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Mr_hulk88 posted...

The scene with the realtor was pretty straighforward unless you don't sense nuance.
Her instant switch in demeanor the moment she realizes who he might be makes it clear that she's very much aware of what had been cleaned from there.

He was a crazed guy who came in without an appointment and was snooping around the premises, and she's a frail old lady. I find it easier to read that she's uncomfortable that a crazy guy has run into this place, than that the property owner was able to clean out like a dozen rotting bodies and blood stains from this place, not to mention the damage Patrick supposedly did with the chainsaw and the two of them running naked, covered in blood, through the carpeted hallways of the lobby and banging on people's doors. That all this happened without a single tenant ever noticing a bloodstain or smell from the room, or in the lobby. And none of the tenants noticing, and none of the hired cleaners speaking out about, all the blood and gore they'd have to move and covertly dispose of.

The scene is crafted to be ambiguous as it's before the final reveal with Carnes the lawyer. It's surprising, and maybe you can believe it's just a corrupt hyper competent landlord with that evidence alone, but add to the fact that Carnes insists Paul Allen is alive, really is in London, and he met him twice, it becomes easier to believe that the gore scene just didn't happen.