(film projector whirling)
(dramatic symphony music)
(suspenseful piano music)
(water gurgling)
(cell phone ringing)
- hello?
All right, I love you.
See you soon.
(ominous music)
chloe?
Oh, my god.
(dramatic music)
chloe?
Chloe?
Chloe, where are you?
Chloe?
- The police are still on the hunt
for missing little three-year-old chloe kennedy.
The young girl was last seen with her mother
in the peach tree city shopping area
yesterday around 4:30.
(dramatic music)
- the next intersection down from this.
Talk to everybody.
Let's put this up here.
- A week later and still no clues or leads
on the whereabouts of young chloe kennedy.
Her parents are offering a $20,000 award
for any information that leads to her return.
(gasping)
- mom, what's wrong?
I could hear you down the hall.
- Oh, honey, I'm okay.
I'm okay.
It was just a nightmare.
- Are you sure?
- [joanna] yeah, it's okay.
- Hey, everybody okay?
- Yeah, yeah, mom just had the nightmare.
- Ah. - Hey.
- Okay.
- Sweetie, why don't you go get ready?
I'll make some breakfast.
I'm okay.
- Okay.
Are we still on for our traditional
girls only rom-com night tomorrow night?
- That's right.
Daddy's gonna be out of town
so it's gonna be a girl's night.
- Okay, I'll be down in a sec.
(gentle piano music)
- so, how we doin'?
- Oh, god, it was, it was us,
only now chloe was three again.
- It's the anniversary this week.
- It doesn't make it any less scary, tyler.
- No, hey, no, of course, trust me.
If anyone understands, come on, it's me.
Chloe's 18 now.
She doesn't even remember it.
- But I do.
So do you.
- I, trust me, I know you mean well.
You can just ease up on that
over-protective mom stuff just a little bit.
(laughing) I'm sorry.
- Hey, sweetie, y'all packed for philadelphia?
Toothbrush too?
- Yep, got my toothbrush too.
Sorry about this last-second overnighter.
They want a whole team, face-to-face meeting
for the software launch.
If it wasn't for the coo callin',
I swear I wouldn't even be goin'.
(door clicking)
- it's okay.
It's okay, anyway.
- I know.
I just hate leavin' you.
I know what goes through your head this time of year.
- Mmm, I'll be fine.
And besides it's movie night so.
- Oh, movie night. It'll be fine.
- I'm jealous.
(car rumbling)
(somber piano music)
(sighing)
(car door banging)
- [craig] mandy.
- God, I can't believe she took him back again.
What is mandy thinkin'?
- Honey, it's complicated.
(banging)
- [craig] mandy.
- Is it?
Is it really that complicated?
- It's open.
- I mean, how does she trust him?
- Mmm, sometimes mandy has too big of a heart.
No matter how unreliable he's been, she still loves him.
- I just don't feel comfortable
with chloe going over there as much when he's there.
Chloe, I'm leavin'.
Love ya.
- [chloe] love you too, dad, bye.
- She's awesome.
Call you later, beautiful?
- I'll miss you.
- [tyler] I'll miss you too.
- Get to the airport safe.
- [tyler] always.
- Love ya.
- [tyler] love ya.
(ominous music)
(car engine starting)
(gentle symphony music)
- where were you all night?
- Oh, now, come on, babe.
Don't be mad.
You know how it is.
I was in town, had to schmooze 'em.
Well, time just got away from us.
Besides, I stayed with my rep rick
in his cabin down the beach.
(sighing)
you know, I saw tyler lookin' at me when I got home,
lookin' at me with eyes.
He's always lookin' at me like better than me.
- (sighing) you said it would be different this time.
You promised me.
- Come on, it is different.
Babe, it's just one night.
Would you rather me drive home?
- Of course not.
- Okay, can we talk about somethin' else?
(sighing)
(chuckling) oh, don't forget I got that work trip tonight.
Gotta go make that money.
(suspenseful guitar music)
- [joanna] hey, sweetie.
I made some scrambled eggs.
- Thanks.
- So, big test today?
- Uh huh, biology.
If I'm gonna be pre-med next year,
I can not afford to get anything
below an a in organic chemistry.
- You are so focused.
You know, I wish I had been
that focused when I was your age,
paid more attention to my schoolwork.
- I can't see you goofing off in high school.
You're always so serious.
- What?
Not always.
Okay, fine, maybe, maybe sometimes.
You know when I was your age,
I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life.
- Well, it looks like you ended up
doing pretty well for yourself.
- Well, I try.
Don' forget I have the night shift tonight, okay?
Oh, and you can get dinner at mandy's.
- Yep, but I can also fend for myself, mom.
I do know how to use a microwave.
- (sighing) honey, I worry you don't eat right.
- (sighing) mom, you worry, worry, worry about everything.
I'll be fine, just like always.
- I can't help it, okay.
You will always be my. - You're little girl.
(gentle piano music)
(cell phone dinging)
- oh, I gotta get to kyle's.
I'll see you later.
- Okay.
- And I get to pick the movie for tomorrow night.
- Okay, sweetie, I love you too.
(door clicking)
(somber music)
(knocking)
- hey, mandy.
- Hey, honey.
You look so pretty.
- Oh, thanks.
Where's kyle?
- Kyle. - Yeah?
- Honey, you're gonna be late.
Hurry down.
- [kyle] okay.
- [craig] who is it?
- It's just chloe.
- Mandy, are you okay?
I saw craig just get in.
- Yeah, I'm fine.
It's just something that happens sometimes.
Honey, I'm okay.
Don't tell your mom.
I don't want her to worry.
Kyle?
- [kyle] okay.
All right, let's go.
- You guys have a good day at school.
- Thanks, mom.
- Mandy, get in here.
- (sighing) go on, go on.
It's okay.
- Mom?
What?
- It's okay, honey.
I got it.
Go on and go to school.
I love you.
- I can't believe she let him move back in again
like nothing has changed.
- Maybe it'll be better this time.
