S6 E5 – “A troubled girl” – When a little girl is sexually assaulted the town believes a horrible trouble is to blame but Mavis surprises them this time.
Teaser
In the black of night, a little girl about 8 years of age with dark brown hair sobs silent huffs as tears stream down her cheeks. She slowly walks out of the forest and down the street. With each step she cringes—blood drips down from between her legs.
An elderly woman sitting on the porch of her house sees the girl and calls to her husband, “Roger, call the police.” She says and rushes over to the girl
Mavis watches as the little girl walks down the road and the elderly woman meets the little girl. As if mimicking the elderly woman she says, “Sweetheart how dare someone do this to you. Who did this to you?” coldly, “He will pay, won’t he.” She says callously as if she doesn’t believe the words. “No one should ever cross me.” She says angrily shaking.
The elderly woman with the girl calls out as if she has a few times, “Little one, little one, what happened?”
In an old creaky house shrouded by darkness a little girl hides in a closet. All that’s seen is her dark brown hair and small figure.
Footsteps are heard and large boots of a man teetering through a candlelit hallway are seen. Slurring his speech, drunk speaking Czech he says, “Where are you little idget. I need you idget.” He says and a close of up his pants being unbuttoned is seen.
Audrey and Nathan are in their house getting ready for bed. Audrey lets out a stressful sigh.
“Thinking about tomorrow?” Nathan asks trying to be sensitive to Audrey.
“Yeah...” she holds her breath tense then says attempting confidence, “Mrs. Eva will be great.” But it comes out forced and unsure. She continues attempting more confidence but it’s obviously forced, “And the fact Joy her daughter will be here is a plus.”
“The love bond is strong with them.” Nathan jokes.
“I honestly don’t want to think about leaving her.” Audrey says looking to a bedroom door across the hall.
Behind the door baby Danielle sleeps soundly in her crib at the sound of her father’s voice she smiles but stays asleep. Nathan says, “Shall I give you a massage.”
In Audrey and Nathan’s bedroom Audrey looks to Nathan with a romantic look on her face pulling him close she kisses him deeply.
Audrey’s phone on the dresser gets a text message; an alert that a child has been sexually assaulted.
Act I
Early the next morning Audrey and Nathan walk to the police station, “She’ll be okay.” Audrey says trying to convince herself.
“Yes, Danielle is fine with Mrs. Eva.” Nathan says, wrapping his arm around Audrey to assure her. She leans against him comforted.
They walk into the police station where everyone is hushed. Nathan is too distract watching Audrey to notice. Audrey pulls out her phone. “She’s fine.” Nathan assures Audrey, “Mrs. Eva is the best person to leave her with, her daughter’s with her.”
Daniel comes up to them handing Nathan coffee, “I don’t blame her.”
Audrey simply clutching her phone trying not to call says, “She was kidnapped last week.”
Nathan backing away says, “I’ll be right back.” He points behind him, “bathroom.”
Audrey smiles knowing he’s not going to the bathroom.
Dwight despondent comes up to Audrey, “Where’s he going?”
“To check up on Danielle.” Audrey says smiling.
In the hall of the police station Nathan walks into the men’s room and pulls out his phone.
In the main room of the police station Dwight with Audrey says, “I didn’t want to officially bring you into this but I need you.”
“On what?” Audrey asks.
Daniel looks to her confused, “You didn’t get an alert?”
“Sorry.” Audrey says looking to her phone, “We had a busy morning.” Audrey sees the alert and gasps. She looks up and sees the little girl in Dwight’s office. She is reserved, sadness in her eyes.
Dwight solemnly says to Audrey, “She hasn’t said anything to us. I need you to talk to her. We can’t do an exam until we get parental consent. No one has reported a child missing.”
Inside Dwight’s office Audrey sits down across from the little girl. She hands her a donut, “I thought you might like this.” She says.
The girl takes it and eats it up.
“My names Audrey? What’s yours?”
The little girl looks down unwilling to look at Audrey.
“I have a little girl too.” Audrey says pulling out her phone she shows pictures of baby Danielle. The little girl looks and reaches out for the camera phone. Audrey lets her have it.
