Hangman

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MALE OPERATOR:

911. What's your emergency?

WOMAN:
Yes, hello. I think

there's someone in our house.

MALE OPERATOR:
Okay, ma'am,

I need you to stay calm.

What's your address?

WOMAN:
Um, 3242 Milton Avenue.

MALE OPERATOR:

Police are on their way.

I need you to stay

on the phone with me, okay?

WOMAN:
Yes, please, please

hurry. You have to hurry.

MALE OPERATOR:
Ma'am,

did you say there's someone

in your house right now?

WOMAN:
Yes, yes, yes.

MALE OPERATOR:
Are you able

to get out of the house?

WOMAN:
No, no, no.

We're locked in, I think.

[frightened mumbling]

My husband...

My husband is gone.

MALE OPERATOR:

Ma'am, ma'am, slow down.

Ma'am, slow down, gone where?

WOMAN:
Oh, God!

Oh, God! Michael!

MALE OPERATOR:

Ma'am, can you hear me?

WOMAN:
[screaming]

Get off!

[line disconnects]

MALE OPERATOR:
Ma'am.

Ma'am, can you hear me?

Ma'am?

["My Moon"]

[distant baby crying]

[crying continues]

[crying continues]

[woman gasping heavily]

[gasping continues]

[baby continues crying]

[gasping]

[woman whimpering]

INTRUDER:

Tell me you love me.

Tell me you love me.

[stabbing]

- BETH:
I'm kind of surprised.

- AARON:
You got the tickets?

- Yes.

- Okay.

Oh, really, Marley,

are you kidding me?

I think it's okay.

Stay out of school today.

INTRUDER:
Okay.

AARON:
Okay, it's ready.

Got everything else?

Good, you have the tickets?

Grab that bag.

All right, come on, guys.

Get the bags.

Or they don't...

They don't let us on the plane.

Just screwing around.

This is called traveling.

Okay, Marley?

I don't know what that is.

[ding]

[chatter on radio]

[distant barking]

[glass shatters]

[heavy breathing]

[footsteps]

[upbeat rock]

MARLEY:
I got it.

It's filming.

- MAX:
So, Dad...

- [Beth laughing]

Where are we going?

[engine accelerates]

MARLEY:
That's a really good

answer, Dad. Thanks for...

- AARON:
Are you filming?

- MARLEY:
Yes, I told you!

MARLEY:
I guess this new

leopard print top

and this bright blue watch

is...

- [Marley mumbles]

- Looks like a red carpet.

MARLEY:
[mumbles]

Who... What are you wearing?

- BETH:
It's his fault.

- AARON:
Whose fault is that?

MARLEY:
Dad, look.

Look at this.

[Marley yells]

[children talking

in the background]

Your mom!

[laughing]

[yells]

[wood, metal creaking]

AARON:
Home sweet home, right?

I don't know about you,

but I need a vacation

after that vacation.

Marley, can you please get off

your phone for 10 minutes?

I challenge you.

MARLEY:
Stop nagging me.

MAX:
What the hell?

AARON:
Back home.

BETH:
What is there

to text about now?

MARLEY:
No, Mom!

BETH:
What?

BETH:
Oh, my God!

Aaron!

- What?

- Sh*t.

Max, don't touch anything.

Are you kidding me?

Marley, Marley, please.

- You guys wait outside.

- I'll call the police.

- What are you gonna do?

- I'm just gonna check.

- Be careful, okay?

- Keep 'em outside, all right?

Okay.

BETH:
Um, hello?

Uh, we've been broken into.

It's 4161 Oak Tree Avenue.

AARON:
They came in through

the kitchen window.

BETH:
They came in

through the kitchen window.

Baby, can you go outside

for me, please?

MARLEY:
Someone's been in

my room, I swear to God.

- AARON:
Okay.

- BETH:
What's that noise?

AARON:
It's all right.

Ha... Um, so...

AARON:
Hello?

BETH:
Hang on one second,

please.

[whispers] What if someone's

still up there?

