1 00:00:05,200 --> 00:00:08,560 Speaker 1: Hello, I'm welcome's stories all the time. Glad you are here. 2 00:00:09,160 --> 00:00:12,359 Let's get into it. Dotty Alexander lurched forward as her 3 00:00:12,359 --> 00:00:15,160 social work events the van over the curb. The social 4 00:00:15,199 --> 00:00:18,079 worker Halle pulled into the Stansfield's driveway at two hundred 5 00:00:18,120 --> 00:00:20,760 seventeen Perckback Road, having to break too hard and lurching 6 00:00:20,760 --> 00:00:23,719 Dotty forward again. Dotty didn't think she would ever get 7 00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:27,399 used to riding in cows, although after observing other vehicles 8 00:00:27,399 --> 00:00:29,399 in the roads for the last four months, she wondered 9 00:00:29,440 --> 00:00:31,480 if she might have a better experience riding with someone 10 00:00:31,480 --> 00:00:34,600 other than Hallie. Neither of her previous two foster families 11 00:00:34,640 --> 00:00:37,960 had driven her anywhere. They were both justifiably nervous about 12 00:00:37,960 --> 00:00:40,920 introducing her to the modern world. Hallie had warned them 13 00:00:40,920 --> 00:00:43,920 about Dotty's prior reactions to simple things such as cars, 14 00:00:43,920 --> 00:00:46,920 cell phones, and cameras. We just want to help you 15 00:00:46,960 --> 00:00:51,079 get more adjusted first, our previous guardians, had invariably said. Dotty, 16 00:00:51,119 --> 00:00:54,320 inevitably perturbed both couples, who also had children of their own, 17 00:00:54,479 --> 00:00:56,719 leading them both to ask Calli to find a new placement. 18 00:00:57,359 --> 00:00:59,759 The Stansfields would be her third foster family, as she 19 00:00:59,759 --> 00:01:02,560 did not expect them to be her last She knew 20 00:01:02,560 --> 00:01:04,319 Holly did not believe her when she said she was 21 00:01:04,319 --> 00:01:06,120 trying to fit in, But how could she expect to 22 00:01:06,120 --> 00:01:07,920 fit in when all she had known for fourteen years 23 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:10,959 was hard work, discipline, and servitude toward a higher power, 24 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:12,840 and all these people knew was the pursuit of ease 25 00:01:12,879 --> 00:01:15,799 and pleasure. Her entire life, Dotty had been raised to 26 00:01:15,799 --> 00:01:17,760 see those types of people as less of vermin Ona, 27 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:21,519 consuming God's wonderful bounty and corrupting his beautiful planet. She 28 00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:24,000 was beginning to understand that was wrong, because she had 29 00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:26,480 also seen how kind an understanding these people could be. 30 00:01:26,959 --> 00:01:29,000 But now it was they who seemed unable to see 31 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:32,359 the wonderful facets of her Oops almost missed the driveway there. 32 00:01:32,400 --> 00:01:35,959 Halle chuckled. Her eyelashes were too long, and for some reason, 33 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:38,359 she didn't have eyebrows, so she painted them on instead. 34 00:01:38,920 --> 00:01:41,159 Hallie was plagued by the sin of gluttony, but Dotty 35 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:43,079 now understood that was not considered a sin in this 36 00:01:43,159 --> 00:01:46,239 new world. She saw many people proudly displaying the burden 37 00:01:46,280 --> 00:01:50,400 of its consequences. Ali said, well, here we go. These 38 00:01:50,439 --> 00:01:53,359 people are very nice. They are all very nice, aren't 39 00:01:53,359 --> 00:01:57,599 they asked Dotty. Hallie gave her a forgiven smile. She 40 00:01:57,719 --> 00:02:01,400 recognized Dotty's particularly dry brand of sakers. The stance Fields 41 00:02:01,439 --> 00:02:03,599 opened their door and greeted Dotty in a quaint Midwestern 42 00:02:03,640 --> 00:02:07,400 manner that she genuinely appreciated. I'm Bill, and missus Patrick, 43 00:02:07,599 --> 00:02:09,759 the father said, planting his hands on his six or 44 00:02:09,759 --> 00:02:13,039 seven year old son's shoulders, the mother's head, and Monica, 45 00:02:13,719 --> 00:02:17,080 you must be Dotty. She extended her hand, but awkwardly 46 00:02:17,080 --> 00:02:19,800 retracted it when Dotty curts it instead, finding the lacey 47 00:02:19,960 --> 00:02:22,280 hem of her dress outward. The rest of the hand 48 00:02:22,280 --> 00:02:24,599 off Weddy Colia is awkward, but Dotty still thought she 49 00:02:24,719 --> 00:02:27,879 liked the stands Fields very much. Holly made sure Dotty 50 00:02:27,919 --> 00:02:30,759 was settled, while Bill retrieved her single suit case of belongings, 51 00:02:30,879 --> 00:02:33,319 namely to reduplicates of the dress she was currently wearing 52 00:02:33,360 --> 00:02:35,360 and a few pieces of everything she needed to wear 53 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:39,240 beneath it. The Stancefields lived in an immaculate house. A 54 00:02:39,319 --> 00:02:41,560 cving stack is led from the entry rich an exposed 55 00:02:41,599 --> 00:02:44,680 hallway above two doors visible from the ground level beneath 56 00:02:44,719 --> 00:02:47,400 the banister. Another doorway, this one empty, led to a 57 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:49,599 sunlit living room with an open kitchen to one side, 58 00:02:49,639 --> 00:02:53,159 separated only by gorgeous brick fireplace and chimney. The carpet 59 00:02:53,159 --> 00:02:55,479 and upholstery were all white. In the coffee table made 60 00:02:55,479 --> 00:02:58,120 of glass, the only color in the room came from 61 00:02:58,120 --> 00:02:59,759 the leaves of two broader leaf plants in the back. 62 00:03:01,080 --> 00:03:03,199 With the sunlight pouring in through the back patty r door, 63 00:03:03,240 --> 00:03:05,919 the room was almost blinding, but Dotty loved it. The 64 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:08,680 upstairs bedroom designated for her also hit white carpet, a 65 00:03:08,759 --> 00:03:11,319 white bed frame, and white curtains, but her sheets were 66 00:03:11,360 --> 00:03:14,280 dark blue, matching the walls. Hers was one of the 67 00:03:14,319 --> 00:03:15,919 rooms at the top of the stairs. The one on 68 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:18,879 the left to the right was the upstairs bathroom, and 69 00:03:18,919 --> 00:03:21,080 down the hole were Patrick's and Bill and Monica's rooms. 70 00:03:21,759 --> 00:03:24,199 A short time after how he left, Patrick opened his 71 00:03:24,240 --> 00:03:26,400 bedroom door and an orange blow nearly knocked his feet 72 00:03:26,400 --> 00:03:28,879 out from under him. The blow street down the stairs, 73 00:03:28,960 --> 00:03:31,080 thudding without caution to the bottom, where Dotty was just 74 00:03:31,120 --> 00:03:35,319 picking up a suitkeise to carry it upstairs. She screamed, Hey, 75 00:03:35,479 --> 00:03:39,039 what wrong? Monica asked, hustling through the doorway under the banister, 76 00:03:39,120 --> 00:03:42,520 wearing an apron. This is an animal. Doughty whimpered, what 77 00:03:42,759 --> 00:03:46,400 is it that area? Patrick cheerfully announced from above, he 78 00:03:46,520 --> 00:03:50,199 named it? Dotty asked. She noticed a faint smile pulling 79 00:03:50,240 --> 00:03:53,319 at Monica's lips before the mother turned away slightly. She 80 00:03:53,360 --> 00:03:55,719 regained control of her features and turned back to Dotty, 81 00:03:55,759 --> 00:03:59,159 implementing a kind smile and soft eyes. Doarty, have you 82 00:03:59,159 --> 00:04:01,599 ever seen a cap before? A cat like a lion? 83 00:04:02,199 --> 00:04:05,479 Dotty asked. This time, Monica made no effort to hide 84 00:04:05,479 --> 00:04:07,639 he laughter, but Dotty did not feel insulted by it. 85 00:04:08,159 --> 00:04:11,319 Her laugh contained too much joy to be offensive. Before 86 00:04:11,360 --> 00:04:15,080 she realized it, Dotty started thatving along with her. I'm sorry, 87 00:04:15,159 --> 00:04:19,279 I'm not making fun of you, Monica said, it's just well, 88 00:04:19,319 --> 00:04:22,399 there's obviously a lot for you to learn. Dotty looked away. 89 00:04:23,040 --> 00:04:27,800 I'm sorry, No, please don't apologize, Monic said, I'm sorry. 90 00:04:28,120 --> 00:04:30,759 I guess I just didn't realize. Did they not have 91 00:04:30,759 --> 00:04:34,680 any cats at the arm the colt, Dotty asked. Both 92 00:04:34,720 --> 00:04:38,399 Monica and Patrick suddenly looked very uncomfortable. Sorry, Is that 93 00:04:38,480 --> 00:04:41,160 a bad word? I keep hearing people say it when 94 00:04:41,160 --> 00:04:43,600 they talk about my home? She lived in a cult. 95 00:04:44,240 --> 00:04:47,160 Patrick ass bent at the hips over the banister. No, 96 00:04:47,279 --> 00:04:50,519 it's not a bad word at all, Monnic said, and Patrick, 97 00:04:50,600 --> 00:04:52,399 I'll let Dotty tell you about where she grew up 98 00:04:52,439 --> 00:04:55,600 when she's ready. Okay, for now, let's get back to 99 00:04:55,639 --> 00:04:58,360 this cat thing. Ariet a cat had started weaving in 100 00:04:58,439 --> 00:05:01,399 and out of Dotty's legs under her us. She looked 101 00:05:01,480 --> 00:05:04,360 visibly uncomfortable, but something deep down told Monica to let 102 00:05:04,360 --> 00:05:08,160 her be, let her adjust. She had almost immediately recognized 103 00:05:08,160 --> 00:05:11,360 a buried strength and resilience behind Dotty's eyes when she arrived. 