-Encoded by LEET-
This is a true story. It happened right here
in my town two years ago. A lot of people
die in a lot of really weird ways in this story, but you're not going to find it in
the news or anywhere like that, because the police and the top people in this town were
like so embarrassed that they weren't able
to solve it, and they covered everything up.
But if you come here and ask anyone, they'll tell
you the same thing that I'm going to tell you now.
This story starts in our school.
So this one Wednesday is like a normal day for the whole school,
and they had this teacher who was new. Her name was Justine Candy, and on this day,
she was going to her classroom just like every morning. But today was different.
Today, none of her kids were there.
Every other class at that school had all their kids.
Even the other third grade Mrs.
Beltop was full, but Mrs. Candy's room was totally empty.
Well, not totally. There was one boy there, and his name was Alex Lilly,
and he was the only kid in the class of 18 that came to school that day.
And do you know why? He was the only one there,
because the night before, by 2.17 in the morning,
every other kid woke up, got out of bed,
walked downstairs, opened the front door,
walked across the front yard and into the dark,
and they never came back.
While we began to see the rain,
All the appearance of people at the school would bring me sad and upset.
The police could tell that the kids left at 2.17
because like half the houses had alarms that got tripped when they walked outside.
Some of the kids even got videoed by the houses that had cameras.
But the cameras only showed the kids walking down into the darkness.
They didn't show where they went or what they did.
The police talked to Alex a lot.
They asked him why his classmates did what they did, but he told them he didn't know.
They asked him if there was a plan, but he said if there was, he never heard of it.
They asked him if there was a TV show where someone ran away like that,
but he said if there was, he never saw it.
They also talked to my sister a whole bunch,
but she also didn't know anything about them.
Almost a whole month they kept the school closed for their big investigation.
But after a while, they had to open everything back up,
so that the kids that didn't disappear could learn again.
One night, what they did, they had a big meeting at school.
There was a bunch of counselors and people like that, that helped
everybody figure out how to feel and piece them together, I guess.
This is where the story really starts.
What's important is that we don't judge our fear.
We might experience emotions we don't like.
Emotions besides sadness.
We need to make sure that we allow ourselves to experience emotions like anger.
Anger is a very healthy part of the group's psyche.
It can be especially powerful in many instances of pain.
There are often times...
Wouldn't that be especially powerful in instances of abandonment?
Are you saying that we should be upset with Matthew?
Because I'll tell you right now, that you may call what
happened abandonment, but I don't see it like that.
I see something that doesn't make any sense at all.
Talking about 17 kids in one classroom.
What happened in that classroom?
Why didn't her classroom?
Why only her?
I'm thinking of a lot of emotions in that spot.
Will you forgive me if I'm not speaking to instances you hear any more out of you?
I want to hear from Justine's end.
She's here. I want to know exactly what she was doing and saying.
I... first...
I just want to say how very sorry I am for all that's happened.
I know there's nothing I can say to make this better.
The truth is that I want an answer just as bad as all of you.
I love those kids.
And...
I know...
I know... I know it's...
It's terrible. What happened?
You're either angry or conflicted.
Enough. Everybody needs to get a substance. Please.
A long, long night.
You need to get some sleep.
Wake up tomorrow and we'll clear it out.
Do you have anyone you just want to talk to?
I recommend you go straight home and...
Excuse me, I don't know if you can see me.
Yeah, I'm sorry.
Hello?
Who is this?
Excuse me, I'm saving up for a bus ticket to see my brother.
Do you have any change?
Sorry.
Thank you.
Hello?
You're going to keep your health insurance, if you don't mind me saying.
That's a lot of mental health specialists on the plan. Some of them are...
I just need to work.
You know, I just need to fill my days with...
Yeah, I need to work.
Hello?
Justine, this team last night has just proved
that we have a lot of emotional parents here.
And I think it's best if you keep some distance from this place.
Until folks find time to sort things out.
How's Alex? Is he... Alex is doing well.
He's been missing both Chris and me.
We've been advised that the best thing we can do for him is keep him on a routine.
Keep his life as normal as possible.
I would like to speak with him.
We've had this conversation before. That's out of the question.
Well, I would feel so much better if I could just speak with him.
Right there.
That's the problem. You'd feel so much better.
He's been scrutinized by the press.
He's had investigators ransack his house.
He's been traumatized.
Let's try and put Alex first.
