02x02 - Aura

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02x02 - Aura

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(SCREAMING)

(SCREECH)

There we go. That's it.

(DOORBELL RINGS)

Who is it?

NARRATOR: In today's world,

knowledge can mean
the difference between life


- and tragedy.
- (GASPS)

(SCREAMING)

Introducing Aura...

♪ ♪

...your eye on the world.

The security and peace
of mind you deserve.


(CHIMING)

Delivery for Ms. Bryant.

WOMAN: Oh, those are beautiful!

I'm just cooking for my boys right now.

Could you please leave them
by the door for me?

- Sure thing.
- Thank you so much.

Have a lovely day.

NARRATOR: Choose Aura.

- (CHIMING)
- Now with powerful

all-vision UltraSense technology

that can see what your eyes can't.

So you'll always know who's at the door.

(MUSIC ENDS)

MAN: It's cheap.

Sorry?

Price might look steep,

but it's a bargain.

- You have one?
- Best money I ever spent.

Me and the wife sleep like babies now.

I don't know. It, uh...

It... just seems a little paranoid.

Maybe years ago. Back then,

someone knocks on your door after : ,

"Hey! We got company.

How nice."

Nowadays, you hear that knock...

...it's a maniac there to cut your throat.

♪ ♪

(GATE CREAKING)

(BRAKES SQUEAK SOFTLY)

(SIGN CREAKING)

(GRUNTS SOFTLY)

(OPENING BOX)

Hey, honey.

"Aura."

What's this?

Uh, um,

you know, with everything going on

I just thought it'd be a good idea.

It was on sale.

On sale for $ ?

They're popular now.

Everyone has one.

(SIGHS)

Jaslyn, you wanted to move into
a gated community and we did.

There's no crime here,
not even porch pirates.

And you want to know why?

We write a check
to the homeowners' association

to pay for the security guards
out at the gate.

Now, I get that you want to be
secure, but, at the same time...

I really think
you just want me to feel guilty

because I felt safer moving out here.

- Hang on...
- Sorry I have anxiety, okay?

And I'm sorry it takes you
a little longer to get to work.

I don't want you to feel guilty.

I was just pointing out
that we're on a budget,

and this is $
that was not a part of the plan.

I know. It...

My store goes live this week, okay?

I can cover it.

I'll get us back on the plan.

Look, I'm sorry if that sounded, uh...

What happened to you as a kid...

I can't imagine

what that must have been like.

But at the same time...

I believe that there are two
types of people in this world...

The ones that plan their lives

- and the ones who serve the ones...
- And the ones who serve the ones

- that plans their lives.
- ...that plan their lives.

- That's right.
- Yes, I've heard it before.

I don't need Tony Robbins.

I need my husband.

(CHUCKLES)

'Kay.

I'm gonna go get my tool kit.

Thank you.

♪ ♪

(CREAKS)

(WINDOW SLIDES OPEN)

(CREAKING)

♪ ♪

- (WOMAN SCREAMS)
- MAN: Who the hell are you?!

(g*nshots)

(HAMMERING)

(DOG BARKING IN DISTANCE)

(CHIMES)

(DOOR CREAKING)

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

BRYCE: Here we go.

Bryce, look, come here. I sold something.

- What? No.
- I sold something.

- Ah.
- Yeah.

What do you think?

♪ ♪

(WHIRRING)

(PHONE CHIMING)

(GRUNTS SOFTLY)

(BEEPS)

Can I help you?

Yeah, I'm here for the home invasion.

I was told it starts around : .

I asked you to take it seriously.

Well, did it work or not?

Yes. A successful run-through.

- Thank you.
- Uh-huh. Except for one thing.

What?

Never open the door for a home invader.

(SCREAMS, LAUGHS)

It's too late now. Don't you,
don't you run from me.

Ooh, it's too late to run now.

Ooh, I'm shaking.

- Yeah, you better be.
- (CHUCKLES)

(PHONE ALARM RINGING)

sh*t.

Almost forgot
I called a department meeting.

Tonight?

Yeah, look, I told you
things would get crazy

if I made supervisor.

My team is a train wreck on
its way to being a cluster f*ck.

Cluttered workstations,

outdated headers on sales reports,

emails written in the wrong formats...

Well, that sounds
like the end of the world.

(KEYS JINGLE)

Yeah, and you sound like
the woman who I fired last week

who said that I was OCD.

Which, by the way, it's not OCD
to want things done correctly.

