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Chapter 6

Smile an ever lasting smile
A smile can bring you near to me
Don't ever let me find you gone
'cause that would bring a tear to me
This world has lost its glory
Let's start a brand new story
Now my love
You think that I don't even mean
A single word I say

It's only words
And words are all I have
To take your heart away

Talk in ever lasting words
And dedicate them all to me
And I will give you all my life
I'm here if you should call to me
You think that I don't even mean
A single word I say

It's only words
And words are all I have
To take your heart away

It's only words
And words are all I have
To take your heart away...

The music suddenly came on, Zoe pulled herself up and looked around "what's going on!?" she yelled.

This was another song that reminded her so much of Nick mainly because it was playing the night he was murdered, when she was sat holding his hand as he died, this was the song that played softly in the background as she watched paramedics try to revive him.

"Mum what's happened" came Nicky's voice.
"I don't know" admitted Zoe turning the CD player off, and that was true, she didn't know. She couldn't understand what was going on, how can a CD player suddenly turn itself on and choose a song?

"Go to bed" she demanded "I need to clean this mess up"

Nicky shook his head and walked away.

"Nicky" she called him back "I thought you had gone out?" She questioned.
"I did, but I came back, its cold outside" he answered with a shrug "I'm going to bed now"

Zoe watched him walk in the direction of his room, something wasn't right about him, a window had just been smashed and he didn't seem one little bit surprised by it, he had clearly seen her holding the note that was wrapped round the brick but he didn't ask about it, this wasn't like him at all.

She took a deep breath and called the police, she knew you couldn't get fingerprints from a brick and she knew that they wouldn't come out at this time for the sake of a broken window.

She explained to the sergeant about her husbands death and made her concerns known that she thought the broken window and note could be linked to Nick's killer, but just as she had expected the Sergeant disagreed and told her it was most likely drunks or kids messing about.

She ended the phone call with a polite "thanks a fucking lot" before slamming the receiver down.

She cleaned the place up and managed to make the window safe until morning, it was late and she didn't want to be calling anyone out at this time of night, not that she could think of anyone to call, she had already upset the one friend that had been there for her.

Soon she was tucked up in bed, she left her door slightly ajar so the hallway light could shine in dimly, she didn't want to sleep in the pitch black, she lay on her side and soon fell asleep...

A few hours in she began waking up, she let out a groan and turned over, her eyes shot open, something didn't feel right here, the bed was cold, to cold.
She could hear breathing.
There was a strong smell of aftershave in the air.
She felt someone's breath on the back of her neck.

She knew she wasn't alone in this bed, someone or something was behind her, slowly she rolled onto her back and turned her head to see a pair of eyes staring back at her...

She froze, her body was paralysed, there was no way she could move, the face she looked at was pale, the eyes were so deep and dark, it was like looking at a pair of empty eye sockets.

She managed a gasp as she watched the figure rise from beside her, she had clearer view now - it was Nick - but this time he looked different to other times, he now looked angry.

"Go away from here Zoe" his voice boomed, she couldn't move still.
"I mean it Zoe!"
Her heart was now racing, racing so much it was causing her chest to tighten and fill with pain, she gasped for breath as the figure slowly began to fade and then finally vanish.

Zoe lay there trying to slow her breathing down, she was afraid now, she didn't know what was going on, was she seeing Nick? Or was she having some kind of breakdown? Could this have been a dream? A possible case of sleep paralysis?

By this point the heat had returned to the room, whatever was there had gone, but she didn't feel comfortable in this room anymore, she gathered some bedding and made her way to the sofa where she spent the remainder of the night.

The next morning she headed straight to the ED, she had to talk to someone about what had happened, plus she had to apologise to Charlie for her little outburst, something she deeply regretted.

She soon found him without to much bothered and the two of them found a quite unattended office to talk in.

Zoe sat and explained to him exactly what had occurred the previous night, she could tell by his facial expression he was still annoyed at her for throwing him out.

"It was him Charlie, I just know it was" she began to sob.

"Sleep paralysis" Charlie answered.

Somehow Zoe knew this would be his response, she watched him stand up and walk to a near by window, he stood with one hand in his pocket, the other on his shoulder hugging himself.
"Sleep paralysis, a temporary inability to move or speak which happens when you are waking up"

"Charlie no! It wasn't that I don't even know if I was asleep! I mean I could move! I turned over! How could I turn over if it was ..."

"Or, less commonly, falling asleep" he interrupted.

Zoe sighed and covered her face with both hands.

"Although you are awake, your body is briefly paralysed, after which you can move and speak as normal. The paralysis can last from a few seconds to several minutes, obviously several minutes in your case" he finished his sentence and came to sit back down by which point Zoe was out the door and half way down the corridor.

She was half way out of the ED when she heard "hey Zoe!" She spun round angrily to see big Mac and Noel stood smiling.
"We think we might be able to help with your ghost problem" shouted Noel.
Zoe frowned and took a few steps towards them "what do you mean?" She asked annoyed that Charlie had been gossiping to them.
"We have ouija board you can borrow" said big Mac smiling.
"Oh drop dead!" screamed Zoe sharply turning and walking out, she could hear them giggling as she left which angered her even more.

She got in the car and slammed the excelerater pedal down hard "fucking people" she screamed swerving the car round and exiting the ED car park.

When she finally pulled up at home she didn't want to leave the car, she knew going into that flat she would be faced with questions from Nicky, questions she couldn't answer, she sat for a while listening to music, every song that played seemed to remind her of Nick in some way.

She began driving again, she went down roads she had never been down before, she didn't know where she was going, she turned the volume up and started singing along to the music that blasted from the surround sound speakers in the car.

"I miss you Nick" she screamed as tears began to form in her eyes.

"I'm here Zoe" echoed a voice, it seemed to stop the music as it spoke.

"You must leave that flat Zoe" insisted the voice.

Zoe looked around as she drove. "Your not here, your dead, I can't hear you!" She was shouting now.

Suddenly the music player turned itself off, the windscreen wipers began to work alone, the windows in the car began to move up and down un aided.

Zoe looked ahead just in time to see the headlights of an approaching van, she screamed as the car collided with the vehicle, the car did several swerves left to right before turning over and dropping down a hill, it came to rest by a tree on a cliffs edge...

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