1 00:00:27,101 --> 00:00:29,688 Grandmother's house. 2 00:00:31,488 --> 00:00:35,091 Though it's been many years since I last saw it, 3 00:00:35,191 --> 00:00:38,194 I'll always remember that even my first impression... 4 00:00:38,294 --> 00:00:41,731 was one of fear and wonder. 5 00:00:43,466 --> 00:00:45,869 My childhood was soon to be lost, 6 00:00:45,969 --> 00:00:48,405 my innocence shattered, 7 00:00:48,505 --> 00:00:51,474 and all our dreams destroyed... 8 00:00:51,574 --> 00:00:54,010 by what we would find within. 9 00:02:03,112 --> 00:02:07,717 My Mother and Father were the center of my universe when I was young, 10 00:02:07,817 --> 00:02:10,586 and I always wanted to grow up to be just like mom. 11 00:02:15,242 --> 00:02:18,561 The whole family was really close. I still remember... 12 00:02:18,661 --> 00:02:22,482 how we'd greet dad when he came home from one of his many business trips. 13 00:02:22,582 --> 00:02:24,551 He's home! 14 00:02:25,051 --> 00:02:28,988 - Get Cory and Carrie. - Yeah. Come on, guys! Hurry up! 15 00:02:29,088 --> 00:02:31,091 - Hurry! Come on! - Daddy! 16 00:02:31,191 --> 00:02:34,694 Come on, Carrie. Get behind the couch. 17 00:02:40,867 --> 00:02:43,619 Get down. Get down, get down, get down. 18 00:02:46,489 --> 00:02:48,775 Daddy! Dad! 19 00:02:48,875 --> 00:02:53,480 Yeah. Yeah! How you doin'? 20 00:02:53,580 --> 00:02:56,349 He loved us all, but dad never let me forget... 21 00:02:56,449 --> 00:02:58,335 that I was his favorite. 22 00:03:05,391 --> 00:03:07,560 I was afraid the others might be jealous, 23 00:03:07,660 --> 00:03:10,029 so I had to wait until they all went to bed. 24 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:16,704 But you give me so much. 25 00:03:17,604 --> 00:03:19,705 Just tell me what you think. 26 00:03:29,816 --> 00:03:34,453 And you see? It's a jewel box as well. 27 00:03:46,532 --> 00:03:49,334 The moment I saw that box, I knew you had to have it. 28 00:03:51,337 --> 00:03:52,838 Oh! 29 00:04:07,053 --> 00:04:10,290 Mother, how should I arrange the candles? 30 00:04:10,390 --> 00:04:13,160 I can have six rows of six or three rows of 12. 31 00:04:13,260 --> 00:04:16,196 Or just one big circle of 36 all around the cake. 32 00:04:16,296 --> 00:04:19,432 What happened to two lines of 18? Couldn't you figure that one out? 33 00:04:19,532 --> 00:04:22,368 We want to taste daddy's cake! 34 00:04:22,468 --> 00:04:24,404 We want to taste icing. 35 00:04:24,504 --> 00:04:27,174 - And lick the bowl! - And the spoon too! 36 00:04:27,274 --> 00:04:29,843 Don't you look handsome and pretty? But we have to wait until we sing... 37 00:04:29,943 --> 00:04:32,612 "Happy Birthday" to daddy before we eat the cake. 38 00:04:32,712 --> 00:04:37,450 - Can't we even have an little bite? - Yeah! 39 00:04:37,550 --> 00:04:40,486 And give dad a cake that looks like a mouse has been nibbling at it? 40 00:04:40,586 --> 00:04:43,857 I've decided I'm gonna do six rows of six. 41 00:04:44,757 --> 00:04:47,693 - It's daddy! - Cathy, dad's here! Come on out! 42 00:04:50,847 --> 00:04:52,848 Get down. Hurry. Get down here. 43 00:05:21,862 --> 00:05:25,030 No! 44 00:05:36,659 --> 00:05:40,329 When dad died, Mother's grief overwhelmed her. 45 00:05:40,429 --> 00:05:43,700 We had to sell everything we owned just to survive. 46 00:05:43,800 --> 00:05:47,435 And when that money ran out, they took our house. 47 00:05:47,771 --> 00:05:50,256 We were forced to leave the place where we all grew up, 48 00:05:50,356 --> 00:05:53,592 where all our happy memories were, 49 00:05:53,894 --> 00:05:56,212 the only home I'd ever known. 50 00:05:56,312 --> 00:05:59,581 Mother said there was only one place left to go. 51 00:06:07,574 --> 00:06:11,661 How come you never took us to meet the grandparents before? 52 00:06:11,761 --> 00:06:15,232 I suppose because we were never penniless before. 53 00:06:16,232 --> 00:06:20,270 Years and years ago, I did something that angered your Grandfather. 54 00:06:20,370 --> 00:06:23,172 His punishment was to disinherit me. 55 00:06:23,272 --> 00:06:27,677 Then why are we going there now? If they won't give us any money? 56 00:06:27,777 --> 00:06:29,912 Because he will. 57 00:06:30,012 --> 00:06:32,415 Your Grandfather is dying. 58 00:06:32,515 --> 00:06:35,719 He's not expected to live much longer. 59 00:06:35,819 --> 00:06:39,321 But in that time, I'm going to win back his love. 60 00:06:41,057 --> 00:06:43,192 And then, darlings, 61 00:06:43,292 --> 00:06:46,862 I'll be the heiress to a fortune beyond your imaginations. 62 00:06:48,297 --> 00:06:52,401 And through me, every dream you've ever had will come true. 63 00:06:58,107 --> 00:07:01,011 Mother should have prepared us for something like this. 64 00:07:01,111 --> 00:07:03,013 What do you mean? 65 00:07:03,113 --> 00:07:07,517 She never allowed us to have a dog or a kitten. 66 00:07:07,617 --> 00:07:10,586 What that's got to do with anything? 67 00:07:10,686 --> 00:07:13,256 Because pets die, Christopher. 68 00:07:13,356 --> 00:07:17,593 And if we had had a pet and it had died, we would have learned something about that. 69 00:07:17,693 --> 00:07:22,399 - About what? About death? - Yes, death. Death. 70 00:07:22,499 --> 00:07:27,303 She should have told us. Somebody should have told us that fathers die too. 71 00:07:27,803 --> 00:07:29,705 They die, Christopher, 72 00:07:29,805 --> 00:07:34,110 Even if they're young and they're handsome and we need them. 73 00:07:34,210 --> 00:07:36,313 I don't want to be here, Christopher. 74 00:07:36,413 --> 00:07:39,149 I don't want to go to the grandparents' house. 75 00:07:39,249 --> 00:07:44,720 I could care less about being rich and having all my dreams come true. 76 00:07:44,820 --> 00:07:50,025 All I want is to be at home and just stay at home where daddy's memory is. 77 00:07:57,333 --> 00:08:01,004 I don't want to walk at night. It's scary. 78 00:08:01,104 --> 00:08:03,372 Why didn't they send a car for us. 79 00:09:22,035 --> 00:09:26,471 Witches in there, mama. Witches and monsters. 