Audrey Rose Page #4

Shh. It's OK, it's all right. Yes.

It's all right.

It's all right. It's Daddy.

Yes, it's all right.

Daddy...

Shh.

Shh.

Oh, my God, I am heartily sorry

for having offended thee

and I detest all my sins because I dread

the loss of heaven and the pains of hell,

but most of all

because they offend thee, my God,

who art all good

and deserving of all my love.

I firmly resolve now,

with the help of thy grace,

to confess my sins, to do penance,

and to amend my life. Amen.

Mea culpa. Mea culpa.

Mea maxima culpa.

Mrs Templeton.

It's all right.

Why don't you sit down?

Sit down. Try and relax.

This might sting a little.

Mrs Templeton.

Please try and understand,

and believe me, I know you don't take

the responsibilities of your child lightly,

but we are dealing here

with something else,

something greater than your daughter's

physical being or physical welfare.

We're dealing with a soul

that is indestructible

and yet it is struggling to get free

because it is in terrible pain and torment,

a pain and torment as real and tangible

as the actual physical terror

experienced by Audrey Rose

at the moment her body was consumed

by that terrible fire of 11 years ago.

It's... just... a... nightmare.

Come on, Mrs Templeton, please.

Listen, your daughter is in mortal danger.

Do you know that?

She could possibly die

if you don't listen to what I'm telling you.

Now, try to understand.

As long as a soul is unprepared to accept

the laws and responsibilities of its karma,

it cannot exist in this earth life, it cannot

exist on this earth plane. It has to go back.

I don't understand a word you are saying.

It's quite simple, Mrs Templeton.

My daughter's soul returned too soon.

Wait a minute.

What do you mean, your daughter?

Her soul? This is my daughter

we're talking about, my child.

- It's all right, you don't understand.

- I don't want to understand.

Why, you... You are crazy. You're nuts.

My husband said so

and I want you out of here.

- It's just your fear talking.

- No, it is me talking.

I am telling you that my daughter

is not possessed.

I'm not talking about possession,

but reincarnation.

- Please listen to me. Come here.

- No! No!

I'm not gonna hurt you. Look at me.

What is it you really fear, eh?

Listen to me. Two people, two strangers,

came into my life and changed it.

Eric Lloyd was one of them.

He told me a story that was so incredible

it took complete hold of me

and made my heart search

for the very truth of existence itself.

All right, I know, it sounds bizarre.

But I went to India, where I found

a way of life that was indescribable.

I found brutalising poverty,

starvation, death, pestilence.

But I also found something else.

With all the misery

that those people had to face,

there was still a great spiritual peace

and joy in their lives

because they believe...

they believe that this life is not the end.

Life and death are not the end.

And I believe that now

without a shadow of doubt.

This life, the end? No.

This is one act

in a vast cosmic drama, that's all.

Oh, yes, our bodies die,

our aged vessels crack,

releasing the ensnared soul yet again

on its vast journey homewards,

through many lifetimes, many lifetimes,

improving with each new life.

Not only do I believe this beyond

a shadow of doubt, Mrs Templeton,

but 700 million other people

also believe it.

Please.

Please, won't you open your heart and try

to understand what I'm telling you?

Please. Please say you will try.

Please.

What is it you want from me?

I want your trust and your help.

That's all I want.

The soul of a child

is crying out for help

and we must form a bond, a bond so tight,

so filled with all the love that you have,

all the love that I have,

that we can mend her.

Mend her soul?

Yes. Yes. Yes.

Together we can try.

I... I just want to be close to her, to pray

for her, to do good for her, that's all I want.

You see, Audrey Rose

was only five when she died.

In her brief time on earth,

she was just coming to an awareness

of the spiritual beauties of life.

I believe if God is willing -

only if God is willing -

that we can bring her soul

back to that awareness.

But I need your help in this.

Look.

We are both a part of this child,

Mrs Templeton.

We both had to do with the making of her.

You and I.

Now, don't turn your back on me now.

Because if you do,

you turn your back on lvy.

(phone rings)

Hello?

This is Dr Kaplan, Janice. You called me?

Oh, yes, Dr Kaplan, I did.

- What seems to be the matter?

- No, no, nothing is the matter.

I'll call you in the morning.

- I'll be at home if you should need me.

- Yes.

- OK?

- Fine.

- Good night.

- Goodbye.

Try and get some sleep.

We'll talk again tomorrow.

Good night.

(door closes)

Thank you.

You let him in, Janice.

You let him in. Why?

- Ivy went crazy, Bill. I needed help.

- Help?

Why didn't you call the office

and find out where I'd taken the client?

Or call the elevator man or Russ. Why

did you let somebody like that in here?

Bill, lvy went crazy. She was

hurting herself and he was there.

What are you talking about? He's a nut.

He was in the building,

and he helped her before.

A nut, that's what he is. He's some kind

of a magician. He's got you hypnotised.

He's taken you in. You let him.

Sure I let him. You saw the living room -

the furniture overturned, the curtain torn.

What do you think did that, a cyclone?

Our daughter did that. Ivy.

She was out of control, she was crazy,

hurting herself, and I couldn't stop her.

You're crazy.

He's gotten you crazy, Janice.

That's right, yes.

He also scares me and he panics me.

But he comes in here and he calls her

that name and she hears him.

She listens and goes to him,

and just falls asleep in his arms.

- Bullshit!

- Don't you ever say that to me.

Don't ever speak to me that way again.

Where were you when I needed you?

Out drinking with some goddamn client.

- Stop it, Janice.

- Don't you... Don't you touch me.

Stay away from me. You saw her hands.

Why did that happen, Bill?

Why does she scream and cry and yell?

Do you think what's happening

to her is normal, for God's sake?

No, it's not normal. Honey, she is sick.

- Baby, we're gonna get help for her.

- He was here. He took care of her.

We'll take her to see the psychiatrist.

- We'll find out what's wrong with her.

- He was here and you weren't.

Oh, baby, honey, I'll be here,

from now on I'll be here.

Look, I'll take time off,

whatever time is necessary.

Baby, I'll be with you and lvy. Honey,

I'll be with both of you. I love you.

I love my family very much, honey.

(bell tolls)

- Here, let's try one more.

- OK.

Mom.

Look, no hands.

If I burned them on the radiator

going to the bathroom,

how come I didn't wake up?

Because we put ointment on them

very quickly and burns only hurt later on.

Oh, yeah, like the time I got sunburnt

on the beach last summer.

It took hours to hurt.

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