The Perplexing Nosebleeds Of Ebonie Fantasma

Chapter Four

Paige drove down the empty road. The sun had set well below the horizon hours ago, forcing Paige to drive in the dark. She hated driving in the dark, even with her headlights. The night from 22 years ago still managed to haunt her. She could still hear the sound of the crunching of bones, she could perfecting envision her mother's face frozen in pure horror at what she'd done. Ebonie wasn't the first to accidentally kill someone in her family, but Paige wasn't ready to tell her that.

She carefully turned on the road. Her GPS told her she was only ten minutes away from the mental institution. Unsurprisingly, Ebonie was sent there immediately after Emmalyn's death. Paige didn't know what else to do. She couldn't lose anyone else. Not after Ebonie told her that she saw no point in living anymore. Now that Ebonie was better, there was only one thing left to do: Live a normal life as mother and daughter.

It was time to leave the past behind. It was too painful to remember. Paige glanced at the rearview mirror...and immediately stepped on the brakes. She rubbed her eyes and looked in the mirror again. She let out a sigh of relief when she saw nothing there. For a moment, she thought she saw her deceased mother. That was impossible, her pills prevented her from seeing the dead. Good or bad. She took a deep breath and continued driving.

She told herself she needed to stay sane. Sane for both her and Ebonie. She pulled into the parking lot of the mental institution. At the entrance stood Dr. Brooke. He was the reason Ebonie got the medication she needed. Not enough people believed in the supernatural to help those who were tormented by ghosts. If it was discovered that Dr. Brooke had given Ebonie pills for ghosts he would be fired on the spot.

Paige exited the car. She felt the cold night air brush against her skin, making her shiver. The large, dark clouds threatened to pour rain onto the Earth every passing second.

"Are you ready to see Ebonie?" Dr. Brooke asked. It was a stupid question in Paige's opinion. Why else would she be here? Still, she answered politely.

"Ready as I'll ever be."