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Chapter 2
Zoe took a step back, she began to feel fear, confusion, what was happening here? Her first thought was it was someone playing a joke "you fucking sick twisted bastard!" She yelled running up to the apparition "my husband was killed in cold blood and you dress up as him!" Her hands flew forwards towards the mans shoulders...
Zoe gasped in horror as her hands went right through the man that stood before her, the man that looked just like Nick.
"Oh my god" she managed to utter as she stepped backwards slowly trying desperately to control her breathing "what the fuck are you! And who are you" she was now sounding demanding and very afraid.
The man before her stood with a stern serious look upon his face, he was pale, his lips were blue, the clothes he wore were torn and old, now Zoe noticed cob webs hanging from the suit the man wore.
"Please tell me who you are" she pleaded falling to her knees.
"Its me Zoe, I was never gone" the man answered as he took a few steps towards her.
"Zoe you must help me, I can't cross over until my killer is brought to justice"
Zoe stared blankly at him.
"Time is running out Zoe you must listen to me, your in danger Zoe"
Zoe was now running, running as fast as she could, she could see the end of the field in sight, it just never seemed to come any closer...
"ZOE!"
The voice boomed behind her, the sound seemed to echo and bounce between the land and the sky, then suddenly...
BANG...
There was light everywhere "I'm safe! I'm safe" screamed Zoe.
"Of course you are safe mum"
Zoe looked beside her to see Nicky Junior smiling "mum you need to get a grip yeah" he said with a smile.
"Nicky my boy" sobbed Zoe pulling him close to her.
"Mum I miss dad too but you have to move on, we both do, its what dad would have wanted, you have to see a doctor"
Zoe held him tightly, she tried to hold back the tears that so needed to come out.
"Mum please"
"Yes I know, I know" said Zoe pulling back wiping a few stray tears away from her eyes.
"Iv to go to school now" said Nicky with a smile "maybe we could get a pizza tonight and watch a film, I got paid from my paper round" he continued looking proud, he had that same proud look of his father.
"You shouldn't waste your money on me" sobbed Zoe, but these were happy tears.
"Its not a waste mum I like pizza, plus its better than your cooking" chuckled Nicky as he left.
Nicky was going to follow in his fathers footsteps, Zoe could see that, the boy was so committed to everything he did, he wouldn't stop until he was at the top, his condition didn't seem to bother him at all, he had many friends, great grades and he once had a great father.
Zoe sighed "once he had a great father" she whispered the words to herself.
Tears filled her eyes as she forced herself to get up out of bed, she flicked on the radio and began getting her clothes ready for the day.
"ZOE"
She turned round, her heart pounding in her chest like a beating drum, of course there was nobody there.
"Get it together Zoe" she muttered to herself walking to the kitchen and making herself some breakfast.
The place was strange without Nick around, even though at this time in the morning he was never normally around, he would at this point be out patrolling the neighbourhood or doing the garden.
She pottered around for a while doing bits of housework here and there, looking at her watch she realised she was late for work, but she knew nobody would mind, everyone had been more than understanding these last few weeks.
She got herself ready and headed out.
"Good morning Zo" said the postman with a smile.
"Oh morning" she muttered clearly not in the mood to talk, the postman could see this, so he didn't hang around, he just handed over her post and was on his way.
It took Zoe almost two hours to drive to work, she had stopped to put some flowers on Nick's grave, she planned to go everyday, it was silent promise she had made to him in his dying moments, but it was a promise she knew she couldn't keep.
When someone dies everyone says they will visit the grave of their love one daily, weekly or even monthly but she knew as well as anyone nobody ever stuck to it, for life gets in the way, work, daily tasks, life goes on.
However she vowed to go up as much as possible, she wasn't going to allow herself to move on, she just couldn't.
Her shift at work was much like any other, it was a friday so she was happy to be off shift before the 6 o clock rush, drunks and druggies were not something she wanted to be dealing with at the moment, although she did find some of these undesirables highly amusing, sometimes they brightened up the shift but on the other hand she couldn't help thinking they were taking up valuable beds which patients with life threatening conditions and illnesses very much needed.
All through her shift she could feel a presence, a warm one, Nick, the place still smelt of him, every corridor and every corner, every cubicle, every bed, in the staff room his sponge bob square pants mug sat untouched, in his office there were packs of pens and other stationary which had never been used.
She often sat alone in his office reminiscing, she remembered the time he had kissed her in here, as she looked to her left there sat a jug of water, it had been there for weeks, she walked over and picked up the half full glass that lay beside it, she ran her mouth around the rim hoping to taste him, and she could, she cried at the taste that filled her mouth before dropping to her knees in floods of tears.
This was now a daily occurrence, it couldn't go on, but she couldn't let go, soon this office would be taken over by a new clinical lead, she couldn't help wondering why it had taken so long to find someone else to take on the job, Nick had retired almost a year ago now and still there was nobody willing to take on the job.
She herself had had a go but upon Nick retiring and their son hitting 16 she to had taken a back seat from work.
She dried her eyes and made her way out to her car, she was going to see Nicky give his big speech to a hall full of people at his school.
He was always willing to talk openly about his condition, his Dad had a lot to do with this, Zoe smiled to herself at the thought and made her way to the school.
She found a seat at the front and sat down, she looked beside her to say something to Nick, it then dawned on her he was dead, she sighed, she just couldn't believe he was really gone, normally he would be sat right beside her.
The head teacher soon appeared on stage and began introducing people, soon Nicky was called and Zoe clapped along with the rest of the hall.
Nicky stood up and walked to the centre of the stage, Zoe couldn't detect one bit of nervousness, she was so proud of her son, she flashed him a smile, she couldn't stop smiling, and for a few moments she forgot about her sadness.
"Hello everyone, my names Nicky and I have a condition called cerebral palsy, I know it sounds like a grand national winner doesn't it" he started, a few people laughed at his little joke which gave him time to take a quick glance down at his notes, he had so much to say.
He took a deep breath before continuing.
"Cerebral palsy is a disorder of posture and movement which results from damage to the developing brain before, during or after birth, also sometimes early in childhood, it is a non progressive condition and it varies in severity from slight clumsiness of hand movement and gait to complete immobility"
He now had a serious look on his face as his eyes scanned the hall which was now full, it was so silent you could hear a pin drop, this made him feel powerful.
"In most cases damage occurs before or at birth sometimes as it was for a me as a result of cerebral hypoxia, for the un educated this means an inadequate supply of oxygen to the brain" again there were a few giggles from the audience.
"Iv chosen to stand before you all today to raise awareness about my condition, I'm not the only person in the world who suffers from this, and I won't be the last, I just want you all to know I'm no different to anyone of you, we are all the same"
The speech continued for another ten minutes or so, Zoe at this point had stopped listening, for this part was all about Nicky's charity badges and wrist bands which he sold mainly over the internet but also to anyone he found that would buy them.
She was of course proud of him for this but she had heard his advertising patter a million times.
Glancing around the hall a shiver ran down her spine, she felt someone was watching her, someone's eyes were burning into her back.
She scanned the large hall till her eyes were drawn to a tall dark figure stood at the back of the hall, narrowing her eyes she gasped.
"NICK" she called shooting to her feet as the figure seemed to hover closer and closer.
"AHHHHH!" She cried as she felt her legs give way, her body go limp and everything faded to black...
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