In the main room of the police station, James, Dwight, Nathan, and Daniel congregate, “I didn’t want to say this with Audrey present but the little girl came from the forest.”
“What little girl?” Nathan says late to the conversation.
James annoyed says, “Check your phone.”
Looking down at the phone Nathan absorbs the shocking news as Daniel speaks to Dwight, “You’re implying that Mavis did this.” Daniel implies in the tone of his voice that there is little chance this is the case.
“She owns that forest.” Dwight reminds Daniel.
Shaking his head Daniel insistently says, “It’s not what she does, there’s no strategy in it.”
Stepping up to them James says, “It could be revenge for losing Danielle.”
“She’s too pragmatic for this. It still doesn’t win her anything.” Daniel insists.
Dwight settles in a defensive position looking to Daniel he asks hesitantly, “Do you know if Audrey was ever...if Mavis…” he doesn’t have the heart to completely ask the question.
Daniel stands there silent the words are heavy in his mouth as he speaks, “No…I couldn’t ask.”
Nathan raises his hand, as if he needs to in order to be heard, “I know that…ah Lin one of her past personalities was.”
They look to Nathan as if shocked.
Nathan responds, “Audrey has made her peace.”
Audrey inside Dwight’s office with the little girl continues to talk to her. Referring to the picture of Danielle, “I worry about her a lot. I don’t ever want her to be scared or hurt and not tell me. Do you want to talk to your mommy?”
The little girl nods, “She’s on a trip, an important trip with daddy. I can’t bother her. I didn’t mean to do anything wrong.”
Audrey shakes her head, “You didn’t do anything wrong. Somebody else did something to you. Your mommy wouldn’t mind if you interrupted their trip. Not for this, it’s important. We’ll just give her a quick call alright.”
The little girl nods and starts to relay a phone number.
Audrey picks up the phone.
In the main room of the police station as Nathan explains, “Audrey’s dealt with Lin’s trauma. She can help this little girl.” James sees Audrey through the window of the chief’s office, pick up the phone.
Interrupting Nathan James says, “She seems to have gotten the parents phone number.”
Inside the office the phone on speaker the little girl calls out for her mother saying, “Mommy. Mommy I’m so scared.” She starts to cry.
On the other end the mother stands in a nice suite outside a board room as she speaks into her cell phone, “Oh sweetheart I know you’re scared. Mommy and daddy have to go into a meeting.”
Audrey interrupts, “This is Audrey Parker from the Haven police department you might want to change your plans.”
On the other end the mother looks panicked, “What happened?”
Later, at the hospital as the little girl clutches to Audrey. Nathan stands by as doctors are bagging lab tests.
“Petunia,” Audrey says looking to the little girl, “You’ve been so brave with all those tests. They’re over now.” Audrey says sitting up across from the little girl. “Can you tell me what happened? Who hurt you?”
“It was Mr. Simon but it wasn’t. He changed.”
Just then, “The mother bursts in her husband following. She embraces her little girl, who says “Mommy.” Her father puts his hand on his little girl’s head, tears in his eyes.
The little girl wines as her mother hugs her tight saying, “You’re hurting me.”
The mother loosens her grip and holds the little girls by the cheeks looking into her eyes the mother’s eyes well up with tears.
Her daughter sobbing says, “Sorry, I ruined your trip.”
The mother says, “Oh, don’t worry about that.”
The father turns to Audrey, “Thank you, we left her with Mr. and Mrs. Simon. Where are they?”
“We’re checking that out.” Audrey assures them.
Talking on his cell James at a cabin in the forest reports to Dwight who sits in his office, “The Simons aren’t at the cabin.”
Daniel in the background, seeing the cabin a mess the closet completely cleaned out, says, “It looks like there was a struggle.”
Dwight from his office says, “It could have been Mavis.”
At the station a young couple, in their 30s comes in and panicked says, “We’re here to report a missing child.”
Dwight goes to them and says, “Are you the Simons?”
The woman says, “Yes, have you found her?”
“We have.”
The woman relieved says, “We’ve been looking for her all over.”
Dwight asks them to follow him, he directs them to the interrogation room. When they come inside and find no Petunia they turn to Dwight confused. Dwight slams the door and starts in on the interrogation, “What exactly happened?” he says angrily.
