A Ghost Story

Why are you laughing? I am so scared.

- Why? - I don't know.

Don't be scared.

When I was little and we used to move all the time...

I'd write these notes, and I would fold them up really small...

and I would hide them...

in different places so that if I ever wanted to go back...

there'd be a piece of me there waiting.

Did you ever go back?

- No. - See? That's what I'm saying.

'Cause I didn't need to.

What'd they say?

They were just like, old rhymes and poems.

Things I wanted to remember about...

living in that house or...

what I liked about it.

Why did you leave?

Why'd you leave all those houses?

'Cause I didn't have a choice.

(CREAKING SOUNDS)

Some weird noises in this house.

What are you doin'?

I was just trying to see how heavy it was, if I could move it.

I just had it tuned.

That was like a year ago.

But it's still... still in tune.

Should I try and find movers?

- For the piano? - Yeah.

Mmm.

- Are we taking it with us? - She said we can if we want to.

Um...

we can probably find a better one if we just...

Is there something there?

What was that?

I don't know.

Maybe something fell on the piano.

What time is it?

My heart's racing.

Can I have a minute?

- Wait. - Yes?

- Never mind. - Are you okay?

- Are you sure? - Yeah.

- I'll be just around the corner. - Thank you.

(AMBIENT MUSIC)

No, no, it's not your fault.

Well, we were gonna be...

Are you gonna be okay to drive home? Yeah. Are you?

Thanks for taking me out. Yeah. It was fun.

- Call me next week. Okay.

Hey.

This shouldn't be so hard.

I really don't wanna talk about this anymore tonight, okay?

Well, can we talk about it tomorrow?

Okay, maybe.

Here.

Okay? (CONTINUES IN SPANISH)

Carlos!

No, no, no, no. Si, no. (SPEAKING SPANISH)

Okay? (SPEAKING SPANISH)

(WHISPERING) Yasmina.

Mamá.

I don't know if you believe in the spirit world.

I do. MAN: You do?

Yeah, I totally do.

Well, then this next phenomenon will really fascinate you.

It sounds strange, but it does begin with, "Pick a card, any card", so pick one out.

And you got it?

- Burn the image into your mind. - Yeah. Got it, got it.

I want you to watch this very closely.

Because if the spirits are with us in this haunted house...

they may divine the card. Holy shit.

I don't... I don't have a problem with it if it's two people in love.

It's some sort of expression of, you know, kind of...

It sounds like you don't think women should do that.

If it's not gonna be that and it's not gonna make us any money, then why...

And those are your two polarities?

Polarities? - Priorities or whatever.

Money's just money. You gotta take that out of the equation. Now what?

That's what I was saying. It's not just...

No, no, you can find a reason. And I wanna find out what happens, too.

So, no money. What have you got left?

You've got... other people.