Tales of Baltimore (2020)

12

The next morning, Seth, Ryan, Terri and Victoria are en-route to the Hampton Inn Hotel through the highway as Terri attempts to call Nicole and Lori.

Seth: Anything yet?

Terri: No....both phones are going straight to voicemail....

Victoria: You don't think something could've happened, do you?

Ryan: No...nothing ever rarely happens in White Marsh anyway....

Seth: Rarely, huh?

Terri: Seth...I know Nicole....she's tough...and so's Lori...I'm pretty sure they have a good reason for missing three missed-

Terri's sentence slows down as Seth drives up to the Hampton Inn Hotel, where a crowd of pedestrians are standing around from a closed off crime scene of the Hampton Inn Hotel.

Seth: Whoa...whoa...what the hell?

Victoria: Oh my god....

Terri: This is the place, isn't it?

Ryan: The Hampton Inn Hotel...yeah...

After parking, Seth, Victoria and Terri approach the police, who are keeping the other by-standing pedestrians back.

Seth: Excuse me, sir....

White Marsh Police Officer # 11: Sir, please...step back...this is closed crime scene...

Terri: What do you mean crime scene? What happened?

White Marsh Police Officer # 11: There was a shootout....and three people died here last night..

Terri: What?

White Marsh Police Officer # 11: Now please...step away...

Victoria: But we have people who stayed here last night...two girls...one of them was my sister....

A police officer is seen with Nicole's broken phone in a plastic bag as Seth notices.

Seth: Hey! Hey! That's my girlfriends phone!

White Marsh Police Officer # 12: Sorry, son. This is evidence of what happened here last night.

Terri: Has it been shot? What exactly happened here last night?

In the city, an elderly African-American man is making a presentation of a graphic chart to his board members.

Anthony: Now, right now, Baltimore will need time to rebuild and reconstruct, mainly within the prominently African-American communities and neighborhoods...as they've been mostly hurt and severely damaged by these riots.

Ray: I see...so how do you want to start, Anthony?

Anthony: I'm glad you asked, Ray. See? I think in Western Maryland. We should start by building a youthful center for young juveniles...my daughter's idea...and my boy's intuition...

The board audience laughs as the manager walks in.

Patrick: Mr. Jackson? A moment...