I'll Haunt You When I'm Dead Page #5

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I know it sounds hokey,

but I think it's best if we

don't go testing the theory.

Samantha.

Samantha!

- Oh!

- Hey.

- No! Get off me!

- Hey.

- Get off me!

- Hey! Shh! Shh! Shh!

It's okay. Shh. Shh.

It's okay.

I think...

She said my name.

Do you want to talk about it?

I doubt it, Mom.

Well, maybe she does.

Um, we're a family that talks, so...

if you would like to talk about it, then-

I was just spooked. Um...

I- I'm sorry. I don't know why.

Yes, you do.

Sarah.

I'm sorry, but,

if this is really happening,

we need to talk about it.

What's really happening?

Evan, what is Sarah talking about?

We...

tried to do a kind of seance.

Seance?

Okay.

And it worked.

It did?

Yeah.

That must have been scary.

Yeah.

I'm sorry, Dad.

I don't think this is very funny.

You're not telling me

you believe this, do you?

Maybe I'm imagining the fact

that we're kind of living in a house

that a lot of people think is haunted.

Sarah, don't let the communal superstition

color your perception of the facts.

That is the most important lesson

that history can teach us, all right?

Okay. So what are the facts?

The facts are that Evan

and Sam played a scary game

and Sam got scared.

There you have it, okay?

So why don't you two

stay away from the scary stuff, all right?

Way ahead of you.

Evan already promised me

that they wouldn't do it again.

Good enough.

I think you should make friends with it.

What's that, honey?

Well, if there's really

a ghost in Evan's room,

I think he should make friends with it.

Well, that's an interesting idea,

but I think we should just

leave well enough alone.

Yeah.

Well, if there was a ghost in my room,

I'd try to keep it happy.

Sam?

Can I talk with you for a sec?

Mom, she's fine.

Just sit down with me.

You're probably gonna hate this.

This is one of those weird adult

talks that makes kids sick,

and I'm practically a stranger.

But,...

you entered my son's life rather abruptly,

which means you've entered my life.

I could be a friend to you, if you let me.

Okay.

I know how unfair it is.

I get it.

You get what?

This.

No, that's-that's not what you think.

Come on, Sam.

If you don't want to talk to me,

you could talk to a professional,

someone who will listen and

keep what you say to themselves.

No.

Thanks, but no.

There's no shame in it.

I'm not ashamed.

You have him wrapped around your finger.

I think you know that.

Don't hurt him.

They're taking Sarah

to visit a couple of colleges.

Are they nervous leaving us alone?

Yeah, kind of.

What'd they say?

That they're nervous.

Evan.

Yeah?

You know how kids can

understand things that adults can't?

Uh. Sure.

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