The Caller Page #3

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and banging doors.

One day, the guy just disappeared.

That's when she moved in.

What happened to her?

Killed herself.

Here?

She wrapped the phone cord

around her neck,

hung herself from the ceiling.

MARY:

Do you know why she did it?

GEORGE:

Like I said, she...

She was the sad type.

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WOMAN:

Are you sure she's dead?

That's what I was told,

but there's no death certificate.

Sorry, I can't help you.

JOHN:

It's Steven. It has to be.

MARY:

How? How would he build a wall

without my noticing? A wall.

And how would he know

about Rose?

He set it up.

He must have done it.

I can't believe

I'm telling you this.

You're talking to a Trekkie.

I can handle it.

All right.

Let's say that you're right.

You talked to this woman

a few weeks ago

and then she put something

in your pantry.

A body.

A body.

But according to

your time-jump theory,

she doesn't do it

a few weeks ago,

she does it in 1979.

When you moved in, the pantry

would already be bricked up.

But it wasn't.

Exactly, so it doesn't work.

Unless you're remembering

the past as it was

before it changed.

This is time

like a river.

And this is something

that happens.

An event.

Which affects the way the river flows.

Right.

So if you follow this path,

he ends up leaving

and she hangs herself.

What if something

interferes with that?

She makes a new friend, say.

[PHONE RINGS]

Hello.

ROSE:
Is Bobby there?

We get a whole different path.

The boyfriend ends up dead

and you lose your pantry.

Right, but why--?

Why did you remember the pantry?

Right.

You remember it

because you caused it to change.

And somehow it leaves a trace,

like a pencil drawing a line, so...

You erase it

and you draw another line.

But you can still see

where the first one was.

But only you.

Only the person that erased it.

You really think that's it?

Honestly, no.

I think we pull down that wall,

there's some sick

surprise from Steven

and he's f***ing with you.

I'm not touching that wall.

What? You're just gonna

leave it there?

Really? Come on, really?

You're gonna go to bed wondering

if there is a corpse in your kitchen?

I'm not touching it.

[HORN PLAYING

AND DRUMS BEATING]

[PEOPLE CHANTING]

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[INAUDIBLE DIALOGUE]

Can we get the bear?

No, I don't want the hat.

[INAUDIBLE DIALOGUE]

MARY:

I still can't believe you lost my hat.

I loved that hat.

[DOORBELL BUZZING]

Stay there.

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John, is that you?

Hey, buddy.

[METAL CLATTERING]

[]

Hello?

Who's there?

MAN [ON TV]:

Which fictional family lives at

742 Evergreen Terrace?

WOMAN:

Repeat the question, please.

MAN:

742 Evergreen Terrace.

Which fictional family lives

at that address?

STEVEN:

Simpsons.

WOMAN:

I'm gonna pass.

MAN:

You were right to pass.

The correct answer is the Simpsons.

Question six.

Worcestershire sauce contains two

of the following ingredients.

Which ingredient

does it not contain?

Molasses, anchovies, mustard.

Mustard.

WOMAN:
Mustard?

MAN:

Is the correct answer.

[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING ON TV]

[PHONE RINGING]

ROSE:

Did I wake you?

You're not gonna hang up

on me now, are you?

Oh, come on.

You're not gonna talk to me?

We're friends, aren't we?

Don't want anything to happen

to that charming mother of yours.

You out late last night?

What's his name?

John.

John what?

John Guidi.

Guidi.

Sure, his parents run the little diner

on San Francisco.

I saw you yesterday.

What?

In a nursing home.

I don't understand.

I found you through

social services.

Is something wrong with me?

Am I sick?

Not physically.

A little thin, maybe.

You don't eat.

Mentally, though...

Tell me.

What do you think?

All that anger, all that rage.

You didn't think it would

affect you?

You're lying.

Think about it, Rose.

Ever wonder why

you don't have any friends?

Why you're stalking someone

you never even met?

You think that's normal?

Shut up.

What about Bobby, all the times

he screwed around on you?

All the times

he walked out on you?

He never walked out on me.

Who told you that?

It doesn't matter.

Who have you been talking to?

Who's been telling tales?

It's not important.

What's important

is that you can change this.

You don't have to end up

in a nuthouse.

You can stop this happening.

You spoke to me?

You don't talk much.

I stayed a little while,

watched some TV, played cards.

Said I'd come visit again today.

I don't play cards, never have.

Well, I guess you learned.

Not well, either.

I beat you every time.

You think this is funny.

You think this is f***ing funny?

A sad, pathetic woman in diapers

who can't feed herself?

No, Rose, I don't think it's funny.

But it doesn't have to be this way.

It's your choice.

All right.

That should do it.

[WHIRRING]

That is so good.

Do you know why

they call them daisies?

No.

It's from "day's eye."

Because they open their petals

in the sun.

You know what I call them?

Weeds.

No, you don't.

Sure, I do.

No, you like them.

You think they're pretty.

Is that so?

There you go.

[PHONE RINGING]

ROSE:

Did you visit me again today?

You said you would.

Just got back.

We play cards?

A little.

How did I look?

A little better.

More color, maybe.

That all? Nothing else about me?

Nothing unusual?

I'm really not sure.

Think real hard.

I'm really not sure.

Okay, Mary.

I'm going to bury something

next to the palm tree

a couple of feet out

towards the apartment.

You go dig it up. You understand?

Dig it up.

[LINE CLICKS]

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ROSE:

You lied.

You didn't find me in

a nursing home, did you, Mary?

You didn't find me at all.

Because if you had,

you'd have known what to say:

"Yes, Rose, you did look different.

You looked a whole lot different."

[SCREAMS]

It's not real. It can't be real.

That is f***ed.

[AIR CONDITIONER RATTLES

THEN STOPS]

Great.

[PHONE RINGING]

Let me.

No.

Trust me.

Hello?

ROSE:

Who's this?

Name's John. Who's this?

John Guidi, Mary's little friend.

I know your parents, John Guidi.

That's nice.

Put her on.

I think me and you

should talk first.

I said, put her on.

She doesn't wanna speak

to you right now.

Did she find my gift?

Yeah.

I gotta say, I think that's pretty

screwed-up, don't you?

I've got another little surprise.

Tell her I guessed

who the tattletale was.

What?

Tattletale tit

Your tongue shall be split

And every little puppy dog

Shall eat a little bit

You know, Rose, I don't think

you should call here anymore.

This whole thing has gone too far.

Just tell hen

[LINE CLICKS]

Well, that's one seriously nutty lady.

What did she say?

Something about

a tattletale.

Said she guessed who it was.

What?

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George. George.

Where's George?

Excuse me?

This is his apartment.

No.

I just saw him this evening.

I made him a daisy chain.

I hope you don't mind me asking,

how long have you been here?

A few months,

since the baby.

And before that?

Do you know who was here before?

Older couple,

Dominican, I think.

Sorry to have disturbed you.

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