If you're implying that I don't care about Alex or the students...
The issue isn't you caring or not caring.
The issue here is you have a pattern in which you overstep professional life.
Oh my god, here we go.
I do not... You know it's not appropriate to hug students.
Oh, I have a crying little boy. Walk me out.
You know, driving students home...
It's not professional.
She missed the bus.
It's not appropriate.
I know all of this comes from the fact that you care.
I know that you are different to these kids.
But you have to realize
You are a parent. You are a teacher.
There's a difference.
And for that reason, no.
You cannot talk to Alex about it.
It's just...
We're the only ones left.
Yeah, it's really on there, huh?
Yeah, I've been receiving phone calls as well.
Friendly ones.
Yeah? Think the caller might be responsible for this?
I don't know.
Maybe, maybe not.
Whoever it was,
best thing to do is file a report.
Probably kids if you ask me.
I mean, I used to do stuff like this when I was in school.
You know, teepee houses, ding dong dance.
I never extinguished my phone,
but a buddy of mine here is still doing it.
Hey.
You okay?
Yeah.
It's too hot.
What happened to your hand there?
Oh, just... I think the vortex.
What?
It just...
It's hurt.
Tony!
What?
Tony?
Yeah, we have Hopi here.
That's funny.
Not really.
Um, well, so
I didn't expect you to come.
I'm glad you texted.
You know, I've been thinking about you a lot, and
I wanted to call, but I didn't know if it would make things worse.
It was, I don't know.
Well, I'm not some little delicate flower
that will simply let your name pop off of my phone.
Tony!
My friend wants a drink.
Hi.
Oh, go ahead.
Hi. I'll get a Coke.
A Coke?
Yeah.
Okay.
Whatever.
So, what's going on?
How are you?
Oh.
Have you had a good time at lunch?
I don't think that's true.
Coke in the cup?
I hope it doesn't drive you in.
Why do you hope that?
I hope it doesn't drive you in.
Wait.
Don't be an asshole.
I'm not being an asshole.
I'm concerned about you.
No, I don't need
your fucking concern.
Okay?
I'm not drunk.
Okay. Got it. Sorry.
So, what?
Somebody vandalized your car?
They wrote witch across it.
So, yes. For your information,
everybody thinks I'm a witch.
So, yeah.
Cool. Thank you.
Can I give you a little, um... Touchdown?
No. Just some thoughts from somebody who knows you very well.
Okay?
Try...
to get out of your own head.
People are not
thinking about you right now.
Okay? That whole town is aimed at you.
I think you might actually be wrong about that.
You have a tendency to get a little low with me.
Wow.
And one thing I know has never helped is this.
What is this? What?
A lonely drinking pity party.
I'm not lonely.
You're here.
You know what I mean, okay?
I can't stay.
Does Donna know you're here?
No.
Really?
We're not, you know,
we're not happening right now.
Wow.
It's not a big deal.
You're ridiculous.
Look at you.
You're beaming.
Come on.
I've won another drink.
Just being.
Come on.
Just being.
Oh.
Stop being.
You're ridiculous.
What do you got going on today?
Work.
Working all day.
Till late.
I believe you, Jesus.
What?
Don't worry, I'm not going to be like
spam texting you all day and night.
Just saying I'm working.
That's it.
How's work?
It's fine. It's whatever.
Wow.
I hope that's not the general vibe over there.
What does that mean?
Well, there's 17
missing children out there,
and I like to think the people in charge of
finding them aren't like, oh, we're about the jobs.
First of all, I'm not a detective.
I don't know if you know that.
Second of all, I'm hungover as shit.
I didn't realize I was getting grilled on the investigation.
No, I'm not trying to grill.
I'm just wondering if I need to solve this thing myself.
You're on it.
Okay, well,
what a load off.
You're on it.
Right now, you really need to take it easy.
No one's blacking.
Don't let yourself get all.
..
Just leave the investigators
to the investigators.
It was great to see you.
Me too.
Bye.
Suck my dick.
I've explicitly told you
not to interact with Alex.
Well, since you can't interact...
You followed me home.
You rang and told all the people that they could spy through a window.
Well, Kevin, you were just moments from the fact that their house is the property.
Let me do so now.
I want you to leave him alone.
Okay, why won't his windows take up?
Doesn't that seem strange to you?
Because nosy people take it upon
themselves to walk up and peek through the window.
I'm going to do you the courtesy of getting responsible at it first place.
