In ten minutes Melinda cried harder then she's ever cried in her life, she even cried harder then the night Jamie died.
Melinda started to calm down a little bit. Her cries came out in a mix of sniffs, hiccups and chokes, a good sign that her crying was coming to an end.
She opened her eyes, which had been shut most of the past ten minutes, and came face to face with Jim's shirt. It was drenched in tears, and wrinkled where she had grabbed onto it.
She was still looking at his shirt when she said between hiccups and sniffs, "Sorry I….. ruined….. your shirt"
"It's okay, this is why I wore this shirt today."
Melinda let out a small laugh then looked up at jim, "I love you," she whispered.
"I love you to," he said while brushing Melinda's hair out of her face.
Melinda put her head back down on Jim's chest and closed her eyes. She opened her mouth to say something but shut it. She did this a couple of times before finally saing, "I'm sorry I was so wrong about you"
"It's okay. I know it's hard. Sometimes at work we loose patients, and when we have to tell their family, we don't know how they will judge us. But we still do it, because no matter what, we know that we did everything that we could do. No matter what they think"
"How could I have been so stupid?"
"Hey you were not stupid, you were scared. There's a big difference," Jim thought this would make Melinda relaxe, but instead he felt her entire body tense up, "What's wrong babe?"
"I wish my mother understood like you" Whenever the subject of Melinda's mother was brought up, she couldn't help but get angry.
"What are you talking about?"
"She blamed me"
"For what?"
"For everything! She blamed me when my father left. She said he would have never left if I was a normal child. She blamed me for all her problems. I was just one big scapegoat for her. And then when Jamie died-" Melinda grew quiet as a memory flooded her head.
Melinda and Mrs. Gordon walked in their house, neither of them looking at each other. Their eyes were blood shot from crying.
"I just can't believe she's gone" Mrs. Gordon cried.
"Mom I'm so sorry" Melinda whispered.
"Sorry? You're sorry? Sorry doesn't cut it Melinda. You got your sister killed. How fast were you driving? What did you have to drink? Did you know that, that deer was there?"
"You can't honestly think I killed her do you?"
"I don't know what to think Melinda. This morning you yelled at me about how I give Jamie more attention and how I love her more. Now tonight she's dead. What do you want me to do? Say it's okay and act like you did nothing wrong?"
"Yes mom, I would. That would help"
By this point the two girls were yelling at each other.
"Well I can't do that"
"Why not?"
"The day you see Jamie you come to me, and I'll tell you"
"That's not fair! Jamie doesn't have any reason to stay earth bound!"
"Well then I guess you'll never know will you?" Mrs. Gordon put her head in her hands, "Go to your room Melinda"
"But mom!"
"GO TO YOUR ROOM!"
Melinda went down the hall. When she got to her door, she turned to face her mom with tear and hate filled eye, "I hate you!" With that she walked into her room and slammed the door.
"Mel?" Jims voice brought her back, "What's wrong?"
"She's never looked at me he same. She's hated me for 10 years. She thinks I killed her on purpose"
"What? How could she think that?"
Melinda squeezed her eyes shut, "Because of our fight"
"What fight?"
"Earlier the same day that Jamie died, my mom and I got into a huge fight. I told her that she treated Jamie so much better then me, and how she loved her more. I told her- I told her I sometimes wished she never even had Jamie," Melinda began to cry again, " How could I say that? My own sister"
"Hey, it's okay, you were angry. When peole are angry we say things we don't mean," Jim began stroking Melinda's hair.
"no it's not okay. When we were in the car coming home, the last thing I thought right before the accident was how jealous I was of her. I was jealous she had more of a normal life then me. Jealous because my mom loved her more. Jealous because she didn't really remember my dad, so it hurt less. I was just so angry at her. That's why my mom hates me so much. She thinks I crashed the car on purpose."
"But you didn't"
"I don't know. My mom wouldn't even tell me it was all an accident. She said she couldn't. she said-" Melinda stopped short.
"What?"
"She said 'The day you see Jamie you come to me, and I'll tell you.' I told her it wasn't fair, because Jamie doesn't have any reason to be earth bound, so I'll never know."
"maybe that's why your mother said what she said. She knew you would never see her."
"That's not true."
"What?"
Melinda got up from Jim, walked to the kitchen and sat down. She heard Jim get up and walk down the hall as well. He sat down at the table across from his wife.
"I saw her, Jamie"
"What? When?"
"My dream last night was about Jamie," Jim opened his mouth to say something, but Melinda held up her hand to stop him, "I woke up, all scared, and then I saw Jamie standing right at the foot of my bed. That's why I screamed. At first I thought I was just weeing things, but later I knew I wasn't. I saw her outside my store, and then again in the back room."
"Did you talk to her?"
"Only for a minute. Andrea walked in before I could say a lot"
"Well what did you say?"
"She asked me where she was, and when I told her, she didn't believe I owned a store. She said she doesn't know anything aexcept that she's dead, and has a headache where she hit her head. I asked her to forgive me, but she left before I got an answer. I just can't believe she's here. She's been earth bound 10 years with unfinished business."
"The thing I don't get is why did she come back now? I mean why not sooner?" Jim asked puzzled.
"Well some ghosts are stuck in a sort of limbo, and don't know it. Then an event happens in their families lives that triggers something and they come back"
"Last night," jim said figuring it out.
"Exactly. Last night was the anniversary of her death, and we topped it off by practically recreating what happened. So now she's back, which means….."
"What?"
"It means I have to talk to the last person on earth I ever wanted to turn to"
Sorry if it's confusing. There's not a lot of stuff going on, it's just them talking. So if you want more please read and review! Please and thank you!