The Legend of Lucy Keyes Page #3

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and the Keyes family

who owned it many years ago.

There's a history that was published

at about the turn of the century

that goes into great detail

about Lucy.

Lucy?

Lucy Keyes and her disappearance,

of course.

What are you doing?

Listening to the wind,

the wind in the trees.

-It's peaceful.

-Yeah.

250 years ago a little girl,

Lucy Keyes

went blueberry picking

with her sister.

I'll race you to the stone wall,

Lucy.

They wandered into

these very woods.

A little while later,

Lucy's sister returned without her.

Where's your sister?

Where's Lucy?

I don't know. We were racing back.

I thought she returned ahead of me.

Well, she didn't.

She's supposed to be with you.

You're supposed to look after her.

You're the older one.

You were supposed

to be responsible for her.

Lucy!

Lucy!

Lucy!

Lucy!

Lucy!

And Lucy was never seen

or heard from again.

So what happened to Lucy?

People say she was abducted

by Indians,

but it was never proven.

It's always the Indians.

Well, there was never

a better explanation,

so that's what people believed.

They say Martha Keyes

actually stalked

and killed Indians

she found roaming on their land

to get revenge

for Lucy's disappearance.

Even now, when the wind blows

on the mountain,

some people say they can hear

Martha calling for her lost child.

It's just the wind, I'm sure.

I don't know,

some people have heard her.

Lucy...

Lucy says she's heard her.

Or it could just be Gretchen Caswell

creeping around in the woods.

I don't know.

I've never seen

so many trees in my entire life.

What are we doing here?

When are you going to clean up

the goddamn stench?!

Dodd!

People from all the neighboring

towns gathered

and traversed the woods

day after day, week after week,

searching for Lucy.

Lucy!

But no sign of her was found.

Martha continued searching

for the rest of her life

and was brought

to the edge of insanity

over the loss of her little girl.

Lucy!

Night and day she would comb

the mountain side calling for Lucy.

The echo from the edge of

the forests was the only reply.

Legend has it that her soul

will not rest

until she finds her lost child.

Who's my little girl?

-I am.

-Yes, you are.

-Sweet dreams only. Okay?

-I'll try.

Alright, good.

Daddy!

Where's Mommy?

She's coming back later.

Where'd you get this?

Nowhere.

You miss your little sister,

don't you?

You can't go into that box anymore

because this doesn't belong to you.

I know.

And we can't tell mommy

about this either. Okay?

Okay.

-This'll be our little secret.

-Okay.

Alright, good.

-I love you.

-I love you too, daddy.

-Good night, daddy.

-Good night. Sleep tight.

Okay.

Where have you been?

I'm on a deadline and I can't really

afford to be baby-sitting all night.

I've been at the library.

Missing girl again?

How are the girls?

They're sleeping.

Did you talk to the neighbor

about the smell?

Yes, I did.

Total a**hole.

Clam bellies.

Clam bellies?

He feeds them to his pigs.

I spoke to Samantha

about Dodd and the smell.

She's going to make some calls.

Robert Keyes fought

with his neighbor too.

Over pig feed?

Over property lines.

Lucy!

Lucy!

Oh, my God! Anna!

Help me!

What is it?

I had a dream.

What are you doing?

-I am going to check on the girls.

-Honey, they're fine.

I want to.

Lucy!

I'm starved. When's dinner?

It's almost ready.

Where is your sister?

Outside in the barn.

I couldn't stand the smell.

Lucy, dinner!

Lucy!

No. No!

Lucy!

Oh, God!

Lucy, what happened?

?My arm hurts!

Let mommy see.

I told you

the hay loft wasn't safe.

My doll!

Are you okay?

Hey, you're doing great.

Look at you.

God! Look at that!

You're going to go

for a ride to the hospital.

-Daddy!

-I love you.

I'm going to see you

in one second.

I'm going to see you in one second,

honey. One second.

Come on, let's go.

Your project may not pass.

It has to pass.

Fine, from what I'm hearing,

it's not going to be a sure thing.

Why don't you let me worry

about this? Go and talk to Dodd.

Why?

He's giving Cooley some trouble

with his pig feed or something.

-Why don't you talk to him?

-You're the law, Bill,

he'll listen to you.

Fine. Fine.

Mom, it stinks!

-Yeah, can't you fix that?

-Daddy's working on it, supposedly.

Guy, what is this all about?

What?

This is a purchase and sale agreement

between Samantha Porter

and the town

for the windmill property.

Wait, so Samantha owns the land?

I don't understand.

-Did she sell the land to the town?

-For 1.8 million dollars.

Who is this woman

you're working with?

What is she up to?

Where did you get that?

The deal's contingent on the windmill

project being approved.

And guess who shares

in the profits?

-Who?

-Dodd!

Dodd?

-Let me see that.

-I gave up everything for this?

Jeanne!

Jeanne!

I guess the smell hasn't gotten

any better from next door.

No, it hasn't.

How is your daughter?

I heard she took quite a spill.

Yeah, she broke her wrist.

She's fine.

My!

This mural looks original.

Have a seat.

Thank you.

My husband is going to pay Jonas

a visit tomorrow.

With the health inspector.

Why haven't you ever mentioned

that the land being purchased

by the town belongs to you?

This project is too important,

Guy.

I didn't want you to think there was

some conflict of interest.

There is!

This is no secret to anyone in town.

It never has been.

The guy who's been making our lives

miserable is your business partner!

Jonas is not my business partner.

Jonas is my cousin.

Our family owned the land.

Jonas is mentally disabled

and I'm the only one left

to look after him.

I have been doing everything

I possibly can for you, Guy.

Have you?

Because this isn't the way

I wanted to do things.

I'm so close to walking

on this project.

When we finally have the support

to move this project forward?

I am thinking of the big picture.

Changing the way people

think about energy.

It might be a small step,

but it's a valuable step.

And you know it is.

Don't disappoint me, Guy.

Come here, dear.

Robert Keyes had a hand

in building this church,

dates back to the early 1760s.

Everything changed

when you moved to town.

Why did you send me

that agreement?

I wanted you to know

who you are dealing with.

Desecrating those woods,

destroys every hope of Martha

ever finding her daughter.

Surely you understand

the pain of that loss.

Yeah.

-What happened to Lucy?

-No one knows.

What do you think happened to her?

I wouldn't let any kid

go into those woods.

No one ever found

Lucy Keyes again.

No.

When the hell

did I get so popular?

Hello to you too, Jonas.

This is Bob Greenwood

from the board of health.

Good afternoon, Mr. Dodd.

We've received complaints about

the smell coming from your property.

It's a farm!

Goddamn city folks, isn't it?

I'm allowed to feed my pigs.

Absolutely. I don't want

to prevent you from doing that.

We are just here to formally request

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