What the fuck?
You fucked him?
I didn't fuck him.
I know you did.
Alex, hi.
How are you?
I just wanted to say hi,
because I've been thinking about you a lot and I wanted to make sure you're okay.
I'm okay.
Yeah, because
I know it's been a really hard time for me
and I can't even
imagine how it's been... I have to go.
Hey, Mom, please.
I just want to make sure that everything's okay.
Hello?
This is Andy. I'd like to talk to you.
Hello?
I'm going to work.
They call you all morning, boss?
Yeah, I had a snag on the way over.
How's things looking?
A little bit of chaotic morning.
Yeah?
Yeah.
I was about to go pick up the sign,
but they didn't have it in.
There's an order number got placed.
Shit.
Goddamn it, then.
I'm sorry about this.
We got the order come Friday for a walk-through and we still had to open finding.
It's on me. It's my bad.
Then I stood up and I see that Alvin
came to the door with the ink that you ordered.
Yeah?
Went off nose green. That's red.
What?
Goddamn it. Wait a minute.
Did they stand the wrong...
It's not the order. We ordered it.
They said what we asked for, but we asked for what was the order.
All right, I fucked up.
I'll take it back. Get the right one.
Mr. Graff?
Yeah?
We follow up on every one of these calls.
So I can assure you that as we speak,
we have officers aggressively pursuing every lead
that comes through this station.
So what about the feds?
They got nothing to... There continues to be a very healthy information exchange,
so I can tell you with full confidence
that they are also pursuing every lead aggressively.
What's happening with the K-9 units,
I haven't heard about any K-9 reports in a long time
just because they don't report to you.
Mr. Graff, I can understand your passion.
I don't mind having these conversations with you
because, God forbid, if it was my child, I'd be demanding answers too.
But I need you to trust that what we're doing... She's still not talking, huh?
She knows.
I disagree with that.
You're aggressively following up on every lead,
and yet she's just out there walking around free as a bird.
Have you done any looking into her whatsoever?
Extensively, yes, we have.
So you know about her past, huh?
Because I've done some digging,
and I've found out a lot.
She had a DUI two years ago.
Did you not see that?
She was let go from her last school.
Did she taught out for inappropriate behavior?
Did you not see that one either?
With a member of the faculty.
She's a troubled person.
Is she not?
What is it you think that she knows?
What do you think it is that she's not telling us
because those kids walked out of those homes.
No one pulled them out.
No one forced them out.
I don't see anything whatsoever that points to that woman.
What do you see that I don't?
I see something that I don't understand at all.
We're talking about 17 kids in one classroom,
and none of them talked about it?
We got how many parents in here,
and none of us saw it coming?
I want to know what happened in that classroom.
Why did she hurt my school?
Why?
Children.
Please.
Let's all get a good night's sleep.
Matthew?
Matthew!
Stop!
Wait.
Matthew?
Matthew, where are you?
Where did you go?
Talk to me.
Talk to me!
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry that I wasn't able to say it.
That I wasn't able to...
I wanted to say it so many times.
I really do want to say it all the time,
because I feel it all the time.
I love you so much.
What the fuck?
Hi.
Hello.
How are you?
I'm Archer Graf, I'm Matthew's... Yeah, I know who you are.
Hi.
How are you, Archer?
We have to, don't we?
I think you folks had the same situation with Bailey?
Yeah, that's right.
Well, I'm sure you showed yours to the police, just like I did.
I wondered if you wouldn't mind letting me take a look at it.
I don't need a copy or anything.
I'm not comfortable with that.
Okay, I understand.
Hi.
Archer Graf, how are you doing?
Fine.
Matthew's dad.
Yeah, of course.
How's it going?
I have a strange question I need to ask you.
It's kind of hard to watch this.
Wait, go back to where she steps on the sidewalk.
Okay.
Right there.
What do you see?
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.
I'm sorry.
What am I looking at?
Hey.
I want to talk to you.
I don't think we have anything to say to each other.
Yeah, I think you have a lot to say.
You and every other person in this city, believe me, the message is loud and clear.
I'm the problem. Got it?
You know what? I think that's the first honest thing I've heard you say.
You are the problem.
What, you want to get in my face? You want to threaten me?
I'm not... nobody's threatening you right now.
You're just the wrong tree.
I mean, this whole victim persona that you're taking... I don't think... Marcus?
