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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Scary Story Podcast. An old place and old

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<v Speaker 1>memories combine for a haunted night at a place that

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<v Speaker 1>shouldn't exist any more. My name is Edwin, and here's

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<v Speaker 1>a scary story. It has been sometimes since I last

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<v Speaker 1>shared my wand and only experience with something I couldn't explain.

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<v Speaker 1>As reluctant as I was to talk about it, I

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<v Speaker 1>think it's time I share it with someone. I'm old,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm tired, and even if this serves to just pass

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<v Speaker 1>the time for some of you, well, I'm okay with that.

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<v Speaker 1>I just don't want it to die with me. I

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<v Speaker 1>had a rough upbringing and it haunted me for a while,

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<v Speaker 1>but I didn't know how much until much later. It

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<v Speaker 1>was some time in the seventies and life was good,

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<v Speaker 1>at least as good as it was going to get.

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<v Speaker 1>I was growing up in the Midwest, learning about pain

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<v Speaker 1>and love and everything in between. Sometimes at the same time,

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<v Speaker 1>if you know what I mean, everything was possible, and

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<v Speaker 1>unfortunately that meant even things that I didn't know existed.

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<v Speaker 1>You don't know what you don't know, as they say,

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<v Speaker 1>my aunt was building a bed and breakfast slash energetic

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<v Speaker 1>retreat thing something about zones and energies that concentrate in

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<v Speaker 1>certain parts of the desert. I knew nothing about that

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<v Speaker 1>back then, and honestly, I still don't care too much

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<v Speaker 1>for that stuff. But she went crazy for it. So

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<v Speaker 1>she called me one day and she said, hey, Stephen,

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<v Speaker 1>I got some work for you. She was always associating,

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<v Speaker 1>to put it that way, with rich guys who wanted

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<v Speaker 1>to discover things about mind control and the energies of

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<v Speaker 1>the universe. They wore white and necklaces. They had beards

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<v Speaker 1>and long hair. They would sit around the fire or

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<v Speaker 1>by a lake, sometimes even taking their clothes off to

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<v Speaker 1>let the sun hit spots that don't get it. Or

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<v Speaker 1>so I heard. That woman my aunt was a trip.

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<v Speaker 1>She would make everyone laugh with the way she was,

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<v Speaker 1>but she was always standing up for little things like

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<v Speaker 1>the bees, or larger things like the government. In short,

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<v Speaker 1>these guys she was around had money, and they had

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<v Speaker 1>given her a certain amount to build this stay in

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<v Speaker 1>the desert where they could make a garden and some

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<v Speaker 1>other stuff to go all sustainable, which meant I had

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<v Speaker 1>a job. I took a bus and called her the

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<v Speaker 1>first chance I got from a gas station. She had

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<v Speaker 1>given me the number for a motel a runway in.

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<v Speaker 1>I had to give her two days because she had

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<v Speaker 1>to go take care of a few things. Might have

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<v Speaker 1>been something important, though it was likely just a concert.

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<v Speaker 1>I remember thinking it was close according to the lovely

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<v Speaker 1>young lady behind the cash register, but she asked why

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<v Speaker 1>nobody stays there because of what happened. Apparently a girl

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<v Speaker 1>had gone missing and they arrested the man that took

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<v Speaker 1>her at that motel. The joke around the settlement was

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<v Speaker 1>that the motel should have been renamed the Runaway In

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<v Speaker 1>because so many runaways ended up there. I might be

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<v Speaker 1>at the perfect place, then, I said, trying to sound smooth,

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<v Speaker 1>but I realized what I had just said just a

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<v Speaker 1>little too late. She looked at me and smiled, well, hey,

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<v Speaker 1>whatever place you find, there's no food around there, you'll

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<v Speaker 1>have to make the walk back here take some stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>I thought about maybe telling her that I'd be happy

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<v Speaker 1>to come back to see her. I don't know, something

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<v Speaker 1>like that, but I was already creeping her out, so

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<v Speaker 1>I turned around, grabbed some gurriedos, some pop, a few twinkies,

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<v Speaker 1>and a pack of gum from the counter. Breakfast of champions.

