JASON (cont.)
What are those for, sweetie?
BELLA
Mommy said to put them on the graves.
Jason looks at Dr. Masters with a confused expression. Dr. Masters looks at Jason...almost as if he feels sorry for Jason.
Dr. Masters knows Jason is still seeing his dead daughter, his dead wife...on top of seeing his dead neighbor, Kristen.
Andrea then walks out from the back room. She stands next to the table where Dr. Masters is sitting.
ANDREA
*TO JASON*
You should ask the doctor to leave now.
Jason looks at Dr. Masters...Masters doesn’t respond to Andrea’s presence.
JASON
Wha-- what’s going on here?
DR. MASTERS
Mr. Pratt, didn’t I say: ‘you’ll finally understand once you get that guilt out of your system?'
You’ve been seeing Kristen Waters, as well as your wife and daughter, since you got home from the hospital.
Jason drops to his knees.
JASON
*CRYING*
No, no, no...they’re alive! SHE’S haunting me...THEY’RE alive!
Jason looks up and sees Kristen...she’s standing with Andrea and Bella. Kristen looks clean now...they all look angelic.
DR. MASTERS
The accident was a psychologically traumatic experience. It brought on what is known as dissociative amnesia. This prevented you from remembering everything that happened since the accident...
...including the funerals.
Kristen, Bella and Andrea all walk out of the living room.
DR. MASTERS
See, in YOUR mind, the accident happened and you just remember waking up in your own bed. Your wife never said a word to you, so you took it as the silent treatment. Then your daughter only told you the girl died. You don’t remember the funeral or anything.
You see, Mr. Pratt, you haven't been home for from the hospital for two days.......it's been two weeks.
Jason is trying to piece it all together...wiping tears from his face.
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SILENCE. February, 2025.
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