ADAM AUDREY BEVERLY BRANDON CASSIE DEREK GEORGE GRACE GRANT JAKE JARED JIM LORI MARTHA SEAN TARA WAITER MARTHA Citizens of Middleton, my many, many supporters, friends and well wishers, today I commence my first term as your newly elected Mayor. I shall bring the same dedication to this office as our previous Mayor, Ms. Cassie Nightingale. With perhaps a tad less mystery. But before we begin a new era for Middleton, let us welcome to the podium a woman who has given us all so very, very much. Our former mayor - Cassie! Why must you always pop up like that? My heart... CASSIE Mine too, Martha. It's so full at this special time. MARTHA What? Oh yes. Um, let's start again, from the beginning. CASSIE It is a new beginning, for both of us. CASSIE I thought the rehearsal went well. And thank you for the lovely tribute, Martha. And for all the things you did for me, when I was mayor. MARTHA Well, it is a big job, Cassie. Too much for most women. CASSIE If you need anything at all, I will be there for you. Now that the kids are growing up... MARTHA Yes, yes, yes. Well I'll be sure to keep that in mind. JARED Madame Mayor. We have a problem. MARTHA Oh well, that is why I was elected. JARED Your Middleton Botanical Gardens project. It's going to cost more than you thought. MARTHA Oh. Well, a thousand dollars more here or there is no -- JARED One hundred and seventy-seven thousand dollars. MARTHA What? Are you sure they didn't misplace the decimal point? CASSIE Perhaps it's that waterfall you wanted. JARED It's mostly the waterfall, because the park is totally flat. MARTHA I will raise that money at our fund raiser next week. CASSIE Spoken in the spirit of a true leader. In honor of your leadership, Martha, I'd like you to have this. It's from my shop. MARTHA How very... cute. CASSIE It's a Kachina Doll. Made by the Hopi Indians. It's a carving of one of their old great chiefs. MARTHA 'Old'? CASSIE The Chief will inspire you to great leadership and good will. MARTHA Well, where am I going to put this lovely, little... Oh, I know, maybe right in here, just for safekeeping. CASSIE I'll let you get back to work. There is one other official I'd like to thank before I go. JARED She was a great mayor. I'm gonna miss her. JAKE Cass. What are you doing here? CASSIE I just dropped by to say thank you for all the great things you did for me when I was mayor. JAKE What kind of thank you do you have in mind? Well, it's great to be appreciated. Appreciate me more -- CASSIE I would love to but I've got to get back to my shop. JAKE Did you find anybody to hire yet? CASSIE Not yet, but I'm sure the right person will come along soon. JAKE Well, I hope so. Because you're gonna be busy with Brandon and Tara and the... Oh, Martha. CASSIE Oh. JAKE Hello, Martha? Okay. Yup. I'll be there in a minute. Her first day as mayor, and she's already driving me crazy. What was I saying? CASSIE Oh. About Brandon. It seems like yesterday he was our little boy. JAKE I know, I know, and now he's getting married in four months? CASSIE It'll be here sooner than we think. Look at Grace, how fast she's growing, she's already off to school. JAKE Do you remember her first day, how excited she was to go? CASSIE And how misty-eyed I was. I wouldn't to let her go. I just wanted to hold her and hug her forever. JAKE She just walked in there, head up, little Miss Independent. CASSIE She never even looked back. JAKE Yeah, and we were a wreck. CASSIE With everyone doing their own thing, there's just times lately when the house feels so lonely. JAKE This family will always be close. And do you know why? It's because of you Cassie. CASSIE I shouldn't be so melancholy. After all, things change. JAKE For the better. Like your new haircut. DEREK Not a chance, no way! It's not happening, Martha. MARTHA This is the new look for our police department. DEREK New? No cop has worn that in a hundred years. MARTHA Perfectly in keeping with my new town slogan: 'Moving Forward, Looking Back'. JAKE Martha. A police uniform has to command respect. DEREK Not laughter. CASSIE Well, maybe you could -- MARTHA Ah - ah - ah! This is strictly between me and my Chief of Police. JAKE I don't understand. Our uniforms we're fine for every other mayor. MARTHA Chief Russell, I am not 'every other mayor'. DEREK You can say that again. MARTHA I'm sorry. What did you say? DEREK I said nothing, Madam Mayor. MRS. BRYSON Grace? Grace? Come out, come out, wherever you are. GRACE Hi, Mrs. Bryson! MRS. BRYSON Oh! There you go again. Always popping up out of nowhere. Just like your mother. Come in. GRACE Grandpa! GEORGE Sorry, I'm late. MRS. BRYSON That's all right, Mr. O'Hanrahan. I had some paperwork. And apparently Grace wanted to play hide and seek. GEORGE Grace, you can play when you're at home. When you're at school you have to learn your lessons. GRACE Why? GEORGE Because that's what you do at school. MRS. BRYSON Actually, I do encourage the children to play as much as possible. GEORGE You do? MRS. BRYSON Yes. Kindergarten is a place where learning should be fun. GEORGE But they are learning reading? Writing? MRS. BRYSON And arithmetic. But the way we teach it now is very different. GEORGE I see. MRS. BRYSON Actually, Grace has been very interested in numbers lately. GRACE Ask me a numbers question. GEORGE Alright. Pretend you have two cookies. The teacher takes one cookie. And I take one cookie. What's left? GRACE Tears. MRS. BRYSON Well, she is correct, in a creative kids kind of way. GEORGE But minus is still zero. I know teaching methods have changed -- MRS. BRYSON And I need to change with the times. GEORGE What I need is the best possible education for my granddaughter. MRS. BRYSON And that's exactly what I'm here for. Grace, honey, I'll see you in few days, okay? GEORGE How come? MRS. BRYSON We're closed for our Professional Development Days. GEORGE I see. Grace. Come on, sweetie. MRS. BRYSON Bye. JIM Hey Lori. Congrats on your first article. LORI Thanks Jim. Did you like it? JIM Like it? Yeah. No, no, no, it was great. I really didn't have to do any editing at all. You've been here a week, you hardly need me anymore. LORI Well, I'll try to make more mistakes next time. JIM