Scene 14: Are You Feeling OK?

Shut up
Damn, 10:30
10:30? No way, I gotta get downstairs

Good morning, Uncle Max

Good morning

Sorry I'm late. Somehow my alarm got messed up
So, um, anyone come around looking for me this morning

You know, Lexi, it's funny you should ask me that

Oh god, I knew it wouldn't work. I'm so screwed

Cause the mail lady had a package for you, and I think it's from your mom, but you need to sign for it
I told her to come back after lunch

Wait, that's it? Just her

Yeah, I mean, who else would be looking for you? No offense, but you don't really know anybody here yet

Well, um, maybe, I don't know, that Detective Blenda guy from the other day

Detective Blenda? Never heard of him
From the other day? Are you feeling okay, Lex

He was here in the store, Uncle Max. You talked to him
Remember? I told you how he has his own TV show called The Murder Master
Well, well, well

Let me feel your forehead

Really? Here, I'll Google his picture on my phone

Hmm, feels normal

What the hell? No way. He doesn't exist
Oh my god, he doesn't exist
There is no Detective Blenda, no Murder Master
Jesus, to make them go away
Yeah, no kidding

Okay, what is going on, Lexi? Seriously, I'm getting worried

Uncle Max, you aren't gonna believe this, but

You I found the book

I think technically the book found you
Damn it, I was afraid of this. I almost told your mom you shouldn't come. I'm sorry, Lexi

I don't understand. It found me

I don't fully understand it either, but here's what I think
It feeds on emotion, and it calls to you
It did the same to me years ago
I became so obsessed with it, it drove Sara away

So, I might have taken it a little farther
I kinda
I brought JJ back

But JJ is

Dead

I brought JJ back from the dead
And it worked, and we spent all night talking
But then morning came and he went back to
To how he was

Jesus Christ

It gets worse, Uncle Max
So this detective, Blenda, came around asking questions
And I suck at lying, and he knew I was involved
Well, he thought that I dug up JJ's corpse
He was gonna arrest me, and then make a murder show about me
And put me in the psych ward, so I
Well, I kinda

Oh no

I used the book and I cast a spell to make him go away

No

Well, he went away, alright
So yeah, I'm pretty sure I Thanos'd him out of existence

Lexi

Cause I guess that's actually a thing now

Oh, Lexi

Can you murder someone if they never existed

Breathe

I wonder what happened to all the cases he solved
Did I just put between 20 and 200 murderers back on the street

You gotta get a hold of yourself, Lex
This is my fault
I was afraid the book would be drawn to your grief
I never should have let you come here

Why didn't you just get rid of it

God, I tried
It didn't burn when I threw it in the fire
It came back when I threw it in the lake
I don't know how, but it was here waiting for me
All I could think to do was lock it in the safe

Where did it even come from

Right after I bought the Sleepy Owl, I was cleaning in the basement
I was trying to clear my head after Sara and I had an argument
And suddenly there it was, right in the middle of the floor
At first I figured it was like a movie prop or something
I was gonna eBay it

Once I picked it up
It's strange, but

You didn't want to let it go
Yeah
What are we gonna do, Uncle Max
There's gotta be a way to get rid of it, right

I really tried, Lex
I wish I never found it

Wait
That's it, Uncle Max
I mean, maybe it can't be destroyed
But it grants whatever wish is in your heart, right
Well, I think we are both wishing we never found the book
So let's just use it one more time

It never works out, Lex

Yeah, but this time is different, isn't it
Two people, same wish
And we'll do the spell together
Please, Uncle Max
I can show you how to use the book
This could work

I can't believe I'm even considering this
Okay, but you promise me one thing
We are never telling your mom about this

Deal
Tonight at midnight
With the book of magic