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Everything's gonna be okay.

I'm sorry.

There you are.

Are you alright?

It's okay. I'm not gonna hurt you.

Let's see if we can get you

back to your room.

Don't touch me.

It's okay. John... I need help here.

I hope that by now what you're feeling

is something different than anger.

You can go ahead and...

clean yourself up and come on out...

whenever you're ready.

Where is Eva?

She's gone, Zac.

Where is she?

I took care of her.

They're both at peace.

- What do you mean?

- You know what I mean.

You didn't.

Go see for yourself.

You're awake.

Are you alright?

We were worried about you.

I'm Jamie.

That's... Frank and Paul over there.

They're good guys. I promise.

You feeling better?

Listen, I... saw that thing on your wrist.

It's okay.

I'm not trying to pry.

We didn't call nobody.

You looked like you were gonna be alright.

We figured you had your reasons.

So I decided to wait and see

if you wanted help or not.

I'm okay.

Alright.

I getcha. I've been there.

We don't have to call nobody

unless you want to.

You just let me know.

Thanks. I appreciate your help.

You're welcome.

Come on over and sit with us.

You don't have to run off.

When you finally start dreamin'

And everyone can tell

I close your eyes, let you drift away

I'll make sure you feel better

With the stillness that you know

From a time when you still

had a million days

He's good, isn't he?

Be true to yourself through and through...

You look just like my daughter does

when the TV'd be on.

Starin' there, frozen.

I'd do little dances in front of the set

and she'd just lean her little body over

till she could see.

Keep love in your heart

Until the day you die

- Get up. Get up.

- What?

- What is that?

- It's the cops. Damn it!

- I was just getting comfortable.

- Sh*t. Again?

- A**holes.

- You think we should book it?

I sure as hell ain't gonna cut

my ass up climbing out of here.

- Unless this one's done somethin'.

- I didn't do anything.

- You sure?

- I promise I did not do anything.

What's goin' on down here, people?

- Y'all are not supposed to be down here.

- Just the four of ya?

Well, yeah. It's just us.

Alright. Step outside. Come on.

What the hell?

Why?

Why would he blame us?

What makes him so afraid?

What is it?

Mom always saw it as a gift.

She never doubted.

But he's scared...

and weak.

I don't know how he can live with himself.

I wanna make him feel what I feel.

Hey, you got a light?

A what?

Figured.

Say, you have a lighter I can bum?

So what's your deal? You just move here?

Run away from home? What?

I don't live with my family anymore.

No sh*t.

Me and this dingus just got yanked out

of our parent's house again the other day.

How come?

My mom can't stay clean long enough

to have some dumbshit

walk through our house

tell us if it's livable or not.

Which it isn't, but that's not the point.

My dad threw me out.

You got any place to stay?

- No, not really.

- Well, you can hang with me tonight.

Then I can see if you can come

to the girl's home with me.

They feed you at least. Just come.

Alright.

Okay, well, let me begin

by explaining what I'm here for.

All the girls here, Eva, have their...

their own stories as how they got here.

And I would guess that yours

is similar to most of them.

Now Danny tells me, Eva, that...

- It's E-va.

- E-va.

Danny tells me that you

didn't have a place to stay.

So we're happy to provide that

for you for a little while.

You know, this is a safe place.

Everything that you and I talk about

in here it'll stay between you and me.

Okay.

Great. Why don't we...

start with... where you're from.

What about it?

Well, Danny tells me

that she met you around town.

Have you always lived here?

Did you grow up somewhere else?

Somewhere else.

So how'd you end up here?

I ran away from home.

That's a very brave thing, Eva.

New places can be very intimidating

especially on your own.

Why don't we talk a little bit about

the home that you ran away from?

Who did you live there with?

My brother and my father

and... my mother.

Are they still there?

Eva?

Are they all still there?

Yes.

Gets any colder, we're gonna have

to chop up some more wood.

You know, you gonna have

to talk to me eventually.

You can't keep talking

to that horse everyday.

What is that you want me to say?

Anything. Whatever you want,

whatever's on your mind.

Might make things better between us.

In the end... like,

they start, like, spending

more and more time together

but he starts getting weaker and weaker.

So then, he, like, dies...

She's doing a lot of things now.

She likes to dance or play

or she loves singing.

And she's as...

Who the hell does she think she is?

Nobody even likes her.

Well, just 'cause our families' here...

doesn't mean anything.

Okay, girls. Goodbye hug

and let's line up at the door.

Hustle up.

- Come on.

- What the hell?

- Get off of me!

- Danny! Danny!

- Get off of her. Stop it!

- Just ignore her.

What the hell do you know?

Your dad threw you out on your ass.

- I'm tryin' to help.

- I don't need your help.

- I don't need anybody's f***in' help!

- Enough!

I know you're upset about everything.

I'm upset, too.

Son, I don't think you got

the full picture.

Look, when I was your age...

I struggled to understand this place.

Walk along that wall.

Wonder...

what it all meant.

I plagued my dad with questions.

He told me stories

about your great-grandparents,

their kin and their friends

who claimed this land.

Their community had been...

fractured, had been destroyed by...

unexplained deaths...

disappearances, sometimes it's children.

Tore families apart.

Having theirs, they... they came here

trying to make a fresh start.

And now we are the ones that remain.

Oh, when I was a kid

those stories filled me full of fear.

But as time went on, I grew.

Life was... normal, orderly.

Then your mother and I started

talking about having children.

Those stories came back.

I was scared.

And your mother...

she said they were just stories,

they were just folklore.

And you were born.

And you were a happy, healthy child.

We were so happy.

Few years went by.

And then along came Eva.

And...

things started happening.

Your mother fell ill and...

And we... been struggling ever since.

It amazes me.

And after everything

you've done to this family.

That you can sit in here...

and talk, and talk...

Zac, I'm telling you the truth.

I'm not saying I'm without fault here.

I'm not. But I need you to understand.

Understand how delusional you are?

Not to... sit down. Sit down!

- You want me to understand for you killing Eva!

- Zac, stop!

I need you to calm down. Listen to me.

- I need you to understand something.

- I will never forgive you for killin' Eva.

I need you to understand who I think

you are and what you're capable of.

- Let go of me.

- Zac, Zac, what are you doing?

Zac, no! What are you doing?

I'm sorry, son.

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