The Ghost
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Last published Wed, Feb 26, 2020
He was there, and then he wasn't. That's what Elaina found herself realizing so often.
Who was he?
What was he?
Always dressed in that black trench coat, pale blonde hair beneath the black fedora he wore. He spoke to her many of times, she could almost reach out and touch him-
But ghosts weren't real, were they?
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