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Hey.

See? I told you.

My apartment's haunted.

It's not haunted. I'm sure there's

a reasonable explanation.

No, no, this feels

really familiar.

What do you mean?

Well, remember the first time

that you got- you got

transferred off the base

when your father got transferred

to fort Leonard wood?

- I was, like, 12?

- Yeah.

Well, that was when things

got really bad for me,

and I had- you know,

I had my big accident

and I had to have surgery,

and it was the first time

we were apart

since I was really little.

- Mm-hmm.

- I mean, now is the first time...

We've been apart since high

school, and I just- I just-

Emily!

So, you think you saw...

Are you sure you saw,

like, a little kid?

I mean, I-I think

I saw something,

but it could have

been anything, Emily.

Like, you know,

maybe it was, like...

A breeze or something like that.

Breeze.

Man, of all the times for you

not to be recording our chat!

I'll record it next time.

I need to find out

if a little kid died here.

I'm gonna ask my landlord.

Um... I-I don't know

if you should do that.

I- I don't- I can't imagine he'd be

thrilled to have that conversation.

Yeah, well, I think

he has to tell me.

I think it's the law

or something.

The law?

Why are you messing

with your arm like that?

What's wrong?

It's not...

It's not getting better.

It's like this...

Like, a lump under

my skin or something.

You shouldn't do that.

It's not good for you.

Just stop touching it, and

when I come and see you,

- I'll check that, okay?

- Okay.

You're right.

Hey, Emily, what's going on?

I'm hearing the noise again.

I'm gonna go check it out.

Okay. Um...

Do you have a weapon?

No, should I?

Yeah, I think that

would be a good idea.

Okay, okay, hold on.

Okay.

Be careful.

Yeah.

W- w-wait. Look- look

towards your living room.

Well, I don't-

there's a lamp...

Okay, well, do you

have a flashlight?

No. Oh, I have-

I'll use this.

You here?

James, are you there?

Yeah.

I didn't see anything.

No.

- See anything?

- Mnh-mnh.

Aah!

Emily! Emily!

Close your door.

Are you okay?

I should talk to him.

I should have talked...

Are you all right?

Hey, were you recording that?

No. What do you mean? I just

got caught up in the moment.

James!

Next time I call you

in the middle of the night,

please press record!

Okay. All right.

I promise.

Will you stay up

with me tonight?

Yeah. Yeah, of course.

Thank you.

So, I talked

to my landlord today.

He said no one's ever

died in my apartment, ever.

That's not exactly something

he'd want to advertise, right?

Yeah, but he said, like,

no kids ever lived here.

It's always been

student housing.

Uh-huh.

What's that?

What are you doing?

Oh, well, I felt that lump

move in my arm today.

Emily, what the f***

is that? Don't do that!

Thought it might be

a spider bite.

You know,

how you hear about-?

That's an urban legend.

That's not real.

It's right under there.

Look, look, I'll show you.

Stop! Stop that!

Don't do that, okay?

That's not good for you.

This is like your leg,

like seven years ago. You

still have a scar from that.

Emily, what the f***

are you doing?

Well, I think if I just...

No, no, no, no, no.

Put that away.

Seriously, Emily, look at me.

Emily! Emily,

look at me, okay?

You need to put that

away, all right?

Digging around in your arm is

not gonna do any more good.

You just need to put

some alcohol on that

or iodine or something

like that

and- and- and put

a bandage on it

'cause otherwise it's just

gonna get infected, okay?

You know, I'll be there in a

week and I'll look at it,

but for right now,

just leave it alone.

You're acting really

crazy, all right?

Okay, okay.

Okay. I mean...

Can you go to the bathroom

and clean that off?

Yeah, yeah.

I'll be right back.

- Emily? Are you there?

- Yeah. Yeah, yeah.

I gotta- I gotta do some

work, so what's going on?

I know. This'll

only take a minute.

- What's up?

- He's outside my room.

I can hear the little

boy's footsteps.

That's really scary, Emily,

what are you talking about?

Well, I just- I need to talk

to him, and I need your help.

- Um... I mean, I'll help in any way

that I can. - Okay. Great, great.

So, I'm gonna close my eyes

so he doesn't scare me.

- What? - I'm gonna close my eyes

so I don't freak out...

And run back in here, okay?

So you're just gonna

tell me if he's there

and if he's paying attention to

me, and then I'll talk to him.

I'll find out

what he wants-

if he wants me to find his body, or...

whatever.

I just. Uh...

I don't want to look at him.

He's a ghost.

He freaks me out.

What?! Um... Okay. All right.

Okay, can you do that?

Yeah.

Okay, okay.

So, as soon as- as soon

as I open the bedroom door,

I'm gonna close my eyes, and then

you'll tell me what's there, okay?

All right.

- Okay, are you ready?

- Yeah, yeah.

All right,

I'm closing my eyes.

Hey.

Hey.

What's there?

Uh... I-I don't

see anything.

It's just your hallway.

'Kay.

- Anything in here?

- Um... no. No, it's...

Go in your living room.

Okay, I'm not looking.

Listen, I don't see

anything, okay?

Yeah, you should go

back to your room.

See him?

No, I don't see anything.

Maybe... he's

done for the night.

I'm almost disappointed.

- What are you doing?

- What?

- Emily!

- What?

Close your eyes.

Oh, okay.

Is he here?

Back to your left.

- Okay.

- Emily!

Emily. Emily.

You're telling me

part of this thing is human?

Well, how many more times are you

gonna have to do this to her?

I don't know if she

can survive that.

I mean, you're telling me.

She thinks I'm in Michigan.

That's far away, okay?

And that tracking device

in her arm,

does that have

an expiration date?

Good, well, take care of it.

We're gonna have to make this

look like an accident again.

It's fine.

We have people

that can take care of it.

I'm just gonna have

to break some bones.

For f***'s sake!

Hey, how's it going?

Made it back okay?

Yeah, yeah.

The drive was fine.

Are you all right?

Uh, yeah.

So, your professors

aren't mad at you?

No. Um... I haven't

spoken to my advisor yet,

but, uh, I'll

explain it to him.

It'll be fine.

How are...

How are you?

Okay. Um...

I went to see Dr. Aberdeen

today, like I told you.

Yeah, she came

very highly recommended

from my colleagues,

so... did things go well?

She seems really professional.

She... she diagnosed me

as schizoaffective.

It's a mild form

of schizophrenia

and bipolar disorder.

Okay.

I mean,

it explains a lot-

you know, why I thought

I'd seen ghosts,

why I don't remember

running out

into the middle

of the street that night.

I'm just crazy.

Don't say that.

Well, anyway, she's got me

on some medications-

um, perphenazine,

and, uh, I don't-

I don't remember.

Listen, you're gonna be okay.

- You don't know.

- I do. You're gonna be fine.

You deserve to be

with someone normal-

you know, someone who

doesn't have so many problems.

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