The next morning Jim woke up and looked over at Melinda's sleeping body. He loved the way the sunlight came through the window hitting her. It made her look like an angel.

He quietly got out of bed and went down stairs to make coffee. When he sat down the phone rang. He quickly got up to get it so it wouldn't wake Melinda.

"Hello?... Oh hey Andrea…. Not much……..She woke up screaming….No…..She won't tell me…She said I would never understand…..Okay…..All right….Okay I'll tell her. Bye."

When he hung up the phone he noticed Melinda was standing in the doorway.

"Who was that?"

"Andrea. She said if you weren't feeling good you could stay home. She can manage the store"

"Thanks, but no thanks. I can't just not go to work just because I had a bad dream. Besides, do you honestly expect me to leave Andrea alone all day?"

"You have a point," Melinda giggled which made Jim feel better, "Well I'm off. Love you."

"Love you too" Melinda replied. Jim leaned over to give her a kiss then was out the door.

Melinda sat at the table for a few more minutes before getting up to get ready to go to work.

She went upstairs to go and take a shower. She let the hot water cascade down her back, washing away all her worries down the drain. She was thinking about Jim. She's never seen him this worried about her before. She felt grateful to have such a caring husband. Maybe he would understand.

"I might tell him sometimes soon" she thought to herself.

When she got out of the shower she wrapped herself in a towel and went to her room. She spent a good five minutes trying to decide what to wear. She finally decided on a simple pair of jeans and a blue sweater, and would throw her hair up in a bun. Simple, but she didn't feel like getting dressed up. There was no need to.

She went downstairs and called Andrea.

"Hey Andrea…..I'm fine you?...That's good. Hey listen I'm gonna come to work today….yes I'm sure….I just had a bad dream…..No I won't fall asleep at the counter….Okay I'll see you later…..Bye" she hung up the phone and went to her car.

The good thing about Grandview was that everything was close together. It only took her 10 to 15 minutes to get to work. This made her glad. She didn't want to be in the car any more then she had to. She also really wanted to get to work. Her work was probably the one thing that could distract her from any problem she was having.

When she got there she saw Andrea all ready standing behind the counter. Melinda opened the door and walked in. Andrea looked up to the sound of the bell on the door. A big smile crossed her face when Melinda walked in.

"Hey girl!" Andrea said excitedly.

"Hey. What did you have for breakfast?" Melinda teased.

"Can't a girl be excited to see her best friend in the entire world?"

"What do you want?" Melinda walked behind the counter and began rearranging everything.

"What do you mean?"

"You only act all chipper when you want something."

"I do not!" Andrea declared, Melinda gave her a look, "Okay you got me. I just want to know, what's wrong with you?"

"Did Jim put you up to this?"

"No, I just want to know. You don't seem yourself."

"I'm fine okay? Can we just get back to work?"

"Okay" Andrea agreed, dragging out the word.

At this point someone walked in and looked around the store. She walked up to the counter holding a small lamp.

"Excuse me, how much is this?"

"That is…. around 30 dollars" Andrea responded.

"Thank you"

"No problem. Anything else?"

"Yes, could I see that clock?" She pointed behind the counter at an old coo coo clock.

"Sure" Andrea handed her the clock.

"How much is this?"

Andrea took it and turned it around, "Uh I'm not sure," she turned to Melinda, "Melinda how much is this? Melinda?"

But Melinda wasn't paying any attention. Not to Andrea, but she was transfixed on something outside. Andrea knew that look. It was the look Melinda got when she saw a ghost. She tried to distract the customer and let Melinda see. But only for a little bit.

Outside Melinda saw Jamie standing in the middle of the road, eyes glued to Melinda's. Melinda tried to look away but couldn't. Jamie began walking toward her. It was all Melinda could do not to back up. Jamie kept walking toward her, until a car drove right threw her, then, she was gone.

"Mel are you okay? Melinda? Mel?!"

"Yeah, fine"

I know it's a little boring, but I needed a way to get to the ending part of this chapter.