The Black Dahlia Haunting

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Two little children

A boy and a girl

Sat by an old church door

WAKE UP!!

Harder...

I'm still having nightmares.

Well, you did just find out that

your brother killed your father.

So are you coming out tonight,

love?

I can't. Gotta get

to the airport.

You're flying away

from me already?

You have a safe one.

I will.

I'll call you when I get to LA.

All right. Miss you.

Okay.

Bye.

What is it that you are

trying to tell me?

Please speak to me.

Please speak to me so

that I can help you.

I will help you.

I will help you.

I will help you...

Hi, can you sign in please?

Thank you.

You can go ahead and

have a seat over there.

Hi.

I make movies.

I'm sure you do.

Do you wanna be in one?

"Hi, can you sign in please?"

Hi, you must be Tyler's sister?

Yes.

I'm Dr. Owen. Come with me.

Hi!

God...

I'm glad we found you.

Found me? I'm not

very hard to find.

Well, you're not listed

as the next of kin.

I wasn't?

No, his grandmother is.

Your grandmother?

No, she wasn't my grandmother.

Um. Tyler is my half brother.

Oh.

My uh, my Dad and I don't

really talk. Or we haven't in

like 7 or 8 years anyway.

Guess he assumed Tyler wouldn't

want to talk to me either.

Why would you think that?

That's my dad. It's

just how he was.

Okay. Well, Tyler is a ward of

the state right now

and I actually have him here

under observation.

You have him here?

Yes.

Really? How did

you manage that?

I have special privileges.

Can I see him?

Will Tyler remember you?

He's blind.

I know that. Obviously.

Well, we used to talk on the

phone every couple of months.

So...

When was the last time

you talked to Tyler?

I don't know, um,

I don't remember.

Look, I didn't fly

all the way out here

to talk about my family issues.

I need to know if it's true.

If what's true?

If what's true?

Did he do it?

Yes, he killed his parents.

Look, I'll ask you

again, let me see him.

I have to get written

authorization from the state.

That's bullshit.

I'm out here at your request!

I flew out here,

let me see him!

I'm sorry Holly, I can't

just do that yet.

Look, I have a friend of

a friend in the DA's office.

Let me see

what I can do for you.

Good afternoon Tyler.

Dr. Owen...

What are you doing there?

Keeping my mind busy.

Just like you said.

Who is this, in this picture?

Is this someone

you used to know?

Who?

Your drawing, it's of a woman.

I'm not drawing anyone.

Ugh, creeper.

Geez.

Hey.

Hi. Did you make it in all

right? I hadn't heard from you

yet so I was a little worried.

Yah, I'm sorry I've

just been exhausted.

Did you see your brother?

No, not yet.

The head doctor in charge says

he has to get permission

from the DA's office

before Tyler can have any

visitors face-to-face.

Even you?

Yeah, even me.

So how long will that be?

I don't know, he said not too

long so hopefully like a day or

two.

I hope so. I mean, you can't

stay out there forever.

Yeah, well, I can't get any

broker than I already am.

I'll give you a call tomorrow

after I talk to him, okay?

Miss you.

Bye.

There's got to be

something hidden

Deep inside

Maybe you've been

hurt before

Leave the past behind

On my end, I always cry

Because of you

So emotionally drained

Tired and confused

I don't want to walk away

but I'm gonna walk away

Need to get away

It's just too hard to stay

even if I want to stay

I just can't stay

I don't want to walk away

But I'm gonna walk away,

I need to get away

It's just too hard to stay

even if I want to stay

I just can't stay

Sh*t...

Great...

Hey...excuse me...

Do you know where the 210 bus

is? I'm trying to get to

Hollywood...

Ma'am?

Ma'am?

"So what do we do now?"

"Wait."

"For what?"

"For it to pass..."

"How long will that take?"

"Just about two weeks..."

Hello?

Hi Holly! Dr. Owen here.

Yeah. I know. Saved your number.

Ah, gotcha.

So I was wrapping up earlier

today when I got a call from the

DA's office...

Oh! Okay. What'd they say?

You can see Tyler. It has to be

supervised, but you can see him.

Supervised? Why?

He not dangerous. Not to me.

Sorry. Nothing like the police

or anything. I just have to be

there.

Well, I kinda figured you'd be

there anyway. What's the catch?

No catch. Nothin' at all.

I told you I had friends.

So anyway, if you wanna stop by

sometime tomorrow afternoon

that'd be great.

My schedule's pretty open after

that and I can let you see him.

Okay. Great.

Dick.

Tyler.

Yes, Dr. Owen.

Remember when I told you that I

had someone that wanted to see

you?

Yes.

They're here now.

I know.

I can feel someone

else in the room.

Do you know who it is?

I don't know.

It's your sister.

Dad said I didn't have a sister.

Well, you do...

Holly...

She's here now...

Hi Tyler.

Do you remember me?

We used to

talk when you were a little boy.

We talked about cartoons and

the little boy down the street

that you liked to play with.

How sad you were

when he moved away.

I remember you said you

liked to draw comics.

No I didn't. I never said that.

I didn't start to draw until

after I lost my eyesight.

I'm sorry.

You're just trying to

get my attention.

You don't have to lie.

I didn't know what else to do.

Dad was right.

About what?

About you.

You didn't give a sh*t about me

or Dad and that's why you left.

Tyler, I promise,

that's not why...

That's what dad

said you would say.

Say? What?

Whatever you thought

I wanted to hear.

I don't want to talk to you

anymore. Please leave.

I'm sorry.

Sure you are.

I just have a question.

What?

Why are you so damned defensive?

I bet you already know.

I don't know.

What?

You've been questioning my

motive since pretty much the

second I got off the plane.

What is it?

Come with me.

You're suspicious of me.

Why do you think that?

It's very simple. You questioned

my motive for being here.

As far as I know, you have not

spoken to your family or Tyler

for a number of years.

No, I haven't.

Have you been to

your parents' graves?

You mean my father's grave?

Sarah wasn't my mother.

Okay, have you been to

your father's grave?

No, I haven't.

Do you plan on visiting it?

I haven't decided yet.

Your father left you

out of the will.

Yeah, I'm well aware.

He also specified that

if Tyler was a minor

and in the event that

he and your Stepmother passed,

you would not have

any legal rights to him.

Yeah, I am not surprised.

Are you done?

Because this is masochistic.

Tyler is my only living

relative. I flew out here to

make sure he was okay.

Why is that so hard

to understand?

I suppose I should learn how.

Look if you're curious as to

why I'm not visiting

my fathers grave,

maybe you should try to

understand that I'm not ready

to make peace with him yet,

especially after he essentially

brainwashed Tyler

into feeling

the way he does about me.

Don't suppose I could see those?

That wasn't a question.

Interesting...

It's all the same woman.

You know, I've, umm,

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