The Hollow Child Page #3

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(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

Trick or treat!

Hey, take it. Go.

[SAM] What are you, a skeleton?

Thanks, guys, bye.

Are we going out?

Liz wants us to stay home.

But I want to!

We could play a game.

Hide and seek?

I'm hiding first!

45, 46, 47...

48, 49, 50!

(EERIE MUSIC PLAYING)

(EERIE MUSIC CONTINUES)

Olivia.

That's enough, okay?

I'm not playing anymore!

(DRAMATIC MUSIC FADES UP)

Olivia?

Olivia, no hiding outside.

That is the rule.

This isn't funny.

DEMONIC VOICE (V.O.):

You can't find me.

Olivia!

Hello?

Are you okay?

(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING)

I win.

That's not funny... after

everything that happened.

Just get inside, it's time

for bed.

Go.

(ROCK MUSIC FADES UP)

Jesus!

Sorry!

You can get your own notes

from now on...

or copy off of someone else.

Because I'm not doing it

anymore.

Is that cool?

How was the dance?

I didn't go.

You went on and on

about it for weeks.

Probably would've sucked

anyways, so.

But it could have been okay

and now you'll never know.

(LAWNMOWER RUNNING)

(ENGINE STOPS)

You haven't seen Indy, have you?

The other day, Olivia was

bugging him.

Why, what happened?

Got out of the yard apparently.

They haven't seen him since

Halloween.

Sucks.

Don't forget to trim the hedges,

all right?

Sam, would you say grace?

Come on, Sam.

Dear God, thanks for the food.

And thanks for all of us.

Amen.

Hey, quit it!

Knock it off.

She's the one that just

kicked me!

I don't care. Stop it.

Have you... noticed anything

weird about Olivia...

since she's been back?

She went through a lot, Sam.

Did she say what happened

to her out there?

She'll talk about it

when she's ready.

You have noticed, haven't you?

She's back... that's enough.

(EERIE MUSIC PLAYING)

What do you want?

What makes you think she did

something to the neighbor's dog?

Well, the dog had been acting

really weird...

around her and now it's missing.

So? I mean, that doesn't mean

she did something to it.

Well, that doesn't mean

she didn't.

Sam, Olivia's just acting weird

because of what happened.

You just need to give it

some time.

Do you remember that empty lot

at the end of Caffey?

The one with the

giant pile of woodchips.

We would spend all night

climbing up and down...

that thing, pretending

it was a castle.

Yeah, your dad always let us

stay out so late.

He only let us do that, because

he didn't want us around...

when he had his lady

friends there.

Well, I remember sitting on top

of that thing...

listening to the cars passing

on the highway.

Talking about how good

everything was gonna be...

when we got outta there.

Away from our shitty parents.

You got away from yours.

Sam, I didn't mean it.

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