All language subtitles for Lamb.2015.1080p.WEBRip.x265-RARBG

[soft instrumental
music playing]

*

[indistinct chatter on radio]

Christ, it stinks in here, Dad.

Didn't I call someone last week
to clean this place up?

Are you sleeping down here?

The stairs are giving me
a pain in the ass.

Yeah. Well, I told you
you could call me.

We could bring the bed
in here if you want.

-Did you get fired?
-No, I didn't get fired.

-Where's Cathy?
-She's not coming today.

Did she leave you?

Cathy's fine.

Your mother said
she was fine, too.

Didn't stop her
from walking off on us.

You can make yourself
somethin' decent to eat.

Something healthy.

Meatloaf.

And a little bit of gin.

Gin too much to ask
for a man dying alone here?

Hey, Dad.

I need
to ask you something.

Leave me alone.

I got no answers.

[telephone ringing]

-[woman over phone] David.
-Hey, Linny.

[whispering] Listen,
I can't really talk very loudly

'cause Cathy's downstairs.

I heard at the office
that Cathy kicked you out
and you're living in a motel.

Who said that?

That's not true.
Who said that?

Wilson.

He's out of his mind.
That is not true.

Hey.

-Guess what?
-What?

I'm lying here naked.

Come on, David.

[shushing]

Tell me what you're wearing.

Do that thing that you do.

[Linny scoffs]

Okay.

-Mm.
-One day, we go away together.

Keep talking.

Tell me. And?

There's sand.

A beach.

And we've made love
all day long.

Mm.

Say that thing that we do.

This is what we do.

Yeah. Say it again.

-It's okay. This is what we do.
-Hm.

[instrumental music playing]

*

*

*

[speaking indistinctly]

Okay.

Hi.

I'm supposed to ask you
for a cigarette.

What was it,
some kind of dare?

What grade are you in?

-Seven.
-They don't teach you anything?

This your idea?

-Whose was it?
-Syd's.

The tall one?

She in seventh grade, too?

We all are.

She looks older.

I know.

She always put you up
to things like this?

I guess.

All right.
Put it in your mouth.

A lady doesn't light
her own cigarette.

What's in the purse?

Makeup.

I don't have any money.

I just buried my father.

You ever been to a wake?

You know,
your friends are over there,
laughing at you.

You know that,
don't you?

I'm gonna give you
a little tip.

Something that
you can hold on to forever.

-What?
-I'll even give you
this whole pack of cigarettes.

In exchange, you let me
play a little trick
on your friend, Syd.

Teach her a lesson
for doing this to you.

What kind of trick?

Let's scare them.

Let's pretend
I'm kidnapping you, okay?

I'm gonna march you over
to my truck.

And you're not gonna scream.
You're just gonna look back
at them

so they know
you're afraid.

-What? No, I--
-I'm just gonna play a trick
on your friends, okay?

-I'm not gonna hurt you.
Come on.
-What...

Teaching a little bit
of a lesson, right?

Come on.

Get up.

*

You should know better.

I could be taking you somewhere
to kill you right now.

Your friend
should know better.

It was a very dumb thing for you
to do to be coming up to me
like that.

Which way?
Where do you live?

...Terrace.

Look, I'm sorry.

I'm not a bad guy,
but I could've been.

Maybe we should go inside
and tell your parents
what happened.

Nobody's home.

You have any brothers
or sisters?

You think your friends went
into one of the stores
and told people what happened?

[sighs]

No.

Yeah. Me neither.

Purse.

*

[man]
Knock, knock.

Coffee?

Thanks.

I'm really sorry
about your dad.

He was a good guy.

A real son of a bitch.

You kinda made a mess
of things here.

There's a great position
for Linny.

I mean,
don't wreck her career.

You put me
in a hell of a spot.

Look, I'm sorry. I am.

This is all beyond what
I'm used to,
dad dying and everything.

Look, I'm gonna insist
you take some time.

Clear out,
let the dust settle.

Okay?

