Ghost Page #3

There's a woman,

her name is Molly Jensen

and she is in

terrible danger.

The man who killed me

broke into our apartment

and he is going to go back.

So you've got to warn her.

Just what makes you think

she's gonna listen to me?

It's just a phone call.

Look...

you're all I've got.

Now I'm not leaving

until you help me.

I don't care how long it takes

cause I can talk forever.

- Hello.

- Hi, is this Molly Jensen?

Yes.

My name is Oda Mae Brown,

I'm a spiritual reader and advisor.

And a friend of yours

gave me message for you.

I know it sounds a

little crazy, but it's not.

You've got to believe me.

Just don't be afraid.

Who is this?

I've got a message from Sam.

What?

Sam Wheat?

He asked me to call.

- I told you!

- You've got to go there.

Forget it!

I'm not going anywhere.

I don't care what you do.

Second verse,

same as the first.

I'm Henry the Eighth, I am

Henry the Eighth I am, I am

I got married to the

widow next door

she's been married

seven times before

and everyone

was an Henry

Henry!

She wouldn't have

a Willy or a Sam

No Sam!

I'm her eighth old man,

I'm Henry

Henry the Eighth I am, I am

Henry the Eighth I am.

Second verse,

same as the first

I'm Henry the Eighth, I am

Henry the Eighth I am, I am

I got married to the

widow next door

All right! All right!

Stop singing.

I'll go anywhere you want to,

just don't sing any more.

I can't believe this.

I can't believe

I'm doing this.

What am I doing

in downtown?

I never come downtown.

I hate downtown!

She's probably

not even there.

Where are you?

Which building is it?

Switch 3.

See, nobody's there.

She is there,

just wait.

I came down here, I did everything

I said I was gonna do.

I pressed the button,

she's not there.

- I'm going, good bye.

- Just wait one m...

- I'm sorry.

Ninety-nine bottles

of beer on the wall

ninety nine

bottles of beer

Take one down,

pass it around

Don't sing, all right, all right.

Hello?

Sh... She can't hear you.

Hi, I'm Oda May

you know, I called you last night

about your friend, Sam Wheat?

I told you!

Hey, Molly!

Molly Jensen.

I know you're up there.

I know you hear me.

I'm down here.

Sam wants to talk to you.

This is for real!

Hey, you remember the starfish

at Montego Bay?

How would I know that

if he was'nt here?

Hey Molly, I know about

the green underwear

that you wrote

your name on.

I won't forget that,

I tell you that.

I know about the

picture in Reno.

Hey, Molly!

The sweater she knitted

in the closet, that's too big.

He just asked to remind you

of the sweater that's in the closet

that you knitted

that's too big.

Four sizes.

Hey, hear me

talking to you?

I hear you.

Oh, shut up,

nobody's talking to you.

Did you ever hear

of a phone?

Want to kiss my butt?

I'm not gonna stay

down here all day.

Thank God!

Oh man, shut up!

Molly!

I'm going to count to three,

and then I'm out of here.

One-two-three!

- No Oda, wait.

- No.

It's Molly.

Molly?

I'm Oda Mae Brown.

I don't know you

I don't know

this guy Sam

but let me tell you

what he did to me.

He kept me up all

night singing

"I'm Henry the Eighth, I am."

That's how he got me

to go out with him.

Look, I'm sorry.

I just...

Just don't believe in this

life after death stuff.

Tell her she's wrong.

He says you're wrong.

You're talking

to him right now?

Yeah. He just asked me to

tell you that you're wrong.

So where is he?

I can't see him,

I can only hear him.

I'm right here.

That doesn't help, Sam.

I'm holding her hand.

He says he's

holding your hand.

What are you doing?

What do you think

you're doing to me?

Hey look, if you think I came over down

here for my health, you're out of your mind.

Sam's dead, OK?

He's dead.

Tell her I love her.

He says he loves you.

Sam would never say that.

"Ditto", tell her "ditto"!

What is "ditto"?

Ditto!

To tell you the truth

I don't know

how I'm doing this.

Confidentially - nothing like this

has ever happened to me before.

I mean nothing.

Now I can't

turn it off.

Is this him?

ls this you?

- Yeah.

- Yeah.

Cute.

White, but cute.

What I don't

understand is

why did he come back?

- I don't know.

- ...why is he still here?

He's stuck, that's what it is.

He's in between worlds.

You know, it happens

sometimes that

the spirit gets yanked

out so quick

that the essence still feels

like it has work to do.

Would you stop rambling?

I don't think I'm rambling,

I'm just answering her question.

He's got an attitude now.

I don't have

an attitude.

Yes, you do

have an attitude.

We're having a

little discussion.

If you didn't have

an attitude

you wouldn't have raised your

voice to me now, would you?

- Goddammit, Oda Mae...

- Don't you goddammit me!

Don't you take the

Lord's name in vain.

- You understand?

- Would you relax?

No, you relax!

You're the dead guy.

You want me to help you?

You'd better apologise.

- Curse!

- That's it, I'm leaving.

Nobody talks to me like that.

You understand me?

Now, you'd better apologise.

I'm sorry.

I apologise.

OK?

Now would you sit down?

Please?

He's apologised.

I need you to tell

Molly what I'm saying

but you have to

tell her word for word.

All right?

Word for word.

Yes. He wants me to

tell you what he's saying

word for word.

Molly, you're in danger.

You can't just

blurt it out like that!

And quit moving around

you're start to make me dizzy.

I'll just tell her

in my own way.

Molly

you're in danger, girl.

What are you talking about?

I know the

man who killed me.

He knows the

man who killed him.

His name is Willie Lopez,

and I know where he lives.

His name is Willie Lopez,

he is Puerto-Rican.

- He knows where he lives.

- Write it down.

He wants you

to write it down.

- You write it down.

- I ain't no damned secretary!

Just do it!

He is so testy!

What is it you

want me to write?

Yes.

It's my neighbourhood.

Molly, he's got my wallet

he's got my key

and he was in here.

he's got his wallet, and his key

and he was in here.

Yesterday, when you came

back from your walk with Carl

you went upstairs,

you talked to Floyd...

All right, all right, all right.

When you came in yesterday from

your walk with Carl, he was here.

You checked your clothes

off, he saw everything.

Molly, you got to go to the police.

It was a set-up.

I was murdered.

He wants you to go the police.

He said it was a set-up, he was murdered.

Somebody else is involved...

- I don't know who, but...

- Forget it. I don't want no more to do with this, OK.

Wait.

- Where are you going?

- What do you mean "where am I going"? I'm leaving.

I did everything I said I was gonna do.

And don't be following me

cause I'm finished.

And I mean it!

Have a nice life,

have a nice death.

Goodbye.

Molly, there's no one

on earth besides you

who'd want this to be

true more than me. But...

You've got to be

rational about this.

Sam is no more

in this room than...

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