there wasnt a ghost behind the restaurant and there wasnt a man from my past either . `` shut the door , '' i tell him , and he does . he pretends to be calm , but i can see right through him - he 's worried . `` like i said , i was too excited to sleep . '' `` it 's not like either of us has to get up early . the dog skipped around the boy , wagging his tail and smiling . ten minutes later , the phone lit up again . 