The Open House Page #3

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You should...

You should start again now.

- Please.

- You should.

You don't have to win the lottery

to do that.

Now you sound like your dad.

["JINGLE BELLS" PLAYING]

Dashing through the snow

In a one-horse open sleigh

Over the fields we go

Laughing all the way...

[MAN] I don't think I've seen you before.

[NAOMI] Oh. Oh, yeah.

We've been getting a lot of that.

[MAN] Oh, yeah.

Everybody knows everybody

in these small towns, huh?

Mm-hmm. I have noticed.

It's good to see some new faces.

- Especially pretty ones.

- [NAOMI LAUGHS]

I just mean the mountain folk

can get a little, uh...

scruffy at times,

and I am not talking about the men.

Whereabouts are you from?

- Uh, well, we're from California.

- Mom, can we go?

Hey, buddy. How you doing?

Mom?

- Uh, I'm so sorry.

- No.

You didn't have to be rude.

[EXHALES]

You were flirting.

Logan...

He was just talking to me.

I was being friendly.

Are we allowed to go in yet?

Yeah.

Said it was over at five.

- [LOGAN] There's no key.

- [NAOMI] What? Is it unlocked?

Hello?

[DOOR CLOSES]

Oh, Jesus!

- Oh!

- Did you not... did you not hear us?

Sorry. I was just locking everything up.

We ran long.

Uh, Jonie's picking me up right now,

so I, uh...

I'm rushing, but your keys...

I left them right there,

and, um, that should be everything.

Okay? So, um... have... have a great night.

Thank you.

Turn on the light.

Mom.

Have you ever thought about

how, like, weird open houses are?

What?

I mean, you give your keys

to someone you hardly know,

they stand in one room and welcome in

a bunch of complete strangers,

and those people

just roam around the house.

And the realtor doesn't check the house

when it's done, right?

They just... turn the lights off and go?

Okay, well, now I'm not

gonna sleep tonight.

Maybe you shouldn't sleep tonight.

Stop.

[INHALES, EXHALES]

[MAN ON TV]

But a suicide generally leaves a note.

[MAN 2] Well, this one didn't.

Probably didn't have time.

[PAUSES MOVIE]

I have to pee.

Okay.

[EXHALES]

[DOOR SQUEAKS]

[SIGHS]

[TELEPHONE RINGING]

Just gonna watch it ring?

Hello?

Hello?

Who is it?

It...

Can you hear me?

Is anyone there?

- What?

- It's just us.

Like, I could just hear echoing.

[MAN 2 ON TV] Or they might have been

in South America...

[TV CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY]

[SHOWER RUNNING]

Hey, Mom, have you seen my phone?

Uh... no. Sorry, babe.

I haven't.

I'm gonna use yours real quick.

Okay.

[LOUD THUDDING]

[GRINDING NOISE]

[THUD]

[NAOMI SCREAMS]

- Logan!

- Oh, shoot! Sorry, Mom. God.

You scared me.

The water is ice cold.

I have to go check the tank.

- Wait, that's in the basement.

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