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<v Speaker 1>She said, ringing everything up. I kicked myself a little

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<v Speaker 1>bit for not saying something else right then I simply

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<v Speaker 1>let the moment get away. The walk was easy. Got

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<v Speaker 1>there around sunset. A big sign advertising long distance air

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<v Speaker 1>conditioning and television was the first thing I saw. The

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<v Speaker 1>billboard blocked the runway insign, and I understood why. Once

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<v Speaker 1>I got close to the building. The carpet smelled like dust,

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<v Speaker 1>and the cushion of the couch apparently vanished when I

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<v Speaker 1>put my bag on it, because all I heard was

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<v Speaker 1>it knocking on the wooden seat. An older woman came

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<v Speaker 1>up the front door behind me, kind lady, she seemed like,

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<v Speaker 1>and asked for fifteen dollars seven fifty for each night,

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<v Speaker 1>and she handed me a key with a room number

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<v Speaker 1>attached to it in a wooden keychain. Back then, they

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<v Speaker 1>wouldn't ask you for ID or none of that, just

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<v Speaker 1>cash a name on a roster, and that was that.

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<v Speaker 1>The room was better than the lobby. Probably didn't get

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<v Speaker 1>used much. The roach floating on the toilet water was

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<v Speaker 1>a sign of it. I blopped on the bed and

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<v Speaker 1>reached for the TV control when I heard a scream

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<v Speaker 1>from the room next to mine. I sat up and

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<v Speaker 1>looked over the door for an instant I was at home.

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<v Speaker 1>I imagined Mom in the red side of her face that

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<v Speaker 1>would eventually turn purple or a pale blue, my father

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<v Speaker 1>telling me to bring the bag of eyes from the

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<v Speaker 1>freezer in that cold, deep voice the man had. I

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<v Speaker 1>would rush to the kitchen and watch my mom hide

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<v Speaker 1>until the car spit away. I knew we wouldn't see

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<v Speaker 1>him for the rest of that night. Before I knew it,

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<v Speaker 1>I was outside, standing by the door, listening for the

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<v Speaker 1>scream again. The parking lot was empty. Might have gotten

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<v Speaker 1>there by bus or a cab like I did. So

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<v Speaker 1>I walked around the building, startled by the sound of

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<v Speaker 1>a cat hissing from the trash bin by the entrance.

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<v Speaker 1>I walked toward the lobby and then rushed up to

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<v Speaker 1>the door. This lady would have been dead had I

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<v Speaker 1>been a killer. She didn't notice me until I was

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<v Speaker 1>at the front counter. Everything okay, honey, she asked, smiling,

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<v Speaker 1>any one else staying here? I asked, my voice cold too,

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<v Speaker 1>Not yet? What is it Friday? Nope? Maybe later? Why

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<v Speaker 1>do you ask now? Most people would keep their mouth shut,

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<v Speaker 1>and moments like these we don't like to cause trouble.

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<v Speaker 1>But I couldn't, man, I couldn't not if someone was

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<v Speaker 1>in trouble, someone was screaming, I said bluntly, Uh, maybe

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<v Speaker 1>a TV's on somewhere. Hunh, that's probably it. But no

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<v Speaker 1>one else is here, right, I didn't want to push

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<v Speaker 1>it at this point. Sometimes these people in the middle

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<v Speaker 1>of nowhere let others stay without putting them in the books.

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<v Speaker 1>You know how it is, rent it out, never put

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<v Speaker 1>them in a roster, and then just keep the money

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<v Speaker 1>instead of handing it over to the owner. She looked

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<v Speaker 1>at me a stern expression. Now you're the only one here.

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<v Speaker 1>A fake smile started growing on the side of her

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<v Speaker 1>face until it got so wide it was about to

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<v Speaker 1>reach her glasses. I stared at her for a few seconds,

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<v Speaker 1>and she didn't move. I mean, not a single tiny

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<v Speaker 1>muscle of her face moved. Her gaze got lost somewhere

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<v Speaker 1>behind me. I took a couple of steps back, bumping

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<v Speaker 1>into the chimes by the door that finally decided to

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<v Speaker 1>make a noise. And still she didn't move at all.

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<v Speaker 1>It was as if time stopped for an instant. But

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<v Speaker 1>what am I saying? For More than that, it was

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<v Speaker 1>like she was frozen, some type of fear. I opened

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<v Speaker 1>the door, stepped out and looked inside. I needed to

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<v Speaker 1>make sure of what I had seen. It was dark

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<v Speaker 1>out by this point, and the blue light from above

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<v Speaker 1>her desk illuminated her skull above her eyes, just enough

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<v Speaker 1>to cover them, but it also lit up the way

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<v Speaker 1>back to the room, just enough for me to not

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<v Speaker 1>trip over the cracks on the asphalt of the parking lot.