Hey!
Sit down.
Hey!
So, the hotel was good though?
It's fine.
Not so great, but I'm going for the next one.
Yeah.
Well, it's only for six nights, right?
Three, actually.
Apparently, I don't have to be here for the big wrap-up.
Should be expected to be on Thursday.
Isn't that great?
Yeah, it's good.
And I'm supposed to augulate Friday,
so we can actually target this month.
Nice, okay.
Yeah, good.
Okay.
Yeah, I'll let them know.
Yep.
Um, I wasn't planning on it.
Uh, if I have time, I will.
I'm not going to drink, Donna.
I feel fine.
If I don't feel fine, then I'll have any.
Okay?
I gotta get going now.
Love you!
Hey, Ed.
Hey, buddy.
Donna's back Friday, so we're just going to have lunch with you guys on Sunday.
Why is she coming back early?
She's cutting her loose, so...
She wanted me to let you know that we're in.
Okay, sounds good.
Anniversary lunch?
Yep.
Well, congratulations, and thanks.
A lot of years.
You call me old?
No.
Why would you call me old?
I'm giving you shit.
Just serving my shit, too.
Roger that.
Get back there, police!
Stop!
Dude, please stop!
Shut up!
I wasn't there, man!
I lost my keys!
I lost my keys, please!
You okay?
Yes, officer, I'm okay.
Alright, we went down pretty hard there. You good?
Officer, I'm okay. Just please call my warehouse.
You can look the number up online.
My phone isn't working right now.
I don't feel good.
Let's walk back to the car.
Hey, what's your name, sir?
James.
Okay, stand right here for me, James.
You got any weapons on you?
No.
No?
How about drugs? You holding?
No, sir.
Anything in your pocket that's going to stick me when I put my hands in there?
No, sir, I do not.
You sure? I don't want to get poked by anything.
I have nothing, sir.
Okay, James. Hold still for me there.
Shouldn't run from the police, sir.
Okay.
Okay. Up, up.
Get up.
Hey, can you hear me?
James?
You with me?
Don't talk.
You're going to hit me, bro.
Here's what's going to happen now.
I'm going to take these cuffs off you, okay?
I'm going to get in my car in a second.
I'm going to drive away.
Are you listening to me?
I don't want to see you here again, okay?
The way I see it, I did you wrong.
You did me wrong.
Let's just call it a day.
But if I see you out here again,
it's going to be a different story.
Yes?
Yes? I mean it.
Okay, consider yourself warned.
Now, let's get up.
I'm going to take these cuffs off you.
One, two...
Okay, listen.
As long as this isn't reported,
that footage is going to sit on the drive somewhere
and it's going to get recorded over in the bottom line.
And if that fucking system doesn't come back
here and I want them to file a complaint,
this could all go away.
But if they do,
all you're going to be in some serious hell water.
Did you get that hand checked out?
Okay.
Hey.
Yeah, just keep quiet.
She's there.
Come on.
One, two...
Okay.
Paul?
Hey.
Bring it in.
You're wrong.
I am wrong.
Someone got sick and they sent
everyone on my team rich.
Bring it in.
I was, uh, I don't know.
Where?
Huh?
Paul.
You piece of shit.
Hey!
What did I tell you? Huh?
What did I tell you?
This is fucking bullshit.
Look at this shit.
It's rainy, rainy, rainy.
Look.
God damn it.
Fucking shit.
Look.
Paul.
You got a job yesterday.
Yeah.
Thank you, man. Thank you, thank you.
Yeah.
I just have a little pain in my problem.
I can't wear new shoes.
And a whole outfit.
Like I said, it's fancy.
Wait, wait, wait.
It's a good thing.
I got another job.
You know, to show again.
I just want to pay mom back, but I can't do that until I get the, you know,
money to get the clothes so that I can do the job so that I can pay mom back.
Hello?
Oh!
Fucking bitch.
Fuck.
Hey man, I feel like I wasn't communicating very well.
The important thing is that I get just like a little bit of money so that
I can get the clothes for the job so that I can get the job, obviously.
So, please call me back so I can communicate that better.
Thanks, buddy. Love you.
Hell yeah.
No.
No?
I don't want.
What do you mean you don't want? This is good.
These are good. These are good. Look, this is what's our 50 bucks.
No.
20.
10.
5.
Please, dude, please.
What if I see you out here again?
It's going to be a different story.
Yeah.
