The Other Side of the Door Page #2

door and press yourself close

so we can be

close together, okay?

Are you there?

Yes, Mommy.

Oliver, I miss you.

I miss you so much, baby.

You know I love you, right?

More than life itself.

I miss you, too.

I miss Daddy and Lucy.

Oliver, Momma has

something to tell you.

I came here because

I wanted to say that I'm sorry.

I'm sorry for leaving you.

It wasn't your fault.

(SOBBING)

I love you, Mommy.

MARIA:
Baby,

I think about you day and night.

I wish I could

hold you in my arms.

(CREAKING)

OLIVER:

The door won't open.

I can't get in.

I know, baby.

I'm not allowed to let you in.

OLIVER:
It's dark out here.

I want to come in.

MARIA:
I'm sorry.

I can't do it.

Please, Mommy, open the door.

I want to hug you. (CRYING)

It's okay, baby.

It's okay to cry.

Mommy's crying, too.

I have to go now, Mommy.

What?

I have to go

back now, Mommy.

No!

No, you just got here.

No, please.

Baby, no, don't go.

Don't go. I just want

a few more minutes, okay?

Just a few more minutes, baby.

Please. Please, Oliver!

Where are you?

Ollie?

Oliver!

Oliver!

I love you, baby.

(RASPY GROANING)

(SHRIEKING)

(GROWLING SOFTLY)

(WINSTON WHINING)

(BARKING)

Maria?

- Maria?

- (BARKS)

Maria.

(WINSTON BARKS, WHINES)

There's nobody out here.

(GROWLING)

Quiet! Buddy,

what's wrong with you?

Relax.

- Are you all right?

- (WHIMPERING)

Hey, sweetheart.

What are you doing up?

Is Mommy home?

No, not yet.

She will be soon.

Let's get you back to bed.

Come on.

(PASSENGERS CHATTERING)

(SPEAKING IN HINDI)

(CHILD SPEAKING HINDI)

LUCY:
How much tea

would you like?

The whole glass.

(SIGHS)

That's not how

you're supposed to drink tea.

You're supposed to

drink tea like this.

(RUNNING FOOTSTEPS)

Khan?

Where did you come from?

(DOOR CREAKS)

(SPEAKS HINDI)

(VEHICLE DEPARTING)

(WINSTON BARKING)

LUCY:
Mommy!

Hello.

I missed you

so much.

I missed you, too.

Stop it!

That tickles!

Lucy, let's get

Winston a snack. Hmm?

- Come. Come on.

- Come on, Winston.

Come.

I was worried sick.

Where were you?

I was trying to get better.

You couldn't have...

We would have come with you.

I know, I know.

(SIGHS DEEPLY)

Hey, I'm back.

I'm really back.

I'm back for you.

I'm back for Lucy.

- (BARKS)

- (GASPS)

MICHAEL:
What's going on?

It's okay, it's okay.

It's just Winston.

I got him.

Come on, you.

(BARKING CONTINUES)

(SUSHING)

Go to bed.

(SNAPS FINGERS) Go to bed.

(WHINES)

(SOFTLY)

Momma's here now.

(CREAKING)

(WINSTON WHINING)

(CONTINUES WHINING)

Miss Lucy?

Where are you?

LUCY:
(SINGING)

Ooh, ooh, my name is

L-I L-I chicka-ni chicka-ni

Ooh, ooh, my name is

L-I L-I chicka-ni chicka-ni

Ooh, ooh, my name is

L-I L-I chicka...

Hello, Mommy.

What you doing

in here, Luce?

Just playing

with my dolls.

And who were

you talking to?

Just my dolls.

Okay.

Well, you know that Momma doesn't

like people playing up here, right?

So how about we

go back downstairs?

Okay, Mommy.

MARIA:
Scoot, scoot, scoot.

(THUDS)

LUCY:

Mommy, are you coming?

Yeah, I'll be right there, babe.

(PIANO MELODY PLAYING)

(PIANO MELODY CONTINUES)

Miss Lucy, that sounds...

(GASPS)

Hey, Luce, where

did you get Khan?

Hey.

Hey, look at me, Luce.

I have something to show you,

but it's a secret.

Lucy, I need you to tell me

where you got the tiger, okay?

Did Piki give him to you?

Look, Mommy.

(PLAYING PIANO)

Lucy, please stop.

