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(dog barking)
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Hey, there.
(shrieking)
(phone rings)
(man on phone speaking)
(clears throat)
(man on phone speaking)
(nurse speaking)
(receptionist speaking)
Shit.
(elevator dings)
(urinating)
(scraping)
(water running)
(alarm clock blaring)
(alarm stops)
(fingers snap)
(phone rings)
(Policeman speaking)
(female Manop speaking)
(Policeman speaking)
(female Manop speaking)
(camera shutter clicks)
(ghost speaking)
(Manop speaking)
Hi, there.
(shrieking)
Conrad.
Paul Conrad.
How you doing?
You're so pale.
Skinny.
Are you hungry?
(sighs) Well...
Come on.
Let's go to the kitchen. I'll get you something to eat.
(ghost speaking)
Come on in.
Have a seat. Make yourself at home.
Let's see what we've got here.
Okay.
Here.
Have some cheese.
And I'll make you a sandwich.
So...
I just got here two weeks ago.
Annie and the kids are still in Atlanta.
They'll come once I've settled in a bit.
It's been really crazy since I've got here.
Bangkok office is way understaffed.
So, I've been in meetings and interviews,
and more meetings.
And then I've got to sort through a lot of shit there, too.
So...
Haven't had a chance to go out and have any fun yet.
But don't you worry.
I will.
Heard you had a wild and crazy night life here.
-(clink) -Cheers.
That's why I told Annie and the kids not to come yet.
So...
Are you married?
No? I've been married three times.
Divorced once,
and one of my wives passed away,
Dorothy.
Strange death, too.
You see, Dorothy loved going to the hair salon.
And there was this Korean hair salon
near where we lived in Atlanta.
It was run by a woman named Mrs. Kim.
I can still remember her.
Long, jet-black hair.
Porcelain skin.
Beautiful complexion, and tiny.
Well, anyway,
Dorothy loved going there, and she went there a lot.
And the reason she went there is because
she loved getting the manicures.
And Mrs. Kim had told her
that all the equipment was from Korea.
And Dorothy thought that that was so exotic.
Well, apparently the bacteria was accumulating
under her nails year after year.
Finally, one day, it all went to her brain.
Turned to cancer and spread throughout her whole body.
Dorothy was dead less than three months after that last manicure.
Mrs. Kim and I went out for a little while after that.
But it really didn't work!
Cause every time I saw her doing a manicure,
I'd think of Dorothy.
(Manop speaking)
Paul: That's me.
And that's me a long time ago.
And that's Dorothy.
Now, I know what you're thinking, pal.
You're thinking, "She's a smoker," right?
And it was cause she was a smoker,
she died of cancer,
and not Mrs. Kim's manicures.
Well, you're wrong, pal.
I had a good friend look into it.
He's a cancer specialist,
and he confirmed it was the manicures that caused the cancer,
not the smoking.
You see, if they could prove that smoking had caused the cancer,
the insurance company wouldn't have paid us a cent.
But they paid us in full.
And that's my Uncle John.
He was in Vietnam.
Married a Vietnamese woman.
Beautiful. Long jet-black hair,
delicate skin, and tiny.
And that's the thing. Delicate and quiet.
Our women are rough.
They're loud, they're aggressive.
They're all like, "Hey! Here's your dinner.
"Eat this, eat that.
"You think you're in charge? I'm in charge.
"I take care of shit, too.
"You're not the only breadwinner here.
"It's womens' rights.
"Womens' left. Womens' lib.
Do you know what that is? Do you know Women's lib?"
Uh...
If I say that in my own country, I'd be dead.
Anyway...
And this is Annie, my wife now.
And this is Harry, and this is Sally.
I know what you're thinking again.
Harry and Sally.
"When Harry Met Sally," the movie.
Well, you're right!
We named our kids after the people in the movie.
We love that movie.
You know, when you find something good, stick with it.
That movie, it makes us laugh.
It makes us cry.
It's wonderful.
Do you have any kids?
That's okay. I get it, you're shy.
And that's what I like about you Asians.
You appreciate silence.
In the US, we hate silence.
If you're quiet, you get nowhere.
You've got to be loud, you've got to be bold.
You've got to be aggressive.
It gets exhausting sometimes.
So, that's when, you know, when I travel,
I really have to remind myself to keep my mouth shut.
I really don't want to look and sound
like the obnoxious American.
(ghost speaking)
(dog barking)
Casper!
(barking continues)
Casper, stop it!
Casper!
Excuse me.
(barking continues)
I think we have some visitors.
-(Paul screaming) -(objects clattering)
(glass shatters)
-(objects clattering) -(indistinct shouting)
(shouting stops)
(door clatters)
Fuck! Shit!
Shit! Fuck!
Oh, shit.
Oh!
(breathing shakily)
Hello?
Yeah, Dr. Somporn?
Yeah, this is Paul Conrad.
Yeah, I've been attacked.
Attacked in my house.
Yeah, in my house.
Yeah, two guys tried to come in.
They were gonna rob the place.
Yeah, I-- I saw them, and we ended up getting into a fight.
They were trying to take the TV.
Yeah, I know it was stupid!
But I'm big, and they were small,
and I had a baseball bat.
Okay, look.
I'm losing a lot of blood.
Yeah, yeah.
Paul: No.
Oh, they're gone.
I let Casper go after them.
He chased 'em away.
No, he just-- they...
Guy had a knife, and he cut into my hand.
No, he didn't cut my hand off!
He just cut into my hand deeply!
No. No, look.
I don't have a First-Aid kit here.
And I don't have a car,
so I can't get to the hospital.
Somboon took the car to the garage.
So if you could come over here real fast, I'd appreciate it.
This cut is deep and I'm losing blood.
No, they didn't get the TV!
They dropped it on the lawn!
Yeah, yeah, if you can get here soon, I'd really appreciate it.
No, no.
No.
No, there's-- there's somebody here with me.
A friend's here with me.
Huh?
Hold on.
He wants to know if you've got a car.
And, uh, I don't know.
He does-- he hasn't said a word.
No, he hasn't said a word since he got here.
He's really shy.
So, I don't think he's got a car.
Anyway, come on.
If you can get here as soon as possible,
I'd really appreciate it.
Okay, thanks.
Yeah, I'm losing a lot of blood now.
Yeah, okay.
I'll wait here. I'll be waiting right here. Thanks.
(Paul muttering)
-(water running) -Oh, shit! Oh!
(Paul groaning)
(whimpers)
(groans)
(ghost speaking)
(man speaks)
(music plays on radio)
(Mena speaks)
(music continues playing)
(man speaks)
(body thuds)
(woman speaking)
(man #1 speaking)
(gunshot)
(crash)
(door clatters)
Paul: Thanks so much, Doctor.
I hope you're feeling better soon.
Doctor: Oh, okay, you're welcome.
Okay, I hope you recover soon, too.
Normally, I'd invite you back in for a drink,
but it is almost 5:00,
so I think you probably want to get back home to bed.
You're right. I'll take a raincheck.
-Okay, goodnight. -Night.
Mena: Goat.
Hey!
I thought you'd left.
Come on in, sit down.
Want another beer?
"Goat?"
That's my dictionary.
What're you doing with my dictionary?
Paul: "Corpse. Dead body.
Phantom. Ghost."
Holy fuck.
(shrieks)
(snarling)
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(shrieking)
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