Okay.
Consider yourself warned.
Okay.
Cool.
Well...
Fuck.
I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
Hello?
You good?
Fuck.
I'm sorry.
Fuck.
What the...
My ears hurt...
You stupid!
What am I doing?
Where am I?
What are you doing?
I'm calling about the $20,000 reward for information about the missing kids.
Does anyone know where they are?
Oh, over there.
I mean, I'm pretty sure all of them, I don't know, look like a bunch of them.
They're all standing in the basement of this house, just like, standing there.
And, um, yeah, I don't know if they're just like, in the basement,
standing still and shit. There's like, probably two wackos over there.
And this is, like, fucked up. You know what I'm saying?
Um, but, so, how's this going? So, how do I get the money?
No, I'm not, I'm, I'm completely serious. I mean, I can show you. Like, I'll show you.
Um, but I just, I, uh, I really don't want to come in, because,
like, someone, could someone come meet me somewhere with this ad?
Because, like, I just, I really don't like police stations.
You know, I, uh, this kind of freaks me out.
I'm, uh, I'm bolded.
Come back, come back.
What actually are you, huh?
What actually?
I'm a big cop, and I'm...
You're okay. You're okay.
I'm not okay.
I'm sorry.
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait,
wait, wait, wait, I don't know who those kids are.
They're fucking wild to a distance.
You're fucking lying.
I'm not. I promise, I promise, they know where they are, I promise.
Look at my face.
That one was a dark one. Right there at the end of the block.
Um, excuse me sir. Um, I don't want to be rude, but like...
How do I know you aren't going to try and like, take that reward for yourself?
Sir?
Officer!
What the fuck?!
Get the fuck out of here! God damn it!
Oh, thank you.
I'm telling you, Marcus, I've seen it myself.
There is something very, very wrong going on inside of that house.
Just based off... here's the bottom line.
Alex has been traumatized enough by the events of the last few months.
As I'm sure you have.
Which is why I'm going to do you the courtesy of
forgetting that this phone call hasn't taken place.
Just being...
Are you really going to take it then?
Is this the point you're going to put me in?
I'm not authorized to just take house calls.
Okay, here's what I'll do. I'll invite his parents, come in, have a talk with me.
We'll have a face-to-face at the school. Is that acceptable to you?
Yes, thank you. I would really appreciate that.
Okay, then. You're welcome. Goodbye.
You're up.
Your two o'clock is here.
That's fine.
Oh, stand a minute, please. Watch.
Ms. Weinman.
Principal Miller.
And Gladys.
Yes. Hi. Hi. Come on in. Have a seat, please.
Oh, thank you.
Thank you, Marge.
Thank you for coming in. I know you guys have had a lot of
attention lately. I don't know if it could possibly be one thing.
I'm happy to come by. It's fine.
Okay, forgive me. We have not met. Is that right?
No, I don't think so.
Okay, I was relatively certain, I remember. I know I've met Alex's father before.
And Alex's aunt. And his mom is my baby sister.
Okay, so you're not his legal guardian.
Well, no. That would be his parents, of course.
Okay, well, forgive me, Gladys, but unfortunately, I need to speak with his parents.
Oh, well, I hate to say it, but his parents have been feeling unwell
as of late, and I'm staying with them to help take care of Alex.
Oh, sounds serious.
Oh, no, no, it's not serious. Nothing terminal. It's just a touch of consumption.
A touch of consumption?
Yes.
You know what? I'm embarrassed to say, I guess I don't really know what that means.
I thought it was something Stan Lewis got on the Oregon Trail.
What is it? Tuberculosis?
You know what? They are doing just fine, but they need to stay home.
I have hope to speak to them in person, because this is awkward, but a concerned individual is
largely well for a complaint, and unfortunately, I need to make contact with a child legal guardian.
It's something that's not really negotiable.
I need to speak with his parents in person.
Oh, dear.
I could come over to the house if that would make it easier. I'm just trying
to avoid involving CTS, but frankly, I'm not convinced that anything is lawful.
I'm not at liberty to say.
Well, this is very upsetting.
It is now that all free will has been lost.
The ant moves under the direction of the mind, but that could come from anywhere.
Here, it is no longer free will.
As the parasite reporter said, it continues to feed on the body.
A conclusion occurs now.
What does that mean?
Thank God you're home.
I'm so sorry to disturb you on a Saturday. Oh, please, please forgive me.
