Chapter 7: 7. The Old Lady
๐๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ฉ๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ. ๐๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ข๐จ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐ก๐๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ข. ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ค๐ฃ๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐๐จ ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐ช๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ช๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐๐ง ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐๐จ๐๐จ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐.
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...?
๐ผ๐๐ง๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐๐จ ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐๐จ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ ๐จ ๐๐ค๐ฌ๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐จ๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ.
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.
๐๐๐ค๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ช๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง๐จ. ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐๐๐ ๐๐ค๐๐จ ๐ค๐ช๐ฉ๐จ๐๐๐.
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 doโฆ I just don't like this.
๐๐๐จ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ ๐จ ๐จ๐ก๐ค๐ฌ๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐ฃ๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ค๐ง๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐. ๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฅ๐จ ๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ๐จ๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐ค๐ง๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ค๐ก๐ก๐ค๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ง. ๐๐๐จ ๐ง๐ค๐ค๐ข ๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐ง๐ง๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ก๐ค๐ค๐ ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ก๐๐ ๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐จ๐ฉ๐ช๐๐ฎ. ๐๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ฉ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ๐๐๐ค๐ค๐ ๐จ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฉ. ๐๐๐จ ๐ง๐ค๐ค๐ข ๐ก๐ค๐ค๐ ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ง๐๐ง๐ฎ.
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?
๐๐ ๐ค๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐จ ๐๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐๐๐จ ๐๐ก๐ค๐ฉ ๐ค๐ ๐ค๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ก๐๐จ.
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.
๐ผ ๐จ๐๐ง๐๐๐ข ๐๐ค๐ข๐๐จ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ข ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐จ๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ.
Aaron: GUYS HELP!!
Jeremiah: Huh?
๐๐๐ค๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ ๐ง๐ช๐ฃ ๐๐ค๐ฌ๐ฃ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง๐จ
Lisa: Did you hear that scream?
George: What's happening?
Jeremiah: I don't know. It must be Aaron.
๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐ง๐ช๐ฃ๐จ ๐๐ค๐ฌ๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐จ๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ. ๐ผ๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ช๐ง๐๐ ๐ค๐ก๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐จ ๐๐ค๐ก๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ ๐๐ก๐ค๐ค๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐จ ๐๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ ๐๐ก๐ก ๐ผ๐๐ง๐ค๐ฃ. ๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐ง๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ข๐๐ก๐๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ค๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐.
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?
๐๐๐ง ๐ก๐๐๐๐ก๐๐จ๐จ ๐๐ค๐๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ค๐ค๐ง. ๐๐ฉ ๐ก๐ค๐ค๐ ๐จ ๐ก๐๐ ๐ ๐จ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐ ๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ค๐ค ๐ก๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ค.
Aaron: Oh my God, what is going on under my house? That's my wife!
๐๐๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ก๐๐ ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ง๐ค๐ฃ. ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ง๐ข๐๐ก๐ก๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ช๐ฅ ๐๐ช๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ช๐ก ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐๐. ๐๐๐๐๐ง ๐ผ๐๐ง๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐๐จ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐๐ง๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐จ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฌ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐จ ๐๐ค๐๐ฎ.
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??
๐๐๐ ๐ค๐ก๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ฎ ๐ข๐ค๐ซ๐๐จ ๐ฆ๐ช๐๐๐ ๐ก๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐ง๐ค๐ฃ. ๐ผ๐๐ง๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐จ๐ ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ค๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฅ๐ค๐ฌ๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ค๐ก๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐จ. ๐ผ๐๐ง๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐๐จ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ง๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฅ๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ค๐ก๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ฎ'๐จ ๐ก๐ค๐จ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฉ. ๐๐ฉ'๐จ ๐ ๐จ๐ข๐๐ก๐ก ๐ฉ๐ช๐จ๐จ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ก ๐จ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐จ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐ ๐๐ค๐ค๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ง. ๐๐๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐ ๐จ๐ข๐๐ก๐ก ๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐๐ค๐ฌ ๐ค๐ ๐ค๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ๐ช๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ง๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐ค๐ค๐ ๐๐ฉ. ๐ผ๐๐ง๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐จ๐๐ง๐๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐ก๐ค๐ค๐ ๐จ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ฉ๐จ ๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐ง ๐ข๐ค๐ช๐ฉ๐. ๐ผ๐๐ง๐ค๐ฃ ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐จ ๐๐ค ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ค๐ก๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐๐ก๐ก๐จ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ค๐ค๐ง ๐๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ข ๐๐๐ง ๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฉ. ๐ผ๐๐ง๐ค๐ฃ ๐จ๐๐ฉ๐จ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ค๐ค๐ง ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐๐จ ๐๐ฎ๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ช๐ฅ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐จ ๐จ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐. ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐๐๐, ๐๐๐จ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ค๐ง๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ ๐ค๐ซ๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐ข ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ค๐ข๐๐ค๐ง๐ฉ ๐๐๐ข.
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.
๐๐๐๐ฎ ๐ก๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐ก๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐. ๐๐ฉ'๐จ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐จ๐ค๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ ๐จ๐๐ค๐ฌ๐จ ๐ช๐ฅ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฅ๐ค๐ฅ๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ช๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ. ๐ผ๐๐ง๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐ค๐ค๐ ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ช๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง๐จ ๐๐ช๐ฉ ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ฃ๐จ๐ฌ๐๐ง.
Jeremiah: I want to leave.
Lisa: Same.
George: I've seen enough here.
Aaron: I want to staโฆ
๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ ๐ง๐ช๐ฃ ๐ค๐ซ๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ก๐ค๐จ๐ ๐๐๐จ ๐ข๐ค๐ช๐ฉ๐.
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 Aarโฆ
๐๐๐ค๐ง๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ ๐จ ๐๐๐ง๐ค๐จ๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ง๐ค๐ค๐ข ๐ฉ๐ค ๐จ๐ก๐๐ฅ ๐ผ๐๐ง๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐๐ง๐ค๐จ๐จ ๐๐๐จ ๐๐๐๐.
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: Iโฆ Iโฆ
๐ผ๐๐ง๐ค๐ฃ ๐ก๐ค๐ค๐ ๐จ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐ช๐ฅ. ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ก๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ฃ ๐ค๐ฃ๐ก๐ฎ ๐ก๐ค๐ค๐ ๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐ข ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐จ ๐๐๐จ ๐ข๐๐ฃ๐. ๐ผ๐๐ง๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง๐จ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ข ๐๐๐จ ๐๐ฎ๐๐จ.
Aaron: N?
N: Yes
Aaron: I'll leave.
George: Oh thank God.
Jeremiah: Good job, kid.
๐๐๐จ๐ ๐๐ช๐๐จ ๐ผ๐๐ง๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐จ ๐๐๐ข ๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐.
N: Ok it's time to go.
๐ผ๐๐ง๐ค๐ฃ ๐ก๐ค๐ค๐ ๐จ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐จ ๐๐ค๐ช๐จ๐ ๐๐จ ๐๐ ๐๐๐จ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐๐ง๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ง๐๐จ๐ฉ.
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.
๐๐๐จ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ ๐จ ๐ค๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฎ๐จ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐ ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐๐๐.
George: Aaron
Aaron: Yes?
George: You're one hell of an actor, aren't you?
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