Another Me Page #4

I was sick.

My mum called me in sick.

Yes, we did get the call,

but no, you were here.

We did the whole

of act one?

I was off sick.

Fay, I-I've really tried

to be patient with you,

but I've really had enough

with your dramatics.

I wasn't here yesterday!

Give it up, Fay.

We were all

here yesterday.

We all saw you.

Yeah, exactly.

We all saw you.

Yeah, thank you, ladies.

Now, please go onstage.

Fay? Fay?

Psycho.

Fay!

Yeah, that's her.

Hey, baby, you want to pick up

where we left off yesterday?

Get off!

Oh, you weren't saying that yesterday.

Get your filthy hands off me!

Oh, sh*t!

Hey. Hey, hey, hey,

hey, hey, hey, hey.

What's wrong,

darling?

What's wrong?

I'm losing my mind.

I'm going mad.

You're not. You're

not losing your mind.

I am! I am!

You don't understand! I am!

Shh! Stop it, now.

Stop it. You

listen to me.

You are not losing

your mind, okay?

You're right.

What you think you

see, you're seeing.

It's Layla.

I see her, too.

I've always seen her.

How can it be?

Oh, my love.

Your mother was found

in the Whitecross Underpass,

unconscious.

Bleeding.

Placental abruption.

Common enough, apparently,

but they should have

picked it up in the scans.

I...

went straight from

work to the hospital,

and she was already

in the theater.

They told me only one

of you would survive.

And they had to operate

immediately, and then...

Then I had to sign...

...the papers

giving them permission

to let one of you go.

They told me,

if I didn't sign,

I could lose

all three of you.

And, of course, I signed.

It felt like a

viable trade.

One life to save

another and...

and Ann's.

She was so beautiful.

Like you.

Just like you.

The most perfect thing

I'd ever seen.

Except that she was dead.

I never told your mum

that I'd signed

her execution papers.

I couldn't tell her that.

It was a guilt

I had to bear on my own.

Dad.

And...

...she's still here.

My ghost daughter.

With me.

Calling in her debt from me.

At first, I thought

that only I could see

her, but I was wrong.

She's always

been here,

in the shadows.

As real as any

ghost can be.

And where is she now?

No.

Dad, I want to see her.

You mustn't see her.

It's dangerous.

You don't understand. Fay!

She's me!

I want to see her!

You mustn't see her!

I'm not enough

for her anymore.

She wants

your life!

Don't you understand?!

You mustn't look at her, Fay.

If you don't look at her,

she can't hurt you.

It's the only way

she can get you.

Promise me, Fay.

I know.

I can stop her, Dad.

I know where she'll be.

Fay! Fay!

Fay, wait!

I'm here.

I know you're here, too.

I'm sorry you died and I lived.

I wish you lived, too.

But you have

to stop punishing us.

It wasn't Dad's fault.

Where are you?

Look at me, Fay.

Go on, look at me.

I know you can't resist.

You have to leave

us alone, Layla.

Never.

Look at me, Fay.

Look at me, Fay.

Look at me.

- He was in such a hurry.

- He didn't want to wait,

and, of course,

he couldn't take the stairs.

I tried to tell him

the lift is broken,

but he wouldn't listen.

No? Okay.

I tried to tell him to take the even lift.

That one works.

That one has always worked.

I told that lazy landlord

a thousand times.

I knew that lift

would kill someone one day.

That landlord

is a murderer!

Fay!

Fay, wait! Wait for me!

Fay!

Hey.

You all right?

Yeah, I'm good.

I'm sorry...

about not being

there for you.

Look, forget about it.

My head was totally mashed

with my dad and stuff, so...

Of course.

I'm sorry anyway.

See you in the wings.

See you in the wings.

Your father would

be so proud of you.

Are you ready?

I'm ready.

You will disappear,

and no one will know it.

Faces

In the fog

Howl at the moon

Like a dog

And you

You haunt me

Oh, you

Haunt me

Cracks in the mirror

On the wall

Dust clings to light

In the hall

And you

You haunt me

Oh, you

Haunt me

Silhouettes framed in smoke

And blinding light

My hands sweat and shake

So much tonight

And you

You haunt me

Oh, you

Haunt me

You haunt me.

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