104 00:05:11,720 --> 00:05:14,000 Dotty asked, so what is a cap for? We aren't 105 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:16,240 going to eat it, are we? No way, she's my pet. 106 00:05:16,360 --> 00:05:19,439 Patrick explained That means we play together and she keeps 107 00:05:19,480 --> 00:05:23,319 me company and at night. She he trailed off, looking uncomfortable. 108 00:05:23,879 --> 00:05:27,240 You keep an animal in your home for company, Doddy asked. 109 00:05:27,519 --> 00:05:30,160 In return, Monica asked, have you ever had a pet before? 110 00:05:30,800 --> 00:05:33,759 We only use animals for food, clothes, and work at home. 111 00:05:33,879 --> 00:05:36,839 Dotty said, I've never heard of anyone caring for an 112 00:05:36,839 --> 00:05:39,279 animal for pleasure. It can be a lot of work, 113 00:05:39,399 --> 00:05:42,720 but it's fun, Hatrick assured her. Monica hid another smirk. 114 00:05:43,439 --> 00:05:45,279 She guessed her son's idea of a lot of work 115 00:05:45,279 --> 00:05:48,480 would pay in comparison to Dotty's. Dotty collected her skirt 116 00:05:48,480 --> 00:05:50,720 around her knees and stooped to observe the dosal animal. 117 00:05:51,240 --> 00:05:54,279 Arier took three cautious steps backward. She'll let you pet 118 00:05:54,319 --> 00:05:57,480 her if you want, said Patrick. Dotty held out one hand, 119 00:05:57,560 --> 00:06:00,439 hovering it in front of Airy's face. He sniff at 120 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:03,439 Dotty's fingers, then nuzzled her head into Dotty's pump. Dotty 121 00:06:03,439 --> 00:06:06,720 smiled so broadly her jaw almost fell off. She ran 122 00:06:06,759 --> 00:06:09,319 her hand down Aria's back all the way down her tail, 123 00:06:09,360 --> 00:06:11,680 then started again with her other hand on Aria's neck. 124 00:06:12,240 --> 00:06:14,560 The cap began to purr and rubbed against Dotty's shins. 125 00:06:15,240 --> 00:06:17,079 In the back of the house, a door slid hut, 126 00:06:17,120 --> 00:06:20,600 and Bill's cheery voice declared burgher's already. Dotty thought she 127 00:06:20,639 --> 00:06:23,319 was going to like staying with the Stansfields. Phila and 128 00:06:23,360 --> 00:06:25,240 Monica really made her feel like a part of the 129 00:06:25,240 --> 00:06:28,000 family instead of a guest at the dinner table. They 130 00:06:28,040 --> 00:06:30,480 made her feel so comfortable that when Patrick started asking 131 00:06:30,560 --> 00:06:32,879 questions about her home, she felt not only willing but 132 00:06:32,920 --> 00:06:36,160 excited to answer. We didn't have any screens or internet, 133 00:06:36,240 --> 00:06:38,759 she said, pronouncing internet the way she heard it when 134 00:06:38,759 --> 00:06:42,240 people said every morning, Mirror would give us a message. 135 00:06:42,800 --> 00:06:45,199 Then I spent most of my day doing chores like 136 00:06:45,279 --> 00:06:47,800 laundry and tending the gardens, are caring for the animals, 137 00:06:48,480 --> 00:06:50,079 and in the time left at the end of the day, 138 00:06:50,160 --> 00:06:55,319 I read Who's Mirror, asked Patrick, Marror Walker was our leader, 139 00:06:55,360 --> 00:06:57,000 a prophet from God sent to show us how to 140 00:06:57,040 --> 00:07:01,360 live a holy life. But what Patrick has? Monica quickly 141 00:07:01,480 --> 00:07:04,160 changed the subject. What kind of books do you like? 142 00:07:04,959 --> 00:07:06,639 You are welcome to see what we have, or I 143 00:07:06,639 --> 00:07:09,920 can pick up some at the library, she offered. Dorty replied, 144 00:07:10,040 --> 00:07:12,879 I'm sorry books. What kind of books do you like 145 00:07:12,920 --> 00:07:17,680 to read? Monica repeated, oh uhm, my favorite is probably Matthew. 146 00:07:18,199 --> 00:07:20,560 I love the poems and psalms, though, and I memorize 147 00:07:20,560 --> 00:07:24,240 most of proverbs. Dotty said, Bill, have you ever read 148 00:07:24,240 --> 00:07:28,439 something besides the Bible? Dotty wrung her hands. No, I know. 149 00:07:29,199 --> 00:07:31,680 I'd never seen another book until after they took me away. 150 00:07:32,279 --> 00:07:37,319 Who took you away, Patrick asked, Monica said, the police, Honey. 151 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:39,319 The people Dotty used to live with had to go 152 00:07:39,360 --> 00:07:42,399 to jail, so that's why she's staying with us. Why. 153 00:07:42,759 --> 00:07:45,680 Patrick asked, how about We talk about that another time, 154 00:07:46,199 --> 00:07:49,360 Bill said, smiling in distance with his imperative tone. In 155 00:07:49,399 --> 00:07:53,399 the meantime, Monica, get this girl some Harry potterstat and 156 00:07:53,519 --> 00:07:56,120 while you're at it, well, Dotty, I should probably ask 157 00:07:56,160 --> 00:07:59,360 you first, would you like some more? Ah, modern clothes 158 00:08:00,079 --> 00:08:03,120 were about the same size, said Monica. You're welcome to 159 00:08:03,120 --> 00:08:05,680 try on a few of my things. Dotty had, denighing 160 00:08:05,680 --> 00:08:08,560 the comfortable looking shirt Monica was wearing a cratch. She 161 00:08:08,639 --> 00:08:11,000 homed dresses were all she'd ever known, and the previous 162 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:12,920 family she had stayed with never pressed her to try 163 00:08:12,959 --> 00:08:15,839 anything else. She was already over the shock of seeing 164 00:08:15,839 --> 00:08:17,959 women wearing pants, some so tight you could see the 165 00:08:17,959 --> 00:08:21,079 outline of their buttocks. Dotty had no desire to display 166 00:08:21,079 --> 00:08:24,120 her rear end she could not comprehend why any one would, 167 00:08:24,720 --> 00:08:26,360 but she thought some of the bagger pants she had 168 00:08:26,360 --> 00:08:28,639 soon looked both practical and comfortable, which she here to 169 00:08:28,680 --> 00:08:31,800 remind herself, did not make them simful. Yes, she said, 170 00:08:31,920 --> 00:08:35,080 allowing the faintest of smiles to graze her lips. I'd 171 00:08:35,120 --> 00:08:38,000 like that very much, But please, could you tell me 172 00:08:38,200 --> 00:08:41,039 what is a Harry Potter? The first clothing Dotty borrowed 173 00:08:41,080 --> 00:08:43,799 from Monica was a set of faux salt pajamas. She 174 00:08:43,840 --> 00:08:46,600 had already grown somewhat accustomed to soft mattresses and plush 175 00:08:46,600 --> 00:08:49,559 a blankets modern people used. She felt like she was 176 00:08:49,639 --> 00:08:51,639 drowning in them for the first few nights away from home, 177 00:08:51,720 --> 00:08:54,000 but on her first night at the Stansfields she found 178 00:08:54,039 --> 00:08:56,320 a bit comfortable in inviting, and the pajamas added an 179 00:08:56,320 --> 00:08:59,679 extra layer of comfort. She drifted off with relative ease. 180 00:09:00,360 --> 00:09:01,960 In the middle of the night, Dotty awoke to a 181 00:09:01,960 --> 00:09:04,720 commotion she and her foggy state could not immediately make 182 00:09:04,759 --> 00:09:07,600 sense of. Etho vibrated her door, which she kept a 183 00:09:07,679 --> 00:09:09,279 jar in the way she had been required to in 184 00:09:09,320 --> 00:09:11,720 her previous life, and caused it to swing open. A 185 00:09:11,840 --> 00:09:13,840 dark shape lowed to the ground, darted to the door, 186 00:09:13,879 --> 00:09:16,279 aimed at her bed. Before she could sit all the 187 00:09:16,279 --> 00:09:18,320 way up, the dark shape pounced on to the matters 188 00:09:18,360 --> 00:09:20,399 right next to her leg, then lapped at her, landing 189 00:09:20,440 --> 00:09:23,519 on her chest. She uttered a small street before realizing 190 00:09:23,600 --> 00:09:25,879 the dark shape was only airy of the cat. But 191 00:09:25,960 --> 00:09:28,720 her fright was never given a chance to settle, because 192 00:09:28,759 --> 00:09:31,519 down the hall she heard Patrick's scream. A visitor in 193 00:09:31,559 --> 00:09:34,879 a strange house Dotty waited and observed in silence. The 194 00:09:34,879 --> 00:09:37,519 whollway light turned on, and some one went into Patrick's room. 195 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:41,559 Dotty heard Monica's soothing voice. She did not sound alarmed, 196 00:09:41,600 --> 00:09:44,399 so Dotty decided not to be either. She waited for 197 00:09:44,440 --> 00:09:47,039 the next expected sound they called totskin of Monica's pomp 198 00:09:47,039 --> 00:09:49,639 snapping against Patrick's soft, warm cheek, but it never came. 199 00:09:49,679 --> 00:09:52,399 Dotty reminded herself that children were cuddled in this new world, 200 00:09:52,440 --> 00:09:55,200 know not coddled. She reminded herself also that she needed 201 00:09:55,200 --> 00:09:57,320 to reframe her views of punishment, because she rather liked 202 00:09:57,320 --> 00:09:59,840 the modern version of parents as keg of hers. Educators 203 00:10:00,039 --> 00:10:03,200 and yes, disciplinarians were necessary, but always with smart and 204 00:10:03,240 --> 00:10:07,320 relevant punishments, not senseless beatings. Even when Patrick yelled something 205 00:10:07,360 --> 00:10:10,360 Dotty could not decipher, Monica did not raise her own voice. 206 00:10:10,879 --> 00:10:14,000 Fisteps proceeded a long shadow in the hall. Doty knew 207 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:15,679 it must be Bill coming to check out her open 208 00:10:15,720 --> 00:10:19,279 door and perhaps find out where Aero went. Ah, he said, 209 00:10:19,600 --> 00:10:22,279 filling her doorway. I wondered if he woke you up. 210 00:10:22,799 --> 00:10:25,759 Actually it was her, Dotty said, transplanting Aera from her 211 00:10:25,799 --> 00:10:28,440 lap to the floor. The cat patted out of the room. 212 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:32,919 Bill said, well, sorry about that. On. Don't worry about Patrick. 