The Black Phone

[The next morning, Finney hears Terence brutally flogging Gwen with the belt and rushes in to see the horrid scene]

Gwen:
I'M SORRY!!

Finney:
[furious] DAD, STOP!!

Terence:
[points the belt at Finney] HEY!! You stay out of this! Gwenny, they came to my work. Why did the police come to my work?! [flogs Gwen]

Gwen:
[screams] I don't know! I'm sorry!

Terence:
You need to tell me what you know about this investigation!

Gwen:
Nothing!

Terence:
Tell me what... What?

Gwen:
Nothing!

Terence:
Huh?!

Gwen:
NOTHING!!

Terence:
WHAT?!

Gwen:
[grabs the vodka bottle and hangs it over the kitchen floor] NOTHIIIIING!!!!! Hit me again, and I'm dropping it!

Terence:
You drop that, and I will beat your ass twice as hard. [Gwen drops the vodka bottle and it shatters on the floor, spilling vodka and Terence shoves Gwen face-down to the floor]

Finney:
NO, DAD!!!

Terence:
It was an $8 bottle of goddamn vodka! Oh, now, you listen to me! Listen to me! YOU... ARE NOT... YOUR MOTHER!!!!

Gwen:
[sobbing] I know.

Terence:
That means you do not hear things that are not there! You do not see things that are not there!

Gwen:
Okay!

Terence:
They're not there, Gwenny!

Gwen:
Okay.

Terence:
And your dreams, they're just f***ing dreams. Do you understand me?

Gwen:
Yes!!

Terence:
Do you understand me?!

Gwen:
Yes!

Terence:
Say it! I want to hear you say it!

Gwen:
My dreams are just dreams!!

Terence:
SAY IT AGAIN!!!

Gwen:
[raising voice] MY DREAMS ARE JUST DREAMS!!!

Terence:
Say it again!

Gwen:
[furiously] MY DREAMS ARE JUST DREAMS!!!!!!

Terence:
[feeling remorseful for what he had done to Finney and Gwen earlier, sobbing] I'm so sorry. I'm... I'm so sorry. Please forgive me.