80 00:09:33,830 --> 00:09:35,965 Good morning, John. 81 00:09:36,065 --> 00:09:38,501 Children, this is John. 82 00:09:38,601 --> 00:09:40,637 He's been with your grandparents for... 83 00:09:40,737 --> 00:09:43,240 well, as long as I can remember. 84 00:09:43,340 --> 00:09:46,174 This is Christopher and Cathy... 85 00:09:46,376 --> 00:09:48,678 and the twins, Cory and Carrie. 86 00:09:48,778 --> 00:09:52,197 Very nice to meet you, John. 87 00:10:30,903 --> 00:10:33,006 Hello, Mother. 88 00:10:33,106 --> 00:10:36,242 Leave all the bags with John, Corrine, 89 00:10:36,342 --> 00:10:38,844 and bring the children upstairs. 90 00:12:19,495 --> 00:12:22,531 Let's get ready for bed, children. 91 00:12:24,600 --> 00:12:27,670 Stay tonight, mama. 92 00:12:27,770 --> 00:12:30,139 It's only 6:00 in the morning, sweetheart. 93 00:12:30,239 --> 00:12:32,741 Mama's got to take a little nap herself. 94 00:12:34,910 --> 00:12:36,812 With us? 95 00:12:36,912 --> 00:12:41,284 The boys will sleep in one bed, Corrine, the girls in the other. 96 00:12:41,384 --> 00:12:44,687 But I want to sleep with Cory, mama. 97 00:12:44,787 --> 00:12:47,957 Stop your whimpering, young lady, and listen to me. 98 00:12:48,057 --> 00:12:51,661 As long as you're in this house, you will abide by my rules. 99 00:12:51,761 --> 00:12:56,232 You will not yell... or cry or run about. 100 00:12:56,332 --> 00:13:01,202 And when your Mother and I leave this room, we will lock this door behind us. 101 00:13:01,404 --> 00:13:04,674 Mother, please, they're children. You can't expect me to... 102 00:13:04,774 --> 00:13:06,676 What I expect, Corrine, 103 00:13:06,776 --> 00:13:10,779 is that they will do precisely as I've instructed. 104 00:13:13,282 --> 00:13:15,618 Listen to mom, all of you. 105 00:13:15,718 --> 00:13:18,588 Behave and obey your Grandmother... 106 00:13:18,688 --> 00:13:23,225 and never ever give her any reason, any reason at all, to punish you. 107 00:13:23,325 --> 00:13:26,829 Please? Please do this. Make them obey. 108 00:13:26,929 --> 00:13:30,566 Make it seem like a game, like a wonderful adventure. 109 00:13:30,666 --> 00:13:33,067 Why are you crying, Mother? 110 00:13:34,504 --> 00:13:37,005 I'll come back this afternoon. 111 00:13:47,449 --> 00:13:49,752 Don't worry about us, mom. 112 00:13:49,852 --> 00:13:51,920 We'll be fine. 113 00:14:06,769 --> 00:14:09,739 It won't be so bad. That Grandmother... 114 00:14:09,839 --> 00:14:12,640 she can't possibly be as mean as she seems. 115 00:15:59,131 --> 00:16:02,402 Remember, God sees everything. 116 00:16:02,502 --> 00:16:06,071 God will see whatever evil you do behind my back, 117 00:16:06,171 --> 00:16:08,607 and he will punish you for it. 118 00:16:17,016 --> 00:16:19,301 Do you know why your Mother has come home? 119 00:16:19,401 --> 00:16:21,704 Yes. To win back her Father's love... 120 00:16:21,804 --> 00:16:24,072 so he'll make her part of his will again. 121 00:16:24,273 --> 00:16:27,759 And why was she stricken from that will? Did she tell you that? 122 00:16:28,194 --> 00:16:31,414 I have to go to the bathroom. 123 00:16:31,514 --> 00:16:33,566 Be silent. 124 00:16:33,966 --> 00:16:35,868 Learn control. 125 00:16:35,968 --> 00:16:39,839 And never, never speak unless I ask you a question. 126 00:16:39,939 --> 00:16:43,542 - He's just a little boy... - What did I just say? 127 00:16:45,778 --> 00:16:49,916 Your Mother has come home after 17 years... 128 00:16:50,316 --> 00:16:53,686 to repent for her sins and for her crimes... 129 00:16:53,786 --> 00:16:56,989 not only against your Grandfather and me... 130 00:16:57,089 --> 00:16:59,325 but against God. 131 00:16:59,925 --> 00:17:03,312 Your Mother's marriage was unholy, 132 00:17:03,412 --> 00:17:05,481 a sacrilege, 133 00:17:05,581 --> 00:17:09,151 an abomination in the eyes of the lord. 134 00:17:09,251 --> 00:17:13,255 She did not fall from grace. She leapt... 135 00:17:13,355 --> 00:17:18,761 into the arms of a man whose veins pulsed with the same blood as hers. 136 00:17:19,361 --> 00:17:21,597 Not a stranger, 137 00:17:21,697 --> 00:17:23,866 but her own uncle. 138 00:17:23,966 --> 00:17:28,738 And you, the children, are the devil's spawn. 139 00:17:28,838 --> 00:17:31,574 Evil from the moment of conception. 140 00:17:31,674 --> 00:17:33,876 - I'm getting my Mother! - Come back here! 141 00:17:35,376 --> 00:17:37,045 Come back here. 142 00:17:39,632 --> 00:17:41,633 Sit down. 143 00:17:43,369 --> 00:17:46,238 And don't move again until I leave. 144 00:17:47,640 --> 00:17:49,742 There is one other matter. 145 00:17:49,842 --> 00:17:53,462 Your Grandfather will not be told that you are here. 146 00:17:53,562 --> 00:17:56,065 He will never be told. 147 00:17:56,165 --> 00:17:59,902 He has no idea that you even exist... any of you. 148 00:18:00,002 --> 00:18:03,573 No idea that you were ever born. 149 00:18:04,273 --> 00:18:07,076 As long as he lives... and I swear this to you... 150 00:18:07,176 --> 00:18:10,979 I will spare him that final agony of shame. 151 00:18:19,021 --> 00:18:23,776 I don't like it here, Cathy. I wanna go home. 152 00:19:48,160 --> 00:19:50,230 Mama! 153 00:19:51,030 --> 00:19:53,966 Where have you been, mama? Where have you been? 154 00:19:58,003 --> 00:20:02,341 Oh, mama's here. Mama's here. Mama's here. 155 00:20:02,441 --> 00:20:04,910 What's wrong, mom? What happened to you? 156 00:20:05,310 --> 00:20:10,649 Corrine! You will stop those children's screaming this very moment! 157 00:20:26,815 --> 00:20:29,619 - Mother! - No! Devil! 158 00:20:33,106 --> 00:20:35,174 Mama, make her stop! 159 00:20:35,774 --> 00:20:40,529 Corrine, control your children or I'll whip them till the blood runs from their backs! 160 00:20:40,629 --> 00:20:44,866 Your children are spoiled and indulged and need lessons in obedience. 161 00:20:44,966 --> 00:20:47,536 No child that lives under this roof... 162 00:20:47,636 --> 00:20:50,039 will disobey... 163 00:20:50,139 --> 00:20:52,474 or scream, or show defiance. 