Garage Sale Mystery: The Deadly Room Page #2

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He just had

A little indigestion.

I really wanted

To thank you all so much

For coming this evening

And making this

Such a huge success.

We have offers on the table,

And so if any of you

Are thinking about it,

Don't think too long.

Okay, let's enjoy

The rest of our evening.

Thank you.

[]

[Doorbell jingles]

[Dani]:
hi!

How can I help you?

Hi.

It's my mom's birthday

And I was thinking

About what to get her.

Okay, what kind of stuff

Does she like?

Oh...

Mom stuff?

I don't know.

That's cool.

How much is it?

The hairbrush?

That's sterling silver,

It's from the 1920s.

I think its $250.

Oh.

Maybe Ill just look around.

Okay. You let me know

If you have any questions.

Okay.

Are you Mrs. Shannon?

No, Im Dani.

Jennifer's my business partner.

I go to school with Logan.

Oh!

Well, Ill let him know you

Stopped by. What's your name?

N-- Dont tell him

I stopped by.

Okay. I won't.

So he comes by here a lot?

Yeah, every now and then.

Okay. Thanks.

[Bell jingles]

[]

[Sighs]

[Phone rings]

Hey, Adrian. What's up?

Oh! I am so upset.

Go online.

Search "deadly room,

The Carson house."

this is really bad!

Why? What's going on?

look, I gotta go,

but someone is saying

the house is cursed!

I'm doing damage control.

I'll talk to you tomorrow, okay?

[Exhales tensely]

[Keys clacking]

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Oh, no.

[Jennifer]:
you saw it.

It's an anonymous blog.

Well, it worked!

Scared me.

Well, they did find

A sealed room,

But that doesn't mean

The house is cursed,

Or if you sleep there,

You'll end up dead.

I wouldn't buy

The house.

Would you?

I get it.

Someone's trying to

Sabotage the sale.

All three offers

Have pulled.

Aeek,

People will forget about

Some blog on the 'net.

Oh, no.

Not in real estate.

A house gets this kind of rep,

It sticks.

No. I gotta get to

The bottom of this.

I am just so ticked off!

Well, have there been

Any deaths in the house?

Is there any truth

To the story?

Well, it's an old house.

I mean, people used to

Die at home a hundred years ago.

It doesn't mean

The house killed them.

Good point.

So how do you prove that?

I've been thinking about it,

And I have an idea.

I'm gonna spend the night there

And, better than that,

I'm gonna do a live webcam,

So the whole world

Can watch me while I sleep,

And when Ill wake up

In the morning,

I'll be just fine.

Ooh! You might want to get

A new pair of PJs

If the whole world's

Gonna be watching.

What? I'm just saying.

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You really think

This is a good idea?

[Adrian]:
if we don't

Squash this right now,

Then we will never

Get rid of it.

Well, Im not sure

I'm going to allow it.

I think

We take it off the market,

Then relist it

In a couple months,

When the dust settles.

It's your house, Erica,

But let me tell you

About a home

A few years ago in Madison.

The renters left,

Claiming that it was haunted.

It took four years to sell,

At a 40% price drop.

Well, good luck

With your webcam.

It better work.

[Erica walks out]

I've been shopping.

Oh!

You know, I don't

Know if Id want

The whole world watching

Me while I sleep.

That's because

She snores like a horse.

That's an exaggeration!

Maybe a pony.

[All chuckling]

So, the live webcast,

It's tonight?

Yes. The show starts

At 11:
00 p.m. Sharp.

Okay, let's see them.

tah-dah!

-whoa!

-yeah.

I think

My Grammy has those.

She's funny.

[Laughing]

[Man on TV] :
press the button,

you press it once.

okay, that's 30 times, but--

[Woman on TV] :
I think it's only

supposed to be pressed twice.

It's the big night,

Right?

Holy cow!

Is it almost 11:
00?

Yeah.

Where's my laptop?

What did I do with it?

-there. On the counter.

-thank you.

[Clicks television off]

[Keys clacking]

[Adrian exhales heavily]

hi, everybody.

if you are seeing this,

then you are watching

my live webcam

from the so-called

"deadly room,"

where you get to watch me

sleep all night.

how exciting.

I have set my alarm

for 7:
30,

and when that goes off,

I will wake up,

wave to the camera,

and that will be the end

of this nonsense.

so...

I will see you then.

and I will be in the office

shortly after 9:
00.

any offers on the house

can happen after that.

okay? Goodnight.

[Jenn chuckles]

Gripping.

-mm.

-Im going to bed.

See you up there.

Goodnight.

Hey, dani.

Are you watching?

[Dani] :
yep. Her head moved.

did you see it?

Very exciting.

Call me

If she rolls over.

[Both chuckling]

-alright, sweet dreams.

-you too!

Hey. Can I see?

I think

I'm gonna do that.

Go on a live webcam?

No. Go to sleep.

-funny. Goodnight.

-goodnight.

[Birds singing]

OH...

Oh. Well...

Did the deadly room

Strike?

Oh. Let's see.

Should be waking up any moment.

[Adrians alarm clock chiming]

[alarm continues]

How come she's not moving?

The alarm

Is right next to her bed.

[Alarm chiming]

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[Responder radios crackling,

Overlapping chatter]

Frank!

Frank, what happened?

[Sighing] I don't know.

First responders

Found her unconscious,

Unresponsive.

Seems she'd been dead

A few hours already.

How?

She had a camera

On her all night.

I'm not a medical examiner,

So don't quote me on this--

There's no sign of trauma,

No blood.

Appears to be

A natural death.

A healthy young woman

Goes to sleep

And she just doesn't wake up?

I asked exactly

The same thing.

Seems it's a lot more common

Than you think.

Heart attack,

And blood clot--

Any number of possibilities.

[Sighs]

Oh, come on, frank.

Do not go there.

We're gonna get the autopsy

Reports back in a couple days,

And then we'll know.

May I go inside?

Yeah. We're all done here.

Go ahead.

[Door creaks]

Erica.

Can you believe this?

No.

I have the worst luck.

I am, of course,

Devastated about Adrian.

It's shocking!

[Phone keys clicking]

Erica, do you mind

If I go upstairs?

I don't care. Go.

[Phone keys clicking]

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[Shutter snaps]

[Snap]

[Snap]

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Did she have?

Any family?

Her parents

Died years ago.

Car accident.

Her sister, Tina,

Was at the open house.

Did you see her?

No.

Was she ever married?

Once.

It's been over for years.

He lives on the coast,

No kids.

You know, I had a friend--

Young, healthy,

Died.

It was an aneurysm.

Mm.

[Exhales]

What?

What are you thinking?

Tch. It's nothing, really.

When I saw Tina

At the open house--

Uh-huh?

She and Adrian

Were off in a side room,

Having a heated argument.

[Sighs] come on, Jenn.

Not everything is a mystery.

Not every death

Is a murder.

[Sighs]

[Doorbell jingles]

[]

Welcome

To rags to riches.

How can I help you?

[]

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[Knocks]

[Exhales nervously]

Tina?

I'm Jennifer Shannon.

I was friends with your sister.

I just wanted to come by

And say Im sorry,

And see if you're alright.

Come on in.

Thank you.

Isn't that funny,

How Adrian died?

I mean, we're all gonna

Die sometime, right?

But on a live webcam?

Wow.

I don't think

That was her intention.

[Laughs] I guess not!

I'm sorry, but...

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