Still worth encouraging

[Sam talks to Stephanie who's recording, about the strange girl that came to their hotel bedroom door]

Stephanie: Sam? Sam?

Sam: What?

Stephanie: Will you come out here and tell me what happened?

Sam: Huh?

Stephanie: Will you come out here and tell me what happened?

Sam: What happened just now? Um... Well, somebody knocked on our door and I answered it, and it was a girl - well, I don't know. She was like, young, but not - not, like, a girl-girl. Like, maybe a college-age girl. And... She asked if we could give her a ride... like, tomorrow.

Stephanie: Where?

Sam: I don't know, it didn't get that far. It was, like, really creepy.

Stephanie: That's so weird.

Sam: You know, it is really weird. My only guess is that she must be just going door to door and asking everybody, but why wouldn't you, like, wait for people to be getting into their cars tomorrow to ask for a ride? It's, like, really...

Stephanie: Maybe it's an emergency.

Sam: It didn't seem like an emergency. And also, she's, like, not - she wasn't physically intimidating, but I got instantly... nervous. There's something really scary, about her, even though I wasn't, like, afraid she was gonna hurt me, but she was just, like, weird.

[Sam questions Stephanie about taking money from him]

Sam: Did you take money out of my wallet?

Stephanie: No.

Sam: Yeah, you did.

Stephanie: [laughing] No, I didn't.

Sam: Well, you must have because I had $100 in here...

Stephanie: When would I do that?

Sam: ...And now I have zero dollars in here.

Stephanie: Well, I didn't. So maybe you didn't actually have that money.

Sam: What'd you buy?

Stephanie: [raises her voice as Sam quietly stares at her] I didn't buy anything! I have my own money. I don't need to take your money.

[pause]

Stephanie: Are you serious?

Sam: Did you...?

Stephanie: [Stephanie laughs while Sam smiles] What do you think I did?

Sam: Well, I don't know...

Stephanie: I've been with you...

Sam: ...Because the money's not here.

Stephanie: ...This whole time.

Stephanie: I've been with you this whole time. I have no idea what you could be possibly imagining right now.

Sam: [clears throat] Well, it wouldn't be the first time... I guess you decided to treat yourself.

[recording ends]