Te trouver (Paranormal Romance)

Chapter 7 Katy

              After spending half the night listening to Tessa cry over her breakup with Rick and the other half drinking water while watching her Scott Johnson in her biggest roles, waking up is tough.

Guyzmo sleeps tight against me and barely with his eyes open, he buries his head in my neck for a little hug. There is no more affectionate than this dog. From the living room, I hear Tessa snoring lightly on the sofa where she fell asleep early this morning. Slowly I get up and take a shower. Once ready, I put his necklace on Guyz and we go out for my coffee and his walk. Today I need a double espresso to recover from my binge yesterday. Once in the park, I quietly greet Joe. This inevitably brings me back to the evening of yesterday. There was a spirit in my apartment, I'm sure, I felt its presence as soon as I left the kitchen. And then of course I heard a male voice speaking behind us, even though I couldn't see it, I know there was someone. Maybe if I had understood what he said it would have allowed me to know his identity. Unfortunately with Tessa's sniffles, I didn't catch the words.

After Tessa swallows the coffee I brought her, she decides to go home and leave me her DVDs. Today is our day off at the restaurant, so even though I would only confess to her under torture, I decide to watch a movie with her Scott. He was a good actor, I must at least recognize this quality in him. OK, I add that he was hot and I end the list of his strengths there.

After the movie, I go out for the week's errands and while in the car, I feel a presence coming from the back seat. He is not a malicious person, otherwise I would feel him negatively, he is just a spirit following me like it happens to me regularly.

– Are you a Man or a Woman ?

I ask by turning right. Only silence answers me.

– OK, why are you following me ?

Still no response.

This spirit is definitely not very talkative. He doesn't talk to me either in the mall, or back home where I spend the evening trying to concentrate on writing despite his presence.

The next three days do not provide me with more answers. I regularly feel this spirit by my side, although it remains silent. At the end of my patience and since he doesn't want to talk to me, I just decide to ignore him.

– Are you ok Kat ? You look on edge.

Even between two serving tables, my friend always has a minute of attention for me. I'm glad to see that after having cried all her drunk, Tess seems to have recovered from her breakup. I wish I could say the same.

– It's been two years today that Dan has ... in short since what happened.

Tessa gives me an encouraging little smile.

– Courage my dear, there are not many customers, we should finish soon enough. If you want after that we spend the rest of the day together ?

I notify Ms Dolores who enters the establishment while answering :

– It's nice but I rather want to be alone, don't blame myself.

– Of course not.

Tess walks away to a table to take orders as I step forward to escort my elderly and blind client to her table.

– Hello Ms Dolores, are you okay ?

– Hello my little Katy, hello sir.

I lift my head and look around, no one visible nearby. My ghost is therefore a man.

– He follows you like a silent shadow, the old lady whispers so that only I can hear him.

– Yes, for a few days. Thank you, thanks to you I know that I'm dealing with a man.

I met Ms Dolores on the second day of my work at Franck. Without me knowing how, she immediately felt that we were the same even if diabetes made her blind, the world beyond has been with her all her life.

– Yes a young man who has a lot of restraint, he hides his emotions but that does not prevent me from feeling him fulminate while I speak thus of him, she smiles. You know Katy, in my youth I was like you, to correspond with everyone who came to me but today I am happy to have retired. All these ghosts were wearing me out. Talk with them as much as you want but don't forget to live for yourself too, know how to put things in perspective otherwise they will drag you into their world at the expense of that of the living.

– I will try to remember, I assure her once she's seated in her usual place.