Jim was getting ready for his shift when the phone rang. He looked at the caller ID which told him that it was Bobby.
"Bobby?"
"Hey Jim, we need you now. A truck crashed into a SUV. We don't know how bad the driver is hurt."
"Sure. I'll be there in 5 minutes" he hung up and ran towards his car. He drove to the city. On his way he saw the crash side. He saw the red SUV and couldn't move. His heard skipped a beat when he noticed that it was Melinda's car.
"OMG… MELINDA!!!" he screamed. Bobby arrived.
"Gosh… Jim… I'm so sorry" he tried to calm him but Jim didn't listen to him.
"Bobby… We gotta get her out of the car."
"We can't get her out. The doors won't open. They are too damaged."
"WE NEED TO GET HER OUT OF THAT DAMN CAR. SHE HAS TO GET TO THE HOSPITAL AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!!"
"Jim, calm down. She'll be there soon enough."
"You don't understand. She's pregnant. And the accident…" he couldn't end his thought.
"Okay. Let's go."
They broke down the driver's window. When they reached Melinda Jim immediately pulled her out.
"Mel… OMG her whole face is covered with blood… Bobby, I'll take her to Mercy Hospital. Can you help the truck driver alone?"
"He didn't even get bruised. He's just shocked."
"Okay… Bye" he brought Melinda to the emergency car and drove to the hospital. He went in and saw David.
"David, hey."
"Hey Jimbo. What's up??"
"Melinda had an accident. She lost consciousness and I don't know if she got hurt except the wound on her forehead."
"Okay. I'm gonna examine her. Did her belly get hurt? You know… The foetus could be injured."
"I don't know. But, please, try to help them both" a tear run down his cheek.
"Yeah, I'll try" David answered and went away.
Jim waited outside the room for hours. At least it felt so long. The minutes were passing by but no one came out of the room. Suddenly David came out of it.
"How is she?" Jim asked.
"Her condition is stable. She got consciousness back when we started the examination. She murmured something about a ghost on the truck. I think her head injury is harder than we thought…"
"I can live with that" he was scared about what else Melinda told the doctors about her gift. "How's the foetus?"
"We didn't find anything. That can mean nothing or everything. It could be possible that we've missed something."
"Damn. Why she?"
"I don't know but she'll be okay. As far as the foetus goes… We have to wait."
"Can I go to her?"
"Sure. But please don't stress her. She needs to stay calm. Stress isn't good for her right now. Neither is it for the foetus."
"Okay. Thanks." Jim entered the room.
"Hey…" Melinda said quietly.
"Honey, how do you feel?"
"I feel okay but I have a headache. What did David say?"
"He told me that you are okay. You nearly told him that you can see ghosts. But he doesn't know how our baby is. They didn't see anything but they could have missed something" he said sad.
"No, she's okay. I can feel that."
"She?"
"Yeah… I got another dream which told me that we'll have a baby girl" she smiled.
"Wow… Since you're pregnant your gift is changed. You can do more."
"Yes, I know. I gotta talk to my mother. I gotta ask her so much."
"Why? What do you have to ask?"
"Dunno… She has to know if pregnancy changes the abilities."
"Obviously it does."
"Hey Jim, can you please get me out of here? I was on my way home when the truck crushed my car."
"You know how I think about that but you'll do what you want anyway. So yeah, I'll sign you out."
"Thanks. You know who caused the accident? Someone I know but I don't know where I met him. He's the ghost…"
"Well, let's talk about that later at home, okay?"
"Okay. Jim, I love you!" she kissed him.
"I love you, too." He responded and left the room in order to sign her out. 5 minutes later he came back.
"Okay, honey, let's go home."
They went home but not without stopping by at Lento's on the Square. They ordered food but they didn't eat it there. At home they sat down in the living-room and ate their food.
"So tell me about the ghost… Why does he try to kill you?" he said worried.
"Well, I don't know much about him. He's about my age and he looks damn familiar to me but I don't know where I met him. I don't know either why he wants to kill me."
"Did you check your High School yearbook? Maybe he was at your school and that's why he looks familiar to you?!"
"Hey, that's a great idea" she stood up and searched for her yearbook.
"Mel, that has time till after the meal. You have to eat."
"No, I want this guy out of our lives. He's not good for me and neither for our daughter."
"Wow… What a big heart change. I should be thankful to this ghost."
"Jim, that's not funny. I'm really scared. I'm tired of this ghost playing with my like this… Ouh, found it" she had the yearbook in her hands and went back to the couch.
"You know that the ghosts always were as dangerous as they are now. Let's look for the ghost…"
They looked through the book. Suddenly Melinda froze.
"Is this the ghost?" he asked.
"Yeah. Jack Miller… Gosh… Now I know why he's following me the whole time."
"Why?"
"Look at who he had a crush on… Just on rumour but it could be possible…"
"You? Why does this bastard hurt you when he loves you?" he yelled.
"Because of the same reasons you are yelling right now… Jealousy. Now I know why he followed me my whole High School time…"
"Wait a minute… He followed you then? Why didn't you tell me?"
"Dunno… That's not important."
"That's not important??"
"Jim, calm down… I just gotta talk to him and tell him that I don't love him… He'll leave me alone."
"But I don't want you to talk to this guy alone… I wanna come with you… Or better yet, Beth could come with you… Didn't you want to talk to her anyway??"
"C'mon. I can perfectly watch out for me on my own."
"Sure, that's why you had that accident…"
"Okay… I'll ask mom if she comes with me" she took the phone and called Beth. Melinda told her about her pregnancy.
How will Beth react on the news??? Will she support her daughter?
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