164 00:20:52,574 --> 00:20:54,410 Do you hear me? 165 00:20:55,310 --> 00:20:57,211 Do you? 166 00:20:59,581 --> 00:21:03,017 Now, remove your blouse, daughter, 167 00:21:04,253 --> 00:21:07,522 and show them how punishment is given in this house. 168 00:21:07,622 --> 00:21:10,892 If you're cruel to my children, I'll take them away tonight. 169 00:21:10,992 --> 00:21:13,462 Take them, Corrine. 170 00:21:13,562 --> 00:21:17,066 Take them now! Do you think I care? 171 00:21:22,471 --> 00:21:24,772 Take off the blouse, Corrine. 172 00:21:27,443 --> 00:21:29,643 Take it off. 173 00:21:35,284 --> 00:21:37,785 Now, look closely, children. 174 00:21:38,120 --> 00:21:40,840 Seventeen lashes. 175 00:21:40,940 --> 00:21:45,211 One for each year she lived in sin with your Father. 176 00:21:45,311 --> 00:21:48,013 So that you understand me now. 177 00:21:48,113 --> 00:21:51,283 I will give you food and shelter, 178 00:21:51,383 --> 00:21:54,686 but never kindness or love. 179 00:21:54,786 --> 00:21:58,891 For it is impossible to feel anything but disgust... 180 00:21:58,991 --> 00:22:01,625 for what is not wholesome. 181 00:22:26,368 --> 00:22:28,270 It's better. 182 00:22:28,370 --> 00:22:32,039 - If I had some antiseptic... - My young doctor. 183 00:22:33,942 --> 00:22:38,514 The years of happiness I had with your Father are worth a hundred whippings. 184 00:22:38,814 --> 00:22:41,550 The things that Grandmother said to us, Mother, 185 00:22:41,650 --> 00:22:43,852 they are ugly things. 186 00:22:43,952 --> 00:22:47,990 They hurt you, mom. I hate them for that. 187 00:22:48,090 --> 00:22:52,260 The worst is over. Beginning tomorrow, 188 00:22:52,360 --> 00:22:55,630 I'm going to start to win back my Father's love. 189 00:22:55,730 --> 00:22:59,001 If you help me, if all of you help me... 190 00:22:59,101 --> 00:23:02,004 by doing what I ask, by being good... 191 00:23:02,104 --> 00:23:04,105 I'll succeed. 192 00:23:31,950 --> 00:23:35,787 The closet on the right has a secret panel. 193 00:23:35,887 --> 00:23:38,824 Look for it tomorrow morning. If you push on it gently, it'll open. 194 00:23:38,924 --> 00:23:41,193 You'll see a narrow stairway. 195 00:23:41,293 --> 00:23:45,197 Up the stairs is an attic, an attic so big... 196 00:23:45,297 --> 00:23:47,666 you could easily get lost in it. 197 00:23:47,766 --> 00:23:50,903 Make it a playground for the twins. Make it... 198 00:23:51,003 --> 00:23:53,338 Make it your special place. 199 00:24:09,855 --> 00:24:12,358 Do you need to use the bathroom? 200 00:24:12,458 --> 00:24:14,459 No. 201 00:24:15,761 --> 00:24:18,062 Not even to brush your teeth? 202 00:24:19,198 --> 00:24:21,533 I don't feel like it tonight. 203 00:24:39,100 --> 00:24:42,037 What do you think about all that talk? 204 00:24:42,137 --> 00:24:44,473 Uncles marrying nieces? 205 00:24:44,573 --> 00:24:47,376 Maybe having kids with thorns and tails? 206 00:24:47,476 --> 00:24:49,911 You're the future doctor. 207 00:24:50,011 --> 00:24:52,180 What do you think? Could it really happen? 208 00:24:52,280 --> 00:24:54,832 You sure can't prove it by us. 209 00:24:57,936 --> 00:25:01,122 - What are you thinking? - About mom. 210 00:25:02,657 --> 00:25:05,793 How different she's become since daddy died. 211 00:25:06,128 --> 00:25:09,913 She hasn't been different. Just sad. 212 00:25:10,349 --> 00:25:15,203 We're sad, too, Christopher. It hasn't changed who we are. 213 00:25:44,967 --> 00:25:49,938 What if the Grandmother comes in before we wake up and sees us in the same bed? 214 00:25:50,238 --> 00:25:54,142 Then we'll sic Cory on her. He can bite her other leg. 215 00:25:54,242 --> 00:25:58,514 - She doesn't scare you? - Nobody scares me. 216 00:25:59,014 --> 00:26:01,916 Anyway, we used to sleep in the same bed all the time. 217 00:26:40,822 --> 00:26:44,926 I've listed the rules you're to follow as long as you live in my house. 218 00:26:45,026 --> 00:26:49,363 Read them carefully and put them to memory. 219 00:27:06,247 --> 00:27:08,916 Grab some food. We don't want to starve up there. 220 00:27:10,218 --> 00:27:12,352 Let's go find those stairs. 221 00:27:25,767 --> 00:27:28,903 - I found it. - What do you see, Christopher? 222 00:27:29,938 --> 00:27:35,026 Nothing to see from here. Just some stairs. 223 00:27:38,079 --> 00:27:40,014 Is everybody ready to go up? 224 00:27:40,114 --> 00:27:45,254 Not yet. Your Mother was given permission to tell you about the attic. 225 00:27:45,354 --> 00:27:49,907 But let me remind you again. You must never be seen. 226 00:28:27,946 --> 00:28:29,947 My God. 227 00:29:22,334 --> 00:29:24,436 Grandmother's rules weren't rules, 228 00:29:24,536 --> 00:29:26,538 they were cruel punishments. 229 00:29:26,638 --> 00:29:29,941 We were trapped, and the only way we could even feel the sunlight... 230 00:29:30,041 --> 00:29:33,044 was to look out a barred window. 231 00:29:33,144 --> 00:29:36,248 Our Mother must've been desperate to have come back. 232 00:29:36,348 --> 00:29:39,083 We were all going to pay the price. 233 00:31:03,819 --> 00:31:05,987 As the weeks became months, 234 00:31:06,087 --> 00:31:08,824 our memories of our real home began to fade. 235 00:31:08,924 --> 00:31:11,993 But we clung to our dreams. 236 00:31:12,093 --> 00:31:14,896 Chris wanted to go to medical school someday, 237 00:31:14,996 --> 00:31:17,966 and I wanted to be a dancer. 238 00:31:18,066 --> 00:31:23,303 We tried to act like a family. It was the only way we could survive. 239 00:31:42,407 --> 00:31:45,076 Mother's visits became fewer and fewer, 240 00:31:45,176 --> 00:31:48,113 and then stopped altogether. 241 00:31:48,213 --> 00:31:51,683 We imagined that something horrible had happened to her. 242 00:31:51,783 --> 00:31:54,319 Or had we been forgotten? 243 00:31:54,419 --> 00:31:59,525 There seemed to be no way to escape, but soon, very soon, 244 00:31:59,625 --> 00:32:01,760 we'd have to find a way past Grandmother... 245 00:32:01,860 --> 00:32:06,297 to find and to help Mother if we could. 246 00:32:14,789 --> 00:32:17,225 Do you think it's a good snail? 