Silent House
Hey, sweetie. Hey, Dad.
I hit the Internet cafe.
You know how many e-mails
I had in my box?
Eighty-three.
Oh, you're a popular guy.
Very.
Of course, 60 of 'em were ads
trying to get me to buy something.
Sarah, did you leave
these tools on the ground?
I might have.
Let's get them in the bag and
bring them in the house, please.
We don't want it
to rain on them.
Oh, I checked
your Facebook page.
What's-his-name
wrote on your wall again.
God, I should
never have added you.
Yeah, he, um.
Wants to get back together.
Of course he does.
I told you. Princess,
he doesn't deserve you.
There you are.
And there you are. Here I am.
Mmm-hmm.
Hey, we have a problem.
I've barely been gone
an hour. What now?
You'll see.
Great. Do I have to? Yeah.
Hey, I was looking for you.
Did you go into town?
Mmm-mmm. I didn't think so.
Where were you? Outside.
JOHN:
Working veryhard on the garden.
Hmm. We have a garden?
(CLEARING THROAT)
I had a headache.
Haven't you heard that one before?
(PETER LAUGHS)
I did!
I know, honey.
Are you all better now?
JOHN:
So, what isthe big problem?
All right, all right. This way.
Why can't you just
tell me about it?
No, this is something
you have to see.
(ROCK MUSIC PLAYING ON STEREO)
I'll give you a hint.
It's in here.
JOHN:
Funny.What do you think?
How are you supposed to
tell anything from that?
What, do you need
binoculars, old man?
Just get your face up there.
Look in there.
Okay. Oh.
That's really...
ls this necessary?
I made a hole! What are you...
(SARAH LAUGHS)
Are you impressed with your dad?
I'm impressed with your dad.
JOHN:
Now that, littlebrother, is a hole.
PETER:
Nicely done.That is not good.
No, not good.
SARAH:
What is it?Oh, it's mold.
Honey, you know what, I want you to stand back.
This is really bad.
I don't want you breathing it in.
It can make you really sick.
Just looking at it
is making me sick.
infected, for all we know.
Affected, not infected.
Affected, infected, whatever.
Well, if you cover it up,
who'll ever know, right?
That's true. Just a minute ago
we had a tiny hole to deal with.
Now we have a big hole.
Well, the insurance
will cover it.
It's obviously
part of the leak.
(SIGHS) Did you remember
to bring the...
(POLAROID WHIRRING)
So what do you want to do?
Why are you asking me?
We're out of here in a few days.
Oh, okay. See here, this
is where it gets tricky.
You're gonna dump
But it comes with the perk
of you not being here.
So, dare I complain?
It's what you do best.
All right, I'll deal with it.
Just don't give me sh*t later
when you find out how.
Well, if you do it right the
first time, I won't have to.
Have you checked the wall all
the way down to the basement?
I just figured out
that it got down here.
Okay, come on.
Bring the work light, please.
(LAUGHS) Have fun.
(LAUGHING SPOOKILY)
SARAH:
(LAUGHING) UnclePeter, don't do that!
Come on. You used to love that
when you were a little girl.
JOHN:
Any day now!Coming!
(GROWLS PLAYFULLY)
How are you, Sarah?
I'm okay. Yeah?
Yeah. How are you?
(LAUGHS) Look at you.
I can't get over
how grown up you are.
JOHN:
You gonnacome down here or what?
Bite me! See you later.
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
(KNOCKING CONTINUES)
(FAINT RATTLING)
Sarah? Yeah.
Wow, I can't believe
you're here!
You don't remember me, do you?
I'm so embarrassed.
I'm Sophia.
We used to play together.
Oh, of course. Yeah.
How are you?
I'm quite good actually, especially
now that I'm finding you here.
Why is it so dark in here?
The power's out.
My dad thinks rats
chewed through the wires.
I'd invite you in, but there's
really no place to hang or anything.
That's okay.
I can't stay long anyways.
It's beautiful, isn't it?
How long's it been
since you were out here?
A long time, years.
Yeah. I come by
once in a while,
and I've seen other people here
but never you.
Yeah, other family
come out now and then,
but no one's really been
here this last summer.
Well, except for the people who keep
breaking in and messing the place up.
That's terrible. Yeah.
Well, they broke
almost all our windows.
My uncle had to call the
police to run them off.
So what are you doing here now?
Fixing it up.
We're gonna sell it.
That's too bad.
house, what are you up to?
Nothing much.
Are you in school or something?
No, me and school
don't really go together.
I'm working for my dad and thinking
kind of job these days.
There's so many things
I want to do,
but I never seem to be
able to do any of them.
Can you believe
how long it's been?
Remember when we used to play
dress up and do makeovers?
Did we? Yeah.
(LAUGHS) Oh, my God.
It's been so long,
I swear, sometimes,
I have a pile of photos around somewhere.
I'll have to find them.
Yeah.
You always had the best hair.
So how long are you around for?
We've already been
here a couple days,
and my dad thinks
we're gonna head out soon.
Really?
Well, you maybe
want to hang out later?
Yeah, that could be good.
(LAUGHS)
The phone lines
aren't set up though
and our cells
don't work up here.
It's okay,
I'll just come by later.
Okay.
I didn't know if I'd
ever see you again.
It's so good to see you.
Yeah, it's good
to see you, too.
I'll see you later.
You know, I do remember you.
How could you forget?
SOPHIA:
See you later.PETER:
John, if you care somuch about the way it's done,
you can do it yourself, okay?
Just do it yourself.
JOHN:
Just tryingto be helpful.
You're an a**hole.
What? What did I do now? Sorry.
I gotta get out of here, Sarah.
Whoops.
Can I have the keys
to my car, please?
Uh...
You know where they are.
Give me the keys.
When you're done with
your temper tantrums,
see if you can get the electrician
on the phone, please.
That would be awesome.
If he could come out here,
we could use his
needle nose pliers
to get that stick
out of your ass.
(SNICKERS)
What was that?
I love you, brother.
(DOOR SHUTS)
I don't know why my brother always
has to make everything so difficult.
Yeah, when he doesn't do
what you want him to.
Exactly. You see, if everyone
would just do what I say,
we wouldn't have any
problems, would we?
Uh-huh.
Do you need any
help down there?
No, it's okay.
Okay.
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
(KNOCKING CONTINUES)
(THUDDING)
(CREAKING)
Hey. What are you doing?
I just thought
It's probably the damn rats.
God, don't remind me.
No, it sounded like
someone was up there.
Maybe it's your uncle.
No, his car's not here.
(LAUGHS) I know how
you think, sweetie.
Would you like me to go
upstairs and have a look?
Yeah. Okay.
Wait! I'm gonna come with you.
Jesus!
L get you?
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