- (sighing) yeah, right.
(somber symphony music)
well, no matter what you say, I am funny, and I know it.
- That's just not true.
- Please tell me one of y'all
have the science homework I can copy.
- Only if I can see your social studies.
- Deal.
- You guys, can't you do your own homework?
- I mean, we could. - But why?
- That's what I'm sayin'.
- What's up y'all?
Cute dress, chloe.
- Oh, thanks, javier.
- Cb.
- Wow.
So obvious that he is gunning for you and vice versa.
- And you're reading into things.
- Oh, come on, it's senior year.
You've liked him for years.
Just go for him already.
- I'll think about it.
- Do you think she actually will?
- Maybe.
(school bell ringing)
(dramatic music)
(knocking)
- hey.
- [joanna] hey, mandy.
- Oh, honey.
How ya doin'?
- Rough, it was a rough night.
I had that dream again,
you know, the one where chloe goes missing,
and I can't find her no matter where I look.
- Oh, I saw the calendar today,
and I just wanted to come over here and check on you.
- That means a lot.
Thank you.
Oh, hey, I told chloe that she could go
to your house for dinner tonight.
I hope you don't mind.
- Of course, no big deal.
You don't even have to ask.
It's your kid, my kid.
And it should be quiet 'cause craig's out of town.
He has meetings all week out of state.
- Yeah, so, how's the whole wine rep job
thing going for him?
- Okay.
I think he's sampling the products a little too much.
Oh, jo, am I an idiot for letting him move back in again?
- Well, it's your life.
I just think that you should be treated right.
You deserve it.
Want some coffee?
- Yeah, please.
I just hope this time it'll be different.
At least he has a job so I don't have to take
so many night shifts at the pharmacy.
- That's good.
You need a break.
You deserve it.
- The 60-hour work weeks are brutal.
- Hey, I don't know what I would do without you.
Really, I mean, you are the only person that I,
I can really talk to about what happened to chloe.
- Anytime.
That's what I'm here for.
(cell phone ringing)
- hello?
- Miss kennedy, this is detective chen.
I worked on your daughter's case back then.
- Yeah, I remember.
What is it?
- I have some information I'd like to share with you
before, well, it may make the news
since your daughter's case received
so much publicity at the time.
So, I wanted to give you a call and give you a heads up
so you wouldn't be caught off guard.
- Well, what's goin' on?
- Brittany maxwell will be released today
from the state penitentiary.
- What?
I thought she had another year on her sentence.
- Good behavior, crowded jails.
Look, you really don't have anything to worry about.
- Nothing to worry about?
- It's been a long time, miss kennedy.
From what I hear, miss maxwell has been a model inmate,
and she deeply regrets what she did.
- Yeah, I bet she regrets it.
- You may want to prepare your daughter
just in case the press wants to make a story out of it.
- This nightmare never ends.
- I'm sorry, but I really believe
you have nothing to worry about.
Chloe's an adult now, and a lot of time has passed.
- Yeah, not enough.
- Please contact me if you have any concerns.
- Okay, thank you for keeping me informed beforehand.
- Of course.
Take care.
(ominous music)
- oh, god.
- [chloe] hey, it's chloe.
Leave a message.
- Chloe, it's mom.
Call me as soon as you get this.
It's important.
(students chattering)
- [teacher] it's due tomorrow.
Thank you.
Have a good day.
- I'll see you later.
- [ella] see ya.
- Chloe kennedy.
You wanna skip class with me?
That's wild.
- Well, I just aced that bio test
so I figured I could afford to skip one day of pe.
- Let's go then.
(gentle music)
(school bell ringing)
(prison door buzzing)
(ominous music)
(door creaking)
(door banging)
- kyle, wait up.
You are not gonna believe
what I saw before sixth period today.
I saw chloe and javier sneaking out right before class.
They were going to his car and clearly leaving the school.
- What?
Are you sure?
- I know what I saw.
I mean, years of crushing on this dude,
and she finally makes a move.
- Where do you think they went?
- Someplace much more exciting than pe class.
That's for sure.
Come on, I'll give you a ride.
You're working at the theater tonight, right?
- Yeah.
- [ella] come on.
- Why didn't they tell us this sooner?
- I don't know.
Interesting.
Hey, let's just, let's just try to remain calm, okay?
- Chloe still hasn't gotten back to me,
and brittany maxwell could be out by now.
- Chloe's gonna to call.
Okay, she's gonna call.
She's a teen, remember?
Sometimes what's urgent for us
isn't necessarily the same for her.
So, let's just give her a little time.
- Give her time?
I'm trying to stay calm here.
- Oh, I know, babe, I know.
Hey, look, look, I need to head in.
Let's just, let's not jump to any conclusions yet, okay?
- [joanna] I'll do my best.
- Okay.
- Talk soon. - Bye.
(suspenseful music)
- where were you last night?
- Who are you to talk to your father that way?
- Stepfather.
My real dad. - Died.
You got me now, kid.
Lucky you.
- I know what you did to mom.
If you do it again, I will make you pay.
(suspenseful music)
(gentle music) (crickets chirping)
- I had a fun night.
It's weird to think that we've been
in school together all these years,
and just now we're getting to know each other better.
- Well, thanks for going along with my plan to skip today.
I just had to get out of there.
Maybe it's the senior-itis.
I don't know.
I can't wait to finally graduate.
- Trust me, I get it.
This was way more fun than class.
- I should probably go inside,
but maybe we could do this again sometime.
- Definitely.
(door banging)
(dramatic music)
(door clicking)
(cell phone ringing)
(sighing)
- hey, mom, what's up?
- Chloe, where in god's name have you been?
- I just.
- I have been trying to reach you all day.
Your school called and said that you were absent from class.
Where were you?
What were you thinking?
- Look, I'm sorry, but it's not a big deal.
Every senior skips a day at some point.
I just needed a break.
- Oh, you're about to get a break.
You're grounded.
- What?