247 00:32:17,325 --> 00:32:20,629 I think it's a wonderful snail. It's very beautiful. 248 00:32:20,729 --> 00:32:23,632 It doesn't look like an orange? 249 00:32:24,432 --> 00:32:26,835 Not in the very least. 250 00:32:26,935 --> 00:32:29,938 And I've never seen an orange with feelers. Have you? 251 00:32:30,038 --> 00:32:33,675 Antennae, Cathy. Not feelers. 252 00:32:33,775 --> 00:32:36,912 Snails are members of the family of Mollusks... 253 00:32:37,012 --> 00:32:39,380 soft bodies, no backbones, 254 00:32:39,480 --> 00:32:42,751 And tubular intestines that end with their mouths. 255 00:32:42,851 --> 00:32:45,520 Dear Dr. Christopher. When Cory and I want to hear... 256 00:32:45,620 --> 00:32:48,557 about a snail's guts, then we will... 257 00:32:48,657 --> 00:32:52,126 send you a telegram or something, thank you. 258 00:32:52,226 --> 00:32:55,163 When do we get to go outside? 259 00:32:55,263 --> 00:32:59,568 - As soon as mom says we can. - But mama doesn't come anymore. 260 00:32:59,668 --> 00:33:03,371 If we could go outside, we'd have real flowers and real grass. 261 00:33:03,471 --> 00:33:05,606 And real snails. 262 00:33:06,474 --> 00:33:08,844 God's taken all the grass to heaven. 263 00:33:08,944 --> 00:33:11,512 - Why? - For daddy. 264 00:33:11,612 --> 00:33:14,449 Remember how he used to mow the lawn all the time? 265 00:33:14,549 --> 00:33:17,686 Why do we have to stay upstairs all the time? 266 00:33:17,786 --> 00:33:21,923 - 'Cause downstairs has gone away. - That's not true, Cory. 267 00:33:22,023 --> 00:33:24,258 Mama doesn't like us anymore. 268 00:33:24,358 --> 00:33:27,328 - Stop it, you two. - I itch. 269 00:33:27,428 --> 00:33:30,749 Mama's being mean. We want a TV. We want our ice cream. 270 00:33:30,850 --> 00:33:34,636 We want to play with our friends. We want to go outside. 271 00:33:34,736 --> 00:33:37,171 - Don't you want to go to school? - No! 272 00:33:37,271 --> 00:33:41,342 Look at me. Look at me, all of you. 273 00:33:41,442 --> 00:33:44,646 The bible says there's a time for everything. 274 00:33:44,746 --> 00:33:46,680 A time to be born. 275 00:33:47,148 --> 00:33:51,003 A time to plant. A time to harvest. 276 00:33:51,103 --> 00:33:54,206 Probably a time to have ice cream too. 277 00:33:55,206 --> 00:34:00,078 This is our time to sacrifice. For mom. 278 00:34:00,178 --> 00:34:05,016 Later on, we'll have plenty of time... to live and enjoy. 279 00:34:20,014 --> 00:34:23,018 Cathy? Can I come in? 280 00:34:24,118 --> 00:34:26,887 Close the door so we won't wake the twins. 281 00:34:39,917 --> 00:34:43,054 Something could've happened to mom. 282 00:34:43,154 --> 00:34:45,122 Maybe she's sick. 283 00:34:45,222 --> 00:34:48,092 Mom's always been healthy as a horse. 284 00:34:48,192 --> 00:34:53,363 Well, where's she been all this time? Why'd she stop coming to see us? 285 00:34:57,001 --> 00:34:59,337 And I had another thought. 286 00:34:59,437 --> 00:35:02,941 - A terrible thought. - What? 287 00:35:03,441 --> 00:35:07,078 What if they've locked her up somewhere in this huge house? 288 00:35:07,178 --> 00:35:09,681 Just like they've locked us up. 289 00:35:09,781 --> 00:35:14,352 - Why would they want to do that? - To punish her. Why do you think? 290 00:35:14,452 --> 00:35:17,289 'Cause they're crazy as loons. 291 00:35:18,089 --> 00:35:20,324 Gave me a chill. 292 00:35:20,424 --> 00:35:23,726 Giving myself chills just thinking about it. 293 00:35:25,964 --> 00:35:28,433 I'm sure it's not true. 294 00:35:28,533 --> 00:35:30,968 How can you be sure? 295 00:35:32,804 --> 00:35:37,975 Does it matter? We're never gonna know until she comes to see us again. 296 00:35:39,343 --> 00:35:41,344 Oh, yeah? 297 00:35:43,615 --> 00:35:46,684 - What's that supposed to mean? - I've got a plan. 298 00:35:46,984 --> 00:35:49,053 Christopher, what are you thinking of doing? 299 00:35:49,153 --> 00:35:51,923 - Don't worry about it. - Christopher! 300 00:35:52,623 --> 00:35:54,958 You don't want to wake the twins. 301 00:35:59,397 --> 00:36:02,232 Carrie, you're in the wrong bed. 302 00:36:04,536 --> 00:36:07,737 I want to sleep with Cory tonight. 303 00:36:40,322 --> 00:36:43,190 Get up! Get out of those beds! 304 00:37:09,551 --> 00:37:12,504 Don't! Don't touch that! No! 305 00:37:12,604 --> 00:37:14,907 My Father gave that to me! 306 00:37:15,007 --> 00:37:17,125 Oh, God! 307 00:37:24,466 --> 00:37:26,867 No! 308 00:37:40,364 --> 00:37:44,569 Tell me, Christopher. You thought of a way out of here, haven't you? 309 00:37:44,669 --> 00:37:47,906 Without the Grandfather finding out. 310 00:37:48,006 --> 00:37:50,909 I've thought about it for weeks, Cathy. 311 00:37:51,009 --> 00:37:53,644 It's the only thing I've been thinking about. 312 00:37:53,744 --> 00:37:55,879 Can it be done? 313 00:37:57,581 --> 00:38:02,453 Christopher, if Mother's here, we have to find her. We've got to tell her. 314 00:38:04,255 --> 00:38:06,891 We will. Tonight. 315 00:38:30,982 --> 00:38:33,518 Okay, grab the bar, Cathy. 316 00:38:37,856 --> 00:38:40,190 Okay, pull it. 317 00:38:42,694 --> 00:38:45,930 Come on, pull! Yeah. 318 00:38:46,330 --> 00:38:48,666 That's it. Grab it. 319 00:38:48,766 --> 00:38:50,968 Pull. Pull, Cathy. 320 00:39:23,084 --> 00:39:25,086 I'm going with you. 321 00:39:25,186 --> 00:39:27,387 - No chance. - Yes! 322 00:39:29,891 --> 00:39:32,827 All right. But I go first. 323 00:39:32,927 --> 00:39:36,630 And you don't lay one hand on this rope till I get all the way down. 324 00:39:36,730 --> 00:39:40,033 - You understand? - I understand. 325 00:39:48,893 --> 00:39:50,961 Be careful. 326 00:40:06,694 --> 00:40:09,363 - Careful! - Oh! 327 00:41:16,214 --> 00:41:17,731 What? 328 00:41:20,367 --> 00:41:21,835 My God. 329 00:41:23,203 --> 00:41:25,906 Get out of here! Quick! 330 00:42:14,338 --> 00:42:17,107 Come on! Come on! 331 00:42:26,267 --> 00:42:27,851 Come on! 332 00:42:38,379 --> 00:42:40,114 Christopher! 333 00:42:40,214 --> 00:42:43,183 - Cathy! - Christopher! 334 00:42:47,221 --> 00:42:49,390 Come on, Christopher! 