"What is it?" "We need to pray." "We need to pray now." "No." "Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name." "Thykingdomcome." "Thywillbe done,onearth asitis in heaven." "Giveusthisday  ourdailybread, andforgiveus  ourtrespasses..." "Angelica?" "Veronica?" "Michelle, turn that music down." "It's too loud." "I can't hear myself think." "That's what you got me for." "Michelle, please." "Mom, come on!" "That was my song." "You can't hear your phone ring." "What are you..." "Hey!" "Michelle, you got another one." "Georgetown." "Angela, I'm gonna call you back." "You have applied at five." "Got accepted at all five." "I am so proud of you." "And now Georgetown." "Thanks, mom, but I actually applied to four, fifth one recruited me." " Are you still trying to go to Minneapolis for school?" " Yes, mom." "Why don't you wanna stay here?" "In DC?" "Where you have family?" "Look, they're only offering me two years." "The University of Minnesota offered me a full four year pre-med scholarship." "None of the other schools have even came close to that, mom." "Come on." "They recruited me." "I didn't even apply there." "Aunt Jessie lives out there." "Aunt Jessie?" "She's family." "My little girl wants to go to Minnesota?" "She got accepted at Georgetown, Harris." "Well, Georgetown is a great school." "I know, dad, but so is the University of Minnesota." "And they have the best medical and research program there." "Well, what's Georgetown offering?" "Georgetown?" "Two years." "Claire..." "Minnesota, little bit lighter on the pocket." "Leave it to Mr. Practicality." "Do you really want our daughter to go away to college?" "No, I don't want my daughter to go away to college." "But you know what?" "She's a big girl." "Besides, Aunt Jessie's there and she thinks the world of Michelle." "Where's she gonna stay?" "Scholarship or no scholarship, you know it's more expensive to go to school out of state." "Besides, Jessie's little apartment can barely hold her." "That's the only problem right now." "That's the only problem and let's just not think about that for right now." "You know what?" "Whatever our li'l girl decides, it's fine with me." "We're behind you, 100 percent." "Thanks, dad." "And you?" "I guess." "Aw..." "All right, well, I'm gonna go upstairs and think about this." " Okay." " Goodnight." "Good night." "Don't give me that look." " Sleeping?" " No." "It seems like a lot is on my li'l girl's mind." "What else is new?" "What's up?" "So you really wanna go away to Minneapolis to school?" "Yes, yes, mom." "And the more that I think about it, the more that I want to go." "It's not that I don't want to be near my family." "I just always dreamed of going away to college." "And the university is a good school with full four years scholarship." " Yes." " I know." "And I think it would be the perfect opportunity except for this residency problem." "Decisions, decisions, decisions." "I think I can help with that one." "How?" "Well, I spoke to your aunt Jessie this morning." "I never mentioned it to you 'cause I really didn't feel it was necessary to mention it to you." "But many years ago, your great grandfather was left a property." "And we own it with another family." "And the last I heard, the property was difficult to rent." "And with the consent of our family, the other owner tried to sell the property." "And that didn't work out." "So, I had your aunt Jessie go over there and talk to the family's heir, Mrs. Hillshire, and tell her about you coming there to stay." "And she said you could stay there as long as you agree to pay the utilities." " Really?" " Yes." "So just the utilities?" "Uh, Michelle, the utilities add up." "Gas and lights are not cheap." "Mom, I do pay my fair share of utilities here." "What utilities?" "Do credit card bills count as utility?" "Girl, no." "Just kidding." "Oh, my God!" "I'm so excited!" "Thank you!" " Understand..." " This is so great!" "The reason why I'm doing this is 'cause I trust that you will work just as hard there, as you do here." "Of course." "And Michelle, if you have any problems..." "Hmm?" "I mean any..." "I need you to call." "And we'll get you back here on the next flight." "Okay, mom." "Thank you, but I'm gonna be fine anywhere that I go, so you don't have to worry." "I promise." "I know you will." "I know you will." "Are you gonna see your grandfather?" "First thing in the morning." "That's my girl." "Hey, mom, you're gonna let Michelle go away to college?" "Hey, munchkin, what do you..." "That's what she wants to do, baby girl." "You're gonna let me go away to college?" "We'll cross that bridge when I get to it." "What you doing still up, hmm?" "Don't you have school in the morning?" "Where you going, Michelle?" " Minneapolis." " Minneapolis?" "Minneapolis." "Hello?" "Hey!" "How are you?" "How's my favorite guy?" "How you feeling?" "Lemme check you out." "Blood pressure?" "Holding and steady. 140/90." "Blood sugar?" "Stabilizing at 190." "EKG readings within normal limits?" "Within normal limits." "Is that everything, Doctor?" "Sorry." "Yes." "Thanks, Anne." "Okay, I'll leave you to your patient." "So how are you?" "We miss you." "Why would you go and have a stroke on us, huh?" "All our walks in the park, our chess matches." "Oh, by the way, I'm still one up on you." "On our best of five series." "We still have so much to do together." "And I know great granddad moved the family around a lot, but you've always been the stabilizer for us." "So you have to get better, okay?" "Family needs you." "I need you." "Oh, um..." "And I decided to go away to college." "Got accepted by the University of Minnesota." "Excited?" "I'm gonna miss you." "I need to stick him." "Checking his level?" " You got it." " All right." "Grandpa, I gotta go." "I love you." "I'll see you soon, okay?" "Okay, let's try and make a fist, all right?" "So you gonna be good in school?" "Do all your homework and you can come stay with me in college." " There she is!" " Hi!" "The college girl." "All right, you guys." "Aw, this is so nice." "Wait a minute." "Oh!" "Oh." "Doctor, can you come over here and help me?" "I'm not a doctor yet, aunt Liz." "Well, honey, can you at least come over here and examine this pain I'm having?" "I'm just teasing with you, baby." "We're just all so proud of you." "Yeah!" "My niece going to college to become a doctor." "Yes!" "She's gonna come back in a few years, y'all." "She gonna heal us all." "Now, now, Liz." "You know there's only one that can heal, and that's the Lord Almighty!" "Amen." "Now my baby girl might be the Lord's helper, but when it's your time to go, there's not a doctor on Earth that can do anything about it." "That's right!" "Yes, mom." "But that does not mean that we sit around and wait for the Lord to call our number." "The Lord did not mean for us to neglect ourselves." "If you're sick, you go to the doctor." "If the doctor can't do anything, then you leave it in the Lord's hands." "Yes." "A lot of