You didn't tell her
you're getting divorced, either?

-David.
-Hi.

Are you going somewhere?

I was just gonna make some calls
today, so I thought
I'd do it from home.

Mm.

[both moaning and gasping]

So, this is what
we do.

Is this
what we do?

You know,
it hurts me to say this,

but you should let
one of those university guys
take you out to dinner.

Buy you dessert,
put his arms around you.

Don't.

I'm not stupid, you know.

I know I don't deserve you.
I know I'm lucky to have you.

So, come over
and spend the night tonight.

I can't.

I'm just doing all the things
I have to do so we can spend
a few days together,

free and clear.

*

*

Did you come back
for cigarettes?

'Cause I quit since yesterday.
I'm on a new plan.

Glad to see
you covered yourself up.

You know, I thought about you
a lot since yesterday. Yeah.

I was worried
I hurt you.

None of them
even called me.

To see if you'd
killed me or what.

Sorry about your friends.

Not friends anymore.

Tell your mom
about yesterday?

-No way.
-Are you too embarrassed
to say anything?

You lived around here
your whole life?

Probably gonna die here.

I'm sorry to hear that.

What's your name?

Tommie.

That's a beautiful name.

So, let me buy you lunch.

I won't drag you this time.
It'll just be my way
of apologizing to you

if I scared you yesterday.

Well, it was pretty stupid.

-You or me?
-Both.

What's your name, anyway?

Gary.

Good thing it's not Tom.

-That'd be weird.
-We couldn't be friends.

[paper rustling]

Here you are.

Grilled cheese
with nothing on it
for you.

Thanks.

You know, my grandmother used to
make grilled cheese sandwiches
with a slice of pear

when we went camping
down by the river.

-With pear?
-Yup.

-Yuck.
-Don't knock it
till you try it.

I was actually thinking
about taking a sort of
camping trip soon.

Good luck finding a river.

I know plenty of rivers.

Well, I could give you
my email or something.

Why? Are we gonna
see each other again?

I don't know.

I don't really have
that many friends around here.

[piano music playing]

Higher. Throw higher.

-You get it?
-Yeah.

Yes!

*

[David] Imagine a place
way better than this.

Acres of pale grass.

Slash of green

down where the tamaracks
and the cottonwoods
grow by the river.

You see all that?

Well... sort of.

Okay, go.

There's only one road to get in,
El Rancho Road.

It's still unpaved.

It's locked in by a cattle gate.
You need a little black key
to open it.

Mountains taller
than your eyes can see.

Off to the side of the cabin
there's a shop.

Inside of it,
there's a little wood stove.

A little AM radio
and a bunch of
my father's old tools.

On the work bench there's
a bunch of old pickle jars

with rusted nails
and half packs of cigarettes.

You're not allowed
to have any of those, okay?

Beyond the shop
there's a set of bunk beds.

Looking out at the river
and the old, brown ragged horses
that we keep.

I love horses.

[train chugging]

Maybe this should be
our last outing
for a while.

Why?

'Cause it's weird?

Yeah, 'cause it's weird.

[music on TV]

That's a lot of fish.

[man speaking indistinctly
on TV]

[door unlocks]

Oh, eight grand.
Eight grand
in two weeks.

-[woman] That's a lot of money.
-Easy work.

Where you been?

Jenny's.

How many times I told you not
to walk around outside at dark?

It's dangerous.

Okay.

I know someone
who died watching TV.

No, you don't.

Not someone I know,
but someone I heard about.

Well... he was probably old.

Just goes to show you
that you die the way you live.

Who told you that shit?

Some families do other stuff,
you know.

Tommie!

Look, your mother is tired
from busting her tail
to take care of you, you know?

And we sit up here
worrying about you,
wondering where the hell you are

and the first thing you do
when you walk in the door

is tell us that we don't
give you enough attention?

I'm mean, God damn!

Go on, take your shower.
Get ready for bed.

-It's not even 7:00.
-I said, do it!

