The door creaked open and Marie opened her eyes. She had decided that Edward wasn’t going to appear and she hadn’t summoned him herself. She couldn’t bring herself to. He just reminded her of her friends.
“I thought you weren’t coming tonight,” she said as she sat up.
“Apologies for keeping you waiting, my dear,” he said as he walked over. Marie motioned for him to sit on the bed beside her and he did so. It reminded her of when they had first met but it was in a completely different place.
“Does it want to hear anything?” she asked. Nothing had happened since she had last seen him. Things had been relatively average, for once.
“It doesn’t want to hear anything.”
“Oh,” she said, nodding.
It was silent. And while it wasn’t awkward, Marie felt as though she had to disturb the quiet.
“Are you Christian?” she asked. She had told him she wasn’t years ago, when she was pregnant.
“I’m a ghost, Marie, I have no need for a religion,” he said. Edward had a point, Marie thought.
“Were you Christian when you were alive?” she asked, though she had the feeling the answer would be a yes. Her feet just touched the floor as she swung them back and forth.
“I was raised as one,” he said. “Though whether I died as one is something I’m not sure on.”
“What do you mean?”
“I had questioned things before, my dear,” he said. “But after killing to escape Bethlem Royal Hospital, I was never quite sure.”
“When I asked if I would go to Heaven or Hell, you said you didn’t know, but you know there is Heaven and Hell, don’t you?”
“Yes,” he said. “There is Heaven, there is Hell. And I now know you will go to neither.” It took a moment for Marie to realise what he had said and what it meant.
“I get to stay with you?”
“If you still wish to when you die, my dear, then yes,” he said. Marie smiled and rested her head on his shoulder.
“I’m sure I will.”
“Then I look forward to spending the rest of… eternity, I suppose, with you.” Marie laughed a little.
“That’s a long time,” she said quietly.
“It is, are you still sure?”
“Yes,” she said without hesitation. “The answer will probably always be yes.” He smiled and Marie lifted her head off of his shoulder. He took her hand and kissed the back of it.
“I have to carry on,” he said as he stood. “Stay safe, my dear.”
“Goodnight, Edward.”
“Goodnight, Marie.”
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Halloween
FanfictionUrban Legends were not something Marie took too seriously, a lot of them were truly fiction. But the tale of Edward Mordrake was one that scared her. The two-faced man would appear if a freak performed on Halloween and she was scared that she would...