So I guess you had to do a lot of research on that. LORI For online dating disasters? I didn't have to do any research, I'm living it. JIM Why, are you looking for a boyfriend? LORI Well, my brother's wedding is coming up and it would be nice to have someone to go with. JIM I'm sure you'll find somebody. LORI Yeah, four months and ticking. JIM Well, if there's one thing I've learned about you already, you work well on a deadline. CASSIE Tibetan finger cymbals? You know, let me check in the back for you. CASSIE The stones are merlinite quartz. I'll be right with you. I have it on order. I'll call you as soon s they come in. You're welcome. Pardon me. Brandon. How's it going? BRANDON Hey Cassie. I'm pretty good. How are things with you? CASSIE Well, at the moment I have a new customer. And I have a double batch of my chicken vindaloo cooking back home. BRANDON Mm, my favorites. Hey, Tara and I are coming to visit tonight, along with her Aunt Beverly. CASSIE Oh, what a nice surprise. BRANDON Yeah. Tara has this business conference in town. So we'll be there around dinner time. I could pick up some take out if... Wait. Didn't you just say you were cooking a 'double batch' of my favorite dish? How did you..? Thank you, Cassie. CASSIE I can't wait to see you. Isn't that precious? You can open it. It's an antique silver set. AUDREY Wow. Solid silver. Beautiful oak leaf design. CASSIE You know you're the first person to ever notice that. Cassie Nightingale. AUDREY Audrey. I'm Audrey... Bennett. CASSIE The same name as the Boston company that forged this silver. AUDREY What a coincidence. CASSIE Perhaps. Are you here to visit family? AUDREY No, I don't have any family. CASSIE Yeah, I didn't either when I first arrived. I found my family here in Middleton. And I've been here ever since. AUDREY I've been moving around a lot. And that gets pretty lonely too. CASSIE I know what that's like. But it's motivation to make new friends. AUDREY I was looking for a nice place to settle down. So I did a web search, for 'Charming Towns'. And this town, your town came up, just top of the list. CASSIE Middleton? What a coincidence. AUDREY Perhaps. What a strange little bottle. CASSIE Root extract. Builds confidence and concentration. AUDREY Do you drink it? Like medicine? CASSIE Aromatherapy. The sense of smell connects directly to the brain. And channels your chi. Interested? AUDREY Yeah. I've always been interested in medicine. I wanted to be a veterinarian. But, you know, life. CASSIE It pulls us in so many directions. AUDREY Exactly. CASSIE Well, it's on sale. AUDREY I could probably use it, but the truth is, what I really need right now is a job so that I can pay for it. CASSIE Well, it is your lucky day. When can you start? AUDREY First thing tomorrow? CASSIE I'll see you then. AUDREY Thank you. This is just what I needed. CASSIE Me too. Oh. What can I do for you, Martha? MARTHA Upon further reflection, I have decided to take you up on your offer to help with my fund raiser. CASSIE That's very sweet of you to think of me. MARTHA The event is one week from tomorrow. We need to raise $, dollars immediately. Otherwise we won't be able to get our plantings in the ground before the winter freeze. CASSIE ? This morning the budget was thousand? MARTHA Well, I managed to whittle it down by replacing the waterfall with a stone fountain. Modeled on one I discovered on my trip to Sorrento. CASSIE Looks lovely. MARTHA It is. It will be. And here's where you come in. The leader of our Chamber of Commerce, Adam Berger, is on the fence, and I need you to use your... 'black magic' to get him on our side. CASSIE Martha, it doesn't quite work that way. And besides, you didn't need any magic during your bid for mayor. MARTHA Bid. Bid. We could ask people to bid, at a silent auction. CASSIE What a wonderful idea. MARTHA Oh Cassie, I'm bursting with fresh ideas. I'll go after the cash donations, while you put together the items for the auction CASSIE Glad to. Here's our very first item. CASSIE I must have left my keys in the car. Thank you. GRACE Do I get a popsicle? CASSIE No popsicles. We're gonna have dinner as soon as Brandon gets here. But maybe you can draw him a picture? CASSIE Hey. How was your first day with Martha? JAKE Very difficult. She wants us to dress like clowns. CASSIE I'm sorry, here, I hope you don't mind. I just can't take you seriously. JAKE You can't imagine how hard it is to work for that woman. CASSIE Oh, yes I can. I agreed to run her silent auction. JAKE With Martha, it won't be very silent. CASSIE Walk to me. I need to check on my vindaloo. JIM Hey Lori. You are a fast walker. LORI Well, it's my warm up for my field hockey practice. JIM Cool. When's your next game? I'd love to watch. LORI Cool. We need the support. More people show up to archery than us. JIM Well, nothing's more thrilling than a bulls eye, right? LORI By the way, did you see all the comments on my online dating article? JIM Yeah, most of them were from guys who wanted to date you. LORI Well, I was thinking I could do a follow up. JIM About what? LORI Well, go on blind dates with some of the guys and then write about the experience. JIM Oh, so you're still looking for a date for the wedding. LORI No, why, jealous? JIM No. LORI Well, 'cause if you weren't my editor, then maybe you could come with me. Just kidding. JIM Oh, well maybe then I should resign. I'm kidding. Kidding too. LORI Well, I have to get to my practice. JIM Yeah. CASSIE Oh. I hired someone for the shop today. JAKE Well, that's good. Anybody I know? CASSIE No. Her name is Audrey Bennett. She's new in town. JAKE Sounds good. CASSIE Aren't you going to ask me to run a background check? JAKE A background check. Come on. We're partners, right? Every good cop knows he has to trust his partner. And I trust you. CASSIE Chief. BEVERLY Cassie! How are you? CASSIE Beverly. It's so wonderful to see you again. BEVERLY Jake! JAKE So where's the future bride and groom? BEVERLY Oh, they're unpacking the car. JAKE Okay, well, let me help. CASSIE You look so fresh for someone who's travelled such a long way. BEVERLY Well, I'm so excited. CASSIE Oh, me too. BEVERLY We're going to