I'll Haunt You When I'm Dead Page #2

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and now you want to rescue her.

Do you need rescuing?

No.

I don't.

Thanks, but no, thanks.

Okay.

Hey, wait.

Thanks.

Really?

Mom?

Dad?

Is anyone home?

No!

No!

No! Leave me alone!

No! No!

Stop! No!

No!

We'll see, when they come begging me

to let them in down here.

That's important, isn't it?

What?

To be right, everybody else to be wrong.

What do you mean by that?

Anita.

Anita?

- Get out, Dad! Get out!

- Where were you last night?

Nowhere! I was nowhere!

Where were you last night?

Get out of my room!

How did you get in here?

I told you. I've been in this house before.

Are you freaked out?

No.

Do you want me to go?

Okay.

What should I do?

Protect me.

I will.

You promise?

I- I promise.

Do you gobble up all your fingers?

You have got yourself one healthy baby.

Everything's tip-top.

What about all the crying?

Oh, that's just her teeth coming in.

Perfectly normal.

Get some teething gel from the pharmacy.

Well, thank you, Dr. Morello.

You're welcome.

Hmm.

Once she gets her teeth,

you must bring her to see my husband.

How's his office coming along?

Oh, just getting started,

but it won't be long.

Pretty soon, we'll be a one-stop shop.

That's great.

Shh, shh, shh, shh, shh.

Oh, hush. Hush.

Who are you?

I'm Sam. Who are you?

Anita.

It's nice to meet you, Anita.

Nice to meet you.

Anita?

Oh, Mom wants you.

Okay.

Everyone, this is Sam.

Sam, this is everyone.

It's nice to meet you, everyone.

Evan didn't tell me

he was having a friend over.

No, I'm really sorry. I...

meant to be out earlier.

I should probably go.

Nice to meet you, Sam.

Likewise.

- Bye.

- Bye.

Yeah, I got to get going, too.

I got to do rounds at the hospital.

Let's talk about that later?

- Yeah.

- Hmm.

- See you, girls.

- See you, dad.

Bye.

So who is she?

I don't really know.

How did you meet?

When I went out walking.

She was out walking too.

She...

She's just going through some stuff at home

and needed a place to stay.

Do you think that's what

the bruises on her arms were about?

You know what I love about you?

You're kind.

And clearly she has issues.

Just be careful.

Yeah, I will.

Bang!

You're dead.

God damn it.

Ah, see? That sh*t makes you paranoid.

What?

I'm not really sure what to make of you.

You can make whatever you want of me.

You feel like sharing?

Do you like me?

I think so.

Don't be a coward.

Either you like me, or you don't.

So which is it?

Yes.

Yes, what?

I like you.

Good.

I like you too.

Isn't there something about

dark waters that just

gives you the creeps?

You know, what's like?

Even in pools,

I'm just sitting there,

waiting for something

to come up and bite me.

You ever gone swimming

in the ocean at night?

No.

That's creepy.

Floating there, with your...

your head above water and

the rest of you submerged in blackness.

You have no idea what's under you.

Things that are bigger and...

more dangerous than you'll ever be.

And you're in their territory.

Does that sound weird?

No.

Well, I think everyone gets

a rise out of tempting fate.

That's the whole point.

Hmm.

Do you want to try something with me?

Shh! Everybody's sleeping.

Come with me.

You know what this is?

No.

It talks to the dead.

The Morellos left it here, and...

I found it.

Does it work?

I don't know. I've never tried it.

Why not?

Guess I was waiting for

the right person to try it with.

You curious?

Have you seen these?

Yeah.

Yeah, that's the Morellos. See?

If we talk to anyone, it'd be them.

You ready?

Is anyone here?

Shh!

Sorry.

Is anyone in here?

Well, I guess it's just not meant to be.

Come on, let's get out of here.

It creeps me out.

My room. My room.

Stay. Stay out.

Did you say that?

No.

Sam, be serious.

I'm being serious.

I'm being serious.

Hey, what happened?

It worked.

Well, yeah, it worked.

That's kind of the whole point.

No, the point is to want it to work and...

then go, "Oh, shucks," when it doesn't.

Well, that seems kind of pointless.

Hey, are you okay?

Okay.

What just happened in there

could mean one of two things.

One:
...

A ghost, a literal ghost,

just talked with us.

Or two:
...

Our subconscious

wanted it to happen so badly that...

we manifested it with some...

hidden, messed-up part of ourselves.

What?

I think you need to see something.

Get your coat.

I think there's a memorial

stone out here...

somewhere.

Hang on. I think it's over here.

Sh*t.

It's all the kids' stuff.

A whole pile of it.

What would it be doing out here?

Morello went insane.

Hey, come here.

Matthew Morello?

I think that's who talked to us.

Hey.

I'm going.

Going where?

Home.

What's waiting for you there?

It's none of your business.

What if I wanted

to make it my business?

And how do you suppose you do that?

You gonna come over and

beat up my drunk dad?

If...

if I...

stay with you...

tonight...

would I be causing trouble?

No. Besides,...

I don't really want

to be alone tonight.

Yeah.

Neither do I.

My mother left when

I was just a baby,

and my dad hated her for it.

And I guess I did too.

I've just always been drawn to this place.

It's like something's pulling me here.

Are you scared?

I don't know.

Are you?

No.

Why not?

Because I...

I want it to be true.

Why?

Because if there's ghosts,

then maybe there's a heaven.

Are you okay, Sam?

I don't know.

Thanks. I appreciate it.

Don't go thanking me yet.

I'm gonna make myself a bowl of cereal,

think about all the sh*t

I'm about to give you.

Oh, I'm so excited for when it gets warm.

Yeah.

I can go swimming every single day.

Oh, it's not dangerous.

You're being silly.

I'm a really, really,

really good swimmer, so...

it'll all be okay.

Oh, yeah. Me too.

But why would we leave?

- Well, I like it here.

- Anita?

Yeah?

Is everything okay?

Yeah.

Okay.

Don't-don't say that.

You're-you're just trying to scare me.

Hi.

Morning.

These are for you.

I don't know if I imagined it,

and Sam imagined it, too.

But we were kind of stoned, so...

Oh.

Morning.

- Hey.

- Hey, Dad.

Well...

maybe you two were

having some kind of...

shared lovers' hallucination thing?

You know, a little adventure,

dash of danger.

It really happened, didn't it?

It really happened.

Coming to this house was a bad idea.

Don't say that.

Why not?

'Cause it means a lot to Mom and Dad.

You know, people who believe in

this sort of thing always talk about

opening doors and

inviting things through.

I know it sounds hokey,

but I think it's best if we

don't go testing the theory.

Samantha.

Samantha!

- Oh!

- Hey.

- No! Get off me!

- Hey.

- Get off me!

- Hey! Shh! Shh! Shh!

It's okay. Shh. Shh.

It's okay.

I think...

She said my name.

Do you want to talk about it?

I doubt it, Mom.

Well, maybe she does.

Um, we're a family that talks, so...

if you would like to talk about it, then-

I was just spooked. Um...

I- I'm sorry. I don't know why.

Yes, you do.

Sarah.

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