The Mystery Letters

Chapter 24

"Ham, Hannah, wake up. Wake up, idiot." I heard someone say, no, scratch that. I heard someone shout.

"I don't want to," I managed to reply in a groggy voice.

I was continued being shook by someone and I groaned before slowly opening my eyes.

I finally woke up and saw Hailey standing by my bed.

Wait, Hailey?

I quickly got up and realized I was dressed in complete white, and everything around me was white too.

"Am I dead?" I asked slowly.

"Nah. You're just deeply unconscious," Hailey replied, to which I let out a sigh of relief but also felt a little bit disappointed.

Yay. I'm not dead. Let's party!

Half sarcasm noted.

I wish I were dead though. I would get freedom from all the pain the world has given me. "Hail, you're a ghost right? Please kill me? Pretty please?" I asked Hailey with my puppy eyes but she smacked me upside on the head.

I guess ghost Hailey is not affected by my puppy eyes after all.

Suddenly I got another idea, and asked,

"Hail, why don't you just kill Mark?"

Hailey was silent for a while, before she replied with guilty eyes, "I can't kill the person who killed me."

Too bad. "Do you know why does he want revenge from us?" I asked her.

"I'm afraid I can't tell you that. I was only sent for a few minutes to be with you in your dream, and then I will have to go back. As for the revenge, you have to find out yourself." She replied.

"How am I supposed to find out?" I whispered.

Hail just smiled. I stared at my twin for some time more, not wanting her to move away from my sight.

I sighed as my eyes were filling again when I realized that she will have to go back soon. Her time in this world is over. "I miss you, Hail. So, so much," I whispered softly, and I saw Hailey's own eyes soften at my sudden declaration.

"I miss you too, Ham."

My chest constricted at that, hating the distance of life and death that's separating us. I want to be with her, to hold her, to have her by me at all times.

But I can't, because Mark Adams killed her. Murdered her brutally. And I can never have her by my side again.

I tried to touch her by extending my arm forward and cup her cheek. Her glossy eyes could show the vulnerable state she's in even as a ghost, and she closed her eyes as she leaned into my touch. She opened them and leaned forward before kissing me on my forehead. Suddenly I laid back down as I felt my whole body go weak. My eyes were becoming heavy and so I closed them.

Hail might have thought that I have slept, because she murmured, "Just a few more days, Ham. Everything will be alright. Just a few..."

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I opened my eyes and woke up. I got up and sat down on my bed. Hailey... Once again she has come in my dream.

I turned to see the clock showing 1:23 p.m. So it's afternoon lunch time.

I got up and sat near the window. I looked down to see everything quiet, no noise from the birds, no vehicle to be seen on the road and no commotion from the apartment.

Then I suddenly realized something and looked up. There, that man who lives exactly opposite from here. He was the one stalking me and informing Mark about me. If only I could set fire to his house with just one look.