- Okay.
- All right. Well, don't wait up.

I'll try to be back soon.

Bye.

(NOTIFICATION CHIMES)

- (SIGHS HEAVILY) f*ck.
- (PHONE CHIMING)

♪ ♪

Hello?

(QUIETLY): You're safe now.

♪ ♪

Hello?

- (RACCOON SCREECHES)
- (GASPS)

(BOTTLE RATTLES)

Mm.

(DOG BARKS IN DISTANCE)

(PHONE CHIMING)

Hello, Jaslyn.

Open the door.

What do you want?

I need to see you, Jaslyn.
Please, open the door.


I'm not opening anything.
You need to leave, okay?

- Let me in, Jaslyn. Let me in now.
- (BANGING)

Just open the door.

You don't need to be afraid.

I'm-I'm calling the police
if you don't leave.

The police have nothing to do with this.

Please. It's cold out here.

- Jaslyn.
- (RATTLING)

Please.

I'm calling the cops right now!

- (BANGING ON DOOR)
- Open the door.

(SINGSONGY): Jaslyn. Jaslyn...

(LINE RINGING)

...open the door for me.

Hello, hello. I... No, you need
to send someone immediately.

- Someone's trying to get in my house.
- (SINGSONGY): I'm not crazy...

- They're trying to get in! Please hurry!
- ...just let me in,

- Send someone right now!
- Sweet Jaslyn.

Please! He's getting in here!

(TIRES SCREECH)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER OVER POLICE RADIO)

(QUIET CHATTER)

JASLYN: No, I d... I don't
know what he wanted.

He-he wouldn't say.
He wouldn't say what he wanted.

He just kept telling me to let him in.

And you're sure you've
never seen this man before?

No, no. Not ever. No.

- Oh, my God.
- Oh.

- Are you okay?
- Yeah, I'm fine.

Thank God we installed that stupid thing.

Can you imagine if you had opened the door?

- I'm okay.
- (KNOCKING)

- Uh, knock, knock.
- Who are you?

- Oh, I'm Hwan. I live next door.
- Yeah, no, he's...

- He's cool. Come on in, Hwan.
- HWAN: Uh...

Hey, guys, uh, I was talking
to Frank across the street

who told me what happened...

Freaky-deaky stuff.

Anyway, I wanted you to know

that I installed a security camera

over our garage last month.

Pretty sure it has
a view of your front door.

See there? That's your front door.

You said this dude showed up an hour ago?

- Yeah.
- Okay.

This is an hour ago. Uh...

I'll speed ahead.

JASLYN: Okay. That's me.

The raccoon... He-he was, he was
just like a little bit after.

Wha... (STAMMERS)

- Is-is this the right recording?
- Uh, it's the only recording.

BRYCE: Well, there was the
raccoon and-and then the police, so...

this must be the right video.

I don't get it. Where is he?

And you say the Aura app
didn't record anything, either?

No. Nothing.

Even though it's supposed to?

Well, I didn't make this up.

No one's saying you did.

Is it possible you fell asleep
and had a bad dream?

No! No, I know the difference

between a dream and
something that really ha... It...

It wasn't a dream. He was there.

Well, ma'am, we have
a description of the man,

which we can feed into the system,

see if it matches any
other cases, but beyond that,

there's not much more
we can do at this point.

OTHER OFFICER: Best advice,

keep your doors locked
and go on with your lives.

If he comes back, call us.

Uh...

♪ ♪

(INSECTS CHIRPING)

(BRYCE SIGHS)

Listen, I don't want you
to bite my head off, but...

I think the police may have a point.

You know, we're this new place,
you're starting a business,

it's... it's a lot of stress.

I'm wigging out about my new position.

That can't be helping,
and on top of it all,

there's what happened to you
when you were a kid.

(SIGHS)

I just can't stop seeing him
in front of my bed.

That f*cking mask on.

My parents tied up with
those ropes in their mouths.

Hey, listen, I know
that it's not part of the plan,

but if you want
to start seeing someone again,

- we can totally make that work.
- I don't, I don't...

I don't need to see someone. I'm fine.

Just had a bad night.

So you agree then
that it was probably a dream.

(SIGHS)

I guess it had to be.

Yeah.

Okay.

Good night.

♪ ♪

ANNOUNCER (ON TV): Here's
Williams with a three-pointer,


answering for Eastern...

(TV CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY)

Hey, Jas, uh...

