Sex and the Entity Page #4

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Would you leave me?

Youd still be my Carla.

Why are you carrying on tonight?

Are you ready for my surprise?

Yeah.

lm going on the road again,

Carla, but this is the last time.

When l get back, its for good.

lm taking over the LA office.

Were gonna be a family, Carly. All of us.

Take me ith you.

Please. Just put me in your pocket

and take me ith you.

l cant. You kno that. Dont ask that.

What the hell are you asking?

- Take you ith me? Where? On the road?

- lll go anywhere ith you.

OK. What about yourjob?

Your school? Ho about the kids?

- Whos gonna take care of them?

- Yeah, all right. OK.

Youre right. lt as just a pipe dream.

You have to go on the road and l have

to go through hat lm going through.

Youre not telling me everything.

What the hell are you going through?

Being ithout you.

Thats really hat lm going through.

- Carla, its all gonna change.

- Sure. When you get back.

Just one more trip. Do you kno, its been

the ay its been ever since e met.

Just one more trip.

No, lm sorry. l dont feel like it. lm sorry.

Look, l have to... l think l should go home.

lts late and l have to get up early. OK?

- lll take you home.

- No. You call me a cab.

You dont have to bother.

Oh, God.

Get out! Get out!

Why did you tear up your room

and yell at Billy?

- l had an orgasm.

- What?

l had an orgasm.

An orgasm?

Yeah. But he tricked me. l as asleep.

l as asleep and l as dreaming.

And lm ashamed.

lm ashamed.

Carla, l ant you to sign yourself

into the hospital.

- No. l ont let myself be committed.

- lts just for a two-eek observation period.

lt amounts to the same thing. You kno it.

lf e anted to, e can insist you stay here.

- No, you cant.

- Yes, e can.

- For trying to commit suicide.

- What are you talking about?

What ere you doing

hen you crashed your car?

- He tried to murder me.

- lt as a suicide attempt.

- We could have you in before the day is out.

- No, you cant.

- There ere no itnesses. lts my decision.

- What, to stay sick?

To stay alive. No matter hat you think,

hes stronger than you are.

- Hell kill me if he has to.

- To stop you getting better?

- Hoever you anna call it.

- Thats hat l anna call it. Exactly.

Ho are you gonna deal ith Jerry?

Ho ould l deal ith him

from a padded cell?

What about your kids, Carla? Youre running

the risk of harming your children.

No. They ont be harmed.

Billy broke his rist.

Youre harming them psychologically.

- Theres nothing rong ith them.

- Thats not the environment they need.

l kno you think lm crazy. Whether its me

or something else is beside the point no.

- Youre gonna stay home and be victimized?

- Yes. Yes.

lll stay at home. lll see you. lll go

to secretarial school and look for ajob.

But the one thing l ont do

is go into hospital.

- And youll be beaten and...

- No. No.

No? Why not?

Cos lm gonna cooperate ith him.

Carla, youre a very intelligent oman.

Youll alays listen to reason,

so no l anna talk to you reasonably.

No more questions and ansers, hm?

There as a time hen people

believed in the supernatural.

Here. l ant you to look at these pictures.

Pretty frightening, huh?

Bats, ereolves, dragons, demons...

All sorts of goblins, OK?

They ere supposed

to abuse people sexually.

They ere supposed to impregnate people.

- Do you think these things exist?

- l am not stupid.

l didnt say you ere.

But hy do you think people sa them?

Why do you think they sa em?

Can you take a guess?

Do you kno hy? lt as a ay of

expressing something frightening to them.

- lt has nothing to do ith me.

- lt has a lot to do ith you.

- lt has nothing to do ith me.

- lt has a lot to do ith you.

lt has an awful lot to do ith you.

These ghosts and demons ere

only ideas, but people sa them.

Look, Carla, lets say a man ho anted to

be good had a desire for his neighbors ife.

He knos its rong, he feels terrible about it,

but the desire is groing and groing.

Desire can be a frightening and poerful

sensation. Ho does he deal ith it?

He invents a creature.

An evil, ugly, evil-tempered creature,

hich is just a picture

of his on desire, Carla.

- l have no need of inventing anything.

- Come on, Carla. You have a lot of need.

You ere scared of your dad. He held you in

a ay he shouldnt. You ere pregnant at 16.

- Shut up!

- A drug-crazed guy killed himself.

- Stop it!

- Another left you ith two kids. Stop it!

Come on. Do the ork, Carla.

- What as evil to your family?

- All sorts of things ere.

We kno your family ell enough to kno

hat as evil. As a child, you kne.

- Sex. They ere afraid of sex.

- Sex. Sex. Sex.

They ere afraid of sex. Exactly.

So lets use our imagination a little bit, OK?

Lets try putting some things together.

Your creature is a symbol, Carla.

- A symbol of hat?

- l dont kno. Maybe ell find out.

- lt could be one person, a fear of someone...

- lm not hiding from anybody or anything!

Carla. Lets talk about your visitor friend.

Your visitor fantasy.

- lm so sick of this.

- What do e kno about him, Carla?

Lets use your ords. What do e kno?

We kno that he is big and strong.

lts frightening ho strong this guy is.

You told me, unbelievably strong.

So hy does he need help? But he has

two helpers, right? To little ones? Right?

Those are your ords. One big one and two

little ones. Billys good-looking, hes strong.

- Youre obscene!

- Youre having trouble ith Jerry.

- Calm... Carla!

- lll calm don, but not here!

He as talking about

two little ones and a big one.

He as implying that

l anted to make love ith Billy.

lt as just obscene, you kno?

- Really.

- lt as obscene. Theres no other ord for it.

- l think he just pushed too far.

- He did. lt as disgusting, sickening.

- He has to probe into painful areas...

- Thats not probing. lm never going back.

- Wait. Maybe youre overreacting.

- lm never going back.

- Honey?

- What?

- You ready to go?

- Yes, George. Just give me a minute, please.

- lm gonna get the car. l dont anna be late.

- OK, honey. No, ere not gonna be late.

l dont anna cause any trouble between

you and George. l shouldnt have barged in.

We just have to make an appearance

at this boring edding reception.

lts important to George, you kno?

- Well, lll see you tomorro.

- No, stay here. Well be back in an hour.

No come on, Carla. l need to talk

to you some more about this. Carla?

- Will you ait here until l get back?

- Yeah.

Please. You look so tired. Why dont

you sit don and have something to eat?

- Have fun.

- OK. lll see you in a little bit.

OK.

Hi, Bill. Ho are the girls?

Hos everything? OK?

Dr Sneiderman? You didnt tell him

here l as? l dont anna talk to him.

Good. Look, you have the number here.

lf theres any problem, call me, OK?

lll be home in a couple of hours.

All right.

- What as that?

- Was that our place?

Carly?

Oh, my God. Carly.

Christ, she tore the f***in place apart.

No, she didnt. You sa it.

She couldnt have done all this.

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