Hanford Obscura Murder Trail

The Orchard Incident

Stop 6: “The Offer”

COURT BARBER SHOP

SCOTT:

You shouldn’t be sitting here alone this late.

BRENDA:

I don’t even recognize this place anymore.

Every day it’s lawyers… inspectors… paperwork…

Thomas kept saying something was wrong with the orchard.

I thought he was losing himself.

SCOTT:

Maybe he was just carrying too much for too long.

BRENDA:

No.

He believed somebody was hiding something.

How am I supposed to ignore that?

SCOTT:

Brenda… sometimes digging deeper only makes things worse.

BRENDA:

Thomas died trying to protect this land.

SCOTT:

Or maybe he died trying to protect you.

BRENDA:

I wonder if Julia still wants the property.

SCOTT:

I think she’s uncertain now.

The contamination changed things.

BRENDA:

Then why keep calling me?

SCOTT:

Because once the county gets involved publicly…
the orchard may not be worth anything at all.

BRENDA:

Thomas never wanted to sell.

SCOTT:

Thomas also wouldn’t have wanted you drowning in investigations, debt, and lawsuits.

BRENDA:

I just want the truth.

SCOTT:

And what if the truth destroys everything Thomas spent his life building?

BRENDA:

You think I should let it go?

SCOTT:

I think you deserve peace after everything that’s happened.

BRENDA:

Or maybe somebody just wants this buried before the truth comes out.