people have died, on their knees, waiting for the Lord." "All they had to do was use their feet and go to the doctor." "Sounds like a med student to me." "On your knees or on your feet, when it's your time to go, you are going." "The doctor told uncle Davis that he was fit as a bird." "The next week, he dropped dead." "The doctor told missionary Hamlin, that she'd be dead in a month." "She went home, got on her knees and haven't been to the doctor since." "That's right." "And that was just eight years ago." "Doctors to this day can't explain that." "That's so true." "In this world, there is good and there is evil." "Oh, yes." "There are things that can be explained..." "Mmm-hmm." "...and there's things that cannot." "That's right." "But there are signs." "When death is chasing you, the young shall dream dreams and the old shall see visions." "Oh, yes." "Oh, yes." "Well, I believe that in time, science will have an explanation for everything." "Almost does, just about." "I'll agree with you on that, just about." "But there are some things in the spiritual world, that's beyond our ability to comprehend." "That is right." "As granddad used to say, if it's something you don't understand, it's healthier if you leave it alone." "Oh, that's right!" "And why is that?" "Girl, I don't know." "Go ask your great grandpa when you see him yourself." "See, that's my point." "We've been told things for generations and we just believe them without question." "How long did we believe that the Earth was flat?" "Without question?" "We were just scared to go and travel, because we thought we were gonna fall off the edge of the Earth." "I'm just saying, ignorance will hold you on fear." "Listen to the philosopher." "This philosopher will live and learn." "Let's get this table finished." "Hmm." "All right." " Oh, my God!" " What?" "I thought she was through with him." "I did too." "What do you want?" "So today's the day, huh?" "I thought you knew." "Look, I know we've had our problems, Michelle, but..." "Nathan, just don't even go there, okay?" "All right, well, all I'm trying to say is" "I'm proud of you, I still think of you as my girl and when you come back, I'm gonna be waiting." "Is that so?" "Yeah, right, Nathan." "Okay, whatever." "You gonna let me write to you?" "You're gonna write to me?" "Yeah and call if you want." "You gonna give me your number and address?" "I'll give it to you when I get there." "You know I'm gonna miss you, right?" "I don't know if I believe that." "Anyways, I gotta go." "All right." "Can I get a hug?" "I'll give it to you when I get back." "Move, dog, move!" "Move, move." "Oh, my God!" "What the..." "Are you okay?" "That crazy dog almost killed me." " Where did he..." "Are you okay?" " I don't know." "No..." "It must have sensed fear, because I thought someone was following me and then" "I see him and I don't know." "I was just like what the..." "He can't..." "Was there someone following you?" "No, I didn't see anyone but..." "God!" "That was crazy!" "Are you okay?" "Oh, my God!" "I'm getting there..." "You need anything?" "Yes, for you to step away and give us a minute." "Is that okay?" "Okay." "Wow." "Who hired her?" "That's the owner's daughter." " Oh, okay." " Mmm-hmm." "So how's my girl?" "We haven't talked in a while." "Good." "Really good." "Preparing for my exodus out of here." "Still hell bent on going away to school, huh?" "Hell bound, if my parents tell." "No, you'll be fine." "Your parents, like me, your best friend, just wants you near by." "But you seem so determined to get out of here or get somewhere." "India, we've talked about this, okay?" "I just have this strong desire to go away for college." "Just been under my parent's tutelage and direction my whole life." "I mean, I love them, yes, and they do a strong system of beliefs that I do respect, but I just need to step out of their world, and just follow my own emerging principles and convictions." "And just see things different." "You are different." "So smart and headstrong." "To them, you're their angel." "Your parents are so protective of you, everybody is." "Even I'm that way towards you." "If that dog would have come through that door, I would have killed it without hesitation." "Anybody else, bite him." "I don't care, bite him." "Listen, Michelle, you can study philosophy and belief systems the world over, and all the knowledge that pretty head of yours can contain but at the end of the day, it's about family and loved ones." ""Give me my flowers while I yet live," the spiritual says." "Aw." "I'll do it for you." "Even the dead are real." "Excuse me?" "I don't know." "Figure it out." "Okay, grandpa, let's get you propped up." "Oh, you're so cold." "Hmm." "Hi." "Welcome aboard." "I'm Melissa and I'm gonna be your flight attendant." "Hi, Melissa, I'm Michelle." "Is this your first flight, Michelle?" "No." "I actually travel a lot with family." "You know, vacations and stuff." "Oh, let me guess." "You're going to Minneapolis to attend college." "How'd you know?" "Girl, when you've been flying for as long as I have, you just know." "Besides, why would a young lady like you be traveling with a backpack at this time of the year?" "It ain't to meet Romeo." "No." "You ever been to Minneapolis?" "Oh, name a place that I haven't been to." "But it's a nice place." "It's a good city." "Um, you should check out the mall." "Yes." "I heard it's pretty big." "So, what college are you going to?" "The University of Minnesota." "Oh, that's a great school." "Have you picked out a major yet?" "Pre-med." "What?" "I bet your parents grin ear to ear every time your name is mentioned." "Yeah, they're pretty proud." "They're pretty proud." "Well, Michelle, sit back and enjoy the trip." "And if you need anything, just hit that button up there." "All right." "Thanks." " Thanks." "Bye." " Yup." " Hey!" " New kid in town, huh?" "Yeah." "Just got in." " Yeah?" " I'm Michelle." "Lifton Tyler." "Nice to meet you." "Pleasure's all mine." "So you stay here?" "I just moved here about four days ago." " Oh, you just moved in too." " Yeah." "How do you like it so far?" "It's good." "I mean..." "There's an old lady in there who refuses to die." "Think she was here when..." "But you know." "Oh, where are my manners?" "I guess my wife got that in settlement." "Let me help you." " Thank you." " Oh, yeah." "Let me help you with this." "So where are you from?" "Washington D.C." "Oh, the big city." "The big city." "You know the black guy there who was the President?" "Yeah." "That's what I say. "Yeah?"" " I'm like, "yeah"" " New kid..." "Oh." "So, you're the Jamieson kid, huh?" "Yeah, hi." "How are you?" "Your family and mine go back a very long way." "Yes." "So I've heard." "So, did you know that it took a lot of convincing me to allow you to come and stay here?" "But I do understand the importance of one's education." "Even though you're entitled to stay here, that does not mean that you will just move into my place, and