Exhuming 'The Messengers' Page #4

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You sure you saw something up there?

I saw it. It was real.

Maybe you've just got a lot on your mind.

Hey, Jess.

- Hey. Thanks for coming.

- Yeah.

You don't look so good. What's up?

Did you know the family

that used to live in my house?

Not really. It was the Rollins that lived there.

What happened to them?

They just up and left

about five, six years ago.

There were some bad harvests.

Lot of people didn't make it.

Hey...

Did you ever hear of anything

about my house being, like, haunted?

Seriously.

Just, like, stupid stories.

It's been abandoned for a long time. So...

- What kind of stories?

- Nothing really.

When we were kids, we used to dare

each other to go down into the cellar.

Why? Did you ever see anything?

No. Not me.

I never went down there.

What's happening to me?

Are you okay?

I saw something again today.

It's a girl. She was in the cellar.

Something...

Something happened to her.

She was trying to get away from something.

- Get away from what?

- I don't know.

But she was...

She looked just scared to death.

Have you told your folks about this?

You know my parents already think I'm nuts.

Do you think it's crazy?

People's spirits

hanging around after they're dead?

No.

There's something about the land out here.

It gets ahold of people.

It doesn't want to let them go.

What about you?

Don't you get lonely out here?

Don't you miss having a family of your own?

Nah, you guys keep me plenty busy.

Thank you. For listening.

Anytime.

- Almost ready.

- Yes! That's what I'm talking about.

I really like being here, Roy.

You guys make me feel like family.

I'm grateful.

Lucky to have you, John.

Let's see how good the harvest is,

and maybe I can afford to keep you on.

Don't worry about me.

You just take care of your family.

Help me.

Hello?

What do you want from me?

Hey.

You okay?

Can you hear me?

What's wrong?

Is she okay?

The lacerations are superficial.

So she'll be just fine.

Oh, thank God.

Is there any reason...

Has there been any trouble

in the family recently

that would make her want to hurt

or draw attention to herself?

We just moved here from Chicago.

And back there,

Jess got into some trouble.

She's kind of struggled a bit.

We've been dealing with

a lot of emotional issues.

Jessica? Your mom's here.

Hey.

Dad, we need to leave the house now,

before anything else happens.

Dad.

Dad, I'm really scared.

Have you forgotten how hard it was

the last couple of years?

Me out of work, Ben's hospital bills.

We went through every dime

your mother and I managed to save.

Twenty years.

Twenty years of savings gone in two years.

We have everything

riding on this harvest, Jess. Everything.

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