After bribing Eddie to check if the moon has risen yet, Richie notices that the ceiling above him is sagging, and Eddie explains that it's his piano. Richie makes him go upstairs and move it. Richie prays that whatever fate awaits him be given instead to Eddie. His prayer is repeatedly interrupted by Eddie playing piano and just as Richie gets up to order Eddie to come down at once, Eddie and the piano crash through the ceiling, destroying Richie's bunker. It's only at this moment that Richie realises that everything that transpired leading him to get the curse was because of Eddie, who suggested they go to the fair, the one who shot the stallholder and suggested that they hide in the fortune teller's tent. Realising that Eddie could be the cause of his death, Richie throws him out of the flat.