Beautiful Page #4

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at number 8. That's true.

No. The only thing that's true

is that sometimes girls leave.

Sometimes they run away.

[ Sighs ]

Well, if you're so unhappy

and if he's so dangerous,

then why don't you run away?

Well, there was a time

when l did that.

But the problem is that. . .

the past catches up with you.

Eventually you come back

to the place that you've left.

You always come back.

Always.

We've got the same fingers. . .

the same knuckles.

Can l show you

something really special,

something l haven't shown anyone

for a very long time?

[ Footsteps approaching ]

You see this?

Doesn't look like much, right?

This represents me

before all of this. . .

before this life.

To me. . .

the world was beautiful.

But then you -- you get older. . .

things happen. . .

and it's not so.

l don't want you hanging about

the front of the house anymore.

l don't want you

taking pictures of me anymore.

Start treating this house like

the rest of the street treats it --

ignore it.

lf he comes back

and he finds you here,

he's gonna do something really bad,

and then nothing in life

will be beautiful anymore.

Now get out.

Go on, get out!

[ Voice breaking ]

l don't -- l don't want

or need your help,

and l don't need you to save me.

Get out!

[ Ominous music plays ]

[ No audio ]

[ Suzy screaming ]

[ No audio ]

[ Screaming indistinctly ]

No! No!

Aah! Aah!

Please! Please!

Noooooooo!

M RS. THOMSON:
[ Screams ]

Suzy! Suzy!

Suzy!

[ Crying ]

No!

[ Sobbing ]

ALAN:
Im only gonna ask you

once more, Daniel.

Was there anything

that you and that girl were doing

that you shouldn't have been doing?

No.

Is there anything

you're not telling us, anything?

ALAN:
You better think fast, Daniel,

'cause this girl is missing.

No! All right?

We hung out.

We just talked about stuff,

about the dead girls

and number 46, that's all!

What dead girls?

What do you mean, "dead girls"?

l don't know --

the ones everyone talks about,

the missing ones.

That's bullshit, Daniel.

Its an urban myth.

Now, what else?

What about number 46?

Huh?!

What about number 46?!

l don't know, Dad!

That better be everything, Daniel.

And l hope to God

you're not hiding anything,

'cause if you are,

then that girl's life is in danger.

Have you got that?

Have you got that?!

Enough!

He's a kid.

That's enough.

[ Sobbing ]

ALAN:
Id better

check out that house.

[ Sniffles ]

Its okay.

[ Sobbing ]

[ Water sprinkler spritzing ]

[ Telephone ringing ]

[ Ringing continues ]

ALAN:
Hi, you've reached

Alan, Sherrie, and Danny.

We can't come to the phone

at the moment.

Leave a message. Bye.

[ Beep ]

SUZY [ Crying ]:
Daniel!

Danny, are you there?!

Suzy! Im here! Suzy!

Danny.

Don't say anything, okay?

Just listed.

Just listed because

if l do one thing wrong,

he's gonna cut me in two.

Get that knife away from me,

you f***er!

Suzy! Suzy!

Ow! That f***ing hurts!

Im doing as you asked.

[ Crying ]

Danny, help me.

He's pissed, and Im so scared.

He knows you sent the cops

to the house, Daddy, to 46.

He knows.

He says you have

to come down here.

Please, Daddy.

Just do as he says, Danny, please.

[ Sobs ]

D-Daddy, he's left

the room for a second.

Don't bring anyone, okay?

Just come by yourself.

Just come, but come tonight.

You have to save me, Danny!

Suzy! Suzy!

Help me!

Suzy!

[ Screams ]

[ No audio ]

[ Suspenseful music plays ]

MAX:
Get the door!

Don't keep our guest waiting.

Please go home. Go home.

l told you not to come here,

and you promised me.

Go!

MAX:
Hurry up!

lf it's the kid, show him in!

Its time he and l had a little chat!

[ Door hinges creak ]

[ Door closes ]

He's in the back room.

[ Floorboards creak ]

MAX:
Come in, boy.

l don't have all night.

[ Door hinges creak ]

Jennifer keeps telling me

you've been giving us trouble.

Is that true?

Where is she?

Who?

Suzy.

Where have you hidden her?

Is this some kind of joke?

Are you f***ing with me?

Are you?

What's that thing

you got 'round your neck?

Camera.

A camera.

What do you like to do

with that camera?

Take pictures.

See. . .

That's where my problems start,

with you and your little camera,

always taking pictures of people

that just want to be left alone.

And it's not the first time

Ive had trouble

with people like you,

always thinking you're better,

keeping me down. . .

ruining my life.

But then there's you,

just click, click, click

with your little camera, hmm?

It makes Jennifer panic.

It makes her paranoid

that l might be doing something

l shouldn't be doing.

Then l start to think, "Hang on. . .

Maybe she's right.

Maybe it's not all in her head."

Then l see the people. . .

the people hanging 'round our house,

watching us day and night.

You.

Them.

Neither of you are gonna let me

get on with my life.

People say Im a pervert.

You're the little freak.

[ Slap ]

Don't think Im stupid, either.

l know everything

you've been up to.

l see you on the streets,

you and that little c*nt.

What's her name again?

P-put him down, Max.

He's -- he's just a boy.

Please put him down.

Just shut up!

He f***ing started it,

and Ill finish it

when Im good and ready.

You bring the f***ing cops

to my house.

You make them watch me again

like Im some. . .

crazed animal in the f***ing zoo.

Hmm?

Watch my home. . .

help them take away my life again. . .

take away my only chance,

the only chance l might ever have.

[ Sobbing ]

[ Whispering ]:
You make me

want to do bad things again.

You like pictures?

Do you like taking pictures?

Wait till you see the pictures

Im gonna take of you

with that little camera.

Give them a good enough reason

to put me away forever this time.

Hmm? Hmm?

A gun?

Bring a f***ing gun to my house?

Well, let me give you

some advice, boy.

You need to be a man to use a gun. . .

and a gun's only useful

if you've got bullets --

if you've bullets

and you're gonna fire them,

but you --

no, you don't got the balls!

[ Gun fires ]

[ Max gurgles, thud ]

[ Jennifer screams, sobs ]

[ Sobbing ]

Where's Suzy? Where is she?

JENNIFER:
No.

Please.

Stop.

Your friend is not here.

She's not here,

and l don't know where she is.

Please? Please, Danny.

You're lying!

She phoned me from here for help.

She wants me to save her,

and Im not leaving until l save her.

There's some kind of mistake.

Its like l told you

about the missing girls --

it's just a tale, honey.

There isn't -- there's no girl here.

There's no Suzy.

Please, no more.

You're my mom, aren't you?

What?

[ Sobbing ]

Why did you leave us?

Why did you have to leave?

Please stop.

[ Grunting ]

[ Gun fires, Jennifer screams ]

Mom?

God!

Mom, wake up!

What have you done?

Ive shot her.

l shot my mom.

What?! What are you saying?

Your mother?

This woman is not

your mother, Danny!

Yes, she is!

She tried to tell me she was my mom,

and l killed her!

That's bullshit.

She's been messing with your head.

-She is not your mother.

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