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I have so much to do today.

I have to go buy Isabella a gift

and then I have to go get

a manicure and pedicure.

But they messed up

the appointment

so I'm supposed to go there

for 4:
30 but...

That's it.

Get that, hon?

Hey.

What, are you not gonna

let me in?

What are you doing?

Where have you been?

Hey, you don't answer your phone

calls, no email, nothing.

Jensen's pissed.

And I saved your ass.

I talked to the Rancho clients

myself, f*** you very much.

- Clients? What clients?

- What are you talking about?

You said Rancho?

What do you mean?

What do you mean,

"what do I mean?"

You just said Rancho.

What is Rancho?

El Rancho Estates.

The deal we've been

putting together

for the last four

f***ing months.

What's going on here, Alex?

Are you OK?

Paige, is he OK?

Hey, come on, man,

I was just trying... Alex!

Alex?

What are you doing?

Come to bed.

It's time now for

your national forecast...

Easy.

You want me to get you

in the mood?

Relax, Alex.

Forget about everything else.

What do you mean,

everything else?

What the f***, Alex?

For all the wrongs we have

committed to one another.

It is the single act of kindness

that God requires of us.

You're looking

for a room, sir?

Can't do much better.

And if you can,

I dare you to find it.

I wonder,

could I ask you a question?

No harm in it.

It might sound strange.

Do I look familiar to you

at all?

Couldn't say.

All you young people look alike.

- I might have been with a girl.

- Pretty one?

Yeah.

No. If I saw you,

it didn't stick with me.

OK. A room then.

Does anything

ever happen here?

I drove all this way and when

I got here everything was wrong.

Do you know what that's like,

to drive all this way

and have it not be

what it should be?

No, I can't say as I do.

Where is it?

Where is it?

Where is it?

Come on now, get up.

I won't say it again.

Now, you can't do that.

This is not a campsite.

Fine. Just tell me where it is.

- You just get on out of here.

- I'm going.

- Just tell me where it went.

- Where what went?

The church.

There was a church here.

Couldn't have been too long ago.

The Church of

the Solid Rock Sufferer.

There's no place like that

around here. Not here.

- You've got to be...

- I've got to be nothing.

People tend to focus on

the world around them,

rather than the world

within them.

Now, you just drive on

out of here.

OK.

Alex?

What the f***?

You just leave

in the middle of the night?

For, what, a day and a half?

You don't bother calling me,

- nothing?

- Sorry.

Oh, my God. It's f***ed up

but the only reason why

I didn't call the police is

because you have been acting

so strange lately.

Do you understand

what I'm saying to you?

That it didn't faze me

that you just left like that.

- What are you doing?

- Looking.

For what?

Scarlett. Where'd you go?

Why are you acting

like you don't know me?

Hey.

What are you doing?

I can't explain it.

Why don't you give it a try?

It's an idea I had.

I was at the grocery store.

I knocked over a carton of eggs

and I saw this bloody yolk.

You were buying eggs

at two in the morning?

It got me thinking

about some peas.

You hate peas.

Well, I was looking at them.

I was looking for something.

I looked at them

and most of them are perfect.

Bright color, firm, good size.

But then I found

this rotten one in the can.

Now, if, say I was dreaming...

I know how that sounds, but

let's just say I was dreaming.

Do you really think that

my mind would take the time

to put a rotten pea in there?

I mean, think about it.

When you think about a pea,

what do you think of?

A fresh pea, right?

A normal pea. Don't you?

I really don't think about peas,

Alex.

It's not really you,

it's your subconscious.

Do you really think

the part of you that dreams

is gonna put a rotten pea

in a can?

Don't answer that. Just look.

If I was in a dream, why would

that one bad pea be in there?

I'm gonna go to bed.

Paige?

Alex?

Alex.

What's going on?

I don't know.

Are you OK?

Are you OK?

- No.

- Alex.

Talk to me.

Talk to me, please.

Tell me what's happening.

My head's not right anymore.

I'm... I'm all over the place.

Distracted. I'm...

I'm obsessed with this idea

that I don't think I exist.

I don't think you

or any of this is real.

How long have you felt this way?

I wake up and I feel like

I'm still in a dream.

If you're...

If you're dreaming all of this...

- I'm not dreaming this.

- But you just said that.

No, no. It's worse than that.

I think someone else

is dreaming this.

But, Alex, how can we be

in someone else's dream

if you're here?

If she dies in this world,

then she wakes up.

Wait. If who dies?

And if she wakes up,

then we're...

Alex, this is real.

This is real, you and me.

Nothing else matters.

Just ignore whatever's

going on out there.

Look, stay here with me.

OK, you need this.

This is your home.

I love you.

And you love me.

All you see

You don't want to see

But can't seem to avoid

When you're trying

to be right

On this trespassed life

where

You don't seem to care

And you're making the motions

to be aware

As to why you're here

Paige?

What are you doing?

I was thirsty.

What are you doing?

Getting something to eat.

- Can I ask you a question?

- Mm-hmm.

When did we meet?

That is such a silly question.

We met yesterday. I'm your wife?

I love you.

Don't be too long.

You can come out now.

We can just skip

the formalities.

I know what you want.

Scarlett.

You know me.

You know all about me.

Yeah.

I saw you at the supermarket.

You're my neighbor.

That's not what I mean.

Tell me you remember me.

No.

Why don't you remind me.

We're in love.

If you want it, just take it.

You don't have to ask me

if it's OK.

- What are you talking about?

- You came here to rape me.

I know what you want.

You can say her name

if you want to.

You want to...

call out her name?

Scarlett.

I can be Scarlett

if you want me to be Scarlett.

No. No.

No, you can't leave.

You're not going anywhere!

F***.

What is this? Who is this?

You both know who I am.

What the f*** is wrong with you

people? Why are you lying?

He's been watching me

across the street for weeks.

I think he was

trying to rape me.

What the f***

are you talking about?

Don't!

Stop!

Do you know where you are?

Do you remember this place?

You remember him? What happened?

Where is he?

Where?

My cousin, he's...

But who knows?

Maybe it was for the best.

I mean, can you imagine the

kind of life he would have had?

It was the fire pit, wasn't it?

That's where you put him.

And this is your house.

This is where you grew up.

And the fire pit,

you tell me about that.

You tell me about

when you put him in there.

Tell me. Tell me.

Tell me!

Tell me!

Tell me!

Tell me!

Do you know what this is?

Is this him?

His bones buried for years

in this exact place.

Come on, Alex.

We both know

how this is gonna end.

Can't we just skip all of this?

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