destroy it." "First things first, you can see I've worked very hard to maintain the place." "And I'll have no one tenant or heir destroying it." "Mmm-hmm." "Now, there will be no drugs," " no drinking, no smoking..." " Come on..." " What did you say?" " Hmm?" " Nothing." " No loud rape music." "Are you talking about rap music?" "Rap." "Rape." "What's the difference?" "I just know that I have friendly neighbors around here, and they will have none of it." "Now, also, you will be paying all the utilities." "And if you don't, they will be shut off." "Do you understand?" " Now..." " Yeah?" "Let me give you a tour." "Right this way." "Okay." "This here is Lifton Tyler's place." "I like Lifton." "He's nice." "This is the kitchen." "Can we use the kitchen?" "I'd like you to ask my permission first, please." "This will be your room." "Great." "Ah, this looks so great." "Oh, my God!" "Whoo, all right, then." "So, yeah, now..." "I'm gonna go see my aunt Jessie, so..." "I'll take those, but I'll see you later." "Thank you." "Oh, man." "That plane food was terrible." "So thank you for making this." "This is delicious." "You like my baked chicken?" "You know I make the best baked chicken at church." "Oh, Sister Dickenson, she used to think she can out-chicken me but she can't out-chicken me." "She really can't out-chicken me no more." "She couldn't out-chicken me when she was living, and she passed away last week." "Aunt Jessie!" "I'm sorry, Lord!" "It's the truth." "And your uncle Ellis used to love my chicken." " I know I'm a chicken baking something girl." " Mmm-hmm." "Mmm, and thank you for saving me from that woman earlier." "Oh, don't worry about that." "She's just old and crabby and ain't had any in 50 years." " All dried up." " I know." "Well, listen, who am I fooling?" "I haven't had any in four years since your uncle Ellis passed away." "So I'm going through a bit of a dry spell myself." "Weren't you talking to that one guy?" " Charles Dixen?" " Yeah!" "That weasel!" "What happened with him?" "He can't handle all this, honey." "He can't take it." "You know, some men just can't handle an aggressive woman." "That is true." "Yes." "I agree with that." "Sometimes aggressive women make a man all insecure and nervous." "And then li'l Johnny want to run and hide." "And when li'l Johnny run and hide, they wanna run and hide with it." "Oh, my God!" "And I say good, go." "Oh, my God." "You are too much." "You are too much." "I know." "So, look um..." "What do your um, mother and father think about the fact that you came out here to Minneapolis to go to school?" "Well..." "They're coming around, I guess." "But, you know, they'd still rather have me out there with them, so..." "Well, I can understand that." "You know they love you a lot." "But, um, it is good that you got out and..." "You know, see the world and get some independence, you know?" "That's what I told them." "Well, speaking of independence," "I have a little present for you." "A little gift." "Not much." "Just a li'l something." "What's this?" "Aunt Jessie, you don't have to give me this." "No, I want you to have it." "They raised $2500 for me before I came out here." "So let me borrow $50 then." "Listen, you keep it anyway." "Just, you know, some pocket change." "Thank you, thank you, thank you, but..." "I promise you I will be getting a part time job while I'm out here." "I'm glad to hear that." "How do you plan on getting back and forth to this part time job?" "I haven't figured it out yet, but the bus line is pretty easy, right?" "No." "The bus system is rat shit." "No niece of mine is gonna ride the bus if I can help it, and I can help it, so why don't you drive..." "The car!" "Aunt Jessie, really?" "Thank you!" " Well, that's just a..." " Oh, my God!" "Ever since your uncle Ellis passed away, I've been driving his car, which is now mine." "That car has been sitting here collecting dust, so it's yours to drive while you're here." "Oh, thank you so much." " Mmm-hmm" " Aw!" "It's all good." "Thank you." "When do we get to see it?" "Well, let's clear the dishes first." " All right." " Okay." "And then I'm gonna need you to go help wash my clothes, and make up my bed, clean the bathroom." "No, I'm kidding." "Come on!" "Mom." "Yes, I know what I'm doing." "It's Michelle's choice." "Michelle'schoice?" "Whatareyoutalkingabout?" "You know." "Jessie will be there." "She'll be fine." "Jessie?" "Youknow Jessie'snotfit,right?" "Shedroveherselfoff  thesideof theroad." "Jessie?" "Man,no !" "You know that was an accident." "Anaccident?" "Haveyouspokentoher?" "Whatiswrongwithyou?" "AndHarris." "Michelleneedsto be here inseminaryschool." "Thatwastheplan." "Thatchildneedsto remaininD.C." "andyouneedto getherbackhere,now." "Claire,thisis notgood." "We'regonnahave togettogetherand  gointoprayeronthis ." "Becauseyouarenot  followingtheplan." "What plan?" "Claire,youknowwhat we'retalkingabout." "Claire, who you talking to this time of the night?" "I got to go." "ClaireEugene,don'tyou  hangupthatphone." "I got to go." "Claire?" "You know who it is." "Oh, my God!" "What the hell?" "You scared the shit out of me." "You scared me." "What the hell is wrong with you?" "Oh, my God!" "I'm sorry." "Have you seen an old lady walk around here?" "You mean other than the grateful dead?" "Yes, an additional old lady." "Not Miss Hillshire." "An additional old lady." "Like Tyler Perry?" "No." "You're not doing any drugs?" "Stop it." "No, I'm not on anything." "Oh, my God." "Okay." "You know what?" "It's all in my head probably." "I'm probably just making more out of this than I should." "I tell you what?" "If the bitch come around again, knock on my door and I'll cold-knock the bitch out." " Right." " Okay." " You good?" "All right." " All right, Lifton." "Yes." "Yes, I will." "Probably some ghost..." "Fat Kung Fu." " You all right?" "Deal?" " Okay, Lifton." " All right." "Bye." " Thank you." " Let me know if you see anyone." " Okay." "You must be Michelle Jamieson." "Yes." "Hi, how are you?" "Good." "It's so nice to finally put a face to the name." "Um, how was your flight?" "It was great." " Have a seat." " Thank you." "Okay." "Michelle, you have been one of the top recruits for our pre-med program, and we are thrilled to have you here." "Thank you." "And I've done my research and I'm equally impressed with the program and the scholarship." "Oh, good." "Coming from D.C., we know that Georgetown is one of our biggest competitors." "Now, I've seen your SAT scores." "Pretty impressive." "Thanks, but I'm sure you have quite a range of applicants around here that you could have chosen from." "Yes, we do." "Michelle, the university attracts and enjoys, a broad range of diversity among it's student-body." "We pull students from all over the country, to all over the world." "It's something that we're quite proud of." "Have you settled in to your new place yet?" "It's coming along." "Hmm." "I love that neighborhood." "Well now, as part of the pre-med