Chapter 60
Shane pulled Amber into his arms. “What’s wrong, Abbie? What are you talking about?”
Amber shakily pointed toward the foot of the bed. “There–there’s someone there,” she said.
My heart leaped with excitement. Could she see me now? If so, this could be my chance for
revenge.
Even if I couldn’t do much, scaring her would be enough for now.
I quickly replayed the scenes from horror movies in my mind to recall how vengeful ghosts made their entrances.
After all, I had just died and was new to all of this.
When Shane glanced in my direction, I lunged toward him with my tongue grotesquely stretched out.
But his expression didn’t waver. He remained calm as if he couldn’t see me at all.
“There’s no one there. You must’ve been imagining things,” he told Amber.
Amber cautiously lifted her head from his chest I grinned widely in an attempt to scare her.
Her expression relaxed this time. “I must’ve been mistaken. Shane, I’m scared. Can you stay with me tonight?”
“Don’t be ridiculous. I’m your brother–in–law. What would people think if I stayed in your room?”
Shane stood to leave after he comforted her. The anger he had shown earlier had completely dissipated, replaced by a calm and measured demeanor.
I was utterly disappointed. Amber couldn’t see me after all. She must’ve been imagining things.
When Shane left, my parents profusely apologized to him. They insisted that everything was my fault and urged him not to take it to heart. They reassured him I would return once I had calmed down.
I stood outside as the rain poured relentlessly. I listened to their hurtful words in the garden.
v mom used to love me:
cold indifference?
deeply. How had that once intense motherly love turned into this
I tilted my head back and let the rain stream down my face.
My tears fell along with the rain.
Shane had endured an emotionally draining day, one that felt like a rollercoaster ride.
When Bas dured the Sunday amidar
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