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<v Speaker 1>For are unfortunate ones out there, the ones who need

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<v Speaker 1>to break, the ones whose lives seemed to be speeding

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<v Speaker 1>past them. Remember, sometimes all you need is a little rest,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'll help you find it. My name is Edwin,

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<v Speaker 1>and here's a scary story. A place to rest. Three

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<v Speaker 1>months deposit to be able to rent the place, he said,

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<v Speaker 1>Plus you have to give your dog away or find

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<v Speaker 1>something else. Think about it, kid, It was more like

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<v Speaker 1>a matter of principle that move for me to cust

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<v Speaker 1>that guy out over the phone. I had been looking

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<v Speaker 1>for an apartment for six weeks by that point, and

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<v Speaker 1>the owners of the apartments and houses knew that there

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<v Speaker 1>were few options out there. You could raise the prices

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<v Speaker 1>or ask for whatever they wanted, and all we would

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<v Speaker 1>do is accept it to not live out on the street.

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<v Speaker 1>So imagine what I felt when I finally found a

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<v Speaker 1>place one bedroom, Pet's okay, by the train station. Sure,

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<v Speaker 1>I had to take some noise in exchange for the

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<v Speaker 1>access that it gave me, so I decided to call

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<v Speaker 1>the number. Back then, people would list their apartments in

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<v Speaker 1>the newspaper, just like job listings and all that, So

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<v Speaker 1>I had to clip the ads. So I wouldn't lose it.

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<v Speaker 1>The man who answered didn't seem to know the place.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm assuming an agent of some sort, or sometimes a

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<v Speaker 1>relative of the owner, simply doing the other person a

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<v Speaker 1>favor and taking the calls. I asked if it was available,

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<v Speaker 1>what they asked for, issues with the place and all that. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>it's available, he said, in a serious tone. Is it

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<v Speaker 1>for you? I explained to him that it was for me.

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<v Speaker 1>My girlfriend had recently moved out and I couldn't afford

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<v Speaker 1>the ranch for the place we used to have. But

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't tell him that. Well, my man continues. It's

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<v Speaker 1>old and kind of cold, but it's a nice place

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<v Speaker 1>where you can rest, he said, struggling to bring out

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<v Speaker 1>every word. I thought he had some type of breathing

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<v Speaker 1>issue when he said it a place where I can

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<v Speaker 1>d rest. Perfect, That's what I'm looking for. When can

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<v Speaker 1>I go see it?

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<v Speaker 2>I asked.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm here all the time. Come on, buy whenever you want,

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<v Speaker 1>whenever you want. How do you want to go? I'm

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<v Speaker 1>going to walk there, I said, followed by an awkward silence.

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<v Speaker 2>Hey, hungap.

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<v Speaker 1>I stood up to look at the clock. Eight almost

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<v Speaker 1>nine at night by then, from what I assumed, it

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<v Speaker 1>would have taken me about thirty minutes to get there

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<v Speaker 1>by foot. I decided to grab my jacket and then

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<v Speaker 1>walk out right then and there, and if I changed

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<v Speaker 1>my mind along the way, well I just turned around

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<v Speaker 1>and walked back. So I walked, going through the metal

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<v Speaker 1>fencing by the factories, the strange smell of the slaughter

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<v Speaker 1>houses for Trevor Farms, and finally I was able to

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<v Speaker 1>see what appeared to be a series of apartment towers

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<v Speaker 1>in the middle of the fields in industrial parks, to

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<v Speaker 1>see the train tracks, and they it's straight back to

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<v Speaker 1>the city where I had come from. I get to

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<v Speaker 1>my job easily. From there. Life was going to be different.

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<v Speaker 1>I walked to the rhythm of my own shoes against

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<v Speaker 1>the pavement, wondering how everything could have been different had

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<v Speaker 1>my girlfriend not left me. I didn't notice a tear

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<v Speaker 1>on the side of my face until it got cold.

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<v Speaker 1>Four towers were there, maybe about ten stories tall each.

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<v Speaker 1>Dark few scattered lights adorned the walls of these buildings.

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<v Speaker 1>People most likely watching television and winding down before going

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<v Speaker 1>to sleep. It was only the faint light source for miles,

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<v Speaker 1>and yet there I was walking along this empty street.

