Lilly
You need to come home, Dad.
Dad
Are you and Mom okay?
Lilly
I’m okay. Mom’s not.
Lilly
IDK. She seems weird, though.
Lilly
She looks like Mom…
Lilly
She’s wearing the same clothes as Mom…
Lilly
But she’s acting strange!
Lilly
She didn’t make me unpack the groceries.
Lilly
And she didn’t know where the cereal went.
Dad
She’s probably stressed and forgot.
Lilly
Dad, she put the cereal in the fridge!!!
Dad
I once left my car keys in the freezer.
Lilly
She called me Lilly Anne.
Lilly
She never calls me that.
Dad
I think you’re overreacting.
Lilly
She just drank a glass of milk. She hates milk!
Dad
Hang on, I have another call.
Lilly
Don’t go. I’m freaking out.
One minute later, Dad texts Lilly.
Dad
You have to get out of there!
Dad
Mom just called me from the store…
Lilly
OMG! Are you sure it was Mom?
Lilly
I don’t understand.
Lilly
If Mom’s at the store…
Lilly
Then who the hell is in the kitchen?
Dad
Lilly, breathe. You have to calm down.
Lilly
Who’s that person in the kitchen, Dad?
Dad
You have to get away from her.
Dad
There’s no time for this.
Dad
Don’t worry about that now.
Lilly
And go where? We live in the middle of nowhere.
Dad
It doesn’t matter where.
Dad
As long as it’s as far away from her as possible.
Lilly
Dad, you’re scaring me.
Dad
Run and hide somewhere. Now!
Lilly
OMG, OMG. I can’t leave the house!
Lilly
She’s at the bottom of the stairs by the front door!
Lilly
What’s wrong with her, Dad?
Lilly
She was just standing at the bottom of the steps smiling up at me.
Lilly
Oh, God…It was creepy AF.
Dad
Lilly, listen to me carefully…
Dad
You need to go to my office and lock the door.
Dad
There’s a safe there.
Dad
Inside there’s a gun. Take it!
Lilly
NO! IDK how to use a gun!
Lilly
But you said she was dangerous.
Lilly
You’re freaking me out!
Dad
The gun, Lilly. PLEASE. I’m begging you!!!
Lilly
I can hear her saying my name. Lilly Anne.
Lilly
She says she wants to have a tea party.
Lilly
I’m too scared to leave my room!
Dad
Is she still at the bottom of the stairs?
Dad
RUN TO MY OFFICE!!! NOW!
Dad
Are you in my office?
Dad
Did you lock the door?
Lilly
Yes. But I wouldn’t know how to use it.
Lilly
Why do you even have a gun?
Lilly
You and Mom hate guns.
Lilly
Protection from what?
Lilly
WHY R U NOT ANSWERING MY QUESTIONS?
Lilly
What the hell is going on??????
Lilly
She’s standing on the other side of the door.
Lilly
I can hear her breathing.
Dad
Get into the cupboard and lock it.
Dad
Are you in the cupboard?
Lilly
Yes, but it doesn’t lock.
Dad
There’s a baseball bat in there. Do you see it?
Dad
If you need to, swing as HARD as you can at her.
Lilly
You’ve said that. BUT WHO IS SHE???
Lilly
If you don’t tell me right now, I’ll go out there and find out for myself.
Dad
Your mom has a twin sister.
Dad
She does. Her name is Greta.
Dad
She somehow got into our house.
Lilly
Why don’t I know about her?
Dad
We decided not to tell you.
Lilly
So you guys have been lying to me?
Dad
She’s not mentally well.
Dad
She’s very jealous of your mom, too.
Lilly
Where has she been all these years?
Dad
On the streets, on drugs.
Lilly
Why is she pretending to be Mom though?
Dad
She’s insane. I told you.
Lilly
She’s even wearing Mom’s clothes.
Lilly
How did she get them?
Dad
She’s going somewhere safe.
Lilly
She’s knocking on the door!!
Lilly
She’s calling my name!!!
Dad
Ignore her. I’m on my way.
Lilly
She says she wants me to be Alice.
Lilly
And she’ll be the mad hatter.
Lilly
She says she wants to have a tea party with me.
Dad
Lilly, she might say things to you…
Dad
But you MUSN’T believe them.
Dad
Do you understand me?
Lilly
She’s singing a nursery rhyme now.
Lilly
Mom used to sing that to me when I was small.
Lilly
How does she know that?
Lilly
Dad…are you sure she’s dangerous?
Lilly
Then why hasn’t she tried to hurt me?
Lilly
Why hasn’t she tried to get in?
Lilly
She just seems sick or something.
Lilly
Shouldn’t we call a hospital?
Dad
No one can know she’s there.
Lilly
Why? I don’t get this!!!
Dad
You have to trust me.
Lilly
You and Mom have been lying to me.
Dad
It was the right thing to do.
Lilly
Lying is never right…
Lilly
Isn’t that what you guys always tell me?
Dad
It was right in this case.
Lilly
Dad, tell me. PLEASE!!!!
Lilly
Why can’t anyone know she’s here?
Dad
Because your mother and I tried to kill her.
