Ghost of Goodnight Lane Page #2

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And if you find anything

compromising, delete it.

Better yet, why don't you

burn copies for all of us.

Will someone please tell

me when Lauren gets here?

Laurel.

- Hey, Alan?

- F***!

- What?

- What?!

There is a lady who wants

to see you up front.

Well, f***!

What?

Hello, ma'am.

My name is Alan.

Hello?

May I be of some

assistance to you, Ma'am?

I can't believe what you've

done with this place.

I knew it was going to

be different, but...

this is more than I could imagine.

I'm sorry, ma'am, have we met?

Do I know you?

You only saw my signature.

Thelma Perkins.

I thought about telling

you sooner, but...

it didn't seem right

stirring up the pot

if there was no reason to.

But then I saw those officers.

It was such a shame what

happened to that nice man.

Yeah, it was awful

what happened to Ron.

Why, did you know him?

No.

But,

I like to keep an eye

on things, you know...

From a distance.

Seems like something's got

her all wound up again.

You can feel it if

you're close enough.

Mhmm.

Pier and beam, you know.

They would play hide-and-seek.

She would hide in there as a joke.

Childish games can turn

ugly real fast, can't they?

Is she still here?

Who?

Is w-who still here?

Did you know someone

who worked here?

Ma'am?

Got her.

All right...

Really?

Um, ma'am.

We got a lot of work to do today.

Please, you can... I'll be happy

to give you a tour anytime,

just phone first,

and then we can do this

kind of crazy business

any other day that I'm not here.

How did you get it all

off the wallpaper.

I can't believe you got it all off.

Seems like it would be

a hard thing to do.

But I guess you can't

sell a house like that.

- Get what off?

- The blood.

The blood...

Okay, listen.

I want life alert out of

here right now, you hear me?

Okay, fine.

Remove her.

What am I, a disposal

service? Help me.

I don't know. It's your building.

You do something.

- I'm just a cameraman.

- A cameraman, is that what you call it?

- Oh, Jesus.

- Oh, God. Okay. Don't break a hip.

Come on. Okay, okay.

You all right?

It's okay. It's okay.

No lawsuit.

Yeah. Okay, off we go.

Nice lady.

Nice and easy.

Nice and easy. That's it.

You can drive, can't you?

Sure you can.

Thank you for coming.

Thank you.

I used to live here.

Terrible thing that

happened in this house.

Really?

It couldn't be stopped, really.

Not once the wheels

were set in motion.

She's still here, then...

it won't be quiet.

Not for you.

Not for anyone.

It's a good thing the new owner's gonna

level the place for their restaurant.

I meant they're gonna probably

just build an extension,

maybe a patio.

No, no, no, no, no,

we sold the building.

- Whole thing's gone soon.

- Shh... shut up!

Does that matter to you?

- She won't like that.

- She won't like that.

No.

She won't like that at all.

Really?

Really? Did that just happen?

I mean, seriously, on the

all-time weird sh*t scale,

that is way up there.

Way past the transvestite

clown at Chuck-E-Cheese.

I mean, God, Alan.

Hey!

So, I just got off the

phone with Laurel,

and she said she'll be

here in about a half hour.

You want her first?

Don't answer that.

I'll go ahead and

get the mics ready.

And you guys can have her

when I'm done with her.

You got it.

Hey, um...

Is Mo coming with her?

Does she ever go

anywhere without him.

Really.

Just what do you think

you're doing, Jeanie?

Traveling money.

You didn't earn one

penny of that money.

You've got no idea what the

real world is all about.

Fine.

I'll just find out on my own.

Jeanie, wait!

Test, test.

One, two, three.

Test, test. One, two, three.

Come on.

Not today.

Test, test. One, two...

The f***?

Who's out there?

Hey! Alan!

Hey, is anybody out there?

Open the f***ing door!

Open the f***ing...!

Stop it!

Stop it!

What's the problem?

I have no idea.

What's that?

It's nothing.

Building is settling.

Look, I have no idea, all right?

But if my equipment didn't pick up what

I just heard, I am going to be pissed!

That, or you need to lock me

up and start the meds, now.

Rewind again.

Test, test. One, two...

What the f***?

Who's out there?

Hey! Alan!

Hey, is anybody out there?

Open the f***ing door!

Open the f***ing...!

That's good. You've got a nice

timbre in your voice there.

- You heard that, right?

- Heard what?

- I'm not crazy.

- No, you're not crazy.

- Then what was that, Alan?

- I don't know.

But I know this, if there was something

there, I wouldn't tell anyone about it.

I think everyone would bail on

us, and we cannot afford that.

So, I'll tell you what,

whatever it was, if it was,

which it wasn't, has stopped.

Hasn't it?

'Cause I don't hear anything.

So, I'll tell you what.

- I'll go keep Lauren busy...

- Laurel.

Laura, and you, uh, just get

everything ready here, okay?

And if anything else

doesn't happen,

which it won't, 'cause it didn't...

Um, then don't tell me about it.

Deal?

Great.

Don't f*** with me.

I'll f*** you up!

- F*** you up...

- Alan!

Yeah?

- What's that?

- Alan, sh*t.

Wow, that is really... ugly.

Well, you are the

authority on that.

Aw, that's sweet.

Laurel's arriving any second,

we're not ready for her.

Will you help me stall

her just a little bit?

Oh, come on.

I'm sure you can think of something

inappropriate to do with her.

If I agree to ignore your

sexually-charged passive aggression,

will you promise to ignore mine?

At least 'til the wrap party when we

get drunk and actually do hook up?

'Til then, tell you what, you be

the b*tch, I'll be the a**hole,

that way the work will

actually get done,

and the sex will be so much better

with a little friendly anger.

Hate you!

You sick bastard.

Hey!

Oh, my God.

I'm so sorry.

You have no idea how

gross it is outside.

- So, did you make it in okay?

- Yeah, thanks!

Hey, hi, Mo.

Yes, how is my sweet guy?

You don't like the rain

very much either, do you?

- Hey.

- See, I didn't forget about you.

Thanks so much for

letting me bring him.

I know some people can be

intimidated by a big dog.

- Aw.

- That's silly, I love dogs.

- You have cats. A lot of cats.

- Yeah...

but... I...

I... love all animals.

You have cats? Ew.

Alan! How are you?

- Oh, it's so good to see you!

- So good to see you!

- Ohh, how have you been?

- Good, good!

- What's been going on?

- Nothing!

- I'm back from LA for a couple days.

- Yeah.

Why can't all actresses

be that professional?

Mhmm.

Anyway, listen, so

Amin is in the studio

getting stuff ready,

so we got some time.

- Okay.

- So, feel free to just,

um, take a shower or... or...

- and, uh, you know, lather up, warm up.

- Yeah, o-okay.

And uh, while you're

drying, we'll get the, uh,

the thing to do, we can,

can we get some coffee?

- Oh, sure, yeah.

- Thank you.

- Hi, Mo.

- Definitely.

Listen, um, you know,

of all of the, um,

girls and guns horror dance movies,

this is definitely one of them,

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