Lisey's Story

This is five, over.

This is base, over. What's up, Danny?

Everything is quiet at the Landon house. I'm gonna go home and get some shut-eye.

Beckman, 10-10 at 1:25 a.m. Got it.

I'm gonna swing by her sister's house on my way. She's--

She's away.

If he gets too close, I want you to stick him.

Right into his neck. Okay?

I love you, Daddy.

I love you too, kiddo.

Amanda...

this is hot, so I'm gonna hold this for you, okay?

Scott gave me a drink, but not cocoa.

It was cool water.

It was beautiful water.

It's the Hollyhocks! Go faster!

It's the Hollyhocks, it's the Hollyhocks,

it's the Hollyhocks, it's the Hollyhocks.

Lisey.

Lisey.

Lisey.

Yes.

Pictures. Lighthouse.

Amanda.

I'll help you, Lisey.

Only bring me home.

Bring me home, Lisey. Bring me home!

Yes. Yes. I'll bring you.

Good.

Help me.

Hey.

You okay?

He was here, right?

Okay, well, if he comes back, we are well stocked.

So this is what I found.

This, which I think is a pepper spray.

And...

This is a kind of Mace, I think.

Our sister was really fond of Mace. This is also-- it's like a Mace gun.

Kill him with some Mace.

This seems interesting to me. It's called a screecher,

and I think it makes a big sound

and maybe we can scare him off or make him go deaf or something like...

And this is the taser that I was telling you about, so...

"Thanks, Darla." Oh, you're welcome. Okay.

How you doing?

I'm sure I could've found other things,

but her house is even creepier without her in it, so...

Wow. You've really packed a lot up. You're making progress. That's good.

You could be an anchor too.

I can't risk having both of my sisters stranded over there.

Right. Right.

I haven't had my coffee yet.

Lisey?

Lisey?

Come on. Where'd you go?

Oh, shit.

Lisey. Lisey, Lisey!

The flowers. Can I touch them? Is it safe?

I took one back once, but it died right away.

Lisey!

Darla.

Lisey, what just happened? Where did you go?

I knew that you wouldn't believe me without a demonstration.

Scott was right. Water is best.

-How? -I was in Booya Moon.

-No, no, no. -Yes.

Amanda's there too. Part of her, anyway.

Yeah, okay, okay. You-- You-- You're starting to s-scare me now.

Look, I brought this back for you.

-It's a trick, right? -No.

-I really hate this, Lisey. -I know. I know you do. I'm so sorry.

I want to go home.

-No. No. -I want to go home for a little while.

-I want to get back into bed. -No, I need you, and I need Amanda.

I need my sisters.

He's gonna kill us.

-Dooley? -Dooley.

This is real.

-Yes? -Professor Dashmiel, it's Lisa Landon.

I don't want to talk to you. I've explained already.

I just wa-- I just...

I just wanted to tell you that I'm--

I'm considering lodging a suit against you for half a million dollars for harassment.

Miss Landon, I--

My lawyers want it to be three millions dollars,

but I was like, "There's no way that he can ever make that.

But half a million, I mean if he, like, you know, sells some stock

and empties out his IRA and gets rid of his house, well, he can do that, right?"

-Miss Landon, I apologize. I'm so sorry. -Oh, God.

You know what Scott would say?

He would say, "If sorry were rain, the Sahara would be underwater."

But there are some things that you could do that would make me change my mind.

Of course. Anything.

Okay. So if Dooley contacts you--

Miss Landon, I told you--

Listen to me! Listen to me, listen to me.

Listen to me.

If Dooley gets in touch with you,

tell him that I have changed my mind, I've regained my senses,

and he should meet me tonight in my husband's study at 10:00 p.m.

You sound like a person

that's about to get herself into a great deal of trouble, Mrs. Landon.

Well, you-- you'd know about that, wouldn't you?

Okay, so here's the second thing. It's a flat lie,

but I figured since you've been telling everybody

you saved my husband's life all these years,

that you'd be okay with that.

I want you to call the Cleaves Mills Police Department, talk to Chief Richards,

and tell him that your pet maniac called you

and said he was scared off by the police.

Do you understand what I'm asking you to do?

-Yes, I-- But-- -You do, you understand.

Do you understand me?

Well, your threat's empty. I engaged a lawyer and he said--

Oh, you have a lawyer? Yeah, well, I have a bunch.

I also have $60 million,

so if we decide to ass fuck you, you're gonna be bleeding for a long time.

Mr. Dooley, it's Lisa Landon.

I'm gonna visit my sister in Auburn,

-but then meet me here at 10:00 p.m.-- -Okay, stop. No, no, no.

Rewind. That was terrible.

Mr. Dooley, it's Lisa Landon. Please don't hurt me. You win, you can have it all.

Meet me at 10:00 p.m, and I promise I won't--

-I hate that. I can't do that. -It's not good.

Mr. Dooley, it's Lisey Landon.

You win. I'll give you whatever you want.

Meet me here at 10:00 p.m. I won't call the police, but please just don't hurt me.

Don't hurt me anymore.

That was good.

No, none of-- none of this is good.

You know what you're doing, right?

Whenever Scott started a speaking tour to promote one of his books,

he always began his talks with the same idea.

Talked about the struggle.

Said that every novel is a struggle between the writer and the story,

and the writer always tried to hold on,

but at a certain point, he had to let go and let the story tell itself.

And that's what I'm trying to do now.

This story has a happy ending, right?

I don't know.

Hi. We're here to see our sister.

Of course. Oh, you might want to know.

Amanda, Miss Debusher, was talking a little, but now she's stopped.

And Dr. Gold says we may have to catheterize her because she's not moving.

Okay. Okay, thanks.

Well, of course she's not moving. She's in that other place. Boolie Moon, right?

Yes. Lots of others like her, thousands.

But she's also here.

Yes, because she's a double.

-Don't forget she's also an anchor. -Yes.

Sorry, I don't get any of this.

You don't have to understand.

-No, I don't have to, but I'd like to. -God, just stop it, okay?

Hey.

Hey, Amanda, it's Darla.

Won't you look at me?

Pirate ships are fine for little girls.

That was a long time ago.

We need you back.

Is this how your story ends?

With her living here for the next 20 years and peeing in a bag?

Scott knew you for what you are, didn't he?

He knew you were a cutter.

Just like him.

He knew that you were one of the gone.

He went after you the last time you went away.

He did something, but he knew that it might happen again,

so he reserved a place for you here.

I think he foresaw everything.

Including Jim Dooley.

Will you let me know if you hear me?

What did he do, Amanda?

How did he bring you back?

In the bad.

That's when you cut.

To let it out.

I know all about it.

Learned it a long time ago. When I was a kid.

This is just between us.

Kissed me.

What?

It was cool water. Beautiful water.

He said it was from the pool.

The one in Booya Moon.

How? I can see you. I can see-- I can see you.

Couldn't get up. It was so awful.

It was awful.

But he said that you would-- you would come for me,

because you came for him, and you came for me.

-You did. -Scott? Scott?

Scott told you that?

When-- When did he tell you that?

It was some-- It was--

It was after my last break and not long before he died.

But he said that-- that I should come back,

and that I should come home, because you needed me.

-I do. -You do need me.

I do need you.

I need you. I need you.