Bunny Lake Is Missing Page #8

Can I get you some tea?

No, thank you. I'm quite all right.

I was just...

My brother left a doll here to be repaired...

and I need it

so I can prove that I really have a...

Heres the receipt.

Yes, I remember.

This doll had almost been loved to death.

You know,

love inflicts the most terrible injuries...

on my small patients.

I'm afraid you'll have to find it yourself.

My helper has gone home.

Theres a basement...

underneath the room you entered by.

I call it the recuperation ward.

You'll find it there.

I'll just light this lamp for you.

There now.

That's it.

Thank you very much.

Look, I found her. Now we can take her

to the police. Theyll have to believe us.

Yes, I guess they will.

Come on, the cars outside.

No, wait. I have to pay the old man.

Mommy.

Steven, what are you doing?

No, sir, both out.

By the looks of it, they left in a hurry, too.

All the lights are still burning.

Other than this slight contusion,

theres nothing that shows up yet.

She must have hit her head when she fell.

I found her just lying there

in front of the fireplace.

She'd been under a terrible strain

the last couple of days.

Lets not wake her.

Sleeps the best medicine right now.

But she'll wake up soon.

She's always been a light sleeper.

If that happens, we'll give her something.

She needs to sleep.

It'll give her a chance to unwind.

Tomorrow, when she's had a rest,

we can run some tests.

I don't care how long it takes or how much

it costs. I want her to get completely well.

The last couple of weeks, it was as if

I had lost touch with her and she with me.

She kept going on

about an imaginary child...

she thought was lost or something.

Perhaps I ought to consult a psychiatrist.

Perhaps. In the meantime, Mr. Lake,

we'll do all we can.

And if we should need

to get in touch with you later...

- can we call you at home?

- Yes, but I won't be there till very late.

This whole thing

has played havoc with my job.

Dr. Avery, please.

- The doctor ordered sedation if needed.

- Thank you.

- Bed Number 2.

- Right.

- Mrs. Robertson is getting restless.

- Go change her dressing, Nurse.

Will you bring the trolley?

Then I'll call Dr. Sheldon.

- Everything is ready.

- Thank you.

So then, what's all this about,

Mrs. Robertson?

we're going to do your dressing again,

and you'll be quite comfortable.

Just lie quietly.

- Operator.

- Get me the gate.

- Main gate.

- A patient left Ward C4 without permission.

Stop her at the gate. I'll come down.

Routine report just came through

from St. Charles Hospital in Hampstead.

A young woman seems to have escaped.

Her name is Lake.

That was very smart of Stevie, wasn't it?

- What?

- The way he got her out of the school.

He was there before you were.

He was watching you all the time.

Then when I left, he took her.

He had to be very fast.

He knew he didn't have much time

before recess began.

That was brave of him.

I would have been frightened.

Where did he hide her?

He put her to sleep

and hid her in the trunk of his car.

That was the smartest thing of all.

He knew theyd never look there.

Of course not.

But he knew theyd look here.

He even reminded them to, and they did.

Now he's perfectly safe.

Theyll never come back.

Only, you shouldnt be here.

He didn't want you here.

- But I came.

- Why?

I wanted to be with you, Stevie...

so that no one would frighten you...

or hurt you...

or make you cry.

- I didn't do anything wrong, did I?

- Of course not.

But you did.

You did wrong, Annie.

You forgot about me.

All you could think of was that boy...

that dirty, rotten boy.

That was wrong, wasn't it?

Yes, Stevie, that was very wrong.

And then you let her grow inside you.

You didn't have to do that, but you did.

And now we can't be together anymore.

She's always there between us.

No one will ever come between us, Stevie.

we'll always be together.

- I'm sorry I burned that doll.

- It was just a doll.

- I didn't care.

- I knew you wouldnt.

That other Bunny came between us, too,

didn't she?

Not really. She was only make-believe.

Mommy.

But she did come between us.

That's why she had to die and go to heaven.

No, don't. I'll do it, Stevie. Let me do it.

No, Annie.

You don't like me the best anymore.

You like her.

You whisper to her at night.

You tell her secrets that you won't tell me.

I can't trust you.

Of course you can, Stevie.

I promise.

It isn't fair.

When the make-believe Bunny

came between us...

you made her die and go to heaven.

Now it's my turn.

Stevie, I'm tired of this game.

I want to play hide-and-seek.

- I bet I beat you.

- I bet you don't.

I thought it up, so youre it.

- Now hide your face and count, Stevie.

- All right.

But I'll catch you. Just you wait and see.

One, two, three, four...

- I won!

- Not until the game is finished.

You havent tagged me yet.

Here we go round the mulBerry Bush

The mulBerry Bush, the mulBerry Bush

Here we go round the mulBerry Bush

On a cold and frosty morning

This is the way we jump up and down

Jump up and down, jump up and down

This is the way we jump up and down

Jump up and down

This is the way we jump up and down

On a cold and frosty morning

Hey, lets play blind mans bluff!

Yes, lets!

Here I come, ready or not.

- I won!

- Now it's my turn.

Darling, move in here...

and sit down very quietly.

Don't move till Mommy gets back.

Promise me.

- Promise.

- All right.

Please don't. Don't.

You cheated.

Steven, you don't mean it.

You can't possibly be serious.

You love Bunny, too.

We can all be happy,

all three of us together.

Steven, don't.

Please give her to me, Steven.

Steven, youre sick.

Youre mad, Steven! Sick!

Please, Steven.

Steven, give her to me, please.

Steven, give her to me.

Please, Steven.

Give her to me.

Steven, please.

Stevie, come here.

I want to go high, Stevie,

and I can't go high without you.

Come here.

Come here right now...

or I won't play with you anymore ever again.

Annie needs to play with you.

Push me, Stevie.

I want to touch the sky.

Up to the sky.

- Fly up to the sky!

- Up to the sky!

- Higher!

- Higher!

Higher and higher!

You shouldnt have lied

about the boat they arrived on, Mr. Lake.

Quite unnecessary and sure to be found out.

Rogers, you'll drive Miss Lake home,

won't you?

Yes, sir.

Sleep well, both of you...

now that you exist.

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