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Episode: S2 Episode 1.5: The Alison Recording

Author: Two-Up
Duration: 00:08:39

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+11 days 1 hr since Lia Haddock’s abduction. Episode 2 coming Monday November 12th. Order the Limetown novel now at book.limetown.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Summary

In 'S2 Episode 1.5: The Alison Recording' by Two-Up, the narrative centers on Lia Haddock's investigation amid ongoing emotional turmoil surrounding the disappearance of residents in Limetown. Key moments include a character's regret over failing to record an important conversation with Allison Haddock, who is grappling with the loss of her daughter. The story reveals deeper layers of despair as another character, Emil, recounts finding him in distress while suggesting connections to other figures like Glass Joe and Sylvia. As the mystery deepens, themes of abduction, grief, and the search for truth are highlighted, setting the stage for future revelations in the series.

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00:00:08 Speaker_01
Where is it?

00:00:10 Speaker_04
What? Where is it? I'm sorry, I can't hear you over my music.

00:00:19 Speaker_01
I've now listened to everything, everything, and there's nothing on your meeting with Allison Haddock. What time is it? Stop!

00:00:28 Speaker_04
You really lose a sense of time in here.

00:00:31 Speaker_01
Did you talk to her? Answer me. Yes. Did you record it? Why are you smiling? Where is it?

00:00:48 Speaker_04
There wasn't much of a conversation. I just needed the next piece. She gave it to me.

00:00:54 Speaker_01
Then why can I not find it?

00:00:56 Speaker_04
Because I didn't record it on a tape. It was a mistake on my part. Embarrassing, actually. You have my phone, right?

00:01:07 Speaker_01
It's retina locked.

00:01:09 Speaker_04
All you had to do was ask. It's in the voice memos. You know what voice memos are, right?

00:01:26 Speaker_01
Yes, I know what voice memos are.

00:01:28 Speaker_04
It's the most recent one. The others are mostly grocery lists or anything else I don't care about losing or being compromised. I didn't realize I wasn't recording until well after we'd started, but that was mostly me convincing her to talk to me.

00:01:42 Speaker_01
Did you hurt her?

00:01:45 Speaker_04
No. Allison wanted to talk. It took a little bit of scene work on my part, but when she felt like I was someone who could actually help, she was relieved. I mean, she left her house in the middle of the night to go to some bar nearby.

00:02:02 Speaker_04
She wore sunglasses, I guess to try to hide who she was. She just sat at the bar and drank cranberry juice. It was kind of sad.

00:02:13 Speaker_01
She was grieving. Her daughter is missing.

00:02:17 Speaker_04
She strikes me as someone who's used to being in grief.

00:02:25 Speaker_02
That was the deal. That was the deal. And I broke it. There was something I never told Leah. I promised I'd tell her everything. But that wasn't true. And now she's gone.

00:02:43 Speaker_03
What do you mean? What didn't you tell her?

00:02:51 Speaker_02
After Limetown.

00:02:53 Speaker_03
Why didn't you tell her?

00:02:56 Speaker_02
Because it wasn't... He wasn't Emil anymore. What happened? I was looking for Emil out in St. George, in Utah. Why there? One night, forever ago, we saw a movie together that took place on Mars. The movie was silly, but...

00:03:20 Speaker_02
Emil said it looked like this place in Utah he went once. A little town at the bottom of a deep red mountain. When I was looking for him, I must have seen it in a magazine or... But I saw it and I knew. St. George. So I went.

00:03:44 Speaker_02
When I got there, I saw in the police blotter there were these break-ins, little stuff from people's homes. Food and camping gear, like someone was scavenging. I thought, maybe.

00:04:00 Speaker_02
So, I take these long drives through the desert, endlessly driving, driving. One night, I saw a little fire in the distance. I got close, and there he was. I was so happy, but just for a minute, because as I got closer, his clothes were torn.

00:04:32 Speaker_02
His hair was long and thin. His skin was gray. I said, Emil, it's me. It's Allison. He didn't move, so I grabbed his face to look at me. His eyes were dead. He was like an animal, emaciated, panicked. I told him, it's time to go home.

00:05:00 Speaker_02
I have been searching so long. He shook his head, started to cry. I asked him, what happened? What the hell happened? And all he said was, Glass Joe made them swim. Glass Joe made them swim. Over and over. Just like that. I asked him who Glass Joe was.

00:05:28 Speaker_02
He just... He wasn't making sense. I knew I'd lost him. So I turned around. I was going to go home. It was over. But then it was like the lights came back on for a second, like he was Emil again.

00:05:51 Speaker_02
He told me something happened after Limetown, and he was so sorry and so scared. And then he got very serious and said there was someone else like me out there, a girl, someone he needs to keep safe from Glass Joe. Then the lights went out again.

00:06:17 Speaker_03
What do you mean, a girl like you? She made him feel normal. What does that mean? Who was the girl? Her name is Sylvia. She was seven. Sylvia... Winona's daughter?

00:06:40 Speaker_02
I almost fell out of my chair when Lenora brought her up on Leah's show. That poor girl.

00:06:48 Speaker_03
Do you know where Sylvia is? Not a clue. Do you think she would know anything about the bridge?

00:06:54 Speaker_02
I don't know anything, okay? You think I'm not racking my brain for any possible detail that would get Leah back to me? That I haven't played back every single conversation I have ever had just to get some breadcrumb that I know isn't there?

00:07:12 Speaker_02
I spent two years looking for a meal after Limetown. I lost my husband. I lost my daughter. I kept telling myself it was the right thing to do, what I had to do. All I learned was that I wasn't special. And that Emil was lost. Just like everyone else.

00:07:37 Speaker_02
That's all I have.

00:07:43 Speaker_01
So that's how you knew to go to Sylvia next?

00:07:46 Speaker_04
And the first time I heard about Glass Joe, Sylvia seemed a less bullshed path to follow.

00:07:55 Speaker_01
Thank you for your cooperation.

00:08:00 Speaker_04
Hey, what does drowning feel like?

00:08:08 Speaker_01
I'm going to find what hurts you.

00:08:14 Speaker_00
Seems that way.