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All right? I need all my leads covered

this week. You understand that.

You know the season we're in.

Yes, yes, I understand.

Are you okay, bud?

Yeah.

I should be fine.

I'll tell you what.

Look, Paul,

I don't know if you

need this or not.

I don't know how close you

were to your wife's old man,

but I had a pretty hard

time when my ma died,

and, well, I talked

to somebody about it.

I can give you the number

of a therapist, if you'd like.

It's your lucky day.

Paul, is it?

Yeah. It's very rare I have a

client schedule an appointment

and show up within the hour.

Very lucky, indeed.

I'm Frances.

I'm here to help provide some perspective

on what you're going through.

Yeah. Um...

I real... I really

appreciate it.

Well, let's get comfortable.

Have a seat right there.

Um...

I probably should've

asked you this on the phone,

but, um...

have you had many, uh,

special clients?

Special?

You know,

Crazy, disturbed.

Well, I'm sure you understand I

can't go into all that,

but do you feel you're

either of those things?

Recently.

Yeah.

Yeah, I have.

Well, if you feel that way,

odds are you're not.

Have a seat, Paul.

Sure.

Tell me what's going on.

I don't want to jump

to conclusions,

but you seem a little on edge,

if I can say so.

My wife's father died

a few days ago.

I see.

I'm sorry.

My condolences.

Well, uh,

My wife...

Lily's her name...

She's been

understandably depressed

the last few days, and, uh,

I am really not

used to seeing her like this.

I've known her

since we were kids.

Long time.

Yeah.

Paul,

What's really going on with you?

You mentioned

your father-in-law.

Were you especially

close to him?

Not so much.

Are you ambivalent

about his death?

I can talk to you about anything in

the strictest confidence, right?

Of course.

Lily had Adrian cremated,

and she took

responsibility of the urn.

Adrian...

that's the father that passed away?

That's right.

On our way back

from the funeral,

The urn had the lid

on top of it,

and some time passed,

and somehow

the lid went missing.

"Missing"?

Where did it go to?

I do not know.

Let's continue.

What exactly happened?

Well,

apparently,

there's someone in my

house that only...

that only... I can hear

and see.

Who is it?

Do you recognize the person?

Adrian.

Ah.

He got inside Lily,

At least for a while.

It did this to me.

He keeps repeating something.

What is that?

I don't know.

I wasn't trying to listen.

So Adrian, this is someone

you've known for

quite a while, I take it.

Yeah, since I was around 15.

Do you have parents, Paul?

No, I grew up in a few homes.

Ward of the court?

Yeah.

Did you ever see Adrian as a

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