[instrumental music playing]

[sighs]

*

[car honks]

-How did you know
to come early?
-How did you?

Seem to talk without talking,
you and I.

Are you bringing me
to school?

I was thinking maybe we could
skip school today.

Maybe we should call in
as a kindness to your teachers.

No, I'll just tell my mom
I was sick and then she'll write
me a note tomorrow.

-You've done this before?
-Yep.

I'm not corrupting you?

So, where are we going?

Got you a little gift.

You wanna try it on?

No.

I like it when it's new.

Don't wanna ruin it.

All right. Seat belt.

Tommie.

Gary.

You really wanna see
those mountains?

Yeah.

I mean, you wanna go with me?

Sure.

Where?

A secret trip
in your secret life.

You finally get
your camping trip.

-For how long?
-Just a week.

Not even two Mondays.

I'll bring you back
before anyone starts to worry.

We're not gonna tell anybody
where we went.

You'll have to swear to God.

Swear to God.

You promise?

I promise.

[David] You wanna leave now?

-[Tommie]
I don't have my stuff.
-I'll buy you stuff.

We shouldn't even
tell my mom.

She might let me,
but Jesse would never.

All right.

Do you... like cartoons?

Listen, I'm gonna go out
to the store

and get us some things
for our trip.
We need to be prepared, right?

How long is it gonna take
for us to get there?

Two days.

Then how are we gonna
make it back
in five nights?

That's why we're
doing this in stages.

So we don't do anything stupid.

It's actually more like
seven nights.

-Can I come with you
to the store?
-No.

Why?

I want you
to spend some time
here alone.

You remember how to get home
from here, more or less?

That's for a cab ride home.

I don't wanna go home.

Look, I want you to think
about this, okay?

I want you to take an hour,
so think about this really hard,

whether or not you wanna
stay here and wait for me.

This will look
a lot like a kidnapping
to other people.

Right?

Oh.

Here you are
with a stranger
in a hotel room.

But you're not a stranger.

Yeah, I know,
but maybe this makes you
feel a little funny.

It doesn't.

I'm 47 and you're 11.

Okay?

Say, "Okay, Gary."

Okay, Gary.

Now, if you decide
to stay,

I want you
to rearrange the room
like it's your own.

Okay? You line your shoes up
in the corner,
you wash your face,

you mess the pillows up.

So, that when I come back,

it's like you're inviting me
into your room.

You're weird.

Maybe so.

But if I come back
and you're not here,

I will completely understand.
There's no hard feelings, okay?

What if I wanna go back, like,
at a certain point... later?

Well, we'll put you
on a plane
and get you home.

All you have to do
is say the word.

It's an open door policy.

Okay.

So, we have a deal?

Equal partners, 50-50?

[spits]

[spits]

I'll be back.

[electronic music playing]

I'm heading out of town.

Where?

Dad's cabin. Tomorrow.

It's for a few weeks.

Well, do you want me
to come with you again?

Not now.
But soon, okay?

Now that he's gone, I just need
a little time to figure out
whether or not I wanna sell it.

[indistinct chatter on TV]

You're such a doll.

[sighs heavily]

*

[screams]

-Tag!
-[giggling excitedly]

[instrumental music playing]

Gary, how come
you never got married?

I don't know.

Never met the right girl,
I suppose.

Oh.

What about you?
You ever have a boyfriend?

No.

-Nothing that serious.
-"Nothing that serious"?

What do you mean?
Like you've never been in love?

Like not hooking up.

You never?

What is that,
like it's no big deal?

Do you even know
how much a stamp costs?

Like, 50 cents?

In 1968, the US postal stamp
cost a man five cents.

That doesn't mean
anything to you, does it?

Not really.

We have to do a better job
of understanding the world
around us.

Don't do that.
Jesse does that.

-Does what?
-Says "we" when you mean "me."

You're right.

You haven't hooked up
with a boy yet,
have you, Tommie?

Because it's a big deal.

Do you understand?

There.

The year I was born
is now on your beautiful head.

