Granny's diner
Mary Margaret walks in.
"Excuse me. Can I have everyone's attention, please? (The diner goes silent.) I'm sorry to interrupt your morning, but I just wanted to remind everyone that a very special occasion is upon us – Miner's Day. As always, the nuns of Storybrooke are hoping that everyone will get involved, and will help sell their exquisite candles. All we need are a few energetic volunteers. So, who wants to join me?" Mary Margaret asked
Everyone ignores Mary Margaret and goes back to what they were doing. She leaves. Both Emma and Melissa follows her outside and walks along with her.
"Hey. Mind if we join you?" Emma asked Mary Margaret
"So, what the hell is Miner's Day, and why are you beating yourself up over it?" Melissa asked Mary Margaret
"It's an annual holiday celebrating an old tradition. The nuns used to make candles and trade them with the miners for coal." Mary Margaret said
"Coal? In Maine? If they were mining for lobster, I'd understand." Emma said
"Look, I don't know. Now, they use it as a fundraiser. It's an amazing party – everyone loves it." Mary Margaret said
"It doesn't seem like everyone loves it." Melissa said
"It's not Miner's Day – it's me. Last week, I had ten volunteers. This week, they all dropped out." Mary Margaret said
"You think this is about what happened with David?" Emma asked again
"Oh, I know it is. A few of them told me as much. I've never…been a home wrecker before." Mary Margaret said
"It's going to blow over." Emma said
"You made a mistake with David – it happens." Melissa said
"But, you don't have to do charity to try to win people's hearts back." Emma said
"I have to do something, and this is the best I can do. Love ruined my life." Mary Margaret said
Emma's phone rings.
"Sheriff Swan. Yeah. I'll be right down." Emma said
Emma hangs up.
"Well, apparently, duty calls." Melissa said
"Hang in there. And, if there's anything we can do to help." Emma said
"I know. Thank you." Mary Margaret said
Both Emma and Melissa is investigating Kathryn's crashed car. Sidney arrives on the scene with a camera.
"Would you two mind if I take a look, too?" Sidney asked both Emma and Melissa
"What for?" Melissa asked Sidney
"Well, just because I got fired from The Mirror, doesn't mean I can't do a little freelance reporting. So, what do we got here?" Sidney asked again
"Gym teacher found this thing on the side of the road abandoned. Engine running, no one around. Registered to Kathryn Nolan. She's MIA." Emma said
"Kathryn Nolan, whose husband very publicly left her? I mean, the story writes itself. If I get a scoop like that, The Daily Mirror would have no choice but to take me back." Sidney said
"Calm down. You don't work for Regina anymore. Kathryn got accepted to law school in Boston. Maybe, after David dumped her, she decided to leave town." Melissa said
"Car broke down, she hitched the rest of the way. That's what I would do if I was running away from my problems." Emma said
Melissa opens the trunk of the car. There is a suitcase inside.
"And, uh, would you leave your clothes in the car?" Sidney asked again
"Time to pull Kathryn's phone records and find out who she spoke to last." Melissa said
"Yeah, you know, if you go through the Sheriff's Department, it'll take you days to get those. I've got a contact over at the phone company, who used to help me out when I was at the newspaper. I can get those in a couple hours." Sidney said
"Great. Call us the minute you get your hands on those phone records." Emma said
David's truck pulls up along the side of the road.
"There he is." Sidney said
"Time to break the news." Emma said
"You really think he doesn't know?" Sidney asked again
"We're about to find out." Melissa said
David, Emma, and Melissa are still at the crash site.