335 00:42:56,897 --> 00:42:59,566 Come on! Throw the rope! I can catch it! 336 00:43:17,918 --> 00:43:21,388 Christopher, you can make it! Just climb! 337 00:43:23,424 --> 00:43:26,460 Come on, Christopher! 338 00:44:12,540 --> 00:44:14,308 Mama? 339 00:44:19,012 --> 00:44:21,013 Mama? 340 00:44:24,318 --> 00:44:26,136 - Mama! Mama! - Mama! 341 00:44:26,236 --> 00:44:28,338 Oh! 342 00:44:28,438 --> 00:44:33,242 - Christopher made me a swing, mama. - And we made a garden of paper flowers. 343 00:44:33,544 --> 00:44:37,731 Here! And Cathy has them pasted up right near the window! 344 00:44:37,831 --> 00:44:40,668 You've been wonderful with them. Look how happy they are. 345 00:44:40,768 --> 00:44:44,137 Happy to see you, mama, but not happy to be here. 346 00:44:52,780 --> 00:44:55,382 You haven't been to see us in so long, mom. 347 00:44:55,482 --> 00:44:57,518 We were worried about you. 348 00:44:57,618 --> 00:45:02,357 Is that why you tried to run away? Is it? Answer me. 349 00:45:02,757 --> 00:45:05,893 We weren't trying to run away, Mother. We were trying to find you. 350 00:45:05,993 --> 00:45:10,264 Didn't it occur to you you could've ruin my plan? Our plan? 351 00:45:10,364 --> 00:45:13,100 Don't you understand? I told you. 352 00:45:13,200 --> 00:45:15,269 - My Father... - The twins aren't healthy, Mother. 353 00:45:15,369 --> 00:45:17,972 They need to be outside in the fresh air and the sun. 354 00:45:18,072 --> 00:45:19,907 They need to be with their friends. 355 00:45:20,007 --> 00:45:23,543 They need plenty of room to run around, and they need to be in school. 356 00:45:24,645 --> 00:45:28,315 All right. I'll leave it up to you. 357 00:45:28,415 --> 00:45:30,729 - We can pack our things and leave today... - Yes! 358 00:45:30,830 --> 00:45:36,089 ...or we can wait a little longer until the reading of the will. 359 00:45:37,558 --> 00:45:39,927 Grandfather's dying? 360 00:45:40,027 --> 00:45:42,595 The doctors say he won't live out the month. 361 00:45:45,666 --> 00:45:49,570 If we leave now, we have nothing. Nowhere to go. 362 00:45:49,670 --> 00:45:54,976 If we stay, we... we'll have more than we could ever want... forever. 363 00:45:55,876 --> 00:45:58,110 We love you, mom. 364 00:45:58,612 --> 00:46:02,951 Whatever you think's best, that's what we'll do. 365 00:46:03,751 --> 00:46:06,987 Cathy, you have a say in this too. 366 00:46:10,457 --> 00:46:13,292 I think I'd better check on the twins. 367 00:46:16,831 --> 00:46:19,133 We'll be all right, mom. 368 00:46:19,233 --> 00:46:23,771 If it's just a little longer, we'll be all right. 369 00:46:24,071 --> 00:46:26,072 Don't worry. 370 00:46:48,513 --> 00:46:54,018 I've got him! I got him! Christopher! I've got a pet! 371 00:46:54,118 --> 00:46:57,922 "I hate vain thoughts, but thy law do I love. 372 00:46:58,022 --> 00:47:01,591 Thou art my hiding place and my shield." 373 00:47:27,567 --> 00:47:30,837 Christopher, come and look what happened. 374 00:47:36,243 --> 00:47:38,912 Why did you put up more bars? 375 00:48:16,049 --> 00:48:19,987 I knew Chris would have second thoughts about agreeing with Mother. 376 00:48:20,087 --> 00:48:25,459 I found a way to escape, even if it was only to a hot bath and my fantasies... 377 00:48:25,559 --> 00:48:31,298 fantasies of a life filled with dancing, friends, and maybe even romance. 378 00:48:31,398 --> 00:48:33,900 Fantasies that might never come true. 379 00:48:41,592 --> 00:48:43,960 - Cathy? - Yes? 380 00:48:45,228 --> 00:48:47,865 - Can I come in and talk? - What is it? 381 00:48:47,965 --> 00:48:51,001 You're not mad at me for siding with mom, are you? 382 00:48:51,101 --> 00:48:54,505 No, but why do you always have to agree with her? 383 00:48:54,605 --> 00:48:56,089 Sinners! 384 00:48:57,891 --> 00:48:59,826 Christopher! 385 00:48:59,961 --> 00:49:02,113 What have we done to be called sinners? 386 00:49:02,213 --> 00:49:06,517 Do you expect us to live in one room, week after week, and not see each other? 387 00:49:06,617 --> 00:49:09,821 You put us here. You-you locked us in. 388 00:49:09,921 --> 00:49:13,557 You want to catch us doing something you can call evil. 389 00:49:14,057 --> 00:49:18,896 Look at you in your black dress and your fancy jewels and your pinched face. 390 00:49:18,996 --> 00:49:22,392 We're not afraid of you. We laugh at you. Do you hear that? 391 00:49:22,493 --> 00:49:25,035 We laugh. Get out! Out! Out! 392 00:49:37,448 --> 00:49:40,150 Mom won't let her do anything to hurt us, Cathy. 393 00:49:42,269 --> 00:49:46,457 We have to barricade the door, or we'll hide in the attic. 394 00:49:46,557 --> 00:49:48,459 She won't come up there. 395 00:49:49,259 --> 00:49:52,362 I'm so scared, Christopher. 396 00:49:53,864 --> 00:49:58,268 We'll be all right. Mom'll make sure of that. 397 00:49:59,336 --> 00:50:01,337 So will I. 398 00:50:52,572 --> 00:50:54,573 Cory? 399 00:51:00,314 --> 00:51:03,249 - What is it? What's wrong? - Cory's gone. 400 00:51:04,551 --> 00:51:06,785 Cory? 401 00:51:11,325 --> 00:51:14,327 - Cory! Where are you? - Cory! Cory! 402 00:51:14,427 --> 00:51:16,563 - Cory! - Cory! 403 00:51:16,663 --> 00:51:19,599 Fred's gone. Look, you guys go that way. 404 00:51:19,699 --> 00:51:22,770 - Cory! Cory! - Cory! 405 00:51:22,870 --> 00:51:25,438 - Cory! Cory! - Cory! Cory! 406 00:51:25,538 --> 00:51:27,440 Cory? 407 00:51:27,540 --> 00:51:29,476 - Cory! - Cory! 408 00:51:29,576 --> 00:51:30,764 Cory? 409 00:51:31,865 --> 00:51:33,479 He's here. 410 00:51:39,052 --> 00:51:44,241 Cory! Cory, wake up! Wake up, honey! Come on! 411 00:51:44,341 --> 00:51:49,013 Fred got out. I had to catch him again. 412 00:51:49,113 --> 00:51:52,915 - Where is Fred? - He's right here. 413 00:51:54,084 --> 00:51:57,053 Guess we'd better keep Fred downstairs? 414 00:52:14,321 --> 00:52:16,173 Cathy! 415 00:52:16,273 --> 00:52:19,842 Cathy. Cathy! Open the door! 416 00:52:23,897 --> 00:52:26,633 Cathy! Come on. Open the door. 417 00:52:26,733 --> 00:52:29,703 Cathy! Cathy! 