Act II
Sitting in the interrogation room the Simons tell Dwight as if they’ve said it many times, “We just woke up and she was gone.”
“We were having a good time at the cabin, toasting marshmallows, and singing camp songs.” Mr. Simon says.
“We thought it would make her feel better, she missed her parents so much.” Mrs. Simon says.
In the main room of the police station Audrey upset enters with Nathan, “Where’s Dwight?” she asks Stan.
Stan refers to the interrogation room, “He’s in with the Simons.”
Audrey anger on her face approaches the door while Nathan tries to hold her back saying, “Audrey…” but she doesn’t look to him as she heads towards the interrogation room on a mission. So Nathan lets her go and turns to Stan, “Do we have one of those…” Nathan gestures.
Bursting into the interrogation room Audrey accuses Mrs. Simon, “You sexually assaulted an eight year old girl.”
Mrs. Simon is shocked Mr. Simon appalled says, “What? No, I would never.”
Nathan enters the room as Mr. Simon continues, “I would never hurt anyone like that.” Mrs. Simon shuffles in her chair uncomfortable.
“Prove it.” Nathan says, placing down a sample container, “Give us a sample.”
Mr. Simon nods, “I will.”
“And you’ll see it’s not him.” Mrs. Simon says, “We love Petunia, we’d never do anything to hurt her.”
Watching a security camera Mavis watches the interrogation room, mouthing “We’d never do anything to hurt her.” Just as Mrs. Simon says it. Angrily Mavis turns from the camera, “Right on cue.” She says, “The good little actors.”
At the station Mr. Simon is locked up in a cell.
At the Gull everyone is talking about it. Including Dave and Vince who are shocked, “The Simons are such wonderful people” Dave says mourning the idea that Mr. Simon did this.
Vince adds, “I supposed you don’t always know people.”
Dave leans into whisper, “You don’t suppose a trouble is involved.”
Vince argues, “Not everything involves a trouble.” And the brothers begin to argue.
James sits at a table eating dinner with Lyla, his tattooed girlfriend as she says, “All everyone can talk about is poor Petunia and Mr. Simon.”
James his focus elsewhere doesn’t respond as he pokes at his food.
“James,” Lyla asks, “Are you alright?”
James sighs, “Yeah…” he says realizing he’s not paying attention to her, “Just thinking about the case. It doesn’t make sense. Why would someone do this?”
“Sometimes there isn’t a logical reason.”
Looking at his food James mumbles, “But sometimes there is.”
Intrigued Lyla leans in, “Is there more that we don’t know.”
James looks to her, “I can’t really talk about it.”
Lyla nods, “Okay, then let’s talk about something else.”
Sam enters and sits at the bar. Duke smiles happy to see her, “Hey.”
But as Sam looks depressed Duke backs off.
Sighing Sam says, “Scotch please.”
Duke understanding that she’s had a bad day pours her a scotch as he says, “Bad day?”
Downing the scotch she quickly swallows and says, “Oh, you have no idea.”
Leaning in as if expecting to share secrets Duke asks, “Does it have to do with Mr. Simon?”
Sam sighs and nods, “Yeah.” groaning she says, “I can’t say any more. I just talked to Mrs. Simon for three hours and um…” Sam groans.
Duke says, “Okay.” And pours her another scotch.
She smiles and takes it.
Audrey and Nathan sit with baby Danielle at home, “See, she’s fine.” Nathan says. But both Nathan and Audrey look to Danielle worried.
The following day in a Haven court room Mr. Simon standing waiting for bail to be announced. Audrey proposes “considering the nature of the crime we propose that bail not be granted.”
The judge sitting at his seat, “I’ve looked over the history of the defendant and see that he is no flight risk and has always been a trustworthy member the community therefore I will grant bail in the amount of $5,000 but you will not place yourself within any situations where you would be in contact with children, is that understood.”
Mr. Simon agrees.
The judge pounds his gavel and the decision is made.
Audrey looks to Nathan both of them are disappointed.
As Mr. Simon with Mrs. Simon come out of the courthouse onto Haven square Petunia’s father yells at him, “You molested my little girl! You are a sick man and should rot in hell!”
Just then Mr. Simon starts to change into a different person a Slavic man.
