Goblin Page #3

Really? It never rang.

Price you pay for paradise.

This is no joke, Nikki.

Now we have to go and you're

supposed to be watching Nathan.

What? Why?

Because we have

a business lunch

and somebody

needs to be with him.

Why can't Kate do it?

She's coming with me.

Can't you guys just take him with you?

No, Nikki, we can't.

It's a business lunch.

Can we have a second?

Who are they?

Friends who gave us

a ride.

Well, they can't

stay here unsupervised.

Unsupervised? Daddy, I'm 17. I

can hang out with boys, can't I?

Not here and not

while you're alone.

Oh, my God,

are you serious?

Look, you want

adult privileges,

you need to show me

some responsibility.

You knew there was going to be some

babysitting while you were here.

You know,

if you never had Nathan,

I would have a completely

different life.

Mr. Perkins,

I'm Kyle Waters.

I believe

you know my father.

This is my friend Matt.

Hello.

You are Franklin Waters' son?

Yeah.

Well, thanks for

giving the girls a ride,

but we have to go, so...

Why don't you come by

tomorrow for a little lunch.

How about that?

Sure. Sure, yeah.

Thanks, Mr. Perkins.

Why don't I just

bring him with us?

I mean, she's not in

a good frame of mind

to watch him

right now, anyway.

No, no, no.

I need you on site.

Plus, you're my

good luck charm.

It'll be good for Nikki.

Okay, I'll get my purse.

Okay.

Fun, huh?

Ooh! I know.

We can watch

Nathan sleep all day.

Good idea, Nikki.

At least

there's no static.

Yeah.

What's that about? Did your

parents forget something?

They have a key.

Is someone

messing with us?

If they are, they're gonna

get this poker up their butt.

That's it.

Stop! Stop!

That hurt.

You totally

deserved that.

I'm really happy

to see you.

Yeah, me, too.

Oh!

This is my

older sister, Jane.

That's Cammy and Nikki.

Happy Halloween.

Yeah. Happy Halloween.

We brought you some diapers.

You went all the way to

Brooksbank to get diapers?

Well, we had to pick

up Jane and we wanted

to save your dad a trip to, you

know, prove we're not psychos.

That's pretty nice.

Yeah, well,

maybe it makes up for us

being here when we

kind of shouldn't be.

Yeah, maybe.

And since we are already doing

something we shouldn't be.

You wanna go check out

that Halloween bonfire?

I can't, I'm sorry.

Hold on one second,

guys. We'll be right back.

Am I bleeding?

Am I bleeding?

Everywhere.

Cam, you know I can't go.

Come on, Nik, please. Matt

and I have a connection.

You hit him

with a fire poker.

I know.

Okay, so are we gonna make the

best out of this weekend or what?

You heard my dad.

I have to watch Nathan.

Plus, Matt's sister is here,

isn't that kind of weird?

Not at all.

Look, she said

it's not very far away.

So, why don't we

take the baby monitor

and if it starts to get

fuzzy, we'll just come back.

That's a terrible idea.

Well, if you can't go,

can I go at least?

Well, that sucks.

Just don't

make them leave.

They can tell us

their story here.

Outside?

Fine, whatever.

Fine.

Come on.

Cafe is closed.

What?

Not only that, hardware

store, gas station is closed.

The entire town is closed.

It's nuts.

This is a Halloween.

It's like one of the

biggest holidays of the year.

And it's lights-out.

You wanna know why?

Brace yourself.

It's cursed.

The curse of Hollowglen

began a long, long time ago

with the sacrifice

of an innocent.

Not my baby, please.

There's a curse

on the whole town.

I'm not kidding you. When I

did my due diligence, okay.

I talked to some

of the locals here.

And there was a curse

put on this whole place.

A poor little baby that the

villagers believed was an evil spirit.

All that is unclean,

we give up to the flame.

He has done nothing wrong.

So was your due diligence talking with

some crazy-looking

guy named Charlie?

You talked to him, too?

In a twisted ritual, they tossed

the baby into a bonfire they made

every Halloween to purge

the town of evil things.

No!

Yeah, well, I won't be swayed

by the ramblings of a drunk.

The remains of the

bonfire still exist today.

Right through there.

No way.

Yes, way.

No, I'm not swayed.

I'm a businessman.

There's nothing that's gonna get

in the way of me and a good deal.

But it made me

think, though...

Wait a minute, they wanted

to purge the town of evil

by tossing

a baby into a bonfire?

I mean, isn't that a little...

Totally messed up?

Yeah, but

what do you want?

It was a couple of hundred

years ago and they were clueless.

Okay, maybe it's

one of the reasons why

nobody's ever

developed around here.

Right? Everybody

is all freaked out.

They also didn't know that

the baby's mom was a witch.

He's got a point. Local

superstition can sway away business.

Uh-oh.

Uh-oh.

"Uh-oh," is right,

and she was pissed.

Before anybody

could stop her,

she called upon

the powers of darkness

to raise a foul-smelling demon

out from the baby's bones.

Some farmer has

a two-headed calf

and everybody has to

eat pickles for a week.

To this day, no baby

in Hollowglen is safe

when the sun

rises on Halloween.

Not till the spell is

broken the following sunup.

I mean,

they're whacko, right?

Well, let's hope that's a

good thing. I mean, for us.

The hours in between,

so they say,

is when the Goblin

is on the prowl.

Oh, my God. Nathan!

Nikki.

Thank God.

That's a relief.

Sorry, I kind of freaked

out a little, didn't I?

That's okay. We all did.

I was so scared after

hearing that story, you know.

I... Yeah, well,

you know what?

I'm here now,

so it's all right.

My hero.

That's more like it.

Yeah.

He may need

a diaper change.

Hold on.

There's something

I've been wanting to do.

So I take it Nathan's okay.

Yep. He's good. Fine.

All good.

We'll be downstairs.

Okay.

Hey, Sheriff.

Sorry I'm late, folks.

Mr. Perkins, I didn't know you

were part of this gathering.

Sheriff, you remember

my wife, Kate.

Hello, again.

Hi.

I didn't know you were a member

of the chamber of commerce.

Well, in a little town, a

man's gotta wear a lot of hats.

Come on in.

Is that nice and soft?

Can you, please, not...

I take good care of you.

You're embarrassing me.

I'm embarrassing you. Good,

I'm trying to embarrass you.

They were kissing.

Are you serious?

Mmm-hmm.

That's more like it.

Nothing like a good Halloween

story to put you in the mood.

Yeah, I know what you mean.

How about a fire?

Yeah, but we'll need

some firewood then.

Okay, well, I'm gonna

go outside and get some.

Cammy, did you wanna help?

Mmm-hmm. I'm good at finding wood.

Gross.

She's okay.

Just be cool, all right?

Guy says something funny,

laugh, be courteous,

all that kind of stuff.

Small-town folk, they

like that kind of thing.

Okay, I'll let you

do the laughing.

Certain advantages to

being married

to the owner

of the town eatery.

Makes a handy

conference room.

So, Sheriff,

can you tell us anything

about the town curse?

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