418 00:52:29,803 --> 00:52:32,505 - You are a sinner. - Open the door! 419 00:52:32,605 --> 00:52:36,742 Come on, open the door! What's going on? Cathy! 420 00:52:36,944 --> 00:52:40,797 Cathy! Cathy! 421 00:53:31,198 --> 00:53:34,801 Why is Mother doing this to us? 422 00:53:39,590 --> 00:53:43,761 Mom doesn't know what happened. I'm sure of it. 423 00:53:43,861 --> 00:53:46,863 Why doesn't she come back? 424 00:53:46,963 --> 00:53:49,466 She'll come, Cathy. 425 00:53:49,566 --> 00:53:53,369 Soon. You'll see. 426 00:54:30,941 --> 00:54:34,912 Why didn't the Grandmother bring our food today? 427 00:54:35,012 --> 00:54:37,263 She's just coming late, that's all. 428 00:54:37,597 --> 00:54:42,152 Maybe there is no more food. Maybe they ran out. 429 00:54:42,652 --> 00:54:45,738 I'm not hungry anyway. 430 00:54:47,291 --> 00:54:49,292 She'll be here. 431 00:54:59,837 --> 00:55:01,671 Oh! 432 00:55:04,241 --> 00:55:05,777 Oh! 433 00:55:18,071 --> 00:55:21,073 - Good evening. - Good evening, Mr. Winslow. 434 00:55:28,148 --> 00:55:31,785 Starved for both sunlight and food, 435 00:55:31,885 --> 00:55:35,956 our faces became pale and our bodies thin. 436 00:55:36,056 --> 00:55:40,894 When Grandmother stopped feeding us, little Cory became very sick, 437 00:55:40,994 --> 00:55:44,830 and every day, we watched him become weaker and weaker. 438 00:56:18,565 --> 00:56:20,699 Move him over. 439 00:56:29,643 --> 00:56:31,677 What are you doing? 440 00:56:34,681 --> 00:56:37,449 - What are you doing? - Hold his head up. 441 00:56:38,552 --> 00:56:42,488 - Why? What are you gonna do? - Just do what I say. 442 00:56:50,797 --> 00:56:55,301 I figured another way out. I'm gonna try it tonight. 443 00:56:57,437 --> 00:57:00,474 If you want to go with me, all the better. 444 00:57:01,174 --> 00:57:03,509 If not, I'll go by myself. 445 00:58:17,650 --> 00:58:19,718 Check that door. 446 00:59:28,571 --> 00:59:30,539 Cathy... 447 00:59:36,846 --> 00:59:39,182 It's Mother's. 448 00:59:41,018 --> 00:59:43,652 This is Mother's room. 449 00:59:58,167 --> 01:00:00,637 Come on. We can't stay here. 450 01:00:00,737 --> 01:00:03,207 Look, there's an explanation for all this, Cathy. 451 01:00:03,307 --> 01:00:07,845 As soon as we find mom, we'll ask. And she'll tell us. 452 01:00:08,745 --> 01:00:11,447 Come on. We've gotta keep looking. 453 01:00:22,759 --> 01:00:24,827 Let's go that way. 454 01:01:32,595 --> 01:01:34,564 It's him. 455 01:01:34,664 --> 01:01:37,767 He's dead, Christopher. 456 01:01:37,867 --> 01:01:41,937 - What if he sees us? - How can he see us if he's dead? 457 01:02:25,382 --> 01:02:28,334 I always thought you were the best, Corrine. 458 01:02:46,786 --> 01:02:48,354 Here! 459 01:03:32,733 --> 01:03:37,072 - Do you love her as much as you used to? - Don't ask stupid questions. 460 01:03:38,972 --> 01:03:42,976 Wherever she is tonight, she's thinkin' of us... 461 01:03:43,376 --> 01:03:47,480 and she'll be comin' back. And when she does this will all make sense. 462 01:03:47,580 --> 01:03:50,717 - The twins are sick, Christopher. - They'll be all right. 463 01:03:50,817 --> 01:03:53,954 - Chris! - No! I don't want to talk about it anymore. 464 01:03:54,654 --> 01:03:58,859 That crazy, sick old man is not gonna live forever, Cathy. 465 01:03:58,959 --> 01:04:00,927 You could see that tonight. 466 01:04:01,027 --> 01:04:04,631 He didn't even know who we were. Who you were. 467 01:04:04,931 --> 01:04:08,401 Did you forget why we came here in the first place? 468 01:04:08,501 --> 01:04:12,438 All the money in the world isn't worth the living that we've lost. 469 01:04:12,538 --> 01:04:16,726 Well, maybe not for you, but without some of it, mom doesn't have a thing. 470 01:04:16,826 --> 01:04:19,427 She has us if she cares! 471 01:04:21,648 --> 01:04:25,952 Let's just take the twins and run away, Christopher. 472 01:04:26,052 --> 01:04:30,423 We'll find a way out, but let's do it now before it's too late. 473 01:04:30,523 --> 01:04:35,330 And then what do we do? What do I do for the four of us to keep us alive? 474 01:04:36,830 --> 01:04:42,268 Don't you even doubt her in the least? Can't you see how different she's become? 475 01:04:42,368 --> 01:04:46,539 Can't you see what wanting all that money is doing to her? 476 01:04:48,508 --> 01:04:52,513 I can't stop seeing that bed. 477 01:04:53,013 --> 01:04:56,149 It's Mother, Cathy. 478 01:04:56,249 --> 01:04:58,784 What do you want me to say? 479 01:05:00,820 --> 01:05:04,324 Just the truth, that's all. 480 01:05:05,924 --> 01:05:10,762 - Cory? - I have to throw up, Cathy. 481 01:06:29,640 --> 01:06:33,212 Why are you taking the flowers away, Carrie? 482 01:06:33,312 --> 01:06:35,381 'Cause it's time. 483 01:06:35,481 --> 01:06:39,018 - For what? - Winter. 484 01:06:39,118 --> 01:06:43,989 - Do you have a headache, Cory? - I had one yesterday. 485 01:06:44,089 --> 01:06:46,591 - Sore throat? - A little. 486 01:06:49,328 --> 01:06:51,564 Any numbness in your fingers or your toes? 487 01:06:51,664 --> 01:06:53,666 What's numbness? 488 01:06:54,066 --> 01:06:57,169 Like when your foot falls asleep and you can't feel it. 489 01:06:57,269 --> 01:06:59,471 Sometimes. 490 01:07:02,107 --> 01:07:04,175 Let me see your hand. 491 01:07:06,078 --> 01:07:08,414 What are you doing? 492 01:07:08,514 --> 01:07:11,017 Just looking. 493 01:07:11,317 --> 01:07:14,519 Darlings! I'm back! 494 01:07:15,672 --> 01:07:19,776 Darlings! I'm so happy. 495 01:07:19,876 --> 01:07:22,445 Cathy, your hair! 496 01:07:22,545 --> 01:07:25,647 What a sensible decision. It's lovely, sweetheart. 497 01:07:32,321 --> 01:07:36,008 You're angry with me. But you don't know how much I've missed you. 498 01:07:36,108 --> 01:07:38,445 And wait till you see the presents I've bought you. 499 01:07:38,545 --> 01:07:40,846 I wanted to tell you I was going away, but... 500 01:07:40,946 --> 01:07:43,450 but guess, guess what's happened. 501 01:07:43,550 --> 01:07:46,586 - The Grandfather's dead. - No. 502 01:07:46,686 --> 01:07:48,888 He's been taken to the hospital? 