Revenant Page #2

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to have experiences.

I did, but, I thought it

was gonna be orbs of light,

maybe...maybe silhouettes...

something friendly.

This is not friendly.

Just, wait, wait, wait.

Please, sit down.

Please, just stay the night.

I won't leave your side,

I promise.

And if you still want to leave

in the morning

then we can talk about it.

Just don't run out like this.

I'm scared, Paul.

This thing could hurt us.

Come with me.

I can't.

Why not?

If I walk away from this, this

is just one more thing that...

that I didn't finish.

Stel, I need this.

So, you'd pick the house

over me?

I didn't say that.

And that's not fair.

Please.

I'm asking you, just stay

the night.

We'll figure it all out

in the morning.

For me?

Okay.

Come here.

[ music ]

Stel?

[ phone ringing ]

Hello?

Hey... hey, I just

got your note.

Sorry.

Just had to get out of there.

That's okay, you had

quite a scare last night.

So what time are you

gonna head back over?

I can't live there.

I know it means

a lot to you but...

I'm just not comfortable

staying there.

Okay...

Well, this sucks.

I know...

Can I call you later?

my mom's taking me to breakfast.

Yeah, all right.

Okay, talk to you later.

[ noises ]

[ Children Whispering ]

- I told you to be quiet.

- I didn't do it on purpose.

- If you're gonna play this

game, you have to be quiet.

We don't want to wake him up.

- I'm sorry.

- Just don't do it again.

- Okay.

- You ready?

- Yes.

- Okay, go hide.

One, two, three, four, five

six, seven, eight, nine, ten.

Ready or not, here I come.

I hear something.

He's coming.

[ child laughing ]

I could hear you talking.

Can you do what you were

doing again?

I just want to talk to you.

Can you give me some sort

of sign of your presence?

Can you knock on something?

Or move something?

Anything?

COMPUTER:
You've got mail!

[ laughs ]

What the hell is this?

[ scream ]

[ phone ringing ]

Sup, dude?

You a**hole!

What the hell are you doing

sending me this for

in the middle of the night?

I didn't think you were

still gonna be a awake.

That was a cheap shot.

Did it make you jump?

Yeah, it made me jump.

It scared the crap out of me.

They have this website

that you can go to

to make all this cool stuff.

I mean, they have the...you know

obviously the photo editing

aspect of it but they

got the audio too,

I mean it's fantastic.

You got the crossfades,

and the delays even,

auto-tuning--

[ music sting ]

[ doorbell ]

Hey, Paul.

Hey, Skip.

Here to pick up the rent.

Oh, yeah. Come on in.

Okay.

Here you go.

Thanks.

Uh, Skip, while you're

here, um...

do you mind if I ask you

a couple questions

about the house?

Sure.

Do you wanna have a seat?

Hmmm.

Let's go outside, it's nice out.

Can I get you something?

Water'd be good.

Sure.

So, Skip, how long have

you actually

owned this house for?

Um...about eleven years now.

The previous tenants that

lived here, um, did they

tell you why they moved out?

No, they had their reasons.

Did any of them mention

things happening in the house

that they couldn't explain?

Like what?

Like ghosts?

Why? You seen something?

No, not personally.

But with all the stories

about this place,

I was really hoping to.

Sometimes, stories

is just stories.

Have you seen anything

in the house?

Well I have to say, there...

there is something off

about this place.

Why did you move out?

Oh, I never lived here.

My...my parents owned it

and they rented it out

and when they died,

I inherited it.

Wait.

Did your parents own the

house when the murders happened?

Yeah, they was rentin' it.

What were those people like?

I didn't know 'em that well.

They was good people though.

It's a shame what happened.

Any information that I can get

from you on those people,

or any of the other tenants,

I'd really appreciate it.

Why you so interested in this?

I'm writing a book on the house.

But, don't worry,

I'm not gonna use names.

I'm not gonna use addresses

or anything like that.

This is just a story about me

living in a haunted house.

That's it.

That's the stupidest thing

I ever heard.

I will tell you though...

Somethin' scared those

people out of this house.

One lady was worried

about her kid.

Can you tell me how I can

get in touch with her?

No, they didn't leave

no forwarding address

or nothin'.

Can you give me her name?

I just want to track her down,

and see if maybe,

she might be willing

to talk to me.

That's it.

Some things are just

better left alone.

I seem to be hearing that

a lot lately.

Well, maybe you should listen.

Look, I gotta go.

I got a delivery coming

this afternoon.

Thanks for stopping by.

And I do have some more

questions for you

at another time.

Skip?

Yeah?

Yeah, I'll be in touch.

If you need anything,

I'm the house in the back.

[ bang ]

[ strange noise ]

[ music sting ]

[ bed creaking ]

[ music sting ]

PAUL ON PHONE:

Hi, is this Judy Peterson?

Hi, Judy, my name

is Paul Anderson.

I live in a house that you

used to live in.

Uh, 8928 Maple Street.

I was just hoping that maybe

I could ask you

a couple questions about

the time that you lived there?

Hello?

What a b*tch!

Don't go in there.

That lady's crazy.

[ doorbell ]

[ doorbell ]

Said I was coming.

I'm sorry, I didn't hear you.

Are you Sue Dryer?

Who are you?

I'm Paul Anderson.

Yeah, what do you want?

I live in your old house

on Maple Street.

I was really hoping that you

and I could, uh,

talk about your time living--

Is this some

sort of a sick joke?

Did my husband send you?

I don't know your husband.

Do you people get some

sort of sick thrill

out of tormenting me.

I just...I live in the house

that you used to live in,

and I thought maybe we could

talk about it.

Get off my property

before I call the cops!

Look, I'm really sorry if I

upset you, I wasn't trying to.

I just wanted to find out

if maybe you had

some strange experiences

in the house.

I'm looking for validation.

Here, I'm gonna leave my

business card in your mailbox.

You can call me any time.

[ radio static ]

[ music ]

I just don't get it.

I mean, I'm trying everything

and nothing is working.

I'm even setting my alarm

to wake me up

in the middle of the night

cause that's when they say

ghosts are more active.

Nothing.

I mean, I have

a lot of testimonials.

But...

nothing crazy you know, like,

like someone getting attacked,

or...or possessed.

Those are the things people

want to read about.

They don't want to read about

cabinets opening by themselves.

Okay, uh, would you actually

want it to attack you?

No.

But I do need something

big to happen to me.

You're out of your

frickin' mind.

You, sir, are obsessed.

I just need that one

big thing.

This book.

It's gotta be great.

[ music ]

[ door creaking ]

[ covers rustling ]

Mm.

[ music sting ]

[ music sting ]

[ music sting ]

[ phone rings ]

Hello?

This is Paul, who's this?

Who?

Oh, Sue, hi.

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