I Will Follow You Into the Dark Page #3

Hello?

- Hey.

- Sophia?

Yeah.

Hi, I'm sorry I called so late.

- Are you alright?

- Yeah.

Yeah, I don't even

know why I called.

Tell me what's going on.

I'm just really freaked out and

I needed to talk to someone.

Okay.

Are you... What happened?

I woke up in the middle of the

night and I couldn't breathe.

I don't know if it's just

a really vivid dream...

- Or...

- You want me to come over?

No, you don't have to do that.

Well...

I don't even know if I

want to be here right now.

Come over here, I'll pick you up.

- To your place?

- Yeah.

Okay.

Okay, but you don't have

to drive. I can drive.

- Are you sure?

- Yeah.

What's your apartment number?

- On the 21st floor?

- Yeah.

I'll keep you away from

the windows, I promise.

Okay.

- I'll see you soon.

- Okay, bye.

Excuse me, are there stairs?

The stairs have been

closed since the 70s, mam.

Don't tell the fire marshall.

No seriously, is the

elevator the only way up?

Take the fire escape outside

if you want to, sweetheart.

But I'm pretty sure that thing

hasn't been used since the 20s.

Hey.

- Hey.

- Come on in.

I'm sorry I didn't call,

I have been thinking about you.

It's fine. Sit down,

I got something for you.

It's just something my mom used

to make for me, when I was a kid.

- Hot chocolate?

- Oh yeah.

You are such a little boy.

I know, I can't help it.

- Do you have marshmallows?

- Of course I do.

- Feeling better?

- Yeah, thanks.

That wasn't convincing.

Try some of that.

Tell me about this dream,

you couldn't breathe?

It's gonna weird you out.

If it can.

Okay.

Both my parents died within

6 months of each other.

Recently.

My God, that's terrible.

- I'm sorry.

- No, that's okay.

I just sort of came to

the realization that...

There's nothing really

out there, you know?

You die and that's it.

I actually started challenging

anything to prove me wrong...

And now I don't know, I feel like I keep

noticing all these weird little things, like...

Especially after that tour we took.

And now this.

Do you think you open

yourself up to something or...

How?

I don't know, by challenging it?

Whatever you did.

I'd have to actually believe

in it, and I just don't...

It's like Santa Clause.

You grow up your whole life believing he's

real and then you find out he's not...

It would take Santa himself hitting you

over the head to prove you're wrong.

That makes sense.

It's violent but...

- These are ridiculous.

- I know.

Look, I want you to know

it's not that I...

Didn't like you... I...

Just don't have a phone?

You have a phone, it's fine.

Don't worry about it.

Sorry, I just really wanted

to get that out of my system.

Apologies accepted.

You should probably take it with

a grain of salt though, cause...

You did hit me on the head.

Well, I like to brain damaged

my women, good way to go.

And then you apply them

with marshmallows?

It's working.

- It is, you monster.

- Come on.

That's not even near my mouth.

Whatsoever.

- You're not aiming for my mouth.

- No.

You're the fine girl...

Can I tell you something?

This marshmallow...

Is magical.

- Oh yeah.

- Yeah.

Oh.

Oh, Adam has a girl over.

Yeah, I'm sorry.

- Are you...

- No, not at all.

He's just my roomie. I'm Astrid.

Hi, I'm Sophia.

My roommates a guy too.

So much better than chicks, right?

I can't stand chicks.

Plus it's kinda nice having a

sexy man around the house.

You like him?

That's cute.

Well, you have his attention and

he's a hard man to please, so...

Well, I'll let you.

Yeah.

You knew?

You knew about this?

Sophia baby, I...

Where did you find that letter?

Did he pay you?

Listen to me.

Your father gave up when

we lost your mother.

Honey, he didn't want you

to turn out like him.

He didn't pay me, he begged

me to help him end it.

And he didn't want

you to find out.

- He didn't want to hurt you.

- He didn't want to hurt me?

So he chose to die.

He couldn't go on, Sophia.

And the cancer?

Was all of this just

so I wouldn't know?

Your father thought that

it would be easier.

If you believed that

he died naturally.

Baby, I'm so sorry.

So everything he ever said...

I know.

Just read it, you can see.

I begged him not to

go through with it.

- You agreed to help him.

- I didn't want to, baby.

He would've gone and

done this anyway.

At least this way, I felt

that you would be protected.

You know that is an eternal

death sentence in his book.

This is just such a lie.

What are you gonna do, Sophia?

I'm gonna go to his funeral.

And I'm gonna speak

like I said I would.

Is someone here?

Hello?

- Hey.

- Hey.

Let me see it.

Come on, this doesn't

have to be a big deal.

Come on, let me see it.

Alright, it's not

as bad as it looks.

Yeah well, you said there's a

piece of glass in it, so...

Yeah, this one.

- Ouch.

- Sorry.

It's okay.

Where was Sam?

He was sleeping.

It doesn't have to be a big thing.

This might burn.

That's never what a

girl wants to hear.

Astrid...

Ignore her.

- Is that alright?

- It's okay.

How this happened again?

I broke some glass, so maybe I

touched a piece with my finger and...

- I don't know, scratch my chest.

- Yeah.

How did you break the glass?

A picture fell while I

was in the other room.

How did it fall? By itself?

Maybe I set it down too

close to the edge.

It just fell?

Hey...

Don't worry. I'm fine.

Yeah?

I think you should

stay here tonight.

I'll sleep on the couch.

Okay.

Wait.

What?

What happens if I fall

in love with you?

Everything.

Adam?

Adam?

Adam?

Adam?

What's going on?

I can't find him,

and there's blood...

Is that his blood?

- Where is he?

- I don't know.

Oh my God.

Do you have your phone?

Call the police.

I'm gonna call him first.

You never know, maybe he's...

Call the police, Astrid.

Sh*t.

F***ing hold!

What are you doing?

Sophia?

Sophia...

Stop, seriously.

Can you get through?

Oh my God.

Wait, are you still on hold?

Yes.

We should go back and wait.

What are you doing?

Yes hi, hello.

I live in the Walden Tower,

16th and Harper...

Apartment 2112, my roommate has gone

missing and there's blood on his bed.

No, we found him gone.

His girlfriend was in bed with him,

she's here with me now.

No, there's blood everywhere.

We think he was taken

to the top floor.

Hello?

Okay, we should...

We should stop and wait.

No.

We can't just go up there, Sophia.

Why not?

Someone came into our

apartment and took him.

We don't know that.

We should go back.

Oh my God.

No, no Sophia,

someone else is in there.

We have to go please,

we have to go.

Come on, come on.

And the last time you saw him

was around 11 pm, correct?

Yes.

We went to sleep together.

Okay, after you realized he was missing,

how long before you called 911?

I called, actually.

I heard Sophia yelling for Adam,

that woke me up.

I called a few minutes after that.

And how much blood did you see?

There was some on the sheets and...

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