Melinda Gordon looked around the old house. She found the house to be very beautiful and comforting. She there on business, looking for items for her antique store. Close friend and employee Andrea Moreno accompanied her on this trip.
"Isn't this just a wonderful house, Melinda?" Andrea sighed. "You wonder what life was like here so many years ago."
Melinda smiled her soft smile. "I know. This house has a history." She looked in the opposite room and saw a figure. The figure stared at Melinda. The stare, though not fierce or threatening, was rather intimidating. Melinda wondered if she and the others were welcome in the house.
The figure swept quickly to Melinda's side. "I know you see me." She airly spoke. "Your eyes give it away."
Melinda tried not to let on that there was a presence. Andrea would understand, but the rest of the group would not. Melinda merely smiled and nodded her head. "Yes, I do." She whispered.
Andrea looked at Melinda. "Are we in ghostly presence?" She had gotten used to Melinda's ability to see and interact with dead people and was able to tell when a spirit was talking to Melinda.
"Yes."
"Does she see me?" The figure asked Melinda.
"No. Only I do." Melinda tried to keep her voice down. She didn't want to attract any attention.
"If you can see me, then you can help." The figure now stood in front of Melinda.
"How?" Melinda toyed with her hair.
"I want you to buy the safe. It won't be worth much right now, but I will help you discover its secrets when the time is right." And the figure vanished.
Andrea looked at Melinda. "Everything okay?"
Melinda nodded. "Yeah, but she wants me to buy the safe."
"She?" Andrea was surprised.
Melinda looked at Andrea. "Yeah, she. Why? Wait!" She held her hand up. "Don't tell me. Women are a 21st century invention. Until the year 2000, men had the babies. Then suddenly, there was this strange looking one with breasts and the men ah'ed and oh'ed over it and called her woman."
Andrea looked at her friend. "No. But you are quick. The tour guide said no women ever dwelled in this house. The guy who built it felt women were of the devil."
"And how right he was." The ghostly lady stood alongside Melinda. "I tried to make him to feel that way and where did it get me?" She leaned into Melinda. "How come you and only you can see me?"
"Because I'm the only one that can." She saw the tour guide looking at her. "The only one that can honestly say I want that safe." She smiled, hoping she fooled everyone.
"How much do you want to pay for it?" The guide asked.
"What's the asking price?" Melinda returned.
"It's not really on the block, so what you want to pay for it is fine. The family wants to get rid of everything."
"I don't understand that. If this guy believed so much that women were of the devil, how did he have kids and a family?" Andrea asked.
Melinda shook her head. She wasn't sure of what to make of the mystery forming around her and the safe and wondered what secrets the house held.
This is my first attempt at a GW fan fic. Please let me know what you think. Thanks!