program, there are a lot of pre-requisites." "So we'll have to plan your class schedule very carefully." " And classes fill up fast, so we better get started." " Okay, great." "Oh, and before you leave you'll want to visit the university bookstore." "Books are always the first things to go." "Okay, perfect." "Now we've got to get you into Biology." "I think here it looks like..." "God, this is gonna take forever!" "Girl, it's like this every quarter." "So you've been here before?" "Mmm-hmm." "This is my second year." "It's your first, huh?" "Yup." "Okay." "Picked a major yet?" "Pre-med." "Ah." "Okay, my girl's gonna be a doctor, huh?" "How about yourself?" "Still undecided." "I was thinking about law school but..." "Honestly, I'm not trying to be up in this motherfucker for that long." "I'm not trying to deal with these lines for the next eight years, girl." "Right." "This is terrible." " So where you from?" " D.C." "Oh, okay." "I got family that live there." " Really?" " Mmm-hmm." "Terry Richardson?" "His team took State basketball last year." "Yeah." "I was up at a couple of his games." " Really?" " He's really good." " Yeah." " Really good." "So did he end up getting picked up by Georgetown?" "Mmm-hmm." "That boy know he can ball." "Yes." "Oh, man." "Look, you wanna get out of here real quick?" "Girl, these books will be here when we get back, trust me." "Come on." "Okay." "So what made you come all the way to Minneapolis from Washington D.C.?" "You got relatives here?" "Yeah, actually, I have an aunt that lives here." "And the university gave me a full four year scholarship." "What?" "Four year?" "Damn, girl." "What did you do?" "Get a 2400 on your SAT?" "Maybe." "No." "I liked their pre-med program too." "Oh, I heard about that." "They have a really good program." "Yeah." "So you from here?" "Yeah, kinda." "I've been here since I was six." "Hmm." " You live with your parents?" " Hell, no." "I could not wait to get away from the house." "I know." "I know." "That's why I came here because I had to get some distance from my family." "Yeah, I hear you." "So you stay on campus, right?" "No, I actually have my own place." "Rent free." "Oh, rent free." "How did you manage that?" "My mom, like, had some property." "I guess her family had some property and she made some calls and set it all up." "All I gotta do is pay utilities." "Damn." "You're set, girl." "We should go get those books though." "I think the line might have died." "Fine." "We'll go get the books." "Yes, let's go." "Then after that, I'm gonna show you around the city." " Aunt Jessie." " Hi, baby." "What you playing?" "Supposed to be solitaire but I don't really know what I'm doing." "All right, there's no joker in Solitaire." "Silly girl." "He isn't mine." "So, Aunt Jessie, how long have you known about this property that we have?" "Maybe about ten years." "They didn't talk about it much." "I don't know much about it or how your mother's grandfather got it." "But I know that old lady Hillshire is sitting on a ton of it." "Ton of money." "So the property is done that well a price?" "Yeah, I guess." "Like I said, we don't really discuss it much." "Why didn't I know about that?" "Girl, you and that mind of yours." "Are you sure you're not going to school to be a lawyer?" "I'm just curious, okay?" " I've been like that all my life, okay?" " Yeah." "Just like I'm curious about this." "There's an old lady that's been coming around the house." "Old lady?" "Yeah, there's been this old lady just showing up at my house." "Like a couple of days ago, there was this old lady that just showed up at my house out of nowhere, and I looked back for one second and she's gone." "Out of nowhere." "Must have spooked you, huh?" "Yeah, it was weird." "And then I went up to Lifton Tyler's place to ask him if he knew." "Who's that?" "He just moved in a couple of weeks ago, but anyways, I went over there, to ask him if he had seen her, and he said no." "Hmm." "So, how old is he?" "Like late forties, early fifties maybe." "Oh, he's around my age." "Is he single?" "Oh, my God." "Aunt Jessie." "Okay, I'm just teasing." "Now listen, if that woman comes around again, don't worry about her, 'cause she's probably just a homeless, or a or something, got mad at you got her spot." "You know, she'll probably find some other place to go lay down up under a bridge or something like that." "A homeless person?" "I dunno about that." "Yeah, we got homeless people, honey." "We got homeless people in Minneapolis just like you do in D.C." "Yeah, but don't they usually live closer to the inner cities because of the shelters and the food shelves and all that?" "Michelle, your mind." "That's how it is in D.C." "Well, homeless will pop up anywhere." "You'd be surprised where they show up." "Just like, you know, there's going to be homeless in the White House." "In the White House?" "Every four to eight years, somebody's homeless." "Even my beloved Obama gonna be homeless one day." "He can come stay with me." "So don't worry about it, okay?" "If that lady turns up again, listen, you just call me." "Because have you ever heard that song... ¶ Aunt Jessie's got a gun?" "¶" "Yeah, well." "I got one." "It's a big one too." "So don't you worry about her." "Okay, I won't." " Hey." " Hmm?" "That guy." "Is he single?" "Is he straight?" "Is he single first?" "Okay, he's getting a divorce and I'll let him know that you're interested since you ain't had none in a while." "All right, um, can I call my mom?" "Sure, you know, go ahead." "Oh, and if you talk to her please don't tell her anything about the creepy lady, because you know she worries and stuff." "All right, Aunt Jessie." "All right, thanks." " I'll see you later." " All right, baby." "I had none." "Girl, you are trippin' for real." "I get it in." "That boy at the grocery store gives me free meat and everything." "But ask somebody about your..." "Open this piece of meat." "This looks good." "Mmm-hmm." "Pork, veggies." "Let's see here." "New..." "Microwave." "Damn, I'm a genius." "Dude, I was just thinking about you." "I got the text she sent about..." "About her shoe alliance." "Allowance." "I'm not gonna..." "No, I'm not cool signing for that." "She never had a shoe allowance." "Okay?" "We're just hard working people." "This is her way to kinda hang on, whatever." "Hmm." "No." "No." "Everything's good." "I've moved in a new place, you know, old creaky house." "Goes bumping at night, but it's cool." "Whoa!" "20 year old girl moved in." "Tits just poking your eyes out." "Yeah." "Trust me, I'm too old for her." "I can be her daddy's daddy." "Look..." "Yeah, yeah, yeah..." "She said she saw..." "Oh." "That's my sandwich." "I made a sandwich." "I'm making vegetables." "No, no." "Something caught my eye." "Let me call you right back." "Yeah, yeah." "No shoe allowance." "Good morning, my sisters and brothers." "Good morning, pastor." "My flock, the children of the Almighty living God." "Yes!" "We are all blessed