But I'm 18, and I'm.
- You're still in high school and living under my roof.
Oh, listen, I have to get back to work.
There's something really important
that we need to talk about when I get back.
- About what, mom?
- Just stay there.
Okay, you can go to mandy's house for food, but that's it.
Please, I need you to stay home.
Promise me, chloe.
There's some things going on.
Look, we'll talk about it more after my shift.
I mean it, chloe.
- God, mom, I heard you.
Fine, I'll talk to you later.
(crickets chirping)
(suspenseful music)
(door clicking)
(ominous music)
(gasping)
(dramatic music)
(door clicking)
(light switch clicking)
- chloe, you still up?
Chloe?
Still up?
(somber music)
chloe?
(ominous music)
what the?
No, no, no, no, chloe.
Oh, my god, chloe, where are you?
(panting)
(phone ringing)
- [chloe] hey, it's chloe.
Leave a message.
(door clicking)
(knocking)
- mandy?
(knocking)
mandy?
- [mandy] what's wrong?
It's so late.
- It's chloe.
She left or ran away.
- Okay, just calm down.
Wait, do you want to sit down?
Take a breath?
- No, I can't sit.
I came home.
Her room was a mess.
Her suitcase is missing with some stuff.
I don't know where she went.
- But why?
Why would she leave?
- Brittany maxwell is out by now,
and if she did something, or if?
Maybe kyle knows something.
Did chloe talk to him?
- Kyle should be home from work
from the movie theater any minute now.
Did you call ella?
Ella might have heard from her.
- Yes, I called her.
She doesn't know where she is.
- Okay, let's go back and see if chloe left any signs.
We'll figure this out.
Look, she's very headstrong.
I'm sure she's gonna realize she worried you,
and then she'll return.
(door clicking)
(mellow piano music)
(door clicking)
(knocking)
- [joanna] chloe?
- [mandy] oh, it's kyle.
Hey, honey.
- I got your text.
- Hey, sweetie, listen.
Did chloe say anything to you about leaving town?
- Wait, what?
- We think she left home.
- You must know something, right?
You're her best friend.
Ella says she has no idea where she is.
- Chloe didn't tell me anything.
- Are you sure?
She didn't say anything unusual about about skipping school?
- Um, well.
- What?
- No, it's just ella said she saw her leaving school
this afternoon with this guy in her class, javier lopez.
- Well, I don't even even know who that is.
Maybe he knows something.
- Maybe, or it could be nothing.
- Okay, but I have to ask him.
I have to find this kid, and I have to,
I have to question him and see if he knows something.
- Jo, you can't fly off the handle on this poor guy.
- I can't promise anything, mandy.
I mean, chloe means everything to me.
- I know.
I know.
Honey, why don't you go home and get changed
and let us know if chloe shows up there
or if you hear anything from her.
- Yeah.
- Okay, I'll make you some tea.
(door clicking)
(cell phone ringing)
- hey.
- Forget your meeting.
You need to come home now.
- What?
Wait, why?
What's up?
- Chloe's gone.
- Okay, wait, what do you mean gone?
- [joanna] I haven't heard from her all day.
This isn't like chloe.
Something is wrong.
- Okay, okay.
Hey, you remember that time she stayed overnight
at a friend's, and she forgot to call?
- This is different.
Okay, you need to come home now.
- Yeah, absolutely.
I will be on the first flight in the morning, I promise.
Just hang in there, okay?
There's gotta be a perfectly
reasonable explanation for this, okay?
(sighing)
(ominous music)
- 72 hours?
Are you kidding me?
Please.
No, I am not overreacting.
The police say that since she's 18,
we have to wait 72 hours
if there's no evidence of foul play.
With brittany maxwell getting released,
can you believe this?
- She'll come back, jo.
She's a smart girl.
She'll come around.
I just, I think you need to just take a moment
and get some rest.
Lie down for a minute.
It's really late.
- No, I'm way too wound up right now.
That's not gonna happen, okay?
First thing tomorrow, I'm gonna go to that school.
I'm gonna question that kid javier about what he knows.
Wait.
Chloe, loved this bracelet.
You gave it to her.
- I'll keep making calls.
- I have tried to call everyone,
and no one knows where she is.
- Are you sure you're okay while I go check on kyle?
- Yes, yeah, I'm fine.
I'm fine.
Just, thank you. - Okay.
Okay, good night.
Jo,
it's gonna be okay.
It's gonna be okay.
I love you.
- I love you too.
(door clicking)
(joanna sighing)
(door clicking)
- hey, honey.
You're still up.
- I'm worried about chloe.
- I know, I know.
She didn't mention anything to you
about plans to leave town?
- Nothing.
It's not like her to ditch school either with javier.
He's such an airhead.
- From the looks of her room,
she packed up quite a few things and took 'em with her.
She and joanna got into some sort of fight,
and, you know, chloe can be feisty.
So, I'm sure she'll realize she's worrying everyone,
and she'll come home.
You need to get some sleep.
You're a good son, a really good son.
I love you so much.
Let's go get some rest.
We both need to sleep.
- Is craig here?
- No, he left this morning for a business trip.
- Thankfully.
- Yeah.
(suspenseful music)
(door clicking)
- joanna, I'm home.
Hey. (gasping)
whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
I'm sorry, it's me.
- Oh, tyler, thank god.
Oh, tyler, thank god.
What time is it?
- It's a little after seven.
Flight got in at six.
- Tyler, she's gone, again.
- I'm so sorry I wasn't here.
- I just don't, I don't understand.
- Okay, okay.
You guys had an argument?
- So, what are you saying, that I turned her away?
- No, no, no.
Come on, I did not say that.
I did not say that.
I am just as worried about chloe as you are.
Okay, but you guys had an argument, and I mean.
Sometimes the over-protectiveness can be.
She's 18.
Our daughter is 18-years-old.
She's probably out there right now
just tryin' to make a statement.
Okay, she's try.
