Do not forget me

Chapter 7

P.O. V PROFESSOR DAVID

Physically, I was there; sitting on my knees, shedding tears which moisten the dried soil. However, mentally, I was in my little world; I remembered the day I promised to always be on her side, but I failed to maintain my duty. Head bending down, I felt a cold hand caressing my face. I did not lift my head not because I did not want to see her, but because I was too ashamed to face my deceased daughter.

"Daddy" her voice was soft like the susurration of the wind.

She slowly lifted my head with her frosty fingers. As my eyes met those of hers; angered and grieved took control over my body, but my mind was like dead. I could not speak; it was as if somebody glued my lips. Something horrible took place last night, Lisa's eyes were enough to let me guess it; her deep red iris surrounded her black pupils while her sclera was of light yellow. She had the eyes of a beast searching for its prey. I knew I could not stay muted for long. Lisa needed my help. I forced my mouth open to say something reasonable, but all I said was: "Lisa, my baby girl".

I struggled to touch her face with my shaken hand, but I ended up touching the air. She was a ghost, nobody can touch ghosts not even a ghost whisper. Ghosts are the only one who can touch human beings that's why they can be deadly fatal.

"Dad, can you see me?" she sibilated.

"Yes" I answered with a cracking voice

" I'm sorry, dad! I sure have trusted you," She whispered into my ears.

"What happened to you, Lisa?" I asked.

My question aroused her ghostly instinct; the air became cooler; enough to freeze a heart to death. Her tone changed from soft susurration to ear-piercing screams. She was in torment; she had unfinished businesses. What made me afraid was that my paternal love was deeper than my devotion toward the Gods. 

"Lisa, I can help you. You need to tell papa about what happened to you," I spoke in a calm and soft voice.

"Mr David, why is it breezing so much and who are you speaking to? I want to go home" said Amanda; frozen and folding her arms around her body. I was so focused on Lisa that I forgot about her. The situation terrified her; her lips were drained, eyes full of panic and her voice voiced out like the cry of a baby.

"Amanda..." I murmured.

"Amanda! She floated in the air near her!. My girl, I'm here and I'm sorry for not listening to you," Lisa cut me off.

Amanda could not hear her or see her. She was just gazing at me, awaiting me to finish my sentence, but what am I supposed to tell her?. 

"Mr David please let's go away from here. You are hallucinating," she sighed.

"She cannot see me, right?" Lisa hissed back at me.

"No, only a ghost whisper can see a dead soul. Amanda can only see you if I allow it. But I cannot do so because it is against nature," I explained to Lisa.

"I WANT HER TO SEE ME," Lisa yelled.

"I cannot! I never went against nature," I maintained.

"I SAY, I WANT HER TO SEE ME! OR I WILL NOT TELL YOU ANYTHING," she yelled like a wounded animal

Lisa was not the sweet girl that I once knew. Her reaction could not be blamed because the more she will remain in the human world, the more her humanity will disappear. She put me in a dilemma; on one hand, I had my daughter who I needed to help so badly, and on the other hand, I had the law of nature to preserve. 

"MAKE HER SEE ME!" She went on yelling stubbornly.

"Fine" I exclaimed. I did not want to do so, but Lisa was my priority. Maybe if I had prioritised her since the beginning, she would still be alive today. My conscious was about to reprimand me but I blocked it by concentrating solely on Lisa. I needed to calm her down and knew the entire story. Without thinking, I turned on my feet and approached Amanda. The poor girl was so traumatised.

"Mr David" She spoke just like a little girl pleading to her parents.

I stuck my fingers between her eyes, closed mine and called out. "AMANDA CLINTON HERIOTZA IKUSTEKO AUKERA EMATEN DUT,"

Instantly, as I yelled the spell to allow Amanda to see the dead; the weather became cyclonic; the wind blew hit our skin and leave our cheeks with a slap. The soil lifted up the ground and burned our eyes which left us of no choices than to shut it close. Amanda buried her face on my shoulder and held me firmly. After a few moments, the weather went back to normal. Amanda opened her eyes gently. Seeing her face, I knew that the spell worked: eyes wide opened; she put one hand over her mouth to restrict herself from screaming.

"LISA," she yelled.

"You can see me?" Lisa asked 

"Yes, but why are you naked and bleeding?" She removed her coat to wrap Lisa's bare body, but she did not expect what would happen. The coat perforated Lisa's transparency body and fell to the ground.

"what the hell! Lisa you... Oh my god!" she broke down and ran behind me.

"There is no need to fear me. I will not hurt you," Lisa pleaded 

"What happened to you?" Amanda asked by peeking through my shoulder.

" Troy and his friends molested me and later they murdered me. They buried just there; next to the river," her cried sounded like shattering glasses.

"WHAT?" I asked both astounded and furious. I knew Lisa was deceased, but discovering how much she suffered made my soul spasm. Never did I raised a hand on her and some brats just tortured her before executing her. They will pay for that, I swear to god. They will suffer from the worst death ever. 

"That night, I thought it was the end, but inside my gloomy grave made the appearance of a lady; she came to me and got me out of my grave. The luminous lady presented herself as NYX. She told me that you will come to help me before disappearing. I tried to get out of this place, but something kept on pulling me inside," she announced.

"YOU WILL GET OUT OF THIS FOREST, YOU WILL FIND THEM AND YOU WILL KILL THEM ALL. I, DAVID WILSON; GHOST WHISPER ALLOW YOU LISA WILSON TO GET OUT OF HERE AND KILL THEM ALL. KILL THEM ALL," I screeched.

I did not care about the law of nature anymore because nobody cared about my daughter. I needed revenge; I wanted them dead. All of them. I served the Gods since childhood and when it came for my daughter; they did not help back.

"But remember Lisa, you can roam out only between 12. am till sunrise. No souls can stay during daytime among humans unless you possess someone, but I would not like you to make someone innocent suffer. Every midnight, you will get out of here and execute one by one. Make sure that they suffer," I yelled. Tears rolled into my eyes and with an aching heart, I cursed Troy and his buddies. Tomorrow they will pay for their deed.

"Thank you, papa" She hinted before fading into the dark.