Your Worst Nightmare

HELLO?

HELLO?

IN AMERICA'S HEARTLAND SITS ARKANSAS CITY, KANSAS,

A QUINTESSENTIAL MIDWEST TOWN JUST AN HOUR SOUTH OF WICHITA.

ARKANSAS CITY IS ROUGHLY 12,000 TO 13,000 PEOPLE,

VERY NICE HOMETOWN, BEAUTIFUL LAND TO BE AROUND,

GREAT COUNTRYSIDE RIGHT IN THE HEART OF THE MIDWEST.

IT'S HERE THAT JENNIFER SANDERHOLM GREW UP

AND RETURNS FOR HOLIDAYS

WITH HER PARENTS AND TWO SIBLINGS.

MY OLDEST DAUGHTER, JENNIFER,

WAS PREGNANT WITH OUR FIRST GRANDCHILD.

WE KNEW IT WAS A LITTLE GIRL, SO WE WERE LOOKING FORWARD

TO THAT BIRTH IN JANUARY '07.

DID YOU FIND IT?

UM, MAYBE.

YOU WANT ME TO HELP YOU?

I ACTUALLY FEEL GUILTY LETTING YOU DO EVERYTHING.

NO OFFENSE, BUT I DON'T THINK YOU'D FIT.

WELL, I WOULDN'T ARGUE THERE.

WITH THE HOLIDAYS, OUR FAMILY HAS ALWAYS GOT TOGETHER.

JENNIFER WOULD COME BACK FROM KANSAS CITY.

JASON WAS IN WICHITA GOING TO SCHOOL.

JODI STILL LIVED AT HOME.

FOUND IT.

JODI WAS OUR YOUNGEST.

SHE WAS A BROWN-EYED, BROWN-HAIRED BEAUTY.

SHE WAS VERY SWEET.

SHE WAS ALWAYS THERE TO HELP PEOPLE.

IT LOOKS PRETTY.

I THINK IT'S GREAT.

YOU KNOW, I GOT YOU A PRESENT.

WAIT. WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

IT'S NOT EVEN CHRISTMAS YET.

YOU CANNOT GIVE ME A PRESENT.

YES I CAN.

BESIDES, IT'S NOT FOR YOU.

IT'S FOR YOU-KNOW-WHO.

YOU KNOW, I REALLY GOT TO GET GOING.

I HAVE PRACTICE IN AN HOUR.

SPEAKING OF YOU-KNOW-WHO,

ANYTHING MORE ABOUT THE BABY'S NAME,

OR ARE YOU JUST GOING TO KEEP US ALL GUESSING?

I TOLD YOU 100 TIMES.

I JUST WANT TO MEET HER FIRST.

OPEN IT. YOU'RE GOING TO LOVE IT.

SWEETIE, IT'S ADORABLE.

SHE'S GOING TO BE A DANCER, JUST LIKE ME.

I HOPE SHE IS JUST LIKE YOU OR AT LEAST CAN DANCE LIKE YOU.

IN HIGH SCHOOL, JODI WAS ON THE HIGH SCHOOL DANCE LINE.

SHE WAS THE CAPTAIN FOR 2 YEARS, HER JUNIOR AND SENIOR YEAR.

WHEN SHE GRADUATED, SHE WENT TO COWLEY COLLEGE,

WHERE SHE ALSO TRIED OUT FOR THE DANCE LINE THERE.

I DON'T KNOW. I'M REALLY...

ALSO ON THE DANCE TEAM WITH JODI IS HER BEST FRIEND

SINCE MIDDLE SCHOOL, LORI LEGLEITER.

I KNOW. I GOT HER THE CUTEST JACKET.

JODI WAS A VERY UPBEAT, POSITIVE PERSON.

WE FIRST MET IN SIXTH GRADE.

WE TOOK DANCE TOGETHER, AND THEN OUR FRIENDSHIP

JUST GREW FROM THAT POINT ON.

DANCE WAS JUST HER LIFE.

SHE ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT.

SHE WOULD DO IT 7 DAYS A WEEK, IF SHE COULD.

ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT.

AND ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE...

THE COWLEY COLLEGE DANCE LINE WAS MADE UP OF 10 TO 12 GIRLS.

JODI WAS CHOREOGRAPHING THE DANCE.

IT WAS FUN TO ACTUALLY STAND OUT AND BE THE CENTER OF ATTENTION

FOR 3 MINUTES OR SO,

BUT I DO THINK THAT IT BROUGHT SOME UNWANTED ATTENTION.

...SEVEN, EIGHT.

OKAY. THAT WAS AWESOME.

LET'S DO IT AGAIN.

LORI, CAN YOU COUNT US IN?

ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR...

ISN'T IT A LITTLE BIT TOO COLD FOR YOU

TO BE WEARING FLIP-FLOPS?

I DON'T CARE. MY FEET NEED TO BREATHE.

IT'S WAY TOO HOT IN THERE.

HEY.

YOU GUYS ROCKED EVERY SECOND OUT THERE.

- THANK YOU. - THANKS.

LOVED YOUR MOVES.

THANK YOU.

JODI, YOU GOT TO PLAY IT UP SO MUCH?

YOU'RE DRAWING A CROWD.

COME ON. DON'T START THIS AGAIN.

JUST REMEMBER.

YOU'RE MINE.

JODI AND OWEN DATED ALL THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL.

I KNOW THAT SHE WANTED TO MARRY OWEN.

DO YOU WANT TO GO GRAB SOME FOOD WITH US? I'M STARVING.

NAH.

ANYWAY, I'M SLAMMED UNTIL I GET TO TEXAS.

THAT'S IF I GO.

MAYBE I SHOULD STAY HERE AND KEEP AN EYE ON YOU.

NOW YOU SOUND CRAZY.

OWEN'S BROTHER ACTUALLY LIVED IN TEXAS.

HE WOULD DRIVE BACK AND FORTH TO GO VISIT THEM.

HE WANTED TO MOVE TO TEXAS, AND THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS

JODI WANTED TO GO THERE TO FURTHER HER EDUCATION.

I ACTUALLY STARTED CRYING TO HER AND BEGGED HER NOT TO LEAVE ME,

SO IT WAS A VERY SAD MOMENT.

OKAY, CRAZIES, I GOT TO GET GOING.

JODI, YOU COMING? YES.

I'LL SEE YOU LATER.

BYE.

AS OWEN PREPARES FOR A HOLIDAY BREAK IN TEXAS,

JODI AND LORI LOOK FORWARD TO SOME DOWNTIME OF THEIR OWN.

AFTER PRACTICE, JODI AND I WALKED OUT TOGETHER.

WE WERE A LITTLE BIT BEHIND THE REST OF THE GIRLS,

SO WE WERE THE LAST TWO TO WALK OUT.

ALL RIGHT. WELL, THIS IS ME.

OKAY. I HAD FUN TODAY. LOVE YOU.

I DID, TOO. I'LL SEE YOU LATER.

- OKAY. - LOVE YOU.

- MWAH! DRIVE SAFE. - YOU, TOO. TEXT ME.

AS I WAS GETTING IN MY CAR,

I NOTICED A CAR DRIVING BY VERY SLOWLY,

AND I THOUGHT IT WAS ODD.

BUT THINGS GET EVEN STRANGER

WHEN LORI PULLS OUT OF THE PARKING LOT.

BACK OFF, CREEP.

I'M GOING TO LOSE THIS GUY.

DAMN IT.

I WENT DOWN A BACK COUNTRY ROAD,

AND I NOTICED THAT THEY FOLLOWED ME AGAIN.

SO AT THAT POINT, I WENT TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT,

AND I JUST SAT THERE BECAUSE I WAS LIKE,

"THIS PERSON IS OBVIOUSLY EITHER TRYING TO SCARE ME,

OR IT'S JUST A REALLY BIG COINCIDENCE."

THERE, IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT PARKING LOT,

LORI DEBATES GOING IN TO FILE A REPORT,

BUT THE CAR HAS DISAPPEARED,

SO THERE'S NO REAL EVIDENCE SHE WAS EVEN BEING STALKED.

