Garage Sale Mystery: The Deadly Room Page #3

---

You seem a little...

Untroubled?

Not grieving properly?

Well... Frankly, yes.

Look.

It's no secret

I didn't like Adrian,

And she didn't care much for me.

I don't know

How I feel.

Maybe it'll hit me later.

If you don't mind me asking,

What happened

Between the two of you?

Well...

A car crash happened.

No more mom, no more dad.

There was a trust fund.

Adrian controlled it.

So any time I wanted something,

I had to go to her.

Not cool.

Did Adrian have

Any health issues

That would've contributed

To her sudden death?

She had to wear

One of those heart halters

A couple years ago.

Irregular heartbeat,

But nothing major.

Seemed to go away on its own.

I won't presume to understand

Your relationship.

I know that family

Can be difficult

Under the best

Of circumstance,

But at the end of the day,

It's still family.

I'm sorry for your loss.

Thanks.

I'm really not an evil person.

Just honest.

Hey, hon.

Oh, hey,

Sweetheart.

Have you seen this?

No. What is it?

"Deadly house strikes again.

"Curse of

The old Carson house.

"An internet story

Told of the curse.

"Real estate agent

Adrian Merrill

"Vowed to prove it false.

"She slept in the house

With a live webcam.

In the morning,

She was dead."

This is horrible.

You okay?

Oh, yeah,

I'm okay.

None of it makes sense.

I know

That look in your eyes.

Do you really think

Someone might've

Killed her?

I don't know.

I really don't know.

Autopsy reports

Came in this morning.

Death by

Natural causes.

What did you think

We'd find?

Well, it's just...

It's hard to believe,

That's all.

Listen,

I have gone through

The entire tape

Of her sleeping.

She never gets up,

And no one

Ever comes into the room.

You mean, no one ever came

Into view on camera.

Fine. No one

Is ever seen on camera.

When they say "natural causes,"

What does that mean?

It means "death not attributed

To outside forces."

Her heart stopped.

This is not a police case.

There are no suspects.

Leave it be, Jenn.

I hear you.

Good.

Could you do me

A favour, though?

Would you call the coroner,

See if he'll talk to me?

[Chuckles]

Oh, here we go.

[]

[Peter]:

Hi. Is Jennifer here?

Oh, uh, she should be

Back in a couple hours.

Oh. Okay.

I think she loaned something

From the store

For the open house

Last Saturday.

If you could please remind her

To go by and pick it up.

I think

I saw you there.

-peter Mullin.

-Hannah.

Hi. I work

In the same office

As Adrian...

...did.

You must all be devastated.

We are.

It's tough

Any time you lose a friend,

But this...

So...

What happens to the house now?

Well, the house is still there.

It's gonna be a tough sell

After this.

I don't envy the next agent.

Mm, people don't really

Believe that "curse" story?

You'd be surprised.

We actually got a call

At the office today.

Someone says they remember

A woman who died in the house

Back in the 1960s.

It was

This big mystery--

She was young,

In her 40s.

Hmm. What do you think?

I think...

I think

I'm glad I don't own the house.

[]

Have a good day.

You too.

[Chuckles]

The perfect murder?

In my opinion?

No such thing.

At least

In the real world.

The killer always

Leaves some evidence,

Always makes a mistake.

And nothing

About Adrian Merrills death

Suggested anything

But "natural causes"?

Ah, yes.

The "deadly room"--

Heh, I love that.

No signs of trauma,

No gunshot wounds,

Knife wounds, et cetera,

No bruising.

Blood panels

Negative for poisons.

Estimated time of death

Between 3:
00 and 5:00 a.m.,

From her core temperature.

Her heart just stopped.

Why?

Well, um, she had

A history of mild tachycardia,

That's an irregular heartbeat,

And, looking at

The medical records,

Also had sleep apnea.

The irregular heartbeat,

The apnea,

Or a combination of the two

Could be linked

To sudden cardiac death.

Unfortunately,

What we have here

Is a 35-year-old woman

Who died of natural causes.

So that's it?

That's it.

The body is released.

Private funeral.

End of story.

Ooh!

Candy?

[]

Hey!

Is this

The "deadly room" house,

The one that

Killed that woman?

No, it's not.

That house is, um,

A couple blocks down the road.

Okay. Thanks.

[]

How long do

We have to stay?

No disrespect,

But if Adrian were here,

She'd want to leave.

[]

Hello.

Good to see

Someone I know.

I have no idea

Who most of these people are.

We don't, either.

I'm sorry to interrupt.

Jennifer, Danielle,

This is my boss, Patrick white.

He owns the real estate firm

Where Adrian worked.

Nice to meet you.

Well, Im so sorry to meet

Under these circumstances.

Adrian was a friend,

As well as the best agent

I ever had.

This is a...

Tragic loss.

Can we have a moment?

Excuse us.

[Hushed conversations,

Overlapping]

Dani, check that out.

Thanks.

Thank you so much for coming.

[Quietly]:

Do I look the part?

You look fine.

I'd appreciate it

If we kept that conversation

We had the other day

Between the two of us.

Yes, of course.

Do you guys sell?

Used furniture?

Yes, we deal mostly with

Antiques and unique items.

Great. 'Cause all this

Is gonna go.

I'm gonna be moving in

To Adrians house,

But I want

A whole different vibe.

I'll call you.

[]

Geez. I could

Barely stand it!

If it wasn't so obvious,

I'd think

That Tina killed her sister.

What do you mean?

Well, I think,

If she was guilty of anything,

She would have acted bereaved

The last time I went to see her.

She didn't care.

Unless it was a double-fake

And she thought that,

By acting nonchalant,

It would make her seem innocent

Because on the surface,

She'd look guilty.

Possible.

But... Guilty of what?

Jenn, you went to the coroner.

Nobody killed Adrian.

[]

[Gasps] Ive got it!

Blow gun.

The killer was off-camera

With a poison dart,

Blew through the long tube.

And-- [smack]

voila.

I don't think so. No.

Well, one,

The dart would still be there.

Or two, if the killer

Went to retrieve it,

We would see him on camera,

Right?

Yeah.

And the poison would show up

In an autopsy.

How else could

A killer have done this?

I'm stumped.

So, either she did

Die of natural causes,

Or...

The house has a "deadly room"

That kills people.

Does it?

How much do you really know

About the house's history?

[]

[Gasps]

May I help you?

[takes a breath, chuckles]

That house

Has quite the reputation.

When I was younger,

We wouldn't even

Trick-or-treat there.

[Scoffs lightly]

You certainly don't think

The house somehow

Kills people, do you?

How it happens,

I don't know.

But there have been deaths.

I've been told houses that old

Have had deaths.

Oh, that's it. Right there.

Huh.

And now

The most recent one,

The real estate

Agent.

You heard about that?

[]

[Clink]

It was a "celebration

Of life,"

It was at

Adrian's house,

But it really

Wasn't a lot of fun.

They never are.

Tina is walking around

Like the bereaved sister,

And she isn't.

That's harsh.

Rate this script:0.0 / 0 votes