High School Possession Page #5

- God bless you.

- [screaming]

[gasp]

- Hey.

- Hi.

Mind if I sit?

Sure.

How's Chloe doing?

Should I lie and say she's fine?

No.

It's bad.

Actually, it's worse than bad.

I feel like we're really

starting to lose her,

which is why I'm here.

I was hoping that maybe

you could help in some way.

I don't know how I-

I saw what happened at the

church last Friday night.

You mean the youth group meeting?

I mean after.

I don't know what you're talking...

I saw it.

I left my phone behind,

and when I went to get it,

I saw what happened in the

basement with Emma Walters.

You even got a name?

You're a regular Woodward and Bernstein.

I talked to her.

- What?

- I found out where she worked,

and I went to talk to

her about what happened.

She said it helped. She

said she feels better.

If you wanted to know anything,

you could've come to me.

You could've asked.

I wanted an objective opinion.

I'm a pretty smart girl.

31 on my ACTs, National Honor Society,

early acceptance to Notre Dame.

I'm not some Flat Earth zealot

who believes that dinosaurs

were on Noah's Ark.

- And neither is Reverend Young.

- I know.

So what did you have in mind?

I was thinking that maybe if we

just talked to Reverend Young,

explain what's going on with Chloe,

then maybe he could

help her in the same way.

You know he's very careful about

who he shares this stuff with.

Her mom has tried everything else.

Please. She needs your help.

Uh, Reverend Young?

Olivia, Lauren. You gave me a little scare.

Is this a bad time? We saw the lights on.

I was just closing up for the night.

What brings you by so late?

Well, first of all,

that exorcism you did last

week was amazing. Incredible.

Olivia...

Oh, no, no, it's okay. Lauren's a friend.

She's totally on board.

On board for what?

For us. For this. For what we're doing.

Where are you going with this?

Lauren has a friend, Chloe.

And Lately she's been out of control, lost.

We need to get her back.

She's right.

Chloe's having a lot of problems.

Family, school, drinking, cutting.

Last night she came over to my house

and just started attacking me.

It's like the girl that I knew is gone,

and I don't know where she went.

I'm afraid for her. We all are.

- So Chloe, she's in high school.

- She's 18.

Still, this is an issue for her parents.

I spoke to her mother, and

she's open to discussing it.

I don't know how much Olivia has told you,

but there's a rigorous battery

of psychological and emotional tests...

I know she needs our help, Reverend.

...in order to rule out mental

health or substance abuse issues

before I can even consider an exorcism.

And, as Olivia knows,

very few people meet the

criteria that we've set.

Just agree to meet with Chloe and her mom,

and if she's a bad fit, then

we'll drop it, I promise.

Please.

If you could just see her.

Okay, well, see if they can

come by tomorrow afternoon

just for a consult, nothing more.

- I understand.

- Thank you.

You're worthless. Stupid, so stupid!

Everyone hates you.

Your soul is as ugly as you are.

Chloe!

You're alone. You'll

always be alone.

[voices muttering]

You should just kill yourself!

[scissors snipping]

I asked you a question.

Do you know your name?

Chloe, I'm gonna ask

you a series of questions

that are designed to determine

the origin of your behavior.

The more truthful the responses,

the more accurate the test.

Do you understand that?

One:
Have you ever exhibited

uncontrollable outbursts

of anger and violence?

Yes.

Two:
Have you ever abused substances

like alcohol or drugs?

Yes.

Three:

Have you ever attempted

to take your own life?

Yes.

We can stop at any time.

No. I want to go on.

Four:
Have you ever engaged

in any self-abusive behavior,

such as bulimia, anorexia,

or self-mutilation?

Yes.

Question five:
Are you consumed

with feelings of guilt and...

48:
Do you feel that you're

being treated unfairly

because others are jealous of you?

Yes.

49:
Do you feel that you can

trust what you see and hear?

No.

Okay, last question:

Do you feel others are

plotting against you?

Yes.

Reverend?

I don't feel that an exorcism

is the right solution for Chloe.

- Reverend Young, I think that you...

- Listen, Chloe is disturbed.

Of that much, I'm certain.

But I believe her symptoms

are more consistent

with mental illness than a possession.

I must be able to rule

out psychiatric disorders

in order to proceed in this case,

and I simply cannot.

But Emma Walters, she

had the same symptoms:

the voices and the visions.

Okay, first of all, confidentiality laws

strictly forbid me from

discussing my other cases.

Secondly, there are a

number of possible causes

for what Chloe has been experiencing.

For example, it's not uncommon

for people that are

afflicted with schizophrenia

to experience hallucinations.

And then you combine that with

a level of paranoia, and...

I think you see where I'm going with this.

My recommendation is to admit her...

You mean commit.

No, to admit her into a clinical facility

where she can be monitored,

where she can get the help she needs.

Please help her.

Please help my daughter.

Your daughter needs medical care.

May God be with you.

Don't worry. We're gonna help her.

Is it Chloe?

Yeah. I just can't back off.

But at the same time, I feel so helpless.

But I know she's not crazy.

Just changed.

Like something else is taking over her.

- Well, you know, it's her life.

- I know.

You can still help her by

being supportive no matter what.

How?

Well, it's just something

you feel in your gut.

You know, it just kinda

pops in there just like that,

and you just know it's right.

So I should trust my gut.

As long as it's attached

firmly to your head.

Your gut can be a pretty

wise part of your body.

[chuckles]

That's how I ended up marrying your dad,

even though he tried to tell me

he was the Red Sox's first baseman.

Believe me, every other

girl would've run screaming,

but I thought it was charming,

especially since he was

only 5'9" and a buck-fifty.

I don't remember that much about him.

Oh, he was a great dad,

and he loved you so much.

You know, you were always the

first thing he talked about

when he woke up in the morning,

and the last thing before he went to sleep.

Have I told you lately

how proud you make me?

Not in so many words.

Well, forgive me...

because you make me so proud.

Everyone should be so lucky.

Thanks, Mom.

You're welcome.

Now eat.

Okay.

Chapter two features a group of soldiers

talking to their chaplain in the mess.

And because of their contempt for religion,

the soldiers taunted the chaplain,

even going so far as to question

aspects of his personal life.

Now, Henry refused to join in.

Miss Brady?

Yes?

Can you tell us what Hemingway meant

in chapter two of A Farewell to Arms

when the narrator refers

to thinking men as atheists?

Um...

Sorry. Let me look.

Mm-hmm. Perhaps Hemingway's narrator

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