Dave with Vince watching turns to Vince and says, “Perhaps this is a trouble.”
ACT III
In the interrogation room the Slav that Mr. Simon turned into is in hand cuffs. He pounds on the table, “I want free!” he says in a thick Slavic accent.
Nathan stands, defensive of Audrey who sits.
The Slav continues to yell loudly, “Let me free!”
In the police station’s main room, just outside the interrogation room Mrs. Simon stands upset, “I want my husband.” She demands.
Dwight stands in her way, “We have to question him Mrs. Simon.”
“He’s obviously troubled aren’t you supposed to be able to get rid of the troubles now.” She looks to Dwight pleading with him.
Dwight looks to her sternly.
“Help him!” She yells.
“We are trying to help him. Be patient. Can I get you anything, water, coffee?”
Through the door of the interrogation room they can hear the Slav screaming.
“Water would be good.” She says distressed.
Inside the interrogation room Audrey sternly says, “You will not be free until you answer some questions.”
“Miroslav does not answer questions of commoner scum.”
Leaning in Audrey says, “Then you stay.”
As Miroslav reaches out to grab her Nathan pulls Audrey back.
Audrey and Nathan leave the interrogation room as Miroslav struggles to get free.
In Audrey and Nathan’s office at the police station Audrey, Nathan, and Daniel look to James who reveals what he’s found; “Miroslav Risa, that’s who Johnathan Simon turned into. He’s a convict serving time in Washington for sexually molesting children.”
“Johnathan Simon turned into him?” Nathan questions.
“Petunia did say he was different.” Audrey realizes, “I can’t believe I didn’t see this.”
“This doesn’t make sense, as troubles go, Mavis wouldn’t do this.” Daniel says insistent.
“This is exactly what she does makes monsters,” James objects.
“No, there’s always some psychological reason for it. What is the trouble exactly?” Daniel asks leaning in, “Becoming a convict who sexually molests children. Mavis wouldn’t do that?”
Audrey asks her father gently, “What aren’t you telling us?”
Daniel sighs heavily and begins to tell a story; “When Mavis and I were married there was a case like this.”
Flashback to 1750s; The town of Haven is dirt roads and shops with craftsman. As people are mentioned in Daniel’s narration the viewer sees them, “It was shortly after we were married, the Reverend in the town had discovered that a little girl was being molested and suspected her father.”
The father a scruffy looking man grabs onto his little girl pulling her with him.
Norman and Daniel approach and observe them as Daniel narrates, “Norman Crocker was trying to handle the situation. I was helping.”
Daniel in the cabin that is his house with Mavis as she’s pregnant reveals to her that “there’s a young girl in town who’s been molested, we suspect her father.”
Daniel narrates as Mavis tantalizes Daniel to speak to her the feather in her necklace tickling him, “She wanted the name of the family so that she could show her kindness to them she said but shortly after we found the father.”
Daniel sees the father in the forest, torn to shreds he’s up in a tree blood covers the branches he’s handing from. The father is unrecognizable but for his clothes. On the ground, Daniel finds a feather that Mavis was wearing when they spoke. He begins to wonder. “That’s when I first suspected she wasn’t who she claimed to be.” He relays as the story unfolds.
But back in the office he explains, “Mavis doesn’t take kindly to this kind of thing.” Nathan, Audrey, Dwight, and James listen intently.
Dwight outside with Mrs. Simon sits in silence as she drinks a cup of water, the tension is thick as she sighs.
Dwight turning to her says, “If you want to talk, you can.”
Shaking she says, “I just can’t believe this is happening.”
“This is shocking.”
“Why can’t you help him, Login said you healed him right away.”
“I’ll go talk to them.” Dwight says and gets up from the chair.
Dwight enters Audrey and Nathan’s office interrupting the conversation; Audrey, Nathan, Daniel, and James turn to him while saying, “What do we do with Miroslav?”
Dwight says, “Mrs. Simon is pretty eager for you to heal her husband. If this is all it is we can send him home.”
Audrey sighs nodding she turns to Nathan with a look that reveals she thinks Dwight’s right.
Nathan nods, “Yeah, make sure he doesn’t bite my hand off.” He says to Dwight and leaves the office. Dwight follows.