I bet she stayed overnight at a friend's
and didn't call just like she did the time before, I mean.
- No, no, no, no.
Tyler, I feel it in my bones.
Okay, first, there was the anniversary,
and then, then brittany maxwell got out of jail.
Chloe has never skipped school before.
I have no idea who this boy is that she went off with.
- Okay, okay, okay, so, what do the police say?
- It's a 72-hour waiting period.
I need to get to the school.
It's just that there's still no messages.
- Okay, but I'm goin' with you.
So, let's get cleaned up, and we'll head right out, okay?
- I wanna get there before school starts.
- I promise you we'll get there in time, okay?
I promise you.
So, remember, chloe might be a bit stubborn,
but ultimately she's a smart girl.
Hey, so I'm gonna go make the coffee, and you get ready.
Then we'll go, okay?
- [joanna] okay.
(mellow symphony music)
(ominous music)
- [chloe] hello.
(knocking)
hey.
(knocking)
hey, let me out.
(knocking)
help.
(knocking)
help.
(mellow piano music)
- hey, jo, promise me somethin'.
- (sighing) what?
- Just stay calm when you talk to this kid today.
- Okay, I'll do my best.
I'm gonna drive.
(car engine starting)
- here we go.
(ominous music)
- ma'am, okay.
Hi, can I help you?
- Oh, hi.
I was just released,
and I wanted to see if I could check in.
- Name?
- Brittany maxwell.
- Weren't you supposed to check in yesterday?
- I ended up staying at my sister's the first night.
I had some family business to take care of.
- Miss maxwell, my name is sabrina,
and I run a tight ship here.
Once you make a commitment to check in,
that means you need to follow all our rules,
including the time you report in.
- Yes, ma'am, I understand.
I'm sorry.
- Now, we can help you get the new start you need,
but you're gonna have to do your part.
- I promise it won't happen again.
- (sighing) all right.
Fill out these forms.
- I mean, I don't, maybe.
- Ella, kyle.
- Hey, joanna, I already told ella everything.
- Okay, what else do you remember
beside her leaving with that boy?
What happened exactly?
- Anything you can tell us would be
greatly appreciated right now.
- I just saw her leave with javier
before yesterday afternoon.
- Who is this kid javier?
- That's him with the basketball.
- That's him?
- Yeah. - Okay.
Are you javier?
- Ah, yeah.
Who are you guys?
- I'm chloe kennedy's mother, and this is her father.
What did you do with my daughter yesterday?
- I don't have a clue what y'all are talkin' about.
- Stop.
Look, we know that you skipped out
on school earlier with her yesterday so.
- What did you do to her?
- Wait, wait, what are you guys talkin' about?
- She didn't come home last night.
- Hey, we just went out for burgers and to the lake.
That's it.
- And after that?
- I took her home.
Look, that's it.
That's all we did.
- If I find out that you're lying,
you are gonna regret skipping school
more than you have ever regretted anything in your life.
- Come on, jo, let's go.
For your sake, I hope you're tellin' the truth.
- We're going to the police station after this.
If you know anything, you'd better come clean.
- That's not right what that means.
- If you have any questions, it's best you ask me
so you don't get yourself kicked out of here.
I'll let you know this afternoon
when you can see the job counselor, okay?
Helen's gonna be a your roommate.
Here you go.
- You don't snore, do you?
- Not that I've been told.
- Well, the woman before you, it sounded like a chainsaw,
all night.
- Yeah, well, you stay out of my way,
and I'll stay out of yours, okay?
(ominous music)
(chloe crying)
- help me, please.
Somebody help me.
- Excuse me.
Excuse me.
- Ma'am, ma'am, is there a problem?
- Yes, there's a problem.
I. - Calm down, calm down.
- Please don't tell me to calm down.
Okay, I need to speak with detective chen now.
- No problem.
- [tyler] if we could just talk to
detective chen, that would be great please.
Thank you.
- Mr. And mrs. Kennedy, is there something that?
- It's happened again.
- Why don't we come back to my office?
Miss kennedy, chloe's 18 now, right?
- Yeah, but what does that have to do with anything?
- She's a legal adult.
As you've been told,
we can't file a missing persons until 72 hours has passed.
- But that's crazy.
My daughter disappears the day
you say britney maxwell gets out of prison.
What if brittany came here and?
- I highly doubt miss maxwell had anything to do with this.
- Oh, well, excuse me if I don't find that comforting.
We didn't expect her to do it the first time either.
- Do you happen to have any information on where
britney maxwell may have gone after she was released?
- According to her file, she's staying at a halfway house.
Look, I'll call down there
and make sure miss maxwell checked in.
I completely understand how you might find this upsetting,
but teens, well, they run away all the time,
but they usually come back soon.
Did you two have an argument?
- I mean, she skipped school yesterday,
and I grounded her but.
- Well, I think we have our answer.
- No, no, no, no, no, she wouldn't do that.
- Again, she's an adult.
If she wanted to go to new york or timbuktu,
that's her prerogative.
She's still in high school so I know it's difficult.
- I have a mother's intuition, and this doesn't feel right.
No one has seen her since yesterday,
and it does, it's not normal.
(sighing) okay, fine.
If you're not gonna do anything, I will.
We are done here.
- [detective chen] miss kennedy?
(sighing)
- well, they were of no help.
I'm gonna see if the school's heard.
- Listen, joanna.
- Why is it that you're not as worried as I am?
- I am worried, but chloe sometimes.
- She wouldn't worry us on purpose like this.
If they are not gonna help us,
we've got to do everything we can to find our daughter.
(mellow piano music)
- hey, how are you?
How's everything at home?
- With me?
- Yes, you.
Ever since your stepfather moved back in,
you've been tense and jumpy too.
- He's out of town supposedly on work.
He's the last person I wanna talk about.
As far as I'm concerned, craig can stay gone.
(suspenseful music)
(hikers chattering)
- hey, help me.
Help.
Come back.
Come back and help me, please.