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<v Speaker 1>Its pavement cracked with yellow dried grass growing out of it.

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<v Speaker 2>In patches.

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<v Speaker 1>Unit B twenty eight, it said, Tower B, second floor.

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<v Speaker 1>The tower seemed to be growing the closer I got,

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<v Speaker 1>and the flashing blue lights from the windows of those

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<v Speaker 1>four apartments in different floors seemed a little bit brighter.

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<v Speaker 1>I could hear the televisions even from the outside. Two

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<v Speaker 1>were watching the same game show, and there was a

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<v Speaker 1>slight delay in their transmissions, creating this eerie echo through

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<v Speaker 1>the darkness between these towers. Before I knew it, I

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<v Speaker 1>was in front of the one that faced the street.

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<v Speaker 1>Ay it said, right by the front door. There was

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<v Speaker 1>the empty desk at the front with a faded old

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<v Speaker 1>poster of the same towers and their full glory sunny skies,

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<v Speaker 1>a montage of happy families laughing together by the dinner table.

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<v Speaker 1>It looked on my right and found a footpath along

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<v Speaker 1>the side of it. A light was flickering a few

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<v Speaker 1>yards away in front of me. As I walked up,

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<v Speaker 1>I could see the letter by the door. At first

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<v Speaker 1>it looked like a thirteen, but I realized there was

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<v Speaker 1>a bee with a vertical line separated.

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<v Speaker 2>From the rest.

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<v Speaker 1>Underneath it was a word tower I found it. I

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<v Speaker 1>walked up and pulled on the door, fully expecting it

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<v Speaker 1>to be locked, and yet.

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<v Speaker 2>It swung open with that sudden jerk. It was loose.

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<v Speaker 1>Hello, I shouted, hearing my echo reach back twice. On

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<v Speaker 1>the right side there was an old set of buttons

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<v Speaker 1>and intercom with two blinking lights. I looked up the

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<v Speaker 1>handwritten numbers to the small plastic covering and finally found

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<v Speaker 1>Unit twenty eight. I picked up the phone and pressed

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<v Speaker 1>the button. A man picked up almost right away. He

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<v Speaker 1>took a deep, crackly breath before saying my name, Brian,

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<v Speaker 1>Come on up doors to the left. Then I heard

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<v Speaker 1>a loud buzz, setting an echo throughout the entire apartment.

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<v Speaker 1>That was so loud I thought I would wake up

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<v Speaker 1>whoever else was in this dark building. I ran up

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<v Speaker 1>to it, pulled the door and found the dark staircase.

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<v Speaker 1>The paint was peeling from the corners. And yet, determined

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<v Speaker 1>to finally land a place, I walked up floor two.

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<v Speaker 1>The door set immediately up from where I was standing.

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<v Speaker 1>I looked around the staircase the tunnel barely illuminated by

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<v Speaker 1>the moonlight, before looking straight up. It seemed to coil

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<v Speaker 1>up forever and vanish into the darkness. I opened the

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<v Speaker 1>door and walked down the old carpeted floors that ones

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<v Speaker 1>used to be the deep red, but were now gray

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<v Speaker 1>from the middle all the way down to the end

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<v Speaker 1>where the wall was. I walked until I found the

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<v Speaker 1>number twenty eight and knocked on the door. There was

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<v Speaker 1>no answer. It was then when I got a cold

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<v Speaker 1>chill running straight through me. I could feel the wind

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<v Speaker 1>on my shoes and shins was coming from underneath the door.

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<v Speaker 1>In a desperate hum, I knocked again and waited. I

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<v Speaker 1>looked around the dim hallways, but there was no sound,

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<v Speaker 1>no movement, no more televisions with game shows, but a sudden,

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<v Speaker 1>uneasy feeling in the air lurking around every corner. I

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<v Speaker 1>could feel it staring at me. Walked thirty minutes to

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<v Speaker 1>get there. This place was available, it said so in

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<v Speaker 1>the newspaper clipping.

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<v Speaker 2>Was it some kind of joke?

