Kept Woman Page #3

Nope!

Well, if you

come to the kitchen,

here's where your surprise is.

OK!

This reminded me of the one you

were wearing the other night,

so I had to buy it for you.

I can't accept that.

You don't like your present.

I do!

No, it's OK. I just have

one other thing to show you.

I really should be going.

It's OK.

You can stay.

This won't take...

...30 seconds.

Simon! It's Jessica!

Are you home?

So, when I saw you looking

into my house like this,

I realized that you wanted

to be here with me...

and that it wasn't

me choosing you.

In fact, it was you choosing me.

Hi, Jessica.

Who are you?

My name is Robin.

Where am I?

Home.

What's the code?

Only Simon knows the code.

What are you doing?

What is this place?

It's OK.

You're safe down here.

What do you mean down here?

Is this Simon's basement?

Yes.

HELP!

- No one can hear you.

- SOMEBODY HELP ME!

Please stop!

It just makes him more angry!

Shut up! Shut up!

HELP! SOMEBODY HELP ME!

Please stop!

Please! Please!

Jess? Jess!

Hey, hon?

I'm home!

There has to be

a way out of here.

Oh, please!

You have to stop this!

You're gonna have

to clean all this up.

HELP!

HELP ME!

SOMEBODY HELP ME!

No one can hear you.

Just come back, Jessica.

It's gonna be a whole lot

easier that way.

HELP ME!

SOMEBODY HELP ME!

I do realize this is going

to take some adjusting.

It's going to be much easier

if you just accept

that this is where

you're meant to be.

What do you want from me?

I just want us to be happy.

Oh yeah!

You can try and

kill me if you like,

but you will die

down here with me,

buried like an Egyptian

slave with her pharaoh.

Oh, and if you try

and don't succeed,

that would be a whole lot worse.

Isn't that right, Robin?

Why do you have my suitcase?

You packed it

when you walked out on Evan.

Hey! Where are you?

Listen, I'm gonna apologize

to your face again,

but I'll just say sorry

to your voicemail for now.

I was an ass yesterday,

so I came home early

to make it up to you.

Anyway, I'll, uh,

I'll see you soon.

How'd you get here?

The same as you.

Simon chose me.

He chose you.

From where?

He was one of my professors.

Simon said he knew...

that we were

meant to be together

from the first moment

that we met.

How long have you been here?

I don't know.

A few years.

Years?

We have to get out of here.

No, we don't.

This is where we're meant to be.

You're telling me

you never tried to leave?

When I first got here

and I was still...

confused.

But the codes

are always changed,

and if you try to leave,

bad things happen.

What did he do to you?

He just made me understand

how much he loves me.

Hello!

Hello, Simon!

Here's a drink for you, darling.

So, I brought you

some new clothes...

I really wanna see you wear.

Did you bring me anything?

No, not this time, darling.

I was focusing on making

Jessica feel welcome.

You understand, right?

Of course.

And I got you something else

that I think you're

really going to enjoy.

Huh?

What am I supposed

to do with that?

Write your book!

I wanna support

your creative ambitions,

and this is a place where

you can commit to them fully

without having to worry

about any of the things

that women shouldn't

have to worry about,

like paying a mortgage,

If you think you can

hold someone captive

but make them happy by

buying them an old typewriter,

you're crazy.

What's crazy is

the world out there.

It's full of lost and weak men

and overburdened woman,

and this is our place where

we're righting those wrongs.

By keeping us prisoner?

You've never been more

free than you are now.

You just don't know it yet.

- Isn't that right, Robin?

- Yes!

I don't know what

you did to her,

but that'll never be me.

Oh! Well,

dinner's ready!

Dinner's ready.

Mm.hmm!

All right, then!

Jessica, why don't you..

No, Jessica there, you there.

Why don't you come join us?

Well...

As this is your first night,

I'm gonna allow you some leeway.

But in the future,

when I ask you to do something,

I suggest you do it.

Evan!

EVAN!

YOU SHOULD BE THANKFUL

THAT THIS ROOM'S SOUNDPROOF,

'CAUSE IF IT WEREN'T...

EVAN!

...and he heard you,

then I'd have to kill him.

Evan, hi!

Hey, Simon!

Um, sorry to bother you.

I'm looking for Jess.

Have you seen her,

by any chance?

No. No.

Is everything OK?

Yeah, it's just she's not around

and she doesn't have

her phone with her.

Huh! I spoke to her

earlier this afternoon.

Oh, so you saw her?

No, no. We just

chatted on the phone.

I mentioned I was going

to pick up some groceries

and asked if she wanted

me to get her anything,

seeing as how you're

without a 2nd car.

What did she say?

She said she didn't

need anything.

To be honest, um,

she seemed a bit upset.

Do you know what time that was?

Uh, about

half past 2:
00.

It's just weird. She doesn't

go anywhere without her phone.

Maybe she went out

exploring the neighbourhood.

Yeah, maybe.

Um, well, sorry to bother you.

Yeah!

That part of your life

doesn't exist anymore.

It'll be best for everyone

if you put it out of your mind.

Nah, I'm sure it's fine.

I'll have her call you

as soon as she gets in.

All right.

So, she packed some clothes?

Yeah, but

she..she left stuff

like her phone

and her toothbrush.

Well, maybe that means

she doesn't plan

to be away for long.

Yeah, but where did she go?

I mean, it just

doesn't make sense.

How's everything going

between you two?

It's going fine.

Some tension with the move.

Tension in what way?

We had a blowup yesterday

over, you know, money and work.

That kind of thing.

So it was bad?

Bad enough that

I slept on the couch.

And you were still

fighting this morning?

I left without

speaking with her.

But it's not like Jess

to just run away like that.

What about the time

in Puerto Vallarta?

- That was different.

- How?

It was before we were engaged,

and I screwed up.

Did you screw up again, Evan?

No, I didn't.

Do you think she might

have somebody else?

No, there's no one

I can think of.

What about those

wannabe detectives

she chats with online?

Yeah! She does spend a lot

of time talking to those guys.

Especially, there's this

one guy named Oscar.

Just Simon?

It's my fault

- That isn't true

- It is

Simon told me not try to escape

but I didn't listen

It's Oke

If he doesn't know

Oscar Garrett?

Yeah?

Sorry to bother you so early.

I'm Officer Haynes

with the NYPD.

This is Evan Crowder.

Jessica's boyfriend?

Fianc. You know

where she is?

No. Has something

happened to her?

She hasn't been heard from

since yesterday afternoon.

I thought you had to

be missing 24 hours

before the police got involved.

I'm here as a friend.

Can we come inside?

So, uh, what did

you two talk about?

I mean, a bunch of things.

Like?

Mainly this new case

I've been working on.

Did she say anything

that might indicate

she'd be going away?

If anything,

it was the opposite.

She was complaining about

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