Lucy.

Lucy, I need to

talk to you about...

(PIANO MELODY CONTINUES)

(GASPS)

Oliver's come back, Mommy.

- (WATER RUNNING)

- (SNIFFLING)

(SOBBING)

Nighty-night,

sleep you tight.

Don't let the bedbugs bite.

You won't tell Daddy,

will you?

About Oliver.

Why do you say that, love?

I think Oliver's hiding.

Who's he hiding from?

He doesn't want to tell me.

Just don't tell Daddy.

Well, what if we wait until

Oliver's ready to tell him?

Promise?

Yeah, I promise.

Get some sleep.

I love you.

Good night.

Good night.

Sleep tight.

And don't let

the bedbugs bite.

(GASPS)

(TOY CHIMES)

Okay.

Okay, let's see

where we left off.

(SNIFFLES)

"Directly in front of him,

"holding on by a low branch,

"stood a naked brown baby

who could just barely walk,

"as soft and as

dimpled a little atom

"as ever came to

a wolf's cave at night."

- Whoa.

- (LAUGHS)

Hey, sweetheart.

I was just coming

to find you.

Did I miss saying

good night to Luce?

Oh, it's okay.

I kissed her good night for you.

Okay.

Sorry I was late.

Mmm. It's okay.

Are you all right?

You're trembling.

- I don't know.

- What's going on?

No, I'm fine.

I'm fine. I'm good.

I'm really, really good.

Good.

OLIVER:
Hello?

Hello?

OLIVER:
Hello?

Oliver, where are you?

(CHILD LAUGHS)

(GROWLING)

(GASPS)

MICHAEL:
What's going on?

What happened?

What happened, baby?

Are you all right?

It's a dream. Just a dream.

- Sorry.

- Are you okay?

Yeah.

(SPEAKING IN HINDI)

(SPEAKING IN HINDI)

(CROW CAWING)

(SPEAKING IN HINDI)

(SPEAKS HINDI)

LUCY:
Mommy!

Mommy!

MARIA:
What is it, baby?

Chil and Bill are dead.

What?

Oh, no,

I'm so sorry.

The gardener found all the

fish dead in the pond.

And all the plants are dying.

Can we bury Chil

and Bill in the sea?

In the sea?

Piki said people in India

get buried in the sea.

Of course. Yes, we can.

How about you go get

something to bury them in?

LUCY:
You should

have worn white.

MARIA:
I wore a white scarf.

That's not enough?

LUCY:
No.

MARIA:
I'm sorry.

I didn't mean to be rude to Chil and Bill.

It's a good spot right here.

LUCY:
Bye-bye, Chil.

Bye-bye, Bill.

Mommy, who's that man?

It's all right, baby.

He's far away.

Not that man, Mommy!

That man!

(CHANTING MANTRA)

Why did that man

put ash on your face?

I don't know, love.

Did I get it all?

Yeah, you got it.

Yeah?

(VEHICLES HONKING)

(LOCALS SPEAKING HINDI)

(CROWD SPEAKING HINDI)

Luce, stay behind me.

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

Oliver?

Oliver, do you want to play?

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

VOICE #1:
(ON TV)

Are you coming out to play, Stanley?

STANLEY:
(ON TV)

I can't.

Someone painted

the wall pink...

I got the blame.

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

(WHINING)

VOICE #3:
(ON TV)

Detective Calamity at your service, sir.

Do we have any clues?

VOICE #4:
(ON TV)

He did it! He did it!

- (THUNDER RUMBLING)

- (CAT MEOWS ON TV)

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

(WHINES)

What is it, Winston?

VOICE #3:
(ON TV)

Sounds like you need a detective.

Look at you.

Right where you belong.

Okay, baby girl.

Let's get those nits out.

I don't have nits.

Nits like clean hair.

Daddy told me.

Okay, well, then you certainly

don't have them, Grumpy-stiltskin.

Turn around.

Turn around.

Come on,

come on, come on.

Lucy, what

happened to your shoulder?

I don't think I

like Oliver anymore.

He's mean.

Oliver, I saw those

bite marks on Lucy.

You can't hurt your

sister, all right?

I said "no".

(LOCK CLICKS)

(DOORKNOB RATTLING)

Oliver, you let me out.

Okay.

I'll read to you.

As long as you promise

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