503 01:07:48,988 --> 01:07:53,726 No, I'm not happy because he's dying, I'm happy because he loves me. 504 01:07:54,526 --> 01:07:58,231 Don't you see? I've done what I promised. 505 01:07:58,331 --> 01:08:02,101 I've pleased him so much he's giving me a party tonight. 506 01:08:02,801 --> 01:08:07,474 A grand party to reintroduce me to society. 507 01:08:07,574 --> 01:08:11,417 And tomorrow my Father is having his attorney, Bart Winslow, 508 01:08:11,518 --> 01:08:15,848 a wonderful man, write me back into his will. 509 01:08:15,948 --> 01:08:20,053 He's going to leave me everything. Even this house. 510 01:08:20,153 --> 01:08:22,755 And what about your children, Mother? Does he know about them? 511 01:08:22,855 --> 01:08:25,592 We know perfectly well what he feels about that. 512 01:08:25,692 --> 01:08:28,260 So what's to become of us, mom? 513 01:08:28,360 --> 01:08:31,530 How much longer do we continue living in this prison? 514 01:08:31,930 --> 01:08:35,702 - Prison? - You come back with gifts for us, mom. 515 01:08:35,802 --> 01:08:38,004 Do you think they can make up for what we've lost? 516 01:08:38,104 --> 01:08:40,406 Christopher... 517 01:08:40,506 --> 01:08:43,843 - If you stop loving me... - I haven't stopped loving you, mom. 518 01:08:43,943 --> 01:08:48,581 I make myself keep loving you every day despite what you do. 519 01:08:48,681 --> 01:08:52,001 - Don't say another word. - Look at us, Mother. 520 01:08:52,101 --> 01:08:55,204 Do we look like you, with your rosy cheeks and your bright eyes? 521 01:08:55,304 --> 01:08:59,342 Look at the twins, Mother. Cory has stomach cramps almost every day! 522 01:08:59,442 --> 01:09:02,278 And Carrie has little sores growing on her skin! 523 01:09:02,378 --> 01:09:05,151 Do you know, or even care, that the Grandmother stopped feeding us 524 01:09:05,252 --> 01:09:07,890 - for over a week? - Stop it! 525 01:09:07,991 --> 01:09:11,120 You have no right to talk to me like that! 526 01:09:11,220 --> 01:09:15,391 Tell me I've had pleasure while my children have been in pain. 527 01:09:15,691 --> 01:09:18,762 You are heartless. 528 01:09:19,662 --> 01:09:25,233 When you are ready to treat me with love, I'll be back. 529 01:10:02,772 --> 01:10:04,741 What are you doing? 530 01:10:04,841 --> 01:10:09,496 I'm going downstairs. I wanna see that party. 531 01:10:09,996 --> 01:10:12,432 You going with me? 532 01:11:53,883 --> 01:11:56,101 Why aren't you up and dressed? 533 01:11:56,201 --> 01:11:59,972 What have I told you about being together in your night clothes? 534 01:12:00,072 --> 01:12:03,809 Cory's sick. He's very sick. 535 01:12:04,309 --> 01:12:06,410 He needs a doctor. 536 01:12:45,651 --> 01:12:47,370 Why are you just standing there? 537 01:12:47,470 --> 01:12:51,141 Cory needs to be taken to a hospital. There's no other decision to make. 538 01:12:52,641 --> 01:12:55,470 What's wrong with you, Mother? Are you just gonna stand there... 539 01:12:55,571 --> 01:12:59,682 and think about yourself and your money while Cory lies there and dies? 540 01:12:59,782 --> 01:13:04,954 Don't you care what happens to him? Have you forgotten that you're his Mother? 541 01:13:05,054 --> 01:13:07,623 Always it's you! 542 01:13:08,223 --> 01:13:09,692 - Ooh! - Cathy! 543 01:13:09,792 --> 01:13:13,529 Damn you to hell mama, if you don't take Cory to a hospital right now! 544 01:13:13,629 --> 01:13:15,798 Do you think you can go on doing whatever you want to us... 545 01:13:15,898 --> 01:13:17,933 and nobody will ever find out? 546 01:13:18,033 --> 01:13:21,537 If Cory dies, mama, you'll pay for it. 547 01:13:21,637 --> 01:13:25,441 One way or another, I will find a way. 548 01:13:25,541 --> 01:13:28,110 I promise you that. 549 01:13:30,763 --> 01:13:32,766 Come in. 550 01:13:33,866 --> 01:13:36,102 Take the child downstairs and bring the car around. 551 01:13:36,202 --> 01:13:39,637 My daughter is taking him to the hospital. 552 01:13:56,321 --> 01:13:58,757 Hello, John. 553 01:14:21,346 --> 01:14:25,584 Don't worry, Fred. He'll be back. 554 01:15:24,343 --> 01:15:28,580 Cory had pneumonia. The doctors did all they could. 555 01:15:28,680 --> 01:15:31,567 There won't be a funeral. He's already been buried. 556 01:15:31,667 --> 01:15:33,735 No! 557 01:16:11,624 --> 01:16:15,995 Something's wrong with Fred, Christopher. He won't wake up. 558 01:17:29,317 --> 01:17:33,289 Arsenic poisoning. In the sugar on the cookies. 559 01:17:34,389 --> 01:17:37,859 In small quantities you can't taste it or smell it. 560 01:17:39,995 --> 01:17:42,531 It doesn't leave much of a trace, Cathy. 561 01:17:42,631 --> 01:17:44,967 If they did an autopsy they wouldn't have found it. 562 01:17:45,067 --> 01:17:47,503 Unless they were looking for it. 563 01:17:47,603 --> 01:17:49,639 What do we do? 564 01:17:50,239 --> 01:17:54,109 Tonight I'll go downstairs by myself. 565 01:17:54,209 --> 01:17:56,178 I'm gonna find us some money... 566 01:17:56,278 --> 01:17:59,030 or a couple of those diamond rings that Grandmother wears. 567 01:17:59,130 --> 01:18:01,600 And then what? 568 01:18:01,700 --> 01:18:04,669 Then we're gonna leave this place, Cathy. 569 01:18:04,769 --> 01:18:07,639 One way or another we're getting out. 570 01:18:07,739 --> 01:18:12,243 Whatever happens after that will be up to us. 571 01:18:13,528 --> 01:18:17,314 But whatever happens we'll be free. 572 01:18:53,853 --> 01:18:55,587 Do we really have to wait until tomorrow? 573 01:18:55,687 --> 01:18:57,256 Yes. 574 01:18:58,156 --> 01:19:00,392 - Don't know if I can. - You must. 575 01:19:01,092 --> 01:19:03,595 What difference would 12 hours make? 576 01:19:04,095 --> 01:19:07,398 The difference between one ring and two. 577 01:19:11,053 --> 01:19:12,856 Damn you! 578 01:19:14,256 --> 01:19:16,324 Damn you! 579 01:19:16,926 --> 01:19:18,812 - What happened? - We're leaving tomorrow. 580 01:19:18,912 --> 01:19:20,111 - You found a way out? - Yeah. 581 01:19:20,212 --> 01:19:22,230 - Where? A window? - No, a door. 582 01:19:22,330 --> 01:19:24,433 - The front door. - What? 583 01:19:24,533 --> 01:19:28,971 There's gonna be another party tomorrow. I saw them preparing one of the rooms. 