Haunted Echoes Page #3

GUY:
Oh, well, now, come on, now.

You're not gonna say

that that was writing, honey.

That was, that was just,

it was a couple of strokes

left by a paintbrush.

You left them there yourself

without realizing it.

You don't believe that.

GUY:
I do.

I did not make this up, Guy.

Wait a minute. What a--?

What are you guys talking about?

Come on, I'll show you. Come on.

JASON:
Now?

You're gonna go now?

-LAURA:
It's right here.

-GUY:
We're eating.

CLAIRE:
One second.

GUY:
You know, Jason--

LAURA:
Come here.

CLAIRE:
I want to see this.

-GUY:
Don't wait. This is ridiculous.

-CLAIRE:
What are you talking about?

LAURA:
It's weird, Claire.

CLAIRE:
Yeah.

See right there?

You can just make it out.

Do you see it?

CLAIRE:
Yeah.

I turned my back for just a second,

and there it was.

And something else was painted

upstairs on the upstairs window,

and I'm telling you right now,

I did not put it there, I'm not crazy.

Nobody said you were.

LAURA:

So, how do you think it went?

Pretty good.

LAURA:
Oh, I think it was

much better than pretty good.

I think it went great.

KIMBERLY:
You think so?

Maybe I should be a singer.

GUY:
Great. I thought you said

you were gonna be a doctor.

KIMBERLY:
Maybe I can do both.

I'll go around and be a doctor,

and when people are sick,

I'll sing and make them feel

all better.

GUY:

You think it's that simple, huh?

KIMBERLY:
Naturally.

[Laughing]

[Phone rings]

Hello?

MALE:
Hello, uh, uh, listen.

It's, it's after midnight, okay?

Uh, I have to work tomorrow,

so let's, let's just stop this, okay?

Let's just cut this out.

LAURA:
Who is it?

It's a wrong number,

that's what it was.

Jesus Christ, look at me.

The phone rings,

I'm jumpin' out of my skin.

I hope you're happy.

You and all your spook talk,

and you're sister, too.

You're drunk.

Yeah?

LAURA:
Yeah.

Well, you've been drunk a lot, too,

you know.

Hey, you know how many times

I come home last two months

I find you passed out?

How many times you ever come

home and find me passed out?

None. That's how many.

LAURA:
I can't talk to you

when you're like this.

GUY:
Talk?

When do you ever want to talk?

You've been shutting me out

ever since it happened.

The other night, that was

the first time we've made love

since I can't remember when.

You honestly believe that you're

the only one who's suffering?

I know.

I make one mistake,

I put the goddamn dog out,

and I gotta pay for it

for the rest of my life!

You were the one that heard him,

why didn't you go down

and let him in?

Because I didn't want

to make you mad.

You just flipped out

about your lousy shoes,

and I didn't want to hear it again.

Hey! I told you

when we got that dog

that I wanted him to stay outside,

but you let Kimberly

spoil him so bad,

he started barking the second

anybody put him in the yard.

He was barking in the yard

because Dennis Law

was hanging around the house.

Now, that's, that's why

you got rid of him.

You blame him when all he

was trying to do was to warn us.

It was an accident, Laura.

You want to know

what happened to the dog?

I backed over him, okay?

He's dead!

I'm sorry, he'd, uh...

Oh, Jesus, man.

He'd gotten out, and, uh,

I was late for work and l, I just...

I missed him, that's all.

He was just sitting

in the driveway and...

...you know he never had

any sense about cars.

No.

So why didn't you tell me?

Why'd you lie to me if you--?

Because I know that you'd say

I did it on purpose,

but I swear to God I didn't.

I would have replaced him if I could,

and we still can.

We can go tomorrow

and get a new dog if you want.

Oh, sure, Guy,

let's, let's replace the dog,

and while we're at it

we'll just replace Kimberly, too.

We can go make some love,

that'll make you happy.

GUY:
Laura.

-LAURA:
Shut up!

-GUY:
Laura!

GUY:
So, what happened here?

Fight. Cut out...

and broke my finger pretty good.

GUY:
It's not broken, it's dislocated.

Want to see the X-ray?

You don't remember me, do you?

It's me, Ben.

I found your little girl.

Oh, yeah, right.

Take this down to the lab for me.

I'm sorry, l, uh, I only saw you

that one time at the arraignment.

Yeah, I'm sorry about that.

I wanted to walk over

and say something,

but I felt kinda weird, you know,

me being friends with Dennis and all.

Yeah, well, uh,

I guess we don't always know

the people we're close to.

I know.

I knew Dennis my whole life.

He didn't do it.

I mean, when we found her,

he was so upset,

you know, crying and sh*t.

I just, I don't think he would act

like that if he had done it at all.

Guilt will make you do funny things.

Yeah, but I really don't think

he did it.

I mean, I know the police says

he fooled around with little girls

and stuff,

but he was just a kid himself

when he did that, you know?

He was a really normal guy.

Look, he did it, okay?

There was all kinds of evidence

linking him to Kimberly.

Yeah, but I think the police

planted that stuff.

I mean, kinda like O.J., you know?

Everybody was freaking out,

so they wanted to grab somebody

right away,

and, you know,

Dennis looked kind of weird so...

Dennis was weird. Let's just

have a look at your finger.

I don't think he killed himself,

either.

I think the police went in there

and hung him themselves.

You know, Ben, let's just change

the subject. All right?

Now, we're gonna have to pop

this back into joint,

and it might hurt a little.

You know, the way I figure it,

they knew he was gonna get away

because they didn't have anything

on him, you know,

but they could never let that happen,

so they strung him, I mean--

[Screams]

Laura.

GUY:
Can I help you?

Oh, you're Guy, right?

I'm Neil Solomon. I live--

GUY:
Yeah, I know who you are.

You're the one who filled

Laura's head with all ghost B.S.

Well, not exactly, l, I just told--

GUY:
I know what you told her.

You got a big mouth, you know that?

And if Laura was still here, I'd tell

her not to speak to you anymore.

Oh, she, she's not here?

We're separated.

Your work here is done, okay?

You can go home now.

[Groaning]

FEMALE VOICE:

I'll do whatever you want me to.

Laura?

Laura?

KIMBERLY:

[Singing "Greensleeves"]

Laura?

CHILDREN:

[Singing "Greensleeves"]

GUY:
Kimberly?

[Grunts]

She doesn't want to see you.

LAURA:
Who is it?

You were right.

CLAIRE:
The letters, M.O.N.

I wonder what they stand for.

JASON:
Send money.

CLAIRE:
Oh, Jason.

JASON:
Are you sure

that's what the letters were?

GUY:
Well, it's what they looked like,

I didn't exactly stick around --

Oh, uh, hi, uh, Miss Goldstein,

it's Guy Dykstra,

you sold us the house on Kilkeya

a few weeks back.

No, yeah,

we're very happy there, um,

but I was wondering, uh, do you know

how to contact the former owner?

I found some things there

I'd like to return to her.

You related to Miss Gitchell?

You related or just friends?

Uh, we're friends,

but we haven't seen her for a while.

Well, you'd best prepare yourself.

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