Death Contract

The Zombie Man Part 2

Chapter 4

Once upon a time, in a faraway land, there was a zombie who woke up from his hundred years of sleeping. Looking back on why he chose to sleep for that long, he remembers that it is because of the cruelty of the world.

I immediately flipped the book to read the next page.

A long time ago, his wife was killed by humans, for zombies are monsters. But, they didn't know that it was their cruelty and their fear of something that they did not know was much more monstrous.

I moved to the next page again.

With that, the Zombie Man chooses to live a simple life away from other people. Day by day, the Zombie Man chooses to pretend to be a human but fails.

I was about to turn to the next page of "The Zombie Man," the book I'm rereading. But I was immediately taken aback by the arrival of a new guest today.

"How are you, Hailey?" Asked by the man who's checking my vitals. He was Dr. Charles Perelman, Hailey's father.

Ridiculously, it seems like me and the zombie man in the children's book that I am reading right now have the same situation. I am now pretending to be someone I am not.

Not even once or thrice when I tried to convince myself during the few days I stayed here that maybe I was really Hailey and not Mary Sean. I might just be confused, but no! I could not convince myself of that nonsense.

"I am fine, D-Doc." I quickly answered. In recent days, I have been trying my best to get along with them. Until now, I have been pushing myself to get used to them calling me Hailey.

It's hard. I'm having a hard time.

Sometimes I feel dumb and think that maybe this is just a dream. Sometimes, I just think of my dad and what is happening. I am very depressed and I don't know what to do anymore.

But, somehow, these past few days have been fine. Nothing bothered me much, and they all thought that I had short-term memory loss. They said that I have been lying here for six months, I did not die, and it is a miracle that I survived. That is their story.

I asked where I was. They said I was in Adelaide Hospital, a private hospital and one of the wealthiest hospitals in Manila. That is when I remembered that Hailey was the granddaughter of the owner of Adelaide Academy in Plamour City.

But, what really happens? How come that I am inside this body? What nonsense is this? Hasn't God finished torturing my life? After he gave me the ability to see human death, then this? Why didn't he just kill me?

"My daughter, I am your dad, so don't call me Doc, just Dad. Is it okay for you? " I just nodded in response. He smiled and added, "By the way, someone wants to pay a visit to you. He said he misses you very much. " The doctor said while checking my vitals. I looked at him in surprise.

"W-Who is it?" I feel like I should ask.

"Your boyfriend, Albus, comes in." That's when my eyes widened at what Mr. Perelman said.

So, Albus and Hailey are alive? Then the only dad died.

What a trick of nature!