The Dead Zone Page #2

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You still teach?

Mothering's a full time job.

Kids, too? I didn't know that.

I'm sorry. I thought your father

would have told you.

He's a wonderful little boy.

His name is Denny.

- How old is he?

- Ten months.

Glad for you, I am.

Please don't look at me like that.

What am I gonna do?

For you,

five years have come and gone.

For me, it's just about the next day.

My feelings haven't changed yet.

Oh, Johnny.

Why did it have to happen like this?

Bad luck.

I never should have let you go that night.

It was my idea, remember?

What a jerk.

Everybody's talking about you.

You're the talk of the town.

'Cause I got my head bashed in

and I'm still here to talk about it?"

Because you have the power

of second sight.

Is it true, Johnny?

The papers won't let up about it.

I keep thinking about a line from a book.

It's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,

the last thing I gave my class to read

before the accident.

Ichabod Crane disappears.

The line goes,

"As he was a bachelor

and in nobody's debt,

nobody troubled their head

about him anymore."

- Is that what you're afraid of?

- That's what I want.

That's what I want.

I don't approve.

The press has been hounding me

since I woke up.

I want to get it over with.

Once you've set something like this

in motion,

it seems to me you'll never know

where it'll lead.

It's already in motion.

I just wanna stop it.

They went over there and put it out

and that's all there is.

Clement Dardis, WJGE-TV.

What happened to the little girl?

I understand she's fine.

Well, would you call this

a psychic experience?

No, I would not.

Ever had one of these

experiences before?

No.

How about a demonstration, John?

- A what?

- You know, a demonstration.

You got any predictions?

You think Greg Stillson

is gonna unseat Senator Proctor?

- Who?

- Greg Stillson.

Thank you, sir. No more.

- Mr. Smith...

- Hey, wait a minute, please.

How about it, John?

How about the election?

I don't even know

who you're talking about.

Well, you didn't know

anything about this nurse.

That was different.

Well, I...

I touched her hand.

All right. All right.

Now, touch my hand.

Okay, John, touch my hand.

Tell me, is my house on fire, John?

- Do you want me to stop this?

- No, it's okay.

Tell you about your house?

What do you want to know?

You want to know the future? You want

to know if you're going to die? Is that it?

You're gonna die. I'm gonna die.

You wanna know if you're gonna

die tomorrow. Is that right?

You want to know

why your sister killed herself.

All right. Well, go on. Go on.

- It's not all right.

- It's okay.

It's not okay.

- Okay.

- I could tell you now.

I'm not gonna talk about that.

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