Sunset is falling on the picturesque town of Breckenridge, Maryland. We see the Sherwood Diner, which has been a popular hangout for ten years. Inside, the diner is decorated in a 50s theme with pink and aqua and silver colors. Handsome Paul Harper is sitting at the counter drinking a soda and talking with his pretty fiancee Tess Sherwood, a waitress at her family's diner.

Tess: I wish your mother felt better about us.
Paul: Mother will just have to get over it. She has to realize I love you. Not those snobby bluebloods she's always tried to fix me up with.
Tess: I can't believe she won't come to the wedding. I can't believe her attitude towards my family. The Sherwoods have been here as long as the Harpers. We have just as much prominence in Breckenridge, and she thinks we're a bunch of Neanderthals.
Paul: I stopped trying to understand her attitude years ago.
Tess (cupping Paul's face in her hands): I'm glad you're not like Joanna. You're warm. You're caring. You're a wonderful man with heart.
Paul (grabbing her right hand and kissing it): I love you.
Tess: I know. (They kiss)

We see a shot of the huge, beautiful Harper mansion. The full moon is behind it.
Joanna: You know what to do don't you Quentin?
Quentin: Yes, Joanna.
Joanna: Good. I want to make sure Tess never comes near my Paul ever again. He has to know what a golddigger she is.
Quentin: She is so pretty though. Just like Lora.
Joanna: Don't let your hormones get the best of you. You have a tendency to fixate on young women. Keep your emotions in check. Look what happened last time.
Quentin (stroking Joanna's cheek): Why Joanna, I do believe you're jealous. I know it's been a long time.
Joanna: Watch yourself Quentin Michaels. I can fix it so you'll be back at Wakefield again. Do you want that?
Quentin (shuddering): No. I don't like that place. The needles, the pills, the doctors. I don't want to go back.
Joanna: I thought you wouldn't. Just do as I say and everything will be fine.
Cut to a shot of the impressive Grimes mansion.
Ingrid: Rosamond! Come here please!
Rosamond (entering from the kitchen): Yes, Mrs. Grimes.
Ingrid: Hello, dear. I just wanted to know if the menu was prepared for Paul and Tess' engagement party.
Rosamond: Yes, Mrs. Grimes. Pigs in a blanket, buffalo wings, chips and dip, finger sandwiches, petit fours, and the cake.
Ingrid: Wonderful! This party is going to be fun. I only wish Joanna wasn't making such a fuss. Tess is a lovely girl and she's going to make a wonderful wife for Paul.
Rosamond: Mrs. Harper comes from old money and old school thinking. She doesn't believe the rich and middle class should mix. I'm so glad you aren't like that Mrs. Grimes.
Ingrid: I was just like Tess when I met Marcus. His parents weren't thrilled either, but at least they weren't like Joanna.
Rosamond: What do you mean?
Ingrid: Joanna is almost...well...psychotic when it comes to Tess. Her hatred scares me. It isn't healthy and I'm worried for Tess. I fear Joanna is going to do something awful. Something to make sure Tess never becomes Paul's wife.
Meanwhile, in the Grimes study
Lance (on the phone): Eliza, I haven't forgotten our dinner date at the Plumtree Inn tomorrow.
Eliza: I know, but you just seem so distracted lately.
Lance: It's this client of mine. He's being very stubborn. He won't admit he's losing money on his business.
Eliza: You'll always have clients like that.
Lance: I know. Hey, I'll see you tomorrow night.
Eliza: Okay sweetie. See you tomorrow night. Love you.
Lance: Goodnight. (Walks out of the study and sees Ingrid and Rosamond walk into the kitchen. He gets a troubled but longing look on his face): If you only knew Rosie. If you only knew how much I love you.
Cut to shot of a small but cozy Cape Cod.
(Tess is brushing her hair and getting ready for bed when the phone rings): Hello.
(Heavy breathing)
Tess: Hello?
Sinister voice: Good evening my pretty Tessie. So tell me Tessie, are you ready to die?
Tess: What? Who is this?
Voice: Are you ready to die? You're going to very soon. They won't be playing Here Comes the Bride, they'll be playing Taps!
Tess: Who is this? Why are you saying this to me? I'm calling the police.
Voice: DIE! DIE! DIE! (evil laughter)

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