The Unbroken Page #8

This girl.

Tommy.

Tommy!

No, no.

Sarah, no.

Sarah, he's gone.

- No, please...

- It was an accident.

He fell off the edge

and the railing hit him.

It crushed him.

He was such

a sweet, sweet kid.

Sarah.

(GASP)

- Ma'am, you can't do that.

(DEEP SOB)

You and I both know

what happened to Tommy

wasn't an accident.

If you're not careful...

...the same thing's

gonna happen to you.

Are you threatening me?

No, no no no.

I'm warning you.

(SUDDEN EXHALE)

Get your hands off of me.

You murderer!

Sarah, it's me, Tommy.

Uh, listen,

I just wanted to call

and say I'm sorry, first.

Uh, you know, between the

heat and the garbage,

and I wasn't in the best

of moods, all right?

I'm just sorry

for losing my junk.

Anyhow, you're not

gonna believe this.

I just had a little run-in with

our friend, Mr. Middlebrooks,

and then he went

back to the dumpster,

and pulled out

a completely different bag.

So, hate to admit it,

but you could be right.

I'm gonna go in and just see

if I can find something.

Wish me luck, all right?

Call me back.

(SOMBER MELODY #)

(OMINOUS WHOOSH)

(TOY CLOWN LAUGHING)

(GASP)

(TIRES SCREECHING)

(GASP)

Dammit, dammit, dammit!

What do you want?!

Tommy is dead because he

was trying to help you!

Say something!

(DRAMATIC ARRANGEMENT #)

(GLASS BREAKS)

You want to break things?

Fine, let's break things.

(THUD)

(FRUSTRATED VOCALIZATION)

(HEAVY EXHALE)

I don't know what to do.

(GHOSTLY WHOOSH)

These?

I already checked

the paintings.

I didn't find anything.

The art gallery?

(TOY CLOWN LAUGHING)

(ENGINE STARTS)

(CLICK)

Thanks.

(RUNNING WATER)

I don't get it.

I mean, I-I...

I've looked at all these.

I get nothing.

Tommy died

trying to help you.

Can you

help me out here?

What are you

trying to tell me?

(DRAMATIC MUSIC #)

(WHOOSHING)

(GHOSTLY WHOOSH)

I know what this is.

(OMINOUS WHOOSH)

(TENSE ARRANGEMENT #)

(HAUNTING MELODY #)

(CLOCK TICKING)

(TICKING)

(TICKING)

(YELLING)

Stop screaming.

Get your hands

off of me!

Calm down, Sarah.

Why are you in here?

You know why I'm in here,

you murderer!

Murderer?

What...?

You think...?

I can explain...

No, no, no, no, no,

Sarah.

Now you play nice!

Now you be a good girl,

because we don't want

to play with sharp things,

do we?

(STRUGGLING)

We need to talk!

Now that was an accident, Sarah.

I'm sorry.

(HEAVY BREATHING)

Now listen...

I'm a good person.

No, you're not.

You killed Tommy!

Is that what you think?

You think that I...

...killed Tommy?

I had nothing to do

with that.

No, no, no, no, no, Sarah.

Now we're done

playing the box cutter game.

We're not gonna play

like that anymore, are we?

(CLINK)

You murderer!

Don't say that, Sarah.

Murderer!

Stop throwing things!

Murderer!

I said

not to throw things at me.

You understand me?

Now you're gonna listen,

and be a good girl!

Or el... (THUD) (PAINED YELL)

(HEAVY BREATHING)

(GROAN)

That hurt, Sarah.

That hurt my head.

And it hurt my feelings.

So...

...I think

you need to be punished.

God...has blessed us with...

...infinite choice.

But sometimes...

...his lambs...

...stray...the...course.

Hm.

I like that.

You know, Sarah, I'm so

sorry for hitting you.

And for tying you up.

But you were behaving

very poorly.

I mean, even my students know better

than to throw things in the classroom.

And hammers...

Hammers are for

hitting nails...

...not people's heads.

You're gonna kill me now?

Well...

That is option A.

I mean, I could kill you, and

cut you up in to little pieces,

and bury you

right on the property.

No one

would know the better.

Not even the cops

would know.

After all,

no one really cares.

Do they, Sarah?

Terrible and horrible things

happen in the world every day.

And people act

as if they're helpless.

It's sad.

I, myself, am not going

to act helpless, Sarah.

So...

There's option A.

Or there's option B.

Which is for you

to tell me

everything that you know

and then we can just

walk right out of here.

Who knows? We could maybe

even be friends again.

After all,

we are neighbors, Sarah.

So...

What's it going to be?

Is it going to be option B?

Or option A?

How about option C?

(SPUTTERING SPRITZ)

(STRUGGLING)

Wow.

You really are having a bad

day, aren't you Sarah?

(GRUNT)

(PAINED GROAN)

(STRUGGLING)

So...

I guess

it's gonna be option A!

You...

I got rid of you

long ago.

(HEAVY BREATHING)

Was he the one

that told you to come here?

Of course he was.

Why did you tell her

to come here?

What did you tell her?!

I know what this is.

(CHUCKLING)

I know what this is.

Well you're not gonna get

away with it this time.

See, it's all starting

to make sense to me now.

And I'm gonna

put an end to it.

I'm gonna break this circle

once and for all, right now!

(CRASHING GLASS)

You're supposed to help

your kids, not hurt them!

(THWACK)

(GROAN)

(CRASH)

(PAINED GROANS)

(CLATTERING ART SUPPLIES)

(COUGH)

Sa-Sarah...

I thought killing Niki

was the right thing to do.

(SPUTTERING COUGH)

(HAUNTING MELODY #)

(LIGHT SOBBING)

(ETHEREAL RINGING)

Thank you.

(HEAVY EXHALE)

You're welcome, Niki.

That is your name, right?

(NIKI GIGGLES)

(RELIEVED EXHALE)

Thanks for playing with me.

I'm gonna miss you

when you're gone.

(GHOSTLY WHOOSH)

So you sold all of them?

So who knew that being a victim slash

hero would be so good for business?

I should have thought

of that ages ago.

Yeah, right.

So how's the new stuff coming?

It looks good. It's a whole lot

different than the last batch.

Well this time,

just be careful

where you get

your inspiration from.

Gotcha.

Do you believe they're still

checking that place behind my house?

- Still?

- Yup.

(KNOCKING)

Oh, hey, there's somebody at the door.

I gotta go, okay?

All right. Well, congrats again.

Bye.

Bye.

All right. Well that should

be everything you need.

Okay, thank you.

Oh, by the way,

you were right.

There's a body back there.

There was? Well, were you

able to identify it?

Yeah, it was the body

of a Niki Davis.

Niki Davis?

Did you know

who he was?

Niki Davis was a she.

She lived in your apartment

before you moved in.

Wait, Niki was...

Niki was a woman?

Went missing

about six months ago.

According to

Middlebrooks' diary,

he murdered her, and he

buried her back there.

Why would he do that?

He was seeing some little

boy's ghost, and uh...

...he thought that she

murdered the little boy,

and now he was avenging

his death.

Well, did she

kill a little boy?

We don't have any cases

of a missing boy.

But, this town

is so full of

missing people

and unexplained deaths,

we cannot keep up.

At least this case

is closed.

I thought

you should know.

- Thanks.

- You're welcome.

Have a great day.

Hey, neighbor.

Hey.

You all right?

Yeah.

- You settling in okay?

- Mm-hmm.

So you don't need any help

with any more boxes?

No, perfect timing,

'cause it's the last box.

I'm good at that.

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