Haunted Echoes Page #8

and dressed the way she did,

yes, he definitely would have.

You're right.

He's too clever.

And I can't live with myself

knowing that he's out there

walking around free,

I can't sleep at night.

Oh, Laura.

Well, you know what?

Look, I've given notice

at the hospital,

so, uh, in a couple of weeks,

I'll be here all the time,

maybe you can sleep better

that way.

Where are all my ties?

You know, that's a good idea.

That's when we'll do it.

W--, w--, we'll take a trip, okay,

and we'll go to the mountains

or someplace,

and we'll check into a hotel, right?

And then when everybody's asleep,

we'll drive back to the city,

and we'll kill him.

We'll kill him.

Why not?

GUY:
How?

LAURA:
We'll poison him.

And we'll have an airtight alibi, too.

It will take a couple of hours,

and then we'll drive back up

to the mountains,

and then in the morning

everybody'll see us checking out.

Hey, we can't be in two places

at the same time, right?

GUY:
You know what, I am not gonna

have this discussion with you.

You know what?

Would you just listen to yourself

for a moment?

How are we supposed to get away

without anybody hearing the car?

LAURA:
We'll drive two cars up,

and we'll park one within

walking distance of the hotel.

GUY:
And how are we supposed

to get access to Monk's place?

And what if somebody

sees us there?

And what if he puts up a fight?

LAURA:
Like the fight

you're giving me right now?

GUY:
Yes,

because you're not thinking.

I'm thinking, Guy!

You're not!

You know, we both talked about

the police having to rush to judgment,

you're doing the exact same thing.

The police aren't gonna

take care of this.

And he's gonna kill again,

that's just what Kimberly said.

Kimberly never said

a goddamn thing!

Yes, she did!

No, we don't know

who that is or what.

It's Kimberly, of course,

it's Kimberly.

How do you know?

Because it is, goddammit! It is!

[Unintelligible]

You know what?

I see what you're up to.

You want to make me mad, huh?

You want to make me

so mad that I'll...

Well, it won't work.

I don't want to make you mad!

I want justice!

GUY:
Justice, my ass.

LAURA:
It's absolute justice.

GUY:
I'm not gonna let you

manipulate me, Laura.

I'm not manipulating you.

GUY:
..when we've run out

of every other option,

but I am not gonna let you

push me into it.

LAURA:
Then I'll do it alone.

I've done everything alone,

every step of the way of this marriage

I've done everything alone.

Yeah, fine. You know what?

You can get caught alone, too.

Guy! Okay, I'm sorry!

[Door slams]

TV ANNOUNCER:

There you go. Okay.

Good, good, good.

Now we'll go ahead

and place this pre-hung door,

which already has the framing on it,

inside our home

in our wall right now.

There you go, just go ahead,

put it up in there.

Okay, now, one of the most important

things we want to make sure...

Surprise.

What do you want?

You mean you aren't happy

to see me.

And then I get home from work,

and she's still up.

My boyfriend never put her to bed,

and then she's running around

with a jar of peanut butter,

and then the next thing I know,

she falls and her,

-look at her forehead, it's broken.

-NURSE:
Dr. Dykstra.

I can't take it right now.

NURSE:

She said it's your daughter.

FEMALE:
It's, now she's never

gonna have a date. Look!

Will you, uh, excuse me.

Just, just a second.

Yes? Hello?

FEMALE VOICE:

Come home.

Who is this?

FEMALE:

Monk's in the house.

Laura, is that you?

TV ANNOUNCER:

It won't open and shut properly.

It'll swing open and stay open,

or it'll swing shut.

[Grunts]

Laura, pick up the phone.

I know you're there,

pick up the phone.

GUY:
[On answering machine]

I just want to make sure you're okay.

Um, please pick up

the goddamn phone!

Go to hell.

What about scarring?

Is she gonna be scared for life?

Huh? Is there something

that I can do?

Yeah, there's something

you can do.

You can get a job

with regular hours,

so you can keep

a better eye on your kid.

Excuse me, rudeness.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

I, I'm having some trouble at home.

I, I apologize.

Yeah. Trouble at home.

GUY:
Don't move, sweetie.

-We all have trouble at home.

-All right, all right.

[Groans]

[Screaming]

MONK:
Mrs. Dykstra.

[Gasps]

I knew it.

I knew you were here.

Just put the gun down.

No. You killed my daughter.

No, I never touched Kimberly.

Oh, yes, you did, you liar.

But I didn't.

Yes, you did.

It's Elena. She's back.

Don't you understand?

My mother, she tried to tell me that.

Put the gun down.

I'll explain everything.

[Siren]

See, Elena, she wasn't

like a normal child.

Her and her father,

they were both pure evil.

But my mother,

she was too good, you see.

Even after Ralph died, she refused

to throw Elena out in the street.

You were molesting her.

No, she seduced me.

Why don't you people

ever have anything good to eat?

Oh, well, I hear they have

really good food in jail.

You know, I think you are

really gonna like jail, Kenneth.

And I think those big old black guys

are gonna like you a lot.

Kenneth, call the police.

You are going right back

where you came from, little lady.

I'm not gonna put up with your

foolishness not one more minute.

Sorry, I'm not going

back to that place.

I'm leaving, and your are gonna

give me the money to do it with.

Otherwise, your little

lover boy's going to jail.

That's right.

I know all about you two.

It's too bad Mr. Kenneth

never told you about me.

MRS. GITCHELL:

What is she talking about?

Oh, go on, Kenneth.

It's perfectly normal for a man your

age to sleep with a 15-year-old.

Bet all the weirdoes are doing it.

Even if we had given her

the money,

it wouldn't have made

any difference.

She just wanted more

and more and more so...

So what?

MONK:
So we had no choice.

MONK:

She wasn't like a normal child.

She, she, she was a killer herself,

she killed our animals.

She stole, she lied,

and she's trying to do it again,

she's tryin' to convince you

that I killed Kimberly

when I know I didn't.

Don't you dare say her name.

MONK:
But I didn't do anything

to Kimberly.

Liar.

I'm gonna take her now,

and I'm gonna put her somewhere

where she can't hurt you,

or me or anyone ever again.

LAURA:
[Screams]

Just calm down, all right?

I'm not gonna hurt you,

just calm down, we'll talk this out.

-LAURA:
[Screams]

-MONK:
[Groans]

LAURA:
[Screams]

Listen, I got money, all right?

I've got some money.

If you, if you want money,

that's what you--

LAURA:
[Screams]

MONK:

You don't understand!

Stop it, just... stop it!

Stop it!

Stop it, stop it, stop it.

[Grunts]

NEIL:
Laura! Laura!

Oh, my God!

[Stammers]

I thought you were killing her!

I was about to call the police!

What are you talking about?

NEIL:
Your, your, your wife, she...!

GUY:
Laura!

Laura. Laura.

Laura.

LAURA:
[Groans]

MONK:
Help me!

[Grunts]

[Laughs]

I hope that's not another cat.

No, no, no, no, no,

it's just a little present.

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