The Brood Page #2

She's working on it right now, believe me.

Thirty seconds after you're born,

you have a past.

And 60 seconds after that,

you start to lie to yourself about it.

I guess I've been indulging in a horrid bout

of nostalgia these last few days.

It must be the weather.

At least now I have a partner in crime.

- I've got to go.

- Of course.

'Bye, Daddy.

Take your time, we'll both be just fine.

I'll be with you in a second, sweetie.

I'm just gonna get a refill, and then

we'll look at those lovely old pictures.

Mommy.

Yes, Candice?

Yes, sweetie?

Mommy, you hurt me.

You hit me with your fists,

and then you scratched me with your nails.

You hurt me.

I didn't, sweetie.

You must have had a bad dream.

Mommies don't do that.

Mommies don't hurt their own children.

They don't?

They never do?

They sometimes do.

Sometimes, but then they're bad mommies,

they're f***ed-up mommies.

Like whose?

Like whose mommy?

Like mine was.

F***ed up and bad.

No, I'm not, Nola.

You're being so unfair, sweetheart.

Mommies never do that.

Mommies never hurt their own children.

You did hurt me.

You beat me and you scratched me.

You threw me down the stairs.

Show me what I did.

Don't stop it now, darling, show me.

Show me your anger. Show it to me.

Go all the way through it.

Go all the way through it, till the end.

Right to the end.

That one's my favorite.

This one's your favorite?

Yes, Mommy in the hospital

when she was a little girl.

That's right. I remember this picture.

Your Grandpa Barton took this picture.

Tell me the rest of the story

that goes with this picture.

Why was Mommy in the hospital so much?

Some days, she would wake up

and she would be covered...

with big, ugly bumps.

And the doctors were very worried,

because they could never find out...

what those bumps all over her skin

really were.

I guess I didn't stack the dishes too well.

I better go see what the damage is.

While I'm there,

I think I'll freshen up both our drinks.

Jerry.

Hi, Frank.

You're really falling behind on this.

The Brenleys think that they are going to be

moving in here by May.

We're not going to make that, for sure.

Maybe by June.

I heard that the city plumbing permit

got held up...

because of a change in the building code.

Mr. Carveth.

Telephone call for you.

- Hello.

- Is that Mr. Carveth?

- Yes.

- Mr. Frank Carveth?

- This is Frank Carveth.

- This is Sgt. Martel, with 78th Division.

One of our officers noticed

a broken kitchen window...

while on a routine patrol

of the neighborhood.

He found your mother-in-law's body

in the kitchen.

The murder weapon was on the floor,

next to her.

He then found your daughter upstairs,

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