to be gathered here on this glorious day." "To be yet and still in the land of the living." "Yes." "Enjoying the company of our loved ones." "But this much I know, that if I don't wake with you tomorrow, I will still be all right." "Amen!" "Because to be absent from this body, is to be present with the Lord." "Look at old man Wilson sitting over there." "He better back up off that horse, he won't last throughout the night." "And the Brandon, look at him." "He's sitting over there like he about to burst." "In a minute, his gut gonna burst wide open." "Listen to you, Miss health conscious." "Michelle's starting to wear off on you?" "No." "Your body is a temple." "You got to follow the body." "God will destroy." "Read your Bible." "Listen to Claire, the preacher." "Girl!" "Claire, look at that woman over there." "Why is she staring at you?" "Girl, I don't know." "She must have heard you talking about old man Wilson." "You know this is flame, girl." "She better send that heat somewhere else." "She don't want me to catch her case up in here." "Praise the Lord." "Praise ye the Lord!" "Lift up your hands in his house today to God's praise!" "Hallelujah!" "So you got all your classes yet?" "Yeah, got my books too." "Good." "Uh, there's my girl." " Hey, Julia!" " Hi, Tammy." "How are you girl?" "Have you got all your classes in yet?" "Yes." "Got it all taken care of." "Oh, this is my roommate, Julia." "Julia, this is Michelle." "Hi!" "Nice to meet you!" "I think I saw you registering for my French class." "Yeah, it's a requirement for my major." "See, I've been trying to get Tammy to take it for the past two years, but she wants to stick to Spanish." "Fuck French, okay?" "You know, Edward likes it when you say his name in French." "Fuck Edward too." "All right, ladies, I gotta go." "Michelle, do you wanna get together and study some time?" "Yeah, let's do that." "Sounds good." "Get my number from Tammy." "All right." "Cool." " See you later." " Bye." "She seems cool." "Yeah, she is." "Except for that witch stuff she be tossing around." " Witch stuff?" " Yeah." "Hey, you guys, whats up?" " Hey!" " What took you so long?" "What's the matter?" "You missed me, baby?" " Yeah, something like that." " Something like that?" "Michelle, this is Keela, Renfro and Edward." "So, you guys go here too?" "Keela does." "Me and Edward just come down here every once in a while to chill." "You know, check on the girls." "Where you trying to go with that?" "You know I'm not your girl." "Not after last night." "I wouldn't have your ass anyway." "You know you've been trying to get on, since the moment you met me." " Bitch, please!" " Bitch?" " Yes!" "" " Hold up!" "Is this how you all introduce yourselves?" "Baby, you know they all got no sense." "No sense of change." "Who you saying got no sense?" "Lock boy." "Yeah." "Edward gonna be a locksmith, just like his daddy." "Is that right." "Yeah, I can get in and out of anything." "Oh, I know." "Boy, please!" "In and out." "Keela, go check yourself." "Yes, Keela." "Check yourself." "You better check yourself." "Your breath smelling like a bag of asses." "Oh!" "Well, you better check with the doctor 'cause" "I heard some rumors about you." "Yeah." "Renfro, you ain't nothing but a scrub." "Anyways..." "Michelle was just telling me about her brand new crib she got all to herself..." "What?" "So I figured we'd go check it out if that's okay with you." "Yeah, let's go." "Own pad." "Keely, ride with us." "Renfro, Edward." "Renfro, Edward." "Really?" "Really then?" "Girl's like that?" "Cheers!" "Damn, Michelle, you really got it going on up in here." "Don't she, y'all?" "You got it goin'." "Yeah." "Yeah, nice crib yo!" "Thanks." "I think it's pretty nice." "I'm just saying." "Own crib, rent free, furniture." "If life put me here, I'm trying to get like you." "Hey!" "It's kinda big though, isn't it?" "Takes a li'l getting used to." "And you stay here by yourself?" "Mmm-hmm." "Well, just me and the li'l lady that comes and knocks on my door every now and then." "Old lady?" "Yeah." "There's this weird lady that keeps coming around." "She's like creepy, creepy looking." "Creepiest woman I've ever seen, like, big black eyes like clammy, clammy skin, hair's all muddy and knotted." "Honestly, she scares the shit out of me." "Yes, I'm scared." "Well, from the looks of this house, she probably was a ghost." "I know, right?" "No." "Don't play it like that." "I highly doubt it." "My aunt said that she might be a homeless person." "And she probably used to sleep outside the door or something, and now that I moved in here, she has nowhere to go." "Kick her out." "It seems like it's set up like a duplex." "Don't somebody stay down the hall?" "Uh-huh." "This guy named Lifton." "He just moved in a week ago." "I asked him about the lady too." "He said he hasn't seen her." " Is he a brother?" " Mmm-hmm." "Okay." "What?" "You wanna pick and see what he got?" " Shut up, Keela." "Shut up." " Be nice." "Be nice." "Hey, so Michelle, was this lady walking?" "Or was she floating?" "Ooh!" "You never know." "You never know." "When you move into a new place, my grandma always said when you move into a new house, you should always anoint the walls with blessed oil." "Hallelujah." "Protect yourself from the demons that maybe are here." "Here we go with the grandparent's tall tales again." "No." "This one time when I used to live in this house, every night at a certain time, we'd always hear this weird noise in the basement." "Never knew where it was coming from." "Until my mom went down anointed the walls..." "It stopped." "Keela, stop lying." "You know them your pet wood rats." "Yeah, and they were calling your name." ""Renfro, Renfro."" "Y'all stupid, man." "Wait a minute though." "Haven't you all ever heard that if wild birds fly into your home that means someone gonna die in your family." "Yeah, but you believe that?" "I've never heard of that." "Yes, I do." "Shit, it happened to me." "I mean, one day we were all at the house, watching TV with the windows open." "Some stupid old birds must have flew in, so my dad started going crazy trying to wave them out, scare 'em out." "Next thing I know, my mom and my aunt start crying and I didn't know what was going on." "Supposedly they said I was gonna lose someone in the family," "You know, I didn't believe it." "Next thing I know, a week later, my grandma died." "Oh, man." "I bet everybody was waiting around for a week saying "Well, it wasn't me."" ""Anybody dead yet?"" "I'm celebrating." "That's just not funny." "I'm just playin', baby." "I'm just playin'." "You know when you get goosebumps for no reason?" "Just out of the blue." "No draft." "No wind." "That's a spirit passing by." "Hey, no shit." "Happened to me before." "No, not to you, Renfro." "It happened when you saw yourself in the mirror." "Have you all ever just been laying there and felt like you couldn't get up?" "Yeah." "Girl, that's the spirit holding you down." "It's