Chapter 4
"I'm not a ghost, I am real" Says six year old Simone Lopez-Smith. Her
doctors watch her, and take notes. "I'll get to see you soon, don't worry
Hope." Simone's mother watched her daughter through the two way mirror;
wishing that her daughter didn't have to pay for her sins. Simone had been
born 4 months early; it was a miracle that she lived. The doctors said she
might be brain damaged, but Katherine was not prepared for what her
daughter was. She only spoke to two invisible people, and occasionally she
spoke to her mother. The doctors called her autistic, but Katherine
couldn't believe it.
Simone looked like a perfectly normal six-year-old girl. Her mother put her
daughters thick red hair in two pigtails, like most other six-year-old
girls. Simone wasn't other six year olds though, if anyone but her mother
touched her, she would stiffen and stare at that person with empty green
eyes. Every so often, she would hug a person, or assure them that they were
making the right choice. Mostly she would sit in her own world though.
Katherine watched her daughter, somewhat concerned, ever since September,
Simone had changed. Well everyone changed, but Simone clung to her mother
more, and spoke less to her two invisible friends.
"Hello my darling." Said Jeremiah, Katherine's husband. Jeremiah was a
godsend to Katherine.
She had been in the city for not even a week, and had just gotten fired from her job as a waitress. Nobody wanted to hire someone with no social security number. She was getting ready to go into a sleazy strip club when she met him. He was tall Redheaded and handsome. "Do you work there? You look so young-" "No, but I need a job, I can't work here long anyhow, I'm going to have a baby soon." "If you want a job here, don't tell them that, they like to keep girls as pretty as you." "I don't know you, why are you talking to me?" "Anyone can tell you're new to the city, you have this lost, needy look in your eyes, there's something about you though, I can't let you be thrown to the wolves." "I live with the wolves, excuse me so I can get a job." Before Katherine could take another step her body became engulfed in pain. The pain was so horrible she collapsed to the ground and blacked out. She awoke in the hospital, the strange man she had met stood next to her. "Oh thank god, you're alive." He said, "The doctors didn't give you a chance, they said you would die in 24 hours-" "What happened? Why am I here?" " Your baby decided to come early. Both of you were going to die." "And you were the hero, saving my life" said Kay bitterly "Look, I had to save your life ok? It would have looked like I killed you if I didn't. I tired to call your family, but they-" "I don't have a family." "I know that now, when I mentioned your name they hung the phone up, so I called a favor in from my uncle." "Thanks." Katherine was sort of relieved, but now she had nowhere to go, she was alone. "Kay, you were in a coma for almost 2 weeks, and then for a little while you were in and out, the doctors tried to save you, but you went into another coma, and they tried to save he baby" "My baby died?" "No, she was born yesterday, she's so tiny. I named her Simone, you had that name written down a lot-" "You went through my stuff?" "I lied to get you in here, I told them you were my fiancée, I told my uncle that I was going to marry you, and we did get married." "Tell me what happened. From the beginning." She didn't believe a word of what he said, but he was there for her, no one else was. " You looked dead after you collapsed, and a guy comes out of the club, and yells that I've killed s someone. I yell that my girlfriend just fell to the ground, someone call 911 and next thing we were in an ambulance. At the hospital I looked in your bag so I could call your family, a woman answered the phone, as soon as I said your name she hung up. I called my uncle and told him I needed money, he automatically assumed you were my girlfriend. He told me to marry you, and he sent a priest. I read everything in your bag, so I knew to lie about your name. I told them you were Katherine Lopez, my fiancée, and when you were out the first coma, I asked you to marry me, and you said yes, you were conscious through the whole ceremony, and then you started to fade in and out again. You slipped into another coma last week, and yesterday your baby was born."
