Freddy's Redemption

Chapter 1

It was only about five months before Freddy and I were getting married. I know that doesn't sound like a short time, but time has always flied right by for me. I was picking out a wedding dress with my adopted daughter, Rose. She had recent experience with picking out a wedding dress when she was helping out for a friend's wedding.

I was changing into my third dress for the day when Rose knocked on the dressing room door. "Could you hurry up a little, mom?" Rose asked impatiently "We're wasting daylight."

I finally got the dress on right and replied, "I'm coming, just wait a minute." I heard Rose sigh in irritation outside the dressing room. I soon came out in a spaghetti strapped dress with my hair put up and the vale put over my head.

Rose looked me up and down before saying, "Go try on the strapless dress," she pointed to the dress with some white lining on it.

I was quicker with trying on this dress. When I stepped out of the dressing room Rose only gapped at me. "If we could go with a little bit of lighter makeup, it would be perfect."

I looked in the mirror for a moment. Personally, I didn't like the dress. Maybe it was the makeup. I decided to try the dress and see. "I'll take it," I said.
"Then we're making progress," Rose said. "Let's get this bitch paid for."

"Rose no swearing in public places," I scorned as I was glaring at her.

"Sorry."

We walked up to the cashier and she got the price of the dress. "Fifteen hundred dollars," she demanded. We both gapped at the price but paid up anyway.

"Let's get this home before she raises the price," I suggested as we walked out the front door.

"Agreed," Rose said.

We soon got home to the new house that Freddy and I bought thanks to a new job I got working at a local school. The house was tan with a dark brown roof. Freddy soon came and greeted us at the front door.

"Hey ladies," he said with a smile on his face.

"Hey babe," I greeted back.

"Hey daddy," Rose greeted. I personally found it a little strange that Rose was now fifteen and she still called Freddy and I "mommy and daddy." I guess that was just a little girl and teenage thing.

When we were out of the car (the black Chevrolet from the day that Lisa had died that Freddy and I decided to keep) I asked Freddy, "How's it going with the invitations?"

Freddy looked at me. "Well Alice says she isn't coming," Freddy said.

"Why not?"

"She says that Jacob has been acting very strange lately and she thinks it might be another one of his phases that sometimes takes him almost a year to get out of."

"He usually doesn't go into those phases very often. It's a shame, too. I really wanted them to come."

Freddy's tone grew mischievous. "So…can I see the dress?"

"Daddy," Rose moaned. "You know it's bad luck if you see the dress before the day of the wedding."

Freddy sighed. "Yes, dear. I just can't get any luck, can I. It's like I'm possessed by some 'can't get no good luck' spirit.''

"You'll see the dress the day of the wedding," Rose said. She then went inside to get her homework done.

Freddy's look soon turned sour, which meant he had bad news for me. He handed me today's newspaper. "Take a look at this," he grumbled. I read the front head line. "Complaints of strange possessions hit Cincinnati."

"What is this supposed to mean?" I asked.

"Look closely at the top right corner, I mean it, you got to really squint at it."

I followed Freddy's instructions. As I squinted closer to the paper, what I saw nearly made me go into shock. "That's Akki," I whispered to myself.

"You're damn right that is," Freddy muttered.

My eyes widened. "How is she back? I thought Toshio threw Akki into that pit of fire in Niota after she killed Kayako?"

"She must have known some way to survive."

I thought of something just then. "Does Toshio know about this?"

"He's the one that told me about it on the phone," Freddy said in a worried tone.

Another bad thought popped into my head. "Do you think Akki could've went after Jacob?"

Freddy rolled his eyes. "Impossible, Nancy. Do remember Alice is the 'dream master'. If anybody or anything tried to touch her child she'd beat them within an inch of their lives."

"I suppose you're right, but I'm gonna call her anyway." I headed inside and dialed Alice's number. The phone rang three times before Alice answered it.

"Hello," Alice greeted.

"Alice I wanted to ask you something. Before Jacob went into one of his phases, was anything unusual going on?"

"Nothing out of the ordinary. But you shouldn't be worrying about me, Nancy. You should be worrying about you and your big day. Sorry we won't be able to make it."

"It's okay, we'll send you photos."

"Alright then, bye." Alice hung up the phone.

"What did I tell ya," Freddy bragged. "Nothing to worry about."

I rolled my eyes at him. "I just wanted to be sure." Freddy came and tried to wrap his arms around me. I asked a question I was constantly repeating. "What have I told you about this kind of activity?"

Freddy rolled his eyes at me and repeated his answer of, "No sex until marriage. God, September sixteenth can't come soon enough."

I chuckled at him. One of the best things I liked about this relationship is that I was the one in control. Even though sometimes I've considered breaking my own rule myself. I've always tried to shrug off that "little" urge and do other activities.

"Mom, can I have some help with my homework?" Rose asked.

"I'll be right up," I yelled up the stairs. Today was gonna be another good day of distractions.