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<v Speaker 1>Almost without thinking, I reached for the doorknob, and that's

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<v Speaker 1>when my thoughts rushed in. Who was it about this place,

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<v Speaker 1>This dark and cold and comforting place I was standing

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<v Speaker 1>in front of. I twisted the door knob and it

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<v Speaker 1>felt loose. It opened with a long and tired squeak.

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<v Speaker 1>I stepped in and was met with the dim light

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<v Speaker 1>of the moon shining through the living room window. A

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<v Speaker 1>small table was off to the side of the entrance,

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<v Speaker 1>a cardboard box with a slot at the top, a

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<v Speaker 1>handwritten note in front of it, three hundred and fifty

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<v Speaker 1>dollars cleaning fee, Thank you. I tried to shout hello,

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<v Speaker 1>but all that came out was a whisper. I stepped

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<v Speaker 1>in further into the living room and I saw another

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<v Speaker 1>box on the counter to what appeared to be the kitchen.

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<v Speaker 1>I walked up slowly and I saw it. It was

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<v Speaker 1>a wooden block with the handles of knives, four of them.

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<v Speaker 1>A self tour of the place, I thought, relaxing a bit,

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<v Speaker 1>I had to do this on my own. I walked

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<v Speaker 1>over through the kitchen and found the light switches. I

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<v Speaker 1>flicked them on one by one. There at the counter,

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<v Speaker 1>I saw the marks between the tiles, dark dry spots

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<v Speaker 1>between the ceramic, but only in certain areas. Along the

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<v Speaker 1>carpet by the knife block, I saw the stains I

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<v Speaker 1>had been tried to be removed many times before, spread

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<v Speaker 1>by what seemed to be brushes deep into the carpet.

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<v Speaker 1>Dark brown and yellow colors I had seen before. I

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<v Speaker 1>walked down the small hallway and found the bathroom. The

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<v Speaker 1>light was off, but the fan had been left on,

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<v Speaker 1>so I stepped in. I tapped on one of the

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<v Speaker 1>switches and was met by pure silence. A small stand

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<v Speaker 1>was by the bathtub, like a small reading table. I

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<v Speaker 1>flicked both switches on again.

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<v Speaker 2>And I saw it.

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<v Speaker 1>Blades like those to cut cardboard boxes, all lined up

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<v Speaker 1>and ready. I felt my heart beating them. It was

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<v Speaker 1>a rush to get out of there as soon as possible.

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<v Speaker 1>I went through a doorway and suddenly I was in

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<v Speaker 1>another room. I walked over to the window to see

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<v Speaker 1>where I was, but found only the dark side of

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<v Speaker 1>another tower. I turned around, nearly dropping to the floor

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<v Speaker 1>when I felt something against my knees.

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<v Speaker 2>I could see it.

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<v Speaker 1>There was just enough light to see that stool in

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<v Speaker 1>front of me made of heavy wood, because it barely

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<v Speaker 1>budged when I bumped into it. My hands and arms

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<v Speaker 1>were cold. Now. I leaned toward the stool so I

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<v Speaker 1>could feel my way around it until I felt something

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<v Speaker 1>else graze aside of my body. I tried to swat

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<v Speaker 1>it away, but it was heavy, scratchy, trying not to

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<v Speaker 1>rush tover the exit. I flaked on the light, a

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<v Speaker 1>rope tied in a perfect noose above the stool on

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<v Speaker 1>a makeshift metal installation holding it up. Dark spots on

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<v Speaker 1>the carpet underneath it. I ran at that moment. I

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<v Speaker 1>went straight for the door, nearly bumping the cardboard box

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<v Speaker 1>right out of the table by the entrance. I ran

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<v Speaker 1>down the hall and then through the staircase. I felt

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<v Speaker 1>my legs running by themselves as I felt the air

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<v Speaker 1>from the outside again. I ran and kept running until

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<v Speaker 1>I cleared the towers, stopping only to catch my breath

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<v Speaker 1>and take on one last looked toward them. No other

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<v Speaker 1>lights were on, except for the one on the second

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<v Speaker 1>floor of Tower B. I watched as a figure walked

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<v Speaker 1>up to the window.

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<v Speaker 2>And disbelief.

