From a misty marsh emerges the medieval hilltop town of Rye.

It's home to 80-year-old Alfred Douglas, who runs a school of magic.

But when Alfred welcomes a former student into his home, everything changes.

It was quite clear that somebody was going to get seriously heard.

I'm Hannah George. And I'm Taylor Glenn. She's hammering at the door somebody was going to get seriously heard. I'm Hannah George.

And I'm Taylor Glenn. She's hanging at the door now and trying to get in. This is Toil and Trouble,

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A close-up shot of Nicole's big brown eyes.

Mascara, a brown perm.

She's focused, breathing deeply through her nose. Her eyes dart left and right. She comes to a stoplight in her red Honda

CRX, puts it in first, waits. It turns green, and she goes. She's a fast driver. She turns

into a lot, parks. We zoom out. She's at the

Rohnert Park Police and Fire Department. It's the summer of 1991. They don't have

a ton of crime in Rohnert Park, but it's not Mayberry. A few murders, a few burglaries,

but there aren't readily available statistics on rape. Nicole takes

a deep breath and goes inside. The clerk shows her into a room. I'm not sure, but I think this

meeting is being recorded. Two detectives are there, a man and a woman in uniform. They're cordial

with Nicole, but based on what she's told me,

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