The Rake

Ben. that's too heavy for you. Just wait for your dad.

Okay. just put it by the table.

I wanna see it.

-Or just drop it right there. -Ashley!

It's okay. sweetie. We just have to put it back in

because if Santa steps on one of these ornaments he might just

-drop off your gifts next door. -

-I'm kidding. -

I'm kidding. Want to spin? Yeah.

Yay! Yay.

Dad!

There's decay feeding on fear. hate. death.

Death is everywhere.

No one is immune.

I see the pain you've given me as a gift.

Once you give in...

things become much easier.

What else has it told you?

Look at me. Jacob.

What else has it told you?

Pray for you doctor.

Last night. the rake spoke your name.

What is the rake. Jacob?

It's too hard to describe. doctor.

Murphy's entity draws inspiration from that

of the Native American Wendigo and the ancient Celtic Arrach.

This disease attaches itself to willing or unwilling hosts

and grows inside effectively. leeching off of his or her life.

Jacob believes he must appease this entity by bringing harm

to himself and infecting those around him.

- -Benny. what are you doing out here?

Oh. hey. Dad. Mom needs you.

How long have you been listening?

I. uh...

Listen. buddy. you don't need to hear this.

It's grown-up stuff. okay?

Okay. Dad. It's cool though.

I'm not scared of monsters anymore.

Oh. I forgot you're ten now. you can't be scared.

-Nope. -Okay. go tell Mom I'll be down

-in a minute. okay? -Okay. Dad.

All right.

Death is everywhere. No one is immune.

It will infect us all.

- -

Oh. nice! -

All right. Benny. dude. you're up.

-Oh. this is gonna be tough. -Okay. Yeah.

You know. I'm gonna help you focus here.

-Oh. yeah. that's helping me? -Mm-hmm.

- Oh! -

Okay. guys. game over. You know what that means. right?

Bedtime.

But I'm not even tired!

Goodnight.

-Goodnight. dude. -Goodnight.

-You okay. buddy? -Yeah.

What you saw earlier...

forget about it. okay?

Part of my job is to help people with the things they make up.

-You understand? -I get it. Dad.

It's like your comic books.

It's all make-believe.

Got it.

Love you. buddy. -Love you too.

You let him in your office?

No. he just. um. peeked in for a second. that's all.

A second is all it takes. David.

You're right. I'm sorry.

It's okay. just keep the door locked from now on. okay?

I will. I...

I've just been pounding my brain over this one.

Oh. sweetie. uh. I know. I...

I can tell.

You'll figure it out.

You always do and that's why I love you...

Dr. Warren.

I got to go clean up.

Okay.

Don't keep me waiting. okay.

What are you doing?

I heard scary noises in my room.

-What are you looking at? -Nothing.

-You can't look at this. -Come on. I wanna see.

Nobody knows where it comes from but it's always there...

watching over while you sleep.

Waiting for you to open your eyes for the last time.

It stalks its prey.

It hides and watches you without you even knowing.

It waits for the perfect moment when you're least expecting.

It's got one hooked claw

and the other hand has nails so big

-they look like butcher knives! -Stop!

You're such a baby. Do you want me to stop?

You're scaring me. I don't like this story.

Okay fine. I'll stop.

I told you were too young for this stuff.

Oh. Ben?

You gotta be kidding me.

Seriously.

- -

David!

David!

It's here. it's always here.

- David! -What was that?

Stay back!

Go to your room!

The Rake is a disease that needs no motive.

once you give in...

- What's going on?

-Listen to me. Listen to me. Mommy.

You have to stay here. okay? Be very quiet.

-I'm going to get help. Mommy.

Just be quiet. okay? Okay? Okay?

Okay? Stay quiet. okay?

-I love you. Mom?

- -

- -

David! David!

David!

...traumatizing but...

- -...what came out of her...

In conclusion. Jacob's obsession with the Rake could be seen

as a supernatural hallucination.

Cassie!

Beyond compare...

it convinced me to come to the despair.

I see the pain you've given me as a gift. Once you give in...

death. rebirth...

giving and taking.

It will infect us all.

These scars are testament

to my transformation.

-Honey. What?

-Is everything okay? -Yeah. I'm fine.

-Our new chapter. right? -Right.

-Ready? -Mm-hmm.

Nah. hold on.

-Let's do this the right way. -

There's something to be said about tradition.

Looks like everything got here in one piece.

-Where do you want to start? -I don't know. Tell me.

-where do you want to start? -Oh. okay. I'm sorry. what were

you just saying to me about tradition?

There is so much shit in that barn.

Like. literal shit?

Yeah. like. literal shit. Come here.

-So. what do you think? -Mm...

I definitely think it's a fixer-upper.

But that's okay.

-I'm used to those. -Oh!

-Is that so? -Mm-hmm.

Was I really that bad?

No. Otherwise. I never would've said "I do."

-Point taken. Ouch. -

-I'm glad you did. -Me too.

Stop distracting me. We got work to do. We got people

-coming over tomorrow. -Okay. okay. boss.

What time are they coming?

Ben and Michelle said six and then Ashley...

I don't know.

Don't worry. it's going to work out. all right.

There's my woman. How are you doing?

-Good. -Good?

Good.

Swear to God that better be fucking God.

-Hey. -Hey! We weren't expecting you

so early. Did you have a friend drop you off?

-Uh. I took a cab. -Great. come in.

Sorry about the mess. we were gonna have everything

all cleared up by the time everyone got here tomorrow.

It's so good to see you!

Here.

Thank you. That's very thoughtful of you.

-What is it? -It's a spider plant.

Native. is it?

I don't know.

I just know they're. like. impossible to kill.

Low maintenance. Come in. I'll show you around.

-We can put this away. -

Come on!

I'm down to 14 today. I think.

Half are for my anxiety. mixed with a few anti-depressants.

and the rest are basically horse tranquilizers...

but still nothing holds a torch

to the shit they were feeding me in the hospital.

Well. that's progress then. right?

Yeah. no voices.

-Well. that's good. Yeah...

I think so.

I'm starting to sort my shit out.

Signed up for school again. Well. online courses.

and I've been working part time as a florist.