Dwight follows Nathan into the interrogation room as Mrs. Simon watches anxiously. “We’re sending your husband home with you.” Audrey tells her.
They hear Slav screaming “No, no” and then it stops as Mr. Simon walks out the door. Mrs. Simon hugs him.
In the evening at the Gull Lyla sits across from James, “So the case is all over, it was really a trouble.”
As Daniel watches from a nearby table James nods but doesn’t quite believe it deep in thought, “Yeah.” He says. “It’s over.”
“Good, you’re distracted when you’re on a case.” She holds her hand out and places it over his. He takes her hand lovingly.
“I thought tonight you could come over.” Lyla says.
James smiles, “Yeah.” He says and kisses her hand.
Just then Johnathan Simon walks in and sits down at the bar. Duke cordially asks him, “What can I get you?”
“Napalm please?”
Duke gleefully surprised says, “Sure.” He goes over to the back of the bar to get the ingredients.
Sam enters and sits down next to Mr. Simon as Duke comes up with the drink.
Duke smiles at her happily. She looks to Duke sternly, “Could we have some privacy?”
Duke’s face turning serious nods, “Sure.” He puts out a reserved sign next to the seats.
Sam smiles at him saying, “Thanks sweetie.” but her smile quickly fades as she look to Johnathan Simon.
“You know why I’m here John.”
He doesn’t have to say anything but simply takes large sips out of his drink tension rising in his body as Sam talks;
“Last years you confided in me…some things. The police need to know them now. I have to tell them now even if you don’t. I can go with you to tell Katlyn.”
Johnathan Simon nods, upset, tension in his body. He quickly drinks his drink. Shaking his head, it’s clear it burns on the way down, “Let’s go now.” He says putting down the money he owes.
By a dirt road, Sam and Mr. Simon get out of their cars, They walk up the road to the cabin. As they are walking Mr. Simon walks up behind Sam grabs her by the throat to strangle her from behind.
Act IV
With Mr. Simon holding Sam by the throat as they stand in the forest Sam quickly acts ribbing him in the gut and raising her arm and twisting to get free of his grip on her neck. Free from him she turns and kicks Mr. Simon hard, and he falls on the ground unconscious. She pulls out her phone.
In the police station late at night, Mr. Simon is taken back into custody as Sam sits with Dwight in his office. Duke enters the station worried, “Sam?” he calls out and heads towards Dwight’s office.
Inside Dwight’s office Sam rubs her red throat. Duke bursts in, “Sam.” He says and sees her throat, “What happened?”
Sam stands and hugs Duke. He embraces her, hugging her tightly. She assures him, “I’m okay. I was stupid.” She says holding him tightly.
As she pulls away from the hug to look to Dwight, she says to him, “I should have told you earlier. I honestly didn’t think he was dangerous.”
“No one else did either.” Dwight says.
Daniel enters, “What is going on?” He asks.
Dwight turns to Daniel, who is followed by James.
As Dwight is hesitant to answer eyeing Sam, Sam takes Duke out of the office.
Inside the office Dwight tells Daniel and James, “Johnathan Simon was molested as a child. He confided in Sam that he had thoughts of doing the same.”
“Was he molested by Miroslav?” James asks.
Dwight looks up blankly unsure how to answer.
James continues, “He grew up in Washington.”
“That would explain the trouble.” Daniel says.
Dwight nods sighing he says, “Could be.” With a slight pause he tells Daniel and James that they’re getting a phycologist to come in the morning.
Dwight gathers his things and begins to turn off his lights heading out.
James watching Dwight questions, “That’s it?” expecting more.
Dwight nods, “Yes, go home take a break or you’ll burn out.”
Daniel turns to him, “Didn’t Lyla want you to come over.”
James sighs uncomfortable with the conversation.
In the morning at the station the Phycologist talks inside Dwight’s office with Johnathan Simon. Nathan, Audrey, Daniel, and Dwight watch through the window in the door.
“She’s been in there for a while.” Nathan comments.
“It takes as long as it takes.” Dwight says.
She comes out with a notebook to meet Dwight, Daniel, Audrey, Nathan, and James.
Daniel eagerly asks, “So?”