213 00:10:33,519 --> 00:10:35,919 He gets these night terrors, I guess you call them. 214 00:10:36,440 --> 00:10:39,440 He thinks he sees monsters, you know, like a lot 215 00:10:39,440 --> 00:10:42,320 of kids. Dotty flashed to her memory of her best 216 00:10:42,320 --> 00:10:44,399 friend being held down by her mother and father as 217 00:10:44,440 --> 00:10:47,559 Mora Walker performed and exorcism on her. The reason for 218 00:10:47,600 --> 00:10:49,759 this display was due entirely to the girl claiming to 219 00:10:49,759 --> 00:10:51,919 have seen a monster climbing out from beneath her bed. 220 00:10:52,399 --> 00:10:54,679 The girl's claim was immediately prosecuted as a symptom of 221 00:10:54,720 --> 00:10:58,919 demonic possession. Mister ahm, please just call me Bill, okay, 222 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:02,279 Bills Patrick. I'm not really sure if it means the 223 00:11:02,279 --> 00:11:05,679 same to you. But is he pure of heart? Bill 224 00:11:05,759 --> 00:11:08,080 looked down the halt and said, uh, he's a good kid. 225 00:11:08,759 --> 00:11:12,120 Not sure if that's what you mean, though, essentially. Dotty replied, 226 00:11:12,759 --> 00:11:14,879 but is there any chance that evil spirits might be 227 00:11:14,879 --> 00:11:18,639 interested in him? Straight to evil spirits? Huh they'll echoed, 228 00:11:18,720 --> 00:11:22,360 clucking dismissively. No, Dotty, there's no such thing as evil 229 00:11:22,399 --> 00:11:26,200 spirits or monsters for that matter. I'm sure you've been 230 00:11:26,240 --> 00:11:29,720 taught otherwise, But it's okay, said, Dotty, I'm so realizing 231 00:11:29,840 --> 00:11:31,320 just how much of what I was raised to believe 232 00:11:31,360 --> 00:11:35,080 is false. Bill said, must be tough. All right, Well, 233 00:11:35,080 --> 00:11:37,799 good night then, but before he completely shut the door, 234 00:11:37,799 --> 00:11:40,200 he paused and pushed it back open, heap at the 235 00:11:40,240 --> 00:11:42,799 inside of his cheek and thought, then carefully said, Hey, 236 00:11:42,919 --> 00:11:45,240 this thing with Patrick, could you please just let Monica 237 00:11:45,279 --> 00:11:47,320 and I handle it on our own. We have a 238 00:11:47,320 --> 00:11:49,440 bit of a strategy we've been working with, and we've 239 00:11:49,480 --> 00:11:52,320 seen some good progress here and there. I'd really like 240 00:11:52,360 --> 00:11:55,600 to keep the momentum going. You know, it's nothing personal. 241 00:11:55,639 --> 00:11:57,879 It's just I think it would be better if you 242 00:11:57,879 --> 00:12:01,559 didn't discuss this topic. Was Patrick okay, I understand, Dotty 243 00:12:01,559 --> 00:12:05,840 replied she did understand. She'd had the same conversation using 244 00:12:05,840 --> 00:12:09,159 different words with two sets of foster parents already. Hey, 245 00:12:09,279 --> 00:12:11,559 we really love having you, but please don't interfere with 246 00:12:11,600 --> 00:12:14,519 our family dynamic. We are perfectly happy as we are. 247 00:12:14,639 --> 00:12:17,879 Thank you, Bill said, thanks, and shut the door. The 248 00:12:17,919 --> 00:12:20,639 following morning, every one behaved as if nothing had happened, 249 00:12:20,679 --> 00:12:23,799 which informed Dotty that Patrick's midnight upburst was a common occurrence. 250 00:12:24,480 --> 00:12:27,080 All day, Dotty watched him for signs of spiritual corruption, 251 00:12:27,320 --> 00:12:30,039 but she detected none, not that she was an expert 252 00:12:30,080 --> 00:12:33,440 on corruption. Not like Marra Walker, prophet leader of the 253 00:12:33,440 --> 00:12:36,279 Moravian Christians, he was able to suss out some one 254 00:12:36,320 --> 00:12:39,159 with the demonic attachment before the even displayed harmful symptoms. 255 00:12:39,759 --> 00:12:43,279 Dotty always believed in his gift as an asset from God. However, 256 00:12:43,399 --> 00:12:46,000 throughout her second day with the Stunsfields, she began to 257 00:12:46,039 --> 00:12:48,519 think more about Marr's exos and realized he never sent 258 00:12:48,559 --> 00:12:52,080 women away from the group, only men. Specifically, Dotty could 259 00:12:52,080 --> 00:12:55,080 only recall him banishing married men. He always provided for 260 00:12:55,120 --> 00:12:57,639 their wives by taking them into his own home. She 261 00:12:57,720 --> 00:13:00,600 had been living in Moore's constructed world, seeing everything through 262 00:13:00,600 --> 00:13:04,039 his framing. Now outside she realized what might have actually 263 00:13:04,039 --> 00:13:07,039 been going on. The Stunsfields did what no other family 264 00:13:07,080 --> 00:13:09,200 had done for her yet, and took her out in public. 265 00:13:09,919 --> 00:13:11,840 Both parents had taken the week off to help Dotty 266 00:13:11,879 --> 00:13:14,720 settle in. They only went an apple orchard, but still 267 00:13:14,759 --> 00:13:17,519 there were modern people walking around, driving trucks and tractors, 268 00:13:17,600 --> 00:13:20,840 eating snacks from the little shop. Unbeknownst to Bill and Monica, 269 00:13:20,960 --> 00:13:23,080 tending the fruit trees was one of Dotty's shoes back 270 00:13:23,080 --> 00:13:26,080 home when she shared this with them. Bill recoiled and 271 00:13:26,120 --> 00:13:29,080 Monica put a loving hand on her shoulder. She sounded 272 00:13:29,120 --> 00:13:30,879 like she might cry as she said, we thought it 273 00:13:30,879 --> 00:13:32,440 would just be a fun way to get out without 274 00:13:32,440 --> 00:13:36,360 being around too many people, and so sorry, we didn't 275 00:13:36,360 --> 00:13:39,639 mean to trigger any bad memories. No, just the opposite. 276 00:13:39,679 --> 00:13:42,279 Dotty assured her, it reminds me of the good pass 277 00:13:42,279 --> 00:13:45,639 of home. Bill recovered and said, well, here's to making 278 00:13:45,639 --> 00:13:48,919 new memories. Back at the house, Monaka listed Patrick and 279 00:13:48,960 --> 00:13:51,240 Dotty's help in baking some of the apples into her crisp. 280 00:13:51,879 --> 00:13:55,399 She was impressed, albeit slightly uncomfortable, with Dotty's baking knowledge 281 00:13:55,399 --> 00:13:57,960 and skills. She guessed the girl had been trained in 282 00:13:57,960 --> 00:14:00,960 the kitchen her entire life. Take the crisp and enjoyed 283 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:03,679 his after dinner while watching to a story. It was 284 00:14:03,720 --> 00:14:06,159 only the second movie Dotty had ever seen, having watched 285 00:14:06,159 --> 00:14:08,240 The Lion King at another home, and Bill insisted she 286 00:14:08,279 --> 00:14:11,360 must see it immediately. The day ended on this happy note, 287 00:14:11,440 --> 00:14:14,440 and everyone went to their rooms in good moods. Doarty 288 00:14:14,480 --> 00:14:16,360 sat on her bed reading the first pages of Harry 289 00:14:16,360 --> 00:14:18,720 Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone with the door cracked open. 290 00:14:18,799 --> 00:14:21,240 As always, it took her a few minutes to shed 291 00:14:21,240 --> 00:14:23,240 the guilt she felt for reading words written for no 292 00:14:23,320 --> 00:14:26,080 purpose other than enjoyment. But once she had programmed herself, 293 00:14:26,159 --> 00:14:29,200 she found the book quite enjoyable. She heard Patrick leave 294 00:14:29,200 --> 00:14:30,960 his room and go to the bathroom the next door. 295 00:14:31,639 --> 00:14:34,240 After he washed his hands, he opened the bathroom door, 296 00:14:34,279 --> 00:14:36,919 flooding the hallway with yellow light. Doughty could see his 297 00:14:36,960 --> 00:14:39,399 shadow crossed the floor as he stood in the bathroom doorway. 298 00:14:40,039 --> 00:14:42,720 Over ten seconds passed without Patrick turning off the bathroom 299 00:14:42,799 --> 00:14:46,000 light or making any movement whatsoever. Dotty closed her book 300 00:14:46,039 --> 00:14:48,480 and went to check on him. She found him staring 301 00:14:48,480 --> 00:14:50,200 at his dark bedroom down the hall, with his back 302 00:14:50,240 --> 00:14:53,159 to her, so he did not notice her approach. Padrick, 303 00:14:53,240 --> 00:14:56,840 she whispered. He flinched and turned round. She saw he 304 00:14:56,879 --> 00:14:59,159 had either been crying or perhaps was about to start 305 00:14:59,679 --> 00:15:03,759 poff redness and circled his eyes. Whispering. She asked, what's wrong? 306 00:15:04,480 --> 00:15:06,600 His chest heaved before he said, I don't want to 307 00:15:06,639 --> 00:15:09,279 go back to my room. If I fall asleep in there, 308 00:15:09,320 --> 00:15:12,720 the nightmare monsters are going to come out. Nightmare monsters. 309 00:15:13,480 --> 00:15:17,159 Is that what you were screaming last night? Dotty asked, yeah, 310 00:15:17,279 --> 00:15:18,799 I always see them when I wake up at night. 