Don’t get all gothic and emo on me now. - Tory

You’re just spooked. It’s Halloween; we’re all kind of spooked. That’s just the way it is. - Tory

I’m getting the feeling that you two don’t like me. - Kristy

Thanks, but no thanks. I need my makeup honey. - Carol

Yes, this was a haunted place. He had read
about certain materials absorbing the sounds of their surroundings like divots in a vinyl recording, and now, as the sun started to dip below the horizon, this concept chilled him more than the creeping cold. Put a needle to the mortar of these walls and listen to the screams. His own would be among them.

Nobody wants to be alone. Sure, we fill our lives with people, faces that come and go, we love a lot only to lose more in the end, and if we’re smart—really smart—we take our victories where we get them. But beneath our skins, we siren.