The Hearse Page #3

to blackford, Jane?

- I wanted to try and find

some place where I could relax.

And when my mother died and

left me my aunt's old house,

I decided to come here.

I was married up until

a few months ago.

When my marriage ended,

i nearly cracked up.

It was something I never

believed could happen to me.

I was very sick for a while

but things are better now.

What about yourself?

Are you married?

- No.

- Do you live in blackford?

- Yes.

- Tom look, over there.

- What?

- There's somebody following us.

Over there.

Did you see that light?

- You'd better sit down.

It's probably kids.

That's county road and a

notorious lover's Lane.

- I'm not so sure.

Seems every time we meet,

I'm afraid of something or i

think someone's following me.

- Is someone after you?

- I don't know.

Maybe I'm imagining things.

It's so quiet and peaceful here.

I wish I could just

stay here forever.

- The only thing that

lasts forever is true love.

Even after death.

- That's beautiful, tom.

Shouldn't we be getting

back to the real world soon?

I don't want my aunt to

see me coming in late.

I'm only kidding.

Thank you, tom, for

a lovely evening.

Would you like to come

by tomorrow for lunch?

- I'd love to.

- Wonderful.

About one o'clock?

- Yes.

I hope you'll stay here

with us for a while.

- I just might do that.

- See you tomorrow.

- Goodnight, tom.

I went into blackford

today and told Louis

I could not marry him

because I love someone else.

He cursed me and accused me

of having been secretly in

love with Robert all along.

I didn't deny it.

I am obsessed.

Making love to Robert was at

once joyful and terrifying.

I have no control.

If Robert ever left

me, I would die.

How simple things were before

Robert came into my life.

I love him and fear

him at the same time.

I fear his power over me

and I know I will

do anything he asks.

I know now what

Robert wants from me.

He has admitted that he's

involved in something

I never suspected.

It's almost impossible

for me to believe.

But it is true.

He wants me to join him

in a pact with Satan.

What the hell do you want?

What do you want?

Get away from me.

Get away from here.

Now Lois, I'm sorry i

told you about this.

I don't want you to be upset.

It was definitely a dream.

Just a dream.

Took me hours to

calm myself down

but I'm okay now.

Listen, I met somebody.

Yeah, he's from around here.

His name is tom.

Well, he's kind

of old-fashioned.

Very pleasant.

It's kind of strange.

I'm very drawn to him.

It's as though I've

known him all my life.

Well, now don't go overboard.

You'll be the first one

to know if that happens.

Alright.

Well I'm glad I reached you.

Alright I will.

I'll talk to you in

the next couple days.

Take care.

Alright, bye bye.

- You're not getting

any action off her.

- Well I think i

got a lot farther

than you guys think.

- Uh yeah?

You ain't got nowhere.

- She kissed me.

- Hi.

- Hi Paul,

how are you today?

- Oh yeah,

I got the stuff you wanted.

You know I'll get

the rest of the pipe

as soon as my dad

gets it fitted.

And then you know,

I'll bring it out

this afternoon.

- Oh listen, about today Paul,

you don't have to

bother coming out.

I have a friend coming over

and well, quite frankly, i

had a rough time last night

and I'd just as soon catch up

on a little sleep

this afternoon.

- What happened?

Someone break into your house?

- Oh no, no.

I just haven't been

sleeping too well lately.

Tomorrow will be fine, okay?

- Okay yeah, I'll see you then.

- See you tomorrow.

- Yeah, I'll see you tomorrow.

- Take care.

- Okay, 'we-

- bye

- ooh, she is something else.

- Why miss Hardy, what

a pleasant surprise.

You're a bit early

for Sunday but...

- That woman.

- Miss Percy?

Why she's our choir mistress.

Do you know her?

- I'm positive she was in

a dream I had last night.

She was right here

in the church.

- Indeed she was,

until around seven.

- But I'm so sure.

- The mind can play

many tricks on us, Jane.

I feel something's

troubling you.

I'd like to help,

if you'll let me.

- Thank you, reverend.

That's very kind of you.

But not right now.

- By the way, that locket,

where did you get it?

- Oh it belonged to my aunt.

- I wouldn't show it to too

many people, if I were you.

It's the devil's sign.

You're not in league

with Satan are you?

- No, no.

Thank you for

telling me, reverend.

Thank you.

- Anytime.

- Well it all started

happening when I began reading

the diary.

First the nightmares, if

indeed they were nightmares.

Then the church.

You don't suppose

that this locket could have

anything to do with it, do you?

Or do you just think I'm crazy?

- No, I don't

think you're crazy.

This locket is a

beautiful, old heirloom.

And that's all.

Most of the people in

blackford would love

to see you give up and go away.

You're not going to let them

chase you out of here, are you?

I'm hoping you'll stay

around for a while.

- Maybe I will.

- Good evening, Jane.

- What are you doing here?

- I brought the probate papers.

- How did you get in?

- I rang the bell.

Nobody answered

so I used my key.

- How dare you?

- You remind me

of your late aunt.

How are things going?

Made any friends in town lately?

- You know damn well how

the people around here

feel about me.

- So I do.

- Well then perhaps

you'd tell me why

if you know half as

much as you pretend to.

- Oh I know a lot

more than that.

I know what your

aunt did here too.

You don't seem to be surprised

at what I'm going to say.

- Go on.

- She worshiped the devil.

- I know that.

- She and that

boyfriend of hers Robert

were very badly thought

of around blackford,

very badly thought of

to the day she died.

- Do you know how she died?

- Oh no no, nobody

knows how she died.

Everybody knows

about the accident.

- I remember hearing about that

when I was little.

- Then you know

about the hearse.

You maybe even...

- What the hell are

you talking about?

- I'm talking about the hearse

that carried your aunts body.

It crashed

on the blackford bridge.

It exploded into flames

and all that was left

was a charred mass of metal.

Stranger than that,

there was no sign of the driver.

Or the your aunt's coffin.

That Robert fellow,

he just disappeared.

- Come on, pritchard.

- Well in the paper

they called it some

sort of freak accident.

But I'm not so sure about that.

- What aren't you so sure about?

- Well some people say that

the devil himself reached up

and grabbed that hearse

and dragged it down to

the fiery depths of hell

and it's still roaming

the old county road

in search of victims.

- You bastard.

It's been you all along.

Now I don't know anything

about that accident.

But I do know that you're

the one that's been driving

that hearse.

- What are you talking about?

- Oh you know damn well

what I'm talking about.

And I'm not going to let

you push me around anymore.

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