Echoes Page #4

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- Okay.

Excuse me.

- More coffee?

- No, thanks.

I'm sorry, this might seem

a bit random,

but do you know this woman?

She built a modern style

glass house out here,

about 10 miles north

of the old Gamma Ranch.

You may want to talk

to Joe over there.

He knows everyone in town.

Thanks.

Excuse me.

I'm sorry to bother you,

but, um,

my name's Anna and I'm looking

for someone from around here.

The bartender said

that you might be able to help.

I'm staying at the glass house.

It's 10 miles north.

You know it?

Yeah, I know that house.

What about it?

I'm looking for the architect,

Vera Palm.

Does that ring any bells?

Let's talk outside.

I know her housekeeper.

- Jeremy?

- Yes.

He comes in for guidance

now and then.

What sort of guidance?

For $39 a session,

you can find out.

I also offer a lot of original

healing stones and native artwork.

My shop is right over there.

I think this has been

a misunderstanding.

Are you sure?

Hey, Anna, you ready?

Look, I'm just trying to find

this woman.

Well, you can't.

She's missing.

Since when?

Last March.

Wait, what happened?

Number's on the card.

Oh, it's freezing in here.

Why don't you take a little nap?

Then when you wake up,

I can grill up some of these

juicy local steaks

I keep hearing about.

You know, I'm really glad

we decided to stay in the end.

Why did you lie to me?

What?

Don't, Paul.

Why did you lie to me?

And there was me thinking we might

have a nice, quiet evening together.

You know what happened

on March 2nd.

- Who have you been talking to now?

- Doesn't matter.

What matters is you didn't tell me

the truth and I wanna know why.

Okay, uh, the truth is

I didn't want to scare you.

It can be pretty intimidating out

here when you're by yourself.

I just didn't wanna fuel

your vivid imagination

with legends about disappearing

people in the desert.

Well, if it's just an urban legend,

then why not tell me?

Because that's what they are.

They're just...

Okay.

The designer of this house,

the architect of this house...

got lost in the desert.

She went for a hike

and never came back.

Apparently it happens all the time.

People get lost.

But she didn't come back.

And you're saying

you didn't know her.

Well, how would I?

I don't believe you.

Anna.

I'm getting worried

about you now, Anna.

It's... it's somewhere down here.

Well, I guess you cleaned it

out.

The photograph?

Yes, I did.

Because you didn't want me

to see her with you.

Of course I didn't want you

to see me with my ex.

I wouldn't want to see photographs of

you lying around with your ex either.

You're hiding something from me.

And don't just keep blaming it

on my vivid imagination.

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