Episode 18
John’s POV
I stood up from my bed and moved
closer to the drawer. I opened it and brought out the wristchain I had
three years ago. “I missed you so much. Am so sorry for not recognizing
earlier. Anyway am happy you’re still around me. I promise to reveal
every single secret behind you and my mum’s death. That’s the only thing
I can do for you now for your soul to rest in perfect peace.”I said
looking at the wristchain. I stared at it for a while before closing the
box and keeping it back in my drawer.
I stood up and headed out of
my room to see if she’s still in the living room. I feel like seeing her
face again to compare to how she looks three years ago. When I got to
the living room, I saw her still standing where I left her.
“Why are
you still standing there? I asked her.” She turned to me smiling. “Am
having some sleep”she replied. “Seriously? Do you sleep?”I asked looking
at her. “I was only kidding. I just feel like standing here. I will
soon go back to Jenny now”she said smiling. That smile reminds me of
when we first met. She smiled the same way while apologizing to me.
“OK. Why don’t you stay here a little longer”I said looking at her. I
feel like seeing her for a long time before going back to bed. “I have
something to do with Jenny”she replied. “Oh. OK”I said looking at her.
“Anyway why are you out of your room again? It’s late. Do you wish to
see my face more before going to bed?”she asked jokingly. I was
surprised she said that. What? Is she reading my mind? I thought to
myself. I cleared my throat looking at her”what’s on your face? I just
came to take some water”I said heading toward the center table. I heard
her laughing behind me so I turned to her wondering why she laughing.
“Is that the way to the fridge? That shows you just lied about that
because your mind was not there”she said looking at me. I felt so
embarrassed of myself. I quickly turned back and went to the fridge. I
opened the it dodging my face behind the door in embarrassment. “She’s
so smarter than I think”I said and took a bottled water from the
freezer. I closed the door and twisted the cover of the bottle to open
the lid. I was about taking the bottle to my mouth when I saw something
strange. I looked at Stella and saw her body was becoming translucent
and fading off into the air. The bottle dropped from my hand and I
quickly went to her. “What’s happening to you? Why is your body like
this?”I asked holding her shoulders. I could still feel her body but it
felt different. “I don’t know. Please what’s happening? I think my time
is up on earth. I don’t want to leave now. I still have a lot to do. I
can’t leave now”she said crying. I was so sad and confused. I thought of
how my mum vanished from this earth and I never saw her again. I got
scared the same thing is about to happen to Stella. I still have a lot
to tell her. I still have a lot to do with her. She can’t leave now but I
can’t do anything about that. I looked at her and she’s becoming more
translucent.
“I think it cant be changed. Goodbye john. Thank you
for everything you’ve done for me. It’s time to go now”she said still
crying. I hugged her tight almost crying. “Am sorry. Am sorry for
everything right from when we met till now. Am sorry for not recognizing
you earlier. Please forgive me. I can’t let you go this time also
without saying my heart to you. I think I’ll regret that for the rest of
my life. Stella. Am using this moment to tell you I love you. No one
can fill your space in my heart. I wish to say this three years ago but
you were gone. you might be gone now but I promise you to reveal the
mystery behind your death. With that, I can feel at peace.”I said. I
don’t know when tears rolled down my cheek. The hug became lose as her
body faded more. “Goodbye my first love!”I said before her body faded
out finally. My arms were in the air the same position I hugged her. I
dropped my hand by my side loosely. “Why do you have to go now? Why do I
recognize you so late? Why do I pushed you away the first time we
met?”I said and wiped off the tears on my face. I regretted so many
thing I did wrong to her. I leaned my back to the wall slowly feeling
hurt and sad.
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Cassandra’s POV
Dad injected a shot in her
arm and that calmed her. Elle also had this worried look on her face.
Dad took a deep breath and placed both hands on his waist looking at
her. “What happened? Dad what’s wrong with her?”elle asked looking at
her dad. He sighed. “She got an arrest. Her condition is getting better
but I can’t tell when she’ll be able to open her eyes.”he said looking
at elle. She moved closer to her bed and stroked her hair gently.
“Please you need to get better and come back to us your fans huh”she
said looking at her face. Dad looked at me who was still surprised by
what I just saw. “She’s my secret patient. She had been in coma for the
past three years. For the past three years her body just acted this way
today. You must not tell anyone about who you saw here. No one must know
about her.”dad said looking at me. I nodded my head in response. I
looked at elle and she also nodded her head in agreement to what dad
said.
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It’s 9pm and I already said my fare well to them. I told
them I’ll visit them often from now on. After I left there house, I was
driving back home but the thought of that girl kept disturbing me. If I
should keep this to myself and Stephen later find out, my life could be
in danger and if I reveal it to him, he’ll definitely kill her again
before she wake up from coma. What should I do? I don’t want to betray
my parent and I don’t want to face Stephen’s rage.
“Dad, elle. Am
sorry to you guys. I have to do this just to save my own life”I said and
brought out my cell phone to call Stephen and tell him about the whole
drama. I was dialing his number but didn’t notice an upcoming truck
coming from the other side. It was on high speed. I tried stepping on
the break pedal but it refuses to work. The truck got to me and hit my
car. My car tumbled twice hitting the rocks by the cliff. The glasses
broke as it landed on the rocks. I could not feel my body again as my
eyes shut slowly. It continues hitting the rocks like that before
falling down into the deep river.