584 01:19:29,071 --> 01:19:31,941 There's probably gonna be 100 guests, maybe more. 585 01:19:32,041 --> 01:19:34,877 They can't keep locking the door, not with that many people coming in. 586 01:19:37,279 --> 01:19:40,148 What else happened tonight, Christopher? What else did you see? 587 01:19:42,051 --> 01:19:45,641 I mean, you told me that it's us against them. We're on our own. 588 01:19:45,742 --> 01:19:48,155 Don't lie to me, Christopher. 589 01:19:49,858 --> 01:19:53,195 It's not just a party, Cathy. It's a wedding party. 590 01:19:53,295 --> 01:19:56,614 Mom's getting married to that man tomorrow. 591 01:20:59,194 --> 01:21:01,312 No, Chris! 592 01:21:08,037 --> 01:21:11,673 - We're very excited to be here today. - Congratulations. 593 01:21:16,244 --> 01:21:18,464 I'm scared, Christopher. 594 01:21:18,564 --> 01:21:22,132 There's nothing to be afraid of. Nobody's gonna hurt us anymore. 595 01:21:24,536 --> 01:21:26,505 - This way. - No, Chris. 596 01:21:26,605 --> 01:21:30,075 They're not gonna get away with this. We gotta go tell our Grandfather the truth. 597 01:21:30,175 --> 01:21:31,749 What difference does it make now? Let's just go! 598 01:21:31,850 --> 01:21:35,414 No! Mother's not getting that money, not after the way she treated us. 599 01:21:35,514 --> 01:21:37,315 Now, come on. 600 01:22:09,965 --> 01:22:12,000 He's gone. 601 01:22:12,800 --> 01:22:15,069 He's dead, Cathy. 602 01:22:16,504 --> 01:22:19,874 Yea, we can be with mama now. 603 01:22:20,308 --> 01:22:24,462 No, Carrie. Mama lied to us. 604 01:22:24,562 --> 01:22:28,066 She said she'd come and get us after her Father died, but... 605 01:22:28,166 --> 01:22:30,471 she never came. 606 01:22:32,271 --> 01:22:35,940 She only cares about herself, Carrie. 607 01:22:37,809 --> 01:22:42,281 She's going to spoil everything. We can't wait any longer. 608 01:22:42,381 --> 01:22:45,918 But your Mother... these are her friends. 609 01:22:46,218 --> 01:22:51,255 It's my wedding. We'll start the ceremony now! 610 01:23:15,063 --> 01:23:17,131 Today's April 23. 611 01:23:23,337 --> 01:23:24,973 Christopher, what is it? 612 01:23:25,673 --> 01:23:29,978 A copy of the Grandfather's will. It's two months old. 613 01:23:30,078 --> 01:23:33,681 Says if it's ever proven that mom had children from her first marriage, 614 01:23:33,781 --> 01:23:37,953 even after he's dead, she'll be disinherited. 615 01:23:38,553 --> 01:23:41,723 Mother's known all this time that we could never be found. 616 01:23:42,223 --> 01:23:45,125 She never meant for us to leave that attic. 617 01:24:14,906 --> 01:24:17,943 Dearly beloved, family and friends, 618 01:24:18,043 --> 01:24:21,580 we are gathered here on this most joyous of occasions... 619 01:24:21,680 --> 01:24:26,251 to join Corrine and Bart in holy matrimony. 620 01:24:26,351 --> 01:24:28,435 Let us pray. 621 01:24:31,107 --> 01:24:36,244 Heavenly Father, we read in Genesis the creation story. 622 01:24:36,344 --> 01:24:39,915 You said it was not good for man to be alone, 623 01:24:40,015 --> 01:24:44,820 so you created woman and thus gave your blessing to the union of holy matrimony. 624 01:24:45,120 --> 01:24:50,860 Look now upon Bart and Corrine and pour out your grace upon them. 625 01:24:50,960 --> 01:24:55,163 Give them the strength and peace to honor the vows they make before you today. 626 01:24:55,263 --> 01:24:58,734 We pray that, in your loving kindness, 627 01:24:58,834 --> 01:25:04,255 you would bless their home by filling it with the sounds of happy, healthy children. 628 01:25:04,355 --> 01:25:06,857 In the name of Christ, amen. 629 01:25:10,261 --> 01:25:12,097 Mother! 630 01:25:16,067 --> 01:25:21,323 Do you like my dress? I thought it was appropriate for the occasion. 631 01:25:21,423 --> 01:25:24,760 Who are you? How did you get in here? 632 01:25:24,860 --> 01:25:28,765 - Have you forgotten us already? - Mama? 633 01:25:29,665 --> 01:25:33,335 - Who are you children? - We're the children of the bride. 634 01:25:34,135 --> 01:25:37,472 Nonsense. You know I don't have any children. 635 01:25:37,572 --> 01:25:39,524 Get them out of here. 636 01:25:39,624 --> 01:25:43,228 I'll not have my wedding day ruined by a cruel, evil prank. 637 01:25:43,328 --> 01:25:45,464 You're the one who's cruel and evil, Mother. 638 01:25:45,564 --> 01:25:48,488 You kept us locked up in that attic and you said you'd come for us... 639 01:25:48,589 --> 01:25:51,580 after your Father died. You never came! 640 01:25:51,681 --> 01:25:56,208 You couldn't let anybody find out about us 'cause if you did you'd be disinherited. 641 01:25:56,308 --> 01:25:59,644 It's not true. No! 642 01:25:59,744 --> 01:26:01,812 What proof do they have? 643 01:26:02,847 --> 01:26:05,959 It died from eating the same cookies Cory ate. 644 01:26:06,060 --> 01:26:08,573 - Who's Cory? - He was your son and my little brother. 645 01:26:08,674 --> 01:26:11,909 - And you killed him. - Just like you tried to kill us. 646 01:26:12,010 --> 01:26:16,828 Look at us, Mother! How could you do this to us? 647 01:26:17,629 --> 01:26:20,748 Here, Mother. Our wedding present to you. 648 01:26:20,848 --> 01:26:24,252 - Stop it. - Go on, eat it! 649 01:26:24,552 --> 01:26:26,422 Eat the cookie! 650 01:27:09,531 --> 01:27:14,536 We finally got our real revenge. We managed to make it on our own. 651 01:27:14,636 --> 01:27:17,339 I got a job to help put Chris through medical school. 652 01:27:17,439 --> 01:27:21,243 Little Carrie grew up but she was never truly healthy. 653 01:27:21,643 --> 01:27:24,246 I even started dancing again. 654 01:27:24,846 --> 01:27:28,583 We left the past behind, all except the memories... 655 01:27:28,683 --> 01:27:33,488 of Mother, Grandmother and the attic. 656 01:27:33,888 --> 01:27:37,026 I sometimes wonder if Grandmother is still alive. 657 01:27:37,126 --> 01:27:42,630 Still presiding over Foxworth Hall. Still awaiting my return.