Haunted Page #2

How'd it go?

Stay there.

I'm coming to you.

That file's from her attorney.

It's, uh, papers and

old pictures.

And?

What?

Come on, just sit down.

I want to show you something.

Are you rich?

Here.

You see it?

See what?

The house.

Does that look familiar?

Should it?

Look, OK, guys, this house is

not some ordinary house.

This house and me go way back.

It's in all of my sketchbooks,

in every story I wrote as a

kid, and in just about every

class where they ever let me

draw something.

Look, I've been drawing

this house since I

could pick up a crayon.

Look at this.

Same house.

You see this circular

window at the top?

Yeah.

I mean, look at this.

Same house.

Age 12.

I mean, come on.

Look at all of these.

So you liked

to draw the same house when

you were a kid.

Come on.

Come here, come here.

I need... get up.

Come here.

Come on, get up.

I just want to sit down.

Get up, come on.

I gotta show you something, Eve.

You're gonna freak

out about this.

Ryo, come here, look at this.

This house has been in

my head all my life.

OK, so you used to draw it.

Why are you acting all psycho?

Look, Ryo, I'm still drawing it.

Look, this house, maybe the

reason I started to think

about architecture in

the first place.

So you have

a tiny boner for old houses

with little round windows.

What the hell difference

does that make?

Ryo, up until about an hour

ago, I didn't know this house

existed in the real world.

So what?

You think this has something

to do with your dad?

Nicky, even if it does

exist, what about it?

I own it.

Yeah.

The directions

in the will had the

house in town on this road.

There's no sign a town

was ever here.

This baby is sailing, man.

You did a lot of work on it.

How are we supposed

to find a house

without a street address?

Hey, babe, how you feeling?

Can we please just find a place

that has a bathroom?

I can't find a town or

even a bowling alley

called River's End.

Oh my god, that

dog has three legs.

So?

So don't order any meat.

That's quite a set of wheels.

Thank you.

It was my granddad's.

Bathroom?

Down the hall, past the

cigarette machine.

Hey.

River's End, this...

this is it.

Ryo, look.

Holy sh*t.

Look!

Look at this!

This house, we're

looking for it.

Are you all those folks that

came through this morning?

That van had a state

logo on it, Knoxie.

This place?

I own it.

You own Wormwood?

Wormwood?

That's the name of the house?

Yeah, after the flood

washed it away.

You know, food for the worms?

You've never heard of

the Blackwater flood?

20-something years ago?

It was the end, all right.

There is no River's End.

Washed away, all of it.

Town doesn't exist anymore...

same as your house.

Unless you like old

wives' tales.

Well, yeah, I might like them.

Don't shovel that sh*t

to these kids, Lucky.

There's one story that says

that house is still standing.

Story says the flood hit

that house hard, but it

didn't take it down.

Couldn't take it down.

Just washed it from

here all the way

down to here somewhere.

If you believe stories

for idiots and morons.

You got some kind of deed?

'Cause you're about

23 years too late.

What?

Nicky.

That house isn't the only way to

find out about your father

or anyone else.

Hey.

That's weird.

Yeah, like

"Texas Chainsaw" weird.

Aughhh!

Look out!

Hey.

You all right?

Hey.

Yeah.

You guys all right?

You came out of nowhere, man.

Sorry.

You OK?

You OK?

That was close.

Is everybody all right?

Yeah.

I am so sorry.

We haven't seen any other

cars out here all day.

I'm Chris.

I'm Sam.

That's Lillith.

Hello.

That your van?

Yeah, PLS.

Public Land and Survey?

We're out here mapping the

valley for the state.

Yeah, what are you

doing out here?

Well, we were looking for a

house, till we found out that

it got washed down a ridge.

Wormwood?

House that washed into the

valley during the flood?

Yeah.

You guys think you know

something about that?

Yeah, if you believe

in urban myths.

This is Wormwood, huh?

Sam?

Yeah, boss?

What she said.

We should just keep one

foot in reality here.

Any house, even if it survived

being ripped off its

foundation, would break into

kindling, crashing through

trees.

Well, look, if there's any part

of it around here, like

a... a floorboard or a roof

shingle... anything...

I'd like to see it.

Um, I'm telling you,

it's an urban myth.

Get in your car.

Follow me.

Hey, wait, wait, wait.

Aagghh!

Mmph!

Nicky, Nicky.

Is he OK?

Yes, he's OK.

He's OK.

He just... he gets dizzy spells

when he thinks too fast.

Nick?

Look at me.

How about you get back in the

car and sit down, OK?

What do you mean?

It's a long shot, but we mapped

something a few days

ago that I think you

need to see.

This is the old highway where

the flood took it out.

See this path through

the forest?

Something big definitely

came through here.

Yeah, it's called a flood.

No.

Look at the sway of these trees.

It's way above the flood line.

Come on, Chris, there's ravines

like this throughout

the county.

Thanks, Sam.

But on this team, I'm the

arboriculturalist.

God, not that word again.

He likes to say that 'cause

he thinks it sounds dirty.

No, wait, so you're

a tree guy, right?

Nicky, Nicky.

Baby, come back up

here with me, OK?

Yeah, come on,

Nick, why don't you, huh?

Baby, now.

Please?

What?

At least one house

came through here.

It's, uh, it's a long shot.

But we could all go for

a quick little hike.

He said it was a long

shot, Nicky.

A shot's still a shot, Evie.

Come on.

You gonna be OK here if I...

if I take a quick look?

I'm not hiking, if that's

what you mean.

It's only gonna be

a few minutes.

Ryo, can you stay here with her?

Please?

All right?

Come on, Sam,

I know you want to come.

Yeah, I'm only going to see

your face when all you find is

poison ivy and a couple

of humping beavers.

Lil?

Ooh, thanks, but uh, I think

I'll stay with Eve.

That's a great idea.

I'm leaving

in the van if you guys

aren't back here in 10 minutes.

And I'm taking Eve with me.

Eve.

I love you.

See how the slip plane

moves across?

This isn't just from the water.

It is...

So I just follow where

the trees are clear?

Yeah, exactly.

Nick!

Nicky, slow down!

Nicky!

Nicky!

Come on!

We're gonna get lost out here.

You gonna be OK?

We gotta get back.

Little window.

Right, Nicky?

Little round window at the top?

What the hell are we looking at?

This is wrong.

Come on, this is wrong.

It should have been pulverized.

This can't be the same house.

Oh, yeah?

Then what is it?

That's not even from this house.

You gonna tell

me this whole place just

crashed here, perfectly level?

Well, maybe someone leveled it.

I think a lot of big stuff must

have washed through here.

And when the house did, I think

that's the tree that

finally stopped it.

I just got this

really weird feeling, Ryan.

I drew this.

I dreamed this.

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