the weirdest fucking feeling though, isn't it?" " Yeah." " Mmm-hmm." "How about this?" "So you just been sitting there, talking with someone, right?" "And then snap!" "All of a sudden you feel like you've been at the same place, same exact time." "That's a vision." "You're re-living a moment in the past, y'all." "Come on, you guys." "Like seriously?" "People fall victims to their illusions and exaggerated imaginations all the time because they're not set in reality." "So they just like listen to whatever people say, about the things in order to justify what they themselves cannot explain." "I mean, I'm saying, if you did your research, on all these little stories that you're telling me," "I'm pretty sure there's a perfectly logical explanation for it." "I mean it just takes some research and common sense." "Nobody got common sense." "Listen, true story." "Straight up." "Yeah, I know." "All right." "Once I was walking down a dark alley, right?" "All of a sudden, I start to hear some noise." "I looked around and I see this huge dude, who had to be like 6'6"." "You know exactly what I'm talking about." " And you were scared." " Hell, yeah, I was scared." "I know you were." "So anyway, I look, there was a shadow and then it just disappeared." "Hm." "I looked again..." "Oh dude, you is about to get jacked." "That's exactly what I was thinking." "You know I know when somebody's gonna jack me, right?" "No, no, no." "Are busted in the boobies." "That's what was about to happen, yeah." "Mm hm." "Keela, go check it out." "Yeah, go ahead." "You're the manliest among all of us." "I'll check it out." "It's your place." "You go check it out." "Damn." "Y'all better call 911." " Surprise!" "Ha ha ha!" "Very funny!" " It's okay." " Very funny." "Got ya, girl." "What the hell are you doing here?" "Oh." "I'm coming by to check on things." "And apparently it's a good idea that I did because you've had guests." "The drinking kind." "Now I've told you," "I maintain this place and I will have no one person..." "Look, Miss Hillsham..." "The name is Mrs Hillshire." "Whatever." "We're gonna get one thing straight right now." "I beg your pardon." "No." "I'm about to beg for yours." "I do not appreciate you coming into my apartment and snooping around." "Or are you sending any of your creepy little friends to do it for you?" "You know, this is..." "No." "I'm not done." "I'm not done." "Nor will I have you dictating to me what or who or what kind of friends I will be having in here." "Miss Hillsham, you need to understand, I am grown, okay?" "I am grown." "And I am here on my own." "My parents, they're in D.C." "I am here because of my decisions." "Me." "Okay?" "And I did not fly all the way out here to be dictated to by you or anyone else." "We got that clear?" "Hey, Michelle, have you figured out the syntax structure for the words..." "Look at all this homework." "Oh, my God." "How are we gonna do this?" "Freshman." "Hey, you're pre-med." "You can handle it, right?" "Whatever." "Don't worry." "You'll get used to it." "Homework on the brain." "You never get used to that." "Funny." "So anyways, how do you like Minneapolis so far?" "Hm." "It's nice." "I like it." " It's cold." " Yeah." "But I guess you have to get used to that, right?" "Like shit." "And..." "It also has its weirdos." "Up here." "Weirdos?" "Yeah, weirdos." "Like, for example," "I was putting up my mirror the other day and right through the mirror you could see this doorway which was open." "So once I put it up, like, you could see this lady just standing there." "Like just looking at me." "She looked like a homeless person, but..." "Not sure what she was or what she was doing here." "Homeless?" "Or a spy from Ms Hillshire." "She's the caretaker of this place." "And she takes care of it with her life." "She's so strange." "You know, I can't imagine there being any homeless creepy people around here." "There's a beautiful golf course like five or six blocks from here." "And, I mean, they wouldn't let any homeless people hang around there." "I mean, these houses, have you seen them around here?" "They're super nice." "These people have got money." "And they probably have the police patrol on here all the time." "You're right." "So it's probably just a creepy, nosy neighbor or something." "Or a spy from Ms Hillshire." "You know a lot about properties." "My dad's a real estate investor." "If I remember correctly, he once told me there was mad scramble for property on this area." "Around the Great Depression or something like that." " Scramble?" " Yeah, mad scramble." "Mad scramble." "Yeah." "Because of the demand, I mean, prices like shot way the hell up or something and people started networking and taking sides to get in." "Building contractors to investment bankers all the way down to factory workers." "He said it was crazy." "Yeah." "I can only imagine." "Before the calm, comes the storm." "See it's so peaceful around here, another storm maybe brewing." "Okay, you trying to creep me out?" "No, I'm just interpreting what it says here in French." "Well, interpret something else, okay, bitch?" "Just kidding." "Michelle, are you okay?" "I dunno." "There's too much like creepy drama going around here." "Wats's so creepy about an old nosy neighbor?" "Okay, nosy neighbor or not, she was scary looking." "She was smelly, like smelt like dead." "She looked like dead." "Like her eyes were crazy unnatural." " It was..." "Yes." " Unnatural." "It was really creepy." "I don't know." "I can't describe it." "It's just..." "I dunno, just like..." "It was like she was looking right through me." "Like she couldn't even see me." "She been back since?" "No." "See then, it's that li'l imagination of yours running wild again." "She hasn't been back since." "Everybody that I tell this story to, says the same thing." "I swear, everybody is starting to sound like me, and I've become like this spiritual and ghost person." "Okay, listen, I know this lady, and she's like into ancient witchery and all that." "Okay, see," "I'm gonna stop you right there because I'm not gonna do that." "Okay, well..." "I'm not gonna call your witch lady, Julie." "Okay." "In case your creepy, you know, neighbors and stuff come back, that's the number." "No, thank you." "But I appreciate it, I love you still." "You know, Tammy and them are going out tonight." "You should just go kick it." "Hey, what's up, man?" "How you doing?" " How are you guys?" " Hello!" "Nothing nothing." "I'm just tired." "Hey!" "What can I get you guys?" "Um." "I'll have a coke." "A coke?" "Really?" "I got it." "I got it." "Coke and rum for the lady." "No, no, no." "I can speak for my own." "Thank you and it'll be a coke." "Yeah, thank you." "You can give mine too." "You know what I want." "Thanks." "Can we get a strawberry daiquiri?" "Thank you." "Uh, let me get a..." "Girl, get a man." "I've got a man." " Sure you do." " No, no." "For real." "She does." "She does." "She really does." "He told me that