The Drownsman Page #2

Thanks for taking

this seriously, you guys.

Maddie, sorry.

Look, we probably

shouldn't have,

but we can't keep watching you

do this to yourself.

I'm not trying to do this.

I don't know what to do.

Nothing helps.

Look, if you really

want to get better...

we have to do

something radical.

Do you want to get better?

You'll be safe.

We're all here and we won't let

anything happen to you.

I can feel him.

He's here.

No, he's not.

He's not real.

Just face it, Maddie.

Just lean back into our arms

and you'll see once and for all.

Don't let me go, okay?

Pull her out!

Pull her out!

- I can't!

- Calm down.

She's gonna drown!

Get her out!

I can't!

Get out of the way!

Maddie!

God, Maddie.

Maddie? Maddie?

Oh, sh*t.

Maddie? Maddie?

Maddie?

Maddie, are you okay?

Are you okay, Maddie?

Maddie, what just happened?

- Who is that?

- What?

Oh, my God, someone's here.

- I just saw him.

- Enough!

No, I swear,

someone was right there!

You think playing mind games

with her is okay?

Were you holding her under?

No, I didn't.

I swear someone was right there.

No more f***ing games.

Get out now!

Maddie, I'm so sorry.

That was supposed to help.

Can I go home now?

After a traumatic experience,

the mind can have all sorts

of different reactions.

The visions you're having,

you've created subconsciously.

Like any phobia,

it's the brain's manifestations

that do the most harm.

This fear is the same.

I get what you're saying.

But this is different.

- What I'm seeing, it's...

- It's in your head.

I know you feel

what you're going through,

it's different.

But trust me,

I've seen it before.

You have episodes when you're

close to what you're afraid of.

That's normal.

It's your mind

personifying your fear.

Yeah.

We can deal with this together,

but I need you to embrace

what I'm telling you.

The longer you tell yourself

these visions are real,

the longer you're going to

struggle.

Do you really want

to go through life

taking your liquids

through a tube?

I know you've had a hard time

growing up without a family,

but you have one now

with your friends.

Don't let these issues

ruin those relationships.

Hello?

Hi, I'm looking

for Henley Jacobs.

So probably gonna go...

orange?

- Yeah.

- Yeah? Okay.

This is Butter. It's from

London.

So that's probably gonna blend in

well with the dress you're wearing.

Hi, you've reached Kobie.

I can't get to the phone right

now,

but just leave a message

and I'll get back to you.

Hey, Kobie.

You haven't returned my calls.

Please get back to me.

It's important.

Sh*t.

Hello?

Maddie?

What, you're not answering

your phone now?

Maddie?

Hey, talk to me.

I'm sorry about last night,

okay?

I'm just trying to help you

get past this.

I'll get past this on my own.

Maddie, please.

You're sick and you need help.

Stop saying that, okay?

Have you ever

even asked yourself,

"Maybe she's not crazy"?

I don't know, maybe that's

something a best friend

should at least want to

consider.

I was just leaving.

Maddie, please.

I'm sorry, okay?

Where are you going?

You wouldn't believe me

if I told you.

I'll do it.

Okay? I'll admit it.

Last night freaked me out.

I've been trying to and I

can't explain what happened.

You got me, okay?

What if you're telling the

truth?

Let me by, please.

Let me help.

Look, whatever you wanna do,

wherever you want to go,

no questions.

I promise.

Look, Maddie, I messed up, okay?

But just let me help.

Please.

Fine.

Okay, I'll drive.

Can you at least tell me

who we're meeting with?

His name is Henley Jacobs

and he knows something

that might be able to help me.

That's all you need to know.

Okay, Hannah, please just

don't make this difficult.

So what does he know?

- Hannah, please.

- Sorry, I'm done.

I'm a fly on the wall.

Fly on the wall.

Who is it?

Hey, it's, um...

it's Madison.

We spoke on the phone earlier.

Come in and close the door.

So what are you two young ladies

doing in my house today?

Um, I wanted to ask you

about the Drownsman.

Of course you do.

What can you tell me about him?

Nothing.

I've wasted too many years

discussing that topic.

Please, sir, um...

I'm seeing this man.

How are you seeing him?

In visions.

Okay, out. Get out.

Time to go.

Sir... sir, please.

It's getting worse,

and I don't know how to stop it.

Forget about it.

Don't let it do to you

what it did to me.

Come on, Maddie, let's go.

No.

Please.

I'm sorry for what happened.

He killed your daughter.

He killed other girls, too.

What stopped him?

Isabelle.

She was to be

one of his victims.

But she drowned him.

Drowned him in the same place

that he drowned

the other women.

Where is she now?

You don't want to speak to her.

Please, sir, I think we would.

Soon after she killed him,

she said she also had visions.

How did she stop them?

She didn't stop them.

She burned down her house,

she burned the neighbor's

house down.

She killed the man

who killed my daughter.

Sir?

Three, four times a day

he would take me to the basin.

I struggled until I realized

he wasn't trying to drown me.

It's not until

your last breath is taken

can you cross over.

These are all the answers

I could find.

Did the police

ever find his body?

Just bones. All female.

Take these memories.

I don't need 'em anymore.

Hey, how's our

crazy little friend?

Um, yeah, she's okay.

When I got up this morning,

I went downstairs

and I poked my head

into her room.

She looks like

she's losing her mind.

Look, when are you coming home?

I'm just finishing up here, why?

Just get home, okay?

We need to talk.

Yeah, okay, sure.

Oh, Jesus.

You okay?

So they're

ramblings of a madman.

Okay, like, "Last night,

I spent the evening

trying to drown myself

in the bathtub

in hopes he would take me."

This guy's a nut.

Okay, sorry.

Got it.

- It's just, why would...

- Just please keep looking.

Okay.

Okay, so a number of women

go missing over the years

and then all of a sudden,

one of them shows up...

Saying that she's killed him,

escaped,

but the police can't find a

body.

Well, the woman sounds crazy.

Why would they believe her?

They didn't.

Oh, sh*t.

What?

Sh*t!

Hello?

What's that?

"The only records

I've been able to find

on Sebastian Donner

are about his birth.

On July 30th, 1954,

Louise Donner passed away

giving birth

to an 18-pound baby.

She had been pregnant with him

for over 19 months.

As a boy, Sebastian claimed

he could vividly remember

the sound

of his mother's heartbeat...

while in the womb."

You good to close up still,

Kobie?

- Yeah, of course.

- See ya. Bye.

Kobie, please,

you need to get out of here.

What are you doing here?

I seriously don't

want to see you right now.

Something's after us.

All of us.

I saw him.

Oh, my God, Cathryn.

I vouched for you last night.

I told them

that you could sell it,

but instead

you made it so much worse.

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