36 hours later…
Lizard has been brought back to Mt. Horizon.
In the girls dorm. All the girls except for Lizard are at lunch. Peter walks in to talk to Lizard. She is laying propped up by pillows on her bed.
Peter: Hey Lizard. Your grandmother will be here in a couple of days, she couldn't get out of London any earlier. Your therapist should be here tomorrow.
Lizard: ok.
Peter: Do you want to talk about anything?
Lizard: no.
Peter: Well you know where to find me if you do, right?
Lizard: yes.
Peter: ok. Sophie should be here later on. If you need anything, just yell. Ok?
Lizard: ok.
Peter exits. Lizard sighs. She throws her covers back. She's dressed in a hospital nightgown. Her legs have black bruises all over them. She sighs again. Slowly she stands up, wincing slightly at the pain from the cut on her stomach and her broken ribs. She digs through her bag, pulling out a shirt and some cargo pants. Carefully she puts them on. Pulling out socks, she digs for her sneakers. Her ankle isn't swollen anymore. Lizard notes that her ankle doesn't hurt half as much now that her stomach was sliced open. Trouble walks over to her, wagging his tail.
Lizard: Please don't look at me like that, Trouble. I know what he did was wrong but I can't tell. Family secrets are suppose to stay secret. Like Uncle Mike said, if I didn't do anything wrong, he wouldn't treat me so badly. (stares at Trouble) Oh come on, let's go for a walk.
Peter: The doctor let me look at a copy of Lizard's past visits to the hospitals in New York.
Sophie: And?
Peter: Her injuries were twice as bad as they were this time.
Sophie: Why didn't someone investigate them?
Peter: Apparently her grandmother stepped in and stopped the investigations into her son's treatment of Lizard.
Sophie: The grandmother knew? Does Lizard know that her grandmother knew what Mike was doing?
Peter: Probably. Lizard also denied that her uncle was doing anything. So there was no case.
Sophie: Do you think she's going to deny it this time?
Peter: I don't see why she wouldn't. Didn't she tell you that family secrets were meant to be secrets? I'd say there was a lot of pressure to keep quiet.
Sophie: But you see the way she's reacting. Silence, not eating, isolating herself, all signs that she's about to break.
Peter: True. I hate to see her break. I think it's going to be tough on her.
Sophie: I think it has to happen. But we'll be there for her.
Peter: (smiling) Yes we will. (leans in and kisses her.)
Sophie: What was that for?
Peter: Just wanted to tell you that I loved you.
Sophie: (kissing him back) I love you, too.
Daisy, David, Ezra, Auggie, Scott, and Juliette are sitting at a picnic table. Shelby walks up to them.
Shelby: Hey, have you seen Lizard? She's not in her room.
Daisy: No. I didn't even know she could walk.
David: It's not like she broke her legs or anything.
Auggie: Yeah she just got beat nearly to death.
David: All I'm saying is that it's probably not that serious for Lizard.
Scott: Why would you say that? Getting beat up is a pretty serious thing.
David: You heard Peter, it's not like it's the first time. I bet she's fine in a couple of days.
Daisy: I think she's heading for a self-destruct. A meltdown.
Scott: I think so too.
Shelby: I know how she feels.
Daisy put her hand on Shelby's shoulder and gave an encouraging nod.
Shelby: it was like this denial that I was clinging to, just disappeared. The mask I was wearing crumbled and I was exposed. It hurt so bad and I couldn't stand it. And I broke down. And I think it's going to happen to Lizard.
Later on…
Sophie: Nobody knows where Lizard is. You don't think she ran again?
Peter: There's no way. Her injuries are too bad and she knows that.
Sophie: So where is she?
Peter: I don't know but we need to find her.
Lizard is sitting in a clearing on a large rock. The lake is behind her. She and Trouble are playing fetch.
Lizard: Go on, go get the stick!
Trouble chases after the stick and brings it back to her.
Lizard: that's a good dog.
Trouble starts barking and jumping around.
Lizard: Ok ok.
Lizard grabs a stick and throws it. Trouble bounds after it.
Peter, Sophie, Auggie and Shelby are searching for Lizard. They all freeze when they hear Trouble barking.
Sophie: C'mon let's go find her.
Peter: I can't believe she ran off.
Auggie: You can't believe she wouldn't break the rules? We are talking about Lizard!
Peter: Well when you put it that way.
Shelby: (laughs) Let's go find her.
