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Over time Agnes found that being dead could actually be… fun! She visited all the old places where she used to hide from her parents and often went back to Melinda's antiques store.

For the first time, Agnes did feel angry. She wanted to do horrible things to anyone that ever hurt her. That anger overpowered her, and she didn't know how to control it. Agnes still found herself a nice person, but she was sick of being the good girl. She wanted to see what it was like to be the bad girl. And she had fun with it.

Agnes and Melinda still talked very often, and when Melinda promised that she would help her get a message to her parents, Agnes didn't know what she wanted to say to her parents.

About six days after her death, Agnes was sitting on a park bench watching some little kids play on a playground when another spirit approached her. "Mind if I sit here?" the spirit asked.

"Sure, it's not like you're really taking up space anyways," Agnes mumbled. "We are dead after all."

"I've heard so much about you, Agnes," the spirit told her. Agnes got up.

"How do you know me?" Agnes asked. "Who are you?" The spirit also stood up and smiled.

"Sorry if I scared you, but I'm Jim Clancy; Melinda's husband," he explained.

"Melinda was married?" Agnes said. "Huh, I never knew that."

"You do now," Jim replied. "Anyways it's nice to meet you, Agnes."

"You too, Jim," Agnes said. "When did you… you know… die?"

"Oh, a while ago," Jim said. "I heard about how you died. I'm so sorry!"

"Thanks," Agnes said. "Hey, do you want to go do something?"

"Like what?" Jim asked. He chuckled. "We're ghosts! What should we do?"

"I don't know," Agnes admitted.

"I was actually on my way to talk to Melinda when I saw you," Jim said. "Want to come?"

The two walked side by side, talking more about themselves and what kind of lives they lived. Agnes may not have told anyone but she enjoyed Jim's company. She saw him as more of a father figure than a friend. With Jim to keep her company, Agnes didn't want to cross into the light; she wanted to stay with Jim and Melinda forever.

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