Lamb Page #4

man letting his niece drink a beer like that?

I don't know.

It's child abuse, Tom.

And I would've gone to jail.

Then the police would've figured

out who you are and where you belong.

How do you think they would've

reacted to that at home?

Not good.

It breaks my heart to

see you crying like this.

Sorry.

[sniffles]

Can you forgive me?

[sighs]

I forgive you.

When you get older you start

to appreciate how short life is.

And you feel it in your bones.

Now, when that happens,

everyone becomes ageless.

Okay?

Okay.

Okay.

[crickets chirping]

[man speaking indistinctly over radio]

A Wyoming couple died overnight

in a deadly fire in their home.

Investigators are still

trying to figure out

exactly what caused the

deadly fire to ignite.

[woman over radio] I asked

the officer what was going on

and she told me that a house at

the end of the street was on fire.

[female newsreader] The folks who

live here on Hidden Mountain Lane

watched the flames, knowing

there was nothing they could do.

[suspenseful music playing]

[crickets chirping]

[birds chirping]

[rustling]

Okay, open up.

[sighing] Oh, gosh.

[instrumental music playing]

Big, brown, raggedy horses.

Who's that?

Let's go.

Come on! Run!

Come on, we've gotta run!

Get in, get in.

Okay.

Listen to me. This is the biggest test.

Foster was nothing compared to this.

If they come and go without you being seen,

then I won't get in trouble, all right?

How did they know you were here?

[Linny] David?

- Hey.

- Hey!

- Surprise!

- [laughs]

I felt bad that you're

out here all by yourself.

Linny.

- This is a surprise.

- [sighing] Oh.

- Champagne?

- Yeah.

How's it been going?

Okay.

Oh, wow. It's so nice to be back here.

[David moaning]

[chuckles softly]

You're acting weird.

[moans]

I'm gonna go to the bathroom first.

[whispering] We were just talking

out there, did you hear us talking?

- Is she your girlfriend?

- I'll explain later, okay?

I want you to run, as quiet

as a mouse to the shop.

She's not staying long, right?

Am I making the wrong decision not

being able to trust you out there?

Come on. Let's go.

Run.

[frogs croaking]

Is there somebody else?

Just a dozen others.

Kidding.

What do you think I'm doing

up here, huh? Having my kicks?

- I mean, come on.

- Sorry.

Really.

You know me by now, don't you?

Sometimes.

Hey.

I just need a little space.

I need to test myself.

Clean up my heart.

It's like an old, crowded garage

in there that needs some tidying.

I don't know if you can tidy a heart.

Not like you tidy a garage.

We don't have to do this,

you and I, and I want to.

I just feel like I'd be

stealing you away from the world.

I can wait for you.

I'm willing to do that.

I knew you would say that.

Why does that make you

look like you wanna die?

'Cause I'm afraid I made you say it.

I'm afraid I make everybody say everything.

Of course you didn't.

You're not that powerful.

You're not even at all angry with me?

Do you want me to be?

I think I want somebody to be.

Well, you can't go around and just make

people angry so you know where you stand.

I think I might be an awful person.

I think the whole world's out there

eying on something really wonderful.

And I don't know what it is.

I can't be part of it.

Why did she call you David?

That's like when I call you Emily.

Everything I do from here

on out is to protect you.

To protect us.

Does she love you?

Yeah, she does.

Do you love her?

Not in the least bit.

I'm doing this for us.

How long do I have to stay in here?

Just one more day.

Okay?

My stomach hurts.

I have to go to the bathroom.

- I can't see.

- [shushing]

[whispering] We have to be careful, okay?

Come on.

I'm gonna tell you something that

I've never told anyone before.

What?

You have to promise me

you won't tell anyone.

What is it?

It's about my little brother.

You have brothers?

I'm telling you this to show

you how special you are to me.

I promise.

My little brother disappeared.

Where?

We don't know.

When he was about your age.

Was he kidnapped?

I don't know.

We never knew.

He used to sleep in a sleeping

bag behind the gas station.

Why?

Our house was kind of a sad place.

I think you know how that can be.

Then one morning he just never came back.

Never showed up.

Not ever?

Not ever.

You have to promise you'll

always call me Gary, okay?

- Say, "I promise."

- I promise.

[sighs heavily]

[birds chirping]

Hi.

Here.

All right. You stay here and you

just hibernate and snuggle up,

my little mountain critter.

When she leaves, we'll have all

kinds of new energy, new fun.

- Right?

- Okay.

Okay.

[rustling]

- Hide?

- Hide.

Hey, what's this room?

It's just the bunk room.

Well, why don't we sleep in here

instead of the mess that's on the floor.

Yeah, they're infested with mice sh*t.

- But that's actually beds...

- No, they're old and shitty.

[door closes]

[both laughing]

[instrumental music playing]

I'm gonna go get the

mattresses from the bunk room.

It has to be better than this hard floor.

I told you it's infested with mice sh*t.

Yeah, but we can clean them.

We can cover them with towels.

No.

What?

It's haunted.

That room is haunted.

I don't wanna scare you. I

want you to really love it here.

Me, too.

Tell me.

All right. So, the owner of this

house was a man named Calhoon.

The old neighbor, Foster,

he had a little girl

with his sister.

And what was her name?

Emily.

So, Calhoon, he wanted to have a wood shop

built off the side of the

house to store all his tools.

And he and Foster decided to build it.

He'd dug the foundation,

set the footers, tied the rebar.

And Emily, who was all of ten years old,

she would come down everyday

and join them for lunch.

She used to love playing in the yard

with all the scrap metal and all the wood.

And dipping her hand into the wet cement.

One day, they were pouring

the concrete slabs...

and Emily disappeared.

Sheriffs came with cadaver dogs and

they searched the prairies for weeks,

but they never found her.

They never found her alive again.

And the kid is still haunting the place?

Even worse.

Foster comes down here every night

with a flashlight, looking for her.

Have you seen her?

I've talked to her.

What did she say?

She says she's in love with me

and she wants to live with me here forever.

[running footsteps]

Gary?

David.

David!

Who is this?

It's my niece, Emily. She's been sick.

I didn't want you to...

[Tommie] No! No! I hate you!

[clanging]

I hate you! I hate you!

- Tommie!

- I'm just a kid to you!

Linn, wait.

I'm sorry. This is just

such a bad time, okay?

We'll take a rain check.

We'll come back in a few weeks.

Linn...

She's my brother's girl.

My younger brother, the one who died.

You never told me that.

Now, that we can be closer,

you'll learn a lot about my family.

- I don't understand.

- Look at me.

I need you to be patient with me, please.

Please?

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