The Summoning Page #4

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Yeah.

Well, Professor Martinez,

he gave us an extension

on that mock case

we were working on.

Oh, really? Well, how much

longer do we have?

[Chuckles]

Till graduation.

- I mean, it's not that much longer.

- Yeah.

That's good though.

So, are you, what?

You ready to get back

on this thing, or what?

Yeah, I think so.

Hey, do you remember that

abandoned factory I was found at?

Yeah.

I found these

drawings there.

I think they're related

to our case somehow.

Oh, wow.

Any luck on your end?

The case we were

assigned to,

it's an old murder case

from the Slave Era, right?

Ten points, Rach, we got

that part down already.

[Sighs] The factory

she used to work at

is the same one

I was found in.

It's owned by Junior

and Joe Ferguson.

It's been in their family

since 1838 when it first opened.

Families around here go back

several generations.

I mean, you can't blame

the Fergusons

for atrocities committed

by their ancestors.

How does it relate

to our case, anyway?

I don't know.

Maybe it doesn't.

I just think Clayton

and Melissa

were discovering something

even beyond the case.

Slave labor,

prison labor?

See for yourself.

It's all here.

A lot of people died under the

Ferguson name to build this town.

There has to be

more to this, right?

Think about it, why else was

I drawn to that factory?

Something wanted me

to see it.

Hi.

Well, never thought

I'd see you anymore

in this place again.

That makes two of us.

I, uh, I never got a chance

to thank you for finding me.

Things could have been

a lot worse if you hadn't.

Well, I just happened

to be passing by

at the right time.

I've always had

a knack for that.

I would offer you

a chair if I had one.

Oh, don't worry about it,

I don't want to take up

too much of your time.

I, um, I just wanted

to stop by, also,

to ask you something.

Do you remember a law student

by the name of Clayton Ward?

He and his wife, Melissa, had

done an interview with you here

regarding this place

several years ago?

It's all here in this

mock case we're working on.

Hmm.

I remember them.

Clayton was a quiet man.

Kept to his self a lot.

Watched his words

very carefully.

You're required

to disclose the fact

that these new tract homes

are being built

on a former slave plantation.

And in certain cases,

burial grounds.

I see none of that there.

Is it there?

No.

- How much are you looking for exactly?

- What now?

No one comes barging in here

not looking for something.

Mm-hmm.

We're not looking

for anything,

we just wanna

run this by you

before we take it

any further.

A lot of this can

be resolved easily

outside the courts

with no fuss.

Hmm.

You damn right about that.

Yeah, I'll tell you what,

when you're ready

to talk again,

give me a call.

[Rachel] Did they

ever find her body?

Oh, no, but it's just

a matter of time, though.

It's a shame

when youth is taken

so quickly like that.

She brought me here.

What's you talking about?

I think she was trying

to tell me something.

She, uh, she's the one

who led me to this place.

Hmm.

How much you believe

in the afterlife?

Spirits and things

like that?

To be honest with you,

I never used to,

but lately...

lately that's

been changing.

Well, you've been tapped

on the shoulder

and it wasn't by accident,

it's for a reason.

My father always told us

the dead speak

and you can summons the dead

without even realizing it.

You just keep listening,

you'll find out

what you looking for.

What do you think she wants?

For you to find out

who killed her.

[Doorbell rings]

- You got a minute?

- Of course. Come in.

This is a very

interesting case, Rachel.

- Any new developments?

- A lot of new developments.

Actually, Forensics came back

and they found the results

on the remains you found.

Well, they claim it's

at least a hundred years old.

You know, in these parts,

especially around Sugar Land,

and it's not uncommon

for cemeteries to be shifted

once a new development

comes in.

Sometimes the dead

get left behind.

- So that's it?

- That's it.

They belong to a woman that

passed away in the 1800s.

Died of natural causes.

Truthfully, I was hoping

it was Melissa Ward belongings

it's because I'm really

tired of this case.

Well, then I found something

that could be useful to you.

I found this.

Okay, it was an old mock case

that Clayton Ward

and his wife

were putting together.

It talks about

Sugar Land's past.

It hasn't been

exposed yet.

It's interesting.

We already got a copy.

Okay, well, then, any idea on why

they would have disappeared?

Nothing I can tell you.

Still an open case and Clayton

Ward is still our main suspect.

We have Melissa's

disappearance,

the bloody clothes

right next to her house.

Doesn't take a genius

to figure this one out.

- Did you believe me?

- About what?

The other day when I told you

about what happened to me

the night I was taken,

did you even believe me?

No.

Absolutely not.

There's a logical explanation

for everything

we just have

to look closer.

What did you say,

the something spirit

took you back

to the sugar factory?

Well, that's ridiculous.

Who then?

I don't know. Still trying

to figure that out.

[Thumps]

[Faint whispering]

Rachel. Rachel.

- Here you go.

- No, thank you.

Well,

what can I help you out

there with, little lady?

Does the name Clayton Ward

mean anything to you?

Yeah, he's a wanted man,

if I'm not mistaken.

You're also one of the last

people to speak with him

before he vanished.

I have some notes here

regarding a conversation.

It looks like it was you,

Junior Ferguson,

and Clayton Ward

about three years ago.

- Do you remember that?

- Crystal.

Like it was yesterday.

What about it?

- What can you tell me?

- Not a whole lot.

He and his wife were working

an old case regarding a slave

who had murdered her master.

Now, the man shared a name

and a bloodline with me.

Daddy, we got a meeting

in about five minutes.

This won't take that long.

You got three minutes.

[Clear throat] Well, it

also says in this report

that you've been

failing to disclose

certain information

to the public,

especially regarding the land

you've been building

your tract homes on.

Now, I'm still not catching

what you're getting at here.

I own that land.

I'm not doing anything

illegal by it. Never have.

You're building on land

that was worked on

by prisoners and slaves.

Look, I mean,

some of the land

is also the burial sites

for some slaves.

Hmm.

Listen, we turn

a blind eye sometimes

because it's necessary.

Makes us feel

all warm and fuzzy.

We go any further

than that,

people start to get

a bad feeling.

You're worried.

You're worried that people

would stop buying from you

if they knew the full

truth, is that it?

Daddy, we gotta go.

You know, you're acting

like you're providing

brand new information.

Clayton Ward believed

the same thing.

Then why not disclose it?

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