You don't have to keep checking the app.

I thought I felt it ding.

I thought maybe the raccoon was back.

Yeah, that is one home invader

that you do not have
to worry about anymore.

Why not?

I put out some Bait Block last week.

It's supposed to work for rats and mice,

but it should work for raccoons, too.

- You poisoned him?
- Yeah, I poisoned him.

A raccoon is basically just like a big rat.

Wha... It was making a mess everywhere.

Not only here
but all around the neighborhood.

Okay, so he made a mess.
He deserved to die?

- He was really cute.
- I'm not the first person on the planet

- to k*ll a household pest.
- (PHONE CHIMING)

- Maybe it didn't die.
- (CHIMING STOPS)

(GASPS)

He's back.

Who? The raccoon?

Him.

This is the guy. That's him.

Holy sh*t.

- That's really him?
- Yeah.

It wasn't a dream.

Okay, okay. All right. Uh...

- (PHONE BEEPS)
- Hey, man, uh...

Wh-What are you, what are you doing here?

What do you want?

- Hello?
- Jaslyn.

- Sweet Jaslyn.
- Hey, assh*le.

You better get the f*ck out of here.

Please open the door.

I-I want to see Jaslyn.

I need to see Jaslyn.

My sweet Jaslyn.

- Okay.
- Where are you going?

What are you doing?
Bryce, where are you going?

Where do you think I'm going? Stay here.

What? Do not open... Do not open the door.

Stop!

Something really weird is happening.

All right. Hold on.

(PHONE KEYS BEEP)

- (PHONE RINGING)
- (CROWD CHEERING ON TV)

- Hey.
- BRYCE: Hey, Hwan.

Can you check your security cameras?

This assh*le is back outside of our house.

One sec.

Don't see anyone, man.

There's no one there.

- You sure?
- I'm staring at your front door right now.

It's unoccupied. (SCOFFS) What's going on?

You guys okay, or what?

Uh... Yeah, no, no, uh, we're fine.

It's nothing.

He says there's no one out there.

Why would you tell him that
we're fine when we're not?

We need to call the police.

The guy is...

He's gone.

Yeah. f*ck this.

♪ ♪

Son of a bitch.

I know what this is. g*dd*mn it.

(BRYCE SIGHS)

Think about it.

We only ever see this guy over the app,

- and the app is connected to our Wi-Fi.
- So?

(SIGHS HEAVILY)

So someone must've hacked into it.

It's a prank, Jas.

Some basement-dwelling hacker
is doing this.

No, when I was alone,

I heard his voice come through the door.

The doorknob was turning.
How could it be hackers, Bryce?

I don't know, Jas.

It's the only explanation,
though. Think about it.

I'm sure this happens to people
all the time.

Google "Aura pranks," okay?

I'm sure a bunch of sh*t will come up.

(CHUCKLES): This is the dumbest.

♪ ♪

I'm not gonna hurt you.

I'm just gonna tie you up,

r*pe you and cut your head
off with a kitchen Kn*fe. That's all.


Or maybe I'll k*ll you first.

And then r*pe you,
cut you into little pieces.


(SCREAMS) Jesus, Bryce.

(SIGHS) Good run today. Got miles in.

What are you watching?

Uh, I Googled "Aura pranks."

...and I'll just eat them

one by one.

Sounds like a prank if I ever heard one.

Well, the woman that posted it
claims it's not a prank.

She said that this guy just...

He kept showing up on her Aura,

and when they would
open the door, he'd be gone.

Well, otherwise known as a prank.

They arrested someone
that looks just like him,

and he was on the sex offenders registry.

Stop. Stop. Jas, listen to me.

I rebooted the system.
I changed the passwords.

I'll bet you a blow job you
don't have any more visitors.

- Wow, Bryce.
- (CHUCKLES): What? Okay, fine.

I'll bet you something else.

I've realized something
about the Aura guy...

- Our Aura guy.
- Okay.

Okay, um...

When I was at Jackson High,
we had this janitor,

Mr. Hendricks.

He was pretty strange.

He was always talking to himself.

I said hi to him once.

You know, like,
"Good morning, Mr. Hendricks.


"You look nice," trying to get
my friends to laugh.

But he took me seriously.

And then he was just kind of all about me.

He was always looking at me and smiling,

and he put candy in my locker.

And he even polished my desk.

I used to find these love notes.

He would always sign it,
"To my sweet Jaslyn."