Sighing the phycologist says, “He certainly has that desire for control,” at the word control Daniel jumps a little surprised. But no one notices as they are all looking to the phycologist as she explains, “victims of sexual molestation can carry that for the rest of their lives, especially if like Johnathan’s family they do not show compassion. So these victims lash out to control others, often molesting others.”
“It’s a never ending cycle.” Audrey says annoyed.
“Petunia will get the help she needs.” The phycologist says, “Her parents have been very insistent that they do everything they can. It will stop with her.”
Pushing against the wall he’s leaning against James assumes, “So Simon did molest her?”
The phycologist sighs, “It’s hard to say with a trouble. He doesn’t remember doing anything but there’s no telling what he might do.”
Dwight looking down saddened says, “He did attack Sam. We have to hold him for that.”
Vince and Dave surreptitiously hiding in the corner say, “Good, we can print that in the Harold.”
Nathan looks to them, “Guys.” He approaches them with a look that says ‘leave’.
“Okay, Okay.” We’re leaving Dave assures them.
Daniel isn’t paying attention his mind thinking deeply. But when the Phycologist turns to leave he follows her catching her by the entrance he asks, “For a victim of sexual assault…” he asks hesitantly, “would there be emotional scares whenever sex was undertaken.”
“Sure, there can be. It doesn’t necessarily have to be that way, but it certainly can make someone hesitant even opposed to it.”
Daniel sighs, “And this desire for control it’s not necessarily the result…there can be another way someone goes?”
The phycologist realizing that he’s not talking about the case anymore takes a moment to say, “Yes, if a victim feels heard, there can be healing.”
Daniel nods thinking deeply.
The psychologist hands him her card, “If you ever need my services.” She says.
Taking the card he says, “Thank you.”
As the town learns through the Harold that Johnathan Simon will be held for the violent assault on Sam people talk gossiping.
The sun sets on Haven.
That night, as Daniel walks down the street, James comes up to him as if he was searching for him, “Hey, you left the station quickly.”
“Paperwork really isn’t that fun,” Daniel responds looking to the ground.
“You’ve been distracted all day.” James says and Daniel looking up is about to speak when James continues, “There’s more to this case isn’t there? Mavis is somehow involved, revenge for Danielle”
Daniel closes his mouth deciding not to speak and shakes his head, “No, James it’s not about that.”
Audrey comes up to Daniel, “Are you alright?” She asks questioning Daniel.
“Why does everyone ask me if I’m okay?” Daniel says annoyed.
“Because you are obviously not. What’s going on?” Audrey asks.
Daniel hesitates…shaking he says, “I ah think….um…”
Suddenly Nathan runs up to them, “We just got a call! Mrs. Simon’s been kidnapped.”
At Mr. and Mrs. Simons cabin there’s cop cars, Daniel, James, Audrey, and Nathan are there.
Nathan explains what the witness he was talking to said, “The neighbor called the police, due to screaming and a struggle.”
Daniel finds a feather on the ground, identical to the one Mavis left before. But before he has a chance to speak a cop looking over the scene calls out to them, “You need to see this!”
They walk over, the spray they’ve used to look for blood shows with the blue light a message, “Bring him to me at midnight, you know where.”
Audrey knows, “Mavis, she wants Mr. Simon.”
“Yeah.” Daniel says upset, “I know where to meet her.” He says holding up the feather.
Act V
In the police station Audrey, Dwight, Nathan, James, and Daniel stand, “We’re not actually going to do this.” Nathan says appalled.
“We have to get Mrs. Simon back if we don’t bring him we don’t know what she’ll do.” Audrey says assured.
James steps up and says, “How do we know she’s not getting one of her own back? This could have all been Mavis.”
Daniel shakes his head, “No, she’s going to kill him, in the worst way possible. I know. She does not take kindly to this kind of thing.” He reiterates tired of saying it.
Interrupting, Dwight as the voice of authority says, “We can’t bring him.” James is about to object but Dwight holds up his hand, “Either way we can’t put another civilian in danger. But we have to meet her to help Katlyn.” He says looking to Daniel.
Daniel nods, “I’ll go.”
“I’ll go with you.” James says.
“No” Daniel objects, “it would be better if I go alone.”
