The Reconstruction of William Zero Page #4

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-LET ME TELL YOU A JOKE.

-...WITHOUT THE GUILT...

-KNOCK, KNOCK.

-...BUT IT BACKFIRED...

-KNOCK, KNOCK?

-...BECAUSE

HE HAD MADE A MIRROR,

AND IT BECAME:

A CONSTANT REMINDER

OF WHO HE WAS:

AND WHAT HE HAD DONE.

-DON'T CRY. IT'S JUST A JOKE.

-I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

-NEVER MIND. IT'S JUST A JOKE.

USE THIS SPOON:

TO EAT YOUR CEREAL.

-HE HAD CONVINCED HIMSELF

THAT I WAS READY --

THAT I WAS READY TO GO IT ALONE,

TO DO IT MYSELF.

BUT I KNEW THE REAL REASON WAS

THAT HE WAS SICK OF ME.

HE WAS SICK OF THE SIGHT OF ME,

THE SIGHT OF HIMSELF, EVERY DAY,

EVERYWHERE HE LOOKED.

-[ GASPING ]

-AND SO, HE LEFT ME.

HE ABANDONED ME.

HE LEFT ME WITH A BLACK BOOK,

A SURVIVOR'S GUIDE --

MAPS AND CREDIT CARDS

AND HISTORIES,

INFORMATION ABOUT HIS WIFE,

HIS WIFE --

HOW TO FIND HER AND HELP HER.

IT TOOK ME TWO WEEKS

TO RUN OUT OF FOOD...

AND THEN I WENT OU INTO THE WORLD.

I WAS STARVING.

AND I WAS ARRESTED

24 HOURS LATER

IN A GROCERY STORE.

I WAS TERRIFIED.

HE'D TOLD ME THE WORLD WAS

A GOOD PLACE,

BUT THAT WAS A LIE.

THE WORLD IS A CRUEL PLACE,

AND I DIDN'T BELONG.

THEY PROCESSED ME.

THEY CATEGORIZED ME.

THEY CLASSIFIED ME.

THEY TOLD ME I WAS DELUSIONAL,

SCHIZOPHRENIC,

A DANGER TO MYSELF AND OTHERS.

WHEN THEY DID THIS,

I WOULD GO TO A PLACE FAR AWAY,

LIKE A RECURRING DREAM...

[ SEAGULLS SQUAWKING ]

...THAT I WOULD ESCAPE TO.

AND I'VE BEEN TRYING

TO FIND THAT PLACE,

TO GO BACK THERE, EVER SINCE.

AND I'M CLOSER NOW THAN BEFORE.

I'M AS CLOSE

AS I'VE EVER BEEN, OKAY?

NEXT CORPORATION FOUND ME

IN THREE MONTHS.

THEY HAD SEARCHED EVERYWHERE.

THEY NEEDED ME BACK

TO CONTINUE THE WORK,

AND I CAME BACK HERE.

AND I WAS ALONE, TOTALLY ALONE.

I HAD NOTHING, NO ONE.

AND I DECIDED:

TO FOLLOW HIS LEAD.

[ WATER RUNNING ]

AND I MADE A PROXY.

AND THAT MAKES ME INVISIBLE,

UNACCOUNTABLE.

I'M GOING TO DISAPPEAR

LIKE HE DISAPPEARED,

AND NO ONE WILL COME AFTER ME.

BEFORE I LEAVE,

I'M GOING TO MAKE SURE

THAT HE WILL:

NEVER FORGET ME AGAIN.

HE'S GOING TO UNDERSTAND

WHAT IT FEELS LIKE

TO HURT THE WAY I HURT.

SO THIS IS MY BREAKTHROUGH.

TAKING A HUMAN LIFE IS EASY

FOR ME...

...BECAUSE I'M DIFFERENT.

-[ BREATHING RAPIDLY ]

-I'M NOT HUMAN.

-[ WHIMPERING ]

I'M BETTER THAN THAT.

-WILLIAM,

I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING TO YOU!

PLEASE, NO!

[ THUD ]

-YOU'RE BAXTER, RIGHT?

-I'M SORRY, WHAT?

-YOU'RE A COMPANY MAN,

RIGHT, BAXTER?

-WHAT -- WHAT --

WHAT DO YOU GUYS WANT?

-I CAN COUNT ON YOU

TO HELP ME OUT, RIGHT?

-[ LAUGHS ]

-YOU TALKED TO ARCHER

LAST NIGHT BEFORE HE LEFT.

WHAT DID HE TELL YOU?

-[ BREATHING DEEPLY ]

HI, JULES. HI.

HI, JULES, WOULD YOU LIKE --

DO YOU HAVE TIME THIS AFTERNOON

TO COME HERE?

IT'S AMAZING TO SEE YOU.

YOU LOOK AMAZING.

HI, JULES.

DO YOU HAVE TIME TO COME OVER

HERE AND TALK ABOUT...

COME ON IN.

COFFEE? WATER?

YOU WANT TO SEE SOME FOOTAGE?

WE OWE THAT TO EACH OTHER.

WE OWE THAT TO KEVIN, JULES.

I HAVE SHOTS OF EVERY --

AND KEVIN,

I HAVE STUFF OF KEVIN.

NO, I KNOW. I KNOW.

DON'T CRY.

I DON'T LIKE IT, EITHER.

DON'T CRY.

YOU REMEMBER THAT ONE TIME

WE WERE ON THE BEACH TOGETHER?

IF YOU COULD:

JUST GIVE ME A CHANCE.

IT'S TRUE. IT'S TRUE.

I AGREE WITH YOU.

[ CHUCKLES ]

NO, I'M NOT LAUGHING AT YOU,

AND I'D LIKE TO TALK TO YOU.

I DON'T LIKE IT, EITHER.

