Compound Fracture Page #2
But I do need to ask for help
with your father.
I can't do it anymore, Michael.
You'll stay on at the house,
right?
I appreciate that,
but no.
This house...
This house is too... full.
It's yours.
- I just want to go.
- That's why you called.
Right.
Well, I'll, uh...
wrap my head around it,
and we'll both talk to him
in the morning.
I'm sorry.
No, I...
I get it.
This is insanity.
I know.
Who's insane?
Uh, this great
new room improvement.
Command central used to be
a desk and a couple of monitors.
Well, home protection has come
a long way in twenty years.
And I am impressed.
Yes, well, I have
microphones and cameras
and house.
Motion detecting,
infrared, EMPs,
night vision,
and ultra wide band radar.
Nothing can hide
from these babies.
You care to explain these?
This is a
very special place, son.
It requires
very special protection.
Yeah.
Maybe one day
you'll understand that.
And now maybe my wife
will stop trespassing
in my private zone,
and you and I
can have that drink.
And you can tell me that news.
News?
Oh! Better make sure all
the windows are closed tonight.
I'm going to make some tea.
Anyone else?
Here, let me show you a song.
Since when do you play?
Never practiced.
He was lazy.
One by one
they left you there
Sitting on
a breaking chair
One by one
without a sound
They left you falling
to the ground
She felt you there
She took your hand
And with her heart
she helped you stand
Looks hard.
The best ones are.
Chloe likes that one.
She did.
Reminded her of Mom.
Whoa.
- There's something out there.
- Where?
With all of Gary's security,
Did you break my cup?
I found it in the cupboard
in pieces!
You see?
It's like he's just... gone.
Music!
That's what we need!
Would you like to dance?
Oh, never mind, you old hag.
a young beautiful thing anyway!
Oh, uh, no.
I am not much of a dancer.
Well, come here
and let me teach you.
Michael, you remember
our dance nights?
Chloe loves to dance.
She would twirl the night away.
Well...
if you hadn't been such
He's always so sour.
I don't see what you see in him.
I'll tell you
what I do remember.
I remember you
beating the sh*t out of Chloe
for spilling her milk
on the carpet.
Gary?
Perhaps we should
just go on to bed?
Gary, perhaps it's time
to say good night.
How many times
have I told you, Beverly?
Do not question me
in front of the kids!
- Enough, Gary!
- I am the man of the house!
Enough!
That's right!
Enough!
I'm calling my niece
first thing in the morning.
Go to bed, Gary.
But, Beverly...
This isn't Beverly.
This is your new wife Anabelle,
and she's leaving
in the morning.
Just like Mom
left you several years ago.
And if you ever touch her again,
I swear to God...
Looks like we're staying
a little longer.
Anabelle?
- Yes, dear?
- I just wanted to say that...
whatever it is you need,
we'll do.
You're family.
I'd be careful about using
that word in this house,
if I were you.
Well, regardless,
the sentiment remains the same.
Of course.
I know what you mean,
and I appreciate it.
Good night.
Good night, dear.
He'll kill you, he'll kill you,
he'll kill you...
Hey, Gigantor, move over.
Give me some room.
That sound is really annoying.
Yeah.
Hush.
People are trying to sleep.
Oh, thank God.
I wonder if it's from the storm.
You couldn't save her.
Dad, no!
Oh! Jeez!
I thought I lost you.
Well, you... you almost did.
It's okay.
It's just a bad dream.
I don't blame you either.
Tonight was totally crazy.
Sorry. No pun intended.
I'm really sorry
I've been pushy lately.
- You haven't been pushy.
- No, I have.
Asking you to set dates and
stuff when you're clearly not...
I'm clearly what?
Well, you just... You got
a lot of stuff going on.
With Chloe and Brandon
and William
and now your dad.
I promise I'll back off.
Don't back off.
I don't want to lose you, too.
Yeah?
Then let's hope
that surly teenager
doesn't send me
screaming from the house.
You know I'm not with you
for the money, right?
Yeah, I know.
I was just angry.
What was that?
Gary.
Whoa.
He was out there!
I saw him!
He pushed me, and I fell!
Look!
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Calm down, all right?
There was no one out there.
You just tripped and fell, okay?
Jesus, Dad, give me that!
You could seriously
hurt someone!
What does he want?
He's always so much
worse when he's tired.
You can't go around shooting off
firearms at nothing!
The cameras, they...
I went out to investigate!
He was out there!
I saw him!
Gary, let Anabelle get you
some clean pajamas, okay?
I will go see.
Michael...
Yeah.
You're not wearing
your necklace.
And mine's all broken.
Is this new? It looks old.
What? I don't know.
I've never seen it.
What the hell happened?
Dad, it's bedtime, okay?
It's bedtime.
We had some good times,
didn't we?
Yes.
What the...
What the...
Ah! Sh*t!
Dude, what are you doing?
What are you doing?
You're bleeding.
- Ohh...
- What did you do?
Glass cut my foot.
Sh*t. You want me to see
if there's any piece in there?
Yeah.
No, you're right, you're right.
That's a bad idea.
I don't really like feet.
Okay if I sleep out here?
Room getting to you?
The room and the cameras.
The crazy guy in the halls.
Pick that up, will you?
What is this?
Antique family records.
What language is this?
That is Old Norse.
No sh*t.
No sh*t.
You come from Vikings.
Gary was busy with that sh*t
my whole childhood.
Sat up at night
reading and translating.
That's where he came up
with this brilliant idea.
I thought you were
gonna hit him.
I'm glad you didn't.
for that moment.
Planned it out.
Maybe I should have hit him
for Mom.
It's different
when it's an old guy.
Yeah, apparently.
Did he hit your mom, too?
Oh, yeah. Often.
Then he made me watch her die.
No, not like that.
He wouldn't let me see her
for years after she left.
When I was 15,
and I had a choice,
I went to live with Mom.
Soon after that,
she got her cancer diagnosis.
She didn't have a penny
for treatment or meds.
And here he sat,
holed up with millions of
dollars of family fortune.
Not like he was
spending it, right?
After she left,
that's when he did that?
Yeah.
Mom said it was
to keep you guys together.
Oh, yeah, and it did,
right up until
I had a choice.
A little over
two years after that,
Mom was dead...
right before my 18th birthday.
That's your mom.
It eats away at me sometimes.
Chloe did love Dad.
Somehow she was always
able to forgive him.
Give him a second chance.
How could she end up with
another guy that beats her?
She was so stupid.
She wasn't stupid, Brandon.
She was duped.
Sometimes you just
go with what you know.
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