["Am I a Good Man" playing]

*

Memorize this.

You'll wish
you were back here
one day.

You'll wonder about the old guy
who drove you around,

showing you so much beauty
in the world.

I know it's not
for just one week, Gary.

Don't say that.
It's not true.

I know you had to say that
or we would've never left.

Imagine being a truck driver.

Seeing a man like me
and a girl like you,

talking about things.
What do you think
that they would think?

I guess they would think
some guy and his kid.

If they were to ask you,
would you be able
to look them in the eyes

and tell them
that's what we are?

-Sure.
-Okay.

"Hey, kid,
who's that guy you're with?"

That guy? Him?

You mean my dad?

Good.

You could be an actress.

Thanks.

That wasn't a compliment.

[sighs]

[sighs gruffly]

Brush your teeth.

Let me turn the bed down
for you.

Turn down the bed?

Yeah.

You're the kind of girl who
deserves someone to turn down
the bed for you every night.

This is like my grandma's.

Are you getting homesick?

No.

A little.

It's good.

If we're gonna be partners,
we have to be square
with one another, right?

Right.

[David] Thirty three,
thirty two, thirty one,

thirty,

twenty nine,

twenty eight,

twenty seven,

twenty six...

Eighteen,

seventeen,

sixteen,

fifteen,

fourteen,

thirteen,

twelve,

eleven,

ten,

nine,

eight,

seven,

six,

five,

four,

three,

two,

one.

Okay.

[door opens]

[door closes]

Are you just a little bedbug?

Delectable pizza.

[sighs]

-Did you brush your teeth?
-Yes.

Good.

It's my job.

Make sure
you're taking care of yourself.

You're sweet.

Look at you,
you are a perfect person.

You know, age 11
is the perfect age
to be a young girl

and you'll know it
the minute you turn 12.

This is a perfect moment.

It's like we're camping.

Right?

Like I'm your brother.
We're brother and sister.

-I guess
you're the older brother.
-No, I'm...

I'm the younger one.

The smaller one.
You're the older one,
the smarter one.

You're gonna teach me
about all the beautiful things
that I'm supposed to know.

Gary?

Yes, dear?

I think I might want
to call my mom.

Okay.

Okay?

-In the morning?
-Sure.

What do you want
to tell her?

Just that everything's okay,
that... I'm okay.

Not to worry.

Do you think
she'll worry more
if we call her?

I don't know.

Maybe we should
think about that.

[instrumental music playing]

*

[woman]
Are you okay, sweetheart?

[sobbing]

Can I help you?

What's your name, honey?

Emily.

Emily, my name is Melissa.

Can I help you with something?

-Your mom or daddy here?
-Morning. Hey.

-Is she okay?
-Yeah, yeah,
just a little carsick.

[blowing nose]

That's the most extraordinary
sound I've ever heard.

Blow again.

[blows]

What are the facts here?
Do you remember?

I'm running away from home.

Is that what you think?

We spend a week
and then you take me back.

Close.

We spend a few days
and then you take me back.

And we agreed
to this deal, right?

Yes.

So, there's no running away.

You're just like a teenager.
You're going on vacation, right?

Look...

I know your mom's worried,
but how about
we send her a postcard, okay?

It'll be such a relief to her
to know that you're out here
in the world,

having so much fun.

And she'll love you more
than ever and you'll love her
more than ever. Right?

Hey.

There's room in your heart
for more love, okay?

Okay.

[instrumental music playing]

Okay.

-You blow your nose
like a honking loon.
-[Tommie chuckles]

Come on.

*

Twenty five,

twenty four,

twenty three...

All right.

One good gulp
will refuel you.

That way I won't get lonely
until I get tired.

No, I don't want one...

-Ah! Ow! It's hot!
-Tommie, you've got it
all over you.

-Ow! It's hot!
-We have to get you to the bath,
cool you down.

-I don't want it to burn.
-No!

-It's okay.
-I don't want a bath!

