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Melinda closed her eyes and hoped that sleep would come easily, however she was not met with the peace she so desired.

-Melinda was walking through a field with Alice by her side, she looked up at her and saw that she had tears falling from her eyes. "What's wrong Alice?" she asked gently, Alice looked down at her feet as she answered "I...I think I'm ready to go. Now that you know my story and you have my advice, I feel like I can leave" she said sadly. "Alice that's wonderful, don't be sad for me, I'll be okay. I'm used to helping the dead with their problems but this time the dead have helped me....thank you so much for telling me your story, I know how hard it can be to open up about having a 'gift'. I will do what I have to do to keep my loved ones safe. I won't fight. Be happy Alice, you deserve it" Mel said, fighting the tears which were threatening to fall.

"Melinda, you are a beautiful person, inside and out, that's why I know that you'll be okay....because I know that when it's your turn to cross over, the light will welcome you with open arms. We will all be waiting for you....and remember......even when you give up the fight, never give up the hope." Melinda watched as Alice began to fade away, leaving her alone. Unsure of what to do she lowered herself to the floor.

As she hit the ground the scene shifted, she was laying on a cold, hard concrete floor. She was curled up in a ball with her arms wrapped around her knees protectively "GET UP!" came Marcus' harsh voice, Melinda stood up and looked around the room, a dark basement. "HOW DARE YOU! I told you that you were not to sleep with him! You filthy BITCH!" Marcus yelled before striking Melinda across the face so hard that she flew against a wall, she tried to remain standing while her whole body shook violently –this can't be one of Alice's memories, she crossed over-Melinda thought, confused.

Looking at her hands she saw her own wedding ring on her finger, she looked down at her body and realised that she was indeed herself. This meant that she was not having some sort of memory of Alice's, nor was she having a vision...........she was having a nightmare. "Jim may have put that ring on your finger, but you belong to ME! You always have and you ALWAYS WILL!" Marcus grabbed Melinda around the neck and lifted her frail body up against the wall, she coughed and spluttered as she fought for breath.

Panicking as she felt her lungs begin to burn, she clawed at his strong hands to no avail, she was just too weak. Her heartbeat began to slow as it thumped loudly in her ears, her lungs screaming out, aching for air. Marcus looked at her with pure hatred burning in his eyes "I loved you Melinda, now you'll know all the pain that you caused me. If I can't have you...nobody will!"

Melinda saw fluorescent shapes swim before her eyes as her peripheral vision began to fade to black, allowing her only to look through a small tunnel of light. She felt a tingling sensation spread through her body, building and building until finally it ebbed. She knew she was dead, she knew because she couldn't feel anything.-

Melinda was woken every hour by Jim asking if she was okay and every time she fell asleep she was plagued with horrific nightmares about Marcus. Each dream would be of a different scenario, him killing Jim, him killing her, him killing both. She tossed and turned until the morning, she woke up to Jim shaking her gently.

"Mel, honey how are you feeling?" Jim asked sweetly, She opened her eyes and looked at him with her lips pressed together to suppress a sob, her face reminded Jim of a child who just dropped their ice-cream "Jim I wanna go home." Melinda began to cry as Jim rocked her in his arms, whispering to her that she would be okay and that he wouldn't leave her on her own. A tall doctor came into the room carrying a chart ", are you okay?" he asked when he noticed the tears streaming down her face, she sniffled before replying "I just wanna go home, please is there anything you can do?". The doctor flipped a page over on her chart and bit his lip in contemplation.

"You sustained a serious head injury and you were unconscious for a significant amount of time. It would put me at ease if you would stay for a while longer, however, since you have remained conscious for over 12 hours and you haven't experienced any complications.....I suppose I can't hold you here" he said reluctantly. "So I can go home?" Mel asked hopefully, "if you promise to rest for a few days and try to keep your stress levels down then yes, you can go home. I'll go downstairs and sign the release papers. Mr. Clancy could I speak to you outside for a minute please?" he asked, "uuh sure" Jim said. The doctor lead Jim and into a corridor where he sat down on a chair and motioned for Jim to do the same.

", your wife seems to be doing fine but....we have some concerns. This isn't the first time she's been admitted here with a more than serious head injury. There is a possibility that if something like this occurs again she could sustain a serious brain injury, or worse. She needs to be taken care of, her stress levels need to remain low consistently, this type of injury is very dangerous for someone in her condition, she lost a lot of blood but the baby seems to be fine" Jim's eyes widened as he replayed what the doctor had just said "wha...wait...but...she's....Melinda's pregnant?!" he spluttered.

"You didn't know? I'm sorry, Melinda is two months along....I assumed you knew" the doctor said, feeling guilty. "No it's fine, just a shock I guess...wow...I'm gonna be a dad, Mel's gonna be a mom! Woah! I've gotta go tell her, she's gonna be so happy!" Jim stood up quickly and started to walk back to the room when he remembered that the doctor had been talking to him "I'm sorry, I got a little caught up, is there anything else I should know?" Jim asked seriously.

"...this is always a difficult subject to discuss but I need you to understand how serious this is. If Melinda's blood pressure were to rise too high she would be at a very high risk of an aneurism, her injury has left her body very weakened against certain things. Imagine a seatbelt in a car, how it keeps you from flying forward when the car stops at speed, sort of like a shock absorber...well with this last injury the seatbelt around Melinda's brain has become a lot weaker, the smallest of bumps could have catastrophic consequences. She has nothing protecting her from further injury. The baby is doing fine at the moment but if Melinda were to be injured again it might not be so lucky. I'm letting her go home partly because I have no right to keep her but also because of you job, as a paramedic I trust you to be able to care for our wife medically if need be. Make sure she rests for a couple of days and she should make a full recovery in the next couple of weeks."

Jim shook the doctors hand "thanks for everything man, I understand how important it is to keep her safe right now, I'll take good care of her." Jim smiled as he watched the doctor walk away

"I'm gonna be a dad" he whispered to himself.