Ah.
(birds chirping)
(door clicking)
- all right, so what are you gonna do?
- I'm gonna find britney maxwell is what I'm gonna do.
- Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, hold the ball.
- Why?
- You are exhausted.
Please just go lie down for a few minutes.
- Are you kidding me, tyler?
I can't rest right now.
- You need to.
You barely got any sleep last night.
Please, come on.
I'm begging, baby, please.
Just come on, for me.
Just get some rest.
You're gonna feel so much better.
- Okay. - Okay.
- Okay, just (sighing).
(ominous music)
- I'll find her so easily on this.
(sighing) come on.
Maxwell, where are you?
New hope.
(dramatic music)
(mellow piano music)
- I'm gonna go take a break.
I'm goin' on my break,
but jennifer's gonna take good care of ya.
(door banging)
(suspenseful music)
- lisa maxwell?
- Who the hell are you?
- Joanna kennedy.
- What do you want with me?
- I wanna know where brittany is.
- How the hell did you find me here?
- I found that online article that you did about brittany
along with that tabloid journalist five years ago
on the ten-year anniversary of my daughter's kidnapping.
It showed a picture of you in front of this place,
and I recognized it.
You're still here.
- Life hasn't given me very many breaks, okay?
I needed the money.
That's why I did the interview back then, for the cash.
- At this point, I don't even care about the article.
- I don't have anything to tell you.
- Listen, wait. - Let go.
- My daughter is missing, okay?
Everyone thinks that she's run away,
and I think that's something worse has happened.
- And?
- And it's the same day that brittany was released.
- I got to go back.
- No, wait, please, please.
I need to know if your sister
had anything to do with my daughter's disappearance.
- I understand.
I have a daughter too.
It's different.
As much as I'm not a fan of my sister,
I don't think she'd do anything like this, not now.
- Have you seen her?
- She came by my place.
She wanted money.
We got in an argument.
We were never very close to begin with.
- Okay, well, where did she go after?
- She said something about a halfway house
on the east side highway.
Maybe she's there.
I'm sorry for what you're goin' through,
but that's all I got.
- Damn it, voicemail.
(sighing) oh, my god.
Joanna, for the love, where the hell did you go?
Please tell me you're not doing anything crazy.
Call me back, please.
This is not good.
I think she may be trying to locate brittany maxwell.
(suspenseful music)
- (sighing) new hope residential facility.
This has to be it.
- Excuse me.
Excuse me.
- I ain't got no money, honey,
and I ain't ready to join your religion,
your commune or.
- No, no, no, no, it's nothing.
It's nothing like that.
Listen, I'm looking for someone.
This woman.
Have you seen her?
- What's it to you?
What's it worth?
(sighing)
it's my new roomie, and I don't like her.
- It's her?
You're sure?
- Yeah, I'm sure.
She just got here today.
She's in the room right now.
Room eight.
- Thanks.
- May I help you?
- Can you tell me where room eight is?
- Oh, visiting is strictly prohibited.
- [joanna] never mind.
- Oh, hell no, you come back here.
Come back here right now.
Call the police.
- Brittany?
- Joanna kennedy.
- Do you have any idea where chloe is?
- Chloe?
- Yes, chloe.
My daughter disappears the very day you get out of prison,
and you don't know where she is?
- I don't.
- [sabrina] there you are.
- If you touch one hair on her head.
- [sabrina] you come on.
You get out of here.
You get out of here right now.
- Where is she? - Right now.
The police are on their way.
- [joanna] where's chloe?
Where is my daughter?
- Come on. - Let go of me.
Where is my daughter?
- [sabrina] how dare you, go.
You'd better get out of here right now.
Messin' with all.
I can't believe you.
(ominous music)
(floorboards creaking)
- hey.
Let me out.
I'm not gonna say anything.
I swear.
(floorboards creaking)
(knocking)
hello?
Hey.
Hey, let me out.
Please (crying).
I'm not gonna say anything.
I swear.
Please.
- Are you crazy, jo?
What the hell were you thinkin'?
- I couldn't just sit around and do nothing.
I couldn't just take a nap.
I had to do something.
Okay, brittany maxwell, she. - No, no, no, stop, stop.
Joanna, stop seriously.
Do you realize how lucky you are
that detective chen talked to the facility
and brittany into not pressing charges against you?
You, you could've gone to jail.
- Do you think that matters to me
if I can't find out where our daughter is?
(cell phone dinging)
oh, my god.
- What, what is that?
- It's a text from chloe with a video.
- Chloe sent you a video?
When?
- Right as we were leavin' the police station.
- It just doesn't make sense though.
Look at it.
- Let me see.
- Hey mom, I can guess that you're freaking out as usual,
but I'm okay.
I just had to get away.
I couldn't, I couldn't stay in that house any longer.
I needed to get away for a while to breathe.
Maybe I'll go to new york city or something.
Start fresh.
Anyway, I love you, mom and dad.
I'll call in a few days.
- Yeah, we showed it to detective chen,
and, of course, after seeing that.
- Now, there's not a missing persons case.
- [tyler] nope, not now.
- Look, I don't care what's in this video.
It's not right.
- Well, maybe she made it a few days ago,
and she's gonna be back soon.
- Yeah, I kind of think so too.
- At least she's safe.
Honey, she's safe.
- Is she?
Really?
(somber music)
(ominous music)
(suspenseful music)
- okay, okay, okay, joanna kennedy.
Tyler kennedy.
Hollyoaks address.
Those personal computer classes
really did come in handy, didn't they?
(crickets chirping)
- I mean, you seem like, I don't know.
Where else, who are we supposed to ask?
- Hey, guys. - I don't know.
- How is everything?
You want anything else?
- I'm good.
Thanks, mandy.
- Hey, honey.
How about you?
- No, no, I'm good.
Thank you.
- Okay, I'm just gonna go tackle some laundry.
- Okay.
Mom, have you heard from craig?
- No, I know it's a bit odd so I'll go give him a call.