I'm just gonna put you
in the bath--

Aah! Goddamn it! My eye.
That hurt, Tommie.

-Don't want a bath!
-We have to rinse it off.
Come on.

-No...
-Look...

-Just go outside!
Count to 60! Go away!
-Okay, that's what I'll do.

[Tommie] Ow! Ow!
My lip! My lip!

-[crying loudly]
-Okay, okay, okay.

-[crying]
-[shushing]

Okay, look.
Just gonna rinse you off

so we can get you cleaned up
so you can sleep better, okay?

[continues crying]

-Tommie, we have to--
-Go away!

-You have to get out of your
clothes so we can rinse you off!
-Go away!

-Can you give me your shirt
so we can--
-Go away!

[continues crying]

Give me your shirt
so we can rinse you off, Tommie.

Okay?

Just give me your shirt,
so we can rinse you off.

-Okay. Okay.
-Go away.

Go away!

[screaming] Go away!
Go away!

-Okay.
-[faucet creaks]

[screaming and crying]
Go away! Go away!

Go away!

[water sloshing]

Go away!

I wanna go home!

[shushing]

You hungry?

You must be.

You slept for two days.

I wanna go home.

All right.

We'll find a place to pull over
and we'll take you home.

-I'm gonna be
in so much trouble.
-No, you're not.

They're gonna be so happy
to see you.

And then I'll leave town
and then you can get over this.

Never to see me again.

I'm not a little kid.

I didn't sleep
for two days.

You treat me like I'm five.
I don't need
any fucking baths!

All right.

[car indicator clicking]

You're right.

We have to be honest
with one another. We have to
tell each other everything.

Look, I wanna know
when you're sick
or when you're homesick

or when you're cold.
We have to
tell each other everything.

We'll turn around
and take you home.

Just like we said
we would.

[sighs]

My God. Is this
the most beautiful place
you've ever seen?

Did I bruise your eye?

Wanna hit me again
so you even them out?

Can you find it in your heart
to forgive me?

[piano music playing]

*

*

[birds chirping]

There's something up there
for you.

-What is it?
-I don't know. Open it.

Isn't it pretty?

[door opens]

[birds chirping]

[crickets chirping]

[Tommie]
I've never seen
so many.

-Can you take your shoes off?
-Yeah.

Good.

[shivering] Oh.

-Cold?
-Yeah.

Ew.

[man] This here
is private property.

Mr. Foster.

Who's that?

Walter Lamb's son.
This is my niece, Emily.

You be here for a while?

Just about a week.

Ain't much of a place
for a girl.

-I like it.
-Yeah, well.

Girl doesn't get to choose
where she lands, does she?

Hey, Em, give us a minute.

[David]
She just lost her mother.

Sister? Yours?

Sister-in-law.

Oh, okay.

You got gutters comin' down
in back and you also got
a broken window.

[crickets chirping]

Listen, Tommie.

I feel a little funny
about that old man
peeping in the windows and...

getting any ideas.

-Like he'll know
you're not my uncle?
-Exactly.

Well, you act like an uncle.

Even like a dad.

Well, my dear,
that's a very nice thing
for you to say.

But neither one of us
really knows what a father
should act like, right?

-Oh, yeah.
-So...

we'll keep the lights out,

and we use
an old-fashioned lantern
and a candle.

Okay?

[music playing on radio]

[rock music playing]

[romantic music playing]

*

[David] Nice.

[Tommie] How do you know
how to do all this stuff?

[David] Well...

I've been waiting 40 years
for a moment like this.

I figured in all that time,
I'd have probably figured out
how it'd go.

But you didn't know about me
that entire time.

No.

You are a complete
and total surprise.

Good surprise?

Good surprise.

[birds chirping]

[sighs]

Will you miss me
when you take me back?

No hard questions.
Let's just enjoy the morning.

-Gary?
-Yeah.

You think my mom
called the police by now?

-Honestly?
-Yeah.

Yeah, I do.

Are you gonna get in trouble?

No.

How do you know?