And then,

Mr. Hendricks was just gone.

But then we heard a rumor
that he was in an institution.

You don't think that's the guy
from the front door, do you?

Bryce.

"To my sweet Jaslyn."

That doesn't sound familiar to you?

That's just like the guy at our door.

He even looked like Hendricks, honestly.

Uh, well, he couldn't've looked
that much like him.

You just recognized him now.

Well, it's been years, but I...

- I'm sure it's him.
- Okay, Jas.

Jas, just stop, please. Look.

There's nobody really at the door.

So even if it looked like Hendricks

or sounded like Hendricks,

it wasn't Hendricks
because it wasn't anybody.

It was just a dumb prank.

If you start obsessing over this,

it's just gonna mess up your head,

and it's gonna make you go crazy.

♪ ♪

(CHUCKLES SOFTLY) All right.

I'm gonna go shower.

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

(SIGHS SOFTLY)

(SIGHS)

- Jas.
- (SCREAMS)

(PANTING)

♪ ♪

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

JASLYN: I'm so sorry to bother you at home,

but I couldn't find a phone number.

My name is Jaslyn Taylor.

I went to Jackson High when
your brother was working there.

I'm arranging a reunion
for the Alumni Association,

and I couldn't find
anything on him on the Internet

or social media,
so I thought I'd take a chance

and, uh,

I was wondering if you could
point me in the right direction.

I wanted your brother
to receive an invitation.

A lot of the old staff
and alumni will be there,

and I think that
they would love to see him.

I know I would.

Wish I could help you,

but I don't know where my brother is.

Oh...

Look, Dayle lived here

ever since he lost the job
at the high school.

And then a few months ago, he took off.

Didn't even say goodbye.

So, you don't know where he is now?

Not a clue.

It's not the first time
he's disappeared on me.

I've gotten used to it.

He's never really here when he's here.

It's probably the computers.

He's into computers.

Oh, all day and all night.

He'd sit there hunched with his headphones.

A week would go by,
couldn't get a word out of him.

You wouldn't happen to have
a recent picture of Dayle,

would you?

There's a book to go along
with the reunion,

and there's a page for staff and...

it'd be great to include him.

(FLOORBOARDS CREAKING)

♪ ♪

MRS. HENDRICKS: See what we got in here.

You know, you-you might look down there.

♪ ♪

- Is...
- That's all I got.

Never was one for family photos.

It's him. I'm sure of it.

BRYCE: And this guy was a computer nut?

Of course he was the one
who hacked into the Aura.

I cannot believe that this guy
is still obsessed with you.

I also can't believe
that you went to his house.


Yeah, I went to the house.

I had to make sure I wasn't crazy.

Look, I'm gonna talk to patrol tomorrow,

and I'm gonna get them
up to speed on all this.

- Okay?
- When you coming home?

I don't know, uh...

Not for at least another hour.

Don't make anything for me, okay?

I'll pick up something on the way home.

- I love you.
- Love you, too.

(PHONE CHIMING)

♪ ♪

Open the door, Jaslyn.

I know you're in there. I have to see you.

Please, Jaslyn. Open the door.

Mr. Hendr... (EXHALES)

Dayle, what do you want?

I want you to stop being afraid
of me and open the door.

What will happen if I do that?

DAYLE: I'll get to see you
again. That's all.

That's all?

(CHUCKLES) That's all.

♪ ♪

(TREMBLING BREATH)

- (BIRDS CHIRPING)
- (DOG BARKING IN DISTANCE)

♪ ♪

(SCREAMING)

Thank you for letting me in, Jaslyn.

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

All you had to do was open the door.

But I'm sorry, I...

I lied to you.

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

- What was the lie?
- I'm...

I'm not just here to see you.

I want...

more than that.

(PANTING)

What do you want?

I want...

I want...

I want to...

...to say I'm sorry.

(TREMBLING BREATH)

You're sorry?

For what I did to you in high school. I...

I convinced myself that I loved you,

and I-I... I didn't know
how to deal with that.

I made you feel unsafe...

and scared.

I'm here to say I'm sorry.

That's what you wanted?

To say you're sorry?

I'm not asking you to forgive me.

I just wanted you to hear me.

Dayle.

(SIGHS)

I wasn't the greatest in high school.

My friends and I made fun of you.

We were... we were mean to you.

I'm sorry.

Maybe we can forgive each other.