have so much fun helping the kids with this wedding. CASSIE I can't wait to hear some of your ideas. BEVERLY Oh, my head is spinning with them. On the way here, Tara and I saw an island on the river. And we thought perhaps we could ferry the guests over for a reception? CASSIE Sounds like you both envision a fairly grande affair. BEVERLY Just a thought. TARA What smells so good? BRANDON That's Cassie's chicken vindaloo. Feels like I never left home. CASSIE There's the happy couple. Tara. TARA Hi. JAKE So Brandon, how's the job going? BRANDON It's terrific. TARA Tell them. BRANDON The label wants me to be their rep for their festival tour. CASSIE Congratulations Brandon. JAKE I am proud of you, son. TARA Isn't that cool? It starts in just two weeks. BRANDON And it goes nonstop for six months, so... BEVERLY What about the wedding? TARA Aunt Beverly, we wanted to wait until we had everyone together to let you know. BEVERLY Know what? BRANDON We have to postpone the wedding. DEREK Hi. Can I help you? AUDREY Well, hello Officer... DEREK Please, Derek. AUDREY Officer Derek. I'm Audrey. I'm new in town, on my own... DEREK Oh? I mean, oh. AUDREY My new landlord wants proof of my prior residence, but my license has expired. DEREK Well, he probably just needs a reference. That's pretty common. I could help you out. AUDREY Great. The owner of the Bell, Book & Candle where I work suggested I come here. DEREK Cassie? AUDREY Yeah. DEREK She usually knows what's she doing. Well, if you give me your name and social, I can probably pull up your prior address on some kind of document. AUDREY My name is Audrey -- Bennett. DEREK Bennett. Alright, well, there are a few Audrey Bennetts. What's your social security number? AUDREY You know what, it's okay. I don't want to trouble you. DEREK No, no, no, no, it's no trouble. Uh, sorry. AUDREY Sure. DEREK Hello. Derek Sanders. Because the uniforms you gave us got dirty, Martha. Madame Martha, Madame Mayor. I sent them out for cleaning. Five weeks. Yes. Right away. Sorry, um, I'll be right back. AUDREY Sure. Okay. CASSIE My father's pocket watch. And his father's before that. I plan to give it to Brandon on his wedding day. I found just the chain for it. AUDREY Wow. Sounds like you guys are pretty close. Must be nice to always have someone you can turn to. CASSIE It's wonderful to have family, but there are some things that family members have a hard time understanding. AUDREY And that's why it's great to have a friend you can talk to, someone who really listens. CASSIE I already feel we can tell each other anything. Oh here. Hide the watch. In that drawer. AUDREY Okay, sure. CASSIE Well, hello. Tara, I thought you had a conference today? TARA The keynote speaker got sick so it was cancelled. CASSIE Now you have a little free time to do whatever you want before the tour. BRANDON And I just thought of exactly what we could do. Tara, let's get married. TARA Right now? BRANDON No, no. Next Sunday, before I hit the road. TARA That's in eight days. We couldn't possibly... could we? BRANDON Well, why not? Cassie and my Dad got married on short notice. And Cassie did it in no time, like magic. CASSIE It was a magical day. BRANDON We don't have to go over the top. We can do something small, casual. The important thing is we're getting married. BEVERLY But Tara, honey, are you sure you want to give up all those special things you always wanted for your wedding? TARA Well, maybe... CASSIE I'm glad to help, whatever you choose. BEVERLY Cassie, don't you have the Mayor's fund raiser the day before? AUDREY I could help with that, Cassie. Whatever you need. TARA Let's go for it. BRANDON Okay. Let's go to the cafe right now and start making lists. TARA Okay. BRANDON Cassie? CASSIE Oh. The shop. AUDREY I'll cover for you. Not a problem. CASSIE Thanks, Audrey. For everything. ADAM The office looks... different. MARTHA Thank you. ADAM Who's your decorator, Marie Antoinette? MARTHA No, sadly she wasn't available. I did it myself. To reflect a new era in Middleton leadership. ADAM Cassie is a tough act to follow. MARTHA Back to business shall we? As you can see, our European fountain is the focal point of the Middleton Botanical Gardens. ADAM Should bring in the tourists. MARTHA Middleton is getting a lot of bang for it's buck. With your leadership in the business community, you ought to be able to raise that kind of money in no time. ADAM Who's your plumber? MARTHA Pardon. ADAM You can't have a fountain without water. Or electricity. MARTHA Oh well I just assumed that was included in the cost of the fountain. ADAM First rule of sound investing. Never assume anything. MARTHA But... ADAM Have another look at these figures, and get back to me. MARTHA But I... But there's so little time. CASSIE It'd be a huge help if you could drop by Foster's Hardware and grab the garden tools that he's donating. Great. And Audrey, thank you for being there. Okay. LORI I guess things are working out with Audrey? CASSIE Honestly, I don't know what I'd do without her. Especially with Brandon getting married on such short notice. LORI I'm glad he's found his soulmate. CASSIE How's your article coming along? LORI I'm not to sure, about any of it. But, I have my first date today, so who knows? CASSIE You know how it is, you really want someone in your life, and then, when you least expect it, there they are. LORI Well, I hope whoever he is, shows up before the wedding. CASSIE This might help. LORI A wood box? CASSIE Careful. Don't open it. You'll expose the film. LORI It's a camera? CASSIE A camera obscura. LORI Cool. CASSIE A long time ago it was owned by a Parisian photographer who took candid pictures of couples in love. All you need to do is wind it three times and then find your focus. LORI Thanks. Smile. AUDREY Is there a problem, Officer? DEREK I thought you promised to call me Derek. AUDREY Sorry, right, Derek. It's just when I see a uniform, I assume there's trouble. DEREK If there's trouble, then I'm doing my job right. Listen, I was thinking, you being new in town, maybe I could show you around? AUDREY Well, that would be great. DEREK Dinner? AUDREY Sure. I'd love to hear about your job. DEREK