Why?
- Nothin', I was just wondering.
(suspenseful music)
- so, what do you really think about that video with chloe?
- I mean, she looked okay.
- It's not like her to not tell us something
so huge as running off to new york.
- Maybe she just thought
we'd out her before she could leave.
I mean, I don't, I don't know.
I don't know what to believe about anything right now so.
- What's that supposed to mean?
(knocking)
maybe she heard something.
- [kyle] did you hear from chloe?
- No, no, but listen, I have an idea.
That kid javier, maybe he needs to see the video.
Do you know where he lives?
- No, no, no, I don't, sorry.
- Oh, he works at a coffee house downtown.
He could be there.
- Great.
Do you have the address?
- Sure, let me look it up.
- [mandy] wait, what's going on?
Is everything okay?
- No, I just can't sit around and wait.
I need to find out more information about chloe.
I have to follow every lead.
Just text me the address when you get it, okay?
- [ella] for sure.
- [kyle] yeah, yeah, just send that one.
- [ella] okay.
(suspenseful music)
(somber piano music)
- I'll be with you in a second.
Miss kennedy.
- Look, I just wanna show you something.
Okay, it's a video that chloe sent me.
Please, please.
I just need to see if it jogs your memory.
Maybe something she said.
- Okay.
I have my break in 10 minutes
if you wanna have a seat.
- Thank you.
- Maybe I'll go to new york city or something.
Start fresh.
Anyway, I love you, mom and dad.
- What, what is it?
- It's probably nothing.
- Javier, anything can help.
- When we hung out the other day,
I offered to take her to a concert in new york city.
- And?
- I mean, she just laughed.
She said she's not a big fan of new york city.
I guess you guys took a family trip there a few years ago.
- Yeah, she got her purse stolen,
and she was miserable the whole time we were there.
- Maybe she just didn't want to go
to a concert with me or something.
- Or maybe it's a sign.
Thank you so much, javier,
and please call me if you can think of anything else, okay?
- Yeah, sure.
Miss kennedy?
- Yeah?
- I probably acted like a jerk when you were at school.
- I probably could have approached you differently too.
- When I'm around my friends,
I act like I don't care about certain stuff.
It's stupid.
I really do hope chloe's okay.
- Javier, thank you so much.
I was right about this video.
Chloe's not okay.
(gentle piano music)
thank you for covering for me, stacy.
Are you sure you don't mind?
Well, I'm glad the extra money helps then.
Okay, thanks again.
- I'm glad you got a little sleep.
- I can't go into work.
I just, I can't.
- Yeah, take as much time as you need.
- I got my shifts covered for the next few days.
I know that I shouldn't have gone over there,
but I'm still not convinced that brittany maxwell
has nothing to do with this.
I think I'm gonna go to the police station just to see.
- Okay, just, hey, just remember, 72 hours.
They're not going to do anything before then.
- What am I supposed to do until then?
Am I just supposed to sit here and wait?
Look, I know that I shouldn't have gone over there.
Okay, but I'm still not sure that brittany maxwell isn't.
I don't, she doesn't have something to do with this.
(sighing) my head is killing me.
- Whoa, whoa, wait, hon, let me get you some aspirin.
- No, we're out.
- I'll tell you what.
I'm gonna run to the store.
I'm gonna get you some aspirin.
And when I get back, we're gonna sit down and come up
with a game plan on what to do next to find chloe.
Okay? - Okay.
- Hey, don't worry.
We're gonna find our daughter, I promise.
I'll be right back.
(sighing)
(suspenseful music)
(sighing)
- when are you coming back?
(doorknob rattling)
(banging)
(door clicking)
- craig, please, just call me back.
(sighing) call me, please.
- You still haven't heard from him, huh?
- No, not yet.
You're up awfully early before school.
- There's no school today.
It's professional development, remember?
- Oh, that's right, yeah.
- I was havin' a hard time sleeping
so I just went ahead and got up.
- I know.
I do feel better after I saw that video of chloe, don't you?
- Yeah, maybe.
As unreliable as craig is, don't you find it
a little weird that he hasn't called or anything?
- Honey, he can be very, very unresponsive
when he goes on a binge. (sighing)
- you should dump him.
- Kyle.
- Look how unhappy you are.
How could you take him back in the first place?
Do you think I don't recognize what happens
when I hear you argue, that I don't see the bruises?
- Honey, it's complicated. - No.
No, it's not.
You deserve so much better.
I hope he gets what's coming to him someday.
(suspenseful music)
(somber music)
- where are you off to now, brittany?
Where are you going, brittany?
(birds chirping)
what are you doing here?
Where's chloe?
- Honestly, I just need to speak with you.
- Why?
Do you know where she is?
- No.
Please, I just need five minutes of your time.
(sighing)
please?
- Fine, just come inside.
- It's hard to think of where to start.
When you came into my room, I saw the look in your eyes.
I knew the pain I caused you, it's still there.
- I dream of that day, over and over again.
Even now, I ask myself after all these years
what I could have done differently
to keeping you from taking chloe.
- It doesn't excuse it, but you remember
my own daughter had just died a few months before that.
She was my whole world, my only person in this life.
And when that happened, I just,
you know, I lost my mind in the grief.
And then you brought chloe into the doctor's office,
and she just looked so much like my sarah.
She just reminded me so much of my sarah
and in so many ways that
when I saw the two of you out shopping that day,
all I saw was just a way to have my baby back.
I swear to god, I don't know where chloe is.
I don't.
I'm just trying to wrap my head around being out of prison.
I really wish I could make it up to you
for everything that's happened.
I'm sorry.
(upbeat symphony music)
chloe will come back home.
I'm sure of it.
You're a very lucky woman to have the family that you do.
(door clicking)
(ominous music) (crickets chirping)
(doorknob rattling)
- help.
Help.
(suspenseful music)
- you're back.
You changed your mind, didn't you?
- Chloe, oh, chloe.
