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I know, but I...

They'll know we were here.

Like, our fingerprints, right?

They must be everywhere.

Exactly. That's why we don't have a choice.

I have to call the cops.

Wait. Stop.

Just... Let me think.

- F***.

- Cali, what are we doing?

We can talk about it all day,

but it's not gonna change anything.

Wait, why not?

I don't get...

Wait, just think about it.

He's dead, right?

So he can't really tell his side

of the story, can he?

Like, like, anything

could've led up to this.

I know, but we still broke into the house.

Yeah, okay, right.

So we broke into the house.

Big deal. It's harmless.

We were just messing around.

But what if he, like...

Like, what if he attacked us or something?

Like, doesn't that change everything

if it was self-defense?

- But he didn't.

- No. God, I know he didn't,

but what I'm saying

is that we say he did. Okay?

As soon as he realized that we were

in here, he attacks one of us.

But what if he's supposed to be here?

He attacked the intruders, you know?

No. No, I told you.

That guy does not live here.

Yeah, but he's obviously a neighbor or

someone who knows that we don't live here,

so I don't think that changes

what Mel was saying.

Okay, yeah, right.

Okay, so it's got to be, like...

It's just got to be worse.

It's got to be...

It's got to be more.

Um...

He raped one of us.

He tried to rape one of us.

That's... I can't... I don't.

No, look. Look.

Okay, so he knew we broke in, right?

And as soon as he realized

it was just girls,

he thought he could totally

get away with it because...

I mean, we would never say anything

'cause we... we were trespassing, right?

It's our word versus his, and he's...

you know.

We can't just accuse a random guy

of doing that. It'll...

It'll what, Holly, ruin his life?

Look, I'm not gonna defend this idea.

It's a shitty thing to do.

It's the worst thing in the f***ing world.

We'll never forget it,

we'll never live it down,

and it's gonna follow us

the rest of our lives.

But we don't have any other move.

It's either this or jail.

I can't. It's not... It's not right.

Right. It's not right.

I don't even know what that means.

This is a matter

of life and death for us, okay?

And not just our lives,

our parents, our families.

You think your dad is gonna

get reelected after this?

His career is over, and you know it.

I'm gonna get kicked out of law school.

And my mom's gonna kill herself.

Exactly.

I mean, this is the responsible thing

to do if you think about it.

At least this way, we just take

the burden on ourselves, you know?

We're the only ones that know the truth,

and we're the only ones

that'll get f***ed up by it.

If we go the other way,

we take everyone else down with us.

Okay. We'll say that we came in.

I knew the house from babysitting.

We were bored. We knew it would be empty.

We came in, drank a little bit,

played around. All harmless stuff.

Then that guy, I guess,

saw lights from the street.

Or maybe he was following

us all night... doesn't matter.

We didn't know his motives.

But he came inside, and he saw us.

And he, like, flew into a horny rage or

whatever, and he tried to rape one of us.

But then they struggled and pushed back,

and he fell down the stairs,

broke his neck, like what really happened.

No blood on our hands. Right?

So who's the victim?

Closest to "A."

All right.

So what do we do?

Well, he was trying to rape you,

so maybe he ripped your shirt.

Okay.

Should I just do it?

Yeah.

Yeah, just a little bit.

Okay.

Like that?

Here, let me give it a try.

Jesus, Cali.

- Are you all right, Holl?

- Yeah, I'm fine.

How many are you gonna take?

I mean, like, ideally, it would be a clump,

but I'll just do a couple, okay?

Mm-hmm.

- Ow, f***.

- Sorry.

And I will wrap it around his fingers.

Okay, um...

Okay.

Hey, what about skin?

I feel like I've seen that on TV.

Like, like, skin under the nails?

I mean, yeah,

the more evidence the better.

If we're gonna do this,

we have to do it right.

Okay.

- Okay.

- Move in closer.

Okay.

Let's take a look.

Yeah.

I think that looks pretty convincing.

Yeah.

Looks good.

Yeah.

You ready?

I... I just...

I know, I know. It's...

It's really hard.

But we're so close.

We're almost finished.

Okay.

Thank you.

Did you do it?

Yeah.

You sure you got enough?

Yeah.

You guys ready?

Oh, God.

Oh, God. Holly.

He just fell on the...

From the stairs. I don't know what to do.

Oh, my God. You were just standing there.

You didn't do anything.

He was just laying there,

and he was just completely dead.

I didn't know what to do.

You looked so scared.

Oh, God.

Oh, God. Oh, God.

Okay.

Wait, stop.

What was that?

What is what?

What happened?

I can't feel my legs.

Um...

you fell down the stairs.

Did you... Did you call an ambulance?

Is someone coming to help me?

I can't breathe. Please. Please help me.

- What the hell do we do?

- I don't know. I don't know.

I can't.

Wh... What...

What do you want with me?

Um, we have to go talk in the other room.

What were you doing with my hand?

Please, I don't know what this is.

I need an ambulance right now.

I...

can't wait.

Who are you?

My name is Arthur.

I'm the groundskeeper.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry I grabbed you before.

But...

take my phone.

Take my phone and call 911.

I won't tell what happened here.

I'll never tell a soul.

On my word.

Wait, please, please, please, please.

You can't leave me here.

Let's just do it. Let's go

and hope he doesn't say anything.

What, are you f***ing kidding me?

We have no reason to trust him.

He's seen our faces.

And he knows what you were doing.

He saw you with his hand.

How the hell didn't you see he was awake?

I don't know. He... He wasn't moving.

I believe him, Cali.

I don't think he's gonna

say anything. I trust him.

- I don't know why, but I do.

- Oh, that's great, Holly.

That's really f***ing great

that you trust him, but I don't.

Well, what then? What are we gonna do?

We can't just sit here.

Why not?

What?

Why don't we just, like,

wait for a little bit?

I mean, he's in really bad shape, right?

What if we just didn't help him?

Maybe everything would

just kind of work itself out.

It's the same thing as going in there

right now and killing him.

No. No, it's not, not really.

How is it not?

Look, we thought we killed him before,

and we were prepared to deal with it.

So what's the difference if he wakes up

for a couple minutes and then dies?

It's the exact same thing

as him falling down the stairs

and being alive for a couple seconds,

only it's, like, a little bit longer.

No, the difference is that now

we could do something about it.

We can call an ambulance and get him help.

Yeah, and what if he dies anyway?

You saw him in there. You heard his voice.

He's completely f***ed.

We'll be totally screwing ourselves

if we call the ambulance,

and then he dies

before they even get here.

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