Out of the Dark Page #2

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of the state committee members

- who regulate the business.

- What? Right now?

No, no, no, no, no.

Tonight, at dinner.

The festival will have started then,

- it should be a lot of fun.

- Okay.

Can you give me a hand?

- You look beautiful.

- Thank you.

You almost ready?

Almost.

- Looks good, kiddo.

- Thank you.

- Hello.

- Hi.

You been doing this a long time?

Yeah, about five years.

I'm working to pay my studies.

- Oh, yeah?

- I'm almost a teacher.

- You want to be a teacher?

- Yeah.

That's great.

Here's our numbers.

Hannah goes to bed at 8:30.

She's gonna say 9:00.

- It's 8:
30.

- Okay.

We'll be home at 11:00. We're going

to the... What is it? La fiesta de...

- La Fiesta de los Nios Santos.

- Yes, that's right.

- The festival of the children?

- Yeah, of the saints children.

It has a very special meaning

for the people of Santa Clara.

Yeah, it seems like

a very big celebration here.

Well, not a celebration.

The fiesta is more

about remembering our past.

It happened hundreds of years ago.

The conquistadors reached Santa Clara,

but when they got here,

they just found a poor village,

so they kidnapped all the children

and locked them up in a temple

and asked for a ransom...

their weight in silver.

The people of Santa Clara asked

all the surrounding villages for help

to gather enough silver

to pay the ransom.

The conquistadors kept the silver,

but they didn't keep their word

and they lit the temple on fire.

With the children inside?

Some people believe the ghosts of the kids

are still around looking for revenge.

Anything bad that happens

is blamed on them.

What do you believe?

You know you can call us anytime

while we're gone, okay?

Even if it's just to say hi.

Are you going to show your drawing

to Catalina when I'm gone?

Might do.

- Come on, let's go.

- Okay.

- Buenos noches.

- Buenos noches, Seor Harriman.

Hey!

- How are you?

- Seor.

Sarah, I'd like you to meet an old friend

of mine, a very good man,

Andrs Contreras,

he's the local company doctor.

- Oh, nice to meet you.

- And you.

- This is my husband, Paul.

- How you doing?

- My pleasure.

- Nice to meet you.

Por favor.

Jordan!

Jorge!

- Senator.

- Oh, thank you.

Sarah, I'd like you to meet

Senator Maraon.

Sarah is going to be the new

General Manager at the plant.

- Oh, great.

- I'm very excited to be here.

I look forward to knowing

more about this country.

Very impressive indeed.

Your father has been a great friend

of our community for a long, long time.

- Oh, come on. Come on, let's eat.

- Okay.

Doctor Contreras.

Tomorrow we're going to play

all the morning.

Sounds good?

But now it's time to sleep.

- And have a good night, honey.

- Thank you.

Good night.

Come on, Sarah. Dance with your father.

So, what kind of job

did you leave behind to come here?

No, no, I'm keeping my job.

I'm an illustrator.

I illustrate children's books.

I wish I could treat

my patients from anywhere.

You still have it.

You were so young.

I'm starting to forget

what she looks like.

She would have been proud of you.

Did you grow up here?

My parents moved here

when I was a child,

when my father started working

as a doctor at the paper mill.

Really?

They lived in your house.

My father had his clinic there.

Oh, yeah? You ever live there?

No. I was sent away to boarding school.

Jordan sent Sarah

to boarding school in the States.

- Is that where you guys met?

- No, no, we met in New York.

We got married there

and then we moved to London.

We had our daughter, Hannah, and...

- now we're here.

- It's a good decision.

I worry about moving her around too much,

but you know we gotta be together, so...

Many may advise against bringing children

to a place like Santa Clara, but...

- What do you mean?

- Some people are concerned about safety.

And the dark legends

don't exactly help, either.

Paul! Paul, come here!

It's so beautiful.

Well, it's not really.

Five hundred years ago, the conquistadors

came here looking for silver

and burned all the children

of this village alive.

They put cloth on their faces

to cover the burns.

They're taking the statues

to the church.

People go there and pray

to appease their angry spirits.

Silver!

Come here, Silver.

Come here.

Silver.

- Hey.

- Yeah?

- Are you okay?

- Yeah, I'm fine.

Okay.

- Hi.

- Hey.

- You're back so early.

- Oh, we're getting old.

- How did everything go?

- Fine. Just... fine.

Is she asleep upstairs?

Mum!

Catalina!

Mum! Catalina!

Can you hear me? Mum!

Help me!

I'm stuck!

Hannah!

- No, she's not here.

- Hannah!

Hannah!

Hannah!

Hannah?

Hannah!

She's got to be up here.

Hannah?

The dumb waiter.

- She's in here! She's in here! Hannah!

- Come on.

Oh, sweetie.

Oh, you're okay, you're okay.

- Hannah!

- Sweetie, wake up.

- Sweetie, sweetie, look at me.

- Hannah! Hannah.

- Open your eyes.

- Hannah, open your eyes.

She's burning up.

- Hannah Holden?

- Yeah.

Have a fever, disorientation,

pain in her joints.

- It's probably the flu.

- What about that rash?

The rash could be anything.

Something she ate or an insect bite.

Do you know if she drank tap water?

I don't think so,

I told her not to. Excuse me.

In my opinion, she needs to rest.

She should take an aspirin

and drink a lot of water.

And we can keep her under

observation if you want...

and run a blood test, just to make sure.

- That won't be necessary.

- Excuse me?

The company plan will cover it.

If I may... Doctor, realistically,

how long will it take you to get

Hannah's blood test results back?

- A few weeks.

- Okay.

We can have them back

in less than 48 hours.

Okay.

We're going to have to do

what's best for Hannah.

Is she okay?

I'm sorry about what happened.

I don't understand how she got in there.

I don't know. She was asleep

when I checked.

Come on, there's something strange

going on here. What are you not telling us?

Look, I'm not the kind of person

who believes in these sort of things...

but there was something

around the house.

Like ghosts.

Okay, you know what? This is not

going to work. I'm very sorry,

but you don't have

to come back tomorrow, okay?

Okay.

I'll call the company tomorrow

and find somebody new.

- Okay.

- I'll watch Hannah tonight.

- Okay.

- Get some rest.

Are you okay, sweetie?

- Can I have some water, please?

- Yeah, of course.

Hi.

Hey.

- How's she doing?

- She's been sleeping all day.

Paul?

Paul?

What are you doing?

Paul?

Are you okay?

I think I heard something.

Hannah is awake.

Let's go back inside the house.

There's someone in there!

- She's okay! She's okay!

- Are you okay?

I could have sworn

that I saw someone up here.

It's okay.

I think we're just both really tired.

And I think we need to get some rest.

We've got to sleep.

It's been a long night.

Okay? Let's sleep.

- Excuse me, Mara.

- Yeah?

Do you know where do we

keep the... balance sheets?

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