You don't have to worry.

This is gonna be good
for everybody.

There'll be a new light
about you.

And you'll know about
this country's secret heart.

And you'll be drenched in it.

It's gonna get
all over everybody.

Okay.

You really are beautiful,
you know that?

[whistles]

You are whole.

I am?

Can I get a root beer?

Sure. Grab me a beer
while you're at it.

-Can I have a sip?
-One sip.

Off the top,
and then bring me the rest.

[birds chirping]

[suspenseful music playing]

Hello, there.

-What you got there?
-[David] Em?

-Hey.
-[glass shatters]

Go inside. Now.

Get inside! Go!

Sorry you had to witness that.
She's never done
anything like that before.

Well, guess a little sip of beer
never hurt anybody, did it?

I saw you walking north,
by the river.
You don't wanna do that.

We got some unfriendly
landowners up that way.

We got this old guy,
Ed Granger,

had a metal plate
put in his head in '91.

Hasn't been right since.

And he don't like kids.

See, he was up
when my brother-in-law
put this place up

when his kid
almost lost her arm

on a square of sheet metal.

[blows air]

Not the kind of picture
you forget.

I guess not.

There's a hospital
70 miles away.

Should've taken that
into consideration.

[sobbing]

You take a deep breath.

You promised
there were horses!

Hey.

Can you calm down
and listen to me?

[sighs]

What would've happened
if I didn't react
like an angry uncle?

What do you think he would've
thought of a man letting his
niece drink a beer like that?

I don't know.

It's child abuse, Tom.

And I would've gone to jail.

Then the police would've
figured out who you are
and where you belong.

How do you think
they would've reacted
to that at home?

Not good.

It breaks my heart
to see you crying like this.

Sorry.

[sniffles]

Can you forgive me?

[sighs]

I forgive you.

When you get older
you start to appreciate
how short life is.

And you feel it
in your bones.

Now, when that happens,
everyone becomes ageless.

Okay?

Okay.

Okay.

[crickets chirping]

[man speaking indistinctly
over radio]

A Wyoming couple
died overnight
in a deadly fire in their home.

Investigators are still trying
to figure out

exactly what caused
the deadly fire to ignite.

[woman over radio]
I asked the officer
what was going on

and she told me that a house
at the end of the street
was on fire.

[female newsreader]
The folks who live here
on Hidden Mountain Lane

watched the flames,
knowing there was nothing
they could do.

[suspenseful music playing]

[crickets chirping]

*

*

[birds chirping]

[rustling]

Okay, open up.

[sighing] Oh, gosh.

[instrumental music playing]

Big, brown,
raggedy horses.

*

Who's that?

Let's go.

Come on! Run!

Come on,
we've gotta run!

Get in, get in.

Okay.

Listen to me.
This is the biggest test.

Foster was nothing
compared to this.

If they come and go
without you being seen,

then I won't get in trouble,
all right?

How did they know
you were here?

[Linny] David?

-Hey.
-Hey!

-Surprise!
-[laughs]

I felt bad
that you're out here
all by yourself.

Linny.

-This is a surprise.
-[sighing] Oh.

-Champagne?
-Yeah.

How's it been going?

Okay.

Oh, wow.
It's so nice
to be back here.

[David moaning]

[chuckles softly]

You're acting weird.

[moans]

I'm gonna go
to the bathroom first.

[whispering]
We were just talking out there,
did you hear us talking?

-Is she your girlfriend?
-I'll explain later, okay?

I want you to run,
as quiet as a mouse
to the shop.

She's not staying long, right?

Am I making the wrong decision
not being able to trust you
out there?

Come on. Let's go.

Run.

[frogs croaking]

Is there somebody else?

Just a dozen others.

Kidding.

What do you think I'm doing
up here, huh?
Having my kicks?

-I mean, come on.
-Sorry.

Really.

You know me by now,
don't you?

Sometimes.

Hey.

I just need a little space.

I need to test myself.

Clean up my heart.

