Ed frantically texts Sue.
Ed
Lilly knows about the basement!
Ed
Greta pulled up the carpet!
Ed
She exposed the trapdoor.
Ed
God, we should have poured cement into that thing and closed it up forever!
Sue
She can’t ever see what’s down there.
Ed
Why didn’t we ever move that stuff out of there?!
Ed
What were we thinking?
Ed
What are we going to tell her about it?
Sue
You can’t let her go down there.
Ed
Traffic is a nightmare. Maybe ten minutes away.
Sue
Shit! I'd better go there myself.
Ed
God knows what she’ll do to you!
Sue
But Ed, you need to use a gun this time!
Ed
You want me to shoot her?
Sue
As soon as you get home!
Ed
There’s got to be another way
Sue
There is NO other way.
Ed
I don’t know if I can.
Sue
You fucked it up sixteen years ago.
Sue
You need to get it right this time.
Ed
Honey, what’s wrong with you?
Ed
I’ve never heard you talk like this.
Sue
Well, I’ve never been in this situation before.
Ed
Wait. You’re not thinking straight.
Ed
Just this week you had another nightmare about what we did to Greta.
Ed
You woke up crying again.
Sue
That is not the real nightmare!
Sue
The real nightmare is in the living room pulling up the carpet.
Sue
The real nightmare is our daughter finding out the truth.
Sue
That is the real nightmare, Ed.
Sue
If you can’t do it…I will.
Ed
Stay where you are, please!
Sue
Only if you promise to take care of her. Once and for all.
Ed
I can’t believe it’s come to this. Again.
Sue
You’ll take care of it. Right?
Sue
Now how are we going to stop Lilly from looking in that basement?
Ed
She’s not listening to me. I’ve begged her not to.
Sue
I’ll get ahold of her.
Sue
PROMISE ME AGAIN, ED!!!
Sue
And I’ll text Lilly right now.
Mom
Honey, are you alright?
Lilly
Mom! What the hell is going on?
Lilly
Why didn’t you tell me you had a sister?
Lilly
An identical twin???
Mom
Didn’t your dad tell you why?
Lilly
Yes. But I want to hear it from you.
Mom
Greta is not well, Lilly.
Mom
Your dad and I were protecting you.
Lilly
OMG!! She’s just thrown herself into the basement.
Mom
Go and slam the door shut. Trap her in there.
Lilly
But she’ll just open it.
Mom
It has a special locking system. It only opens from the outside.
Lilly
I don’t believe this. Who the hell are you guys?
Lilly
I’m kind of being serious here.
Lilly
Today I found out you had a sister that you tried to kill…
Lilly
And now there’s a secret trapdoor in the floor with a crazy locking system.
Lilly
What else should I know about?
Mom
All you need to know is that Greta is dangerous and you should close the trapdoor. NOW!
Mom
Quickly. Before she comes back up.
Lilly
There’s blood on the floor where she fell.
Mom
Slam the door shut!!!!
Lilly
Wait — what if she needs help?
Mom
She does need help. Just not that kind.
Mom
Slam the door, Lilly.
Lilly
She’s dragging herself across the floor.
Lilly
How big is it down there?
Lilly
What the hell are you guys hiding from me?
Mom
There are things that are better left buried.
Lilly
Jesus Mom, is something buried down there?
Lilly
OMG. Did you and dad kill someone else?
Mom
Everything we did, we did for you!
Lilly
OMG!!! I feel like I don’t know who you guys are anymore.
Mom
And when this is all over, everything can go back to normal again.
Lilly
Clearly you don’t know me at all.
Lilly
Because if you did, you’d know that nothing will ever be normal again after today.
Mom
We’re still all the same people.
Lilly
No, Mom. Everything’s changed.
Lilly
I’m going down into that basement.
Lilly
What don’t you want me to see?
Mom
Just trust me. Don’t go down there.
Lilly
That’s the thing Mom, I’m not sure I do trust you and Dad anymore.
Mom
Please. I’m begging you.
Lilly
I’m going into that basement…
Lilly
And there’s nothing you can do to stop me.