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<v Speaker 1>I reached from my pocket and tapped for the key,

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<v Speaker 1>but I couldn't feel it. I looked back at the

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<v Speaker 1>blue light blowing that was coming from the lobby, dreading

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<v Speaker 1>having to go back there and finding that woman sitting

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<v Speaker 1>completely frozen again. I must have grazed the door with

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<v Speaker 1>my elbow, because as I was looking out toward the

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<v Speaker 1>darkness beyond the parking lot, I heard my door squeak open.

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<v Speaker 1>For the life of me, I couldn't remember if I

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<v Speaker 1>had locked the door or not. I peeked inside. The

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<v Speaker 1>lamps were off, and all I could see were the

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<v Speaker 1>silhouettes of the chair and my bag, and the shape

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<v Speaker 1>of a person squatting on the bed. I felt around

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<v Speaker 1>for the light switch next to the door, and for

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<v Speaker 1>just a split second, I sensed the leathery cold joints

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<v Speaker 1>of a hand squirming against mine. I pulled it back,

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<v Speaker 1>and just as I did, the light turned on with

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<v Speaker 1>a soft buzz. Everything was still. I looked at the

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<v Speaker 1>wall and noticed nothing unusual. Two switches next to each other.

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<v Speaker 1>Out of the corner of my eye, I spotted something

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<v Speaker 1>going past me, through the room and into the bathroom

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<v Speaker 1>fast and I'm saying, lightning quick. I thought I was

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<v Speaker 1>going crazy. I'd tell you I had slept just fine

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<v Speaker 1>the night before. It wasn't even that late. So I

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<v Speaker 1>stood there in front of that empty room for a

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<v Speaker 1>couple of minutes, scanning around for the key to the room.

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<v Speaker 1>The phone rang. I walked over to it slowly and

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<v Speaker 1>afraid to turn my back on the room. I picked

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<v Speaker 1>it up, but stayed quiet silence. I could hear rustling

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<v Speaker 1>on the other end. Hello, I said, in a near whisper.

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<v Speaker 1>You made it, Stephen. Everything good. It was my aunt.

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<v Speaker 1>I figured the cable reached far enough for me to

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<v Speaker 1>sit on the edge of the bed, but when I sat,

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<v Speaker 1>I felt something and got startled, so I jumped straight

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<v Speaker 1>back up. I turned around and the enormous key chain

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<v Speaker 1>and key were now on the floor. What happened she

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<v Speaker 1>shouted over the phone. This place is weird, I told her,

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<v Speaker 1>but stayed quiet, afraid to give out too much information

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<v Speaker 1>or let whatever was in the room know that. I

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<v Speaker 1>was afraid. Yeah, not many people stay around there. Just

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<v Speaker 1>another night after this, I shut back. Yeah, after to night,

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<v Speaker 1>just one more night. I guess I should have given

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<v Speaker 1>her some credit. She figured out what room I was

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<v Speaker 1>in by going down the list of the room extensions,

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<v Speaker 1>the direct lines. I was a second phone she dialed.

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<v Speaker 1>She always tried to keep things positive. We talked about

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<v Speaker 1>the job a little bit, and then about my mom.

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<v Speaker 1>Turns out she was at a warehouse a few hours

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<v Speaker 1>away up north, pricing a few things, calling me from

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<v Speaker 1>her friend's apartment. But soon she had to go, and

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<v Speaker 1>I was once again in silence. After to night, just

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<v Speaker 1>one more night to think. I didn't even make it

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<v Speaker 1>through that first one. I turned on the TV. Two channels.

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<v Speaker 1>The Pirates were on their way to the World series.

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<v Speaker 1>Nothing nothing, nothing, and then Atom twelve nothing nothing, nothing, again,

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<v Speaker 1>more about the Pirates, nothing nothing, A light tapping on

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<v Speaker 1>the window. I heard it clear as day. He was

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<v Speaker 1>so dark outside I didn't even notice the curtains were

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<v Speaker 1>wide open. I went straight for the light switch quick

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<v Speaker 1>and turned them off. Outside from where I was standing

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<v Speaker 1>was the flickering sign of the runway in. Not even flickering,

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<v Speaker 1>that poor thing. It was staying alive from the bottom

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<v Speaker 1>right corner. I said, still for a while. It must

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<v Speaker 1>have been two minutes, just standing lit up by the

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<v Speaker 1>white lights of the static on TV. When suddenly again,

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<v Speaker 1>tapping on the window, can you let me in a

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<v Speaker 1>child's voice coming from outside. I reached for the doorknob,

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<v Speaker 1>bestopped myself just in case I heard it one more time.