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<v Speaker 1>I looked over the windows of that apartment while taking

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<v Speaker 1>out the newspaper, clipping from my pocket. A place to rest.

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<v Speaker 2>It said.

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<v Speaker 1>I looked back at the towers, but the figure was gone.

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<v Speaker 1>I stood there in silence, watching as the lights turned off.

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<v Speaker 1>I kept walking, not ready.

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<v Speaker 2>To rest yet.

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<v Speaker 1>The man in the fourthrow It was my brother's birthday

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<v Speaker 1>earlier that week, and had promised to take them to

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<v Speaker 1>see a play at a theater about some characters doing

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<v Speaker 1>a live interpretation of a series he was watching. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>actually not quite sure what it was, but Origins was

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<v Speaker 1>in the name of it. Two of his friends had

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<v Speaker 1>supposedly backed out of going because her parents wouldn't let them,

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<v Speaker 1>saying that it was too late, even after I offered

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<v Speaker 1>to take them and wait outside in the car while

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<v Speaker 1>they went inside. Lots of kids were going to be there,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm sure board parents were also going to be

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<v Speaker 1>in the mix. Either way, we ended up there. He

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<v Speaker 1>got his commemorative soda cup and a limited edition holographic card,

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<v Speaker 1>and we got in line. Not sure why we had

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<v Speaker 1>done that, given that the seats were numbered, but then again,

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<v Speaker 1>why was I even there in the first place, right

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<v Speaker 1>right his birthday. Anyway, the doors opened, we stepped in,

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<v Speaker 1>I was expecting, and not in a good way. Trash

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<v Speaker 1>had been left on the previous showings and the once

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<v Speaker 1>before those. The employees board teenagers were talking amongst themselves.

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<v Speaker 1>By the entrance. Two guys were laughing with one of

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<v Speaker 1>the girls who was holding a broom with both hands.

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<v Speaker 1>So we stepped in. My brother quickly tried to find

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<v Speaker 2>I followed him.

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<v Speaker 1>I looked around. That stale smell of popcorn and old

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<v Speaker 1>covered in spider webs or dust that had been there

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<v Speaker 1>long enough to form strings of it. I took a

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<v Speaker 1>it would only be an hour. I was dozing off

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<v Speaker 1>in the beginning when I felt my brother poking the

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<v Speaker 2>Hey, he whispered, look at that guy.

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<v Speaker 1>I looked to where he was nodding, and I saw

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<v Speaker 2>The end of the row.

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<v Speaker 1>No that way, he repeated. I followed his finger and

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<v Speaker 1>saw a man at the end of the fourth row

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<v Speaker 1>from the stage by the walkway at the end. His

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<v Speaker 1>seats in a really odd manner. I got close to

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<v Speaker 1>my brother's ear and said, oh, yeah, what if he's

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<v Speaker 1>could see them starting to widen. Just kidding, I said,

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<v Speaker 1>looking away. Ghosts don't like this sort of stuff. He

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<v Speaker 1>elbowed me again and went back to watching the play.

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<v Speaker 1>It was surprisingly well done, with lights and pyrotechnics and

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<v Speaker 1>all that they were at the scene where the man

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<v Speaker 1>was getting his powers granted by a god or something.

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<v Speaker 1>I was kind of into it by that point when

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<v Speaker 1>I felt my brother elbow me again. What if he's

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<v Speaker 1>passed out, he hasn't moved. I looked toward the man again.

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<v Speaker 1>He was wearing a baseball cap, and I could see

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<v Speaker 1>the silhouette of his beard from where we were, and

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<v Speaker 1>yet still his neck was crane in the exact same position.

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<v Speaker 1>At that moment, I did think for an instant that

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<v Speaker 1>he might have been unconscious or something, and I sort

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<v Speaker 1>of got lost in thought until I felt that elbow again.

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<v Speaker 1>Never mind, he moved. My brother whispered look. I turned

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<v Speaker 1>that way again and saw him. The man moved his

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<v Speaker 1>neck up. He turned toward us and stayed still. I

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<v Speaker 1>looked at my brother. He sort of smiled at me

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<v Speaker 1>and said, Okay, he's not a ghost. The man noticed us,

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<v Speaker 1>maybe he even hurt us, and lifted up his hand,

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<v Speaker 1>wiggling his fingers in that strange way to say hi.