Lizard has been brought back to Mt. Horizon.
In the girls dorm. All the girls except for Lizard are at lunch. Peter walks in to talk to Lizard. She is laying propped up by pillows on her bed.
Peter: Hey Lizard. Your grandmother will be here in a couple of days, she couldn't get out of London any earlier. Your therapist should be here tomorrow.
Lizard: ok.
Peter: Do you want to talk about anything?
Lizard: no.
Peter: Well you know where to find me if you do, right?
Lizard: yes.
Peter: ok. Sophie should be here later on. If you need anything, just yell. Ok?
Lizard: ok.
Peter exits. Lizard sighs. She throws her covers back. She's dressed in a hospital nightgown. Her legs have black bruises all over them. She sighs again. Slowly she stands up, wincing slightly at the pain from the cut on her stomach and her broken ribs. She digs through her bag, pulling out a shirt and some cargo pants. Carefully she puts them on. Pulling out socks, she digs for her sneakers. Her ankle isn't swollen anymore. Lizard notes that her ankle doesn't hurt half as much now that her stomach was sliced open. Trouble walks over to her, wagging his tail.
Lizard: Please don't look at me like that, Trouble. I know what he did was wrong but I can't tell. Family secrets are suppose to stay secret. Like Uncle Mike said, if I didn't do anything wrong, he wouldn't treat me so badly. (stares at Trouble) Oh come on, let's go for a walk.
Peter: The doctor let me look at a copy of Lizard's past visits to the hospitals in New York.
Sophie: And?
Peter: Her injuries were twice as bad as they were this time.
Sophie: Why didn't someone investigate them?
Peter: Apparently her grandmother stepped in and stopped the investigations into her son's treatment of Lizard.
Sophie: The grandmother knew? Does Lizard know that her grandmother knew what Mike was doing?
Peter: Probably. Lizard also denied that her uncle was doing anything. So there was no case.
Sophie: Do you think she's going to deny it this time?
Peter: I don't see why she wouldn't. Didn't she tell you that family secrets were meant to be secrets? I'd say there was a lot of pressure to keep quiet.
Sophie: But you see the way she's reacting. Silence, not eating, isolating herself, all signs that she's about to break.
Peter: True. I hate to see her break. I think it's going to be tough on her.
Sophie: I think it has to happen. But we'll be there for her.
Peter: (smiling) Yes we will. (leans in and kisses her.)
Sophie: What was that for?
Peter: Just wanted to tell you that I loved you.
Sophie: (kissing him back) I love you, too.
Daisy, David, Ezra, Auggie, Scott, and Juliette are sitting at a picnic table. Shelby walks up to them.
Shelby: Hey, have you seen Lizard? She's not in her room.
Daisy: No. I didn't even know she could walk.
David: It's not like she broke her legs or anything.
Auggie: Yeah she just got beat nearly to death.
David: All I'm saying is that it's probably not that serious for Lizard.
Scott: Why would you say that? Getting beat up is a pretty serious thing.
David: You heard Peter, it's not like it's the first time. I bet she's fine in a couple of days.
Daisy: I think she's heading for a self-destruct. A meltdown.
Scott: I think so too.
Shelby: I know how she feels.
Daisy put her hand on Shelby's shoulder and gave an encouraging nod.
Shelby: it was like this denial that I was clinging to, just disappeared. The mask I was wearing crumbled and I was exposed. It hurt so bad and I couldn't stand it. And I broke down. And I think it's going to happen to Lizard.
Later on…
Sophie: Nobody knows where Lizard is. You don't think she ran again?
Peter: There's no way. Her injuries are too bad and she knows that.
Sophie: So where is she?
Peter: I don't know but we need to find her.
Lizard is sitting in a clearing on a large rock. The lake is behind her. She and Trouble are playing fetch.
Lizard: Go on, go get the stick!
Trouble chases after the stick and brings it back to her.
Lizard: that's a good dog.
Trouble starts barking and jumping around.
Lizard: Ok ok.
Lizard grabs a stick and throws it. Trouble bounds after it.
Peter, Sophie, Auggie and Shelby are searching for Lizard. They all freeze when they hear Trouble barking.
Sophie: C'mon let's go find her.
Peter: I can't believe she ran off.
Auggie: You can't believe she wouldn't break the rules? We are talking about Lizard!
Peter: Well when you put it that way.
Shelby: (laughs) Let's go find her.