The Boogey Man

Come here.

Come here, boo, don't play cute.

Come on.

Come here.

I want to show you something.

Come here.

Come here.

Come here.

Now you're looking handsome.

What are you looking at?

Lacey, Willy, I told you not to spy on us!

No!

Leave me alone!

Let me go!

Mama!

What are you doing here?

I told you to go, now get.

Go on.

I'm sorry we have to go through this one again, babe.

Take it off.

I don't like it anymore.

Come on.

Stop it, I don't like it anymore.

Take it off.

Oh, God!

Willy!

Willy!

May the Holy Spirit guide our youth

in all their endeavors throughout this year.

Let us pray to the Lord.

Let the Lord deliver us from evil

and grant us peace in our days.

Let us pray to the Lord.

Lord, hear our prayer.

I can't escape it.

That night.

It still haunts me and there must be a reason.

I'm afraid something's going to happen.

I know it is hard for you.

All we can do is pray.

Because you said the Lord is my refuge,

no calamity will befall you.

Lacey.

Could you get that last load out of the washer?

I already did, Aunt Helen.

Oh, you're such an angel.

Mom, can we go down to the river now?

No, dear. Not today.

Tomorrow, we'll go fishing.

These things are almost dry.

Might as well get going with the ironing.

Why don't you leave it?

I'll get to it after dinner.

But I want to go fishing now.

Well, I've got to go get dinner.

Otherwise Kevin's gonna have nothing in his stomach tonight.

Hey.

Father Riley.

Hello, Ernest.

Good to see you again.

Good to see you.

Finally got some nice weather, huh?

Came just in time.

So how's the family?

Fine.

Lacey picked herself a good man in Jake.

And Willy.

Good, steady lad.

Hey, Willy!

Come say hello to Father Riley!

Of course, it would help if the boy could talk.

Hello, Willy.

You look in great shape.

You seem to have a real love for this land.

Once you're done in the barn, Willy,

why don't you give the man a hand loading the silo.

Well, see you, Willy.

You know, I could do with a nice, cold drink.

Oh, Father, I wish we'd known you were coming.

Jake's gonna be so sorry to have missed you.

Yeah, I suppose I should have called first,

but when I saw you in church Sunday I realized

I hadn't stopped by for a chat in a long time.

Father Riley, good to see you again.

Helen, hello!

Say, Father, why don't you stay for dinner?

Well, I really shouldn't, I've got...

Oh, please do.

We're having roast chicken.

And acorn squash and beans.

And some of your favorite wine to go with it.

Honey, I'm glad you're home!

Hi, honey.

I decided to leave a little earlier today.

Great.

Things calm down at the office?

Are you kidding?

That place will never change.

Kevin, dinner's ready!

Bless us, O Lord, in these thy gifts

which we are about to receive from thy bounty.

Through Christ our Lord, amen.

Amen.

I don't like this soup.

Don't you want to grow up to be

big and strong like your daddy?

How about some crackers?

Oh, sorry.

I knew I'd forgotten something.

Aunt Helen, you stay right there.

I'll go get them.

Oh, Jake, you picked up the mail.

So Jake, how's everything down at the station?

Oh, things are really hopping.

So we got this 911 number now.

Of course, the state police don't have it.

So we're getting about, oh, 80% of their calls.

Not too serious.

"Dear Lacey and Willy.

A long time has passed.

More than 20 years since I last saw you.

I'm getting older and the doctor said

I might not live very long.

As your mother, I feel I have the right

to see you at least one more time.

I now live in Monroe, Georgia,

and if you could just come see me..."

Willy, what's the matter, dear?

Willy?

Don't worry.

She's not our mother anymore.

We have our own lives now.

And we can't feel guilty for what happened 20 years ago.

Jake, will you take care of the carving?

Oh, sure, Helen.

Hey, Kevin, you think we could both handle that?

You betcha.

That's great wine, Ernest.

Willy, why don't you take the drumstick?

It's nice and crispy.

Let's hope this chicken

tastes as good as it smells.

You talk about a day.

You know Old Clem down at Hojo's?

Well, there we were again.

Seems a couple of tourists came in

and Old Clem was really acting up.

So over to the office we went.

Mmmm, it's really delicious.

My compliments to the chef, Helen.

Thank you, Father.

The language.

You wouldn't believe the language.

Incredible wine.

Pretty good, eh?

Is there more?

Yeah, there's more in the pantry.

Honey, you don't mind, do you?

Oh, sure.

Lacey, what is it?

Oh, nothing.

I don't wanna go to bed!

Yes, you do.

No use fighting.

It's bedtime.

Phew, what dirty feet you have.

You want a story tonight?

Uh-huh, the pig story.

You want the pig story?

Okay.

First we have to brush your teeth.

And maybe wash your feet.

Maureen never wrote us at all.

I haven't the slightest idea

what she's been doing all these years.

Well, just remember, Helen.

Things have a way of turning out for the best.

Goodnight now.

Call me if you need me.

"As your mother, I feel I have

the right to see you at least one more time."

"One more time."

"One more time."

First, we squeeze the toothpaste.

Now the brush goes to the little mouth.

Open wide.

Open up.

Okay, now spit.

Jake, you scared me.

I just came up to say goodnight to Kevin.

Hey, Kevin, how about a piggyback ride?

Come on, hop on.

Do a little horsey ride.

Ride down the stairs.

Lacey!

It's Jake, honey.

It's all right.

There, there.

It's all right.

Jake.