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FADE IN:
INT./EXT. HIGHWAY 20, WESTBOUND, OREGON CASCADES, DUSK
Rain. The kind that has been going for hours and will keep
going. Wipers at full speed and still not enough. The highway
cuts through stands of Douglas fir that disappear into low
cloud.
CALLUM RIDGE (34) drives alone. Unremarkable in the way that
people are unremarkable when they have decided not to claim
space. Dry face, careful eyes, a posture that suggests he
spends most of his time at a desk and is fine with that. His
hands are precise on the wheel, the kind of hands trained to
hold fragile things.
A talk radio program plays at low volume. He is not
listening.
On the passenger seat: a manila envelope, a phone in a
charging
cradle, and a travel mug that stopped being warm an hour ago.
He reaches over without looking and picks up the envelope.
Reads the name in the upper corner. MAREN RIDGE, ESTATE OF.
He sets it back down.
He says the name aloud, quietly, to confirm he has it.
CALLUM
Maren Ridge.
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