Wendy comes to in the bedroom, and remembers her son is alone, hiding in the hotel. Rushing as quickly as she can, she calls for Danny or Hallorann, but hears no response, other than the voice of her husband above, yelling for their son. As she turns a corner, she sees Hallorann and goes to him, shaking him awake.
Upstairs, in the hall of the Presidential Suite, Danny sees the shape of his father around the corner, but knows the creature coming for him is no longer a man, but the hotel behind a mask. Danny, softly and firmly, denounces the creature as his father, and the shape wavers. Danny tells the creature that his father knows the hotel lies, and that the hotel could only access Jack through alcohol......
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