311 00:15:19,320 --> 00:15:21,519 Sometimes I try to just stay awake, but I always 312 00:15:21,559 --> 00:15:25,360 fall asleep. Then they come Dotty's forehead an arm, but 313 00:15:25,399 --> 00:15:28,519 suddenly felt swetty. She recalled Bill's entreaty to her not 314 00:15:28,559 --> 00:15:30,480 to discuss the thing with Patrick with Patrick and to 315 00:15:30,559 --> 00:15:33,240 let his parents handle it. But Bill and Monica were 316 00:15:33,240 --> 00:15:35,399 closed up in their room and Patrick was standing right 317 00:15:35,440 --> 00:15:38,000 in front of her with tears in his eyes. What 318 00:15:38,080 --> 00:15:40,879 was she supposed to do? Patrick continued. They start in 319 00:15:40,919 --> 00:15:42,679 my head, then they come into my good dreams and 320 00:15:42,720 --> 00:15:44,960 turn them into nightmares, and when I wake up they 321 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:48,840 are here. Oh this is serious. Doughty thought he needs 322 00:15:48,840 --> 00:15:52,000 spiritual protection, but his parents don't believe in it. What 323 00:15:52,039 --> 00:15:54,919 do the monsters do, then, she asked, keeping her voice 324 00:15:54,919 --> 00:15:57,720 as low as humanly possible. They move really slowly when 325 00:15:57,720 --> 00:16:00,519 they are not in my dreams, said Patrick. I always 326 00:16:00,519 --> 00:16:02,159 try to run him on before they can get me. 327 00:16:02,840 --> 00:16:04,799 Sometimes they blocked the door, so I have to scream, 328 00:16:04,879 --> 00:16:08,320 like last night. He looked down, ashamed and said, sorry 329 00:16:08,360 --> 00:16:10,960 if I woke you up. Dotty got down on one knee, 330 00:16:10,960 --> 00:16:13,440 eye to eye with the boy. She placed her hands 331 00:16:13,440 --> 00:16:15,639 in the sides of his shoulders, looked into his eyes, 332 00:16:15,720 --> 00:16:18,360 then drew him in for hug. She whispered in his ear, 333 00:16:18,399 --> 00:16:22,000 I believe you, and Patrick hugged her back. He pushed 334 00:16:22,039 --> 00:16:23,919 off of her after a few seconds and said, I 335 00:16:23,960 --> 00:16:26,440 have an idea, but can you come with me? Okay, 336 00:16:26,639 --> 00:16:28,960 but let's be quiet in case your parents are already sleeping. 337 00:16:29,080 --> 00:16:31,759 Dotty said, really, just not want him Bill and Monica 338 00:16:31,799 --> 00:16:33,840 to know she had involved herself in the thing with Patrick. 339 00:16:34,519 --> 00:16:36,679 He led her down the hall to his room. She 340 00:16:36,799 --> 00:16:38,480 turned on the light for him as he hurried over 341 00:16:38,519 --> 00:16:41,080 to a large chest next to his closet. After digging 342 00:16:41,080 --> 00:16:43,159 a run for over a minute, he finally pulled out 343 00:16:43,200 --> 00:16:46,559 a strange looking phone. Of course, all phones looked strange 344 00:16:46,559 --> 00:16:48,840 to Dotty, but this one in particular was unlike any 345 00:16:48,879 --> 00:16:51,919 she had seen. Yet. After a little more digging, Patrick 346 00:16:51,960 --> 00:16:54,799 pulled a matching device out and closed the chest. These 347 00:16:54,799 --> 00:16:57,639 are cold walkie talkies. Do you know what those are? 348 00:16:58,240 --> 00:17:02,000 Walkie talkies? Dotty? He repeated. She might have laughed at 349 00:17:02,000 --> 00:17:03,879 the silly name if she hadn't been so afraid of 350 00:17:03,919 --> 00:17:07,799 catching Bill and Monica's attention. Patrick said, yeah, I know 351 00:17:07,839 --> 00:17:10,200 it sounds some, but they are really cool. We can 352 00:17:10,319 --> 00:17:13,640 use them to talk to each other. See like this, 353 00:17:14,480 --> 00:17:16,839 He turned a small dial at the top of both devices, 354 00:17:16,880 --> 00:17:19,599 and a red power light lit upon each. An evil 355 00:17:19,599 --> 00:17:22,279 screech came out of both of them. Dotty quickly closed 356 00:17:22,279 --> 00:17:26,039 the door, stopping before it latched. Whoops, Patrick said, moving 357 00:17:26,079 --> 00:17:28,920 the devices away from each other. As soon as they 358 00:17:28,920 --> 00:17:32,880 were separated, the screeching stopped. Here. He handed a walkie 359 00:17:32,920 --> 00:17:34,440 to Dotty, who put it to her ear the way 360 00:17:34,480 --> 00:17:37,599 she had observed people talking on cell phones. No. No, 361 00:17:37,880 --> 00:17:39,359 you hold it in front of your mouth like this, 362 00:17:39,599 --> 00:17:42,400 he demonstrated. When you want to talk, you push the 363 00:17:42,400 --> 00:17:45,000 button and just talk. Just make sure you let go 364 00:17:45,039 --> 00:17:47,559 when you're done, because otherwise my voice won't go through her. 365 00:17:47,960 --> 00:17:50,720 Dotty pressed the button indicated by Patrick, raised the walkie 366 00:17:50,720 --> 00:17:53,160 to her lips and asked, can you hear me? She 367 00:17:53,279 --> 00:17:55,680 heard her own voice come from the walkie in Patrick's hand, 368 00:17:55,960 --> 00:17:58,960 rough and full of static, and grinned. Well, she said, 369 00:17:59,519 --> 00:18:02,279 pretty cool, right, you take that one to your room 370 00:18:02,319 --> 00:18:04,519 and I'll keep this one here. That way I can 371 00:18:04,559 --> 00:18:07,000 talk to you. But why can't we just talk like this? 372 00:18:07,799 --> 00:18:11,920 Dotty asked, Oh, Sir Patrick, I meant if the nightmare 373 00:18:11,920 --> 00:18:13,880 monsters come, I can call you to come help me. 374 00:18:14,480 --> 00:18:17,039 Oh and one more thing. He went to his bed, 375 00:18:17,440 --> 00:18:19,400 stuck a hand beneath his pillow, and pulled out an 376 00:18:19,440 --> 00:18:22,079 unused glow stick. I always keep a few of these 377 00:18:22,119 --> 00:18:24,440 under my pillow because the monsters can turn off the lights. 378 00:18:25,160 --> 00:18:27,960 It's really scary anyway. If you need to use this, 379 00:18:28,279 --> 00:18:30,599 you just bend it like you're going to break it. 380 00:18:30,599 --> 00:18:33,119 It'll make a bunch of awesome cracking sounds. Then it'll glow. 381 00:18:33,680 --> 00:18:37,000 They're super bright. Here you go, He gave her the 382 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:39,640 glow stick. Dotty dropped to her knee again to give 383 00:18:39,680 --> 00:18:42,720 him a compassionate look. She said, Patrick, I think you 384 00:18:42,799 --> 00:18:45,400 need to talk to your parents about this. Your dad 385 00:18:45,400 --> 00:18:48,599 told me they'll never believe me. He interrupted, I've told 386 00:18:48,640 --> 00:18:50,519 them over and over again that the monsters are real, 387 00:18:50,599 --> 00:18:53,200 but they won't listen. I'm pretty sure mammy even saw 388 00:18:53,240 --> 00:18:56,319 them once. Dotty stared at the walky talk in her hand. 389 00:18:57,079 --> 00:19:00,440 Accepting it also meant accepting partial responsibility for patrick safety 390 00:19:00,480 --> 00:19:04,079 and full responsibility for disobeying her foster pearance. She could 391 00:19:04,079 --> 00:19:06,160 be putting herself on the fast track to another home, 392 00:19:06,279 --> 00:19:09,240 and she liked living with the stance fields, but still 393 00:19:09,400 --> 00:19:11,920 looking into Patrick's fleeting eyes, she could not turn him down. 394 00:19:12,559 --> 00:19:14,519 She helped him saddle into bed, then returned to her 395 00:19:14,559 --> 00:19:17,960 room walkie talkie in hand. The same thought against her door, 396 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:20,200 which had awoken her the first night, did so the second. 397 00:19:20,960 --> 00:19:23,759 This time, Dotty anticipated aarry jumping on her bed and 398 00:19:23,759 --> 00:19:26,559 moved out of the cat's way. She listened carefully to 399 00:19:26,599 --> 00:19:29,440 the silence, searching for any slight disturbance which might indicate 400 00:19:29,480 --> 00:19:32,400 happenings down the hall. She heard nothing coming from down 401 00:19:32,400 --> 00:19:34,480 the hall, but the walky talkie next to her bed 402 00:19:34,559 --> 00:19:37,319 was to a life, startling her. The static crackled and 403 00:19:37,400 --> 00:19:40,519 his masking any words being spoken. Dotty picked it up 404 00:19:40,519 --> 00:19:42,599 and turned the volume dial back in order to listen 405 00:19:42,640 --> 00:19:45,359 for Patrick's voice through the walls. She could not tell 406 00:19:45,400 --> 00:19:47,039 whether he was trying to speak to her or not, 407 00:19:47,119 --> 00:19:49,279 but even with the volume down, listening for her foster 408 00:19:49,359 --> 00:19:51,720 brother with her naked ear, Dotty did not hear him. 409 00:19:51,880 --> 00:19:54,079 At a break in the transmission, Dotty depressed the talk 410 00:19:54,119 --> 00:19:57,079 button and put the device to her lips. Patrick, is 411 00:19:57,119 --> 00:20:01,039 that you? She asked. Silence lying heard for five six 412 00:20:01,160 --> 00:20:04,279 seven seconds before the walkie crackled to life again. This 413 00:20:04,480 --> 00:20:09,119 time Dotty heard breathing coming through, long rattling breaths which 414 00:20:09,160 --> 00:20:12,039 sounded much too deep to belong to little Patrick. She 415 00:20:12,119 --> 00:20:14,039 slipped off of the bed, looking back to see if 416 00:20:14,119 --> 00:20:17,279 Ara would follow her. Airry Estate put nested in the 417 00:20:17,319 --> 00:20:20,920 warm cover as Dotty left behind car, clearly wanted nothing 418 00:20:20,960 --> 00:20:23,759 to do with whatever was happening down the hall. Dotty 419 00:20:23,799 --> 00:20:25,880 treaded to her door and peeked out at Patrick's, which 420 00:20:25,960 --> 00:20:29,640 was closed. Midwi through breath, her walkie stopped transmitting and 421 00:20:29,720 --> 00:20:33,480 silence returned. Now standing in the hallway, Dotty raised again 422 00:20:33,519 --> 00:20:36,400 and asked, Patrick, are you awake? Through his door, she 423 00:20:36,440 --> 00:20:39,559 heard herself echo faintly. It sounded like Patrick