The Lullaby Page #2

(growling)

(electrical buzzing)

(baby crying)

Chloe?

Chloe?

There's something

in the bathroom.

(baby crying)

Chloe!

It's okay.

You never leave a baby

in the water like this!

What is wrong with you?

Liam could've drowned.

Don't you ever do that again!

[Reed] You recognize

yourself in Chloe,

as a new mother.

She's overwhelmed.

Paranoid.

Heretic.

She sees things

that aren't there.

She's adapting to motherhood.

And you of all people should

understand this apprehension

better than anyone else.

What are you not

telling me, Ruby?

(ominous music)

I've noticed bruises on Liam.

What sorts of bruises?

[Ruby] Strange marks.

She's handling him too hard.

You think Chloe

is abusing Liam?

No.

I'm certain she's not.

How does the father

fit into all of this?

I don't know.

She's come back with this baby.

She refuses to speak

about the father.

So you know nothing

about the father.

No.

She shut me out, doctor.

She's detached.

About this whole thing.

I knew this would happen.

She's probably done all

sorts of immoral things.

Just to get back at me.

Strange bruises on Liam.

Chloe seeing things.

And you have no idea

who the father is.

Maybe I should see Chloe.

(ominous music)

No.

It is vital that we find

out what happened to Chloe

and who the father is.

We need to help her,

for Liam's sake.

I don't mean to scare you, Ruby,

but the bruises,

they concern me.

Let me help Chloe.

(silverware clinking)

(baby cooing)

(eerie radio buzzing)

(glass shattering)

Chloe!

Mom, it wasn't me.

Why're you so clumsy?

Just sit down.

Okay?

Sit down and have

a meal with me.

(malevolent music)

What is wrong with

you these days?

I feel empty.

Empty?

Like there's

nothing inside me.

The big, black hole

where Liam used to live.

Nothing.

Until...

I won't feel anything.

Dr. Reed wants to see you.

Why?

To make sure you're

adjusting to motherhood.

Mom, what have you told him?

I agree with him.

I think it would be

good for Liam if you

spoke to a professional.

(ominous music)

(thunder rumbling)

(rain trickling)

I'm sorry about the other day.

I was horrible to you.

You just caught me off guard.

I wasn't expecting you to have...

A baby?

Yeah.

It's a little out of your

character, don't you think?

Character can change, Adam.

Come on, Chloe,

I'm trying not to be weird

about this entire thing,

but you've got to admit

it doesn't look good.

I mean, people are talking.

What do you care?

I care, Chloe.

I've always cared.

(waitress stammering)

(eerie music)

(screaming)

Chloe, calm down!

Chloe, it's only juice.

I can get you another one.

Just leave it.

(thundering)

(baby crying)

(ominous music)

[Reed] Thank you for

accepting my invitation, Chloe.

Adam persuaded me.

[Reed] Friend of yours?

He's always wanted to

be more than good friends.

But you don't?

You must still

value his opinion.

You're here.

It seems that

my mother and Adam

think I'm not coping with Liam.

What do you think?

I think that

things aren't normal.

Normal?

And whose version of normality

are we bringing into

question here?

Mine, I suppose.

I get these visions

where I hurt Liam.

(ominous music)

You fantasize

about killing Liam?

There not fantasies.

I hate them.

I should feel...

elated, blessed.

I don't feel any of that.

[Reed] And what do you feel?

Tired.

Worried.

Frustrated.

I have to use a

machine to pump...

These visions,

tell me more in detail.

(ominous music)

I only get them

when I'm with Liam.

I get this strange

urge to kill him.

And sometimes, in my visions,

I kill him.

(eerie music)

And it makes you feel good.

No, of course not.

What do you do with these?

I am a collector.

I collect.

What do you collect?

I used to collect

porcelain dolls.

(screaming)

(glass shattering)

(intense music)

My father...

You still believe these

came from your father!

(Chloe screaming)

Your father?

Tell me more about

your father, Chloe.

(menacing music)

Stupid girl.

(crying)

Your dad didn't send

you these dolls.

I did!

What do you mean?

Your father blew

his brains out, Chloe!

And I had to clean up his

blood off our kitchen floor!

I had to look at the

mess of what he's done!

(crying)

Why are you

telling me this now?

Because it's time you grew up.

Your father didn't know

the first thing about love

and neither do you!

(ominous music)

Oh, that's right!

I'm such a terrible mother.

I lived this lie for you!

And let you believe that

your daddy loved you.

I drove him away!

Don't you ever speak to me

about your father again!

Your father was a

worthless piece of sh*t!

You lied to me.

I did what I

thought was right.

Everything was for you.

I raised you!

I lived this lie for you!

I'm leaving you.

Over my dead body!

You get back here!

You can't leave.

I'm all you have.

No Mom. I'm old enough not to

be with you anymore.

Chloe, get out

of my house then!

Chloe, I'm warning you.

If you walk out that door,

you're never coming back.

(thudding)

I never want to see you again!

Chloe!

Chloe!

Chloe!

[Reed] Chloe?

Chloe?

You think I'm losing my mind.

I think that you're

hormones are fluctuating.

I think that your body is going

through some extreme changes.

It's very normal.

Normal?

To want to kill my baby?

You're only thinking

about killing your baby.

Most new moms do.

(dramatic music)

Look at you.

Okay?

(dramatic music)

[Adam] There's still

something bothering me.

[Chloe] What's that?

[Adam] Why in the

hell did you come back?

[Chloe] I had

nowhere to go, Adam.

I have a baby.

[Adam] Oh Chloe,

you could've seen the world.

[Chloe] You need

money for that.

[Adam] Doesn't take that

much to leave Eden Rock.

[Chloe] At least you

know what to expect.

Out there, Eden

Rock's not so bad.

[Adam] There's a reason

why they call it Eden Rock.

There are f***ing

rocks everywhere,

rock after rock after rock.

Heck, even the people

start looking like stones.

Might as well live

in a graveyard.

I'll probably die here too.

Don't say that.

You can still leave.

Why would I want to leave?

You're here.

(fire crackling)

Thanks for the brie.

It was good.

(faint screaming)

What was that?

You know what they

say about these woods.

It's just ghost stories.

I'm not so sure.

At night,

when it gets real quiet,

I can still hear the babies cry.

Stop it.

It's true.

During the war, I mean.

Back then, rape was

worse than dying.

It's just stupid stories.

(bird chirping)

(fire crackling)

(ominous music)

(wind howling)

I love you, Liam.

Don't you ever

think that I don't.

I should never have

left Eden Rock.

(wind howling)

Mommy won't let anything

bad happen to you.

Never, ever.

(ominous music)

(tapping)

(muffled baby crying)

(muffled baby crying)

(eerie music)

(screaming)

(radio crackling)

(crickets chirping)

(creaking)

(Ruby humming tune)

Mom?

(shushing)

(menacing music)

(clock ticking)

Did she ever try to

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