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<v Speaker 1>I looked back over the stage and my brother turned

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<v Speaker 1>toward me. Don't pay attention to him, I whispered. It

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<v Speaker 1>was hard thinking about my brother like that. He was

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<v Speaker 1>a little different, yet I felt proud to be with

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<v Speaker 1>him watching this thing from one of his favorite shows.

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<v Speaker 1>I've had to follow his ideas when nobody else wanted to.

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<v Speaker 1>I've offered to take him places instead of helping him

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<v Speaker 1>set up a birthday party and fear that nobody shows up.

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<v Speaker 1>So I follow along with his ideas, even if there

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<v Speaker 1>is crazy. As a guy was passed out during a play,

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<v Speaker 1>I smiled to myself thinking of that as I slowly

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<v Speaker 1>drifted back into it. When everything was over and the

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<v Speaker 1>main character started a new path of victory or whatever,

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<v Speaker 1>the lights came on. Everyone clapped. We were there again,

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<v Speaker 1>in the middle of that dirty old theater, watching people

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<v Speaker 1>pile even more trash on the floor. I noticed my

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<v Speaker 1>brother hadn't moved, who was looking straight at the man

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<v Speaker 1>in the forethrow. I could see his neck was bent

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<v Speaker 1>again off to the side, and he was perfectly still.

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<v Speaker 1>You have to help him, he said, What if something's wrong.

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<v Speaker 1>I try to talk him out of it, but I

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<v Speaker 1>knew how he was, so I promised I would go

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<v Speaker 1>check on him. And then ask for help if something

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<v Speaker 1>was wrong. My brother smiled and waited for me to

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<v Speaker 1>get up. I took another whiff of that theater air

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<v Speaker 1>and stood up, walked down just as everyone in that

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<v Speaker 1>section had left, and I stood in front of him.

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<v Speaker 1>The play seemed to be permanently dim, so it was

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<v Speaker 1>hard to tea until I got close to him. You

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<v Speaker 1>know what I saw still gives me nightmares. His face

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<v Speaker 1>was stretched out, jaw dislocated off to the side. His

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<v Speaker 1>eyes were white, but the color the color of his skin,

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<v Speaker 1>it was a pale purple. I jumped back, nearly tripping

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<v Speaker 1>on a bucket of popcorn, and I pointed at him,

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<v Speaker 1>trying to get the attention of someone, anyone in that place,

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<v Speaker 1>but nobody listened. The expression on my brother's face was

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<v Speaker 1>complete shock, and it was too late for me to

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<v Speaker 1>say that nothing was wrong. I shouted at him to

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<v Speaker 1>stay where he was, and I ran up toward the exit,

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<v Speaker 1>telling one of the employees of what was happening. They

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<v Speaker 1>kept smiling with each other until one of them, the girl,

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<v Speaker 1>agreed to come take a look. I went to grab

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<v Speaker 1>my brother and dragged him quickly toward the walkway as

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<v Speaker 1>a screen filled the entire theater. My brother was looking

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<v Speaker 1>back as I kept pulling his arm, and we ended

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<v Speaker 1>up outside, back to where the air was cool and

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<v Speaker 1>didn't have to explain anything. We stood out there for

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<v Speaker 1>a bit before two police cars, a fire truck, and

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<v Speaker 1>an ambulance arrived. Crowds were gathered as even more personnel

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<v Speaker 1>got there and blocked some of the areas of the

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<v Speaker 2>Able to leave.

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<v Speaker 1>I told my brother this eventually, but that next day

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<v Speaker 1>the local newspaper reported an incident at that theater. A

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<v Speaker 1>man had been found dead in one of the seats.

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<v Speaker 2>They said that it.

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<v Speaker 1>Had been reported to the proper authorities and that an

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<v Speaker 1>investigation was underway. Who got me, though, and the part

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<v Speaker 1>that still sends chills down my spine said. The report

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<v Speaker 1>say that the man had a ticket stub in his

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<v Speaker 1>pocket for a matinee showing at ten in the morning,

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<v Speaker 1>and that he had been there for hours and nobody

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<v Speaker 1>noticed the