It's like an old,
crowded garage in there
that needs some tidying.

I don't know
if you can tidy a heart.

Not like you tidy a garage.

We don't have to do this,
you and I, and I want to.

I just feel like
I'd be stealing you away
from the world.

I can wait for you.

I'm willing to do that.

I knew you would say that.

Why does that make you look
like you wanna die?

'Cause I'm afraid
I made you say it.

I'm afraid I make everybody
say everything.

Of course you didn't.

You're not that powerful.

You're not even at all
angry with me?

Do you want me to be?

I think I want
somebody to be.

Well, you can't go around
and just make people angry
so you know where you stand.

I think I might be
an awful person.

I think the whole world's
out there eying on
something really wonderful.

And I don't know
what it is.

I can't be part of it.

Why did she call you David?

That's like
when I call you Emily.

Everything I do
from here on out
is to protect you.

To protect us.

Does she love you?

Yeah, she does.

Do you love her?

Not in the least bit.

I'm doing this for us.

How long do I
have to stay in here?

Just one more day.

Okay?

My stomach hurts.

I have to go
to the bathroom.

-I can't see.
-[shushing]

[whispering]
We have to be careful, okay?

Come on.

I'm gonna tell you something
that I've never told
anyone before.

What?

You have to promise me
you won't tell anyone.

What is it?

It's about my little brother.

You have brothers?

I'm telling you this
to show you
how special you are to me.

I promise.

My little brother disappeared.

Where?

We don't know.

When he was about your age.

Was he kidnapped?

I don't know.

We never knew.

He used to sleep
in a sleeping bag
behind the gas station.

Why?

Our house
was kind of a sad place.

I think you know
how that can be.

Then one morning
he just never came back.

Never showed up.

Not ever?

Not ever.

You have to promise
you'll always call me
Gary, okay?

-Say, "I promise."
-I promise.

[sighs heavily]

[birds chirping]

Hi.

Here.

All right. You stay here
and you just hibernate
and snuggle up,

my little mountain critter.

When she leaves,
we'll have all kinds
of new energy, new fun.

-Right?
-Okay.

Okay.

[rustling]

-Hide?
-Hide.

Hey, what's this room?

It's just the bunk room.

Well, why don't we sleep in here
instead of the mess
that's on the floor.

Yeah, they're infested
with mice shit.

-But that's actually beds--
-No, they're old and shitty.

[door closes]

[both laughing]

[instrumental music playing]

I'm gonna go get the mattresses
from the bunk room.

It has to be better
than this hard floor.

I told you it's infested
with mice shit.

Yeah, but we can clean them.
We can cover them with towels.

No.

What?

It's haunted.

That room is haunted.

I don't wanna scare you.
I want you
to really love it here.

Me, too.

Tell me.

All right. So, the owner
of this house
was a man named Calhoon.

The old neighbor, Foster,
he had a little girl

with his sister.

And what was her name?

Emily.

So, Calhoon, he wanted
to have a wood shop

built off
the side of the house
to store all his tools.

And he and Foster
decided to build it.

He'd dug the foundation,

set the footers,
tied the rebar.

And Emily,
who was all of ten years old,

she would come down everyday
and join them for lunch.

She used to love playing
in the yard with all the scrap
metal and all the wood.

And dipping her hand
into the wet cement.

One day, they were pouring
the concrete slabs...

and Emily disappeared.

Sheriffs came with cadaver dogs
and they searched the prairies
for weeks,

but they never found her.

They never found her
alive again.

And the kid
is still haunting
the place?

Even worse.

Foster comes down here
every night with a flashlight,
looking for her.

Have you seen her?

I've talked to her.

What did she say?

She says she's in love
with me

and she wants to live
with me here forever.

*

[running footsteps]

Gary?

David.

David!

Who is this?

It's my niece, Emily.
She's been sick.

I didn't want you to...

[Tommie] No! No! I hate you!

[clanging]

I hate you! I hate you!

-Tommie!
-I'm just a kid to you!

Linn, wait.