Kay knew he was telling the truth then. She remembered a dream where she got married.and her family hated her, they were ready to kill her before she left harmony. Katherine and Jeremiah devised an elaborate story; both of them were family outcasts, so they decided to stay married. The baby was brought to them, and they knew that they would be the only parents she would know. Two months later Kay was out of the hospital and living in Jerry's lower Manhattan apartment. She was Katherine Smith now, wife of top Wall Street broker Jeremiah Smith. Kay Bennett no longer existed. It took a year before she kissed him, and ever since then, their marriage was happy, and they raised their daughter happily. Simone had just turned three the valentine's day when Katherine and Jeremiah renewed their vows. Katherine was depressed because she had seen someone from Harmony while shopping in the city. They hadn't recognized her, and all of the old emotions came back to her. Jeremiah sent Kay a boutique of white, long stemmed roses every hour until he came home, and then he carried a small white box with him. Tears rolled down her face as he asked her to be his wife, and right there they took vows to love each other forever. Katherine put her hand over her husbands and held it, happy to have him there. Her other hand rested on her stomach, which had just begun to show her pregnancy. That day, they were going to visit his Uncle. They were going to Harmony to visit Alistair Crane. A couple of weeks ago Kay went to harmony, and left a package at 3 different places. One was at the house where all her childhood friends now lived; one was at the home of her father, and the other at the home of her mother. She would not visit them while they were in Harmony. The doctors were done studying Simone. She ran into the room her parents were in, but she shocked them. Instead of running straight for her mother, she ran into her father's arms, and hugged him, as though that were the last time she would ever see him. " Daddy kiss Simone." Maybe their family was starting to come together now; Simone seemed to finally be breaking out of the shell she had put herself in.
Jess watched Kat and hope drawing, remembering when her and her sister used to draw. Looking at there drawings, she had to ask who the people in the pictures were. "This is Kay." Said Kat, pointing to a picture of a woman with a bun of yellow and brown hair, and a baby sticking out of her stomach. "And this is Simone, not the one that died but the little girl." Jessica sees a girl resembling Pippi Longstocking. Hopes pictures are different, but still intriguing. "That's me and Kat in Jeremiahs house, and that's Jeremiah." Said the little girl. Jessica knew something was strange, because Jeremiah had red hair, like the little girl Simone's hair. Things had been really strange since the package came a couple of weeks ago. Reese runs into the house, followed by Miguel. Both of them are breathless.
"Jess, your father just hit the car Kay was in, they are taking her and everyone else that was in the car to the hospital." "Kay? What? What's going on?"
Katherine, Jeremiah and Simone sat snuggled together in the back of the limo. Everything was so quiet and perfect. They were just entering Harmony when one of the limo doors flew open, and Jeremiah fell out of the limo. Katherine felt the world slip away from her as she went into the blackness of unconsciousness. Simone crawled out of the limo ands lay next to her father's body as the car that hit the limo stopped, and the driver looked at the scene. Sam Bennett nearly cried as he saw the pregnant woman lying on the ground, blood coming out of her ear, and her husband's body, lying several feet from her, with a little girl cradling him. Sam knew he had hit a family. His truck hit the back door of a limo, and he had destroyed a family. Looking closer he realized that the young woman wasn't any young woman, it was his Kay. His daughter, Kay.
She had been in the city for not even a week, and had just gotten fired from her job as a waitress. Nobody wanted to hire someone with no social security number. She was getting ready to go into a sleazy strip club when she met him. He was tall Redheaded and handsome. "Do you work there? You look so young-" "No, but I need a job, I can't work here long anyhow, I'm going to have a baby soon." "If you want a job here, don't tell them that, they like to keep girls as pretty as you." "I don't know you, why are you talking to me?" "Anyone can tell you're new to the city, you have this lost, needy look in your eyes, there's something about you though, I can't let you be thrown to the wolves." "I live with the wolves, excuse me so I can get a job." Before Katherine could take another step her body became engulfed in pain. The pain was so horrible she collapsed to the ground and blacked out. She awoke in the hospital, the strange man she had met stood next to her. "Oh thank god, you're alive." He said, "The doctors didn't give you a chance, they said you would die in 24 hours-" "What happened? Why am I here?" " Your baby decided to come early. Both of you were going to die." "And you were the hero, saving my life" said Kay bitterly "Look, I had to save your life ok? It would have looked like I killed you if I didn't. I tired to call your family, but they-" "I don't have a family." "I know that now, when I mentioned your name they hung the phone up, so I called a favor in from my uncle." "Thanks." Katherine was sort of relieved, but now she had nowhere to go, she was alone. "Kay, you were in a coma for almost 2 weeks, and then for a little while you were in and out, the doctors tried to save you, but you went into another coma, and they tried to save he baby" "My baby died?" "No, she was born yesterday, she's so tiny. I named her Simone, you had that name written down a lot-" "You went through my stuff?" "I lied to get you in here, I told them you were my fiancée, I told my uncle that I was going to marry you, and we did get married." "Tell me what happened. From the beginning." She didn't believe a word of what he said, but he was there for her, no one else was. " You looked dead after you collapsed, and a guy comes out of the club, and yells that I've killed s someone. I yell that my girlfriend just fell to the ground, someone call 911 and next thing we were in an ambulance. At the hospital I looked in your bag so I could call your family, a woman answered the phone, as soon as I said your name she hung up. I called my uncle and told him I needed money, he automatically assumed you were my girlfriend. He told me to marry you, and he sent a priest. I read everything in your bag, so I knew to lie about your name. I told them you were Katherine Lopez, my fiancée, and when you were out the first coma, I asked you to marry me, and you said yes, you were conscious through the whole ceremony, and then you started to fade in and out again. You slipped into another coma last week, and yesterday your baby was born."
