House on Elm Lake Page #3

That wasn't nice.

I'm not nice?

I'm taking care of you.

I'm looking after you.

He says you're not safe here.

Well tell him to piss off.

You said a naughty word.

Do you wanna know something?

What?

Do you know who

Smithy's dad was?

He was a bad man.

And you know why?

Do you know outside

your bedroom,

he shot himself in the head

after killing his family

with a knife.

Anyway, bedtime, let's go.

Eric.

We're okay, aren't we?

Of course.

I know it's been

difficult lately

with moving in and Penny

and everything

that's been going on.

I love you.

I won't do what I did again.

I mean it.

I'm yours and you're mine.

It was a stupid thing.

I just, I was in a bad place.

I wasn't thinking straight.

I know.

Having Penny,

don't get me wrong.

I love that girl to pieces.

And I wouldn't change her for

the world.

But I think having

a child that young

made me freak out, you know.

I jumped to the first

thing that felt

like an escape and I

messed up, I really did.

But I love you.

And I can't imagine losing you,

not again.

HAYLEY:
I love you too.

(MUSIC THROUGH HEADPHONES)

(OMINOUS MUSIC)

(MUSIC ON HEADPHONES CONTINUE)

(BANGING)

(GROWLING)

(SCREAMING)

Oh my god!

Get up now, get up now!

What's going on?

(SOBBING AND MUMBLING)

Oh my god.

It's gonna be okay.

Where's my dad?

Stay here, stay here, okay?

(KNOB RATTLING)

(SCREAMING)

DARK VOICE:
You're in

my house.

Get out!

(SCREAMING INDISTINCTLY)

(SHOUTING)

(SCREAMING)

(SCREAMING)

(LAUGHING)

(SCREAMING)

Well, yeah I do.

I mainly eat what

you don't finish.

I know, I noticed.

The trick is to shut your

door now.

Lock it like four times.

Inside?

Yeah.

(LAUGHING MANIACALLY)

Penny!

Eric!

Penny?

Penny, where are you?

Penny!

HAYLEY:
Eric!

Penny! He's got Penny.

HAYLEY:
What, who, who?

That man!

What man? Who are you

talking about? What man?

Penny! Penny!

Where is she?

Eric, Eric!

Eric, look at me.

What the hell is going on?

What is going on?

He's got her.

(SOBBING IN DISTANCE)

Penny.

Penny, where are you?

(PENNY SOBBING)

Penny, you okay?

What happened? What happened?

Mom, I don't feel well.

What happened?

Where's Beth, where is she?

She left with a man.

What man?

I heard a man.

For God's sake!

Eric!

Come on, it's okay.

It's okay now.

He did a bad thing.

I know, I know.

It's okay now, okay?

Come here.

Eric.

This was all your idea,

wasn't it?

You don't know what the hell

you're doing,

leaving our child alone

with a complete stranger,

you don't even know.

Now look what's happened.

Wait, how can you just start

blaming me

for all of this?

Where did you even find her,

hmm?

I don't know,

she came recommended.

No, she wasn't just some random

girl off the street, Eric,

I didn't know she was gonna

run off like that, did I?

Right, I saw the way you

looked at me when she arrived.

Those eyes, that look you do.

Every time there's another girl

around

you always think I'm gonna f***

her!

I don't know what you're

talking about.

You're insecure, constantly.

Well can you blame me?

You're right, maybe I don't

trust you.

Because you cheated on me, Eric.

You cheated on me.

You were prepared to throw

away absolutely everything

that we have.

And when we moved here,

you promised me,

you promised that

things would change,

there would be

a brand new start.

But no, of course

I don't bloody trust you.

Shut the f*** up!

Don't do that.

Don't open your f***ing mouth.

I can't even look at you.

Look, I want this more

than anything in the world,

but I can't see much of a future

with you

if you won't even bloody

talk to me!

Eric, I can't do this on my own.

I can't save our relationship

on my own.

I need you to help me.

Please, just look at me.

Hey, princess.

I thought that you

were sleeping.

I can't sleep.

Look Penny, I'm so sorry.

I'll never leave you again

like that.

I promise, okay?

Let me have a look.

This one.

Don't worry.

Can you just sleep with me now?

Are you sad?

No.

I'm not sad.

Mommy's fine, okay?

Don't worry.

I love you.

I love you too.

I love you so much.

Do you wanna come and

sleep in my bed tonight?

Yeah.

Yes?

Yeah.

Okay, come on, let's go.

(OMINOUS MUSIC)

Hey, thanks for coming.

Hayley.

Thank you so much for coming.

Oh, you're welcome sweety,

thanks.

Um, yes this is the place.

And this is my partner Eric.

Hello, I'm Julie.

All right.

PENNY:
Mom?

Sorry, I'll just,

I'll be a second.

Do you mind if I

take a look around?

Yeah.

Do you like that?

I knew you always wanted to go.

Hello, Penny.

How are you feeling?

I heard you had quite a

night of it.

Yeah, there was a man here.

What did he look like?

He doesn't like me.

He wanted to take me into the

forest away,

away from my family.

Do you mind if I take a look?

It started ever since we

moved in.

You've been an angel, Penny.

Can you tell me where this man

is now?

Can you see him at the moment?

He's there.

Wait here, please.

It's okay.

(SCRATCHING)

(GASPING)

(SCREAMING)

(SLAMMING)

(OMINOUS MUSIC)

What?

Julie, what's happening?

I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

I have to get out of this house!

What?

Wait, wait, wait, Julie, Julie.

Julie, please, Julie!

What happened?

What a nutjob.

Another one of your

bright ideas, Hayley.

(SOMBER MUSIC)

What?

(SCREAMING)

Um, I'm going out, but

Crystal's gonna come over

to look after Penny.

Right.

Eric, what's going on?

I just want us to be like we

used to be.

Please, come on.

Tell me what's wrong.

(LAUGHING)

No!

Fine.

Fine.

Come here.

Eric, Eric!

What are you doing?

(INDISTINCT)

Eric.

Oh Eric, Eric.

(MOANING)

(GROANING)

How are you feeling?

I feel sick.

Look.

Mommy's got to go out soon,

okay?

But it's just gonna be for an

hour or two.

If it wasn't important I

wouldn't go.

But I really have to go.

But Auntie Crystal is gonna

come and look after you, okay?

Tomorrow,

we are gonna leave here.

We're gonna get out

of this house.

And everything's gonna be

back to the way it was before.

I promise.

Daddy's scaring me.

He's angry,

shouts at me all the time.

He's not dad.

Of course it's Daddy.

He's just not been very

well at the moment, has he?

He loves you, yeah.

We both do.

I love you.

I love you too, Mom.

This better be good.

I just had a really hot date.

Sorry, I didn't mean to

call you out like this.

I just don't want them to be on

their own.

What's going on?

Are you okay?

Yeah, yeah I'm fine.

I just need to go see

someone urgently, and.

Yeah, we'll be fine.

Yeah.

What have you been doing?

Dunno, men stuff.

Okay.

Um, just look after Penny, okay?

Of course.

I'll go and get us a takeout.

You go do that.

Thank you for coming.

She just won't leave the

church, keeps asking for you.

Please do go, go and see.

Thank you, yeah.

That was a good takeout.

Yeah.

Uh, I'd better go

check on the little one.

Uh, do you wanna go?

Uh, Eric.

What are you doing?

Eric, I don't think we should.

She doesn't know you

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