Don't Sleep Page #4

to join the crusades.

He told his young wife

not to fear

and promised her

that he would return

with a bejeweled crucifix

from Jerusalem.

But when he did return,

he learned that she had been

savagely beaten and raped...

Over and over again

throughout the years.

And when

she had finally lost faith

that he would ever

come back to her...

She decided to end the pain

and took her own life.

Some say he went insane

from the sorrow,

and in his rage,

he became a demon.

Beast.

For hundreds of years,

women and children would

disappear from the countryside.

It was the fisherman.

This is...

It's just a tall tale, Jo.

It's a myth...

That fools from the old country

would use to scare their kids.

It has nothing to do

with my father.

It has nothing to do with us.

Evil's everywhere...

Lurking...

Waiting for its chance

to gain a stronghold.

It's in anybody.

It's in everything.

If we stay here,

it's gonna kill us.

That's it.

Just keep going.

It's waiting for you.

Where did you go?

I don't know... it was

as though he was in, like,

some sort of a trance, you know?

Like, in his own world.

I've never seen anyone

react the way he did

when he looked at you.

I mean, I-i-i love Mr. Marino.

But it was like it wasn't him.

It was, like... i don't even know

what to think of it.

Zach?

Zach!

I'm sorry, no, it's, uh...

It's nothing.

No. No, no, no. It...

It's not nothing.

Zach, I want you to tell me.

Please. I want to know.

When I was a kid...

I used to dream

that there was this...

Other version of me.

Scarier.

I started...

Imagining him again.

But it's... it's...

It's different.

It's, like,

he's... he's growing.

It's, like,

he's getting stronger.

It's, like, he... he...

He's trying to steal...

Your soul.

Yeah.

Yeah, I...

If he gets to stay...

Then I'll just...

Disappear.

I know, it's pretty crazy, huh?

No. No, no, no, no.

You're not crazy.

Okay?

And you'll be fine, I promise.

I will always be here for you.

Good eggs.

Yeah.

Hi, hon.

Hey.

God, this can't be happening.

Zach, are you okay?

Yeah.

Zach?

Look, I-I'm fine, okay?

I'm just washing up.

Be out in a minute.

Oh, yeah?

Since when do you lock?

It's... it's fine, okay?

It's fine.

Everything's fine.

I suppose the welt on the side

of your head is just fine, too?

Everything's just fine?

Shawn, look,

it was a stupid accident, okay?

I wasn't paying attention,

and I got my head caught

between the car door

and the frame.

You just knocked your head

getting out of the car?

Yes, Shawn, I did.

Ow.

Stop, all right?

It really hurts, okay?

Leave me alone. Leave me alone.

You rot in hell, demon.

I die on my own terms.

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