Kay knew he was telling the truth then. She remembered a dream where she got married.and her family hated her, they were ready to kill her before she left harmony. Katherine and Jeremiah devised an elaborate story; both of them were family outcasts, so they decided to stay married. The baby was brought to them, and they knew that they would be the only parents she would know. Two months later Kay was out of the hospital and living in Jerry's lower Manhattan apartment. She was Katherine Smith now, wife of top Wall Street broker Jeremiah Smith. Kay Bennett no longer existed. It took a year before she kissed him, and ever since then, their marriage was happy, and they raised their daughter happily. Simone had just turned three the valentine's day when Katherine and Jeremiah renewed their vows. Katherine was depressed because she had seen someone from Harmony while shopping in the city. They hadn't recognized her, and all of the old emotions came back to her. Jeremiah sent Kay a boutique of white, long stemmed roses every hour until he came home, and then he carried a small white box with him. Tears rolled down her face as he asked her to be his wife, and right there they took vows to love each other forever. Katherine put her hand over her husbands and held it, happy to have him there. Her other hand rested on her stomach, which had just begun to show her pregnancy. That day, they were going to visit his Uncle. They were going to Harmony to visit Alistair Crane. A couple of weeks ago Kay went to harmony, and left a package at 3 different places. One was at the house where all her childhood friends now lived; one was at the home of her father, and the other at the home of her mother. She would not visit them while they were in Harmony. The doctors were done studying Simone. She ran into the room her parents were in, but she shocked them. Instead of running straight for her mother, she ran into her father's arms, and hugged him, as though that were the last time she would ever see him. " Daddy kiss Simone." Maybe their family was starting to come together now; Simone seemed to finally be breaking out of the shell she had put herself in.
Jess watched Kat and hope drawing, remembering when her and her sister used to draw. Looking at there drawings, she had to ask who the people in the pictures were. "This is Kay." Said Kat, pointing to a picture of a woman with a bun of yellow and brown hair, and a baby sticking out of her stomach. "And this is Simone, not the one that died but the little girl." Jessica sees a girl resembling Pippi Longstocking. Hopes pictures are different, but still intriguing. "That's me and Kat in Jeremiahs house, and that's Jeremiah." Said the little girl. Jessica knew something was strange, because Jeremiah had red hair, like the little girl Simone's hair. Things had been really strange since the package came a couple of weeks ago. Reese runs into the house, followed by Miguel. Both of them are breathless.
"Jess, your father just hit the car Kay was in, they are taking her and everyone else that was in the car to the hospital." "Kay? What? What's going on?"
Katherine, Jeremiah and Simone sat snuggled together in the back of the limo. Everything was so quiet and perfect. They were just entering Harmony when one of the limo doors flew open, and Jeremiah fell out of the limo. Katherine felt the world slip away from her as she went into the blackness of unconsciousness. Simone crawled out of the limo ands lay next to her father's body as the car that hit the limo stopped, and the driver looked at the scene. Sam Bennett nearly cried as he saw the pregnant woman lying on the ground, blood coming out of her ear, and her husband's body, lying several feet from her, with a little girl cradling him. Sam knew he had hit a family. His truck hit the back door of a limo, and he had destroyed a family. Looking closer he realized that the young woman wasn't any young woman, it was his Kay. His daughter, Kay.