Why did you leave that clue in a video for your mother?
(chuckling) honey, why would you do that?
- What are you gonna do now?
- I don't know.
I brought you this.
Do you remember how I used to make these
for you and kyle after school?
You always liked mine the best
because I would take the time
to cut the crust off the sandwich. (chuckling)
- I'm not six anymore.
- Honey, I know.
I'm just trying to make this as pleasant as possible.
- Pleasant?
How could you do this to me?
You're supposed to be my mother's best friend.
- I am your mother's best friend.
- Best friends don't kidnap each other's children.
I feel like I shouldn't have to point that out.
You were like a second mother to me, mandy.
I mean, you fed me when my parents had to work.
You carted me to soccer games.
You took me on vacation.
I mean, how could you justify what you're doing right now?
Answer me.
- It's very complicated, chloe.
I never intended for this to turn out like this.
If you think about it, what other choice did I have
after you saw what you saw and you helped me.
- I was in shock.
I mean before I knew it, you had me in the car
and bringing craig's dead body out here.
- After you helped me put craig in the trunk,
and we buried him in front of the cabin.
Don't you see, chloe?
I am trying to protect you now.
If anyone finds out, you would be an accessory to murder.
I'm trying to save us.
No one can ever find out that we did this.
- I told you.
I won't say anything to anyone about what happened to craig.
I swear.
(suspenseful music)
- sweetie (crying).
No, wait, chloe, chloe, chloe.
- No, no, no.
- I really want to trust you (crying).
I wanna trust you.
I can't trust you. (crying)
the police would never believe
that I killed craig in self-defense,
not after I dropped the domestic violence charge.
He pinned me to the counter.
He told me he would hurt kyle.
I could barely grab the knife
before I thought he was gonna choke me to death.
- I'll tell the police that he hit you last summer.
I mean, he abused you.
- No, it's just not that simple.
I wish it were,
but I think you and I both realize it's not.
I'm doing all this because
I'm doing all this for kyle.
If I get arrested, (crying)
I don't see kyle ever again.
And I'm not gonna let that happen.
I won't let that happen.
So, we are in this together.
- What are you gonna do with me?
You can't keep me here forever.
- I just need some time.
I just need to go home
and figure out a way to save both of us.
So, I'll be back tomorrow.
- Please don't leave me here.
- You have food and water.
You'll be okay.
- Please, please don't leave me here.
- Chloe.
(suspenseful music)
I'm so sorry.
(mandy crying out)
(suspenseful music)
- damn it.
(mandy groaning)
(door banging)
(crickets chirping)
(panting)
oh, my god.
Come on.
(car engine choking)
(screaming)
- what are you doing?
Get out of the car, now.
Get out.
(chloe crying)
- no.
- You cannot go anywhere right now, chloe.
Why don't you understand that, honey?
I don't wanna hurt you, but I will.
(suspenseful music)
(crickets chirping)
(sighing)
pull yourself together.
(knocking)
- [tyler] wow, hey, it's mandy.
Hey, come on in.
- [mandy] hi, thanks.
- [tyler] how ya doin'?
- Oh, I just thought maybe you hadn't
had time to think about dinner.
- Aw, barbecue.
I can smell it. - Yeah.
It's from your favorite place.
- Can you stay for dinner?
- Oh, thanks, I gotta get back.
I'm seriously behind on chores.
(sighing) no word from chloe?
- No, no, I'm afraid not.
- I, oh, I did get a surprise visit earlier.
Brittany maxwell.
- Oh, my god.
- Yeah, she said she wanted to apologize
for what happened all those years ago.
And I told tyler, I believe her.
I don't think she knows where chloe is.
I just, I wish chloe would call, text, anything.
- I know.
I know.
(ominous music)
(hammer pounding) (chloe grunting)
(suspenseful music)
(sighing)
(somber music)
- she's gonna go to the police.
This is too big.
It's too big of a weight on her.
Oh, my god, I can't lose kyle.
No (crying).
I've got to do something.
(suspenseful music)
(pills rattling)
(door clicking)
(sighing)
- where have I seen that clock before?
It's the same clock.
(somber music)
(knocking)
mandy, I think I found something.
(knocking)
mandy?
- [kyle] joanna, what is it?
- [joanna] where's your mom?
- I think she went to go run errands.
I heard her car pull out not long ago.
- Kyle, this is really important.
Where did you and chloe take this photo?
Do you recognize this clock in the background?
- Yeah, that's at the cabin,
the one that belonged to my grandparents.
Chloe went there for the weekend
with mom and me like couple of years ago,
but it's been locked up since then though.
- That's from the cabin that your mom talks about?
- Yeah, I'm pretty sure,
why?
What's so important about it?
- The background.
It's the same as the video
that chloe sent me before she disappeared.
Look, you could see it if you enlarge it.
- Oh, wow, so.
- Do you think that chloe went there to hide out?
- Maybe.
It's in the middle of nowhere.
- (sighing) okay, kyle, I need to get to this cabin.
Can you take me?
We need to see if chloe's still there.
- Yeah, sure.
Of course.
It's like an hour away.
- That's fine, that's fine, but we need to go now.
- Yes, yes, whatever you need.
Let me just go get the key?
- Okay, I'm gonna call tyler.
- Okay.
- Jo, you all right?
- [joanna] tyler.
- What is it?
- I think I may have found where chloe shot the video.
- Where, where is she?
- You know, that cabin, that mandy talks about,
the one where she took the kids camping that one time?
- Yeah, no, I remember her talking about that.
- Kyle and I, we're on our way there now.
We're gonna find out if chloe's still there.
- Whoa, I'm gonna head that way too.
You got to be careful, jo.
Wait for me, okay?
- No, look, we'll be there half an hour before you.
Listen, I will call you as soon as we arrive.
I'll report back whatever we find.
- Okay, okay, yeah, right.
Listen, jo, I pray she's there.
Joanna?
- Yeah?
- I love you.
- I love you too.
