Maggie Page #2

Her finger is gone.

She made sure of that.

I got it all bandaged up,

but she's still refusing

to go to the doctor.

I figured that.

What did Ray say?

He said that Bonnie

kept them locked up

for a while.

Too long.

I killed them both.

No. You, uh...

They'd already moved on.

-There was something

in their eyes.

-Wade.

You can't do this

to yourself.

Bonnie should

have taken them in.

And what about Mag?

What happens

when she gets close?

Don't think

about that right now.

Just... just...

Let's enjoy the time

we have with her.

-What is it?

-Shh.

Wade?

Stay here.

Bonnie?

It's late.

How's Mag?

About as good

as she can be.

Doctors gave us

all these special rules

and papers for children

with her condition.

"Lock subject

in room at night.

"Avoid touching subject

without gloves."

Never once said her name.

Julia.

She's just four.

She was scared.

She slept with us most nights

as it was, so we'd...

We'd take turns

with her through nights.

She got worse.

One night Nathan went in,

didn't wake me for my turn.

Next morning, door was locked.

Locked himself in with her.

I pounded and pounded

on that damn door,

cried till I couldn't no more.

Still, never answered.

But he knew.

He knew what he was doing.

Take me to where they're at.

Dad! There's

someone on the phone.

- Hello?

- Mr. Vogel?

-Yes?

- Yes. Hello, sir.

This is Mr. Garmen

from the quarantine unit

of St. Mary's Hospital.

We're calling to inform you

that we've scheduled

a follow up appointment

with Dr. Vern Kaplan to track

your daughter's progress

in advance of quarantine.

Tomorrow we're

gonna go and see Vern

about your finger.

No arguments.

You hear me?

James, Carrie,

get over here.

Right now!

Come here,

sit by Mama.

--Wade.

-Vern.

-Maggie.

- Okay, take

a deep breath for me.

--Let it out.

Lungs are clear.

Scans show that the asthma

has receded already,

and your heartbeat

is abnormally strong.

That's a good sign.

Now... let's have

a look at your arm.

Looks like the origin site

is spreading.

Maggie,

what happened here?

- She broke it.

- I cut it off.

Why would you

do such a thing?

What good's a finger

if your arm's falling off?

Maggie, your arm

is not going to fall off.

Now, there's a lot we don't

know about this thing,

but this decay, it'll stop.

Your arm is yours to keep.

You got me?

I'm gonna take

a sample, okay?

Allie's been

asking about you.

Said she tried

to call a few times.

I know she'd love

to hear from you, so...

give her a call, okay?

Doctor's orders.

All right, all done.

All we gotta do now

is put a dressing on it.

I'll have Judy come in

and take care of that.

There you are.

She's strong,

but from what I've seen,

it's progressing fast in her.

Pretty soon, she ain't

gonna want any food.

She's gonna

want something more.

Skin will start

smelling like meat.

When it finally happens,

you're gonna have a few choices.

One, take her

to quarantine.

I'm not gonna do that.

I wasn't suggesting it.

My report will say

she's progressing slow,

so it'll buy you some time.

Option two:

We give her the cocktail

they'd give her in quarantine.

At least this way she'd be

with you when she takes it,

and not a bunch of strangers

or other infected people.

But you know how she doesn't

feel anything right now?

She will feel this.

Reports say

that it's painful.

Extremely.

All the way up till the end.

What's option three?

Make it quick.

Caroline,

the food is delicious.

Oh...

Ah, the stove is shot. I...

Some of it's really...

You think this is funny? Hm?

--Well, no dessert

for either of you.

Is that a threat

or a stay of execution?

Why do you even still

have this piece of crap?

Well, because

I trust this piece of crap.

You know,

Caroline had four cars now,

-and they all broke down.

-Yeah, I know.

I had to pick her up

the last time.

- What did you pick her up in?

You see?

What are you reading there?

Uh, it's called

"Morning Light of the Past."

It was in one of Mom's boxes.

It's like

really, really weird.

Your mother was a bookworm.

Until today, I still don't

know what she saw in me...

because she had everything.

She was smart, beautiful,

-and she had those long legs.

-Okay. Okay, Dad. Thank you.

-That's enough.

-What? I mean,

I'm just saying.

I mean, the whole time we dated,

she always pushed books on me.

She always

wanted me to read more.

And I just didn't have

the time with the farm and all.

-You read to me all the time.

-Only because she made me.

I remember just

before you were born...

and I bought

a whole bunch of books.

And your mother had

a hell of a green thumb.

And there was this one book

that I read to you

over and over.

It was called, uh,

"A Daisy's Journey."

That's actually

how you got your name.

-There's a Marguerite in it?

-And your mother

loved those flowers.

She just loved them.

And she was so strong.

I mean, every time

she needed to fight back,

she did.

You have a lot

of your mother in you.

You know that?

You know, maybe

it was the, um, truck.

What?

Why Mom loved you.

- Well, that's for sure.

- My truck.

No!

No!

--No! No!

Maggie? Allie's here.

Hey. Oh my God.

There she is!

- Shut up.

-Oh...

-Hi!

Where have you been?

Oh. Well, I haven't

been feeling too well.

- Yeah?

-Yeah.

Well, how are you

feeling right now?

-Uh, right now?

-Yeah.

Um... why?

Okay. All right.

Trent and Candace

and a few other people

are going out

to the reservoir tonight.

I know it's not like

a super fun trip to KC

or whatever,

but school starts soon

and I doubt our parents

are gonna let us out

much further than that.

-Trent's going?

-Yeah. Did you hear?

Yeah. How's he doing?

I don't know. I mean,

he seems all right,

but don't take

my word for it.

You should come see

for yourself.

Right.

Come on.

Everybody misses you.

They wanna see you.

I miss you,

and I'm not going

without you. Okay?

Hey, uh, hold on real quick.

-What?

-Here.

I found it on the couch

the other day and threw it

on this old thing.

I figured you

might wanna wear it.

-Thank you.

-Oh, it's nothing.

Go, get out of here

before Allie explodes.

Yeah, I know, right?

We are late.

And you have a nice

young man waiting for you.

Is it gonna be like

this all night?

-Um, yes.

-Oh god!

-Yes, it actually is.

-Take me now.

Oh, here we go!

- Hey! How are you?

- Hey.

-Hey!

-Hi. Long time no see!

I don't get why they're

opening up the school so soon.

-Gotta get back to normal.

-Normal?

What's normal about

all of this?

Now, we have

teachers missing.

Still have a bunch

of infected people.

No offense.

Not you guys.

But like the Andersons.

You know?

-How many more are like that?

-What happened?

She had them

locked up in a room.

Didn't tell anybody.

And they got out,

and Mag's dad found her.

Holy sh*t, Mag.

What'd your dad do?

Look, does it matter?

They're dead.

Point is,

she screwed up.

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