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<v Speaker 1>There was nothing. I stood there for another minute or so,

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<v Speaker 1>and then walked over the window to look outside. From

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<v Speaker 1>what I could see, there was no one out there.

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<v Speaker 1>Can you let me? I held my breath as I

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<v Speaker 1>reached for the doorknob, and I took a deep one

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<v Speaker 1>before I turned it, and the door opened. Outside was empty,

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<v Speaker 1>not a single soul, not a set of head lights, nothing.

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<v Speaker 1>Even the lights from the lobby were off. I thought

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe there was something I ate, maybe the old twinkies

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<v Speaker 1>back then, I knew not to trust those bedsheets. But

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<v Speaker 1>Can you let me in? My eyes snapped wide open.

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<v Speaker 1>My heart was beating so loudly. I could feel it

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<v Speaker 1>as if somehow that was gonna make me hear better.

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<v Speaker 1>The sound had been coming from outside before, but not now.

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<v Speaker 1>This time it was coming from the other side of

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<v Speaker 1>let me in? It sounded like it was a child,

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<v Speaker 1>a little girl, and I don't know how to describe it,

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<v Speaker 1>but it was in some type of pain. I knew

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<v Speaker 1>what pain sounded like. I used to hear it often.

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<v Speaker 1>If I had to put my money on it, I

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<v Speaker 1>would say that this wasn't a little girl either. I

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<v Speaker 1>and waited for that lady to come around again, but nothing.

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<v Speaker 1>I shouted hello down that little hallway that led to

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<v Speaker 1>with silence. The smell of that old carpet now reminded

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<v Speaker 1>me of my living room when STAT left. Mom never

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<v Speaker 1>bothered to clean it, didn't know how to fix the machine,

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<v Speaker 1>and scrubbing shampoo with a broom only seemed to make

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<v Speaker 1>it worse for a couple of days, until it dried

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<v Speaker 1>up and went back to regular old carpet smell. I

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<v Speaker 1>walked back to the room, key in hand, this time

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<v Speaker 1>had made sure to lock it. I put the key

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<v Speaker 1>in but didn't turn it. The door squeaked open. I

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<v Speaker 1>reached for the light switch, flicked on the first one,

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<v Speaker 1>but no light came on. For some reason. The light

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<v Speaker 1>from the window was brighter here and I could see

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<v Speaker 1>the silhouette of my bag on the bed. But in

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<v Speaker 1>that instant I realized I had put the back down

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<v Speaker 1>before laying down to sleep. Can you let me in?

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<v Speaker 1>I heard it, loud and clear, this time bright in

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<v Speaker 1>front of me. My left hand bent upwards to reach

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<v Speaker 1>for the second light switch, and it flicked on. On

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<v Speaker 1>the bed was a girl crouching her knees, popping out

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<v Speaker 1>of those ripped jeans, her pink shirt stained from all

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<v Speaker 1>sides with a dark, dark color like the dirt from

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<v Speaker 1>back home and clumps. She looked right at me, mouth

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<v Speaker 1>open and in pain, she screamed. I didn't wait a

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<v Speaker 1>second longer. I don't know how my legs worked, but

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<v Speaker 1>they took me a few steps back. When I realized

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<v Speaker 1>that I had opened the wrong room, I ran back

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<v Speaker 1>through the parking lot and then looped around to the

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<v Speaker 1>room mine. I understood those movies right then and there.

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<v Speaker 1>Her hands just don't work the same way to put

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<v Speaker 1>the key into the doorknob when you're like that much

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<v Speaker 1>less into the ignition of a dark car. But I

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<v Speaker 1>opened the door, I flicked on both switches, grabbed my bag,

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<v Speaker 1>and stepped right out. I started making my way to

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<v Speaker 1>the only other place I knew in that area. I

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<v Speaker 1>walked a mile back to the gas station and sat

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<v Speaker 1>out in front until the sun came out. I hung

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<v Speaker 1>around there for a well, the whole day. I got

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<v Speaker 1>to see the young lady come back. Elizabeth was her name.

