บท 7: 7. The Old Lady
𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙞𝙣 𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙚𝙢𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙡𝙞𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙢. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙣𝙫𝙞𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙚𝙩 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙣𝙤𝙞𝙨𝙚𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙.
Aaron: I think this is my house.
Jeremiah: Looks cozy.
Aaron: Don't flatter me. I know it's depressing.
George: So where's the party?
Aaron: I don't know. Something feels off somehow.
Lisa: Yeah. The whole thing feels odd. Wanna show us around, Aar...?
𝘼𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙣 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙗𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙠 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙣 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙛𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙡𝙠𝙨 𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙖𝙨𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩.
Jeremiah: Guess we should follow him.
George: I don't know. I want to look around a bit.
Lisa: Yeah, I don't really like closed spaces. I'll stick with George.
George: Falling for me already?
Lisa: Oh shut up.
George: Ok. Ladies first.
Jeremiah: I guess I'll move around for a bit too.
𝙂𝙚𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙇𝙞𝙨𝙖 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙪𝙥𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙧𝙨. 𝙅𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙖𝙝 𝙜𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚.
George: This house is kinda big for someone who lives alone, don't you think?
Lisa: He could have just liked the space or maybe he had plans to get someone to live with him?
George: Let's just take a sneak peek into one of his rooms.
Lisa: There's this thing and it's called privacy.
George: What if he's hiding something? Don't you want to find out?
Lisa: I do… I just don't like this.
𝙇𝙞𝙨𝙖 𝙬𝙖𝙡𝙠𝙨 𝙨𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙡𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙗. 𝙎𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙥𝙨 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙤𝙩 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙂𝙚𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙚 𝙨𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙚𝙧. 𝙃𝙞𝙨 𝙧𝙤𝙤𝙢 𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙮. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙘𝙚𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙨 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙠 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙩. 𝙃𝙞𝙨 𝙧𝙤𝙤𝙢 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙖 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙞 𝙡𝙞𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙧𝙮.
George: You are something else, you know.
Lisa: Shut up and get searching.
George: There's a picture of him and some babe. She's really cute too.
Lisa: Seems he wasn't joking about his academic life.
George: Yeah. Cute face, model student, he really had a great life.
Lisa: Something about guys like this always makes me get suspicious. There is no such thing as a perfect guy.
George: This isn't jealousy speaking but I think you're right. This guy is way too clean.
Lisa: Let me see the picture of the girl.
George: Here
Lisa: Damn she's hot.
George: I know, right?
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Jeremiah: How can he afford a sports car? How old was he again? Something's not right. What's in that cupboard over there?
𝙃𝙚 𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙨 𝙞𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙚𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙤𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙗𝙤𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚𝙨.
Jeremiah: So he's a collector. He's also rich? There's no way this guy is clean. I have to go ask him what he does for real.
𝘼 𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙢 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙖𝙨𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩.
Aaron: GUYS HELP!!
Jeremiah: Huh?
𝙂𝙚𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙇𝙞𝙨𝙖 𝙧𝙪𝙣 𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙧𝙨
Lisa: Did you hear that scream?
George: What's happening?
Jeremiah: I don't know. It must be Aaron.
𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙧𝙪𝙣𝙨 𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙖𝙨𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩. 𝘼𝙣 𝙞𝙣𝙟𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙡𝙖𝙙𝙮 𝙞𝙨 𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖 𝙗𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙠𝙣𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙠𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝘼𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙣. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘼𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙛𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙖𝙧 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜.
Aaron: Guys, she wants to kill me! I can't even remember what happened here!
George: So this is where the party was.
Jeremiah: Aaron, calm down. Let's see what happens, you know there's not much we can do.
Lisa: Wait, George. Isn't that the girl from the picture upstairs?
𝙃𝙚𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙮 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙡𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙧. 𝙄𝙩 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙠𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙩𝙤𝙤 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙜𝙤.
Aaron: Oh my God, what is going on under my house? That's my wife!
𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝘼𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙣. 𝙃𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙞𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙥 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙥𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝘼𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙣 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙞𝙣 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙮.
The old lady: You will take your last breath today and I swear it.
Aaron: What did I do to you? Why are you in my house?! What did you do to my wife??
𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙡𝙖𝙙𝙮 𝙢𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙘𝙠𝙡𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙗 𝘼𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙣. 𝘼𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙙𝙚𝙛𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙥𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙡𝙖𝙙𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙠𝙣𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙨. 𝘼𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙣 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙜𝙧𝙞𝙥 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙚𝙖𝙥𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙡𝙖𝙙𝙮'𝙨 𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙩. 𝙄𝙩'𝙨 𝙖 𝙨𝙢𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙪𝙨𝙨𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙥𝙨 𝙤𝙣 𝙖 𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙗𝙚𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙚𝙧. 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙨𝙢𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙤𝙬 𝙤𝙛 𝙤𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘼𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙞𝙩. 𝘼𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙣 𝙙𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙠𝙣𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙚 𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙨𝙥𝙪𝙧𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙢𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙝. 𝘼𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙣 𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙨 𝙜𝙤 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙠𝙣𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙡𝙖𝙙𝙮 𝙛𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙧 𝙗𝙡𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙣𝙚𝙘𝙠 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙩. 𝘼𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙣 𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙧 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙚𝙮𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙪𝙥 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙡𝙞𝙥𝙨 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜. 𝙅𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙖𝙝, 𝙇𝙞𝙨𝙖 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙂𝙚𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙡𝙠 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙞𝙢 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙩 𝙝𝙞𝙢.
Aaron: I don't know what happened. You have to believe me, Jerry.
Jeremiah: It's going to be ok.
George: Yeah buddy. Let's head upstairs.
Lisa: Come on.
Aaron: Wait, let me get my wife please.
George: No, there is no point going back. You of all people should know that it's in the past.
Aaron: Ok let me go see her again. At least
Jeremiah: Let's just let him. N will be here soon anyways.
𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙖𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚. 𝙄𝙩'𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙨𝙤𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙉 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙬𝙨 𝙪𝙥 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙥𝙤𝙥𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣. 𝘼𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙪𝙥𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙧𝙨 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙬𝙚𝙧.
Jeremiah: I want to leave.
Lisa: Same.
George: I've seen enough here.
Aaron: I want to sta…
𝙅𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙖𝙝 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙇𝙞𝙨𝙖 𝙧𝙪𝙣 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙢𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙝.
Lisa: We just figured you'd want to pick this option.
Jeremiah: He didn't say anything so he can still change his mind, right?
N: Yes but if you can't change his mind soon, we'll leave.
Lisa: Aaron, what are you saying?
Aaron: I loved my wife very much, Lisa. I don't think you get what it would mean for me to leave her here all alone.
Jeremiah: Look Aar…
𝙂𝙚𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙡𝙠𝙨 𝙖𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙤𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙡𝙖𝙥 𝘼𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙨 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙛𝙖𝙘𝙚.
George: Snap out of it, boy. You're young so you probably don't understand what it means to be a man. Your wife would never want you to be miserable like this. You need to snap out of it.
Aaron: She needs me HERE!
George: She is DEAD. BURY THE DEAD AND MOVE ON WITH LIFE.
Aaron: WHAT LIFE? AREN'T WE ALL DEAD ANYWAY?
George: Trust me, this isn't the event you want to relive over and over again. Your wife would roll in her grave making you suffer like this.
Lisa: Please, Aaron.
N: Clock's ticking.
George: So come on, Aaron. Don't do this. Trust me on this there will be something better, probably in my head. So what do you say?
Aaron: I… I…
𝘼𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙣 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖 𝙗𝙞𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙪𝙥. 𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙚𝙡𝙨𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙖𝙩 𝙝𝙞𝙢 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙤𝙥𝙚 𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙨 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙙. 𝘼𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙣 𝙬𝙞𝙥𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙚𝙮𝙚𝙨.
Aaron: N?
N: Yes
Aaron: I'll leave.
George: Oh thank God.
Jeremiah: Good job, kid.
𝙇𝙞𝙨𝙖 𝙝𝙪𝙜𝙨 𝘼𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙡𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙥𝙖𝙩𝙨 𝙝𝙞𝙢 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙙.
N: Ok it's time to go.
𝘼𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙣 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙨 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙖𝙩 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙖𝙨 𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩.
N: As promised, some of your memories have been restored. I won't be taking any questions. Goodbye.
Jeremiah: So guys, let's keep walking. Aaron, chin up.
Lisa: Don't worry. We are with you, ok?
George: Lisa, can you give the both of us some space for now? I want to talk to him.
Lisa: Since when did you start demanding things from me?
George: It's just some man to man stuff we need to discuss.
Aaron: It's probably something important.
Lisa: Oh alright then.
George: I won't be long, don't worry.
Lisa: Take your time.
𝙇𝙞𝙨𝙖 𝙬𝙖𝙡𝙠𝙨 𝙤𝙛𝙛 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙅𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙖𝙝.
George: Aaron
Aaron: Yes?
George: You're one hell of an actor, aren't you?
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