I FEEL --

I FEEL LIKE WE OWE I TO EACH OTHER TO BE BETTER.

[ CELLPHONE BEEPS,

TELEPHONE RINGS ]

-PICK UP. PICK UP. PICK UP.

PICK UP. PICK UP.

[ TELEPHONE RINGS, BEEPS ]

-HELLO?

-WILLIAM?

-HI.

-HI.

Listen, uh,

WE CAN'T DO THIS ANYMORE.

We need to finish it.

I WANT A DIVORCE.

HELLO?

-No, I -- I agree.

I'M GLAD YOU CALLED.

Do you have time today

to come over here

and talk to me?

AND WE CAN JUST SORT OF SI AND TALK ABOUT THE NEXT STEPS?

-OKAY, WHAT'S YOUR ADDRESS?

-"TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN,

JULES BRAXTON-BLAKELY

"WILL BE MY WIFE FOREVER

AND ALWAYS TO ETERNITY.

"BUT SINCE THE LOSS

OF OUR ONLY SON, KEVIN,

"OUR LIVES

HAVE BEEN UTTERLY EMPTY.

"BUT OUR LOVE WILL NOT END

WITH HER DEATH.

"LOVE IS STRONGER THAN THAT.

"MAY GOD HAVE MERCY

ON OUR SOULS.

WILLIAM BLAKELY."

[ Ringing ]

[ TELEPHONE RINGING ]

[ TELEPHONE BEEPS ]

HELLO.

-I just found out

what's going on.

I can't understand why

you would do this.

-YEAH.

TOUGH BREAK.

-LISTEN TO ME.

-It's funny how sometimes

things just work out

LIKE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO.

YOUR FRIEND IS:

ON HER WAY OVER HERE NOW,

and we're going to have

a nice chat.

GOODBYE.

[ DOORBELL RINGS ]

-[ EXHALES SHARPLY ]

COME ON IN.

THANK YOU.

STEP IN HERE.

-REMINDS ME

OF YOUR OLD GRAD-SCHOOL PLACE.

-YEAH.

-THE ONE ON BRAEBURN?

-MM.

-HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN HERE?

-I MOVED HERE A WHILE AGO.

IT FEELS LIKE FOREVER AGO.

-[ CHUCKLES, SNIFFLES ]

IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE.

-YEAH,

IT'S THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE.

-WHAT YEAR WAS YOUR FATHER BORN?

-MY FATHER?

-ANSWER THE QUESTION.

-WHAT'S YOUR WIFE'S MAIDEN NAME?

-BRAXTON.

-YOU HAD A BROTHER,

AN IDENTICAL TWIN.

HE DIED WHEN YOU

WERE 4-YEARS-OLD.

WHAT WAS HIS NAME?

DR. ARCHER WAS FOUND DEAD

IN HIS CAR LAST NIGH WITH THE CORELLE SOLUTION.

-DR. ARCHER?

I HAVE TO GO NOW.

-I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE.

-[ SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY ]

WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU?

YOU, DON'T MOVE.

I NEED TO SEE THE TWO OF YOU

OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW.

[ DOOR BEEPS, CLOSES ]

-[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]

[ FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING ]

[ DOOR BEEPS ]

[ DOOR BEEPS ]

-BAXTER!

[ LOCK ENGAGES ]

-SO, THEN WHA DO YOU WANT?

JUST TELL ME.

I'M YOUR FRIEND.

YOU CAN TALK TO ME.

NONE OF THIS IS YOUR FAULT.

-HOW WOULD ANY OF THIS

BE MY FAULT?

-I SHOULDN'T HAVE COME HERE.

-WAIT. JULES, WAIT. WAIT. WAIT.

-NO, I FEEL STUPID.

THIS IS NOT A GOOD IDEA.

-BEFORE YOU CAME,

I WAS WATCHING FOOTAGE --

OLD FOOTAGE OF YOU

AND ME AND KEVIN, TOO.

IT HELPED ME.

IT GAVE ME PERSPECTIVE.

I THINK YOU SHOULD WATCH I WITH ME NOW.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTAN TO DO THAT.

COME ON.

-[ SIGHS ]

[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]

- ABOUT SEVEN MONTHS.

THE F*** HAVE YOU BEEN DOING

FOR FOUR YEARS?

-I WANTED TO DISAPPEAR.

BUT I REALIZED:

THAT I WAS STUCK WITH MYSELF...

WITH THIS BODY, THESE MEMORIES,

AND IT FELT LIKE JAIL.

-NO. NO.

JUST COME HERE.

- DADDY!

-[ SIGHS ]

JUST ADMI THIS IS WHAT YOU WANT.

-[ SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY ]

LET ME GET YOU SOME WATER

OR SOMETHING.

OKAY.

-GO ON. NOT TOO FAST.

[ CHUCKLES ]

- YOU ROLLING?

- YEAH.

MM-HMM.

- YOU GETTING THIS?

- YOU GOT IT, BABE.

SHOW ME WHAT YOU GOT.

[ CHUCKLES ]

[ WATER RUNNING ]

-WILLIAM,

WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

-YOU LIED TO ME.

-You want her to hear us?

Huh? What'd she think?

You think she loves you?

I promise you...

-Stop.

-...the minute she finds out.

-Stop.

-No. No. No.

Listen to me.

Listen, listen, listen. Stop.

-QUIET.

-Everything you are

is because of me.

Everything you do,

everything you think --

everything is because of me.

Me, me, me, me, me.

[ Both grunting ]

[ SYRINGE HISSES ]

[ GASPS ]

-I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

-CAN YOU HEAR ME, KEVIN?

LET'S GO. WE'LL TAKE A RIDE.

HERE WE GO. HERE WE GO.

-JULES.

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