12 Feet Deep Page #2

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here. Another air duct.

If we could just make it

big enough to get to the...

We already tried that, MacGyver.

Can you just think

one positive thing, please?

Yeah, okay, sure,

I'm positive this truly sucks.

Yeah, hey, it's me again.

Yeah, don't forget

I have that dinner tonight

so, uh, don't wait up.

Talk to you when I get home,

okay? Love you.

Yeah, bye.

- What are you doing now?

- 'Something useful.'

damn it!

Told you it was a stupid idea.

This whole day

has been a stupid idea.

Right. Who'd wanna hang out

with a screw-up like me, right?

Maybe you're right.

How long before

he starts to worry?

No idea.

Great.

What just happened?

Must be on a timer.

Oh.

You got to be kidding me.

Come on!

He keeps calling.

He's gonna get worried.

He has to.

Yeah, and then what?

I don't know.

Nobody knows

we're down here, Bree

and when they find out,

it's gonna be too late.

Can we not argue about this

for, like, the 100th time?

I never liked him.

I don't understand why you

would agree to marry that chump.

You're so much better than him.

Don't get started on David.

'It's so typical of you.'

you get in a hard spot

and you start digging

at everyone around you

until you strike a nerve.

I've had enough.

What is it?

A headache.

You can't lie to me.

'Your eyes are bugging out.

You can barely stand.'

my blood sugar's low.

- 'I'm diabetic.'

- What?

'I need my shot.'

it's in my purse.

You're making this up, right?

Why would I?

I don't know. Sympathy?

That's a page out of your book.

Not everybody thinks

the way you do.

Oh, come on. Don't f*** with me.

That's not funny.

I'm not.

I was diagnosed three years ago.

Jesus.

Why, why didn't you t-tell me?

Would it have mattered?

I'm not a doctor, Bree.

What does this mean?

It means I need my shot soon.

Or?

- I could fall into a coma.

- Oh, Jesus.

Okay.

We're gonna get you

your shot, okay?

'Let me see.'

does it ever hurt?

I don't feel anything, actually.

It's like I'm dead there.

We never talked about it.

What's to talk about?

Are you serious?

I didn't see it like you did.

'I only remember it

after it was over.'

- don't.

- That smell.

It's like it never went away,

you know,

I still smell it sometimes.

Just stop.

I wish I never looked in there.

God, his skin, it was all black

and flaking off like paper.

Why are you still talking

about this?

I had a counselor

in rehab, Margaret.

She said I should talk

about this stuff.

She your mother now?

She's kind of a douche,

actually, with terrible teeth

but she's right.

Tell me what happened.

You know what happened.

I know what mom told me

and I pieced together

the bits and pieces

you've told me over the years

but I don't know

the whole story.

Dad was a monster.

Plain and simple.

He came in that night drunk.

You could smell it off him.

'Every time he breathed'

it filled the room with that

rotten stench of whisky.

He lit a cigarette

and just passed out.

He must have fallen

against the pillow because..

'...because you could see

the fire started about there..'

right by his head.

'It started fanning out

like a circle.'

'just burning.'

he didn't scream or anything.

He was so damn drunk

he didn't even notice

he was burning to death.

I pulled at him.

Tried to wake him up.

Here we are.

It must have hurt so bad.

Not until after.

When it was happening, it was..

It was just like ice

sliding over my skin..

Numbing me.

It was like a release.

Oh, my god.

I told you someone would come.

Come on, hurry!

Help! Help, we're in here!

Come on!

- 'Help!'

- 'Help, help us!'

what the hell are you two

doing in there?

We got trapped.

Can you let us out?

Yeah. Hang on a minute.

Oh, my god. Oh, my god!

Thank god you're here!

Oh, my god! We've been

trapped in here for hours.

'My sister's ring got caught

in the drain'

'and we tried to get it out

and that idiot manager'

'closed the top on us.'

it's so crazy that you're here.

I can't believe it!

What's your name?

- I'll be right back.

- Where, where is she going?

Maybe she's just gone to see

how to open the cover.

Okay, yeah, okay.

Never heard of two grown women

getting themselves

stuck in a pool before.

I know. We're idiots, right?

My daughter did something

stupid like this once.

'She got her hand

caught in a drain'

'and I called the plumber

for like 100 bucks'

to come out and take

the whole damn thing apart.

Yeah.

That wasn't even the stupidest

thing she ever did.

- So can you get us out?

- Yeah.

What's your name, honey?

Bree. My sister's jonna.

'What kind of new age names.'

'are, are you even from here?'

uh..

Wh-what's with all

the questions?

Are you, are you

gonna let us out or not?

Be polite. I have your phone

and it's blinkin'.

Looks like it needs a password.

Are you, are you serious?

'Well, it might be important.'

maybe somebody's looking for you

or worried about you.

A-are you helping us?

Yes, I'm helping you.

That's why I need the password.

- Don't do it.

- She could call the police.

'I just wanna get

the hell out of here.'

yeah, okay, fine.

'7397.'

uh, what-what's so funny?

'Well, Bree, you're like

a real cutie pie, huh?'

you and the guy with the wavy,

gravy brown hair.

'There's a lot of missed calls

and texts.'

'i wonder who they're from?'

miss, please,

there's no reason to do this.

There's always a reason

for everything.

'Yeah, hey, it's me again.'

'yeah, don't forget

I have that dinner tonight'

'so, uh, don't wait up.'

'talk to you when I get home,

okay? Love you.'

'babe, where are you?'

'did your psycho sister

kidnap you or something?'

'alright, call me, love you.'

'wow! Somebody's got drama.'

can you, please,

just call him back?

Quit being such a b*tch!

Why are you doing this?

'Come on!'

wow. What a mouth on you.

No wonder why David thinks

you're a psycho.

'Let's see if your sister

has any pictures of you.'

'oh, yeah, I bet that's you

in the tattoo, isn't it?'

I bet that's not even

your only one, is it?

Do you have a tramp stamp,

jonna?

Give the lucky boys

something to look at?

What is she doing?

I'm gonna kick

the living sh*t out of you!

Come on! What are you doing?

It's not funny!

'Simmer down. I don't think

you're gonna be doing anything.'

'here's the thing.'

it's really tough

in the real world, you know.

And I just got out of lockup,

like, nine months ago

'and I, I can't get a real job'

'and, and even this stupid crap

job cut me back to part-time'

and that's why

I'm so behind on rent.

I..

All these stupid bills, I..

What does that mean?

'It means

this is an opportunity.'

'and if you see one

and you don't take it'

'then you're stupid.'

so I'm gonna need your pin code

for your bank card, Bree.

'God, you crazy b*tch!'

yeah, an attitude like that

is probably what got you here

in the first place.

Look, I'm sure

we can figure this out.

Just, just promise

you'll let us out of here.

Nope.

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