he was getting out next summer." "He told me to tell you too that this time get that Vaseline Petroleum Jelly Intensive Care." "I mean, sexy or not, you're gonna care." "Wait, hell no." "You're ass gonna be the one to dance all night." "No disrespect, but is this your woman?" "Yeah, this is my woman." "What are you..." "What you doing, man?" "He's just gonna take her?" "Stop it!" "He's just being nice, so what?" "You're not dancing." "Hold on, let Washington do it." "He's all up on her!" " Stop hating." " I'm just sayin'..." "I can dance better..." "You can't dance either." "I'll show you." "Come on, baby, let's go dance." "No." "You gotta pay for these drinks." "Let's show them how to do it." "Come on." "Yeah, yeah, yeah, Tammy, I don't even want it." "Why don't you tell 'em how we did it last night..." "Or should I tell 'em?" "Right, look at your hand." "You must be sober." "Looks like you gave it the clap, Mr Wagonmaster." "Hey, whatever, you need to get that mustache off your lip!" "You guys miss me?" "No." "But rhythm did." "Look, whatever." "Girl, he was all over you." "Why didn't you let him buy you a drink?" "Live it up." "It's Minnesota." "These things are all right." "Yeah, I know." "Not my type." "Must be holding up for your man back home." "No." "What, you got a man?" "Yes." "I mean, no." " Girl, you sound like me." " No, I don't have man." "What?" " Sound like who?" " I'm kidding." "Nah." "She's not kidding." "I saw it." "I saw how you were looking." "Forget it." "Baby, let's go do this." "Come on, let's go." "Let's go do this." "Let's go." "Yeah." "No!" "You guys really sound cute together." "So you really want to?" "You had me jealous for a quick second." "Just a quick second." "Party at my house, y'all." "Tonight." "I'll tell you what." "I'll meet you all there." "I got something to do real quick." "I'll meet y'all there." "Don't worry about it." "I got you." "All right?" "Don't worry about it?" " Right, let's go." " Anyway..." "Just a minute." "He's weakening." "I would notify his family." "He was fine an hour ago." "May I help you?" "No." "But I can help you." "How is that?" "May I come in?" "Why have you come?" "How's your father?" "He's fine." "He's progressing." "How's old man Wilson?" "Who?" "Will you tell me why you're here?" "Sister..." "God has endowed us with gifts." "Since I was a child, I knew my gift." "Do you know yours?" "I see what others cannot see." "When we was in church that Sunday," "I saw what others did not." "What did you see?" "Sister..." "Sitting on top of your head, was the decapitated head of a goat." "Somebody in your family is about to be cut off." "Honey, I'm home." "This bitch is a bit." "Oh, shit." "I'm gonna do that shit." "Damn, baby." "Yeah, yeah, shit." "Where you from?" "What's happening?" "Guess who got in?" "I gotta bathe, girl." "Lookwhatyou'vedonetome !" "Hello?" "Michelle, baby, how you doing?" "Hey, Mom!" "I'm okay." "I'm fine." "You said you were gonna call me." "I know." "I know." "Sorry, I was sleeping." "Are you sure you're all right?" "Yes." "I'm fine, Mom." "Why?" "Well, I had a strange dream last night." "What did you dream about?" "I dreamed that someone was following you." "I couldn't tell whether they were male or female." "But the were trying to harm you, baby." "Mom..." "Nobody's following me." "I promise you I'm fine." "Everything's fine, okay?" "Well, I have some bad news." "I tried to call you earlier but I couldn't get through." "Granddad is not doing well." "He's taken a turn for the worst." "What you talking about?" "Last time I went over there, he was fine." "Baby, we have got to pray." "Okay, Mom." "Calm down, okay." "I'm gonna call the hospital and find out what's going on." "I don't know, Michelle." "I think you should come home." "I have a bad feeling about this whole Minneapolis situation." "Mom..." "Everything's fine out here." "You don't have to worry." "I'm okay." "Okay?" "Okay, baby." "Call me back." "I love you." "I love you too." "Bye." "Dear God," "I know I don't come to you often," "I have to leave leaving Granddad..." "Please just don't take him." "Haveyoueverbeensitting somewhere,talking andsnap youfeellikeyou 'vebeen attheexactsameplace at the exact same time before." "That'sa vision." "You'rere-livingamoment inthepastlife." "Hey, Lifton." "Patching things up with the wife?" "Look, look, listen to me." "I don't know what the fuck is going on here there's something going on in this house." "This is not about my divorce." "I'm not freaking out." "I'm not having high anxiety." "This house is creepy." "That old bitch is creepy." "I'm telling you..." "you should follow suit." " What you talking about?" " Listen to me." " Follow suit." " What you talking about?" "There's something going on here and I'm not waiting to find out." "Lifton." "What are you talking about?" "You should follow suit." " You're freaking me out." " Because this is freaky." "Oh, my..." "Do what I'm doing." "Lifton!" "Michelle, what the hell is going on?" "What you talking about?" "I just got off the phone with Edward's mom." "She told me he just got released from jail." "Said he got picked up for indecent exposure." "Oh, shit." "Shit!" "And according to the police report, he was found three blocks from your house." "Butt naked, asking some woman for a ride." "So you don't know what I'm talking about?" "No." "Michelle, what the fuck are his clothes doing here?" "I don't know how his clothes..." "You don't know how his clothes got here?" " I was at your place, remember?" " But for how long, God dammit?" "Are you serious?" "Don't nobody want your weak-ass man." "Weak-ass man." "Your weak-ass man." "Whatever problems you and him are having, are between you and him." "Apparently, whatever problems we are having, has got something to do with you." "You know exactly what I'm talking about." "You know how the fuck his clothes got here." " Are you serious?" " Please stop playing with me." "How come every time I come over here, something's falling?" "Shh." "Damn." "Tammy." "Tammy." "What the hell?" "I can't calm down." "I can't calm down." "I just looked into the eyes of death, Michelle." "You understand that?" "Death." "Tammy, ghosts don't smell, okay?" "No, no, Michelle." "Dead ones do." "Some weird shit is going on." "She looked really dead." "What if she is a ghost?" "Oh, so now you're a believer now?" "How did you even manage to get in there rent free?" "It's Ms Hillshire." "Hillshire?" "She's the owner?" "Who is she?" "She's fucking with me." "Because I'm not paying rent." "No, no, no, no." "We need to go to the cops." "That way we'll have some type of protection." "And you can file some type of charge against that bitch." "Tammy, honestly, what I just saw was crazy." "I don't know what to believe right now but I know I need some answers right now." "Julia." "She has some medieval instructor like lady that could help us out with stuff like this." "Stuff?" "What stuff?" "The ghost, Tammy." "The ghost." "Let's