Well, it's not that exciting. Parking tickets, shoplifting, the odd drifter who's up to no good. Fraud. AUDREY Fraud? DEREK Well, you meet all kinds of characters. AUDREY Right. DEREK But I always get my man. Or my woman. Not that I, you know, I didn't... AUDREY Right. DEREK Yeah. One sec. Fender bender at Grove and rd. We'll have to continue this conversation, on Tuesday? AUDREY Sure. What time? DEREK Seven? AUDREY Can we make it eight? I'm volunteering at the South Street Animal Shelter. DEREK Eight PM. Maybe there's a good crime movie. AUDREY Right. GRACE Boo! CASSIE Oh my goodness. You are so scary. GEORGE I thought we'd find you out here. GRACE Can I have a cookie? CASSIE One. GRACE Two? CASSIE I said one. GRACE Bye Grandpa. GEORGE See ya sweetie. I wonder what the weather is going to be next weekend. CASSIE Sixty percent chance of showers on Saturday. GEORGE Well, there's nothing you can do about the weather. CASSIE Oh, yes I can. GEORGE Really? CASSIE I can order tenting for the auction in case it pours. GEORGE It's from Gwen. She's spending the week out west visiting her grandchildren. CASSIE Please tell your wonderful wife we all miss her. GEORGE Can't seem to open up these pictures. CASSIE Here. Oh, what a beautiful shot of those mountains. Wow. GEORGE These new phones drive me crazy. The world is moving so fast. Kids are growing up so fast these days. One of these days Grace won't even be able to relate to me. CASSIE And where did you get that idea? GEORGE At her school. The way she's being taught. I don't get it. CASSIE Well, you can be sure of one thing. She's learning whenever you're together. GEORGE Cassie, her school is not in session the next few days. What would you say if I gave her some old-fashioned tutoring? CASSIE I think that would be a great learning experience. GEORGE Really help Grace get down to the basics. CASSIE I meant for the both of you. The best teachers always learn from their students. TARA We think this could be fun. Besides we're just going casual. BEVERLY Casual? What happened to your plans for an elegant southern French supper. With your names stenciled on the napkins. TARA Well, because it's in six days, Aunt Beverly. BEVERLY Well, he could say no to the tour. TARA It's what he's dreamed of his whole life. BEVERLY At least take a week off. TARA The tour is like a / job. BEVERLY What about your dreams Tara, the wedding you always wanted since you were a little girl. Have you shared those with Brandon? It's got to be a partnership. What's best for both of you. TARA Maybe I will insist on a sit-down dinner? BEVERLY Insist on the wedding you've always wanted. CASSIE Oh, poor Miss Bryson thought she had lost Grace for good at a petting zoo. And then she found her - Riding a goat. AUDREY No. Oh my goodness. You must have your hands full. CASSIE Yes, Grace is very fulfilling. AUDREY I know its only been three days but this is the beginning of a lot of things for me. Thanks to you. For all your support. You have been so great. CASSIE That's what friends are for. AUDREY Friends? From the minute I walked into Middleton. I felt renewed. And welcome. CASSIE This town has a way of welcoming wandering spirits and changing their lives. I'm proof of that. MARTHA Cassie! CASSIE Oh, Martha. I had no idea it was you. MARTHA Hello, Cassie, Audrey. AUDREY Hello. CASSIE Oh, it's a beautiful scarf. I have one just like it at home. MARTHA You know what I always say? Loveliness is like a compost for the soul. AUDREY I'm not quite sure I follow. CASSIE How did it go with Adam and the business associates? MARTHA Not well. In fact, not very well at all. I thought a change in style, your style, I might be able to raise funds, and my approval rating. I've raised less than a hundred dollars. You know what, here, you take it. And Audrey, could you please get all of the auction items into the display case in City Hall ASAP? AUDREY Certainly. We have so many great things. MARTHA Well, right now they are our only hope to raise the money. CASSIE Once people see these items, they'll be sure to loosen their purse strings. Excuse me. Hello, Bruce. Yes, I'm going to be sending you a customer. I was hoping you could show her some floral options for the wedding. MARTHA Oh, that wedding. Five days from now? I used to be in the wedding business, and all I can tell you is, good luck. However, speaking of loosening my own purse strings. Please put this with the auction items. AUDREY Is it worth a lot? MARTHA My home decor is more Chesapeake Bay than Hopi Indian. JIM Hey. I thought you were on a lunch date. LORI I am. Can't you tell? JIM Where's the date? LORI He's running late. JIM Oh. LORI By about thirty five minutes. Can I help you, sir? JIM Maybe I could help you with something? Your assignment? Why don't you let your editor buy you lunch? LORI But what if our lunch doesn't go well and I write about it? JIM Okay, then, well, I'll take my chances. LORI I guess I could go for a little bite. JIM Alright. LORI But I don't want to spoil my dinner. I've got a date later, and he seems like a winner. He's into photography, Thai food and... he's pretty cute. JIM Alright. MARTHA Come in. GRANT Thank you for seeing me, Madame Mayor. MARTHA I like to make myself available for my constituents, Mr. Dressel. GRANT Call me Grant. I'm a marketer, and I read about your auction in the paper. MARTHA And you'd like to make a contribution? GRANT Not exactly, but for a reasonable price, I could make an online catalogue of all the items up for auction. Get the word out. MARTHA I need to raise money, not spend it. GRANT But seeing the items would really peak interest, get people to loosen their purse strings. MARTHA Cassie. GRANT Pardon. MARTHA Nothing. A little voice tells me that I should hire you. AUDREY I put all the items in the show -- Showcase. And I locked it. MARTHA Audrey, this is Grant Dressel. AUDREY Hello. GRANT Hi. MARTHA He's going to be making an online catalogue of all our auction pieces. Perhaps you could work with him? AUDREY Of course. Excuse me. MARTHA Now, I should warn you, we have limited funds, and I'm a tough, tough negotiator. So what will the web page look like and how much will it cost? AUDREY