had turned 424 00:20:39,559 --> 00:20:42,599 his volume up quite high. Hearing her echo also made 425 00:20:42,599 --> 00:20:44,599 a thing She should definitely be able to hear Patrick's 426 00:20:44,640 --> 00:20:46,599 voice through his door if he really was trying to 427 00:20:46,640 --> 00:20:49,480 talk to her. Her walkie hissed again and she heard 428 00:20:49,559 --> 00:20:52,839 more deep breathing coming through. This time it proceeded a 429 00:20:52,839 --> 00:20:57,200 harsh whispering voice which said he still sleeping. Dropping the 430 00:20:57,200 --> 00:21:00,359 device in alarm, Dotty ran to Patrick's door. She turned 431 00:21:00,359 --> 00:21:02,920 the knob but found it locked. Why would he lock 432 00:21:02,960 --> 00:21:04,519 his door if he wanted me to come help him. 433 00:21:05,039 --> 00:21:07,960 Dotty wondered this question was just one of a dozen 434 00:21:07,960 --> 00:21:09,839 which raised through her mind, like frames of a film 435 00:21:09,839 --> 00:21:13,079 strip blurring into a single image. In this case, instead 436 00:21:13,079 --> 00:21:15,480 of an image, her thoughts and questions amalgamated into a 437 00:21:15,480 --> 00:21:21,839 single imperative. We Patrick up, Patrick, Patrick, Dotty yelled, slapping 438 00:21:21,839 --> 00:21:24,759 her palm on his door. She had disturbances in Bill 439 00:21:24,799 --> 00:21:27,839 and Monica's bedroom as they were startled wake. However, she 440 00:21:27,839 --> 00:21:31,160 could not hear any sounds coming from Patrick's She yelled 441 00:21:31,160 --> 00:21:34,920 for him again. What's going on? Monica asked, emerging from 442 00:21:34,920 --> 00:21:37,720 her room, still tying her robe shut. There's some one 443 00:21:37,759 --> 00:21:40,920 in there with Patrick. I heard him talking, Dotty explained. 444 00:21:41,599 --> 00:21:44,960 Move move, Bill ordered, ushering her aside with firm hands 445 00:21:44,960 --> 00:21:50,319 on her upper arms. Patrick or you wake, He asked Patrick. 446 00:21:50,400 --> 00:21:53,359 Can you hear me? His door is locked, said dotty. 447 00:21:53,839 --> 00:21:57,200 Bill immediately tried to knob to confirm this. Bill he 448 00:21:57,200 --> 00:22:01,240 would never lock that door, said Monica. I know, Um, 449 00:22:01,319 --> 00:22:04,559 do you have your phone now? Can you go get it? 450 00:22:05,079 --> 00:22:08,119 I want somebody ready to call nine hundred eleven. What's that, 451 00:22:08,839 --> 00:22:12,640 Dotty asked, not now, Bill replied. He flattened his ear 452 00:22:12,680 --> 00:22:14,799 against the door to listen for any sounds from within. 453 00:22:15,359 --> 00:22:19,759 He said, somebody's in there, he asked urgently. Dotty nodded, 454 00:22:20,319 --> 00:22:22,960 how do you know. Dotty assured him the walkie talkie 455 00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:25,240 and said he gave me this and somebody talked to 456 00:22:25,240 --> 00:22:28,480 me through it. That's it, said Bill. He rammed his 457 00:22:28,480 --> 00:22:32,400 shoulder into the door. It barely rattled. Bill stepped back, 458 00:22:32,759 --> 00:22:34,759 raised his right foot in the air, and kicked forward, 459 00:22:34,880 --> 00:22:37,480 connecting right beside the door knob. There was a dry 460 00:22:37,519 --> 00:22:41,200 splitting sound, but the door remained standing. Patrick answered me. 461 00:22:41,400 --> 00:22:44,559 Bill yelt before his next kick. This time the knob 462 00:22:44,559 --> 00:22:47,559 bent inward. It returned to its normal position as the 463 00:22:47,559 --> 00:22:50,000 door settled back in plays, but Bill quickly followed up 464 00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:52,240 with a third kick, which broke the wood around the knob. 465 00:22:52,720 --> 00:22:56,000 The door slammed against the stop inside Patrick's room, He's 466 00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:58,319 not here, billyel to Monica, who had just returned with 467 00:22:58,359 --> 00:23:02,880 her phone in hand. She he asked, what okay, I'm 468 00:23:02,920 --> 00:23:06,759 calling Patrick, Billy yelled. He yanked the covers off of 469 00:23:06,799 --> 00:23:10,160 the boy's bed, revealing an empty mattress. Dotty shrunk back, 470 00:23:10,279 --> 00:23:13,440 terrified and unsure where she fit in the situation. Monica 471 00:23:13,559 --> 00:23:15,640 vhone raised to her or said check unto the bed 472 00:23:15,720 --> 00:23:19,559 Bill and trotted over to Patrick's closet. Yes, hello, I'm 473 00:23:19,559 --> 00:23:22,720 at two hundred and seventeen Brickwick Road. We can't find 474 00:23:22,720 --> 00:23:26,960 my son. He's seven and oh my god. Monica had 475 00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:31,359 just opened Patrick's closet. Oh my god, he's here. I 476 00:23:31,440 --> 00:23:34,920 found him. It's okay. No, we don't need you to 477 00:23:34,960 --> 00:23:41,960 send anybody. I'm so sorry. Yes, yes it is. Thank you. Goodbye. 478 00:23:42,519 --> 00:23:44,839 Monica Lowe with the phone and embraced Patrick, who she 479 00:23:44,880 --> 00:23:46,839 had found standing in his closet with his back to 480 00:23:46,880 --> 00:23:49,440 the door. Even as she hugged him, the boy stood 481 00:23:49,440 --> 00:23:52,279 completely still, facing away from them. All. Hey, could you 482 00:23:52,319 --> 00:23:55,400 maybe go back to your room, Bill asked Dotty. What 483 00:23:55,519 --> 00:23:59,119 about the voice I heard? Dotty asked, I'm sure we'll 484 00:23:59,160 --> 00:24:01,400 find an explanation, but for now, please just go back 485 00:24:01,440 --> 00:24:04,599 to bed. Is he going to be okay? Bill started 486 00:24:04,599 --> 00:24:07,799 to sound for straded now, yes, Dotty, he'll be fine. 487 00:24:08,319 --> 00:24:10,000 Do you remember what I said to you last night 488 00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:12,759 about letting Monica and a handle This now would be 489 00:24:12,799 --> 00:24:16,079 the time this final night sprung tears into Dotty's eyes. 490 00:24:16,759 --> 00:24:19,160 She turned away before Bill would notice him return to 491 00:24:19,200 --> 00:24:22,559 her room without another word. Dotty slept in the next morning, 492 00:24:22,680 --> 00:24:24,680 having not been able to return to sleep quickly the 493 00:24:24,799 --> 00:24:28,359 night before. She noticed Patrick's staring at her, clearly wanting 494 00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:31,039 to tell her something, but Bill or Monica was always 495 00:24:31,039 --> 00:24:33,839 close by light they were guarding him. Finally, there came 496 00:24:33,880 --> 00:24:35,839 a moment in the kitchen, just after Bill left to 497 00:24:35,839 --> 00:24:38,039 pick up everything he needed to repay Patrick's door. When 498 00:24:38,039 --> 00:24:41,240 Monica received a phone call, she excused herself to take 499 00:24:41,279 --> 00:24:44,000 the call outside in the porch. Please tell me what 500 00:24:44,039 --> 00:24:47,440 happened last night, Dotty finally begged. Patchrick's eyes drifted over 501 00:24:47,480 --> 00:24:50,400 her shoulder to the patio door. Deciding it was safe 502 00:24:50,400 --> 00:24:52,839 to talk, he whispered, they almost got me that time. 503 00:24:53,400 --> 00:24:56,559 For some reason, I kept dreaming until if mom didn't 504 00:24:56,559 --> 00:24:59,920 open that closet. I heard it, Dotty said. I heard 505 00:25:00,079 --> 00:25:02,359 its voice and the walky thing ye gave me when 506 00:25:02,359 --> 00:25:05,559 I tried to call you. It said, he's still sleeping. Dotty, 507 00:25:05,599 --> 00:25:09,240 I'm really scared. I know, I'm trying to decide what 508 00:25:09,319 --> 00:25:13,039 to do next. I don't think your parents, she paused, 509 00:25:13,759 --> 00:25:16,519 Sure she had just heard her name through the kitchen window, 510 00:25:16,640 --> 00:25:19,599 which had been left open a crack. Monica must not 511 00:25:19,640 --> 00:25:22,799 have noticed. She was standing right below the window, speaking 512 00:25:22,839 --> 00:25:27,039 into her phone a conversational volume. Dotty's knuck over to listen. No, 513 00:25:27,400 --> 00:25:29,920 it's not that we don't like her. In fact, we 514 00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:32,920 really do. It's just I'm worried about how Patrick is 515 00:25:32,920 --> 00:25:35,799 adjusting his night terrors have been off the shot since 516 00:25:35,799 --> 00:25:39,200 Dotty got here. No, I understand. But also she's been 517 00:25:39,240 --> 00:25:41,720 trying to undermine us, and I'm not being paranoid. She's 518 00:25:41,759 --> 00:25:44,440 convinced that Patrick is like haunted or something, but then 519 00:25:44,480 --> 00:25:46,400 he's screaming or locked in his closet, and does she 520 00:25:46,440 --> 00:25:48,559 come get us. No, she just talks to him behind 521 00:25:48,559 --> 00:25:51,720 our backs afterward and plays into his delusions. I don't know, Halley, 522 00:25:51,960 --> 00:25:53,640 it just might not be good for Patrick to have 523 00:25:53,720 --> 00:25:56,680 her ear. Dotty stepped back shot to hear these infair 524 00:25:56,720 --> 00:26:00,559 and exaggerated accusations leveled against her. It challenged her entire 525 00:26:00,599 --> 00:26:03,119 idea of who she was, which was already quite mallable 526 00:26:03,160 --> 00:26:06,720 due to her upbringing, which heavily discouraged personal identity. Bill 527 00:26:06,799 --> 00:26:08,960 and Monica s eventually ignored the children for the rest 528 00:26:08,960 --> 00:26:11,720 of the day. Bill spent most of the afternoon working 529 