I, Madman Page #4

It's me, Richard. Open the door!

Did you see it?

-Did you make the call?

-Yes.

Can you identify him, honey?

Richard, I'm so scared.

It's okay. It'll be all right.

All-righty.

How about...

that?

Yeah. That's the right shape.

-But they have to be closer together.

-Closer together, all right.

No problem. How about that?

Yeah, that's it.

Terrific.

Let's work on the nose.

There's no nose.

No nose.

He usually wears a scarf

over the bottom half of his face.

But he's showed me a couple of times.

He showed you?

That he doesn't have one. Not yet, anyway.

-He doesn't have one what?

-A nose.

It's like his hair.

He didn't have that until he killed Collette.

-And now he's got that guy's ears.

-Collette Berkowitz, the actress?

She was in my acting class.

You're saying it's the same guy

who killed the Berkowitz woman?

How do you know that?

Because he showed me

this morning, on the bus.

Virginia, honey,

we're not following you here.

Why don't we just

take it from the top, okay?

-It all started with the book.

-A book?

Richard knows about it.

It's this weird book

that I picked up where I work.

-Somehow this character got out.

-He got out?

He got out of the book.

One minute I was reading about him,

and the next minute he was next to me.

He thinks that I'm this actress

named Anna Templer.

She's in the book, too.

And he doesn't have a nose?

He doesn't have anything. He cut it all off.

His hair, his ears, his lips,

and his nose. Everything.

And now he's going to go around...

and take things from other people

so he can graft them onto his own face.

Miss Clayton, why would he....

Why would anybody do such a thing?

Because he thinks that it will please me.

He thinks that it will please Anna.

But because he thinks I'm Anna,

it's really the same thing, right?

I want to thank you very much

for coming in.

Look, I mean,

I know this must sound really crazy.

No, really. You've been a big help.

Detective, when you have a moment,

my office, please?

Can you give me a minute here, please?

Yeah. Sure.

What is happening to you?

-Richard, I know it sounds crazy.

-You're damn right it sounds crazy.

If you don't believe me,

you should read the book.

-It's all right there.

-I don't have to read the book. It isn't real!

Sorry to interrupt.

Garber's waiting, Richie.

I know you had a terrible night.

Why don't you wait downstairs for me

and when I finish with the lieutenant...

we'll go home and try and figure out

what you think you saw.

Please, just wait for me downstairs?

Okay, Richard.

Going down?

Why don't you leave me alone!

Why are you doing this?

Stay away from me!

I want you, Anna.

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