Don't Sleep Page #2

And then

you just got to care.

You know? Like your art.

Yeah, well, I haven't managed

to kill a painting... Yet.

By the way,

Jo told me

you just lost your dog.

She was a good girl.

She had a good life.

I didn't want her to suffer.

She just got old.

Like me.

Come on,

you're gonna outlive us all.

You're just pretending

to be an old guy.

Have a good day, Mr. Marino.

All right. Ciao, Bella.

Hey, babe. Guess what.

Um, funny,

I thought this was my call,

but go on.

Well, look, not only did I pass,

I scored in the top 10%.

Think I might finally be getting

a handle on all this crap.

Well, too bad

you're about to graduate.

Ah, yeah. Uh, so what's up?

Well, I just wanted to know

if you wouldn't mind picking up

a bottle of...

Something easy for dinner...

Sh*t. Sh*t.

What did you say?

Oh. No, Shawn, not you.

The car behind me.

Well, can you do it?

Do what?

Never mind.

I'll see you

at home later, okay?

Yeah. I'll see you later.

Jesus!

F***! What the f***?

Okay.

- Jesus Christ!

Hey, sweetie.

Hey, uh, here.

Let me... let me get those.

Thanks, hon.

Always a gentleman.

Your folks obviously did

a couple of things right.

But only a couple.

Hey, Shawn, the weirdest thing

just happened with my laptop.

It... it, uh...

It wouldn't turn on,

and then it made these...

These, like, weird sounds,

and then this...

This scarier-than-sh*t face

pops up and just, like,

screamed at me.

It really startled me.

You seem a little...

Delicate these days. Hmm?

You are still okay

with your decision to live

with a girl, aren't you?

I mean...

I'll be okay if you're not.

Ah, yeah.

You're such a wise ass.

My wise ass is one

of the reasons you love me.

Ow, Shawn!

You see what I mean?

I definitely

have to toughen you up.

- Oh, yeah?

- Yeah.

Get out of here.

- Go back to work.

- Okay.

Lilly?

Lilly, I don't understand.

Jo.

Hey.

Hey, what's...

What's going on?

It's just pops.

He...

Someone beat him

really, really bad.

My god, are you serious?

That's crazy!

His face is all swollen and...

And bruised and bloody.

What's going on?

He's just an old man.

Jo, why are you crying?

Mr. Marino was mugged

last night.

Beat him pretty bad.

They're gonna keep him

in the hospital a few days.

Jo, what... what can we do?

Just...

You guys just be careful, okay?

- Yeah. Yeah, of course.

- Okay.

I mean, what kind of animal

just beats an old man

and doesn't take anything?

It really gives me the creeps.

Zach, we moved

to this neighborhood

because it seemed like

a nice, quiet, family area.

I mean, otherwise,

we could've lived in the city.

Hey, um,

maybe you should be careful

walking around at night,

you know,

even just outside the house.

I'm not gonna live scared,

you know? It's just...

- It's no fun.

- Yeah, Shawn, I know.

But it happened once.

It could happen again.

That's a cute picture

of the three of you.

But you do look sort of sad.

Yeah.

Well, I still like it.

That's better.

- Hey, come on in.

- Hey, Vince.

We just wanted to come by

and see how your dad was doing.

It's a curse! Vince, a curse

has come over our home.

We have get out of here

or we're gonna die.

- Jo, that's enough.

- We got to get out of here,

or we're gonna die!

- That's enough. Stop. Stop!

Hey, hey, hey. Please, stop.

Come with me.

Look who's come to see you, pop.

Mr. Marino?

It's gonna be okay.

Whatever it is,

it's gonna be okay.

You have Vincent and Jo.

They're...

They're gonna look after you.

Mr. Marino?

I thought

I told you not to come in here.

It's okay, pop.

It's okay.

You don't know.

I'm so scared.

Oh!

What are you doing, Jo?

You're driving me nuts.

You got to get a grip.

When I was a little girl,

the old men would tell a story

of a fisherman that was made

to join the crusades.

He told his young wife

not to fear

and promised her

that he would return

with a bejeweled crucifix

from Jerusalem.

But when he did return,

he learned that she had been

savagely beaten and raped...

Over and over again

throughout the years.

And when

she had finally lost faith

that he would ever

come back to her...

She decided to end the pain

and took her own life.

Some say he went insane

from the sorrow,

and in his rage,

he became a demon.

Beast.

For hundreds of years,

women and children would

disappear from the countryside.

It was the fisherman.

This is...

It's just a tall tale, Jo.

It's a myth...

That fools from the old country

would use to scare their kids.

It has nothing to do

with my father.

It has nothing to do with us.

Evil's everywhere...

Lurking...

Waiting for its chance

to gain a stronghold.

It's in anybody.

It's in everything.

If we stay here,

it's gonna kill us.

That's it.

Just keep going.

It's waiting for you.

Where did you go?

I don't know... it was

as though he was in, like,

some sort of a trance, you know?

Like, in his own world.

I've never seen anyone

react the way he did

when he looked at you.

I mean, I-i-i love Mr. Marino.

But it was like it wasn't him.

It was, like... i don't even know

what to think of it.

Zach?

Zach!

I'm sorry, no, it's, uh...

It's nothing.

No. No, no, no. It...

It's not nothing.

Zach, I want you to tell me.

Please. I want to know.

When I was a kid...

I used to dream

that there was this...

Other version of me.

Scarier.

I started...

Imagining him again.

But it's... it's...

It's different.

It's, like,

he's... he's growing.

It's, like,

he's getting stronger.

It's, like, he... he...

He's trying to steal...

Your soul.

Yeah.

Yeah, I...

If he gets to stay...

Then I'll just...

Disappear.

I know, it's pretty crazy, huh?

No. No, no, no, no.

You're not crazy.

Okay?

And you'll be fine, I promise.

I will always be here for you.

Good eggs.

Yeah.

Hi, hon.

Hey.

God, this can't be happening.

Zach, are you okay?

Yeah.

Zach?

Look, I-I'm fine, okay?

I'm just washing up.

Be out in a minute.

Oh, yeah?

Since when do you lock?

It's... it's fine, okay?

It's fine.

Everything's fine.

I suppose the welt on the side

of your head is just fine, too?

Everything's just fine?

Shawn, look,

it was a stupid accident, okay?

I wasn't paying attention,

and I got my head caught

between the car door

and the frame.

You just knocked your head

getting out of the car?

Yes, Shawn, I did.

Ow.

Stop, all right?

It really hurts, okay?

Leave me alone. Leave me alone.

You rot in hell, demon.

I die on my own terms.

Oh, where'd that come from?

Me and Shawn were...

Were talking the other day,

and out of curiosity...

How old was I when

those nightmares stopped?

You remember those?

Uh...

Well, you had them

for a few years.

Uh, were pretty much done

by the time you were...

11, 12.

But they affected you

afterwards.

I mean, it took a while,

but eventually,

you seemed to put it

all behind you.

Why, hon? And, please,

just tell me the truth.

I imagined something

the other day.

I-I fell asleep in my car,

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