The Maid

Molly dreams of dirt and blood along with fingerprints and serpents whose eyes are those of people she knows: Cheryl, Mr. Snow, Wilbur, her landlord, Detective Stark, Rodney, Giselle, and Mr. Black. She wakes with a scream and hears knocking at her door. Throwing on her robe and slippers, she opens the door and finds Detective Stark with three other police officers.

Detective Stark arrests her for possession of drugs and a firearm and first-degree murder. Molly faints. She wakes in a holding cell with vague memories of being brought to the station and fingerprinted. Detective Stark takes her to the interview room. There, she informs Molly again that she is charged with possession of drugs and a gun and for the murder of Mr. Black. Molly insists that she has never hurt anyone and certainly never murdered anyone. Detective Stark says that Mr. Black was asphyxiated and there were only three pillows on the bed instead of four. She asks what happened to the missing one.

Molly replies that she didn’t kill Mr. Black and that she wouldn’t have anything to do with drugs. Detective Stark says that Cheryl told them Molly spent a lot of time with Giselle and took money from Mr.