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that I'm a pretty lucky girl.

Dear diary.

Today new people moved

in down the street.

A family with a boy

and girl my age.

The girl's named Delia

and the boy is Robert.

He says they're adopted, but,

they don't look adopted to me.

He says that he's gonna be

a New York Yankee one day.

I think I like him.

I gave Delia Mr. Tickles

'cause she likes him so much

and maybe Daddy will think

I'm responsible enough

to have a puppy for

my next birthday,

if I don't have little kid toys.

But, I miss him already.

Dear diary.

Robbie's mom got super-mad

that we were playing

explorers in the

meadow and said that

I could have gotten them

hurt with my stupidity.

I'm not stupid.

They are stupid.

They don't even let Delia

and Robbie go to school

like me.

It's not fair.

I hope their butts fall off.

Dear diary.

A girl from my school

got disappeared,

and nobody found her.

Her mom came into the school.

She doesn't have a dad

'cause she's a latchkey kid.

Principle Clark talked

to us in the gym

about stranger danger.

Back in class, Miss

B. told us to go home

holding hands with

our safety partners.

I feel sad, even though

I didn't know her.

Dear diary.

Robbie told me his new mom

and dad keep secret stuff

down in the basement.

So we're gonna investigate

like Nancy Drew.

We looked into the basement.

It was all dark, but

then I saw something move

and I heard a song.

I can't remember what I saw.

It's like my head

doesn't want to.

But the song, I kept

on hearing the song.

It was like a church

song, but mad.

It was so mad.

- You okay?

- Why do you have a weapon?

- Uh...

I heard something and...

- So you brought that?

- Yeah.

There was a shadow and then

there's a noise so I...

Yeah.

- Todd.

I'm sorry.

I'm so sorry.

I should have told you when

I even first suspected.

I just couldn't bear

to get my hopes up.

Todd, I love you so much.

- We're having a baby.

Go save lives.

- Love you.

- I know.

Son of a b*tch.

That's it.

All right.

It's a brownout?

We paid the bills

so why is this...

Oh, come on.

Okay.

I got this.

Let's see.

That's the wall.

That's the front yard.

That's the...

Water heater.

All right.

Sh*t.

Come on!

Hello?

What are you doing down here?

- It burns.

- It's okay.

I didn't mean to scare you.

It's okay.

What's your name?

It's okay.

What's your name?

Why don't we find your parents?

- It burns.

- Okay, he's stable

but he can't sleep

for another four hours,

so make sure you keep

him in your line of sight.

- Get him food, walk him around.

- Yes, exactly.

Compound fracture in 1A?

- X-ray is done, no

internal lacerations,

bleeding's stopped, ready

for reset within the hour.

- Good.

Thank you.

Okay, what's next?

- Grab a Red Bull.

You've got a long night.

- Dr. Jordan, we have a

second-degree-burn victim.

Just came in. Might

be self-inflicted.

- Okay, who's doing

triage? What room is he in?

- 1C, he's prepped and stable.

- Sedatives? Painkillers?

- Morphine and narcex.

- Just give me a moment,

okay? I need to check...

- No, Dr. Jordan.

It's your husband.

- Oh my god.

Todd, what happened?

How did you...

- A girl, she...

She was on fire.

And grabbed me.

She grabbed me.

- What?

What, Todd? Look

at me, sweetheart.

Okay? Focus, and I

need you to tell me.

What happened?

- She was on fire.

From the inside.

- Okay.

Okay, all right.

I'm gonna look at this, okay?

- How is he?

- Harold?

- I called 911.

I heard him screaming when I

was outside having a smoke.

I thought your house

was gonna burn down.

- What?

Harold, what happened to him?

- He came stumbling

down the stairs,

holding his arms

out in front of him.

I tried to help but

he was so out of it,

so I called and came over

with the ambulance and...

- Sir, this is for family only.

You need to be in the lobby.

- No no, he's fine.

- It's okay.

You stay here.

I'll take care of the

paperwork, you take care of him.

- Thank you.

Okay, let's lay you down here.

Okay, sweetheart?

There you go.

Just like that.

- The girl.

- Todd.

It's okay.

- She was...

- Shh.

It's okay.

- From the inside.

- Okay.

It's okay.

Shh.

- Dear diary.

Susie Mortez is missing.

She went to a different

school than me.

Now I have to stay in the yard.

No more adventures

with Robbie and Delia.

They waved at me

from their yard,

but their mom called

them back inside

like I did something bad.

Dear diary.

The police took

Robbie's dad today.

He had blood on him and

yelled at the policemen.

Robbie and Delia

wouldn't talk to me.

Their mom was crying.

I've never seen a mom cry.

She ran up to me and

gave me Mr. Tickles,

then Robbie and Delia took her

inside, like she was a kid.

Dear Diary.

Dad said he took the

disappeared girls.

That's why the policemen

took Robbie's dad away.

Dear diary.

I saw Robbie and Delia.

They were outside my room.

Dad said no one was there,

but they were.

They were there.

I don't wanna get disappeared.

Dear diary.

Mom and Dad won't listen.

Maybe it's better.

I don't want Robbie and Delia

to hurt them 'cause of me.

I'm scared.

I don't wanna get disappeared.

But if I do, I know

you won't forget me.

You can remember me if I'm gone.

- I think that the last

time that I saw you I

said some things that

seemed a little crazy

but it's not me.

It's not me.

Look, I know that you're a

doctor and people come in

and say crazy sh*t all the time.

- I believe you.

- What?

- I believe you about the girl.

She was on fire.

- Yeah, she was on fire.

Where did you...

- I saw her in the house.

I think I know who she is, Todd.

- How?

How could you?

- She's that girl

from the diary.

Something happened to her.

Todd, something really bad

happened to that little girl.

- Hey, are you okay?

- Yeah?

- - Yeah.

Oh, we have dinner tonight

with Harold and Francine.

It's like a welcome

home dinner, okay?

- Yeah.

That sounds good.

I don't know what I would

have done without him.

So what are we gonna do,

about this fire child?

- I got this

from nurse Smything.

I'm gonna check the hospital

records later tonight

when it's just

the skeleton crew.

- What?

How?

- Her name is on the front

cover of the journal.

- That was delicious.

- Yes.

- Thank you.

- Only the best for us.

We have an organic

butcher in Valley Village.

Local-grown.

- I'll have to borrow him.

- Oh, do you want me to put

the salad in the fridge?

- Relax.

You open another bottle of wine.

- We've got this.

- - Oh, okay.

- Women.

The more the world changes,

the more they stay the same.

- Yeah, don't let Rebecca

hear you say that.

- I think the spirits

have made me fearless.

- I thought we were gonna

light it up together.

Get my Frenchy going.

- One's my limit.

- You mean, half.

- Oh, I'm watching my figure.

- For the both of you?

- Really?

How did you know?

- My cooking's not that bad.

- That's quite

the bottle opener.

- Our illustrious patron.

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