WEBVTT - Poor Mother

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<v Speaker 1>M twelve Ghosts is a production of I Heeart three

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<v Speaker 1>D audio and grim and mild from Aaron Banky Headphones

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<v Speaker 1>recommended listener discretion advised. Out of the bosom of the air,

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<v Speaker 1>out of the cloud, folds of her garments, shaken over

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<v Speaker 1>the woodland's brown and bear over the harvest fields forsaken,

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<v Speaker 1>silent and soft and slow, descends the snow. The night

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<v Speaker 1>is growing old and a bell My dear, surely your

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<v Speaker 1>eyelids are heavy. Are you expecting anyone else tonight? I'm

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<v Speaker 1>always expecting someone. I expect the whole of the world

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<v Speaker 1>to cross my threshold eventually. I'm happy to have your company,

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<v Speaker 1>of course, But you've had a long journey. You wear

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<v Speaker 1>the weight of it like a cowl over your shoulders.

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<v Speaker 1>You only need lay it down. But if you'll perhaps

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<v Speaker 1>indulge one more weary traveler before you go, yes, of course, Hello, dear,

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<v Speaker 1>come in, warm yourself. So something was out there in

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<v Speaker 1>the woods. I could see it in the trees, and

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<v Speaker 1>out there in the trees it will stay, unless, of course,

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<v Speaker 1>it wants a drink. I won't turn a thirsty soul away.

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<v Speaker 1>And speaking of would you like a seat drink to

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<v Speaker 1>warm yourself and settle the nerves. Yeah, okay, am I dead?

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<v Speaker 1>Are you surprised? Only surprised it so warm? I was

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<v Speaker 1>expecting the cold and the dark. We must come from

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<v Speaker 1>similar backgrounds. What do you think was in the trees?

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sorry if that was too forward a question. No, No,

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<v Speaker 1>it's better to just it's better to get it out,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, I'm so tired of dealing with it. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>dear a sip for courage. Then, my mother always told

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<v Speaker 1>me I would miss her when she was gone, which

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<v Speaker 1>made the arrival of the impossibly translucent apparition of the

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<v Speaker 1>woman I had not actually spoken to in years almost funny.

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<v Speaker 1>I might have laughed, had I not been suddenly and

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<v Speaker 1>totally overcome with guilt for not even having any suspicion

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<v Speaker 1>that this day was coming so soon. Had she been ill,

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<v Speaker 1>had she laid in a hospital bed for months praying

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<v Speaker 1>her only daughter would come and see her. Surely if

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<v Speaker 1>that were the case, someone would have called. Unless my

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<v Speaker 1>mother had wasted away in passive aggressive silence, proving herself

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<v Speaker 1>right about her ungrateful daughter to the end, at the

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<v Speaker 1>cost of any possible reconciliation, which did not. I realized

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<v Speaker 1>stray too far from the realm of the feasible. I felt,

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<v Speaker 1>then suddenly that I was being terribly uncharitable to a

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<v Speaker 1>dead woman who had, despite all her faults, chosen to

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<v Speaker 1>hover now a few inches above the floor at the

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<v Speaker 1>foot of my bed, on presumably the day of her death.

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<v Speaker 1>I was a little shaky on how ghosts worked, having

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<v Speaker 1>not really believed in them until this exact moment. But

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<v Speaker 1>the way I had always heard it was that a

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<v Speaker 1>relative would sometimes appear around the time of their death

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<v Speaker 1>when there was unfinished business, which would definitely apply in

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<v Speaker 1>this case. Honestly, I was flattered my mother had chosen

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<v Speaker 1>to come to me at all. The day of your

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<v Speaker 1>death had to be the most important one since birth,

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<v Speaker 1>which hardly counted because infants don't know one days are

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<v Speaker 1>momentous and never have the foresight to file away the

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<v Speaker 1>memory Mom. The figure didn't move. I tried again, Hey, Mom, Silence, stillness,

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<v Speaker 1>except for a faint shimmering. Maybe in our years of silence,

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<v Speaker 1>she had forgotten how to speak to me, I could relate.

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<v Speaker 1>Arose from my bed, feeling embarrassed in my bare feet

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<v Speaker 1>and ratty mismatched pajamas. My mother's ghost was dressed in

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<v Speaker 1>a sensible pantsuit, or at least most of one, as

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<v Speaker 1>she sort of seemed to fade out of existence around

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<v Speaker 1>mid calf. I'm sorry. I wasn't expecting visitors. I took

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<v Speaker 1>in the clutter of my room shifted uncomfortably. My mother's

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<v Speaker 1>ghost said nothing. Would you like a glass of water

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<v Speaker 1>or some tea? We could sit on the couch if

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<v Speaker 1>you'd like. After too many moments of awkward silence, I

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<v Speaker 1>settled on dragging a chair from the kitchen into my

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<v Speaker 1>room and setting the blanket on it in case you

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<v Speaker 1>get cold. Old. My voice sounded strange to my own ears.

