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Do I hear three?

Three thousand.

Four.

$4,000.

Do I hear five? $5,000 anyone?

I should remind you this

is an extremely rare edition.

Five thousand.

Five thousand.

Six thousand.

$7,000.

Seven thousand.

Do I hear eight?

I got eight.

Ten.

Eleven.

Fourteen.

Fifteen.

Twenty.

Twenty one.

Twenty five.

$25,000.

Do I hear twenty six?

$25,000 going once,

Hold up, hold up.

Wait a second.

Wait, wait.

Twenty six.

Twenty eight.

Thirty!

$30,000.

Do I hear more?

$30,000 going once,

$30,000 going twice,

Sold for $30,000.

I can open it... I can open it.

F*** it.

Hi.

Good morning, good morning!

You're in a good mood.

Not getting up in the middle of the

night to throw up will do that to you.

In fact,

I'm gonna order breakfast.

Do you want something?

You never eat in

the morning.

It makes you sick.

I'm feeling hungry.

Lemme help you with that.

I got it.

May I help you?

I'm here to see

Dr. McAllister.

Do you have an appointment?

Doctor...

Susan. What's the matter?

We need to run some tests.

Alright.

Right now!

No vomiting?

No pains of any kind?

No. Nothing.

You seem to have made

a total recovery.

I'm all better?

Just like that?

From what I can see...

you're in complete remission.

There's not a trace

of it left.

That's great!

But let's not get ahead

of ourselves here.

I'd still like to do some

more tests just to make sure --

No. No more tests.

No more pills.

No more needles.

No more nothing.

This might seem like

a dumb question,

But...

do you feel alright?

Do I feel alright...

I feel better than alright.

I feel great.

Did you get laid

or something?

Nina!

Whatever you're doing,

keep it up.

It's six. I'm outta here.

Hello?

Hi. Miss Jordan.

Miss Jordan, are you

there?

Yeah. I'm here.

It's Raif Collins. I just wanted

to come by and get my items.

Now?

Yeah, if it's not a

problem.

Actually I wanted to show you my

appreciation and treat you to dinner.

Assuming everything went

well at the auction.

Dinner? You want dinner now?

You -- Dinner?

Yeah.

Are -- Are you okay?

I'm fine. I have

to do something.

Okay. I can be there in an

hour. Is that enough time?

Miss Jordan?

Yeah. That's fine.

Yeah. That'd be fine.

Okay. I'll see you then.

Bye.

Sh*t.

Oww!

Hello.

Hey, it's me.

I'm right outside.

Yeah. Okay, fine.

So... no problems?

No... none.

Great.

That's great.

What happened to

your finger?

My what?

Your -- Your finger.

I cut it.

Okay.

Uhh...

so...

Can I -- Can I have em?

My items...

Oh. Yeah yeah yeah.

There she is.

Wow.

What do you know.

Is something wrong?

No, no, no. It's just...

it's not really what I was...

hoping for.

Thanks though. Thanks for

everything you've done.

Thank you.

Sure.

No problem --

Where is it?

Where's what?

Don't -- Don't -- Don't...

"Where's what?"

You didn't open it, did you?

No.

You didn't open it, did you?

No.

C'mon.

No.

No. Yes, I --

Look, I --

I promise I will find

a way to pay you back.

I -- I have to go now.

Hello again.

Is there something I

can do for you?

Well we were just in

the neighborhood,

And decided to patronize

your humble establishment.

Very ecclectic.

That was quite the spirited

display you put on the other night.

Very dramatic. It was --

"Hold on, hold on!"

"Wait, wait, wait!"

"Wait just a sec!"

"Stop right there."

"Stop. Right. There."

She reaches in her purse.

The suspense builds.

A collective shudder from

the crowd, and then...

edging me out.

By this much.

It was painful.

I have to say.

What is it you want, Mr. Poe?

That's what I like.

A woman who likes to get

right down to it.

The box and the book.

Not for sale.

I think you misunderstand me.

I'm not offering to buy them.

How about now? No?

You look different.

When we met at the

auction the other day,

You seemed...

a bit ragged, and now you...

I apologize for the mess.

In case you change your mind.

Hello.

Miss Jordan,

it's Raif Collins.

Please don't hang up.

I just --

I just wanted to apologize for

the way I acted the other night.

No. You know what?

If anyone should be

apologizing, it's me.

Well, that may be, but,

That's not why I'm

calling.

Would you consider getting

together with me again?

There's something I'd

like you to see.

Come in!

Hey.

Hey.

Can I get you anything?

No. I'm fine.

Look. I just wanted

you to know,

I started making preparations

for paying you back.

I'm sure you have.

I'm not very worried

about it.

This is nice.

Yeah. We do alright, eh?

Who's "We"?

That's why I wanted you

to come over tonight.

There's somebody I want

you to meet.

This is my sister.

Christina.

I'm sure she'd say hi, but...

she hasn't really been

able to...

... talk for some time now.

The doctors haven't --

Haven't been any help.

They just keep telling me...

"any day now", or,

"It won't be long now", but,

I haven't given up hope.

She has her good days.

Every now and again

she comes around.

I'm not even...

I'm not really sure if she

knows who I am anymore.

I have a nurse...

... that stays here with

her during the week.

So she doesn't feel so...

... alone.

I just wanted you to understand why

I blew up at you the other night.

That's all.

I thought it was the

money this whole time.

If I had known that it was --

I know. I know.

After Christine's health

declined,

I began researching alternative

methods of treatment.

Most were worthless, but,

One was pretty interesting.

The Romans believed that

The soul escaped the body

with the last breath.

Sometimes they would

preserve it in bottles,

Or a family member would inhale

it at the moment of death.

That's breath capture.

You've heard of it?

Yeah. This new age store

that I went to,

Was selling these little charms

that you could breathe into,

And give em to someone.

I mean, it's bullshit.

I mean I thought

it was bullshit...

until I found this.

I found an article that he

wrote in a medical journal.

Where he just goes...

on, and on, and on

about how...

breath capture would

save millions of lives.

There's just no proof that

he ever actually did it.

Except for you.

At least now we know it

would've worked on Christine.

I know I said this,

But I really want you to

know how sorry I am.

Listen... I'll make you a deal.

There could be more of

these vials out there.

Or maybe the key to how

Kaminsky made it work.

With your connections, you're in a

much better position than I am to --

To find em.

So do -- Do this for me.

Help me save Christine.

And we'll worry about

the money later.

I don't care about that nearly

as much as I do about her.

Deal?

Okay.

Hello.

Hey.

Busy in here, huh?

A little bit.

What's up, Nina?

I was...

I was just wondering if you could

tell me where you shop, cause...

I'd sure like Morgan to

start dressing like that.

It turns me on.

Get outta here, Josh.

Why? I'm serious.

It's just...

you might wanna do something

about those blackheads though.

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