Objecting Audrey says, “Hell no, I’m going with you.” In such a way everyone knows there’s no sense in arguing with her.
Daniel and Audrey walk through the forest at night. Interrupting the ire calm Nathan’s voice comes through Audrey’s walkie, “Don’t do anything foolish.” He completes his sentence back at the station as he speaks into his walkie. He’s with Dwight and James where they’ve set up monitors that show what Audrey and Daniel see and James wears headphones listening.
Audrey in the woods as she steps over the tree trunks says under her breath, “Like going into the forest in the dark.” Picking up her walkie she says, “I love you too.”
Back at the station James chuckles. Nathan glares at him and asks for the headphones.
In the forest Daniel as he steps carefully over the brush speaks in a serious assuring tone, “Mavis wouldn’t have sent this message if she didn’t want to talk.”
Audrey questioning asks, “You’re sure she’ll meet us there, in the middle of the forest?”
Daniel stops and turns to Audrey concerned, “You don’t have to come with me. The message was for me.”
“I’m not letting you go alone. And I don’t understand how you have to go at all.”
Daniel turns to keep moving.
Audrey catching up to him asks, “Why are you so eager?”
“I need to talk to her.” Daniel says and hesitates as he says, “It may surprise you to know that when we were married there were times when I cared about her.”
“No…” Audrey says looking lovingly to her dad, admiring him, “that doesn’t surprise me.”
Daniel uncomfortable with the subject changes the subject saying, “We need to help Mrs. Simon.”
Through the walkie, in the office Dwight says, “Yes, please do your job and ensure Mrs. Simon’s safe return.”
As Audrey and Daniel walk a little further. They come to a tree, the same tree that the man in the 1700s was hanging from – Daniel flashes back to that day and remembers the tree with the father’s body on it guts falling out blood dripping down. This time, in the present, Mrs. Simon is hanging from the tree by her wrists. Her mouth covered.
“Mavis.” Daniel says understanding, “I’m here as you asked.”
“Where is Mr. Simon?”
Audrey confidently says, “You know we couldn’t bring him.”
Mavis walking around confidently nods and says, “Yes. I also know Dwight would have him transferred to a more secure location.”
At the station Dwight quickly changes the frequency of the walkie and talks to his guys worried about them, “Gunther, Carson….” He calls out worried about them.
In a warehouse Gunther and Carson are on the ground, unconscious.
Dwight at the station orders men and an ambulance be sent to the police warehouse.
In the forest Mavis reveals, “I had some of my people get him free.” Mavis reveals Mr. Simon is under a sheet that was pressed against the tree. He hangs with his mouth and eyes covered.
“Do you want to know the true story of what happened?” Mavis says angrily walking around Mrs. Simon in a threatening way.
“Mother let her go. She played no part in this.” Audrey pleads.
Mavis pulls at Mrs. Simon’s shirt. She reveals a large bruise on her stomach, the size of a small eight year old’s fist. “She isn’t guiltless.” Mavis explains and watches as Audrey and Daniel see the bruise, “You enjoyed it didn’t you?” Mavis says threatening her with a crude voice, her face in Mrs. Simon’s face.
As Mrs. Simon thinks of it she becomes aroused. Mr. Simon through his mouth covering tries to object but it only comes out as mumbles.
Audrey appalled turns to Mrs. Simon and says, “You were involved. You helped Miroslav?”
Mavis shakes her head, “Miroslav” she says in disbelief.
Daniel acknowledging her says, “Miroslav was never meant to possess Johnathan.”
Mavis nods explaining, “His trouble was to appear like what he hated not become it. He was always acting on his own accord twisting my trouble to cover his crime.”
Mavis takes a small knife and digs it into Mr. Simon.
“Mother…” Audrey calls out and Mavis turns to her, “They will be punished for their crime.”
“Punished.” Mavis says turning around to face Audrey and Daniel, leaving the knife in. “You never punish them. There’s never justice.”
Daniel steps up and says, “Is that what happened to you? Did you never get justice?”
Mavis shakes her mouth open.
Daniel urges her gently, “I know you Mavis, this desire for control. You were molested as a child.” Daniel acknowledges out loud and Audrey turns to him shocked she gasps. Turning to Mavis Audrey looks to her in pity.