Just sit down.
The bus didn't pick me up to where it was scheduled
to, and I had realized it was far too late.
Then I was standing on the wrong corner, and by the
time I put that together, oh, I'd missed it entirely.
So I had to walk all the way across town to get here.
Well, I'm so sorry to hear that.
I am sorry to tell you this, sweetie, but I am on the verge of collapse.
Could I please have some water?
I'm afraid that's... oh, of course, you can have some water.
Oh, thank you so much.
My name is Gladys. It's so nice to meet you.
Oh, I absolutely love this couch. Look, a giraffe in green Chinese.
That's original, I mean, I bet you did.
Oh, I just love this kitchen.
Clean, white cabinets. How I envious of that.
Now listen, I know that it's inconvenient, but I really
needed to speak to you about our conversation yesterday.
Oh, oh...
Marcus, get her a glass of water.
A bowl, please.
A bowl?
Yes, a bowl. It's a peculiarity of mine. I don't even try to rationalize it anymore.
A bowl.
Oh, a bowl of water. Okay.
Oh, thank you.
I wanted you to know that I talked to Alex's father. He's very ill, as I said.
But the good news is, he's more than happy to come in Monday.
Sit down with you and clear everything up.
Yeah, I appreciate that, but rarely is it necessary.
So, there's no need to contact the authorities, right?
That's not...
I mean, you haven't contacted them yet, right?
That is, I'm willing to have to insist that you would.
Is that my rhythm?
You haven't contacted them, right?
No, I haven't. What is this?
Oh my God!
Whoops!
Look what I did.
My goodness.
Why did you do that?
Well, it was an accident, of course.
Wow, that's really bleeding.
Terry, go get the alcohol and let's go take that.
Oh, no, no, no. That's nonsense.
Could you get me a rag, please?
Oh! Oh! I think she cut my hair.
I'm calling 911.
Marcus, I think she cut my hair.
Marcus, what did she do?
Marcus?
What?
Yo, what the fuck, man?
Whoa!
Oh my God.
What the fuck?
Oh my God.
What the fuck?
Stay down!
Hey, stop!
No!
Oh, fuck!
Oh, man!
Wait! Wait!
No!
Fuck!
Get out of my door!
Fucking help me!
Fuck!
Get out!
Are you okay?
Yeah.
I think so.
I just, uh...
scraped up.
You?
The same.
I want to thank you.
No, I do. So, thank you.
Sure.
What else could I do?
I was out of control.
The last time I talked to him, he was fine.
He really was.
I've never seen anything like that in my life.
I have.
What are you talking about?
The way he was running.
I've seen that before.
Can I show you something?
Their little girl ran the same way Matthew did.
Same posture, same exact way.
Just like Marcus ran after you today.
He was weaponized.
Like a heat-seeking missile just locked onto you.
So here, look at this.
This is my house.
This is Bailey Kramer's house.
Now, if you assume they were heading in a straight line
and just some target of theirs,
and you assume they both had the same target,
those lines intersect somewhere around here.
Oh my god.
So there must be something about this area.
What?
Stop it.
What's up, Axeman?
Talk to me, Axeman.
How was school today?
Good.
Yeah? Kiss any supermodels?
No.
Alright.
Good.
Well, tonight's the night, pal.
Your mom's head glad you've come, remember?
Why do you have to have a look at our house?
Because it's like you talked about.
She's sick and bleeding.
Doesn't have anywhere else to go.
But I don't even know her, though.
I hear you, but I don't know her either.
The only reason I'm not sure your mom's out there that well is she's family.
Family's important.
You gotta help each other.
Hey, I found your kid.
Hey.
So daddy has returned.
Hi.
Oh, hey.
Was day at school?
Yeah.
Good.
We'd really like to get this house cleaned up before your Aunt Gladys gets here,
so do me a favor and get your room cleaned up before you start your homework.
You brought clean room, didn't you?
I really like a clean house.
Yes, that includes your room.
So, go.
I know, it's horrible cleaning up after yourself.
You're rude.
I don't know if that's supposed to be rude.
Yeah, well, I find it here.
It's not on the screen.
Well, you know, there's been a hospital complaint.
I know that.
We're not equipped for this kind of thing.
We haven't seen this woman in 15 years.
She was so far away.
Okay, well, I would do this for her, so I'm going to do this for her.
You're going to need her support at any point you feel like...
