Boogeyman 2 Page #4

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Who's dead?

Mark fell into an elevator shaft.

I think maybe somebody killed him.

- Henry?

- Yeah, I'm here.

Look, I've been driving all night

and I just got to my interview.

I'll head straight back there

the second I'm done.

You don't believe me?

I didn't say that. I just...

Look, I've been there.

Whenever something bad happened,

I thought he was coming back to finish

what he started when we were kids.

Yeah, but now you're ready to leave

the past behind and throw me away with it.

- No, Laura...

- Yeah, I've got to go.

Look, if I drive through the night,

I'll make it there by 5:00 a. m.

- Just sit tight, okay?

- Hurry.

I had maintenance fix that for you.

I'm sorry if you were upset this afternoon.

- I didn't intend...

- I'm fine.

I'm leaving tomorrow morning, anyways.

What you fear doesn't live inside

that closet, Laura.

It lives inside you.

Can you remove it surgically

or do I need an exorcism?

You know, we've always struggled

to understand the darkness within us.

Fears and anxieties buried so deeply

that they're just too painfuI to face.

And you think my darkness

is the Boogeyman.

But how does that describe

what I've seen with my own eyes,

what other kids have seen

throughout history?

Well, it's a common scapegoat.

Our society will always find a way

to externalize.

Every culture around the world

has a name for him.

The words sound different,

but they all describe the same being.

How does your theory account for that?

We're all afraid of the same thing.

The Boogeyman, germaphobia,

they're all masks.

Masks that we create to hide

what we're truly afraid of.

What do you think I'm truly afraid of?

Well,

if you're willing to stay,

willing to accept

that your fear comes from within,

maybe we'll find out.

Hello, Jessica.

I didn't know you were still here.

I'm thinking about staying overnight,

actually.

We're short-staffed

now that Perry's been fired,

and I'm really concerned how everyone's

been affected by Mark's death.

Jessica,

the board's gonna have a lot of questions

about what happened here today.

Mark's accident has nothing to do

with my program.

Your program?

Your experiment.

The board has always thought

that putting this particular group

of patients together was a mistake.

And, quite frankly,

I'm beginning to agree with them.

I'm really sorry to hear that.

- I'm sorry.

- Get the f*** out now!

Christ! Watch where you're going.

Do me a favor.

Walk with me and follow me to my room.

- No, thanks, I'll pass.

- Come on, I'll owe you one.

Common sense dictates I shouldn't ask,

but what's the bucket for?

We all have our own way of dealing

with Mark's death.

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