go get Julia." " Shit!" "And she tried to kill you?" " Yes!" "She probably would have if we didn't get the hell up out of there." " Out of where?" " My house." "Your house?" "How did she even get in?" "I don't know." "I don't know." "Fuck." "Wasn't the door locked when we tried to leave?" "Yeah, they were." "Did you lock it when you came in?" "No." "You remember that instructor you were telling us about?" "Yeah." "Angelica Minerin." "We need to get to her asap." "Why?" "Shouldn't you guys call the police or something?" "I think that bitch is a ghost." "Why?" "Because she locked the doors when we were trying to get out." "And?" "From across the room, Julia." "Okay, calm down." "I'll get my coat." "Let's go." "Thank you." "Miss Minerin." "Please call me Angelica." "Sorry, Angelica." "There's something weird going on at my friend Michelle's place." "Yes?" "What is it?" "Well, I just moved out here a couple of weeks ago from Washington D.C on a scholarship." "But I was allowed to stay at this place, rent free." "And shortly after I moved in, this mysterious old lady came by, right?" "And ever since, weird stuff has been happening." "I've been hearing weird noises." "Like things have been falling off the wall." "This lady didn't even look alive." "Go on." "Well, Tammy and I were back at my place and she shows up again with that same, like, she had this weird smell" "I don't know." "I feel like I'm being hunted for no reason." "We tried to leave and she locked the door." "From across the room." "Who owns this place?" "It's a long story." "I think you'd better tell me the story." "Okay well, my mom said that my great granddad got joint ownership in the property." "Like years back." "Go on." "My great granddad moved from here to Georgia and then my granddad moved his family to D.C." "But I guess the whole time the property stayed in the family." "But it's been run by the other family, the Hillshires." "Hm." "I think there might be something here." "What?" "Michelle, remember when I told you that my dad said there was mad scramble for property around this area?" "Yes, but what does that have anything to do with me or the property or anything that's going on?" "Many times, a ghost, if that's what this is, cannot rest until a certain conflict has been resolved." "This can go on for years and years until the conflict is resolved." "Or the cause absolved." "Absolved?" "Removed." "Okay, this is..." "I've heard this all before." "Maybe I should just go get the cops." "Maybe you should get your stuff and get the hell out of that house." "Maybe I should confront that witch, Ms Hillshire, with the cops and get to the bottom of this whole thing." "Girl." "Didn't your mom ever tell you there are some things you should leave alone?" "Angelica, what do you think?" "You do have a choice." "You can walk away." "Or you can confront the problem in an attempt to resolve it." "Whether you use police officers or someone else." "It's up to you." "But let me warn you..." "Once confronted, they may not wish to resolve the conflict but to absolve it." "And when I say absolve it," "I mean remove it." "And when I say remove it," "I mean death." "Something happened maybe long ago, that you know nothing about." "Someone was wronged." "And these things can linger for generations." "You maybe more involved than you even know." "Okay, you guys, see." "This shit is weird." "What the hell?" "Really?" "And it goes against my beliefs, which is that there are no ghosts or spirits hunting people." "Then who was that?" "Look honestly, I don't know but I'm going to find out." "Thank you, again." "We appreciate it, but we gotta go." "I hope you'll be all right." "Thanks." "Are you sure you don't want to go to the police?" "No." "I really have to go see my aunt Jessie." "It's your daughter." "She's in danger." "I can't reach her." "We will." "Again, I say unto thee..." "Hallelujah!" "...that if two of you shall agree on Earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them..." "For where are two agreed..." "Shemustdie." "In my name..." "Angelica, how did you get in here?" "I'm sorry, Michelle, I didn't mean to startle you, but I have something important to tell you." "Okay." "Upon further research, I've discovered something." "In 1936, two women of Russian descent came here." "With their money, they ventured into real estate." "This is going to be our house." "We paid good money for this house and we are going to keep it." "No, you're not." "Itwasduringthe  GreatDepressionand timeswerehard." "Manypropertiesfell totheopenmarket." "It's been in my family forever." "It's going to stay in my family." "It's not going to stay in your family." "We paid money." "Conflictswouldarise becausedifferentparties wouldlayclaim tothetitledeed ofa property." " I don't care." " You have no right." "It's not up to you." "It's up to him." "Please." "You need to help us." "We need your help." "Please!" "There's been no evidence presented that would allow me to over ride the rule." "The deed is yours." "Thank you." "Thank you." "And what does that have to do with me?" "The Russian women suddenly vanished without a trace." "It's all done." "It is ours now to do what we will with it." "What?" "You see." "Avengeusnow..." "No." "Takethechild." "Michelle." "You see, Michelle," "I too speak to the dead." "I know what your family did." "How the women were butchered and buried in the basement." "We hear the pounding beneath the basement, so cold, very cold." "Miss Hillshire now knows it." "And soon you will too." "In ancient times, a goat were sacrificed with the sins of its people." "It's heads decapitated." "Why did you come here?" "You're the goat." "The sacrifice for the sins of your people." "Coward!" "You would run." "Move from place to place." "Hillshires wouldn't run." "He doesn't run anywhere." "We waited a long time, for both families to be here." "The University didn't recruit you." "Bringherto  hellwithus ." "It was me who recruited you." " Police!" "It is done." "This is crazy." "Where's my aunt Jessie?" "Jessie Robertson?" "Yes." "The lady that called you here." " That was your aunt?" " Yes." "Aunt Jessie?" "Aunt Jessie, where are you?" "I'm sorry, Michelle." "I knew your aunt." "She was killed months ago in a car accident." "What you talking about?" "I've been with Aunt Jessie the whole time." "Michelle, your aunt's been killed." "What is he talking about?" "I don't get it." "I don't understand." "She was not here with us." "I was with her this whole time." "No, Michelle, I'm sorry." "She's dead." "Eventhedeadare real." "Oh, hey, it's Michelle, right?" " Yeah." " You heading back already?" "Yes." "I have to go." "It's time to go." "Why so soon?" "There are ghosts in Minneapolis." "Oh, girl, tell me about it." "I know exactly what you mean." "Therearesomethings inthespiritualworld that'sbeyondourability tocomprehend." "AndasGranddadusedtosay," ""ifit'ssomething youdon'tunderstand, it'shealthierif  youleaveit alone.""