Armenian Haunting Page #2

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but nobody ever listens.

Sevan had all the signs of

a marked man, a cursed man.

I read for him.

I told him the truth.

I always tell the truth,

no matter how bad it is.

His coffee...

It had a loop in it,

circling around like a snake.

Like a noose, ready to

squeeze at the right moment.

Tell me more about the curse.

[Aida] Your family had been

cursed a long, long time ago.

A sleeper curse.

Sleeper curse?

A curse placed by a

very patient person...

Is usually brought on by

the victims themselves.

What-what does that mean?

You are a part of this curse.

The loop is tightening.

(scoffs)

What about the promise?

[Aida] What promise?

Was there a promise?

(objects clattering)

(wind howling)

You must go now!

No, not until you answer me!

Get out!

Get out of my house now!

Tell me about the promise!

It's all in the family,

the family, the family...

(tense music)

(eerie raspy breathing)

(dramatic music)

(screaming)

(gasping)

(breathing heavily)

(gasping)

[David] Maro-jan?

Why are you awake?

Oh, bad dream.

[David] You and the whole family.

Come sit with your father.

[Maro] It's on, dad.

Oh.

Sometimes I question my sanity.

Sometimes I feel like the

whole world has gone mad.

It's been 100 years,

but the Armenian people are

still searching for answers.

They say we should move

on, but how can we?

The Turkish government

still has not accepted the responsibility.

But, mark my word,

nothing goes unpunished.

Not something like this.

The Armenian people

will have their answers.

We just need to be patient.

[Maro] Dad, has grandma told you

about her experience in Turkey?

I've told you all you needed to know.

By the way, how did your school report go?

The professor said it was one-sided.

Dad, there was a specific detail

that grandma is leaving off.

Was there a promise made?

And if so, was it kept?

Who-who was the promise made to?

W-when did this happen?

- Who are these people?

- Whoa, whoa, whoa.

So many questions.

Settle down.

You're making my head spin.

[Maro] Sorry, there's just...

So much void in this story.

First of all, you have

to quit asking grandma

about those tats.

You're a big girl.

By now you've figured out what they mean.

(sighing)

For an Armenian woman,

to talk about rape...

Is like betraying all the

generations of women before her.

Being a woman is very sacred.

Her-her memory with these events

is becoming more muddled over the years.

But there is something

that has stuck in my head.

She said...

There was a man who sacrificed

his seat on the boat

for grandma and her pregnant mother.

They were crossing the

river the night before

the Turkish guards entered the village.

Yeah.

Her dad was arrested earlier.

She was only eight.

So...

Some of the details on that

event are not quite defined.

She told me the man and her mother

had a secretive conversation

as he was stepping off the boat.

[Maro] A relative maybe?

All I know is the man asked

your mom to keep the promise.

I overhead Tatik,

uh, mumbling to herself

before she collapsed.

Something about keeping

the promise, and the curse.

[David] The curse?

Yeah, the curse, and that

they didn't keep the promise.

Dad, you have to help me.

Is there anybody else who might know more?

This might be useless to you,

but your mom and your grandma

have been visiting a

psychic in the Valley.

What?

I always tease your mom about it.

You know, we're just not

those kind of people.

(dramatic music)

Aida!

Aida!

Aida!

Aida please, you have to help me!

I'm not working today.

I have questions about my grandmother!

What did she tell you?

Aida, please!

I thought you didn't believe in curses.

Leave me alone!

You are harassing me!

Please, help me!

My family's in danger!

Are you ready?

Should I start?

Your grandmother and your

mother came to my shop

a few weeks ago, around

the same time Sevan,

may he rest in peace, knocked on my door.

They had the same

questions as you have now.

I put the puzzle pieces together quickly.

And I knew almost instantly

that this was a family affair.

A curse of some sorts.

[Maro] So I was right.

Sevan knew about all this.

It seemed he wasn't convinced,

but he told me about the

dreams he was having.

Dreams he'd wake up from

that would still continue moments later.

[Maro] Dreams?

A man with broken legs and arms.

It can't be.

Your grandmother asked me if

I could stop a family curse.

I asked her what the curse was.

She told me it came from a man

when she was a young girl in Turkey.

Her mother broke a promise

she'd given to this man.

Did you ask her what the promise was?

Before she answered,

your mother stepped in and

they just left.

A piece of work your mother is.

That's it?

Nothing else?

I told you all I know.

Sevan didn't seem to know the

specifics of that promise,

but I knew that man was doomed

the minute I laid eyes on him.

I told him to be careful.

Nobody listens.

You too, I told you.

It's all in the family.

You're having those dreams, huh?

I loved my brother, and I do miss him.

No question about it.

My mom is devastated.

[Maro] Have you been

having strange dreams?

Like what?

[Maro] Like scary

sh*t, ghosts, monsters?

Not since I was four.

I'm being serious.

Sevan had one of those

dreams before he died.

How did you know?

[Maro] I talked to a psychic.

(chuckling)

Oh, what are you doing, cousin?

There's something suspicious

about your brother's death

and I need to know the answers.

[Arsen] What are you talking about?

I overheard Tatik talking

to herself about some curse,

and a promise that was made.

Tatik is old as f***, man.

That's what old people

do, talk to themselves.

[Maro] Did he say anything to you?

Did he behave in a strange way?

Look, Sevan had been distant

since he had that fight with dad about

his non-Armenian girlfriend.

Who's hot as hell, by the way.

But you know our dad,

he's a hardcore Armenian.

He was really f***in' angry

when Sevan brought Clara to dinner.

I'm like, "It's 2015,

can we just like move on

"with the whole Armenians

must marry Armenian bullshit?"

After that, Sevan sort

of drifted away a little.

He did let me use bimmer though.

I really miss him.

(car horn honking)

I gotta go, cousin.

[Maro] We're not done yet!

[Arsen] Sorry, we can continue later.

Hey bro, what took you so long?

That little sh*t is lying.

I can tell, he knows something.

He either doesn't want

to admit it to himself

that something's wrong, or

he's embarrassed to tell me.

Typical Armenian guy.

This f***ing door...

Where are they?

Here you are.

(skewers clattering)

(electricity buzzing)

Oh, come on!

(speaking foreign language)

(garage door creaking)

This goddamn door!

(eerie growling)

(garage door creaking)

(eerie growling)

(dramatic music)

(skewer whooshing)

(Arsen gasping)

(ragged breathing)

(skewer whooshing)

(Arsen choking)

I can't believe this is happening.

I just talked to him yesterday.

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