Jim and Melinda were at the lodge, they were just sitting on the porch watching the sunset. Melinda was unusually quiet and hadn't said much since they arrived.
"Mel, is something wrong?"
"No, it just brings back a lot of painful memories. I saw you get shot" she wiped away a tear and stood up.
"Mel, you need to let go of the night. I mean, we are both alive and in good health and have a wonderful daughter and one blessing on the way."
"I know, its just so hard to get the image out of my head" Jim went over and wrapped his arms around her and let her cry
Jim pulled her away and looked into her eye, "Do you want to leave"
"No, lets enjoy our time together" Melinda lead Jim to the bedroom and pushed him down on the bed. She started to run her hands across his chest.
"Mel, we shouldn't do this. I don't risk hurting the baby"
Melinda got off and looked at him. "Jim, a lot of people have sex when they are pregnant"
"Well, I just don't feel right". Melinda sighed and left the room and Jim went after her.
"I don't get you, you are crying one second and attacking me the next"
"I just want to be left alone"
"I thought the mood swings didn't start so soon"
Melinda gave him a look that could kill before she stormed into the bedroom slamming the door behind her. Jim went back outside and sat down on the porch he hated fighting with Melinda, it was just a matter of moments before she came out"
"Hey, are you ready to talk?"
"Jim, we have a visitor and he wants to talk to you" Melinda turned to the ghost that shot her husband just weeks before his own death,
"I just want to know if he can forgive me?" Melinda repeated his words back to Jim.
"I forgive you shooting me. Melinda told me about your step daughter and that is was an accident, I had a day like that myself, I didn't look at the tires on the ambulance and we flipped over killing the patient." Jim explained
Carl Neely looked out into the distance, "I see the light"
Melinda watched him go into it and pulled Jim into a hug.
"Jim, I owe you an apology. I saw his ghost as soon as we got here"
"I just wish you would of told me about him. Is hunter her too"
"No, he is still alive and is in jail"
"Hello Melinda, Jim" a voice behind them and they both turned and saw Hunter.
Jim ran over and tackled Hunter to the ground, as he did he could smell the alcohol on his breath.
"Hunter, how could you do this to me? I know you were hurt after the wedding, but you go and got drunk and take a loaded gun and pointed it at my husband.
"Hunter, how could you do this to me? I know you were hurt after the wedding but you go and got drunk and take a loaded gun and pointed it at my husband. I used to have nightmares about you every night; that you would find away to hurt or my daughter. I don't have the nightmares since Jim returned Hunter, I forgive you for the night.
"What?" Jim asked.
"It takes too much of my energy to hate. "
Melinda walked into the bedroom and called the police, and they came and took him away The couple decided to just leave even if it was late at night.
