Meanwhile Delia got to the store. When she came inside she saw the mess. "What the hell happened here?" was her first thought. She reminded on the last day.
"Got a customer for one of the old dresses," Delia yelled through the store. Melinda joined her and an old lady. Melinda took a blue dress with yellow flowers on it.
"I think this dress would be a great look at you. What is it for?"
"It's for my granddaughter's birthday. She'll be eleven next Wednesday. She lives in Boston and I'm going to visit her as a surprise. So I wanna look fabulous!"
"Well, yeah. That's no problem for us. I still think this dress is adorable but you should wear this white jacket to the dress cause it's the perfect match and it's not too much for a children's birthday!" After a little break Melinda wanted to know if someone heard the noise too but no one did. "Ohh, well, excuse me for a minute I think it was my cell. Thanks for coming!" With these words she disappeared in the back room again. Delia sold the old lady the dress and the jacket and put the $75 in the register. Then she went to the back room, too.
"MEL?? What did you hear?" Delia wanted to know.
"Erm… Dunno… A noise or a voice?! I couldn't really hear it but I keep hearing those noises!"
"You don't think that this is a ghost, do you? Whoo that's creepy."
"I don't know what I should think of…but…yeah… I think this is a ghost. I should forget about that."
"Why should you?"
"It's Friday and I want to have a weekend just for Jim and me alone. Lately we spend so less time together. That's why I want to have a "free" week end. I really don't need any ghosts!"
"Okay. What are you planning??"
"Dunno… Maybe a romantic dinner and a long walk… Who knows??" Melinda suddenly had a mysterious smile and left.
"Yeah… Got it!!" Delia yelled but Melinda didn't hear it anymore.
When she came back to reality she smiled cause she thought of what Mel and Jim would do right now. Delia loved to see them to be happy cause they were such a cute couple but it did hurt her too cause she had to think of her marriage with Charlie. In order to not being sad she started to tidy everything up. She threw the damaged glasses in the trash and put the rest in a box. She didn't see the rope on the floor when she walked down the stairs… Delia fell down the stairs.
Two hours later Ned came in the store cause he wanted to hast his mom for some money. He couldn't find her. So he tried to call her on her cell. Ned got a little freaked out cause he could call Delia anytime he wanted. He started to search for his mom's purse. Suddenly he heard a strange noise. He looked down to the basement and saw Delia lying there.
"MOM??? MOOOOOOM????"
Ned called 911 and went with her to the hospital.