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<v Speaker 1>The first thing she asked, was so, where did you

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<v Speaker 1>end up staying? I told her about the runway in,

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<v Speaker 1>But I should have stayed quiet. Nobody stayed at the

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<v Speaker 1>runway in anymore, she said. I was a bit disappointed

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<v Speaker 1>that she was repeating herself. Honestly meant that she forgot

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<v Speaker 1>her conversation, though I guess that should have been a

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<v Speaker 1>good thing. My aunt used to work there. Everyone around

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<v Speaker 1>here knew her. What happened, I asked, She passed away

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<v Speaker 1>heart attack, didn't wake up one morning. I was shocked,

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<v Speaker 1>but stayed quiet. What I had really wanted to know

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<v Speaker 1>was what happened to the runway in. I think she noticed, so,

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<v Speaker 1>she continued, utter staffed, and then it closed. That's why

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<v Speaker 1>no one stays there. I stayed there, I reminded her.

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<v Speaker 1>Her expression changed, and then she repeated herself once more,

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<v Speaker 1>nobody stays at the runway in anymore. I said, quiet,

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<v Speaker 1>you can't. She continued, its shut down. I didn't say anything.

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<v Speaker 1>One of us was confused there, and it was not me.

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<v Speaker 1>She yelled for a guy named Ben who came walking

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<v Speaker 1>up to us. Runway in shut down, right, she said,

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<v Speaker 1>the plays down the road. He asked, Jill's running it

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<v Speaker 1>now no. They looked at each other, and then Elizabeth

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<v Speaker 1>spoke up. It's opened. Ben shrugged and walked back toward

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<v Speaker 1>the fridges. I hung out with Elizabeth until she clocked out,

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<v Speaker 1>and then spent some time by the cars until two

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<v Speaker 1>in the morning, before her parents called for her to

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<v Speaker 1>go back home. You're gonna be around here, right, she asked,

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<v Speaker 1>a little hopeful in her tone, maybe a little shy, yep,

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<v Speaker 1>I said, smiling, couldn't help it. I made the walk

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<v Speaker 1>back to the Runway Inn that morning. My aunts would

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<v Speaker 1>be there at any moment to get me for her project.

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<v Speaker 1>As expected, no one was in the lobby. The key

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<v Speaker 1>and its keychain were hanging from the door of where

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<v Speaker 1>my room was, Room three, by the broken soda machine.

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<v Speaker 1>I got to the door, opened it and was shocked

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<v Speaker 1>by what I found. The sheets were dirty and on

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<v Speaker 1>the floor. The entire place was covered in dust. There

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<v Speaker 1>was no TV, no phone, and the walls were yellowed.

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<v Speaker 1>I walked around and noticed the broken windows, the missing curtains,

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<v Speaker 1>the cracks on the parking lot that had tall weeds

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<v Speaker 1>growing out of it. I heard a car rolling up

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<v Speaker 1>on the dirt on the entrance of the lot. My

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<v Speaker 1>aunt her big bright yellow van. WHOA, what happened here?

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<v Speaker 1>Where'd you stay? She got out of the car, gave

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<v Speaker 1>me a hug and waited for my answer. Well, here,

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<v Speaker 1>get out of here. How she walked up to the

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<v Speaker 1>room windows and looked inside one of them, and she

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<v Speaker 1>came back and waited for me to answer. I don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>Well you had me worried. I used to call this place.

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<v Speaker 1>There are one of the few with direct lines. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>I know you called me. She stayed quiet, with that

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<v Speaker 1>kind of silence that tells you what you need to know.

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<v Speaker 1>Get in, Come on, she said, walking quickly to the

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<v Speaker 1>van and holding up the door to the back of it.

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<v Speaker 1>Who had I spoken to? Who was the woman from

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<v Speaker 1>the front desk or the little girl? I would never know.

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<v Speaker 1>All I knew was that my aunt had given me

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<v Speaker 1>the number to I shut down motel by mistake, and

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<v Speaker 1>I went with it. I trusted her blindly, like I

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<v Speaker 1>did on those nights when she saved us for my father.

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<v Speaker 1>Somewhere deep in there, these places stay, They haunt us

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<v Speaker 1>in strange ways. The voice says that lived in my mind.

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<v Speaker 1>When he would lock my mom out the way, she

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<v Speaker 1>would cry to be let back in the way we

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<v Speaker 1>knew not to move when things got scary, when we

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<v Speaker 1>stopped ourselves from turning on the light, the way we

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<v Speaker 1>would play pretend even though I was too old for it,

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