Yes, if that's the next one available. And is it nonstop? Great. I'll take it. My name? My name is Cassie. Cassie Nightingale. BRANDON That was a busy morning. TARA Yeah. But look at all we got done. BRANDON Yeah. I love it here. TARA Me too. It brings back a lot of good memories. BRANDON What is it? TARA We forgot to order the embroidered napkins. They're never gonna be ready in time. BRANDON We can use these. I have extras. Tara, what's wrong? I thought you liked the casual wedding idea. TARA I do. But a few traditional touches would be nice. BRANDON Tradition takes time and we have five days. TARA I said traditional touches. I didn't say full symphony with half a dozen bridesmaids. What about your wedding vows? Have you written them yet? BRANDON I thought I would wing it. TARA Wing it? Brandon, these are our vows to each other. For life. How can you even think of just saying any old thing that pops into your head? BRANDON I thought you liked that I was spontaneous. I thought that that was something we had in common. TARA Well, maybe we don't have as much in common as we thought. BRANDON Tara. Tara. GEORGE Okay, 'A' is for apple. 'B' is for boy. What's the 'C' for? GRACE Swimming. GEORGE No. Well, yeah, sort of. The sea you're talking about, the ocean, that starts with an 'S'. GRACE Ocean starts with an 'O'. GEORGE How about 'C' is for cat? Grace? GRACE Grandpa. GEORGE Sweetheart. Pumpkin, you have to take your schoolwork seriously. GRACE Okay. GEORGE School time is learning time. How'd you like to learn how to tie that shoe? GRACE I already know. GEORGE Really? How did you do that? GRACE Mrs. Bryson showed me. GEORGE Well. It's a fine job. GRACE Take a picture, Grandpa. GEORGE I think we better move on to numbers. Besides, Grandpa doesn't know where there's a camera. GRACE Please, Grandpa. GEORGE My phone is a camera, yeah. CASSIE Your painting is the perfect auction item for our new park. No? Oh I apologize. I thought for sure that Audrey would have picked it up by now. You know what, I'll have it off your hands within the hour. Thank you, Mr. Levene. CASSIE Audrey? Hello? JAKE Derek has a date with her tonight, but she's not answering her phone. CASSIE Jake I'm really worried for her. JAKE I'll find her. Cassie, I will, I'll find her. CASSIE That's not all. My great grandfather's pocket watch, the one for Brandon. It's missing. Martha, Audrey's gone. MARTHA Well, that's not all that's gone. We are missing every last auction item from the display. CASSIE No. MARTHA And I believe that you entrusted Audrey with the only key. JAKE Did you have trouble getting Grace to bed? CASSIE No trouble at all. Not a care in her world. I was up in my Sitting Room, thinking. JAKE Well, I've checked the airports, the trains, the buses. If she is gone, she hasn't gone far. Not with all those auction items. CASSIE Well, if we can't find her, maybe she's lost. JAKE I need to go back to the station and review surveillance videos. Maybe you should go to your store and see if anything else is missing. CASSIE A friend is missing. JAKE Cassie, a friend? You hardly know her. CASSIE There's some people you know really well right away. JAKE Like when I met you. CASSIE I just want to find her. JAKE We will. CASSIE Everything's been so rough for all of us lately, with you and Martha. JAKE And George. Grace hasn't exactly been a model student. CASSIE Lori's feeling down, and now Brandon and Tara. JAKE Well, they'll be okay. CASSIE They haven't been seeing eye to eye. Even if it all comes together, there won't be a wedding if the two of them aren't together in spirit. JAKE They've been under a lot of pressure latley. CASSIE No, it's more than that. BRANDON Dad, Cassie. You got a minute? JAKE Sure. What is it? BRANDON There's no other way to say this but Tara and I have broken up. The wedding's off. SEAN So I used to date this girl a she'd always bring her own salt and pepper shakers to restaurants. So when you put this on the table. LORI What did you think it was? SEAN I wasn't sure. A box of fried chicken? In case you didn't like your entree. LORI Well, I never dine out without my camera obscura. SEAN It's a little weird. But cute. WAITER Care for dessert this evening? SEAN Yeah, definitely. LORI But first would you mind taking our photo? WAITER Sure. LORI You just wind it three times and then shoot. WAITER Hold it. Nice. LORI Thanks. WAITER I think that's a keeper. JIM Lori? Hey. I didn't think I'd find you here. LORI Jim, what are you doing here? JIM I was having coffee with a friend of mine. LORI Right. JIM What, you think I came here just to see you? Hey, thanks for the latte. Mind if I sit down? LORI Yeah sure. JIM Thank you. LORI Excuse me. JIM Where are you going? LORI I need to use the ladies room. Do you want to follow me? JIM No. Hey. SEAN Hey. JIM How's it going? SEAN It was going really well. JAKE You need to see this right away. I put an APB out with every pawnshop in a hundred fifty mile radius and I asked them for copies of their surveillance video tape over the past hours. DEREK I couldn't believe it myself, until I saw it. JAKE Okay Derek, stop the tape. Zoom in. MARTHA That's Audrey! I knew there was something 'off' about that woman. DEREK She fooled me too, Cassie. JAKE Cassie, are you okay? CASSIE No, I'm not. LORI Don't worry, I'll finish by deadline. JIM Lori. Do I look worried? You've never let me down before. I mean, you're cutting it a little close on this one. LORI I know. I was hoping I'd hear from Sean by now. For the article. JIM Uh, Sean? LORI The guy from the dinner date you crashed. He hasn't called. JIM I'm sure he will. LORI Yeah? What makes you so sure? JIM Are you kidding? Lori, come on, you - you're smart, you're so smart, you're so funny... LORI Don't stop. Keep it coming. Keep it coming. JIM So pretty. And you have this certain way that you bite on your lower lip... That's the one. What were we talking about? LORI My lower lip. JIM I've gotta go scan some Homecoming posters. BRANDON What kind of tea was that? CASSIE Lapsong souchong? You liked it? BRANDON Yeah. Pretty good. CASSIE From the way you're looking into your cup, I thought you were reading your tea leaves. May