I'm sorry. This is just such
a bad time, okay?

We'll take a rain check.
We'll come back
in a few weeks.

Linn...

She's my brother's girl.

My younger brother,
the one who died.

You never told me that.

Now, that we can be closer,
you'll learn a lot
about my family.

-I don't understand.
-Look at me.

I need you to be patient
with me, please.

Please?

If you don't like her,
then how come
you see her?

I told you.

For us.

To keep each other safe.

[sighs]

[instrumental music playing]

This is the beginning part
where we take you back home.

But they'll ask me
where I was.

And you won't tell them, right?

I ran away,
but here I am now.

*

[tapping]

Memorize that.

It's the 14th post
on the 14th day.

Can you remember that?

-Why?
-The 14th fence post
will always stand for you.

Turn around.

Turn around
and see our little house.

It's ours, right?

Equal partners, right?

I will it to you, Tommie.

It's yours.

And maybe even more yours
than it was ever mine.

You'll move her
long after I'm gone.

I will write you
half a dozen letters
like this one here.

Every single day
for the rest of my life.

And they will tell the story
of my love for you.

Messages from the dead.

I don't wanna go home.

You feel that?

That pressure right there?

It's the world calling you.

*

*

[car approaching]

[shower running]

[faucet creaks]

I feel hot again.

If you want,
I can go to the store
and get you more medicine.

Yeah.

We've stayed here before,
haven't we?

If you discover one day
that you hate me,

that you're angry with me,
that I ruined your life,

at any time...

if I'm 90,
you'll tell me,
won't you?

Gary.

You'll buy a pair
of steel-toed boots
and you will find me...

all alone and dried up...

and sick in a nursing home
and you'll kick
my fucking teeth in.

Please don't say that.

You will outgrow me.

You will forget everything.

[sobs loudly]

N... No, I won't.

[continues sobbing]

[instrumental music playing]

This is how we said
it'd go, didn't we?

I'll make you a promise.

Valentine's Day.

I'll come and find you.

You'll come
and pick me up?

I'll send you a sign.

What kinda sign?

I don't know.
Like a ribbon or something.

Tied to an unusual place.

Or I'll break a window
like the one at the cabin.

I'll leave it broken.

And that way you'll know
I was there.

[sighs]

It's okay.

Hey. It's okay.

-It's okay.
-[sniffles]

It's okay, sweetheart. Aw.

Sweetheart.

Listen. Remember...

you have to be brave.

Okay?

Maybe...

What, sweetheart?

Maybe we can tell everyone.

I think...
I think they would understand.

Because...

Because it's love, right?

Oh, sweetheart.

Remember what we said
about keeping each other safe?

Yes.

Okay.

Will you stop crying?

-I... I'm trying.
-Okay.

A love like ours
is expensive, right?

Think of it that way.

We pay for it
by not seeing each other.

Can't we just...
Can't we just go
get a coffee or something?

I'm sorry, sweetheart.
This is the last chapter.

You remember
what we said?

You know what to do
if they're not there, right?

-Yes.
-What?

I... I tell
the security guard that...

"I ran away
and here I am now,"

and, "Could you help me
find my mother?"

All right.

-And you'll be strong
and beautiful?
-Yes.

Then say it.

-I'll be strong
and beautiful.
-Yeah, yeah.

Don't ever forget this hurt.

Don't ever forget the things
that we've seen together.

'Cause it'll save you.

You...

will be an apple tree among
all the ash-colored buildings
of this city.

You just need
to close your eyes...

take a deep breath
and listen.

[instrumental music playing]

Listen to the rain
and the wind...

All that rushing
through you...

[softly] That'll be me
whispering to you.

I'll be with you this way.

Right?

[sighs shakily]

Hey.

Hey.

[Tommie sniffles]

Come on.

*

You should keep it.

[sobbing]

It's okay.

We're gonna count to five.

One.

[David sobbing]

*

Wait!

Wait!

Wait!

Wait!

*

["Window" playing]