The House at the End of the World

Katie and Libby enter the house, which is silent and opulent. Katie feels as though the house is observing them. When they enter the kitchen, they meet Nonna Giana eating pepperoni and drinking wine. She pretends to be senile, acting as though she thinks that these are the people who killed her husband or perhaps her current-day maids. Katie asks her repeatedly about Zenon, but Nonna Giana acts as though she doesn’t know who that is. She offers them food as a cover to retrieve a gun from her breadbox, but Katie intercepts her and asks again about Zenon. Nonna Giana stops pretending and threatens them openly, admitting that “Bobby” is her grandson. Libby tries to reason with her, mentioning Moloch, but Katie sees from Nonna Giana’s reaction that she already knows about Moloch. Nonna Giana tries again to retrieve a gun, feigning that she needs to sit down; Katie intercepts that gun, too. She begins to feel as though she and Libby are like Hansel and Gretel in the witch’s kitchen. Above, they hear a hard crash in the house.