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<v Speaker 1>I ah, I am going to go to bed now

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<v Speaker 1>that okay, still nothing, okay, good night. I got into

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<v Speaker 1>bed and shut my eyes. I knew sleep wouldn't come,

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<v Speaker 1>but I didn't know what else to do. The hours

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<v Speaker 1>ticked slowly past, and I stayed perfectly still, eyes shut

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<v Speaker 1>and listening to the silence in my apartment and the

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<v Speaker 1>muffled noises outside of it, until I could see the

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<v Speaker 1>morning sunlight through my eyelids. When I finally opened my eyes,

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<v Speaker 1>I could not see my mother's ghost. The air still

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<v Speaker 1>crackled with energy and smelled like her perfume, and I

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<v Speaker 1>expected her around every corner. I poured myself a bowl

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<v Speaker 1>of cereal and felt eyes boring into the back of

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<v Speaker 1>my head. I lifted the spoon, chills rising on my neck.

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<v Speaker 1>I put the spoon in my mouth and crunched into

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<v Speaker 1>the cereal, and a bitter taste exploded over my tongue.

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<v Speaker 1>There was a disgusting, wet texture coating my mouth, and

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<v Speaker 1>I felt something moving and spit it out with a gasp.

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<v Speaker 1>There was half of a leathery brown cockroach legs still

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<v Speaker 1>crawling in the air as it got sleeked onto the

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<v Speaker 1>table and dropped my spoon into the bowl, which I

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<v Speaker 1>realized Horror was now writhing with a wet mass of

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<v Speaker 1>giant roaches spilling out over the sides and swarming the spoon.

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<v Speaker 1>Pushed back from the table invulsion, and saw her, then

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<v Speaker 1>silent and hovering in the doorway. She smiled and her

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<v Speaker 1>teeth looked thin and sharp. I at my girlfriend Alice

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<v Speaker 1>for lunch at her apartment, as I usually did when

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<v Speaker 1>we both had the afternoon free. I sat across from

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<v Speaker 1>her with steaming bowls of rice and vegetables on the

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<v Speaker 1>table between us and her big sweater draped over my shoulders.

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<v Speaker 1>I am being haunted by my mother's ghost. Alice took

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<v Speaker 1>both my hands in hers and kissed them. Estrangement sucks,

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<v Speaker 1>she said, simply. No, I mean she's dead. I think

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<v Speaker 1>you think she's been in my apartment, only she doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>have feet and you can see straight through her. Baby,

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<v Speaker 1>She sounded wary. Have you been sleeping and taking all

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<v Speaker 1>your meds and everything? It's hard to sleep with your

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<v Speaker 1>mother's ghosts standing over you. And yes, I have been

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<v Speaker 1>taking all my meds. I took a breath and pulled

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<v Speaker 1>my hands back from Alice's feeling defensive. They're just anxiety,

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<v Speaker 1>meds and ship. Anyway, I know what I saw, Alice frowned,

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<v Speaker 1>eyebrows knitting together. I just care about you, and I

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<v Speaker 1>am literally on antipsychotics. It wasn't a dick. Alice's shoulders

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<v Speaker 1>clenched up into her neck, and I instantly felt guilty.

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<v Speaker 1>We never had fights, and she had never doubted me

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<v Speaker 1>before about anything. I told her my exhaustion and my

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<v Speaker 1>anxiety had me assuming the worst in my partner, and

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<v Speaker 1>it wasn't fair. I reached for her hands and she

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<v Speaker 1>let me take them back shoulders, relaxing as I kissed

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<v Speaker 1>each of her fingers. My situation did sound far fetched.

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<v Speaker 1>I wouldn't believe it myself if I hadn't seen it

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<v Speaker 1>with my own eyes, And there was only one way

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<v Speaker 1>to get us back on the same page. Okay, would

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<v Speaker 1>you like to come meet my mother? I was very

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<v Speaker 1>much out before my mother died, and she had to

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<v Speaker 1>have known I was a lesbian, but I had certainly

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<v Speaker 1>never come out to her. When she discovered what she

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<v Speaker 1>called and inappropriate friendship I had as a child with

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<v Speaker 1>a girl my age, she took me to a doctor

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<v Speaker 1>until I learned how to hide myself from her. I

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<v Speaker 1>remember her relief when I finally found a boyfriend in

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<v Speaker 1>high school, boy from the school play, who held my

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<v Speaker 1>hand and brought me flowers and never ever tried to

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<v Speaker 1>kiss me. When Alice and I walked into my apartment,

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<v Speaker 1>it was cold and smelled like smoke and damp earth.