(CHUCKLES)

(LAUGHS)

♪ ♪

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

(GASPS)

ANCHORMAN: And in other news,

a missing person's case
has reached a sad conclusion.


Dayle Hendricks had been missing
for just over two months.


Police say his body was discovered floating

just south of the I- overpass,

where it's presumed he took his own life.

BRYCE: Hello?

JASLYN: Hey.

- What're you watching?
- Local news.

- How was your day?
- It was good.

Finally getting this department in shape.

You know, starting to get with the plan.

How about you?

You have any more encounters?

No.

I guess you were right. It was all quiet.

Yeah, see that? Problem solved.

Little reboot, little change of password.

- Little raccoon poison.
- (LAUGHS)

- I'm never gonna live this down, huh?
- Never.

What, I got to make a donation
to an animal shelter?

- (PHONE CHIMING)
- That'd be nice, you m*rder*r.

Hello? Hello?

What is this now?

Please, I'm scared,

and I don't know where I am.

JASLYN: Who is this?

Are you okay? What happened to you?

I was...

I was at the-the park, Grace Park,

and s-something happened, I can't remember.

I can't remember any more.
Please let me in.


- Let me in.
- You know what? Enough of this sh*t.

This ends here. Whoever's
doing this can f*ck off.

You can't you tell that
this is another g*dd*mn prank?

Hey. We're not playing
your g*dd*mn game here.

You understand me?

Just die in whatever
f*cking basement you live in.

Oh, my God. That is not how you...

She's gone.

- Wait, she's gone.
- She's gone.

What are you doing?

k*lling our f*cking warranty
is what I'm doing.

Look, I know you want to be safe,

but you're gonna have to be okay

with the security guards out in the booth.

♪ ♪

(WOMAN SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY)

(LIVELY CHATTER IN DISTANCE)

♪ ♪

(SIGHS)

♪ ♪

- We need to talk.
- Uh, yeah, sure.

- Let me just finish reading...
- Finish it later.

Okay.

I drove out to Grace Park today.

I happened upon a memorial
for Mary Jeane Burkett.

I don't know who that is.

She was k*lled in a hit-and-run.

The driver was drunk,
and he's in prison for years.

Okay, uh, it's terrible.

Um... why're you telling me this?

I'm telling you this
because Mary Jeane Burkett

is who showed up at our door yesterday.

And I know she didn't come here for me,

so she must've come here for you.

Okay, why are we still talking
about the stupid video doorbell?

I did some research in the Aura chat rooms,

and this has happened to other people.

There's a theory that the new camera

is...

Okay, you know what? Just watch this.

REVIEWER: Now, try to stay
with me. These cameras use


spontaneous parametric down-conversion,

which is a form of quantum entanglement.

That's why they can detect light
at only a few photons


- per pixel.
- What is this guy even talking about?

- Just listen.
- Some people say that, by punching

into the quantum realm,

these babies act as a magnet for spirits.

That's right.

- The dead.
- (SCREAMING)


And if you watch any ghost hunting shows,

you know ghosts are basically
electromagnetic fields.


That's why you see these hunters
running around


with their EMF detectors.

And that, my friends,
is exactly what the Aura is.


(BRYCE LAUGHING)

I mean, come on.

(CHUCKLES)

Ghosts and ghost meters?

Is anything this guy's saying
supposed to make sense?

The other day, when you asked

if there was any more activity on the Aura,

I said no.

I lied to you.

Mr. Hendricks came back.

And I let him in.

Oh, Jas, come on.

You did what?

He didn't want to hurt me.

He just wanted to apologize.

D...

He just wanted to apologize?

- I don't...
- Yeah.

Just that.

Just sorry.

Okay.

So if that's...

if that's what did happen,

um...

why, then...

are we talking about ghosts?

Because Mr. Hendricks
was already dead when he came.

He jumped in a river weeks ago.

Look, Mr. Hendricks came here for a reason.

And so did Mary Jeane Burkett.

And you need to tell me
what that reason is.

I don't know.

You didn't k*ll her,

so what does she want with you?

I don't know, Jas.

I don't know who she is

and I don't believe in ghosts

and I really can't believe that you do.

And it is so utterly disappointing

that you would let this disrupt our lives.

(CHIMING)

What was that?

She's back.

I fished the Aura out
of the trash and I put it back.

It's cracked, but it still works.

Hello?

Please open the door.

- Bryce, what does she want?
- (DOOR RATTLING)

I don't... I don't know.

