mostly ghostly

2003

#2003

This year Harry learned just how much could change in a year and for the worse at that.

It all started from last year's Halloween, the incident when Harry was spotted with Louis.

Though no one could see or hear him, Harry was still there in the house, learning and watching everything that goes on.

For the following three months, Jay persisted in getting answers of who the boy with him was but Louis kept quiet.

Seeing that her son wouldn't give in, she dropped the subject and Mrs. Malik hastily dismissed her sighting that night as a trick of her eyes.

She even supplied that she saw the boy as transparent and glowing which was more understood as a hallucination.

Ghost or the mistake of the eyes?

Eyes were more reasonable.

Though reluctant, Jay decided to officially stop and forget about it.

But Harry knew better that she wouldn't give up that easily and sure enough, on one tuesday of late summer, Harry caught the details of her plan through secret phone calls.

From what little Harry could eavesdrop, so far, it wasn't good.

A few more months passed and Harry noticed how clingy and observant Jay became around Louis.

She wouldn't ever let him out of her sight, even when he had to to use the men's room at the department store, she stood guard outside.

Harry didn't fully understand what was of her plan for she didn't discuss it's matters on the phone at the house, wary and paranoid that Louis might hear.

By the looks of her being secretive and in definite that Louis mustn't know of her plans, whatever it was that Jay was doing was definitely bad.

Maybe it was good for her but then again, all the good things in Jay's book was the opposite to Harry's.

On the last Friday of October, the annual Halloween, Louis had gone to school who wouldn't come back until later in the afternoon.

While he was learning a few blocks away, his mum was devising a setup in.

Harry heard her speak to someone on the phone, catching the words 'treatment' and 'hallucinations' very clearly.

Grudgingly wishing he could do something, Harry had nothing else but to follow Jay around the house, keeping an eye on her.

She simply sat on the couch and waited for Louis to come home.

What was off was that she was dressed up nicely and was holding some papers.

An hour passed by and she remained motionless on the couch, staring off into space.

This worried Harry but, he couldn't do anything.

When the clock read half past two, a knock rapped against the hollow door and Jay opened the door for Louis.

"Just leave your things here." said Jay, with no emotion whatsoever in her voice.

Startled and confused, Louis stood his ground.

"Why? What's going on?"

Jay's jaw clenched for a moment and she poised herself, standing upright.

"Mum?"

Harry watched as Jay closed her eyes and tap her foot in a erratic beat.

As if to control herself in a way...