Cruel Will Page #2

- I'm sorry.

It's okay.

It's okay.

Let me take you to the bathroom.

Where'd the lid to that thing go?

You shouldn't take it off, Lily.

Take what off?

The cover for your father's urn.

What? I didn't

take it off.

Was it there when we came home?

It had to be.

I've had daddy with me this whole time.

It's just stupid. I was sitting

in there staring at it.

I would've noticed

that the lid was gone.

Lily, it's okay.

We'll just get another one.

We need a flashlight.

We'll just get one in the morning.

Hey, wait.

Oh, Paul, you have mess on you!

It's...

your vomit.

I've had it with me

this whole time, Auntie!

Oh, but, sweetheart...

My nerves are shot.

I think I'm gonna

skip class tomorrow.

But you can't.

What do you mean?

Didn't that dude give you

an extension already?

I have a pretty damn good

excuse for not going, Paul.

Stephan will understand.

"Stephan," huh?

Please, please, daddy,

can I call him "Stephan"?

All the other kids are.

Look, I'm not the enemy here.

I just don't think

it would be responsible

for you to just drop everything.

You've got so much

going on right now.

Where did you get that?

I thought you quit.

Leave me alone, Paul.

Lily...

Why can't I, just a little bit?

I'm sure your father wouldn't want

you poisoning yourself with that,

So will you just please stop?

How would you know

what my father would want?

Stop with all that

fake sentiment crap.

It's not you.

You're just using

my father as leverage.

That is not fair.

I love you, Lily.

Paul, I love you too,

But, seriously,

have you registered anything

that's been going on

in the past few hours?

Look at me. I am looking at you.

Look harder.

You can stop pretending.

We both know that you and daddy

hated each other's guts, so please.

You didn't hear that, did you?

You're not even...

God!

My mom disappeared about a week ago.

My dad's been more or less...

occupied with that.

Disappeared?

Some secret guy she was seeing.

It's kind of my fault

my dad found out.

Lily?

Lily?

Blake, Blake, you there?

Got to pick up, dude.

I don't know what's

going on with me, man.

I'm losing my...

just call me back as soon as possible.

Wake up, dude!

Are you...

Cold out?

Not really.

When did you wake up?

Never went to bed.

No kidding?

Um...

Hey,

You've got an eyelash there.

Did you get it?

Get what?

The lash.

Whatever.

Let go.

I have to stretch.

I feel like I've

been sleepwalking.

Sleepwalking, huh?

What have you been up to

in the last few hours?

I don't know.

Um...

Hmm, I don't remember.

Probably lost in my thoughts.

Hmm?

Yeah.

Well,

I had that weird dream again.

Oh, yeah?

Yeah.

The one where

we were kids, and...

everything was blue.

Mm-hmm.

That was when we

had our first kiss.

We were swimming, Yeah?

Yeah.

Right after that part,

I started hearing voices, and...

seeing things...

in my dreams.

Things like what?

Well,

There was a figure of a

man who kept puffing up,

and I could hear voices

every now and then.

It was probably dad.

Every time I close my eyes,

I see him burning.

Sure, I had reasons.

What happened to your lip?

Did you bite it?

You just hit me!

Sop joking around, Paul!

I need to get out of here.

I know exactly how you feel.

I need to take a walk.

Okay, I'll go with you.

No.

I changed my mind.

I'm just gonna jog.

Right now?

What...

What about your shoes?

Wake up, Eloise.

What time is it?

Oh, my head!

It's around 10:
00.

Why aren't you in school, Lovie?

I'm sick today.

Ooh, ain't that the truth.

Oh, we're all sick today.

Where's that idiot

husband of yours?

Your guess is as good as mine.

What?

Last I saw him,

He said he was going jogging

at 3:
00 in the morning.

What kind of stunt

is he pulling now?

Oh, god.

What are you

looking for, Lilian?

For that cover

that went missing.

Hey, kid,

How about you and I go out, huh?

I think it's high time

that we had a makeover.

How does that sound?

Sounds good.

Great.

Just let me freshen up a bit.

I'm a little bit of a mess.

Lily?

Lily, are you here?

Hello?

Blake?

Hey, you almost

ruined my morning.

So, dude, do me

a solid, and don't

leave me any more lame messages like that,

okay?

Listen to me.

I need to talk to you.

Yeah.

Sorry to hear about

your father-in-law, dude.

No, not that.

It's...

I don't know how much longer I

can stand living in this house.

What, the Poon

not doing it for you?

What?

The Poon.

The magic palace.

Her vagina.

That's, uh...

that's exactly why I couldn't even

dream of getting hitched, dude.

Poon gets

too old too fast for me.

Never mind. You can't help me.

I've got to go.

Hey, hey, hey.

I'm playing with you, dude.

Who put a metal rod up your ass?

I'm serious here, Blake.

So what happened?

Well,

Since last night,

I started hearing voices, and...

I think the house is haunted.

Y-you're kidding,

right?

Look, I know how

it sounds, but...

I think... Lily's dad

is haunting me.

Too much has happened

for it not to be true.

Hey, yeah, you know, I think I

heard about this.

Really?

Oh, yeah.

Not to tug your chain, dude,

But last week, I saw this

documented footage

that seems similar

to your problem.

Let me get to the computer.

Yeah, hold on. Just give me a sec.

Let me find it.

And okay. Yeah, now,

click on that link.

Okay.

Clicking it now.

May I help you?

Yes.

Is there a Lily Rockford

that resides here?

Lily Anders.

I'm her husband.

Here you go.

Please sign here.

I'm sorry.

What is this?

I'm here on behalf

of Adrian Rockford

as part of an agreement

in his will.

Uh, the items now

in your possession

were instructed to be delivered

to Lily upon his... Death?

Yes. Please make sure

she receives them.

I will.

Have a good day.

Dear Lily,

Well, if you're

hearing this, it means

that I've passed on.

I've died.

That's a funny idea

to throw around,

After your mother was gone,

I know I always used to promise you,

every time I left the house

I promised I'd come back.

Well, this time's no different.

I know that I've done some...

Bad things...

Hello?

Who is it?

It's Fredrick.

Listen, Paul,

is there a reason you're not closing?

I thought you said

you'd be fine last week.

I'm sorry.

I guess I'm taking it pretty hard.

Yeah, well, just tell me.

That's all I'm saying.

I could've had Jeremy

on the phones this morning.

Okay?

Look, I know you're having a hard time.

I appreciate that. Okay?

But don't make it any harder on me.

All right? I need all my leads covered

this week. You understand that.

You know the season we're in.

Yes, yes, I understand.

Are you okay, bud?

Yeah.

I should be fine.

I'll tell you what.

Look, Paul,

I don't know if you

need this or not.

I don't know how close you

were to your wife's old man,

but I had a pretty hard

time when my ma died,

and, well, I talked

to somebody about it.

I can give you the number

of a therapist, if you'd like.

It's your lucky day.

Paul, is it?

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