The Truth About Emanuel Page #5

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How do I look?

You look beautiful.

Okay, bye.

Bye.

I think she's starting to love

me the way she loves you.

That's how it feels.

It's how I've always

imagined it would feel.

Thank you.

It's just the, the

fermenting of a fruit.

Oh, there you are.

Chloe isn't still awake,

is she?

No, she's fast asleep.

Good.

Arthur wants to take a peek.

No.

I mean, I had a hard time putting

her down. What if she wakes up?

Just gonna have to be very quiet.

Don't.

No, don't worry. I'm doing okay.

I think you'd be

really proud of me.

I like your make-up.

Please.

Please just stay downstairs.

Are you coming?

Oh. She's so pretty.

Isn't she beautiful?

Seems a little stiff.

Not blinking actually.

Like, not real.

Yeah, she is special.

I guess every mother thinks

about their kid like that.

So want to go downstairs

and have a drink?

Yeah.

That's not the baby.

It's fake.

This is a doll.

Where's your actual baby?

Linda?

Where's my baby?

Where's my baby?

Okay, we're gonna find her.

Where's Chloe?

Don't. I'm sure Emanuel put

her down somewhere else.

Where is she?

Hey, Emanuel?

Emanuel?

We'll find her. It's okay.

Where is she?

Where's Chloe?

Hey, Emanuel?

Emanuel!

Emanuel?

She said she was...

Emanuel!

She's supposed to be up here.

Where's Chloe?

In her crib.

Where?

Right there.

It's a doll.

Where's Linda's baby?

That's her, Arthur.

This isn't funny, Emanuel.

What do you know, Arthur?

What the f*** do you

know about anything?

Emanuel, please.

Please, where is she?

Look.

Answer me!

Where is she?

You answer me right now!

What have you done with her?

Give me my baby!

Okay, okay. Hey, hey! Hey!

Give her to me!

Give her to me!

Hey! Hey! It's okay. We'll find her.

Emanuel!

Where is she?

I'll call the police.

Hey!

Give her to me! Where is she?

All right.

It's okay.

Emanuel!

It's okay.

Where is Chloe?

Emanuel.

Emanuel, can you hear me?

Em?

Can you hear me?

Take it slow, now. Okay.

Can you stay here with Linda?

I need to go with Emanuel

to the hospital.

Can you do that?

She shouldn't be left alone.

We've located Linda's husband.

He's flying in.

But I still need you to

answer some questions.

She's in no fit state to

answer these questions.

I think it's time you told

your father about the baby.

Emanuel, pumpkin?

You have to answer

the officer's questions.

She's gone back to the water.

She's with Mom.

I tried to stop her,

but she got away.

They both swam away.

They left me.

All right, that's all for tonight.

I just wish you'd said

something before this happened.

Why would I say anything that

would get Linda pulled out

of her perfect world and into this?

What's so great about this?

I don't want you to cut me out, Em.

This may not be the greatest world,

I may not be the greatest,

but this, it's what you've got.

We've all gotta work

with what we've got.

We don't do that, we're lost.

It's a long way back.

What are you doing with that?

Oh, um...

You can't, uh,

wash an item like this.

It has to be dry cleaned.

If you want to talk

about any of this,

now or whenever, I'm here.

I understand more

than you think I do.

You know, about Linda?

And what she's going through.

I can't have kids.

You know my first husband,

he left me because of it.

And the grief that I felt...

It almost put me over the edge.

Anyway, that's all.

Sorry about the other night.

Trying for a baby was my idea.

Uh, I actually thought it

might fix things between us.

Five years and nearly

$100,000 later,

we finally had our baby.

By then our marriage

was all but over.

And then, uh...

Linda blamed herself.

She was the, uh, she was

the one who found her.

Autopsy was inconclusive, so we'll

never really know what happened.

My wife refused to go to the burial.

She just couldn't.

That's when the doll happened.

I tried to get her committed

and she disappeared.

So that's when I went to the police station

and filed a missing person's report.

What's her prognosis?

Doctors seem less than optimistic.

I want to see her.

You don't want to see her.

Not, not like this.

Besides, it's not possible.

They're only allowing family.

You okay?

Can you get me in to see Linda?

Close the door.

Em, this obsession

with Linda has to stop.

She's not your mother.

She's nothing like your mother.

You hear me?

That doesn't mean she doesn't

deserve to be saved.

I'm sure the doctors are doing

everything they can to help her.

Like they did for Mom!

Emanuel.

Her husband is gonna

let her rot in there.

You don't know what's

in people's hearts.

No!

But I know what's in mine.

Okay?

Thank you for this.

Where's Chloe?

I have her.

Is she okay?

No?

Did you hurt her?

She was already hurt.

Well, I want to see her.

Where is she?

What happened?

What happened?

The tide came up.

I was holding her hand

and it took her away.

Why didn't you hold her closer?

I just couldn't.

Tide was too strong.

It took us to where the water is

the deepest darkest blue

you've ever seen.

And we were happy, swimming

amongst the fishes.

Then Chloe let go of my hand.

And I was scared.

But actually, for me,

not for her.

She knew exactly

what she was doing

and where she was going.

I lost sight of her.

And then the fishes

brought me back here.

Why?

Why did they bring you back?

For you.

This is the place.

Okay?

That's good.

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