SHE’S A GHOST
Episode 19
I quickly woke up from my sleep-breathing heavily. “That was a scary
dream,”I said wiping some sweats off my face. I looked around but found
no one in the living room. I took my phone to check the time. It’s
almost 10pm. I took my hand bag from the couch and headed to mum’s room.
They were all there. I told them am leaving for home because I have
something to do there. I said goodbye to them and promised to visit them
often from now on. Elle escorted me to the gate before going back
inside. I got into my car and drove down the street. When I got to the
bridge, I thought of the dream I had. My phone rang and I checked the
caller. It was Stephen. I refused to pick the call so I silent my phone.
After driving for a while, I saw the same truck I saw in my dream
coming from the same direction. It speed pass my car while I also drove
normally without any problem. I wondered if I had picked Stephen’s call
the accident would had happen because I would be distracted. I sighed
and continue driving focusing more attention on the road.
When I got
home, Stephen called my line again. This time I picked the call to hear
what he have to say. He asked if I had taken care of my neck and I told
him I had. I didn’t tell him about what I saw. I kept it to myself as
father instructed.
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John’s POV
I woke up very late and the
first thing that came to my mind was Stella. My body feel so weak with
her thought on my mind. Good thing it’s Saturday I don’t go to work on
weekend. I stood up from my bed and headed to the living room to get
some water. When I got there, I looked around with the hope I could see
her pop out to me or see her hanging around somewhere but all was
hopeless. I moved to the fridge and took water from there. I sat on the
dinning chair feeling weak. It has been long I had this weak feeling.
That was when my mum died. I looked up and saw stella standing before
me. She was putting on the same outfit she wore three years ago. “Dont
think too much its bad for your heart. You need to eat early for you to
be healthy.”she said smiling at me. I stood up from the chair smiling.
“Stella! Is that really you?”I asked looking at her. I tried to touch
her but she vanished into the thin air. My hand froze in the air. I
brought it down gently looking sad again. I then sat back on the chair
burying my face in my palms. I felt a hand tapping my shoulder lightly. I
looked up and saw Stella again. “Why are you so deep in thought? Are
you like this because of me? Do you miss me already?”she asked looking
at me. “I think Am now seeing things now.”I said ignoring her.
“What?”she said looking at me. She moved closer and pinched my cheek.
“Ouch!”I said touching my cheek. It was then I knew she’s for real.
“Stella? You’re back! Oh my God I can’t believe this”I said looking at
her. I drew her close to my body and hugged her smiling to myself.
“You’ve been acting strange since yesterday. You’re hugging me
again?”she said. I quickly withdrew her from my body. “I hugged you
because I missed you. Don’t count that as anything”I said looking at
her. She nodded her head looking back at me. “Really? And you did that
yesterday also because you’ll miss me?”she asked nodding her head. “Yes.
I did”I replied looking at her. She folded her arms together looking at
me. “And if I remember, you said something about love and you were
regretting about lot of things yesterday. Were you really referring to
me?”she asked looking at me.
Oh my God! How should I explain myself?
I thought she would forget about that already””I thought to myself
staring at her. “Are you sure you heard that? I didn’t say anything
about those you’re talking about. I think you were just hearing things
since you were in bad condition that moment I think that’s why”I replied
smiling. “Really? Am sure I heard that”she said. “I never said that.
Anyway good to see you again”I said smiling. “Me too. I don’t really
know what happened yesterday. I never felt like that before it was this
morning I found myself roaming about again so I came to you”she said.
“We don’t have time right now. I think god gave me the second chance to
find the truth that was why he sent me back.”she said staring at me.
“Let’s go to Debbie am sure there would be a clue from her”I said.
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Stephen’s POV
I Sat on my bed holding the picture of Stella. On the pictures it was
written RIP in a red ink. I smiled to myself nodding my head in
satisfaction. “You shouldn’t have seen what you saw. I wish I could
rewind the time back to the past. I would have stopped you from coming.
But nothing can be done about that. You caused the whole drama to
yourself.”I said staring at it. I opened my drawer and brought out the
dagger I used on her the day I killed her. I kept the dagger for the
past three years. “I have to destroy your spirit. If I don’t, you might
end up telling the girl and john about what you saw and I might end up
killing both of them the way I did to you”I said looking at the dagger. I
hit the dagger on her picture I placed on the shelf. it pierced through
it and stood straight.
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Stella’s POV
As john went in to
pick his car key, my body started acting strange. My head feel like it’s
spinning. Everything that happened that night of the incident three
years ago, came back in a flash. I remembered everything from beginning
to the end. I looked around wondering what just happened. John came back
holding his car key. “Let’s go to her now”he said coming towards me. “I
remember. I remembered everything that happen that night.”I said with
tears rolling down my cheek. His eyes were wide opened on hearing that.
“Really? What happened? Who did it? Why?”he asked looking at me
