In Dreams Page #4

Hi! What's your name?

Ruby!

Oh, sorry. I gotta go.

Ruby!

Come on. I'm runnin' late.

- Mommy's in a hurry.

- You're not my mommy.

'He's hunting...

looking for another little girl.'

Guess what her name is, Doctor.

Ruby.

And what colour is Ruby, Claire?

Ruby's not a colour, Doctor.

Ruby's a girl.

Red. Why are you obsessed

with that colour, Claire?

I'm not obsessed,

I'm possessed, Doctor.

He's feeding me dreams bit by bit.

Why's that, Claire?

Maybe he's lonely.

Maybe he's lonely, Doctor.

Have you a name for him yet?

Yes, I have.

His name is Vivian. Vivian Thompson.

There's a town covered in water.

Someone left him in it.

He was taken to this hospital.

He stayed in my room

and he's feeding me dreams.

Why do you think that is, Doctor?

Because he wants to stop.

He wants me to stop him.

It sounds psychotic to you,

doesn't it?

You used that word, Claire.

But follow it through,

Doctor, psychotic or not.

I've gotta let him possess me...

surrender...

Let him take me to him.

So what does that make me? Psychotic?

Delusional?. Obsessional?. All three?

If you admit that it's delusional,

we might be getting someplace.

So, what's it say

on the wall, Ethel?.

It's some kind of nursery rhyme.

So, I'm not insane?

Not many of us are, honey.

- Go to sleep.

- That's a good idea.

Sleep's the only way to reach him.

He's out there hunting another

little girl, and I've gotta stop him.

Whatever happens, though, promise me

one thing - don't wake me up.

My apologies, Claire.

That's it, Jodie.

Let the medication do the job.

You just relax and sleep.

You'll be fine.

Oh! Excuse me.

Hey. You need a lift?

I'm waitin' for Lucy.

- Everything all right?

- No, I...

locked myself out of my car.

Come back to the office.

You can use the phone.

Uh, I have a spare,

uh, set...at a garage.

If you're going out,

you could drop me.

- Which garage?

- The one down the road.

- Got your ID?

- It's locked in the car.

All right. Hop in.

So, uh, do you want to get a drink

or something like that?

Yeah, maybe. Whatever you wanna do.

- Could we have some music?

- Music? Sure.

You work nights.

- Uh, yeah.

- What's your name?

- Vivienne. What's yours?

- Walter.

That's a nice name, Vivienne.

Hey, how you spell that?

V- I-V-I-E-N-N-E.

Can't keep your eyes off me,

can you?

- Off what, Vivienne?

- My legs.

Pity to leave you so soon,

Vivienne.

Well...I'm in no real hurry.

Well, what do you know? Neither am I.

You've been eating those knees

the whole way.

Shouldn't your eyes have been

on the road?

I suppose they should've.

You can kiss me if you want.

Don't mind if I do.

What the f***?

Two things, Walter.

- One, get out of the car slowly.

- Mm-hmm.

And two, get your ass back

to Stapleton and tell Silverman

to check out the Carlton Hotel.

Why are we here?

That's my home.

A lake? You live in a lake?

Did once.

Where did you go, Vivian?

Please, please don't leave me now.

Wanna come over to my house, Claire?

Yeah.

I have to warn you, it's haunted.

Who's it haunted by?

You.

I'll show you how to get there.

You can drive now.

Vivian, is there a girl

in your house called Ruby?

Ruby? Yeah.

- She's dying to meet you.

- Oh, God.

You thought it was a real orchard?

That's the thing about dreams,

They're always right...

and always wrong.

You have to drive inside, OK?

I'll open the door.

You know this place,

don't you, Claire?

- Yes.

- You know the funny thing?

What's the funny thing?

I know you got a gun in the band

of the nurse's dress you're wearing.

- I do?

- You do!

And it's not very nice,

you meetin' Ruby with a gun.

Might get her upset.

Might get me upset...

and bring the apples

down on all of us.

- Where is Ruby?

- Ubi est Ruby?

I'm not tellin'

till you gimme the gun.

You know what happens

when the apples fall?.

I don't.

# First the tide

# Rushes in

# Plants a kiss

# On the shore

# Then rolls... #

I'm so, so

sorry, sorry, sorry, Claire.

All I wanted was a family.

I knew there was a dreamer out there

like me, cos I was dreamin' of her.

I wanted her to be my family.

And I took her little girl.

And the little girl cried

and hollered,

and I punished her

like any dad would.

And she was lying...

quiet, beautiful...

but like a doll now.

That's the part I'm sorry for.

But I'm gonna make it up to you.

I'm gonna work...

real hard.

Make it perfect.

I'm not gonna get upset anymore

now that I've got you here,

and I got us Ruby for a daughter now.

Claire and Vivian and Ruby.

Did you... Did you get upset

with Ruby, Vivian?

- Not yet. Not yet.

- Did you?

Are you gonna get upset with me?

Not if you love me

like Mama loves Dad. Will you?

I'll do that, Vivian.

I'll do that.

You wouldn't just pretend?

How could I pretend?

How could I pretend with you, Vivian?

You know me inside and out.

Things are gonna be perfect...

when I see Ruby.

As perfect as they can be

in this valley of tears.

- Oh, Lordy.

- What the f*** is this?

Her dream, Rosco. Your nightmare.

Ruby, guess who's here?

Say hi to Ruby, Claire.

- Hello, Ruby.

- Are you a ghost?

No, I'm not.

She was a ghost when she wasn't here.

Now she's just plain old Claire.

Why don't you go down in the garden

and show Ruby you're not a ghost?

He said you were coming.

You took a long time.

I know. It was gettin' kinda lonesome

here just the two of us, huh?

I suppose. This is Marge.

She was Vivian's doll

before he gave her to me.

Say hello to Claire, Marge.

That nice lady is not a ghost.

Hello, Claire! Welcome home!

Welcome home, Claire.

- She's followed him.

- Who?

Vivian Thompson. He escaped

through that grate. Murdered a nurse.

- When?

- 25 years ago. October 1972.

- I'm lost, Doctor.

- Join the club.

He killed her daughter.

She shares his dreams. He snatched

another little girl called Ruby.

She's gone to stop him.

Call the police. Show them this.

- Where are you going?

- Hammond, the Carlton Hotel.

I'll make us somethin' to eat.

Is anyone hungry?

How about "pasghetti"?

Daddies can be just like mommies,

you know that?

- Can they, honey?

- Vivian said so. They can cook too.

What else did he tell you, Ruby?

Told me my real mom

is up in Heaven waiting for me.

That's Vivian's mom there.

That's a tailor's dummy, Ruby.

I know, but that's

the kind of clothes she wore.

- Why does he keep them?

- For playing mom.

He's very good at it. You should

hear the way his voice changes.

Why does he do that?

He says his daddy was a dollar

and his mommy was a song.

A song?

"Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree

With Anyone Else But Me."

So that's his mother's song.

That's what she was, that song.

I don't like the cold.

Ruby...

Ruby, listen to me, OK?

Vivian's sick, honey,

and he needs help.

- It's possible he could hurt you.

- You're scaring me.

- I'm gonna take you away from here.

- Vivian!

Shh! Quiet!

I've been looking for the can opener,

but I can't...find it!

I know it's down there.

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