The Beast Within Page #2

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Oh, koko.

Koko!

Where the hell

are you, darling?

Koko!

What's that?

No, it can't be.

Not this time of year.

You hear it?

Do you hear it

Aagh!

Aagh!

Aagh!

Tipper, it's dinner.

Tipper!

Tipper-

Tipper.

Tipper, you bad boy.

Okay. Okay.

He's sleeping

peacefully now.

I think it best

we don't disturb him.

He'll be fine,

mrs. Maccleary

Don't worry.

Platt girl found him

Wandering around

over at their place.

Judging by

the scratches,

He must have come

through the woods.

He looks so good.

Lord, after al

l he's been through,

He actually looks

so much better.

Anyway, the scratches

are minor.

I told you there was nothing

wrong with our son.

Nothing that

some simple,

Decent medical care

couldn't cure.

Well...

Yes and no.

Right now, sleep's

the best medicine.

Well, we could all use

a little of that, doc.

There's nothing

you can do here.

I think you're right.

Morning, dexter.

Newspaper isn't open yet.

It's past 10:
00.

D such a thing hasn't happene

Since the night lionel's

house was torched.

Thank you, dexter.

Edwin?

The tests all seem

to show he's still fine.

What are you 3

going to do now?

Maybe we better

take you to houston,

Have them really

check you out.

Just to be sure.

No.

Houston?

The astrodome,

8th wonder of the world?

No, i don't

want to go.

What?

I want to stay.

Stay?

I don't know, i, uh...

I like it here

Mr. And mrs. Maccleary?

Pardon me,

i'm deputy herbert.

The sheriff would

like to see you.

You, too, doc.

What for?

Seeing's believing, doc.

Hello.

You're better.

I wanted to thank you

for last night.

What's your name?

Amanda platt.

You saved my life.

Oh no, tipper

wouldn't have hurt you

No, i didn't mean that.

Can i come in?

Uh, no,

Pa won't allow strangers i

the house when he's not home.

I'm sorry.

Um.

Well...

What about outside?

Okay.

I'll go get my coat.

Do you have

a boyfriend?

I don't.

No? You should.

You're beautiful.

Don't you know that?

I just,

Never had nobody

tell me that before.

What's that?

Down there

That's black pine bog.

Nobody ever

goes there, though.

Not even to

pick blackberries.

It's all full of briars.

You don't want to

go there, michael.

Come on.

Let's go.

Look at these bugs.

Aren't they horrible?

No, they're not.

How come you don't

have a boyfriend?

'Cause of pa,

i guess.

He's awful strict.

Hmm.

Is, uh...

Is your father

Horace platt,

lionel curwin's cousin?

Yeah, how'd you know?

Michael?

Michael?

Michael,

what's wrong?

You want me to

go get the doctor?

No!

It's all right

You say that's where

the dog was digging?

It was just down

over there.

Damn.

As if i didn't have

enough trouble already.

What you

doing here, girl?

We was just taking

us a little walk, pa.

I give you permission?

Look, she didn't want to

come. I talked her into it

Get in the truck!

Damn you, boy.

You stay away

from my baby.

You stay away

from my little girl.

Goddamn you, girl!

Is he always

like that?

That was civil

A couple of

years back,

Caught his wife in bed

with another man.

He killed them both.

He wasn't put away?

He's the judge's cousin.

He's going

to hurt her.

No, he isn't,

michael.

Horace platt will.

Ohh.

You're tired, hon.

You're still not well.

Jeff,

Take the boy

back with you.

I don't know

what made you think

You could go

out like that.

Now, i'm putting

you to bed.

And this time,

you are going to stay put.

Go on.

That explains michael's

outburst this morning.

What?

Amanda.

Our michael has

got a crush.

Uh.

You go on back. I'm gonna

stay here for a while.

You want to give us

a hand here?

Oh, sure.

Holy sh*t.

Sheriff!

Sheriff!

Look what i found!

Good god.

Did you find

that here?

Yes, sir.

Right in here.

Oh, wait!

Here.

Have you got it?

Oh, sh*t.

I'm gonna get

some more men.

We gonna need

a lot of help.

If you find anything,

folks, sing out.

Hello, bill.

Doc, i got something down

here i want to show you.

How many now?

Did you id

any of them?

Not yet.

What do you think?

I don't know.

Could be an

abandoned graveyard,

An indian burial ground,

Civil war common grave,

Or some murdering nut

Sneaking in here

and burying his bodies.

Maybe so.

Take a loo

k at this one.

But this one's

emily oldenburgh.

No, it can't be.

I know it.

We buried her in the

church graveyard

We were both there,

remember?

But this one's

still emily.

I put this

stainless steel

Femur head in her

hip joint myself.

Something else strange.

Looks gnawed on.

You noticed, too.

I'd have a talk with

dexter ward, if i was you.

There's a

problem, bill.

What's that, doc?

Dexter wasn't undertaker

when emily died.

He was his assistant.

Who was?

Lionel curwin.

You gonna ask us in?

You hear what's going on

in black pine bog?

No, i got my own

hands full here,

As you can see.

You or

Lionel do the work

on emily oldenburgh?

Emily oldenburgh?

Well, it's been so long

i don't remember.

Why?

Her skeleton's one

of them in the bog.

That's impossible.

I prepared her here

for burial myself.

I remember placing

her in the casket.

Her hips creaked.

Huh...

Could anyone have

removed the body

Between here

and the cemetery?

Well, of course not.

Who is he?

Uh, just answer our

questions, dexter.

No, i won't.

It's insulting

I don't owe this man

any explanations.

I don't even know

who he is.

I'll talk to

you later, dexter.

I like your new

paint job, dexter.

Well?

Well, what?

Who's buried in emily

oldenburgh's coffin?

No.

How are you, tom?

Who are you?

Been a long time.

It has?

Who are you?

Oh, you're the

maccleary boy.

I'd offer you a drink,

but your daddy may get mad

You don't mind

if i have one.

Don't you

recognize me, tom?

Billy? Billy connors!

Look in my eyes.

Ohh...

Now, you stop that.

Hey, billy, billy.

Billy connors.

I remember billy and me

listening to my daddy.

We used to play games.

"Hey, billy,

"Can you do

the magic

"Like the locusts

and the cicadas?

"Can you get

through anything

"By becoming

something else?

"Changing,

being reborn?"

You believe that sh*t?

I came back for them.

All of them.

All the curwins.

You ain't billy.

Kept my peace

for 17 years, judge,

But it's getting too hot.

I want money,

a lot of it,

And i want out

They're gonna be back

here in a minute.

I want you over here

tomorrow morning

With the money,

judge.

I want it here

for sure, you hear

All right, it's you kids

again now, ain't it?

All right, you kids,

I'm gonna put you

in cousin edwin's place.

I'm warning you.

Peekaboo,

I...

See...

You!

I'm gonna get you.

I'm gonna get you.

I got you.

Aagh!

Those are

nothing but rocks.

Dexter ward?

Dexter ward.

Dexter?

Where are you?

Over here.

Oh, god!

Lord, save us.

He's been embalmed

Alive.

No.

Michael's gone.

What?

You mean he's

not with you?

No.

Maybe he's

at amanda's.

Oh, sh*t.

Christ, horace'll kill

him. Doc, go with jeff.

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