I? The leaves that are left form shapes. What do you see? BRANDON I don't know, sticks? No, bones. CASSIE Bones suggest doubt. It's not the rush or the different plans that have come between you and Tara. It's doubt. BRANDON I don't want to lose her but if we can't manage a wedding, how are we ever going to manage a lifetime of marriage? CASSIE It's normal to have doubts. I have some terrible doubts of my own right now. BRANDON About me? CASSIE No. No, someone else. You know when your father and I first announced our wedding, Brandon, I was so nervous. A free spirit like me marrying a policeman? How was that ever going to work? BRANDON But it did. It's just, the music business is intense. And I want to give percent to my job and percent to Tara. It doesn't add up. CASSIE Your problems aren't doubled when you get married. With the right partner, they're cut in half. BRANDON I love her, Cassie. CASSIE Then the two of you can do things you never dreamed possible, with love. JAKE Based on the transaction pattern, she's working her way north. That could take her through Chester, and we're working with the Sheriff there. CASSIE Nothing else? JAKE Well, we've recovered her fingerprints off of every item from the auction and matched them to finger prints of hers taken from your shop. But other than that, that's all I know. CASSIE Jake, I'm sorry to ask so many questions. But, you need to find a suspect. I've lost a friend. And I miss her. JAKE You miss her? After what she's done to you, to this town? You know, I found out Bennett isn't her real last name. CASSIE Jake, Cassie Nightingale wasn't my real name either. JAKE Look, I know you want to give Audrey the benefit of the doubt. But I'm a cop. I have to follow the evidence. And I have to file all these status reports because Martha keeps checking in with me every minute. That's why I wanted to come for lunch. Just so I could get away from her. CASSIE That does sound like a problem. JAKE You know what the problem is? the problem is you trusted Audrey. And of course I trusted you. And then Audrey robbed us blind and now Martha doesn't trust me. CASSIE Just give it time. JAKE But we are just from two different planets. CASSIE Kind of like the two of us. Sometimes opposites attract. It's the law of magnetism. JAKE Martha. Again. GRANT Hey. Take this in. We should get a lot for it. AUDREY I can't. GRANT Sure you can. You can, and you will. AUDREY It's bad enough that you forced me to steal those auction items. But this is, this is Cassie's watch. I can't do that to her. Haven't I paid you enough? GRANT No. You stole from me. I could file charges. AUDREY Those things I took from the house, they were mine. You promised me that if I stole those showcase items and gave you the money, that you would let me go. GRANT What makes you think that I would ever let you go? Either you come home with me, or I'll have the police throw you in jail where you belong. AUDREY Why can't we just end this? GRANT Because you're my wife. And don't get any ideas about running to your friend Cassie. I know how to deal with her as well. Did you really think I wasn't gonna find you here? All I had to do was look in your computer's cache. It was loaded with searches for Middleton. AUDREY Please -- GRANT Now you're wanted here in Middleton too. You've got a choice. Either you go to prison, or you stick with me, like a good little girl. I'll protect you. AUDREY Okay. You win. GRANT Audrey! Get back here! You can't run fast enough Audrey! You know I'll find you! CASSIE Hello, Audrey. AUDREY I'm sorry, Cassie. You've been such a good friend to me, and I let you down. CASSIE Audrey, seeing you here has brought me right back up again. AUDREY Here. I was about to pawn it, but I couldn't do it, not to you. CASSIE Thank you... for keeping it safe. I was worried. AUDREY I never let it out of my sight. CASSIE I meant worried about you. AUDREY Don't be. I'm going someplace that I can be safe. DEREK Hi, Audrey. It's nice to see you again. AUDREY I'm sorry, Derek. Chief Russell, I stole the auction items from the showcase. JAKE Audrey, don't say anymore. You know you have the right to an attorney. AUDREY I don't want one. I came back to confess everything. CASSIE Audrey, I haven't known you long. But I hope I know you well. And you're not telling us something. AUDREY I pawned all I could for cash. But I came back, because of you. JAKE You're doing an honorable thing, Audrey. But these are serious charges. AUDREY I know. It's only right I get what I deserve. JAKE That'll be for our judge to decide. But he not available until tomorrow. So until then, I have no choice but... Derek, could you place Audrey in custody, please? CASSIE I can't help but feel she deserves better. JAKE Maybe so. But it doesn't look good. CASSIE No, it doesn't. JAKE Maybe you didn't know her as well as you thought you did. CASSIE Perhaps I should get to know her better. LORI Jim, we need to talk. JIM I know, I crossed the line and I shouldn't have. LORI It's about Sean. My date. I just got an e-mail from him. JIM Oh. How's that going? LORI Not well. JIM Why not? LORI You made him think I was only on the date for the article and not because I actually liked him. JIM Okay, Lori I didn't... LORI And I know why. You thought the article would be more interesting if the dates didn't go well. JIM No. Lori... LORI And the worst part of it was you acted like you liked me. JIM Lori, I do like you. LORI You kissed me and then you turned and walked away. JIM No, there's more than that. You don't understand. LORI No, I get it. I got it. And this time I'm walking away. TARA I'm sorry to hear about Audrey. CASSIE I'm just relieved she's okay. How about you? Are you okay? TARA I've been better. But I just wanted to thank you so much. For all your hard work. I'm sorry it's all gone to waste. CASSIE Nothing we do in life is ever wasted. Even the worst things can lead to something better. TARA I wish I could believe that, but right now... CASSIE You're being pulled apart. TARA By Brandon and Aunt Beverly, the two people I care about most, and it hurts. CASSIE Sometimes when Jake and I have troubles, I go to a quiet place and remember how