Listen, I'm gonna get our girl back.
What's going on?
- We keep the key in here.
- [joanna] what?
- It's gone.
- Gone?
- I haven't been out of the cabin since that picture,
but I think mom may secretly go sometimes
just to like get away.
- Do you think chloe knows where you keep the key?
- It's possible.
- Okay, let's just go out there anyway.
Come on.
(somber piano music)
(ominous music)
(car door banging)
(suspenseful music)
- does this look familiar?
- I know it's along here,
but the trees do go for so long and I'm not.
I mean, I don't think we missed it,
but is it gonna be a right up here at some point.
- Okay.
- There, yes, yes.
It's the next, it's right, it's right up here.
- God, this really is in the middle of nowhere.
- Yeah, that's what mom liked about it, quiet.
Away from craig.
(door banging)
- (sighing) a car is coming.
Don't make a sound.
I'll get rid of whomever it is.
- No, no, no, no, mandy, mandy please.
You don't have to do this.
This isn't you.
You've lost your mind.
- I never thought this would be me either.
- No.
(suspenseful music)
joanna.
Kyle.
- Mom's here.
(gasping)
why do you have that weird look on your face?
- This just, this doesn't feel right.
I can feel it in my gut.
- Why would mom be here?
- I don't know.
(car doors banging)
- mom?
Mom?
What are you? - Mandy?
- Hey, hi, honey.
What in the world are you guys doing here?
- Are you okay?
- (laughing) well, why wouldn't I be?
(hammer banging)
- come on.
- I mean, kyle said that you liked to come here
when you're stressed out or wanna get away, but.
- Oh.
- Listen, the video that chloe sent me.
It's the same background as one of the rooms in the cabin.
Kyle even recognized it.
- Chloe had to have been here, mom.
It's the exact same.
- That's so strange.
Why would she come to the cabin?
- Are you okay, mom?
Why are you out here?
- Honey, you know, I like to come out here
and figure things out sometimes and just think.
- Yeah, but.
- Are you sure everything's fine, mandy?
- Why do you keep asking me that?
- Because we've known each other for decades.
We're practically sisters.
I think I'd know it if you're on edge.
- I'm sorry I worried you both.
- Mom, tell me what's wrong.
Did craig hurt you?
- Honey.
- Mandy, what's, what's going on?
Is chloe inside?
Chloe?
- No, no, no, no, no, no, no, jo, jo.
- Whoa, whoa.
- You guys back up now.
- Okay. - Go.
- Back up.
- This is not the way I wanted this to go.
- What did you do, mom?
- I never ever intended for it to end like this.
- Just calm down, okay?
- Mom, what are you doing?
- Just tell us what's happening.
Everything's gonna be okay.
- It's never gonna be okay ever again.
- Just take a deep breath, hon.
Just tell me if chloe's inside.
- [mandy] she's fine.
Everything's fine.
- I'm just gonna go check on her, okay?
- No, don't move, jo.
- Mom, just calm down.
- Please, please, just talk to me.
We've gone to each other for everything.
Please, just, just.
- Not anymore.
Not after what I've done.
- What are you talking about?
- What did you do?
What did you do?
- I'm so sorry.
I did it for us.
(hammer banging)
- come on.
- I had to put a stop to it.
I was not gonna let him hurt us anymore.
It was one thing for him to hurt me,
but when he threatened to hurt you,
I was not gonna let him do it.
I did not have a choice.
I had to put a stop to it.
- What does that mean?
- He pinned me to the cabinet
and tried to choke me to death.
I grabbed a knife.
He's gone.
He's gone, jo.
- Mandy, what about chloe, mandy?
What about chloe?
- I am so sorry.
I feel so bad.
- What did you do?
- She walk in on us.
She walked in on us and saw everything.
She saw him after I stabbed him,
and he was lying on the floor dead.
- What are you talking about?
- I didn't, I didn't know what to do,
and I couldn't let her go to the police.
So, I got her clothes.
I made her put craig in the trunk.
We buried him,
but don't you see she was an accessory to murder.
I couldn't let her call the police.
I couldn't let her do that.
I couldn't let her go to the police.
She was an accessory to murder.
- [kyle] okay, whatever you did, it's over.
It's done.
Just put that down.
- [mandy] (crying) I couldn't let her do that.
- Wait, mom, no. - Chloe.
- No, no, no, back up, back up.
- Stop, please stop.
Stop please.
- The gun.
(dramatic music)
(gunshot sounding)
(gentle piano music)
- mom?
- Call 9-1-1.
(gentle acoustic guitar music)
(birds chirping)
- [tyler] ah, ha ha ha, there she is.
- Sweetheart, you looks so beautiful.
- Thank you. - Wow.
You made it.
- Thanks, dad. - Congratulations.
(knocking)
oh, there he is.
- [joanna] hey, kiddo.
(laughing)
- [chloe] we did it.
- Congratulations.
- Guys, I just wanted to say thank you.
With mom in jail,
I wouldn't have been able to get to this point without you.
So, thank you.
- You deserve it.
- You're family, bud.
- I love you.
- So, what do you say we go do some graduatin', huh?
Let's go.
- Can I talk to you for a sec?
- Yeah, what is it, honey?
- Just a lot of emotions today.
- Yeah, I understand.
I feel the same way.
- This might sound weird, but I kind of miss mandy.
I don't know.
She's always there for me until.
- Can I tell you something?
I miss her too,
the person that she was before she did what she did.
I can't help but feel that I could
have done something different.
- No, mom, she was gonna hurt us.
You did what you had to do.
- Oh, honey,
I love you so much.
- I love you too.
- [joanna] come on, let's go.
(uplifting music)
- after you.
♪ pages turnin' ♪
♪ fires burnin' ♪
♪ thinkin' about the life we got ♪
♪ but we're still learnin' ♪
♪ keep on makin' ♪
♪ foolish choices ♪
♪ never letting go ♪
♪ people thinking I'm just fine ♪