It just became second nature to close all the cupboards first thing in the morning (even though theyâd been closed the night before). Which was when things escalated from banging cupboard doors to actually breaking things.
Faucets, door handles, curtain rods ripped from the wall⌠all the repairs started to add up.
âLook, I didnât mind having an ethereal roommate, but I canât afford to keep fixing all this shit. Hereâs a pencil and some paper. Just write whatâs bothering youâI doubt you could put anything that would be more expensive than having a plumber come out to replace all the faucets again.â
The next morning thereâs a scrawl line at the top of the page that devolved into an angry scribbling mess that tore through the page. Two cupboard doors were entirely ripped off.
âI donât want to get someone in to banish you, but this is ridiculous. Just tell me what you want.â
The second piece of paper is ripped into shreds and several knives are embedded in the wall.
A careful examination of the paper scraps show that it had the same scribbles as the first piece.
A quick trip to the library and a stop at a store later, there are kindergarten workbooks on learning to write spread across the counter.
âLook, I donât know if youâre just being difficult, but I hope not. So I got an audiobook on learning to read and write, and here are some workbooks for kidsâdonât get madâto teach them their letters. Just press play on the stereo, and work through the books at your own pace. Iâll get more when you finish.â
The first workbook is half-completed before being ripped to pieces, but at least there was no other damage. Replacing it is significantly cheaper than replacing cupboard doors.
It takes awhile, but eventually the workbooks progress to a fifth grade level. These ones are starting to be more costly (theyâre bigger, for one thing), but itâs not even the money anymore. Little notes scrawled in a shaky hand appear on the steamy bathroom mirror
Or written in ketchup on the counter (that was a frightening sight the first time)
And then one day thereâs a message taped to the fridge. The spelling and penmanship isnât the best, but itâs legible and even signed.
I have haunted this spot for ovr three huner hudre 300 years. My bones are dust and I am fergotN. I do not have wants to trap me. I am here 4 ever.
I am sorrY 4 breaking things.
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