00:26:11,720 --> 00:26:14,319 on the door, and Monic sequsted herself in various rooms 530 00:26:14,319 --> 00:26:16,240 throughout the house, in a manner which suggested she was 531 00:26:16,240 --> 00:26:19,279 intentionally avoiding Dotty. She kept Patrick with her much of 532 00:26:19,279 --> 00:26:21,799 the time as well. If Bill wasn't working on the 533 00:26:21,839 --> 00:26:23,920 door and Monica wasn't with Patrick, the two of them 534 00:26:23,960 --> 00:26:27,559 would hide themselves away for private discussions. Dotty spent most 535 00:26:27,559 --> 00:26:29,599 of the day reading Harry Potter, reaching a third book 536 00:26:29,640 --> 00:26:32,680 in the series, The Saucerer's Stone and the Chamber of Secrets, 537 00:26:32,680 --> 00:26:35,160 turned out to be much lighter reading than Ezekil and Leviticus, 538 00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:38,319 which allowed her to consume them effortlessly. That night, Dotty 539 00:26:38,319 --> 00:26:41,039 went to bed were she feared what would happen if 540 00:26:41,039 --> 00:26:44,079 Patrick was attacked again. She now knew Bill and Monica 541 00:26:44,079 --> 00:26:46,799 held contradictory expectations for her and could not decide how 542 00:26:46,839 --> 00:26:50,000 to handle them. On one hand, Monica complained about her 543 00:26:50,039 --> 00:26:52,799 attempts to understand Patrick's affliction and help him through the 544 00:26:52,839 --> 00:26:55,480 best way she knew how, but on the other she 545 00:26:55,559 --> 00:26:58,519 was disappointed in Dotty's lack of action. So which was 546 00:26:58,519 --> 00:27:01,319 it was she supposed to help were stay out? And 547 00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:04,039 what if Bill and Monnica were on What if Patrick's 548 00:27:04,079 --> 00:27:06,640 life really was being threatened by creatures that emerged from 549 00:27:06,640 --> 00:27:09,920 his nightmares. Wrestling with this confusion tired her, and after 550 00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:11,960 some time sweating on top of the sheets, she got 551 00:27:12,039 --> 00:27:14,400 up and went to her bedroom door. She held the 552 00:27:14,480 --> 00:27:16,599 knob in her hand, twisting the lock back and forth 553 00:27:16,640 --> 00:27:19,480 between her thumb and index finger. She thought about how 554 00:27:19,480 --> 00:27:21,359 her missus Fincher's in the middle of the night always 555 00:27:21,359 --> 00:27:23,480 began with the cat running and and waking her up. 556 00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:26,079 Maybe it was time to try sleeping with the door closed. 557 00:27:26,920 --> 00:27:28,880 She shut it gently so as not to be heard 558 00:27:28,920 --> 00:27:31,480 down the hall. She pinched the lock, has tit it, 559 00:27:31,519 --> 00:27:34,039 then turned it, determined to sleep through the night to 560 00:27:34,079 --> 00:27:36,680 keep herself out of the situation with Patrick and hopefully 561 00:27:36,680 --> 00:27:38,599 work her way back into favor with Bill and Monica 562 00:27:38,640 --> 00:27:40,920 before they had her removed, Dotty went back to bed. 563 00:27:41,559 --> 00:27:43,839 This time she was awoken by a needy scratching at 564 00:27:43,839 --> 00:27:46,160 her door. This faint sound did not have the same 565 00:27:46,240 --> 00:27:48,240 startling effect as the cat darting in and jumping on 566 00:27:48,240 --> 00:27:51,119 the bed, so Dotty woke slowly. At first, she forgot 567 00:27:51,160 --> 00:27:53,839 where she was. She had just woken from a dream 568 00:27:53,880 --> 00:27:56,400 about home and expected to see the plane brown walls 569 00:27:56,400 --> 00:27:59,359 of her old room when she opened her eyes. Instead, 570 00:27:59,519 --> 00:28:01,680 she saw the blue walls of her room at the Stansfields, 571 00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:04,680 which looked pitch black at night. Airy scratched at the 572 00:28:04,680 --> 00:28:07,680 door again, and Dotty came fully into the present. She 573 00:28:07,799 --> 00:28:10,200 heard the cat mewing outside her door, and, fearing she 574 00:28:10,279 --> 00:28:12,279 might wake the rest of the family, rose to let 575 00:28:12,319 --> 00:28:15,359 her in. When Dotty opened the door, Airy's back was arched, 576 00:28:15,359 --> 00:28:18,200 her tail stiff, and her first standing on end. Dotty 577 00:28:18,240 --> 00:28:20,480 crouched next to her and peed her into silence, then 578 00:28:20,519 --> 00:28:23,319 listened for any sounds coming from down the hall. She 579 00:28:23,359 --> 00:28:26,160 heard only one faint sniffle, and that only barely. She 580 00:28:26,240 --> 00:28:29,240 picked ear up and treaded carefully toward Patrick's door. The 581 00:28:29,279 --> 00:28:31,559 closer she got, she could hear more sounds of his crying. 582 00:28:32,079 --> 00:28:35,119 He whimpered and sniffled, breaking Dotty's heart. She thought she 583 00:28:35,160 --> 00:28:37,400 had felt alone, but now she imagined the feeling of 584 00:28:37,440 --> 00:28:40,079 isolation Patrick must have been experiencing, and could no longer 585 00:28:40,160 --> 00:28:43,200 pity herself. She knocked gently on his door, which was 586 00:28:43,200 --> 00:28:47,119 somehow closed, despite air escaping through it. She whispered to Patrick, 587 00:28:47,839 --> 00:28:51,279 and the whimpering ceased. Hold on his small voice replied, 588 00:28:51,920 --> 00:28:53,920 Dotty heard a sheet's rustle, then the soft thud of 589 00:28:53,960 --> 00:28:56,759 his feet hitting the ground. He padded over to the door. 590 00:28:57,359 --> 00:28:59,079 Dotty heard the door in a brattle when he growled 591 00:28:59,119 --> 00:29:01,279 it but before Patrick could open the door, he screamed. 592 00:29:01,920 --> 00:29:04,200 Dotty dropped earriyer and tried to open the door herself, 593 00:29:04,240 --> 00:29:06,960 but in his terror, Patrick had fallen against it. She 594 00:29:06,960 --> 00:29:10,359 couldn't push it open. Patrick, get out of there, she yelled. 595 00:29:10,839 --> 00:29:12,960 Based on his screams, she knew he had slid down 596 00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:15,079 the door all the way to the floor. She could 597 00:29:15,079 --> 00:29:16,559 picture him culled up and a ball. There was some 598 00:29:16,680 --> 00:29:20,319 dock then crawled out of his closet. Bill Monica, Dotty screamed, 599 00:29:20,359 --> 00:29:23,359 now turning to bang on their bedroom door. Maybe she 600 00:29:23,440 --> 00:29:25,480 thought Bill would be strong enough to push his way in. 601 00:29:26,160 --> 00:29:28,440 She didn't care if they would send her away any more. 602 00:29:29,119 --> 00:29:32,599 Her only concern was for Patrick. Harry began scratching at 603 00:29:32,640 --> 00:29:36,359 Patrick's door, and Dotty returned her attention. There. Please, Patrick, 604 00:29:36,480 --> 00:29:39,720 you have to move, she yelled. The master bedroom door opened. 605 00:29:40,400 --> 00:29:43,960 Bill and Monica, both in bathrobes, emerged. Move out of 606 00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:46,920 my way, Bill bellowed. He shoved Dotty so hard her 607 00:29:46,960 --> 00:29:49,799 back hid the wall behind her. He shouted Patrick's name 608 00:29:49,839 --> 00:29:52,440 as he tried to open the door. His initial attempt 609 00:29:52,480 --> 00:29:55,000 failed against Patrick's weight, but he planted his shoulder into 610 00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:57,319 the nearly repaired door, brace his beffeet in the carpet, 611 00:29:57,359 --> 00:30:00,359 and shoved. The door opened slowly as Bill pushed Patrick 612 00:30:00,359 --> 00:30:03,240 out of the way. Arius scurried away, and Dotty tried 613 00:30:03,279 --> 00:30:05,039 to peer inside to catch a glimpse of the terrible 614 00:30:05,039 --> 00:30:08,079 monsters which had plagued our foster brother. So Dotty step 615 00:30:08,160 --> 00:30:11,319 over here, out of the way, Monnic instructed. She gestured 616 00:30:11,359 --> 00:30:13,359 to the space in front of herself, and Dotty moved 617 00:30:13,359 --> 00:30:16,319 into it. Bill reached them through the opening he managed 618 00:30:16,319 --> 00:30:19,440 to create. He grabbed Patrick's pajama shirt and pulled him 619 00:30:19,440 --> 00:30:21,480 sideways until he had moved him enough to open the 620 00:30:21,519 --> 00:30:23,920 door the rest of the way. It was too dark 621 00:30:23,960 --> 00:30:26,759 inside for Dotty to see anything. Patrick's neck light had 622 00:30:26,799 --> 00:30:30,039 gone out got him. Bill grunted, heaving Patrick up into 623 00:30:30,079 --> 00:30:33,039 his arms. Dotty felt relieved, but only for less than 624 00:30:33,079 --> 00:30:35,759 a second. For no sooner had Bill stepped away from 625 00:30:35,799 --> 00:30:39,079 Patrick's room, embracing the scare child, than Monica scheve Dotty forward, 626 00:30:39,119 --> 00:30:42,640 sending her tumbling into the darkness without a word. Monic 627 00:30:42,720 --> 00:30:46,119 slammed the door shut. No help, Dotty cried, throwing herself 628 00:30:46,119 --> 00:30:49,200 into the door. Her hand searched and located the door knob. 629 00:30:49,839 --> 00:30:53,480 It wouldn't turn. Horrified, Dotty realized Bill had replaced the 630 00:30:53,480 --> 00:30:55,519 door knob with one which flopped on the outside, and 631 00:30:55,599 --> 00:30:58,640 for some reason, Monica had locked her in. She yell, 632 00:30:58,839 --> 00:31:03,680 what are you doing? Why? Why? Please help me? A 633 00:31:03,720 --> 00:31:06,680 crackle of static sanded behind her as she turned. All 634 00:31:06,680 --> 00:31:08,559 she could see of the walkie talkie on Patrick's night 635 00:31:08,599 --> 00:31:11,440 stent was its red pow light. The static us louder 636 00:31:11,440 --> 00:31:14,480 and louder until the device reached its full volume. Dotty 637 00:31:14,480 --> 00:31:16,640 shrunk down against the bottom of the door, just as 638 00:31:16,640 --> 00:31:19,799 Patrick had. They had traded places, but more damningly, had 639 00:31:19,799 --> 00:31:23,359 traded fates. Dotty's trained helplessness held her in place, even 640 00:31:23,400 --> 00:31:26,160 as she began to sense the shadows moving. She heard 641 00:31:26,160 --> 00:31:28,160 the air coalescing in front of her, felt its creeping 642 00:31:28,240 --> 00:31:30,000 draft on the backs of her hands and the bottoms 643 00:31:30,039 --> 00:31:34,920 of her feet. They were coming, the nightmare monsters. Please Monica, 644 00:31:34,920 --> 00:31:37,880 Bill Patrick, somebody opened this door. She reached up and 645 00:31:37,920 --> 00:31:39,880 tried to open it again, but it was still locked. 