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-Previously on "Sacred Lies"...
-Close your eyes. What color was her skin?
-Same as mine.
And her hair was curly.
-What do you think?
[ Both laugh ]
-Wait. Wait. I'm just confused.
Maybe I should go? -Yeah, good idea.
-We need to make this one work, okay?
I don't want to take you back to the Center again.
-And I'm turning 18 soon, so the benefits will end,
and I have nowhere else to go.
-Get back here!
-Hey, it's a girl!
-[ Breathing heavily ]
-That ain't the way a Kingston man fights.
-I know how Kingston men fight.
[ Electricity crackling ]
-Those girls in the woods. Tell me who they were.
-I'm sorry.
-[ Grunts ]
-Aah!
[ Boar squealing ]
-Where do you live? -Right over there, pretty much.
Had our bus break down on the way back from a gig.
Give it to me! -No! Stop!
[ Gunshot ]
♪♪
-You're the one who killed her!
[ Both grunting ]
-She never loved you.
Aah! [ Grunts ]
-Aah!
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-[ Screaming ]
-Shh, shh, shh, shh.
Shh, shh, shh, shh, shh.
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[ Boar grunting ]
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-Elsie!
[ Footsteps ]
-Harper!
[ Indistinct shouting in distance ]
-What happened?
-Peter.
He was right here.
-Over here!
-What? What did you do, girl?
-The girl shot the boar!
-She didn't kill the boar! She doesn't even have a gun!
Get back!
Stay the hell back!
I mean it!
-William Kingston's dead.
He's dead.
They found his body in the house.
-It's true.
Hunter killed his dad, and then he ran.
There are no Kingstons left.
It's over.
All of this is over.
Now walk.
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[ Indistinct talking ]
-♪ Ohh ♪
♪ I've danced with the devil ♪
♪ Done my deals ♪
♪ Looked into the eyes of ♪
♪ My burning fear ♪
♪ Way down by the river ♪
♪ Smoke and gun ♪
♪ Oh, please forgive me ♪
♪ For what I've done ♪
♪ Ooh ooh ooh-ooh ♪
♪ Ooh ooh ooh-ooh-ooh ♪
♪ Ooh ooh ooh-ooh ♪
[ Engine starts ]
♪ Chains ♪
♪ Wrapped up in this game ♪
♪ Chains ♪
♪ Twisted by my fate ♪
♪ Of living low, hitting hard ♪
♪ I can't escape, ripped apart ♪
♪ I'm wrapped up in these chains ♪
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-Shh, shh.
-Baby!
Baby, where are you?!
Baby!
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Baby!
Where'd you go?!
Oh, baby. -Mommy.
-What are you doing with my daughter?
-Oh, she was lost.
-I heard her scream. What happened?
-I guess she got scared.
I mean, she was all -- all by herself out there.
-I went to grab something from the car.
My back was turned for a second.
Don't scare me like that.
Oh, my God.
You know you're not supposed to go where I can't see you.
Thank you. -You're welcome.
-Mommy.
Mommy, girl in the mud, girl in the mud.
-What are you talking about, silly?
What girl?
-She's talking about herself.
She was stomping in the mud back there.
She almost fell in it.
Didn't you?
-You silly-butt.
You say you want to wear a nice dress,
and then you go stomping in the mud.
Here.
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[ Shower running ]
[ Water shuts off ]
-Man. He was right in front of me.
I can't believe we let him get away.
But at least we know his real name's Hunter Kingston now.
We can use that to track him down, right?
[ Siren wailing in distance ]
I get it.
Yesterday was nuts.
You chill. I'll make us something to eat.
We can talk about it later.
-Alright, grab your stuff. Let's go.
-Where?
-I'm taking you back to your foster home.
-Okay, here's the thing.
Um, Shannon's been blowing up my phone with texts.
She's super pissed I took off,
so I just don't really want to walk back into that right now.
Um, I was thinking maybe I could stay here for a while?
Seriously. I can be helpful.
I can clean. I'm not gonna freeload.
I'll get a job and, like, help pay for --
-Alright, Elsie, let's go.
-Why?
I get that the spare room
is your sister's or whatever, but...
she's not coming back.
Maybe it'd be good for you to have someone
who's actually alive here.
-My life was fine before we got into this.
And what the hell were you thinking
grabbing a spear and running into the woods?
-The way they treated you...
it made me so freakin' mad.
I just -- I did it for you.
-We almost got ourselves killed.
Okay?
We're not cops.
We're not private investigators.
I'm not your mom!
We are not family!
I'm not a person who should be helping anybody.
-Yeah, but you're literally all I got.
-Well, go get someone else!
-Yeah. Alright.
Cool.
Maybe if I go and die...
maybe then you'll give a shit about me.
