The Appearing Page #3

sneaking around the

old Granville place.

I'll tell you what, something

ain't right about that house.

Devil's playground.

There's something evil out there.

It's cursed and it always will be.

Revertar in domum meam unde exivi.

What does it mean?

"I will return to my house

from which I came."

He's talking about unclean spirits.

Unclean spirits?

You really believe

in this hocus-pocus?

The house he's referring

to is the body.

The demon returning to the

place where it once dwelled,

- but only if it's an empty vessel.

- An empty vessel?

Souls.

Luke 11, verse 26,

the demon goes and gets seven

other spirits more evil than itself,

and they enter and dwell

within the vacant soul.

The person ends up far worse

than they were before.

You ever see anything like this?

No.

S-U-E-D-O-M-S-A. S-U-E-D-O-M-S-A.

- S-U-E-D-O-M-S-A.

- Protect us.

"Against the spirits of

wickedness in high places."

Touch my body. Taste it.

"You will not surely die."

You are weak.

Father Callahan? Father Callahan.

What do you make of that?

I believe that there are different

levels of evil in the world.

No rituals, no magic.

It already dwells in all of us.

That's it. That's the battle.

This is war.

There's no neutral ground.

"Bethy Banks."

Probably make it easier

if you talked about it.

Nothing.

Rachel just likes to rattle my cage.

Mmm. From what I saw last night,

it looked like something

was rattling hers.

She blames herself for

our daughter's death.

Who do you blame?

You see good people get sh*t on

all the time and he lets it happen.

So I say to hell with him.

What good people, Michael?

There's always been good

and evil. That's the game.

The curse.

But really who is innocent when

standing here before the almighty?

We all face the enemy

every single day.

Just exiles wandering around.

You're angry. Understandable.

Don't make it worse by

nursing your grudge.

Otherwise you give a mighty

foothold to the enemy.

"When an evil spirit

comes out of a man,

it goes through arid

places seeking rest.

It does not find it.

And then it says,

'I will return to the house

from which I came.'"

Clear cause of death was

severed arteries to the abdomen.

Severe trauma to the abdominal cavity.

The blade was thick and went deep.

Any sign of rape?

Autopsy shows signs of semen,

along with severe vaginal tearing.

I won't have the DNA match back

for a few more days, but I, uh,

I did find these

markings to be very odd.

Oh my God.

"S-U-E-D-O-M-S-A."

Sheriff?

Hendricks!

"The adversary of

iniquity prowls around

like a roaring lion,

seeking someone to devour."

Not this time.

Gather your hearts. We're about to stand

against the schemes of the wicked.

Miss Dudley.

What's happened? Where's...

Where's Jed?

What happened?

- Susie.

- Is she okay?

No. Sh...

She's gone.

- She's dead.

- No.

No, you're...

you're lying.

I want you to know I am so sorry.

Where did you find her?

We had to pull her out of...

Did she suffer?

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

Do you know who did this?

Nathan.

I want you to know right here and now

that whatever it is...

that... that you're going through,

I'm gonna be there for you.

I am.

What the hell are you doing?

You're nothing.

You're not a man.

- Rachel, that's not funny.

- You...

let your household fall.

- Okay, Rachel, stop this, huh?

- What's gotten into you?

We were never enough.

Emily needed a father.

- Rachel, that's enough.

- You killed her!

- Hey!

- You killed your baby girl.

Do not say something like that!

You're a fake.

- What the hell's wrong with you, huh?

- Give yourself up for her! Cleanse her!

Sanctify her by washing

her of water with the word.

Never has one hated their own flesh.

Hold fast.

- One flesh.

- Stop this, huh?!

Lies and tricks.

You deceitful bastard.

Stop it! Stop it.

Get out of here. Get out of here!

You're not welcome!

You're not welcome!

You're not wel...

Stop it.

Stop it!

Stop it.

I should've stood by her side.

I should've listened to her.

I can't explain what I saw.

I don't even know if I

believe it myself, but...

I know I can't control it.

The mind's a prison

of your own making.

Funny thing about

that little fella...

so small to be carrying all

that weight by himself.

Yeah, but he's still carrying it.

You love your wife, Michael?

Show her.

It just ain't right.

The man's been through

hell and back with his wife.

- His wife?

- I'd listen to him.

What are you talking about?

It probably ain't my place to say.

This town is full of secrets.

We're all just creatures of habit.

We don't look to right our wrongs.

We just... We just live with them.

Have you noticed any strange

patterns with your wife?

Fits? Blackouts?

Self-mutilations?

Your wife wrote that phrase...

20 years ago.

She was a patient here.

I-I was just an intern,

but I'll never forget it.

We brought her in and we

observed her very closely...

Blanch Rachel Banks.

This is bullshit. You're both...

you're both full of sh*t.

The both of you, you're full of sh*t!

We get so tangled in our

regrets of the past.

We think we can just bury it forever,

create a new identity, start over.

But the truth...

will surface.

- I dare you to go inside, Bethy.

- Mom said not to go inside.

- You're such a mama's girl.

- No, I'm not.

I hate you!

Blanch, Blanch, no!

Where is your sister... Beth?

Am I my sister's keeper?

Why are you angry?

If you do what is right,

will you not be accepted?

Where is your sister?

Her blood cries out to

me from the ground.

No, leave me alone, please!

No, no, no, no, no.

Rachel, Rachel.

This can't be...

this can't be happening.

It's an anagram.

"Asmodeus."

From the book of Enoch.

It's a Hebrew word which

means "to destroy."

Asmodeus is referred to as one

of the seven princes of hell.

A fallen angel cast down to the

earth from the war in heaven.

A... a demon of lust,

hate and jealousy,

responsible for

twisting men's desires.

The cops never found her body.

What body?

When the police discovered your wife

she was inside an abandoned home,

shaking uncontrollably.

We brought her in and we

observed her very carefully.

She didn't speak for weeks.

And when she finally did talk,

she said that her sister Bethy

had been raped and killed.

She was lying.

Blanch, this isn't funny.

Blanch!

Shhh.

Are... are you telling

me that my wife

- is possessed by a...

- The mind is a powerful thing.

She did everything she

could to block it out.

Hendricks!

Son of a b*tch.

My God. What happened?

We're all just creatures of habit.

I... I wanted her.

We grasp onto it.

Capable of

anything.

I couldn't stop myself.

Don't touch me!

Nathan, Nathan!

Please! Get off me!

Don't!

I can't live with

myself for what I did.

I killed her.

Hendricks?

Hendricks?

"Martha May Hendricks

began to be disturbed

by scratching sounds that

came from the basement..."

"...and objects were often found

to be moved without explanation.

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