Drama Short: "The Interview"
CAST:

MARLOWE — detective, late forties, economical with words
SIMONE VREELAND — witness, architect, visibly composed but not calm
DISPATCH — voice only, heard through Marlowe's radio

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ACT ONE
SCENE 1: POLICE INTERVIEW ROOM
[AMBIENCE: Fluorescent hum, distant corridor footsteps, central AC cycling on]
MARLOWE
You said you left the building at nine.
SIMONE
I said around nine.
[BEAT]
MARLOWE
Around.
[SFX: Folder sliding across table]
MARLOWE
(evenly)
The badge log says nine forty-seven.
[BEAT — 3 SECONDS]
SIMONE
(measured)
Then the badge log is more certain than I am.
[SFX: Radio crackle]
DISPATCH
(through radio, clipped)
Marlowe. Second floor found something. You'll want to come up.
[BEAT]
MARLOWE
(to Simone, not looking away)
I'll be right back, Ms. Vreeland.
SIMONE
(quietly, to the empty room)
No. You won't.
[SFX: Door closing. Silence settling.]
[AMBIENCE: AC shuts off. Room goes very still.]
[BEAT — 3 SECONDS]
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