Jessabelle Page #2

Nothing to help herself.

It ate her mind, the cancer.

It just wasn't her anymore.

But, Dad, I want to watch them!

Why? So she can scare the

sh*t out of you some more?

- I'm gonna burn these tapes.

- Dad, no!

No, Dad! Don't, Dad! Dad!

Dad.

Oh, God!

Dad! Dad!

Jessie!

Jessie!

No! Dad! Dad!

Goodbye, Leon. May your soul

finally find peace. Thank you.

Hey, Jessie.

Preston.

How you been?

That was a really stupid question.

I heard you were in town last week.

I would have come over,

but I figured I should call first.

I tried you a few times,

but no one picked up.

I'm sorry. My Dad's phone is upstairs,

and it's gonna be a few more weeks

before I can walk upstairs to answer it.

Right. I'm sorry.

It's really good to see you, Preston.

It's good to see you, too.

I'm really sorry about your dad.

Jessie?

Jessie, you okay?

Hey.

- Morning.

- Good morning.

You stayed here all night?

Yeah, well, I figured I'd stick around,

make sure you're okay.

Thanks. You didn't have to.

Well, I guess I should get going home.

But I'd love to see you again, though.

Be okay if I come by some other time?

Yeah. Yeah, I'd like that.

- All right. You take care.

- Wait, wait.

Please don't go.

What?

If I don't talk to somebody,

I'm gonna go crazy.

- Maybe I already am crazy.

- Okay. I don't gotta go anywhere.

- I'll stay right here.

- Thank you.

But you think we can get

the hell out of this place?

Kind of gives me the creeps.

Yeah.

Pretty much everybody's still here.

Rick Foster just got back from Afghanistan.

But he's going back, I think.

He's still married to Shawna.

If I was married to Shawna,

I'd be going back, too.

Mary Kimball's been married

and divorced twice.

- Twice?

- She's got three kids.

Lives in that new subdivision

over by the quarry.

The quarry.

So, the quarry's still there?

Yes, well, you know,

it is a big, giant hole.

- You can't really move a big, giant hole.

- Smart ass. Cut me some slack.

Yeah.

Nothing's changed, really.

Marriages and mortgages.

I can see why you couldn't

get out fast enough.

Preston, I'm...

I'm so sorry.

Hey, you don't gotta explain to me.

If I'd gotten into college, I would've

left this town and never looked back.

Never would have

given it a second thought.

That's not true. I thought

about this place a lot.

I missed you.

I'm sorry I didn't call more.

I just wanted a clean

breakaway, I guess.

But me leaving never had

anything to do with you.

It's okay. I understand.

How have you been?

Married.

Where did she think you were last night?

Oh, I told her the truth.

I told her I was with a Make-A-Wish kid.

So tell me what's going on.

You seemed so scared back there.

Okay. I've been having nightmares.

I've been having really bad dreams,

and they're so real that

I think I'm going crazy.

I dreamed there's this girl.

She looks dead,

and she's trying to get me, kill me.

And there's this man. It looks

like he's been burnt to death,

and he looks at me like I did it.

Like whatever happened

to him, it was my fault.

Well, after everything

you've been through,

it would be weird if you weren't

having nightmares, right?

- Have you thought about seeing a shrink?

- I can't afford it.

I mean, if I had any money at all,

I wouldn't have come home to live with Dad.

I'm flat broke.

And there are these tapes.

Now that we know that's what

that last reading meant...

I mean, that's what Moses says.

So, we're gonna get you a new one.

I really don't think you should

be watching these anymore.

It's no wonder why

you're having nightmares.

It's not good for you.

Would you watch them if it was your mom?

Your only chance to get to know her?

Yeah, I would, but I'd wait,

wait until I was recuperated.

Not when I was still

stuck in this house...

where she died. I mean, it's just...

it's just weird.

And besides, she's wrong

more than she's right.

She said you never left town,

you love to swim.

- She said Dad was gonna die.

- No, she thought you were gonna die.

She said 10 things that were wrong,

and you picked one

that was almost right.

Jessie, she didn't predict

your dad's death.

She thought she saw your death,

and she was wrong about everything.

Now, look, I've been thinking about

your dreams. That girl you keep seeing,

it's you. And the guy

that burnt in the fire,

you're having a nightmare

about your accident.

Sh*t, that's my wife.

I'm sorry, but I've gotta go.

Here. That's my work cell.

It's got my home phone number on it.

You call me any time,

day or night, all right?

- Promise?

- Okay.

I'm sorry. I gotta go.

Thank you, Preston.

Yeah, of course. Now you take care.

This is beautiful South Louisiana.

And here is the belle

of South Louisiana.

That's right. Here she is.

I'm gonna send this... I'm gonna

send this to Mr. Hugh Hefner,

and I'm gonna make me some money on

the side. The most beautiful woman

- in South Louisiana.

- Bad.

This is the family portrait.

Wait a minute. Wait.

I might just send me some

tapes to that Mr. Hugh Hefner.

These bugs are eating my ass up!

Let's see those feet. Where'd they go?

There it is.

- Oh! There she is.

- Baby!

Hey, baby, you can't

improve perfection. Look at that.

- What are you doing?

- Recording for posterity.

Those who don't remember the

past are doomed to repeat it.

- Okay, well, let's go into the future.

- Merry Christmas! Yeah!

Now, listen, I want to

show you how to use it.

You just take it,

point it, and shoot it.

You got it? Okay, you got it?

Just hold it.

- Merry Christmas!

- Merry Christmas!

Mrs. Davis, I think these

people are about ready to eat.

They're gonna eat the furniture if we

don't sit them down and feed them.

- I'm gonna do the thing.

- What? Okay.

Let's work with this, okay?

Excuse me. Before you unwrap the

presents and get into some funky music,

I just wanted to take a little

second here to brag about something.

- Oh, yeah, surprise.

- How very unlike you, Leon.

Now wait a minute. Now wait a minute.

It has come to my attention

that my lovely,

devoted wife is with child.

I'm pregnant!

Raise your glasses and

toast to Leon and Kate!

- Congratulations.

- I can drink.

You're already dead, Jessabelle.

You're already dead!

Preston? I'm sorry.

- I know I said I wouldn't call, but...

- Who is this?

It's Jessie, Jessie Laurent.

Who is this?

Come closer.

Closer.

Yes.

Hey. You all right?

Sam just told me you called last night.

I'm all right. I'm so sorry.

I just... I just got scared.

Everything okay at home?

Well, "okay" is stretching

it a bit, but I'm fine.

- Well, I'm glad you're here.

- All right. Well, tell me what happened.

Oh, you see that, too?

Yeah.

What is that?

I don't know.

I think somebody's out there.

There was somebody definitely

out there last night.

You think that old boat still works?

Sure.

What is that?

Some kind of voodoo or something.

Half the cemeteries in this parish

are full of that kind of sh*t.

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