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<v Speaker 1>Mom I didn't see her anywhere. Alice shivered and squeezed

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<v Speaker 1>my hand. I could see goose bumps rising on her

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<v Speaker 1>neck and her cheeks. There was a faint wrestling, and

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<v Speaker 1>my curtains seemed to flutter a bit despite the windows

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<v Speaker 1>being closed. Mom a soft skittering sound, and then nothing.

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<v Speaker 1>Alice's hand felt cold and clammy, and I noticed her

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<v Speaker 1>face was sweating a bit too. Are you okay? Alice

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<v Speaker 1>took a deep breath and nodded. It's weird in here. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>it's making my head hurt. I think I need to

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<v Speaker 1>go home. Do Do you want to come stay the night? Yes? Please? Um,

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<v Speaker 1>Let me just pack a few things, or you get

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<v Speaker 1>to get home on your own. Yeah, no worries. I'll

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<v Speaker 1>call you when I get there. Okay, I love you.

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<v Speaker 1>I love you too. When I stepped back into the apartment,

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<v Speaker 1>Mom was waiting near the sofa. Her fingers looked longer

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<v Speaker 1>than before. Hey, Mom, I missed you. It was a lie.

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<v Speaker 1>She seemed to get closer to me without actually taking

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<v Speaker 1>a step, and I slid past her into the kitchen.

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<v Speaker 1>I stood at the sink, watching my mother's ghost from

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<v Speaker 1>across the open countertop that served as the only barrier

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<v Speaker 1>between my kitchen and the main room of the apartment.

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<v Speaker 1>I picked up a plate and a sponge and began

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<v Speaker 1>to scrub nervously. My mother's ghost wore a dark expression

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<v Speaker 1>that was Alice, She's my I was interrupted by a

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<v Speaker 1>loud clattering sound from the coffee machine on the counter

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<v Speaker 1>behind me. My coffee pot flew across the room, felt

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<v Speaker 1>the air as it rushed past my face. Glass shattered

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<v Speaker 1>against the far wall, and stale coffee pooled on the floor.

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<v Speaker 1>I swept up the glass and mopped my floor until

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<v Speaker 1>it's shown, but I could not scrub the yellow brown

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<v Speaker 1>coffee stains out of the wall paper. I took the

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<v Speaker 1>phone from the wall and dialed Alice, Hey, I can't

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<v Speaker 1>come over tonight. What why? Not? Is everything? Okay? I

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<v Speaker 1>think she's angry your mother? Yeah? Are you sure you

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<v Speaker 1>don't want to Yeah, I'm sorry. I'll talk to you soon. Okay, Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>I love you, you too. Clip. When I went to

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<v Speaker 1>bed that night, I heard a soft, melodic humming in

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<v Speaker 1>a voice that was almost my mother's, and the figure

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<v Speaker 1>hovered closer than before. It made me happy. I couldn't

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<v Speaker 1>sleep that night or the night after. I had worked

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<v Speaker 1>the day after that, and I was so exhausted afterwards

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<v Speaker 1>that I nearly fell asleep on the train going home.

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<v Speaker 1>My mother's ghost stood in the kitchen when I finally arrived,

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<v Speaker 1>making a face of disgust at me and my apron

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<v Speaker 1>and dirty shoes, stinking of dish water. Her hair was

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<v Speaker 1>matted in some places, hanging loose in other skin stretched

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<v Speaker 1>and discolored. She stank too sweet and foul and musty.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sure our faces must have mirrored each other, then

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<v Speaker 1>masks of disgust. As I lay awake in bed that night,

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<v Speaker 1>I heard something high pitched and soft and disjointed, something

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<v Speaker 1>that was just far enough from humming to set my

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<v Speaker 1>teeth on edge. I took to staying out as much

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<v Speaker 1>as I could after that. Alice was very accommodating about

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<v Speaker 1>all the extra nights I was spending at her apartment,

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<v Speaker 1>and my mother's ghost was anything but On the occasions

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<v Speaker 1>I had to return to pick something up or check

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<v Speaker 1>on the place, I always found it in chaos. Often

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<v Speaker 1>there were objects flying through the air, always the stink

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<v Speaker 1>of decay, and another hole in the wall. My mother's

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<v Speaker 1>ghost was looking less human, less familiar, every time I

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<v Speaker 1>encountered her. Alice asked a few times if I wanted

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<v Speaker 1>to move in with her permanently, and I did, but

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<v Speaker 1>of course I couldn't. My apartment smelled like old cigarettes

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<v Speaker 1>and wrought. The walls were full of holes in the

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<v Speaker 1>floor strewn with broken glass and shredded paper and torn fabric.