[ Door opens, slams ]
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[ Dog barking ]
You got to be kidding me.
-Shannon called me to come get you as soon as you got back.
What did you expect? You ran away.
You know how this works.
Let's go.
Hey, Elsie. No, it's done.
Come on. -Don't touch me!
Don't ever touch me!
[ Knock on door ]
Shannon.
-Elsie, come on.
-Shannon.
[ Footsteps approach ]
Hey.
I know we haven't always gotten along good.
I get it. I messed up a lot.
But from now on, I'm gonna follow the rules.
I'm gonna do my chores and keep to the schedule.
No more running away, I swear.
-I was up all night calling hospitals.
I thought something happened to you.
Nita was crying. -I'm sorry.
-I can't do this anymore. It's not just about you.
All the other kids need my attention.
-I know.
Just give me a chance. It won't happen again.
-I don't believe you.
I already gave you plenty of chances.
-Please!
I don't want to start all over again with somebody else.
I can't do it. Please.
-You need more help than I can give you.
-[ Crying ] No te vayas! No quiero que te vayas!
-Nita.
-No me dejes sola.
-Hey.
Hey, Nita, I'm gonna come back, and I'm gonna see you, okay?
I promise.
Hey, Nita, it's okay.
-No me dejes sola.
-Okay, honey, come on.
♪♪
-Where are you taking me?
-I told you -- this was it.
I can't put you in another home.
You're going to the Downtown Center until you age out.
Elsie!
Elsie, stop!
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-[ Breathing heavily ]
[ Knock on door ]
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[ Siren wailing in distance ]
[ Door closes ]
-Thanks for coming by.
-Thank you for texting me back, finally.
-I had a -- I had a falling-out with Elsie.
She said something that -- that, uh, really got to me.
-Okay, I don't have anything on her family yet,
so if that's what you're looking for, I should probably go.
-No, no, it's not that. I, um...
Elsie said that, uh, the only people I care about are dead,
and that's not true.
I...
I know I was a dick last time.
I realized I just have this thing where, um --
with people.
I just, um...
I just get in my head, and...
S--
-[ Scoffs ]
You didn't even give me a chance.
And I find myself texting you,
and I'm like, "God, is this what I always do?
Am I really about to apologize?"
I mean, for what?
Why am I the one reaching out to you?
-I know. You're right.
Um...
It's like the cactus and the balloon.
-What?
-Oh, it's a children's book.
I did a stint as a nanny.
It didn't go well.
The kids all called me, like, the anti-Mary Poppins,
um, but I enjoyed reading to them.
-Okay.
-Well, it's this book,
and basically, the cactus wants a hug,
and it's just scared that it's gonna pop the balloon, and...
Um, that's how I feel sometimes,
trying to get, um...
close...
to people.
-So, am I -- am I the balloon?
Are you trying to apologize?
-I'm not really good at this.
-Neither am I.
I'm not confused anymore.
-No?
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-♪ I thought you should know ♪
-You're so pretty.
-♪ I stood with the door wide open ♪
♪ When you didn't show ♪
[ Indistinct conversations ]
♪ I waited ♪
♪ I thought you should know ♪
[ Siren wailing ]
♪ I long to get my heart open ♪
♪ When you didn't show ♪
♪ I waited ♪
♪ Too long ♪
♪ For you ♪
♪ I can't go ♪
♪ Back and forth ♪
♪ Fighting for ♪ [ Cellphone vibrating ]
♪ Something more ♪
[ Cellphone beeps ]
♪ And when... ♪
-Hello? -Hey, Elsie.
-♪ I can't go ♪
♪ Back and forth anymore ♪
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[ Indistinct whispering ]
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-[ Grunts softly ]
♪♪
-The guitar was Wendy's,
and Hunter said the sisters wrote the song
that Elsie remembers her mother singing.
♪♪
Were you all musicians?
Is that the connection?
What were a bunch of musicians doing in Cherry Falls?
[ Indistinct whispering ]
[ Keys clacking ]
[ Siren wailing in distance ]
[ Sighs ]
♪♪
[ Camera shutter clicks ]
♪♪
Dark Knights Tavern.
Dark Knights...
Tavern.
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Whoa.
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[ Muffled music plays, indistinct singing ]
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[ Car door closes ] -Come on, baby.
♪♪
You should be able to hitch a ride from here.
There's a lot of truckers that come through.
-Okay, thanks.
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Do you play?
-Yeah.
[ Trunk closes ]
Been doing sets here all week.
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It was really nice to meet you.
-You, too.
-Say bye-bye.
[ Laughs ]
-Aww. She's pretty quiet, huh?
-Only with strangers.
Once she warms up to you,
you can't get her to stop jabbering away.
Ain't that right, bug?
Come on.
-What time do you perform tonight?
