Madison County Page #3

We're not leaving.

Then what are we

supposed to do?

We need to go back

to the diner,

get more information

from those people.

I'll go.

What?

I'll go back to the diner.

Shouldn't we stay together?

Obviously, he can

take care of himself.

Look, I'll be fine.

Ask to use their phone

when you get there.

Yeah, no problem.

Hey, Kyle!

Here, take the car.

It'll be faster.

Just be careful.

Hi there, young man.

Hi.

Um... You said 1201 Country Lane

is a few miles down the road.

One with the gated drive, right?

Yes, sir.

There's no one there.

Of course not.

He left about the time

his book came out.

Did Damien Ewell kill him?

Oh! I told your friend,

Damien Ewell is

a made-up character.

Where would he get the ideas

for the book if it's not true?

People's imaginations

run wild sometimes.

People around here,

they didn't like it much

that he was telling stories

about them, right?

He made small town

people look bad.

Does David have any family in

the area that we can visit?

No, his family is all

passed, many years ago.

Would you mind telling me where

the nearest cemetery is?

Not at all.

Hey, what about

that barn down there?

Should we go look around?

It might have something

with his name on it.

You know, it could be

where Damien took

the dead body of David Randall.

Doubtful.

Wait. Why, you don't think

this guy's dead?

Not if he's been

sending me letters, no.

Where is he?

And why does everyone around here

act like they don't know this guy?

I don't know.

I'll tell you why? It's because

they're covering something up.

Well, what does the book say?

May I?

Here we go,

story of Damien Ewell.

"Damien was the most dangerous,

undiscovered serial killer in America.

"He killed an estimated

"And no one ever

said a word about it."

What the f***, man?

"He was born in the 1970s.

"His mother was

a great and loving woman,

"until one day, she met a man

that was from out of town.

"He eventually moved in

"and became the closest thing

"Damien ever had to a father.

"But they still

didn't get along."

Hey, are you okay?

I saw you was up here snoopin'.

You ain't with them police,

is you?

Police? No.

What police?

They was looking for

the missing girl.

Have anything to do

with Damien Ewell?

I reckon so.

"Around the age of 11

Damien ran away from home

"and was found days later on the

side of the road, left for dead.

"One of the people

in the town found him.

"He was badly disfigured.

"He'd been tortured to

within an inch of his life.

"They took him home

and from there,

"the townspeople

became very paranoid.

"Someone had hurt

one of their own."

Did they ever find out

who did it?

It was his mother's boyfriend.

That sounds made-up.

It's not.

What happened to him?

He died.

Well, did someone kill

this guy, the boyfriend?

It doesn't say.

Well, that's great.

And here we are,

asking people questions,

I'm sure they don't want

to give the answers to.

You said something

about a girl.

What girl?

Her daddy was sure

Damien did it.

Do you know Erma?

Don't you get it?

They was the ones

that was in on it.

What do you mean?

Hey, I'm not snooping.

Hey, where are you going?

You guys go down

to the end of the driveway.

We'll check the barns

and the house.

Huh! Great.

Come on, let's go poke around.

So, what are we looking for?

Honestly?

I'm not even sure.

Who would've ever thought it

would be this much trouble

to interview a person?

Yeah. No joke.

You know it would

be really easy

to just pack up and go home.

So you're siding with

Brooke and Will now?

No. It just seems like

a lot to go through

just to write a paper,

don't you think?

And wouldn't it be

a huge waste of time

to pack up, drive

all the way out here,

and turn around and go home

after just a couple of hours?

Touche.

So, Jenna,

what brings you all the way

out to Madison County?

Well, once upon a time

there was a really

nice guy named James

who sat behind me in my English class.

Really now?

Yeah, he dragged me

all the way out here

to write a paper on some

book I've never read.

Why didn't you read the book?

Because I've got better

things to do with my time.

Okay.

And what did you think

of this James guy?

He was a bit

of a pig, actually.

Oh, yeah? How so?

Well, occasionally, I would catch

him staring at my ass in class.

And you saw him doing this?

I sure did.

And how come you never brought

this to his attention?

Because I told you earlier,

I didn't mind.

Hey!

It's open.

Should we go in?

Yeah, yeah, I am. You can

stay here if you want.

Hello?

Hello?

Holy sh*t!

Look at this.

Is that the guy

from the highway?

Looks like him, doesn't it?

It says David.

Do you think that

means David Randall?

I can't imagine

who else it would be.

What's this?

Daddy, Erma, David

and Damien.

Hey, Brooke!

Jenna, is that you?

This place definitely

has a lot of...

- Sorry.

- Stop.

Let's check this out over here.

Sh*t.

Jesus!

Looks like a mangled

dungeon master lives here.

Looks like someone

still lives here.

Yeah.

Don't do that.

It's okay.

This is turning

into so much work.

I thought this was going

to be a nice trip for us.

It will, it will.

As soon as we're done with James'

stuff, we'll get out of here, okay?

We'll spend a few relaxing

days in the woods.

Just you and me.

Can my brother come?

That's not funny.

Oh, that's weird.

Hey guys, where'd you go?

Hey!

Oh, I'm sorry. I thought

you were someone else.

I wonder why Kyle's

not back yet.

Do you think he got lost?

Maybe.

I think I'd better go find him.

Well, you're not

leaving me here.

It'll be fine.

I'll just run down there,

it'll be quicker

if I'm by myself.

What, are you trying to

call me fat or something?

There's not an ounce

of fat on your body.

Go catch up to Will and Brooke.

I'll meet you guys

back up here.

Jenna?

Yeah?

Be careful.

Oh, I'm Kyle.

What's your names?

All right.

F*** me, man.

Mind if I join you

guys down there?

What, me?

Smells really weird in here.

Musty.

That's quite an antler

collection he's got.

Look at this.

What are you going

to do with that?

I don't know.

Bend over, I'll show you.

Will!

Come on?

Yeah, I think I'm going

to hold on to this.

In case we run into any bears

or maybe I get a base hit.

Get out of here.

No mailbox.

I guess the whole not rain, nor sleet,

nor snow thing doesn't apply out here.

Wait, what about

that "posted" sign?

It's got to account

for something.

Maybe we'll run into

a neighbor who will tell us

that we're as crazy

as the old lady did.

Maybe we should just go back.

What if someone's home?

Well, they obviously

don't want to be bothered,

or they wouldn't live out here.

Ah, come on.

Oh, God!

It's a real

fixer-upper.

Got it?

Looks like nobody's home.

Well, let's go meet

with James and Jenna then.

Hey, Brooke?

Yeah?

The stuff you said before,

about grad school,

are you serious about that?

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