it all began. All the reasons we fell in love. And all the reasons we love each other now more than ever. TARA It's hard to remember the good memories right now. CASSIE Then that's the best time to make new ones. CASSIE I brought you some of my homemade almond cookies dipped in chocolate. I call them Harvest Moons. I think you'll like them. We have similar tastes. AUDREY Thank you, Cassie. CASSIE How long have you been running? AUDREY I don't know what you're talking about. CASSIE Audrey, I came here to listen. AUDREY A long time. And I'm tired of running. CASSIE That's why you're here, safe but lonely. AUDREY I married Grant. He was such a great guy, at first. But then he started telling me who I could see and where I could go. And Eventually he didn't want me going anywhere, and when I did, he got very, very angry. So, I went out anyway. Far away as I could go. I tried to change my name and he found me. He always finds me. I wish I could just disappear. CASSIE But then I wouldn't be able to see you. AUDREY The reason that I stole those things is because he threatened me, and you. He promised me a way out. He lied. CASSIE You need to tell Jake everything you just told me. AUDREY But the police don't see that side of him. They are no help. CASSIE Jake will help. We all will, working together. AUDREY You don't understand, Cassie. He is a dangerous man. He'll come after me. He always does. No matter where I go. He finds me. And he will come after you and your family if you get in his way. CASSIE I'm not afraid. AUDREY I won't take that chance. I am safer here. We all are. Besides, I think I've done enough damage. CASSIE Not to me. Just the opposite. Audrey, I'm better for knowing you. A friend is someone who understands you, who listens to you. Someone who is there for you. And you are all those things for me this past week. I just hope you'll let me repay the favor. One friend to another. Hang in there. It's going to get better. MARTHA Oh, you who! You who! Mr. Dressel! I have to apologize for cancelling your catalogue. GRANT No harm done. MARTHA Oh, how I wish that were true. GRANT I'm really sorry about your fund raiser and your park. And it was really nice having met you. MARTHA And to think we had all the money we needed all along. GRANT How's so? MARTHA One of the items that was stolen, that little wooden doll. Mr. Tyler, our museum curator, he saw all the auction items when they were in the display case. It's a Kachina Doll. GRANT So? MARTHA A hand-carved Hopi Indian Kachina Doll. Apparently a rare one. He says it could be worth up to fity thousand dollars. Of course, Cassie had no idea. But now it's gone. Likely forever. Can you imagine? Fifty thousand dollars would have paid for all of the Middleton Botanical Gardens. TARA Brandon. BRANDON Tara? How'd you know I was here? TARA I didn't. I was just thinking about what Cassie told me. And I don't know, I just wanted to go to a quiet place and think about us, how this all started. And then I remembered, it all started here. BRANDON This is where I proposed to you. TARA Uh, sorry, did I interrupt your phone call? BRANDON I was about to call the music company. I'm going to walk away from this tour. TARA You can't give that up. Brandon, every time you talked about that job, you were so excited. BRANDON I was more excited about us. About starting our lives together. That's why I wanted to rush this wedding. The tour means nothing to me without you. TARA Are you sure? BRANDON I've never been more sure about anything in my life. Tara, will you marry me? Tara, if you want a more traditional wedding, I'll find some way to do it. Even in a day and a half. I'll do it. TARA I think as long as we're together we can do anything. LORI I'm glad the wedding's back on. It'll be fun. Even if I do go alone. CASSIE You'll find him, Lori. LORI Who? CASSIE The right one. LORI Yeah, but when? CASSIE You just have to picture that it will all work out. LORI That reminds me. My pictures for my article. I have to pick them up from the lab tomorrow. MRS. BRYSON Oh, hello, Mr. O'Hanrahan. How is Grace enjoying her break? GEORGE Well, I decided to use the time to go over a few of the basics with her. MRS. BRYSON I bet she enjoyed that. GEORGE I'm not so sure. MRS. BRYSON Well, Grace is a very loving child, and eager to learn. GEORGE I know that now. She gets it from her parents. MRS. BRYSON Not just her parents. Let me show you something. Here. GEORGE Did Grace do these? Is that supposed to be me? MRS. BRYSON She has a very high opinion of you. GEORGE I'm in a lot of these. MRS. BRYSON Fishing. Hiking. Fixing her bike. GEORGE I had no idea. MRS. BRYSON Looks like you've shared a lot of things she thinks are worth drawing. And I have a feeling you'll always be a big part of her life. GEORGE Thanks for these. MRS. BRYSON Don't thank me. Thank the artist. GEORGE You know I only want what's best for her. MRS. BRYSON Of course. So do I. GEORGE You know, your method with fun and freedom, is what's best for her right now. MRS. BRYSON Really. What changed your mind? GEORGE I found out that she learned a lot from you. MRS. BRYSON Well, the best teachers are always learning from their students. GEORGE Funny, that's exactly what her mother told me. Cassie. MR. TYLER Come in. GRANT You must be the curator. MR. TYLER Yes. GRANT Grant Dressel. MR. TYLER Hi. GRANT Thanks for agreeing to see me on a Saturday. MR. TYLER Did you bring it? Oh, oh my. GRANT Yes? MR. TYLER Yes, indeed. It's authentic. You can tell that it's been carved from a single block of wood. Perfect condition. GRANT How much do you think it's worth? JAKE I'd say about fifteen to twenty years in jail. You're under arrest. Great job. Thank you. LORI This week has been a blur all right. Hey, it's Lori. Is Jim there? Are you kidding? When? But why would he quit? Yeah. Right. Okay. Thanks. MARTHA What a glorious turn of events. DEREK I can hardly believe it. AUDREY Well, there's one person who never stopped believing in me. CASSIE A lot of people here played a part. JAKE Especially Martha. Job well done, Madame Mayor. MARTHA I could say the same about you. And I will. Very well done, Chief. I must say it was a clever