-My first set's in an hour.
I can get you some bar food.
Can't say it's good, but it's free 'cause I'm playing.
-That sounds real nice.
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Let me get the door.
I got it. -Thank you.
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[ Indistinct conversations ]
♪♪
-Whiskey sour. -Whiskey sour?
-♪ There's a method to the madness ♪
-That facial hair is throwing me.
I can't tell if you're 25 or 45.
-I'm 27.
-That's what I thought.
So, is there someone who works here
who might have been around 15 years ago?
-No. Ownership changed hands a few years back.
Everything else stayed the same, though.
We still book quality live music.
-Yeah. How does that work?
How would you book musicians
to come and play out in the middle of nowhere?
-Well, acts stay at the motel next door.
They get free room and board, a cut of the bar.
My band, Fat Boy Fix,
played here like four times before our drummer quit.
-Okay.
Do you have a record of the musicians
who have played here written down anywhere?
-Mnh-mnh. The only record of every musician
who's come through is that.
-♪ Well, you know we'd love a visit ♪
♪ But you may never want to leave ♪
♪ Oh, you know you can't deny it ♪
♪ Your toes are tapping to a different beat ♪
♪ And I'll be waiting with an open invitation ♪
♪ From all the other freaks like me ♪
♪ Ooooh ♪
♪ Ooh-ooh-ooh ooh-ooh ooh-ooh ooh-ooh ooh-ooh ooooooh ♪
♪ Oooooh oooooh ♪
♪ Oooooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ♪
♪ Don't knock crazy till you try it ♪
♪ Yeah, 'cause there are colors you've yet to see ♪
-So, where's her dad?
-He died in Afghanistan, his second tour out there.
-I'm sorry.
-Yeah, it's sad, but he wasn't really in our lives before that.
He was never a part of the picture.
-Okay.
-One of a string of bad decisions I made
at that point in my life.
-What can I get ya?
-Musicians drink for free, and I'm not drinking,
so you should definitely have one.
-Whatever light beer you have on tap.
Thanks. -Just a seltzer water.
-You just don't drink when you're performing or...
-I'm sober.
Eight months.
Finally admitted what was behind all those bad decisions.
You're going through it, huh?
-What?
-It's alright. I know that look.
I've been there.
Hang in there, alright?
'Cause something happens in that place
where you're brought down to your knees,
and you just sort of have to surrender.
God or the universe or whatever you want to call it
gives you a second chance.
-Mommy, mommy. I want French fries.
-You want French fries?
Well, Mama has to go set up onstage right now,
but maybe Hunter can get you some fries.
Is that okay, you watch her while I play?
-Of course.
-Keep your butt on the seat.
No running around, and you listen to Hunter, okay?
[ Indistinct conversations ]
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-Hey.
You know that thing you saw in the woods,
the girl in the mud? -Mm-hmm.
-Well, she was just a friend of mine.
We were just playing a little game.
-With blood on her?
-Do you like playing games?
-Yes.
-Have you ever heard of the funny-face game?
-I don't know that game.
-It's where you make a funny face
and you see how fast you can make the other person laugh.
Do you want me to go first?
Blah!
Didn't make you laugh at all?
You want to try one?
You got a funny face in there?
-Oh! That works.
That counts.
[ Feed back squeals softly ]
[ Guitar playing ]
♪♪
-♪ Will you or won't you cross that road in time? ♪
♪ Will you or won't you outrun ♪
♪ What you know you must? ♪
♪ It's over now ♪
♪ That love you're in is messed up ♪
♪♪
♪ If you get a minute ♪
♪ You should find a whole day and think ♪
♪ Let somebody in that ain't cuttin' like a snake ♪
♪ Thump of a red-blooded heart ♪
♪ Is trumped by the art of war ♪
♪ Try the truth and test it before ♪
♪ You lose sight of the shore ♪
♪ It's over now ♪
♪ That love you're in ♪
♪ Oh, is a joke ♪
♪ That love ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
-Whoo!
-Thank you so much.
This is my last night.
Thank you to everyone who's made me feel so at home all week.
You've been great. [ Laughs ]
Oh, hold up. Come here, baby.
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[ Camera shutter clicks ]
♪♪
-Where are we going?
-I'm taking you to your mom.
♪♪
-Next time on "Sacred Lies"...
-Are you even gonna acknowledge you just left me?
-If I'm just gonna be a disappointment to you,
what's the point?
[ Cellphone vibrating ]
-What does she want with you, anyway?
-Just another person using me.
-Get out of my house.
-You should be proud to be related to this girl.
-You got 10 seconds before I call the goddamn cops!
This is private property!
-Hey. I know you're mad at me.
-Harper, I got a match.
-Can I help you? -I'm looking for Wendy Spellman.
-Why are we here?
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