646 00:31:40,559 --> 00:31:43,039 Stay still. A deep voice commanded through the walkie talkie. 647 00:31:43,599 --> 00:31:46,400 What are you? Dotty yelled into the air, which continued 648 00:31:46,400 --> 00:31:48,799 to twirl in front of her. She slapped at the 649 00:31:48,839 --> 00:31:52,240 door again, pleading with the Stan's fields let me out, Please, 650 00:31:52,359 --> 00:31:54,920 am sorry, please let me go. She could hear them 651 00:31:54,920 --> 00:31:58,559 out there now bickering. Padric's voice was knowing explosive pitch 652 00:31:59,359 --> 00:32:01,640 the main argument it seemed to be between Haremonica, though 653 00:32:01,680 --> 00:32:03,640 Dotty could not spare much attention to try to make 654 00:32:03,680 --> 00:32:06,680 out what they were saying. Suddenly, the static kiss ended 655 00:32:06,759 --> 00:32:08,640 and the walkie talk is still red light, the only 656 00:32:08,720 --> 00:32:11,880 light in the entire room, went out. The air stopped moving. 657 00:32:12,440 --> 00:32:14,759 Dotty held her breath, not wanting it to give her away. 658 00:32:15,359 --> 00:32:17,400 She could sense something now looming in front of her. 659 00:32:17,480 --> 00:32:20,599 Examining the room with senses unknown to her left, near 660 00:32:20,599 --> 00:32:23,880 where Patrick's bed should be, she sensed another presence. This 661 00:32:23,960 --> 00:32:27,400 one seemed smaller yet equally sinister. She could see them 662 00:32:27,440 --> 00:32:29,599 all at the same time with her eyes open or shut, 663 00:32:29,640 --> 00:32:32,119 hear them despite the family arguing outside the door, and 664 00:32:32,200 --> 00:32:35,079 sense the movements on her exposed and covered skin. They 665 00:32:35,079 --> 00:32:38,079 were everywhere, including in her mind. They were not reaching 666 00:32:38,079 --> 00:32:41,160 for her, They were reaching for something inside her. They were, 667 00:32:41,359 --> 00:32:44,119 it seemed, calling for her very soul. Was this the 668 00:32:44,160 --> 00:32:46,960 reckoning her parents had warned her about. Was this how 669 00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:49,079 God was punishing her for disobeying the teachings of his 670 00:32:49,160 --> 00:32:52,880 prophet Marrawalker. Her soul would be devied, gnashed by demons? 671 00:32:53,640 --> 00:32:55,960 Was this the price everyone paid for watching movies, for 672 00:32:56,079 --> 00:32:59,200 reading Harry Potter? But it was more than that she 673 00:32:59,279 --> 00:33:01,519 had conspired again ainst Bill and Monica with their son. 674 00:33:02,160 --> 00:33:05,680 She had plotted with him against direct wishes. She had disobeyed. 675 00:33:06,319 --> 00:33:08,279 Perhaps this was the most serious crime for which she 676 00:33:08,319 --> 00:33:11,440 had been sentenced. But no, she simply could not believe that. 677 00:33:12,200 --> 00:33:14,400 She observed her own habitual pattern of thought as a 678 00:33:14,440 --> 00:33:17,200 ticked through her brain, but she could not internalize it. 679 00:33:17,200 --> 00:33:20,200 It was too discordant, too dissonant from the reality she'd experienced. 680 00:33:20,839 --> 00:33:23,519 Dotty had never known such internal comfort before, and for 681 00:33:23,559 --> 00:33:25,960 the first time, impossibly her entire life, she broke out 682 00:33:25,960 --> 00:33:28,599 of entrench routs in her mind. She reached up for 683 00:33:28,599 --> 00:33:31,000 the light switch, but was not surprised when it did nothing. 684 00:33:31,599 --> 00:33:33,680 There was a window on the other side of Patrick's bed. 685 00:33:34,319 --> 00:33:35,920 If she could get to it, it could shed some 686 00:33:36,039 --> 00:33:38,720 light in the creatures and possibly offer a rout of escape, 687 00:33:39,119 --> 00:33:41,200 if only the bed was all that stood in her way. 688 00:33:41,759 --> 00:33:43,720 I'm not who you want, she shouted at the invisible 689 00:33:43,720 --> 00:33:47,799 monsters standing. She pounded again on the door several times, yelling, 690 00:33:47,960 --> 00:33:50,440 the child you want is out there while you're at 691 00:33:50,440 --> 00:33:53,160 to take his parents to A snow projected from the 692 00:33:53,200 --> 00:33:56,920 smaller creature and did Dotty's mind froze her momentarily. Evidently 693 00:33:57,039 --> 00:33:59,480 she was not the only one who heard it. Hearing 694 00:33:59,519 --> 00:34:02,960 the beast tree good Patrick to yell from outside the door, Quick, Dotty, 695 00:34:03,039 --> 00:34:05,680 they are going to get you. An invisible hand called 696 00:34:05,680 --> 00:34:08,480 from the darkness and gripped Dotty's wrist, almost instantly, numbing 697 00:34:08,519 --> 00:34:11,960 her hand with its strength. Help she screamed as the 698 00:34:11,960 --> 00:34:15,320 hand yanked her forward into the obscure blackness. The creature 699 00:34:15,360 --> 00:34:18,360 released her after flinging her down on all fours. Her 700 00:34:18,360 --> 00:34:20,639 shoulder brushed against the foot of Patrick's bed, and she 701 00:34:20,679 --> 00:34:23,280 clambered on to it. The curtain was only a couple 702 00:34:23,280 --> 00:34:26,199 of feet away. If she only knew exactly where it was, 703 00:34:26,360 --> 00:34:29,360 she could surely reach it. She needed light, but everything 704 00:34:29,400 --> 00:34:32,960 this Dancefield's own required electricity. At home, she knew where 705 00:34:32,960 --> 00:34:35,559 to find a gas lamp at any given moment. Down 706 00:34:35,599 --> 00:34:38,719 this modern society. Maybe they are not really sinners, but 707 00:34:38,719 --> 00:34:42,039 they are really stupid. She let this virtuale feel her thoughts. 708 00:34:42,719 --> 00:34:45,280 It had the unexpected effect of clearing her mind, plowing 709 00:34:45,320 --> 00:34:48,000 roads to allow ideas to flow more freely. And that 710 00:34:48,119 --> 00:34:51,119 was when Dotty remembered the glowistick Patrick gave her. She 711 00:34:51,199 --> 00:34:53,159 did not have it with her now, but she remembered 712 00:34:53,159 --> 00:34:55,480 where he retrieved it from. I keep a few of 713 00:34:55,480 --> 00:34:57,559 these under my pillow at all times because the monster 714 00:34:57,599 --> 00:35:00,800 can turn off the lights. She dolf, but her hand 715 00:35:00,840 --> 00:35:02,760 only grazed the pillow case before one of the powerful 716 00:35:02,760 --> 00:35:05,480 hands caught her left ankle and tugged her back. The 717 00:35:05,519 --> 00:35:08,239 second monster made a pass of her arm. She swung 718 00:35:08,280 --> 00:35:11,639 the arm at the creature instead. She felt it recoil, 719 00:35:11,800 --> 00:35:14,679 but it recovered quickly. The big one holding her ankle 720 00:35:14,719 --> 00:35:16,880 tried to grab her other leg, but Dotty lashed out 721 00:35:16,920 --> 00:35:19,400 with a kick. She felt it connect, but since she 722 00:35:19,440 --> 00:35:21,280 could only sense the beast and not see it, she 723 00:35:21,280 --> 00:35:23,559 didn't know where her blow landed, only that it made 724 00:35:23,559 --> 00:35:26,719 the monster release her ankle. The ill it's taking too long. 725 00:35:27,360 --> 00:35:29,480 You need to get an air, Dotty heard Monica say, 726 00:35:29,480 --> 00:35:32,119 as she dove for the glow sticks again. This time 727 00:35:32,199 --> 00:35:34,880 she found one. She sat up and pulled her legs 728 00:35:34,880 --> 00:35:38,039 and clothes. The all and Monica were now arguing again. 729 00:35:38,559 --> 00:35:41,880 While they were distracted, Patrick yelled, go out the window, Dotty. 