AARON:
Sh*t.

BETH:
Um, how long before

someone gets here?

Okay. Okay, thank you.

They're on their way!

They said they'd be here

in like two minutes.

[cartoon playing on TV]

MARLEY:
Did they go in my room?

AARON:
It's all right,

it's just the TV.

Unbelievable.

[sighs]

BETH:
You okay?

[sighs]

- [vibrating]

- BETH:
What's it like up there?

Uh...

MARLEY:
Dad!

AARON:
Yeah, it's fine!

Stay outside!

[water running]

- [turns faucet]

- [tap]

Hello?

I've got a gun.

BETH:
Aaron?

Police are here!

Yeah, coming!

OFFICER:

Well, the house is clear.

BETH:
You're sure?

OFFICER:
Oh, yeah.

Ketchup is what he used

to draw that thing

in the shower.

- And you checked the attic?

- Yeah, it's all clear.

We're starting to get that

more and more.

Yeah, what they do is

they break into you vehicle

and then they hit "home"

on your GPS.

And now they know you're out of

town, they know where you live.

Uh, look, it's probably

just a vagrant

looking for a place to sleep

for a few nights

or a bunch of kids

looking to party.

Right. That's what is seems.

- Ninja!

- Stop.

Ninja!

- OFFICER:
Okay?

- AARON:
Great, thank you, guys.

Thank you very much.

AARON:
Um, one more thing.

I didn't want to say anything

in front of my wife.

But, uh, you know,

I get the break-in part,

but the mannequin?

- I mean, somebody rigged that.

- OFFICER:
I don't know.

You know anybody who's looking

to scare you or anything?

No, no.

OFFICER:
It's probably just

somebody doing a joke.

That's a sick sense of humor.

Well, you have

a good day, sir.

Yeah, okay, you too.

- Take care.

- Thanks, officers.

AARON:
Uh, yeah,

I'm calling about, uh,

to get an alarm system inst...

MAX:
Well, that's just

completely torn.

MARLEY:

I don't want to keep that.

Shut up.

[drilling]

[drilling]

- Hey, buddy.

- Hi.

- How you doing?

- Good.

- Escaping the world?

- Yeah.

Mm, you know

what's going on?

Yeah.

Could you put that on pause

for a second?

Thank you.

What's going on?

Someone broke in?

Yeah, somebody broke in,

but, uh...

You know, they're gone now

and... everything's safe.

- Get that?

- Mm-hmm.

You okay?

No problem.

Are you okay?

[chuckles]

Yeah, I'm okay.

Play your video game.

- Dad.

- Yeah, baby. What's up?

- Um...

- You okay?

Yeah. Did you go in my room?

Uh, yeah, I had

to shut off the TV.

- Yeah?

- Yeah.

But you didn't,

you didn't like see anything?

No. No, I just... No, I was in

there for like a half-second.

I just has to shut off the TV,

and then I came out.

You okay?

[sighs]

MARLEY:
No, yeah,

he didn't take anything.

Yeah. It's just like...

someone's been living here

or something.

It's super creepy.

Oh, my God,

she's freaking out.

I know, it's ridiculous.

She's such a drama queen.

I'm going to take our little

friend here down to the trash.

You want me to put this stuff

in the wash?

No. You know what?

We need to burn them.

Sounds like a good idea.

Yeah, I'm going to wash

this bed set.

It doesn't look like they've

been touched, but even so.

AARON:
You all right?

He slept in our bed.

He ate our food and...

he went through everything.

It's all right.

It's all right.

Just a crappy day.

We just need to clean up.

I already talked to Miguel.

He's going to come

tomorrow morning.

- He's going to fix the window.

- Oh, good.

Do you think maybe,

maybe we should stay in a hotel?

No, I don't think that.

We can't afford it.

We just spent two weeks

in a hotel.

Sweetheart, this is our home.

Stop it, okay? Stop it.

[kiss]

This is our home, okay?

It's all right.

There's nothing to be afraid of.

You have to

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