Act 2 Scene 2 Flashcards
Police Officer One: All right, folks, back it up! Give us some space! We’re conducting an investigation here! This platform is closed! Back it up!
(Enter stage right, trailing behind the others.)
Abby: He doesn’t like to be separated from his notepad. I can put my book back on the train, though. Nelson, you want me to take your guitar? Avery, I can take your case for you, too!
That won’t be necessary, Abby. I’ll be handing my case straight to the police.
Police Officer One: And she’s the other person who is deceased
That’s when we realized we were wrong about Sidney being the murderer. After Sidney died, we knew we had to look at other potential suspects.
Caleb: Avery, you weren’t even with the people who were trying to figure out who killed Isabella and Sidney. Derek, Jennifer, Lauren, and Abby all went with Owen to look for clues! How did you end up being the one who figured it out?
I realized that I was carrying around a whole case worth of potential danger. When I opened my case to check on it right after the rockslide, everything was fine. But when I checked on it later, I noticed that a vial of medicine was missing!
Jillian: Ms. Millen! You’re handing all your samples over to the police? Don’t you think you should keep them with you?
Nonsense. You heard the officers, everything on the train is evidence. I wouldn’t want to complicate the officer’s investigation by leaving them a case of dangerous samples that they couldn’t open.
(Hand case to Police Officer Two.)
Here are all my pharmaceutical samples, along with the key to my case.
Jillian: Fine! You figured it out! It was me!
(React in shock.)
Jillian: Lucy, I didn’t mean to kill her! Honest, I didn’t!
But you did kill her! And why Sidney?! Why?
Jillian: I was so angry at the way Isabella treated us at the train station when we were first buying our tickets. And again at dinner! She was so rude to everyone. I mean, what did she think gave her the right to talk down to us? To all of us! Fame doesn’t give people the right to act that way!
That’s why you killed her? You were angry about her insults?
Jillian: When Avery opened the case after the train stopped, I slipped out the vial that was closest to me before we shut the case again. During all the commotion, I poured some in her water glass. That way she would get sick and Sidney could sell her embarrassing pictures! But I never meant for her to die. I had no idea that what I put in her water would kill her!
I can’t believe this! How many times have I told you that we work with dangerous items! What were you thinking?
Jillian: When Owen and Sidney decided to go through her pictures to look for a picture of the murderer, I knew I had to get her camera. She never stopped taking pictures! I was sure that she had a picture of me poisoning Isabella’s water. And I knew I would never get it from her willingly. She hardly ever put the camera down! I still had the rest of the vial in my pocket, so as soon as I saw my opportunity, I put the rest of the vial in her water.
You knew it was going to kill her, and you did it anyway!
Police Officer One: Well, folks, we will still have to ask all of you to come to the station for official statements, but now that we have the murderer and a confession, we should be able to get you on your way soon enough. If you will all follow me, we have cars waiting to take you downtown.
(Cross to center.)
Nelson: If I may, cooking friends, I know a fabulous musician who happens to be looking for work and is very good at keeping people calm and relaxed.
(Laugh.)
Derek: Come on, Nelson, let’s talk terms in the car.
(Sees Lucy sitting alone, sits next to her.)
Hey, Lucy.
Lucy: Hi, Avery.
You coming?
Lucy: Yes… I just can’t believe this. I’m sorry I thought you were a murderer.
To be honest with you, I feel somewhat responsible. I should have been more careful about who I trusted to be my assistant and handle the samples.