You don't know?

- Okay, I'll ask her then.
- I don't... I don't know what she wants!

- Who is she?
- I don't know

what she wants. I don't know who she is.

Who the f*ck is Mary Jeane Burkett?!

Oh, my God. I don't know! (STAMMERS)

She was my fiancée!

I'm sorry.

I should've told you sooner, but I just...

I never had the words.

The night that she was k*lled,
we were at the park.

It was a place we liked to go.

That's where I broke it off.

There were probably
a million reasons, but...


I just wasn't ready.

I didn't think she was the one.

She got angry.

She told me
she never wanted to see me again


and that she would walk home.

(TIRES SCREECH)

So I left. I drove away.

♪ ♪

It haunts me every day.

And I know... and-and I know
it doesn't seem that way

because I do a good job
of holding it all in,

but-but...

it does, Jas.

She probably just wants to forgive you.

She probably wants to tell you
that it's not your fault.

I don't think so.

(DOOR RATTLING)

Please, Bryce. Please, let me in.

- (RATTLING)
- Bryce,

- don't be afraid.
- (POUNDING)

- (RATTLING)
- (SIGHS)

- Bryce, we need to find out what she wants.
- (POUNDING)

(CRICKETS CHIRPING)

(WIND BLOWS)

(DOOR CLOSES)

She gone?

No, Bryce,

she's not.

MARY JEANE: Look at him, Bryce.

He was gonna be your son.

What is she talking about, Bryce?

MARY JEANE: Tell her, Bryce.

Tell her the truth.

(BRYCE SIGHS DEEPLY)

Oh, man. I'm tired.

♪ ♪

She was pregnant.

What was I supposed to do?

Couldn't let that happen.

- Neither one of us! Get rid of it!
- Why are you f*cking yelling at me?!

Stop it, Bryce!

- Where are you going?
- Can't f*cking do this. Where am I going?!

- I don't know...
- Wait, where are you going? Stop!

What are you doing?! Why
are you holding me so tight?

- We need to end this. Now.
- We need to end what?

- Bryce, you're hurting me! Stop.
- Stop! Enough! En...

(TIRES SCREECHING)

- (ENGINE REVVING)
- (TIRES SCREECHING)

♪ ♪

Help!

(MARY JEANE GASPING SOFTLY)

- Help!
- MARY JEANE (WEAKLY): Please, baby.

Help me. Help me.

Help.

(CRYING)

Bryce. (GASPING)

Help. Help.

(GASPING) Help, Bry...

(PAINED GASPING)

Help. (EXHALES)

(GASPING RAPIDLY)

Please, baby.

Help me. Help me.

(GASPING)

Help.

Bryce.

(WHIMPERS SOFTLY)

- (SIGHS)
- (GASPING RAPIDLY)

Shh. It's okay, it's okay. I'm sorry.

- (SNAP)
- (GASPS)

♪ ♪

It was a baby, Jas.

(SCOFFS)

I couldn't allow that.

Wasn't in the plan.

(SNIFFLES)

Oh.

(SIGHS)

And now neither are you.

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

(GASPS)

- (CHOKING)
- (POKER CLATTERS)

(WHEEZING)

(GRUNTS, GROANS)

(EXHALES, GROANS)

(GASPING)

(THUD)

(CHOKING)

(GROANS, GASPING)

- JASLYN: You're right, Bryce.
- (CHOKING)

She's not here to forgive you.

(BRYCE GASPING)

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

(INSECTS TRILLING)

BUILDING MANAGER: Okay.

You're right about the thermostat.

I'll get a repairman up
here first thing tomorrow.

- Wonderful.
- By the way,

I took the liberty of installing your Aura

before I came in.

I didn't ask you for that.

Everyone in the building gets 'em.

It's in the contract.

Keeps the insurance rates down.

♪ ♪

(CHIMING)

(CHIMING CONTINUES)

♪ ♪

Hey, Jas?

Open the door, Jas. It's me.

Look, I know... I know you're in there.

I just want to talk, so let me in.

f*ck off, Bryce!

Oh, I can't do that.

Just want to have a word with my wife.

We need to talk about the plan.

Let me the f*ck in, Jas!

- Let me the f*ck in!
- (RATTLING)

- (POUNDING)
- Open the door!

You're my f*cking wife!

You answer to me!

You'll never get away from me!

You understand me?! Never!

Open the f*cking door!

Jaslyn!
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