Alex, honey, what are you doing?
I'm hungry.
You're hungry.
Okay, all right.
Well, go downstairs, eat up, and then go brush your teeth, okay?
It's all 7.30.
And be quiet back there.
Okay, I got it.
Easy.
So, how long is she going to stay with us?
Hard to say, pal.
Doesn't look like she's getting much better.
So, she's going to stay with us forever?
No.
I don't think she'll be here longer than a month.
All right, honey.
All righty.
Take care of yourself, okay?
See ya.
Love you.
It's time. Time to go down.
Matthew!
What?
Matthew, outside now. Alex, are you okay?
I'm fine.
Matthew, let's go. Get your bag.
Oh, my God.
I'm okay.
Sure?
Mom? Dad?
Where were you?
Hey, that's right.
Out of school.
What's wrong?
Alex?
Oh, welcome home!
How are you, sweetie?
Let me take a look at you.
Oh, you know, I haven't seen you since you were not two, baby.
It's almost okay.
Oh, nothing, sweetheart.
It's just fine.
Mom?
Hey.
Out of school.
You see, I told you she's just home.
Alex.
Now, don't be rude.
Why don't you sit down at the table, because I'm making dinner.
You should have asked me, but you weren't here,
so I thought mac and cheese would be nice.
Dad!
Alex, that's it. I want you to go upstairs, wash your face,
brush your teeth, and then it's bedtime. No dinner for you.
I'm not kidding, my baby. Go.
Come. Sit.
Alex.
Sit.
Don't worry about your parents. They're just resting.
Now, before you go to school today, I want you to promise that you will not tell
a living soul that I'm here, or that your parents are resting like they are.
You hear me, Alex?
Watch.
Are you watching?
Stop!
Alex.
Sit down.
Now, when I tell you that you are not to speak about me or your parents
to anyone, you understand what can happen if you break your promise.
I can make your parents hurt themselves. I can make them hurt each other.
I can make them eat each other if I want to.
Do I want to, Alex?
Do you believe me?
Promise you will not talk about me to another human being, say it.
I promise.
Cause I'll know, Alex.
Go to school. Take the bus.
No talking today.
Good boy.
You'll need to feed your pals. There's soup in the cabinet.
Tomorrow you'll get some more.
Come here, sweetie.
Come on.
You're very sick, Alex.
Would you like some water?
Water will help me.
I'm too sick for water.
I haven't been for a very long time.
What would make me better?
Well, I was hoping your mom and dad would make me feel
better, but it doesn't seem to be turning out so good.
Would you like to go to a hospital?
A hospital won't fix me.
But maybe you could, though. You could help.
How?
Well, at school, bring an object from each of your classmates' home to me.
That might work.
How will that make you better?
It might be just what I need.
And if you got better, you'd go back home?
If I got better, I'd go back home.
Alex?
What are you doing in here?
Um, I didn't feel like playing.
And I forgot something.
Oh, hey, hey, hey.
Are you okay?
Yeah.
Yeah?
You've been awful quiet lately. Quieter than usual.
How are you doing?
I'm okay. I just forgot something.
It's okay.
Alex, you know, if you ever want to talk to someone, you can always talk to me.
Do you know that?
Yeah.
You can talk to me about anything you want.
I don't want to go back now.
Okay. Goodbye.
What are you doing?
Evening, I suffered a stroke a little while back, so it's really difficult for me.
And I'm taking care of the family for this time.
I'm glad you both are here.
How are you doing, pal?
I'm okay.
We're going to ask you some questions about what happened at school, okay?
Tomorrow, people will come here.
And they will search this house.
And we have to be ready.
Okay.
Alex, come here!
Hey, how are you? Good to see you again.
You remember Detective Colgrove?
Yeah.
He just wanted to come by the house for a few
minutes today and look around, see the environment.
Okay.
Oh, thank you.
Hey, Alex, how are you doing today?
It's a little quiet today, right?
Yeah.
Pack your things, Alex. We're leaving tomorrow.
Don't step over the salt.
What do you think that means?
I don't know.
Do we not? Do we come back?
Maybe we don't.
Is there one?
Do you want me to explain?
No, no, no.
Here we go.
Who do you believe is this?
That's Paul.
You know him?
Yeah.
Hello?
What are you doing back there?
Wait.
What are you doing back there?
Wait.
That's sort of, just like that.
A little pause...
and we are back.