Ruin Me Quietly
Episode-1
Lara Voss
The thing about being mute is people think you're peaceful.
Lara Voss
Like silence is some kind of gift.
Lara Voss
It's just the only thing I have left.
Lara Voss
I've been married to Henry for a year now.
Lara Voss
Three hundred and sixty five days of him being the only person who didn't look at me like I was broken.
Lara Voss
At least that's what I thought.
It's 6:47pm. Lara is sitting at the kitchen table.The apartment is clean,quiet.Dinner is on the stove.
Henry hasn't come home yet. She's been waiting for forty minutes.
Henry Aldric
✉️ On my way.
She stares at the thumbs up for a second after she sends it.
That's what their conversations look like now.One liners.Thumbs ups.
Henry walks in at 7:03. He doesn't look at the food she made. He's already in his coat.
Henry Aldric
We're going out. Wear something decent.
Henry Aldric
Don't give me that look. Just go and get dressed up.
She gets dressed. Not because she wants to. Because it's easier than the alternative.
7:41pm. They're in the car. Radio on low. Henry's driving with both hands on the wheel which he only does when something is wrong.
Lara watches the city lights blur past her window. She taps the glass once with her finger, a habit she has when she's anxious.
Henry doesn't notice or he just doesn't care.
8:03pm. Empty road. No streetlights.Lara sits up straighter without knowing why.
Something in her body understanding before her brain does.
Then the first SUV pulls out from a side street.
Three black vehicles. No plates.
Henry stops the car. His hands drop from the wheel.
Lara Voss
(He isn't looking scared. Why isn't he scared?)
Henry opened the car door and walked out. Lara sat inside the car..scared and shivering.
The men who step out are big and quiet.Four of them.They don't rush.They walk like men who have already won.
Lara lowered the window glass slowly to hear their conversation.
Marco Ashford
You know why we’re here.
Henry Aldric
And I have it.
Marco Ashford
You've nothing Henry. Don't you dare to play with me.
Henry Aldric
I have something else.
Lara watches Henry's eyes cut to her.
Marco Ashford
Her? *Looking at Lara*
Henry Aldric
She's clean. No connections. Nobody's looking for her. Take her, call it even.
Lara doesn't move. She can't. Her whole body has gone completely cold.
Henry won't look at her now.Jaw tight. Eyes forward. Like she's already gone.
Like he decided this before they even got in the car.
Lara doesn't think. Her hand finds the door handle, she shoves it open and she runs. Heels on asphalt, the cold night air hitting her face. Someone shouts behind her.
The bridge is ahead. She doesn't decide to go there.. her legs just go. The river below is black and fast and very far down.
She hits the railing, grabs it and climbs it.
Marco Ashford
Stop her! *Shouts at his men*
Lara looks down once and she jumped.
Author
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Episode-2
11 minutes after Lara jumped.
The river doesn't care about reasons.It just takes.
Zane's men are finishing up on the waterfront. A clean job. The kind that doesn't leave traces.
Dex is the last one at the water's edge, about to turn back when something catches his eye.
Dex Mercer
*Squinting his eyes* Aye, Kasper.
Kasper Beckett
*Not looking up* We're leaving.
Something in his voice makes Kasper turn.
They both see her at the same time.
Face barely above the surface.
Like she already gave up.
Kasper Beckett
Get her out. NOW.
Three of them go in without another word. The current is stronger than it looks. By the time they drag her onto the dock she's completely limp. Soaked through. A cut bleeding down her temple mixing with river water.
Dex checks her pulse. Looks up.
Dex Mercer
*Relieved* She's breathing.
Kasper crouches down. Takes in every detail fast.
No bag, no phone, no shoes anymore. Just a dress that costs more than it should and a wedding ring on her left hand.
He turns the ring. Squints at the engraving inside.
Kasper Beckett
No way. *Whispers to himself slowly*
He stands and step away from the group. Dials.
Zane picks up the call. Flat, unbothered like it's 2pm.
Kasper Beckett
📞 We've a problem.
Zane Calloway
📞Then solve it Kasper.
Kasper Beckett
📞 It's something we can't.
Kasper Beckett
📞 Woman. Pulled from the river. Unconscious. No ID. No nothing.
Kasper Beckett
📞 Just a ring.
Zane Calloway
📞So call an ambulance.
Kasper Beckett
📞 The engraving says H & L.
Kasper Beckett
📞 Do you think it could be..
Kasper Beckett
📞 Herny and Lara.
Kasper has worked for Zane for eleven years.
He has never once heard that silence.
Zane Calloway
*voice dropping an entire octave* 📞Say that again.
Kasper Beckett
📞Henry's wife boss. I think it's her.
Zane Calloway
📞Bring her in. Nobody touches her. Nobody talks about her. And Kasper..
Zane Calloway
📞If she doesn't make it to my door breathing I'll hold you personally responsible.
Kasper stands there for a second staring at his phone.
Then he turns back to the group.
Kasper Beckett
Move carefully. And if anyone touches her wrong..be ready to get your bálls snatched.
They wrap her in a coat. Someone's jacket under hear head.
Dex keeps checking her pulse every thirty seconds the whole ride.
And right now..that's enough.
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Episode-3
Lara wakes up to a ceiling she doesn't recognize.
White. High. Expensive looking.
She sits up too fast. The room tilts. She grabs the edge of the bed and waits for everything to stop spinning.
The room is large. Clean. Dark curtains drawn shut. A lamp on the bedside table casting everything in low warm light. She's in dry clothes that aren't hers. Someone changed her.
That thought alone makes her stomach drop.
Lara Voss
[Did..someone pulled me out..]
She swings her legs off the bed. Her whole body protests. She ignores it.
She tries the door first.
Three floors up. Iron railing outside. Not happening.
She looks around the room.
No phone. No bag. Nothing with a name or an address.
Just expensive furniture and heavy silence.
She spots a letter opener on the writing desk.
She crosses the room, grabs it, goes back to the door and crouches down.
She's picked a lock before. Once. At fifteen.
Thirty seconds of focused silence.
Looks at the letter opener in her hand.
Then she opens the door and steps out into a hallway that is very long and very dark.
Zane Calloway
Going somewhere?
He's leaning against the wall directly across from the door.
Like he's been standing there the whole time.
Tall. Dark suit. Eyes that don't move when they land on her. Cold in a way that has nothing to do with temperature.
He looks at the letter opener in her hand.
His expression doesn't change at all.
Zane Calloway
Put that down.
Lara doesn't put it down.
She holds it tighter actually.
Something shifts in his eyes.
Zane Calloway
You picked a lock.
He says it like it's a problem she just created for herself.
Zane Calloway
With a letter opener.
Zane Calloway
In my house.
Zane Calloway
(Stepping closer, voice dropping)I don't know what you think is outside that door.
Zane Calloway
He stops two feet away from her. Looks down.
Zane Calloway
But whatever it is..it's worse than me.
He holds her gaze for exactly three seconds.
Then he turns and walks away.
Zane Calloway
(Not looking back)Get back in the room.
Letter opener in hand.Heart going absolutely insane.
She looks at the front door.
Lara Voss
[He didn't even flinch...I'm holding a weapon and he turned his back on me.]
Lara Voss
[Like I'm not even worth being careful about.]
That.. somehow.. is the most frightening thing about him.
She goes back in the room.She hates that she does.
She hates that he knew she would.
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