Chapter 1
St. Anthony's Cemetery
Brooklyn, New York
Hundreds of police officers from the five boroughs attend the funeral, he may have been an unconventional cop but they all respected him. The chief of detectives, the commissioner and even the mayor attend. His record was impeccable and he was a good cop.
Sitting to the right of Alex is Bobby's mother, Frances and sitting to her left is his brother, Frank. Alex looks up over the crowd and on the hill, she sees a tall man who seems to be watching her, not the ceremony. She looks away for a minute and when she looks up again he is gone.
Weird.
The service at the cemetery takes up to an hour and when it ends little by little, everyone starts to leave. Alex, Frank and Frances remain. Frances starts to cry again and Frank decides to take his mom back to the limo.
Frank asks, "Alex, are you coming?"
"I'll be right there." Alex stays behind a little longer. Her father walks up to her.
"Come on Alex."
"I'll be there in a minute."
Alex's sister Laurie grabs her father by the arm. "Dad let's leave her alone for a minute." The two turn and walk back to their car.
"Wow what a turn out, how did you get my brother to show up, give him a tip on a horse."
"No." Her eyes widen and her mouth opens. "Oh my God."
"Alex." She is startled and she turns quickly to her right. It is her brother Michael. "Are you alright?"
She looks to her left no one is there. "Yeah, I'm fine, come on lets go."
What the hell?
Phoenix, Arizona
Allison Dubois wakes from a dream, not as disturbing as most of her dreams. Nevertheless, something is wrong. She can feel it. The woman seems very familiar to her. She says the woman's name Alex, repeatedly in her head. She looks over at the clock it is 6:30 am.
Might as well get up.
She takes a shower and when she is done, she wakes her girls for school.
"Alex, it's my cousin Alex."
Allison's husband Joe walks into the kitchen. "Who? Who are you talking about?"
"I had a dream about a funeral. I think it was for a police officer. A woman has a vision of him and they are very close. The man is deceased. I recognized her and it finally hit me who she is. She's a distant cousin of mine."
"Have I ever met her?"
"No. Actually, I only met her couple of times myself, the last time, was at my grandfather's funeral. I think my father and her father are cousins."
"Does she live around here?"
"No she's from New York, if I remember correctly she's a police detective. I guess the man was her partner.
She takes a sip of coffee. "Joe you know what's really bothering me?"
"What."
"I don't think it's happened yet."
"What?"
"The funeral, I don't think the man is dead yet."
Bobby's House, Brooklyn New York
Alex and Frank have set up a reception at Bobby's home and many people pay their respects to Frances and Frank, but also to Alex. People are in and out of the house throughout the afternoon.
No one is on the back deck as Alex walks outside. She sits down and closes her eyes. The crowd is dissipating. She finally gets to sit down and have a drink. "It wasn't your fault, I hope you know that." She looks up at the patio door and no one is there. She is afraid to look in the other direction. She looks to her left and she gets a sickly feeling throughout her body. "I must be going crazy, this can't be happening."
"Alex, are you talking to me?" She hears a woman's voice and looks towards the door. Her sister is standing in the doorway.
She looks up at Laurie. "No. I was just talking out loud."
"Mom and Dad are getting ready to go they want to know if you want to ride with them."
"Tell them no, I'm not ready yet."
"Ok." She walks out onto the deck and gives her sister a hug and a kiss. "If you need me just call."
"I will." Her sister leaves and she is alone again.
"I always liked your sister, my brother and I used to be close. I guess we'll never be close again."
"Bobby," she says without turning her head.
"Yeah."
"Are you really here?"
"I don't know."
TBC