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<v Speaker 1>There was no way I was going to get my

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<v Speaker 1>deposit back on the place, and even in full it

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<v Speaker 1>certainly wasn't enough to cover the extent of the damage. Besides,

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<v Speaker 1>I couldn't very well move out, just leave my mother's

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<v Speaker 1>ghost there to haunt some stranger. On the first chili

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<v Speaker 1>afternoon that winter, I went to my apartment to fetch

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<v Speaker 1>my coat. When I got there, I was instantly overcome

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<v Speaker 1>with nausea, dizziness, and exhaustion, and the room swam in

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<v Speaker 1>front of my eyes, and my knees threatened to give

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<v Speaker 1>out underneath me. I dropped down on the couch and

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<v Speaker 1>sank back, my head resting against the torn fabric and

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<v Speaker 1>exposed foam. My vision tunneled out into a black hole.

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<v Speaker 1>My head throbbed. I closed my eyes lying on the couch.

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<v Speaker 1>The nausea is settled, and a comforting warmth spread over

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<v Speaker 1>my body. I could hear my mother humming. Suddenly I

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<v Speaker 1>was not in my apartment at all. I was surrounded

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<v Speaker 1>by the humming and beeping of machines and the squeak

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<v Speaker 1>of new rubber shoes against an old tile floor. I

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<v Speaker 1>smelled chemicals and sick and sweat. I heard an authoritative

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<v Speaker 1>voice fading in and out, using words like treatment resistant

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<v Speaker 1>and experimental in miners. Then I heard screaming and felt

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<v Speaker 1>a jolt of electricity through my body, and I drew

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<v Speaker 1>in a hard breath and opened my eyes. That was

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<v Speaker 1>back when my roomed apartment, and the sharp hands of

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<v Speaker 1>my mother's ghosts were pressed into my head, sending jolts

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<v Speaker 1>of what felt like electricity down through my spine. Took

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<v Speaker 1>all my strength to get to my feet and make

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<v Speaker 1>it to the door. When I slammed it shut, my

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<v Speaker 1>mother's ghost stayed behind it, and the strange sensation baited.

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<v Speaker 1>It wasn't until I was halfway to Alice's that I

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<v Speaker 1>even remembered my coat. Screw the coat. I decided I

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<v Speaker 1>had to get out of there. When I asked Alice

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<v Speaker 1>if she was still open to me moving in with her,

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<v Speaker 1>she gave me an emphatic and immediate yes. She met

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<v Speaker 1>me at my apartment as soon as she finished work.

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<v Speaker 1>We spent the day packing up all my belongings, throwing

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<v Speaker 1>away everything my mother's ghost to destroyed, sweeping and mopping

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<v Speaker 1>and scrubbing and painting, and patching all the holes in

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<v Speaker 1>the walls, and trading SIPs of wine from a bottle

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<v Speaker 1>that had somehow remained untouched on the top of the

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<v Speaker 1>fridge until now. By the time we had finished, it

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<v Speaker 1>was late and we were a little bit drunk, and

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<v Speaker 1>the bus was no longer running. The moving truck was

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<v Speaker 1>coming in the morning to collect my things, so I'd

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<v Speaker 1>have to be there anyway. My mother's ghost wasn't around,

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<v Speaker 1>at least I couldn't see or hear her. I never

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<v Speaker 1>did around Alice. Alice and I laid together on my

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<v Speaker 1>stripped bear mattress in the living room, just for a moment,

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<v Speaker 1>to regroup and prepare ourselves for the cold walk back

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<v Speaker 1>to her place. My eyelids grew heavy, and I felt

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<v Speaker 1>my body melting into the warmth of hers. The next

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<v Speaker 1>thing I knew, I was jolting out of a deep sleep,

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<v Speaker 1>with Alice gently snoring beside me. The room was dark

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<v Speaker 1>and cold. At first I thought I had awoken on

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<v Speaker 1>my own accord, but then I saw her. The figure

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<v Speaker 1>looked nothing like my mother anymore. She stood over us,

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<v Speaker 1>empty eyes in a hollow face. Mom I whispered, wrapping

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<v Speaker 1>an arm around Alice to try to protect her or

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<v Speaker 1>wake her. The figure's eyes glowed red, and the silhouette

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<v Speaker 1>contorted into something long and sharp and inhuman. Mom and

