The Disappointments Room Page #3

DAVID:
It's probably just

a faulty wire or something.

DANA:
Well, all the more reason

to check it out.

Oh, wow.

Cool.

(PANTING)

Our own secret room.

Of course.

Locked?

Yeah, or stuck.

See anything?

No, it's too dark.

Hey, Dana, come on up.

We'll find a locksmith in

the morning to get it open.

Hey, Dana.

Hey, Dana, come on.

Dana, it's late. Stop.

What?

Hey, you okay?

Yeah.

You got that look

that concerns me.

You want me to call

Dr. Ashby in the morning?

No. No. I'm just... I'm

getting adjusted. Sorry.

It's just that room's

not on the floor plans.

It's bugging me

a little bit.

(LUCAS LAUGHING)

(DAVID MIMICKING ROAR)

DAVID:
I'm feeling

Wolverine hungry!

(LUCAS SCREAMING PLAYFULLY)

LUCAS:
Never!

You parsley-looking mutant!

(LUCAS YELLING PLAYFULLY)

(TICKING)

God damn it!

(SIGHS) F*** you, too.

(LOCK CLICKS)

(DOOR CREAKING)

(DOOR SLAMS)

(GASPS)

David?

Lucas, is that you?

(FOOTSTEPS)

Lucas?

(LOW RUMBLING)

(SHRIEKING)

David, please let me out of here!

Please let me out!

(SCREAMS)

David! David! David! David!

(DOG BARKING)

Let me out of here! David! David!

Please let me out! David!

David, please!

(DISTANT SCREAM ECHOES)

(BREATH TREMBLING)

GIRL:

He doesn't want you.

(DOOR UNLOCKING)

(GASPING)

(MUSIC PLAYING ON TV)

MAN:
(ON TV) That,

gentlemen, is my wife.

Mad, and the offspring

of a mad family.

(DAVID SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY)

DAVID:
Get it back around.

Reverse. Reverse.

That's right, move it back.

Move it back.

Back room, back room, back room.

(LUCAS SHOUTING)

(PANTING) Hey, baba.

Where'd you come from?

Where were you?

I needed you, David.

Babe, I'm right here.

I've been right here.

(SOBBING) I was locked up.

I was locked up there for hours...

I don't... Dana, Dana, I don't...

...and hours!

You didn't notice

I was missing?

Dana, I swear to God...

I was upstairs, David.

I have no idea what

you're talking about.

I was upstairs, David. I was locked

in that little room in the attic.

Hey, wait, wait.

You got in?

Yeah, I found the key

and I went inside and then...

Dana.

...somebody...

Somebody closed the door.

Somebody locked me in.

Nobody would do that.

Who was it, David?

I don't know!

There's no one else here.

(GASPS SOFTLY)

I was screaming

for help for hours.

Dana, we have been

down here the whole time,

and we did not hear a thing.

Honest to God.

We didn't hear a thing, Mommy.

We didn't.

Hey, you having

trouble sleeping?

No, no. I'm not having

trouble sleeping.

Please don't look

at me like that.

Like what?

Don't get sick again, Mommy.

I'm not getting sick, baby. I

never felt better in my life.

(TIMER RINGS)

(GASPS)

DAVID:

Hey, Dana.

It's okay.

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