Mavis shaking flashes back to the man speaking Czech, she was the little girl hiding in the closet. A woman also calls out in Czech for her calling her “Mavis, daughter” telling her to do what uncle asks. Her face is stern and strict, she clearly knows what going on.
“My mother knew, but insisted I do what uncle says that we should be grateful he took us in after father died.”
Daniel listens intently focused on Mavis, as Audrey in shock is aware of Mr. Simon slowly bleeding to death, the knife still in his chest.
“And my brothers did nothing.” Mavis says as she flashes back to a barn, her older brothers, large able bodied men work threshing wheat during the day.
Mavis as a little girl runs to them upset as a large Slavic man, who teeters as he moves he’s so large runs after her saying, “little idget. I need you.” His pants unbuckled.
From the corner her mother stops her and hands her over to her uncle. Little Mavis upset holds onto a knife and stabs her mother. She then turns and stabs her uncle. Her brothers go to her and she slashes them across, blood spurting out from their wounds onto her. Little Mavis watches as her family members not quite dead lay there dying. She lights the barn on fire with them still alive.
As the screaming in her memory echoes Mavis says, “I got my revenge on all of them. It taught me not to care. You can’t count on anyone.”
Audrey breathing deeply says, “That’s what you tried to teach me.”
“Yes,” Mavis says head held high, “Your own strength is all that matters.”
Audrey glances at Daniel and then her eyes facing Daniel she refers with them to Mr. Simon. Daniel knows she has a plan as he watches Audrey step up to her mother he eyes Mr. Simon who still bleeds the knife stuck in his gut.
“I understand now.” Audrey says and reaches out for her mother.
Mavis reaches out for her daughter as if she does need someone else and is jolted with a shock through her body since Audrey still wears her wedding ring which causes her mother pain. Audrey is not surprised but Mavis pulls back and look of betrayal on her face. She quickly rips the knife out of Mr. Simon ripping a gapping whole in him, blood splashes Audrey’s face. And Mavis quickly slashes Mrs. Simon’s throat.
Daniel and Audrey can’t do anything but watch both of the Simons die as Mavis runs away in a blur.
Tag
Audrey blood on her face stands at the edge of the forest as a squad car its lights flashing siren blaring pulls up and stops suddenly. Nathan rushes out and embraces her. James also gets out of the squad car but slowly bringing a towel with him.
In Nathan’s embrace Audrey assures him she’s okay.
James hands her a towel. She begins to rub off the blood.
Daniel stands there stunned and James looks to him aware things are weighing heavy on him.
“She’s a monster because of what was done to her.” Daniel says.
“Not again, never again.” Audrey says and heads to the car as Nathan his arms around her follows her.
Back at the house Audrey comes into the bedroom dressed in her pajamas, her hair wet after her shower. She turns to Nathan in his sleeping clothes, “Thank you.” She says to him.
He looks at her peculiarly, “For what?”
“For teaching me how to love.”
“What?” Nathan asks approaching her, “You taught me that.”
Audrey shakes her head grieved, “What my mother said about only counting on yourself, I’ve always believed it until you. It was you who made me believe I could trust because you loved me. You taught me how to love.”
Audrey hugs Nathan deeply as she says thank you again.
He holds her close as he says, “You loved far before we knew each other.”
Audrey pulling away looks to him and he takes her cheek in his hand, “I’m sure your father had to do with that. He certainly loves you.”
Audrey leans against Nathan saying, “Yeah.” But she doesn’t let go of Nathan.
The next morning as Nathan is getting ready for work, Audrey telling Mrs. Eva about Danielle. Daniel comes to the door. When the bell rings Audrey asks Nathan to get it.
Seeing Daniel at the door Nathan surprised says, “Daniel,” and quickly turns the bedroom hallway where Audrey is, in one of the bedrooms, “I’ll get Audrey.”
Daniel, “No, I wanted to talk to you. I’m worried about Audrey. I think she’s dangerously close to becoming like her mother.”
Nathan stands there shocked.
End of Episode
S6 E6 – “Snow White and the Good Witch” When a young woman is kidnapped and given a trouble that terrifies the town Daniel recalls how and why her ancestor first received the trouble and uncovered how Mavis became a witch.