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<v Speaker 1>a flicker, she appeared directly in front of our faces,

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<v Speaker 1>needle teeth hanging out of an empty skull, and long,

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<v Speaker 1>long fingers. Alice, Baby, wake up. Alice blinked and started

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<v Speaker 1>to sit up, and then the figure was upon her,

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<v Speaker 1>pressing its long, long fingers into Alice's throat. I tried

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<v Speaker 1>to pry the hands away, but I slipped right through

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<v Speaker 1>them like air. I grabbed Alice by the shoulders then

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<v Speaker 1>and tried to pull her away. She was shaking, her

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<v Speaker 1>face turning purple, body thrashing violently. Then she got paler

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<v Speaker 1>and stiller, and her eyes grew on focused, and I screamed,

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<v Speaker 1>kicking the air where the figure hovered and pulling desperately

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<v Speaker 1>on my girlfriend. I was sobbing and shaking, almost as

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<v Speaker 1>violently as Alice. Alice is more family to me than

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<v Speaker 1>you ever were, And if you still consider me a totter,

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<v Speaker 1>then she's your family too. I love her, I want

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<v Speaker 1>to marry her. I am a lesbian, and there is

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<v Speaker 1>absolutely nothing you could ever do about it except make sure,

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<v Speaker 1>I die hating you. The air shimmered, and then suddenly

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<v Speaker 1>the room was still, and it was empty, and Alice

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<v Speaker 1>was lying silent and pale except for the bruises on

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<v Speaker 1>her neck. Then I saw the faint flutter of movement

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<v Speaker 1>as she drew in a shallow breath. I squeezed her hand,

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<v Speaker 1>she squeezed back. We both exhaled. The rest of the

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<v Speaker 1>night was a blur of ambulance lights and hospital smells

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<v Speaker 1>and beeping machines and Alice's raspy breathing. The doctor said

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<v Speaker 1>that she would be fine, but they asked me to leave.

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<v Speaker 1>She promised to call me as soon as she was out.

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<v Speaker 1>Alice begged me not to return to the apartment alone,

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<v Speaker 1>and even offered to go with me yourself, but I

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<v Speaker 1>knew I had to do it. I braced myself before

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<v Speaker 1>walking inside, breath catching in my chest. As the key

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<v Speaker 1>turned to the lock, click, I stepped inside. The air

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<v Speaker 1>was warm and still. Sunlight streamed through the open blinds

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<v Speaker 1>onto my still packed boxes, ready for the truck. I

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<v Speaker 1>didn't feel watched or threatened or trapped. My head didn't pound,

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<v Speaker 1>I could see, I could breathe. My apartment was empty.

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<v Speaker 1>I sat down on the couch, buried my head in

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<v Speaker 1>my hands and wept. M it was her in the woods?

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<v Speaker 1>You thought it was her? Yes, I assure you, dear,

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<v Speaker 1>she cannot harm you anymore. She will only ever cross

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<v Speaker 1>my threshold when she's ready to rest. Good that in mind,

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<v Speaker 1>Perhaps you'd like to rest yourself? Yeah, I would up

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<v Speaker 1>the stairs, tenth door on the left. Thank you. And now,

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<v Speaker 1>my dearest aunt, Bill, the time is drawing, nigh. I

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<v Speaker 1>can see it in your eyes. They aren't as sharp

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<v Speaker 1>as they were when you first arrived. You know what

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<v Speaker 1>she saw out there in those woods? Now, what's been

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<v Speaker 1>chasing you? Twelve Ghosts starring Malcolm McDowell as the Innkeeper

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<v Speaker 1>and Gina Rikiki as Annabelle. Episode ten, Poor Mother, written

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<v Speaker 1>by Kit Faye with additional writing by Nicholas Takowski, Editing

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<v Speaker 1>by Chris Childs and Stephen Perez, featuring Lauren Vogelbaum as Eloise.

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<v Speaker 1>Directed by Nicholas Takowski. Original score and sound design by

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<v Speaker 1>Chris Childs. Executive producers Aaron Mankey, Matt Frederick, Alexander Williams

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<v Speaker 1>and Nicholas Takowski. Supervising producer Josh Thame. Producers Chris Childs

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<v Speaker 1>and Stephen Perez. Casting by Sunday Bowling c s A

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<v Speaker 1>and Meg Mormon c s A. Production coordinator Wayna Calderon.

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<v Speaker 1>Recorded at Lantern Audio in Atlanta, Georgia, engineered by Chris

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<v Speaker 1>Gardner Aeros Sound and Recording in Ojai, California, engineered by

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<v Speaker 1>Ken Arrows. Twelve Ghosts was created by Nicholas Takoski. That

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