"She's just gone?" David asked them
"You really don't know anything, do you?" Emma asked David
"I-I don't… I don't understand. What happened?" David asked again
"Don't know. We're trying to find out. What can you tell us? When was the last time you spoke to Kathryn?" Melissa asked David
"Yesterday afternoon." David said
"Okay, look. We know there has been lies and deceit." Emma said
"Not one of us is judging you, but is that the truth?" Melissa asked again
"Yes. I haven't spoken to her since we… I ended things. And I came home yesterday, and all her things were gone. I assumed she was going to Boston. That's what she told me. Am I a suspect or something?" David asked again
"No. I know when people are telling the truth, David, and you are." Emma said
"She hasn't even been gone twenty-four hours. She's not even technically missing. But, if she is, trust me – We will find her." Melissa said
Sheriff station.
Melissa calling the school in Boston.
"Who's calling?" Administrator asked of who's calling
"It was about Kathryn Nolan. She was supposed to start there?" Melissa asked the administrator
"Let me see. Yes, she was supposed to start today. But she didn't show up." Administrator said
"Thank you for your time. (Melissa hangs up.) She was suppose to go to Boston for school. Didn't show up." Melissa said
"Let's go find Sydney." Emma said
At the festival.
Sidney is playing ring toss. Both Emma and Melissa walks up to him.
"What the hell are you doing?" Emma asked Sidney
"What's happening?" Sidney asked both Emma and Melissa
"We just got off the phone with Kathryn's school in Boston. Registration was this morning, and she never showed up." Melissa explains
"Something did happen." Sidney said
"It looks that way." Emma said
Mary Margaret, August, and Leroy rush past, but she stops when she sees Emma.
"Oh, Emma! Help me out! What's more sympathetic. Um, scarf or no scarf?" Mary Margaret asked Emma
"Sc-Scarf." Emma said
"Okay." Mary Margaret said
"Come on – we're on a schedule." August said
"Oh, uh, thank you. Got to go." Melissa said
Mary Margaret, August, and Leroy run off.
"Why didn't you say anything? You're looking for a suspect. Someone with a motive. Pixie cut over there has got one a mile high." Sidney said
"She had nothing to do with anything. Trust me." Emma said
"But she's the one-" Sidney said
"Trust me – I know her." Emma said
"What about the one in the black leather jacket?" Sidney asked again
"He's not." Melissa said
"How do you know that?" Sidney asked Melissa
"I just know." Melissa said
"Just get us those phone records." Emma said
At the station.
Both Emma and Melissa is looking at pictures from the crash site on a bulletin board. Sidney enters with a folder.
"You find something?" Emma asked Sidney
Sidney hands Emma the folder.
"Kathryn's phone records. Every call she made the day she crashed her car. Including an eight minute call between her and David within an hour of the accident." Sidney said
"That's not possible." Melissa said
"He said he didn't speak to her that day." Emma said
"Then, he's lying." Sidney said
"No. I know when someone is lying, and David-" Emma said as Sidney interrupt her sentence
"It's right here on paper. Phone records don't lie – people do. And our friend David does it better than most. Don't beat yourselves up over this. Both of you are not the only people that David has fooled." Sidney said
Emma is looking over Kathryn's phone records at the station. The name 'D. Nolan' is highlighted. Regina enters.
"If this is about the blackout, We've got the guys from the power company down there working on it." Emma said
"That's not why I'm here. It's been twenty-four hours since my friend, Kathryn, went missing. Have you found anything?" Regina asked both Emma and Melissa
"We've found something. We just don't know what it means." Melissa said
"Well, what is it?" Regina asked again
"At this point in the investigation, it's best that we don't divulge that information." Emma said
"If the two of you are covering for someone or not doing your job, Sheriff Swan and Deputy Flair, then I'll just find some new recruits." Regina said
David watches Mary Margaret walk passed as Emma and Melissa arrives. They approaches to him.
"David, we need to talk to you." Melissa said
"Did you get a hold of Kathryn?" David asked both Melissa and Emma
"No, I'm afraid not." Emma said
"Then, what is it?" David asked again
"We need you to come to the sheriff's station with Emma and I and tell us what you know." Melissa said
"I'm sorry. I thought I already did." David said
"So did we." Melissa said
Both Emma and Melissa leads David to the back seat of they're squad car.