Page 15 of Shadowing My Dreams
“Are you hungry? I could make you a…”
“No.” I shook my head quickly. I had told him not to interrupt me. “I can’t eat while I do this, it… I’ll grab somethinglater when I’m finished. But a… Do you have a bottled water or something? I’d take that.” My throat was dry.
“Sure. Give me a second.” His stupid smile brightened his handsome face, and I had to stop a small gasp from showing. I swallowed it down as he turned and walked away.
Fuck…
I rolled myself over and slowly stood. I heard a few snaps in my hips and spine. That was better, but… I stretched my hands above my head and leaned to the right and then the left. The pops sounded like gunshots to me.
This room was so full of energy, so why couldn’t I communicate? Maybe I was overthinking it. He didn’t want to communicate. He knew that I was here, but… He chose to stay silent. This would take time, maybe? Time I would have to spend up in Jack’s bedroom.
Get the himbo out of your mind. Fuck, I had a type, and that type was not good for me. Hot guys only used other people. I knew this to be true. They couldn’t be trusted.
At least he came to check up on me. I mean, that could have been bad if I were actually communicating with the spirit. Being interrupted could be dangerous. I would have to make sure that myclientunderstood and followed my directions. But his checking on me was sweeter than I would have assumed he would be.
“All I have is some vitamin water. I’m trying to build my muscles back up.” He held it in his hands as he walked to me.
I stared at him, wondering what his body looked like before. Wasn’t this already the best that it could be? He had to be a fucking beast. Jack… This all started with Jack.
“What do you mean you’re trying to build your body back up?” I asked quizzically. He was the key to all of this somehow.
“I’d been unable to work out for a while.” He shrugged. He was avoiding the question.
“The hospital? What was uh… Sorry if that’s asking too much. Maybe you don’t want to tell me, or it’s none of my business.”
He looked down at the floor and frowned. “It’s not something that I really want to talk about. I’m trying to move on, you know? How did you know that my nurse was… not my real nurse?”
“How did I know that she was a spirit? They leave traces of energy, and she has given much of herself to you. She must have really liked you,” I answered. It was true. She had felt like he was worthy of her attention for some reason.
“If I went there, would I see her again?” He sounded so sad it broke my heart.
“I… There’s not really a straightforward answer to your question. Maybe? Spirits are everywhere for the most part. Some are bound to a certain place, and others aren’t. Your… What was her name?”
“Bernice.”
“Right. Bernice. She was a nurse and probably was very great at her job and she loved it, so when she died, that was the place that she attached to. Or, she could just be visiting. I wouldn’t know until I actually knew.”
“Why would…” His shoulders slumped. “Is going to the light like a real thing?”
“Poltergeist?”
“Exactly,” he chuckled, and it lit up his stupidly handsome face. “I’ve always loved horror movies.”
“Death doesn’t seem to be that straightforward. But I don’t know, to be honest. I’m still alive, and… It’s the last great unknown for each of us. What we see or experience seems to be different for almost everyone. But going into the light, if that is actually a thing, doesn’t truly mean that a spirit can’t still come and go if it chooses to. It’s rare, though. Most spirits, when they leave this Earthly plane, stay wherever they go.”
“That really didn’t answer my question,” he walked towards me slowly.
“I can’t answer it if I don’t really know. Most of the disembodied that I speak to have never left. I’ve only known one to come back after moving on, and that was… not something I really want to talk about.” I glanced away.
“It was bad?”
“You have no idea.” I reached out to take the water, and our fingers touched.
The world shifted, and I grabbed his hand tighter. From the look on his face, he was experiencing the same thing as me. The room shrunk and then expanded as the veil between our worlds collapsed into itself and pulled us through.
“Can’t you just leave me alone!”
We turned towards the sound, and sitting by the window was a middle-aged man in a robe.