I SAT THERE FOR A FEW MORE MINUTES.

I DIDN'T SEE THEM DRIVING AROUND ANYMORE,

SO THEN I JUST SPED HOME.

MEANWHILE, JODI IS AT HOME,

WHERE SHE'S ALSO FEELING A LITTLE ON EDGE.

HELLO?

HELLO?

JO-JO BUG.

- HEY. - I'M SORRY.

I DIDN'T MEAN TO STARTLE YOU.

NO. IT'S OKAY. SORRY.

I'M JUST A LITTLE JUMPY. WHAT'S UP?

THE COWLEY TIGERETTES WERE PERFORMING

AT A BASKETBALL GAME THE NEXT NIGHT,

AND THEY WERE PERFORMING A DANCE THAT SHE HAD CHOREOGRAPHED,

SO SHE WAS ALL NERVOUS AND STRESSED.

- DON'T YOU LOOK GORGEOUS? - THANKS.

I'M WORKING ON A GAME FACE. WHAT DO YOU THINK?

I LIKE IT.

JODI AND CINDY HAD A VERY, VERY CLOSE RELATIONSHIP.

THEY DID A LOT TOGETHER.

THEY KNEW EVERYTHING ABOUT EACH OTHER.

THEY HAD A VERY GOOD MOTHER-DAUGHTER RELATIONSHIP.

SAY, I WAS WONDERING IF YOU WANTED TO HAVE LUNCH TOMORROW.

YOU KNOW, I ACTUALLY HAVE REHEARSALS EARLY TOMORROW.

WE HAVE THE GYM, THAT DAY.

ADRENALINE IS GOING TO GO FAR.

WELL, IF YOU'RE NOT TOO TIRED, MAYBE YOU WANT TO STOP

BY THE SHOP, HAVE COFFEE?

JEN WILL BE THERE HELPING OUT.

IT KEEPS HER MIND OFF THE WAITING.

YEAH. I'LL TRY.

SHE WANTED TO CANCEL LUNCH.

I WAS... APPARENTLY, I WAS REALLY NAIVE

BECAUSE I THOUGHT EVERYTHING WAS JUST FINE.

ALL RIGHT. WELL, GET SOME SLEEP, SWEETIE. OKAY?

AND TRY NOT TO LET THAT GLITTER GET IN YOUR EYES.

- OKAY, MOM. - LOVE YOU.

LOVE YOU.

HOURS BEFORE COWLEY COLLEGE DANCE LINE'S BIG PERFORMANCE,

19-YEAR-OLD JODI SANDERHOLM IS WORKING HARD

TO MAKE SURE THE CHOREOGRAPHY IS JUST RIGHT...

UNAWARE THAT OUT IN THE PARKING LOT,

SOMETHING FAR MORE SINISTER IS HAPPENING.

WOO!

WOO!

EVEN OVER THE CHRISTMAS BREAK, THEY HAD...

THEY TOOK, I THINK, MAYBE LIKE A WEEK OFF,

BUT WHEN, AS SOON AS THE GAMES STARTED UP AGAIN,

THEY STARTED HAVING PRACTICES DURING THE NOON HOUR.

IN FACT, THAT WAS THEIR FIRST PRACTICE DURING BREAK.

OKAY. OKAY.

BUT IS IT JUST ME, OR DID THAT GO PERFECTLY?

IT WAS SO GOOD.

I ONLY WISH OWEN WAS THERE TO SEE IT, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?

- HE'LL SEE IT IN PERSON. - YEAH.

HE PROBABLY WANTS YOU TO DO IT JUST FOR HIM, ANYWAYS.

DON'T LOOK NOW, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE

A COUPLE FANS OF YOUR OWN.

THE GIRLS AND HOW THEY DRESSED AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT,

THERE WAS ALWAYS A FOLLOWING FOR THEM,

AND I THINK IT'S BECAUSE OF THEIR SKILLS

AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.

JODI, THAT'S NOT FUNNY.