Haunted Echoes Page #7

GUY:
Yeah, that sure is costing

a pretty penny.

LAURA:
Yeah, but it's worth it.

JASON:
It's crazy.

LAURA:
Kimberly said

that he'd do it again,

and you know he had

to have left a trail.

But what if he hasn't?

Well, then, we'll kill him.

Have you lost your mind

completely?

You can't run around

saying things like that.

What, do you want to go to jail?

If that's what it takes.

We don't even know

if this is the guy yet.

No, we know.

We may not have any proof yet

but deep down,

both of us know he's the one.

And like Claire said,

we may never get any proof.

And what are we supposed to do,

just stand back and let him hurt

other innocent children?

Of course not.

So how are we supposed

to stop him unless we kill him?

-It's not gonna come to that.

-How do you know?

Well, it might,

but you can't run around shooting

your mouth off before hand.

You gotta be smarter than that.

You gotta be as smart as he is.

What makes you think

he's so smart?

He got away with it, didn't he?

[Phone rings]

FEMALE VOICE:
Kenneth.

[Phone rings]

LAURA:
Yes?

I know who this is.

Why aren't you speaking?

I know who this is, too.

It's Mrs. Dykstra, right?

That was you on the line before,

wasn't it?

LAURA:
I don't know

what you're talking about.

Mrs. Dykstra, someone has been

calling me at all hours of the night,

and obviously,

if I call back this number

and you pick up the line--

It wasn't me.

Well, who was it then?

Who do you think it is?

I think it's you, Mrs. Dykstra.

I think for some reason

you have it in your head

that I had something to do

with Kimberly's death,

and now you're playing

some kind of game with me,

and I would really like to know why.

Look, I really can't talk right now.

And my husband needs

to use the phone.

Oh, is your husband there right now?

Why?

MONK:
Because I, I would like

to speak with him

and maybe he can tell me

what you're refusing to.

Mrs. Dykstra.

Mrs. Dykstra!

I'm sorry, l...

[Scratching]

[Door bell]

Claire.

Does Jason still have

that handgun?

Laura!

No, l, I'm serious,

he, he, called me last night.

He asks me if I'm alone,

and I am alone, you know?

It's just for protection.

I swear.

Can I borrow it?

You know he knows where I live.

Please?

Is she okay?

CLAIRE:
She's fine.

She just had a bad night.

She's not gonna move back

in here again, is she?

CLAIRE:
No, she's okay.

Are you gonna take a shower?

Why, you think I need one?

Uh, yeah.

Thanks a lot.

Laura, please, don't do anything

that you might regret.

MALE:
He's never even gotten

so much as a speeding ticket.

And I did check on missing kids

dating back to 15 years ago,

and his name never comes up

as a suspect on a single one of 'em.

Great.

And I'm not finished yet.

I said he wasn't a suspect,

but he was questioned

along with his mother

when his stepsister disappeared

almost 10 years ago.

Stepsister?

Yeah. Apparently, uh,

his old man bought the farm

when Monk was just a kid,

and then his mother married

this guy named Ralph Gitchell.

Now, um, he's got a record.

He's arrested twice

for slappin' the old lady around,

and it looks like

he slapped Monk around, too.

Anyway, he had this daughter

named, um...

...Elena,

who was livin' with them

and kept on stayin' there

even after Gitchell died.

It appears that, um,

Elena had some troubles of her own

because Mrs. Gitchell had her

sent away to a reformatory.

Um, I don't know why,

all the records are sealed,

but, um, she ran away from

the home, oh, about 10 years ago

and has been missing ever since.

And Monk was questioned about it.

Yeah. The old lady, too.

They didn't have anything

on either one of 'em,

so that's as far as it went.

But get this.

At the time, Monk was teaching at,

uh, Hepplewhite Elementary, right?

Well, almost as soon

as Elena vanishes,

he quits his job

in the middle of the school year

and moves off to Michigan.

And that's where he stayed

until just about a year ago.

Did you check the records

in Michigan?

Yep. But nothing comes up.

So, I talked to his principal,

and she says he's the greatest

teacher that they ever had,

and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah,

but, you know,

that's what people often say

about, um, pedophiles.

They tend to work around kids.

They almost always work harder

than everybody else

so as not arouse suspicion,

and, uh, they almost always

start early,

and there's almost always

incest involved.

So you think maybe... maybe

his stepsister was his first victim?

In more ways than one.

LAURA:
Oh, God.

MONK:
Okay,

I'm gonna dispose of this.

I don't want anyone else to read it.

But I don't want you

passing notes, okay?

This is, like, this is a class.

We learn in class, okay?

So, remember that for next time.

See you at the recital.

Don't be late.

Go play.

What's wrong with you?

You've been acting strange

ever since I got back.

Something wrong at home?

No.

Well, I wish you'd tell me what it is

because from that look on your face,

it can't be good.

Do you promise

you won't laugh at me?

Of course not.

I got attacked by a ghost.

You said you wouldn't laugh.

I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

Okay, I'm sorry.

It's just, really, there's,

there's no such thing as ghosts.

Yeah, there is, too.

No one believes me.

But this ghost, all of a sudden,

it just attacked me

for no reason at all.

Okay.

And, um, where did this happen?

Mrs. Dykstra's house.

And what were you doing there?

Yes, I remember Elena.

Oh, she was a complete nightmare.

But you know,

I always felt sorry for her having

Ralph Gitchell for a father.

You could see exactly

where she got it from.

Well, Ralph Gitchell didn't go

around dressed like a slut, did he?

She was already a slut

in the sixth grade.

And she stole from me.

Remember that down jacket

I had when I was 11?

Yeah, she stole it

and sold it for drugs.

Oh, Julie, please.

Children that age don't do drugs.

[Sighs]

You are so nave.

So, do you know

what happened to her?

I hope you don't mind me asking,

but we were just curious

about the history of the house.

EVELYN:
Well,

it was the strangest thing.

She kept on running away and

getting into trouble with the police.

This was after Ralph died.

Then Mrs. Gitchell, the poor thing,

wanted her real mother

to take her back,

but she refused to do it.

Smart.

No, she just didn't have

a lot of money.

Mexican, you know.

Then, finally, Mrs. Gitchell

had her declared incorrigible

and sent her to reform school,

and then she ran away from there,

and nobody ever heard

from her again.

Probably killed turning a trick.

Oh, Julie, please,

she was just a child.

So, you mentioned before that you

thought Kenneth was a pervert.

I mean, I don't know,

that's what you called him, right?

Do you think he was a molester?

I think it's very possible.

EVELYN:
That's not true.

If anyone was molesting her,

it was Ralph Gitchell,

but not Kenneth.

He wouldn't hurt a fly.

If it was human

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