scheme on my part. Our part. DEREK You know, despite your differences, you two really came together on this one. JAKE We sure did. We were like a 'magnetic force'. Who'd a thought? DEREK When Martha told Grant that the Kachina Doll was worth fifty grand, we knew he couldn't resist. AUDREY But weren't you worried that he'd make off with it? MARTHA Audrey, this doll Cassie gave me is a flawed replica. Cute, but worth less than dollars. JAKE I'd say it's worth more than that. It put Grant behind bars and it bought Audrey her freedom. AUDREY And now you can have your auction. MARTHA We will. But obviously not today. Gentlemen, come with me. I want to take official inventory of all that we recovered. Come on! AUDREY I don't know what to say. CASSIE You don't have to say a thing. That's the beauty of real friendship. You just know. AUDREY Still, if there's anything I can do for you, Cassie. CASSIE Oh, there is. There's lots to do. My son is getting married tomorrow. LORI Jim? JIM You found me. LORI I figured it was you hiding behind Edgar Allan Poe. JIM Yeah, well, as they said he was the master of suspense. LORI And romanticism. JIM Did you know he was actually a really good journalist? Just like you. LORI Well, I guess I have a knack for finding a good story. You know you didn't have to quit the paper. JIM Yeah, I did. LORI Well, I want you to reconsider. 'Cause you're a great editor. Even though we've had our problems recently -- JIM Lori, I didn't crash your dates in hopes of getting better story. I didn't. I did it because I like you. LORI That's a funny way to show it. JIM No, like I really like you. Like a lot. LORI Well, I really like you. A lot. JIM That's why I quit. Editors can't date their writers so I thought maybe if I gave being your editor, maybe I could be your date at the wedding? LORI My date? That's not what I want. JIM Oh. It's not? LORI No. I want you to be my boyfriend. JAKE George, I'm really sorry Gwen couldn't make it. GEORGE With one day's notice, all the flights were booked. But that's okay. I'm recording it for her on my phone. This new technology is unbelievable. JIM But seriously, I mean, who would have thought something as strange as a camera obscura would have brought us together? LORI Cassie thought it. BEVERLY Oh Cassie. You've been right all along. Look at all the happy faces. CASSIE With a loving Aunt like you, Tara could never be disappointed. BEVERLY Well, she did get the wedding she always wanted after all. Because she's marrying the perfect guy. Oh, excuse me. I have a short walk to take. Oh, you look so happy. I couldn't ask for anything more. Shall we? TARA Yes. TARA Nice boots. BRANDON Yours too. CASSIE You're being a very good girl. GRACE I know. MARTHA Dearly beloved friends, family and well-wishers. We are gathered together to celebrate the marriage of Tara and Brandon. Isn't it amazing how the good people of Middleton never fail to rise to the occasion and come together just when we need each other most. In fact, it reminds me of my own wedding, actually, on a summer afternoon right here in Middleton when my fiancée -- BRANDON Excuse me, Martha. Could I say something? MARTHA Yes, yes. Of course. I'm so sorry, go ahead. TARA Your vows? BRANDON Yeah. TARA I thought you were going to wing it. BRANDON I've been thinking about it since the day I met you. Tara, from the first moment when we met, I knew you were someone special. It was magic that brought us together. And since then, the times we've spent together have been the best times of my life. We're standing on almost the exact spot where I proposed to you that summer night. And it feels so right to stand here again, sharing our vows, because just like this beautiful green garden that's all around us, I know that we've found a love that can only grow with time. Tara, I promise I will always love you for the rest of our lives. GEORGE Sweetie, it's too early to clean that up. Grace, where did you get that? TARA What's that delicious smell? CASSIE Your wedding cake. BRANDON Spice cupcakes. TARA Cinnamon. That's the same spice that was in Brandon's cookies the first day we met. MARTHA Hello Cassie. CASSIE Martha, you did a beautiful job up there. MARTHA Thanks to this wedding we now have a beautiful showcase that will inspire the business community to help make the Gardens a reality. All because of you. CASSIE Martha, it was you who inspired me. You recovered all the auction items, you designed Middleton's Botanical Gardens, and you married Brandon and Tara with an elegant speech, all in your first week as Mayor. MARTHA Imagine what I can do during my full term. CASSIE I think you'll do an outstanding job as Mayor. MARTHA Well, you haven't been wrong yet. Thank you, Cassie. AUDREY Cassie. I have some good news. CASSIE Oh? AUDREY So I told you how I've always wanted to care for animals. I'm going to veterinary school. CASSIE Wow. Will that take you far from Middleton? AUDREY The school's between here and Maddox. So I'm going to be working at your animal shelter to help pay tuition. CASSIE I'm so happy for you. Let me know if there's anything I can do to help. AUDREY Of course. But Cassie, you've already helped me, more than I can say. CASSIE When did you decide to do this? AUDREY In my cell. I had a lot of time to think. And this helped give me focus. And courage. But I won't be needing it anymore. CASSIE No, I don't believe you will. AUDREY To think, if I'd never found that website for Middleton, I would never have found you. CASSIE Friends always have a way of finding each other. JAKE You put the bubbles in my champagne. CASSIE They did that in France. I had nothing to do with it. JAKE I don't believe you. Look at all this? CASSIE Well. Maybe a little. JAKE I think I was right to trust my partner. Finally. A slow song. CASSIE You don't like rock n roll? JAKE I love it. But slow songs let me get close to the love of my life. CASSIE I've never felt closer to you. JAKE Have you ever seen so many happy faces? CASSIE There's nothing like the joy of two people finding their perfect partner. JAKE Come on. Let's move to the dance floor. I think the footing will be better. CASSIE Jake, I am dancing on air.