Castle Rock

It's gonna be yours.

The mall. It could be all right.

Right.

You're not gonna hurt me.

You're gonna let me go right now

or I'm gonna tell Nadia the truth about you.

You were there.

I always wondered why you wanted us.

Why you went to the trouble.

Inanta...

Don't call me that... ever!

Annie, can you say hello?

I'm Rita.

This is, uh, Evangeline.

Oh, she's beautiful.

Rita is your Laughing Place?

You dedicated it to her?

Whoa!

Dad!

Not my baby! No!

Annie!

I try so hard to be my best self

and not the other one.

Is this an emergency?

I love you, Mom.

Where is she?

She's at my house.

She needs a stable home,

and you need a specialist supervising your care.

Christmas.

- Want another? - Yes.

Do you know about a book called The Ravening Angel ?

Annie!

Hi. I'm Rita, and I'm an alcoholic.

Hi, Rita.

It's been four years

since I stopped using drugs and alcohol...

And 15 years since I started.

A lot of you here know why.

It was a big story...

especially back in California...

which is why I came here.

I wanted to start again.

I didn't want to be a part of that story anymore.

And it's funny because...

stories used to be my life,

my job.

I was gonna teach the classics,

show young minds how stories shape our world.

And then someone pulled me into her story...

Not my baby! No! No!

And shaped my world.

No!

What I've learned coming here...

Listening to all of your stories...

Is that even people like us can turn the page.

Hello?

Is this Rita?

Uh, you can just take me off your list. I'm...

Do you know about a book called The Ravening Angel?

Who is this?

U-uh...

Oh, hello.

I'm not sorry, you know.

About what?

Killing you.

It's a nice dream, the killing-me dream.

I suppose there are a lot of people around here

who've had that same dream.

So how did you do it?

Kill me.

I, uh...

- With an ice cream scoop. - Oh.

Down the... the gullet.

Very creative.

You've had a lot to drink.

Why don't I walk you home?

But the thing is, the ending didn't make any sense.

Why not?

Well, for starters,

I don't even remember waking up.

You've brought kids here?

Abdi and I lived here before... Mr. Merrill.

How long do I have to stay for?

I don't know.

They have to decide if it's safe for you

to be with your mom.

Look...

I'll come over every day

and make sure everything's okay.

What if I want to leave?

Joy, honey, it may be up to a judge

what happens next.

- Hi, Joy. - Hi.

Let's go get you a bed.

See you soon.

You'll be fine.

One new voice message.

Look, there's, uh... There's nothing I can say now

that'll change what happened.

Nothing I can say except, uh,

I'm sorry.

But Nadia, you... you gotta understand

that when I took you in...

I was... I was just trying to...

m... make it right.

And now, I know I... I... I could never...

I could never make it right.

There's no forgiving it.

Listen, I'm sure you talked to your brother by now,

but don't blame Abdi.

This is my fault.

He was just trying to protect you.

And five years, it's a...

Well, it's a long time to live with that.

Trust me, I've been living with it

a hell of a lot longer.

What the fuck?

- What's going on? - You fucking prick.

- What the hell... - You're moving out, is what.

Huh?

- What? - You and Pop.

Five years ago. What happened?

One minute, you're thick as thieves;

the next, he's your enemy.

Stop treating me like a fool.

What happened five years ago?

I think you know.

How could you know something like that and not tell me?

Look...

Ace told me this so he can fuck with me.

I only had you.

In the whole world, I had only you.

You can't be serious.

Nadia, come on.

Come on. Let's do it.

Let's get married.

You don't have health insurance.

Well, I will when I get my job back at Shawshank.

Mm.

Why don't you, um,

buy me a lifetime supply of Paxil and Zoloft,

and then we can talk about it?

- Okay. - Mm-hmm.

- How do you spell those? - "Expensive."

E-X-P-E-N... - Jesus, Heather.

I'm trying to talk to you about giving you a ring.

Yeah, well, sell it.

Buy me pills.

I'm serious.

You think it's cheap staying sane around here?

- What in the... no! - Shit!

Don't! Don't!

Help!

Annie.

Yes?

Ms. Ingalls?

Steve Bannerman,

from the Office of Child and Family Services.

Have you been informed that your daughter is in one of our facilities?

Chr... is, uh... is Joy okay?

She's very well taken care of.

Uh, Ms. Ingalls, are you employed?

I'm a registered nurse.

We're gonna need to speak

to your current employer.

It's really good for your case if you have a regular job.

Is there any way I could come in

and we could talk face-to-face?

I'm gonna need to see the space

that you and Joy are gonna be staying in

to see if it's suitable anyway.

I'm...

I'm sick.

See, I'm very contagious.

When do you think you won't be...

contagious?

Tomorrow.

Okay.

Well, in order to get the process started,

you'll need to provide Joy's social security card

and original birth certificate.

Do you have those?

Ms. Ingalls?

Yes.

Okay.

I'll be back tomorrow, then.

I'm looking for a girl.

Georgia LaChance?

It's just Chance.

I'm Rita.

Rita Green.

Okay.

Did you call me?

Uh, no.

Have you ever heard of the book The Ravening Angel ?

Are you a cop?

Do I look like a cop?

That's what cops always say.

You don't sound Maine.