Chapter 18Although the first showing wasn't until three-thirty that afternoon, the main entrance doors were unlocked. However, when we entered the lobby, there was no one in sight. Several boxes of unopened merchandise were stacked on and around the concession counter, as if someone had been in the middle of unpacking them and had walked away, maybe to take a break. I looked to the other side of the lobby where the auditoriums were. An unmanned cleaning cart and vacuum were the only occupants. Something was off, I could feel it. It was similar to the electroplasmic sensation we get when a lot of ghosts are present, but it was different too…magnified, and almost physically painful. The presentiment seemed to be coming from the auditoriums, although the doors were closed and the digital marq