730 00:35:42,519 --> 00:35:44,840 Dotty heard the sharp smack of Patrick paying the price 731 00:35:44,880 --> 00:35:47,639 for a sound she could never mistake or forget. Get 732 00:35:47,719 --> 00:35:51,719 in there, Monica snarled, it was now or never. Dotty 733 00:35:51,760 --> 00:35:53,920 struggled with the glow stick, at first twisting it instead 734 00:35:53,920 --> 00:35:55,880 of bending, but finally she heard a pop and saw 735 00:35:55,880 --> 00:35:58,639 a vein of neon pink light appear. She bent it further, 736 00:35:58,840 --> 00:36:01,559 felt a crackling in her hand uns it emitted a 737 00:36:01,599 --> 00:36:04,960 saturating pink glow, banishing some shadows and darkening the rest. 738 00:36:05,760 --> 00:36:08,400 The two dark shapes Dotty had most feared and expected 739 00:36:08,400 --> 00:36:10,760 to see retreated into corners, the big one into Patrick's 740 00:36:10,800 --> 00:36:13,199 partially opened closet and the smaller one under the bed. 741 00:36:13,760 --> 00:36:15,719 She saw only the form the silhouettes of each before 742 00:36:15,719 --> 00:36:18,880 they disappeared. They left vacances in Dotty's mind as well. 743 00:36:19,400 --> 00:36:22,599 She no longer felt them invading her thoughts. All the same, 744 00:36:22,719 --> 00:36:25,480 she turned her attention to the window. She pulled away 745 00:36:25,519 --> 00:36:29,239 the curtain. Moon and Starlight's build in. They'll opened the door, 746 00:36:29,880 --> 00:36:33,960 Dotty unlocked the window. They'll rushed forward. Dotty cranked the 747 00:36:33,960 --> 00:36:37,679 window open. Diyll lunged Dotty tad at the screen, but 748 00:36:37,719 --> 00:36:39,920 before she could pull it away, she was dragged, kicking 749 00:36:39,960 --> 00:36:42,719 and screaming back to the doorway. Put her in her room, 750 00:36:42,800 --> 00:36:46,760 said Monica. Already on it, said Bill. Patrick tried to 751 00:36:46,760 --> 00:36:49,679 follow him, but Monica held him back. Dotty would never 752 00:36:49,719 --> 00:36:53,280 speak to Patrick in person again. The following morning, Monica 753 00:36:53,360 --> 00:36:55,800 let Dotty out of her room. She said that Patrick 754 00:36:55,840 --> 00:36:58,800 would be staying upstairs because he didn't feel well. Dotty 755 00:36:58,840 --> 00:37:00,760 assumed his parents are tall him to stay here so 756 00:37:00,800 --> 00:37:02,920 they could try to brainwash her into believing her memory 757 00:37:02,920 --> 00:37:05,840 of the night before was wrong. Fortunately, Dotty would be 758 00:37:05,840 --> 00:37:08,360 spared their cruel lies by a surprise visit from Halle. 759 00:37:08,840 --> 00:37:12,239 She had a police officer with her. Yes, Hallie, thank you, 760 00:37:12,400 --> 00:37:14,840 thank you, Dotty cheered as Bill let the social worker 761 00:37:14,840 --> 00:37:18,360 and police officer in. How did you know who told you? 762 00:37:19,000 --> 00:37:23,039 That's her? The officer asked, Halle. Hallie, with sorrowful eyes, nodded. 763 00:37:23,679 --> 00:37:26,840 Dotty asked, what's going on? I called her this morning, 764 00:37:26,960 --> 00:37:30,199 said Monica, entering through the doorway under the stairs. I 765 00:37:30,239 --> 00:37:32,360 told them how you've been making threats to hurt Patrick. 766 00:37:33,000 --> 00:37:35,079 We're here to take you back into state custody while 767 00:37:35,079 --> 00:37:38,519 your case is examined. Halle explained, Dotty, will you please 768 00:37:38,559 --> 00:37:41,280 come with us and co operate? Of course, said Dotty, 769 00:37:41,840 --> 00:37:44,079 But that's a lie there, liars. I would never say 770 00:37:44,079 --> 00:37:46,159 I would hurt Patrick. They'd it was them who tried 771 00:37:46,199 --> 00:37:47,920 to hurt me. They're just trying to shut me up. 772 00:37:47,960 --> 00:37:51,159 See what I mean? Bill asked Halle. Was she like 773 00:37:51,239 --> 00:37:54,679 this before? Halle refused to say anything, but the officer muttered, 774 00:37:54,800 --> 00:37:56,880 A kid with that background's going to have some issues. 775 00:37:57,519 --> 00:38:00,400 Hallie shot him a look, just go with them, please, 776 00:38:00,480 --> 00:38:03,960 said Monica. If you go easy, maybe we won't press charges. 777 00:38:04,599 --> 00:38:08,119 Dotty skewered her with her eyes. Hallie set This officer's 778 00:38:08,159 --> 00:38:10,920 only here to make sure this goes smoothly. Dotty, can 779 00:38:10,960 --> 00:38:14,679 we make that happen? Wordlessly, Dotty left the Stansfield's house. 780 00:38:15,400 --> 00:38:17,559 Over the course of the next ear Dotty gave Halley 781 00:38:17,599 --> 00:38:20,320 her version of events. It saddened her to admit it, 782 00:38:20,400 --> 00:38:23,559 but Halley understood what had word Bill and Monica Dotty 783 00:38:23,639 --> 00:38:26,519 sounded out of her mind. However, something about the way 784 00:38:26,559 --> 00:38:29,400 Dotty told the story, with so much conviction and consistency, 785 00:38:29,480 --> 00:38:32,559 made Halley believe the underlying truth of it something bad 786 00:38:32,599 --> 00:38:35,679 had happened to her in that house. Thus, Dotty described 787 00:38:35,679 --> 00:38:37,679 in detail of phone call Monica had with Halley about 788 00:38:37,719 --> 00:38:40,840 potentially removing her from the home. That phone call, Halley 789 00:38:40,840 --> 00:38:44,159 assured her, had never actually happened, but why would Dotty 790 00:38:44,199 --> 00:38:47,840 lie about it? She wouldn't, so did Monica fake it? 791 00:38:47,880 --> 00:38:50,559 For some reason. The next time Halley received an order 792 00:38:50,599 --> 00:38:53,000 for replacement at the Stancefields, she by chance discovered a 793 00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:55,920 clerical error in their renewal paperwork, which invalidated the license 794 00:38:55,960 --> 00:38:59,000 until the air could be resolved. Hallye never heard from 795 00:38:59,039 --> 00:39:01,960 them again. As for what happened to Patrick, he was fine, 796 00:39:02,039 --> 00:39:04,639 it turned out. He wrote an email to Dotty when 797 00:39:04,639 --> 00:39:07,480 he found her college email address in a university directory 798 00:39:07,480 --> 00:39:10,199 when he googled her. He spent some of his message 799 00:39:10,199 --> 00:39:12,960 apologizing for a small role in trapping Dotty with the monsters, 800 00:39:13,079 --> 00:39:15,119 but he also explained how his parents had only been 801 00:39:15,159 --> 00:39:18,000 trying to save him. They had conveniently been registered as 802 00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:20,559 a foster home before everything with Patrick's night myre monsters 803 00:39:20,599 --> 00:39:24,079 began and let the license lapse. After his torment began, 804 00:39:24,239 --> 00:39:28,039 they simply renewed their license and accepted their first placement Doughty, 805 00:39:28,679 --> 00:39:31,559 He wrote, my parents pretended not to believe in the monsters. 806 00:39:32,159 --> 00:39:33,800 They wanted me to convince he to help me so 807 00:39:33,840 --> 00:39:36,920 they could sacrifice you in my place that night when 808 00:39:36,920 --> 00:39:38,559 they pushed you into my room, they tried to make 809 00:39:38,599 --> 00:39:40,199 me think I would be carried off to be tortured 810 00:39:40,199 --> 00:39:42,039 for eternity if I didn't go along with the plan 811 00:39:42,079 --> 00:39:45,079 and let you get taken, he wrote. Dotty could identify 812 00:39:45,119 --> 00:39:47,199 with that part. It summed up why she had gone 813 00:39:47,239 --> 00:39:50,039 along with everything she had at home too, he continued, 814 00:39:50,079 --> 00:39:52,480 they were just going to pretend you ran away. I 815 00:39:52,559 --> 00:39:54,480 know it's a law to ask, and I don't expect 816 00:39:54,519 --> 00:39:56,480 you to forgive them entirely, but please don't think of 817 00:39:56,519 --> 00:39:58,320 my parents as evil people for what they did to you. 818 00:39:58,960 --> 00:40:01,559 They didn't want to hurt you. They wanted to save me. 819 00:40:01,719 --> 00:40:03,360 I don't agree with how they did it, but I 820 00:40:03,360 --> 00:40:07,000 can understand why. I hope you can too. Finally, he 821 00:40:07,039 --> 00:40:10,360 provided some closure. You're probably wondering what happened with the 822 00:40:10,400 --> 00:40:13,760 monsters after you left right. I mean not to sound 823 00:40:13,840 --> 00:40:15,679 like a narcissist, but you must have wondered if I 824 00:40:15,719 --> 00:40:19,880 made it right. Well, obviously I did because of your bravery. 825 00:40:19,920 --> 00:40:22,440 And I'm not just saying this. Those shadowy things didn't 826 00:40:22,440 --> 00:40:25,119 ever have the same power over me again, Don't get 827 00:40:25,119 --> 00:40:26,960 me wrong. They still scared the crap out of me, 828 00:40:27,079 --> 00:40:28,840 but I had enough courage to get away. After that, 829 00:40:29,760 --> 00:40:31,800 I started going into the room you used in sleeping 830 00:40:31,800 --> 00:40:34,280 in your bed. I just remembered you and how strong 831 00:40:34,320 --> 00:40:38,039 you felt. It was almost like still having you around anyway. 832 00:40:38,079 --> 00:40:41,280 Eventually the monsters just stopped peering. I'm not even sure 833 00:40:41,320 --> 00:40:44,599 when exactly has stopped. They became an afterthought, then nothing 834 00:40:44,639 --> 00:40:47,920 at all. That's all for now. Hope life has treated 835 00:40:47,960 --> 00:40:51,480 you fairly since you left. It'd be about time take 836 00:40:51,519 --> 00:40:55,719 here Patrick Dotty smiled. She had forgiven Patrick long ago 837 00:40:55,760 --> 00:40:58,079 and couldn't wait to tell him. She wrote a long 838 00:40:58,159 --> 00:41:00,639 and touching letter andbuwing every new ones to she felt 839 00:41:00,679 --> 00:41:03,239 during the process, but at the end she had to 840 00:41:03,280 --> 00:41:05,280 add one quick line to thank Patrick for a small 841 00:41:05,360 --> 00:41:07,360 role he had played in helping her feel braver at 842 00:41:07,480 --> 00:41:11,079 night too. I almost forgot, she wrote, thanks to you, 843 00:41:11,119 --> 00:41:12,880 I've got a pack of gloves stick's wedged under my 844 00:41:12,920 --> 00:41:15,760 pillow now. Haven't needed them yet, but it's good to 845 00:41:15,800 --> 00:41:20,599 know they're there. Take care as well, Dotty. And that 846 00:41:20,719 --> 00:41:23,119 is the end. Thank you for listening, and I will 847 00:41:23,119 --> 00:41:32,079 see you in the next one.