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It was 5:30pm, Melinda and Jim had been back at home for a couple of hours, had already unpacked and were now preparing dinner so they could just heat it all up later. "I'm so glad Delia's coming over, I missed her, and the store"-and it means less chance of me being left with Marcus alone-Melinda added silently, she had asked Delia to come over at 7:00, so she would have company when the madman arrived –Jim hasn't even mentioned going to the firehouse later though, maybe Marcus got it wrong-Mel thought.
"Yeah It'll be nice to see her, hey is Ned coming too?" Jim asked while washing up the mixing bowls he had used, "No, he's at a friend's so we won't see him tonight, hey do you mind if I invite Rick? I haven't seen him for a while" Mel asked as she rummaged around in cupboards looking for salt.
"Umm sure, I mean yeah, he's your friend right" Jim said, smiling-a little weird but still a friend-he added to himself -I'm not a huge fan of Professor Payne-in-the-ass, he definitely wants more than meaningful conversation with Melinda, hey you know what? I should just try to be nice....for Mel -"That'd be nice" Jim lied. "Great, I'll call him once I'm finished with the salad" Just then her cell could be heard ringing from upstairs "hey I'll be back in a sec" Mel said, taking the stairs two at a time.
She reached her cell phone and immediately relaxed when she saw that the caller ID said Delia "Hey Delia, what's up?" Mel asked cheerfully, "Oh no you sound happy, okay I'm sorry, I suck okay, but I can't get to your house until like after 8:00 because Ned wants me to drop him at his friend's house, is that too late I mean I know it's Sunday and all so we have work tomorrow.." Delia ranted guiltily.-..NO, it is NOT okay, PLEASE don't leave me here ALONE!-"Hey don't worry about it, that's totally fine" Melinda lied smoothly though her heart was pounding hard in her chest. "Okay, great, Sorry again, I'll see you later, bye" Delia said, hanging up.
Melinda's heart was constricting with fear as she thought of herself being trapped in the house with Marcus-I wonder if the neighbours would hear me if I screamed loud enough-Melinda joked morbidly to herself. Melinda's head began to spin, faster and faster as she tried to walk towards her bed. There was only one person who could be affecting her that way and she was also the only person who could help her right now- why does she have to come with such nasty side-effects?-"Alice?, Alice are you there?, can you hear me?" Melinda whispered.
Alice appeared in front of Mel, looking terrified "Melinda he's coming here, he's going to come to your house!" Alice semi-screeched "I know" was all Mel said as she tried to maintain her balance and began to feel nauseous. "Melinda this is how it happened to me, he told my Dan that he was an old school friend and then he came to work with me the next day, he started following me everywhere.
Oh my god he's going to hurt you Melinda, I'm sorry but I can see it, you're going to make him angry. Why would you do that Melinda? He's dangerous, so dangerous". Alice began to sob as she reached out and touched Melinda's face, as if to stroke her cheek but instead pulling her into a vision.
–I guess dizziness and nausea don't exist here-Melinda observed as she looked on in horror as a scene played out in front of her.
Melinda was running along the sidewalk trying to reach her car, she looked over her shoulder and saw Marcus running after her. As she reached the car she jumped in and turned the car around, only to find Marcus standing in the middle of the road laughing hysterically, but she carried on driving as fast as she could.
The scene shifted and Melinda felt disoriented –wait, why is everything upside down?-Melinda wondered and then she saw that she was in her car, upside down on the side of the road. She could smell gas and smoke-not a good combination-she thought. She tried to scream out for help but her chest was crushed against the steering wheel, not allowing her to breathe, never mind talk. She could feel the pain in her chest where the steering wheel pushed mercilessly against her shattered ribs, her breath was coming out shaky and shallow, she sounded as though she was underwater, and that's when she realised that there was a stream of blood flowing from her mouth, harder with every breath.
The scene shifted again and Melinda was in a hospital bed with Rick Payne by her side, he was crying. "Rick what's wrong, are you okay?" she asked, confused "OH! Oh, Melinda you're awake, thank god, I thought we were gonna lose you" Rick sobbed out "How could you do this Melinda?" she was caught off guard by his question "It's not like I wanted to flip the car Rick" she said, annoyed "I wasn't just testing to see what the world looked like upside down okay? I don't know what happened I just woke up and It was upside down and I couldn't breathe" Melinda began to cry.
"Melinda, what are you talking about? That car accident was a month ago sweetheart, you..y..ou took some pills four days ago remember? You were trying to hurt yourself, I...I found you in your bathroom". Melinda was shocked "NO! No, I would never d.d..do that, where's Jim? I..I want Jim! Where is he? JIM! JIM?! She began screaming and thrashing violently so a nurse came in and injected her with a mild anaesthetic to calm her down. She began to feel peaceful as she listened to her own heart slow down "Jim?" she whimpered, "Melinda, I'm sorry you don't remember but, Jim's gone"
Melinda was sucked straight back out of the vision and the dizziness and nausea returned with a vengeance. The room spun violently as Melinda tried to walk and then the floor seemed to move, making Mel's stomach do somersaults. Alice came right up to Melinda and screamed "HE'LL KILL YOU!!!!" Melinda's eyes rolled into the back of her head and she fell to the ground with a dull thud, welcoming the peace that the darkness brought.