. There’s some talk that you’re involved in what happened here today.
MELISSA: (on phone, going downstairs and outside) I’m not involved in anything.
BUDDY: (on phone) I know that. Would you listen to me? I’m not saying that you are.
MELISSA: (on phone) What are you saying?
POLLY: (from inside) Mommy!
BUDDY: (on phone) I want to help you, but you’ve got to keep it a secret or we’re both going to be answering questions. Now, I’ve got something to tell you.
MELISSA: (on phone) What?
BUDDY: (on phone) Something bad.
MELISSA: (on phone) What is it, Buddy?
BUDDY: (on phone) Dave’s dead.
MELISSA: (on phone) Oh, my God!
BUDDY: (on phone) I’ve got to see you right away, Melissa.
MELISSA: (on phone) I can’t.
BUDDY: (on phone) You need a friend more than ever.
(Upstairs, POLLY sits with the doll, listening to the Hokey Pokey. Doll’s eyes open.)
DOLL: Let’s have fun.
MELISSA: (on phone) You can’t come here, Buddy.
BUDDY: (on phone) Why? Tell me why?
MELISSA: (on phone) I can’t explain it to you now.
BUDDY: (on phone) I’m coming over there, Melissa. You shouldn’t be alone.
(Behind MELISSA outside, we see the shadow of the doll on a sheet hanging to dry on a clothesline. Its eyes blink.)
(Commercial 1.)
SCENE 5 MELISSA TURNER RESIDENCE 2:08 PM
(BONSAINT and SCULLY drive up in a patrol car and get out. BONSAINT knocks on front door. No answer. SCULLY looks in a window.)
