Well, now is about time to freak, Sara thought. In a room with ghosts fighting about her...what next? With knees knocking, she fought to keep from fainting. Looking to Justin, she feared her welfare was not at the front of his mind, but instead were the elements of this ghostly squabble. That fact frightened her more.
"Well, my good man, we can't kill you since you're already dead. Perhaps we should simply take your "true love" back with us." The younger man's image, standing next to Father, glowed brighter as he spoke, with colors bursting rich and true, reds, blues, a rainbow of ghostly implication.
"Do not go near her!" It was Justin's turn to emit blasting hues.
The woman spoke. "Justin, I loved you truly. How could you be so cruel as to see other women while we were together?"
"Sweet Emily, I think you gave me more honor than I deserved. I was a young fellow then. It's true! I was a bit of a scoundrel, and I did treat you badly. But I beg you to make allowances for the fickleness of youth. When I met my true love, this lovely lady next to me, everything changed. I wanted to protect her and stay with her always."
"Father, let's kill her now."
A scream from Margot went unnoticed as David grabbed her and dragged the woman out of the room. Don't leave me, Sara wanted to yell, but she couldn't move her lips; she couldn't move anything.
"You murdered her once. Wasn't that enough? Why do you threaten her again?"
"So, she's come around again in a new persona with a new face. I still hate her."
Father broke in. "Enough of this nonsense! You stole my fortune, you scoundrel! I don't care about the woes of your lovesick meandering. You took my money!"
Sara didn't hear his remark. ... she's come around in a new persona ... This was unbelievable. Had she lived before, and now she was reincarnated?
There wasn't time to think. With her spirit colors bursting in starbursts beyond her form, the woman raised her hand and shot a bolt at Sara. It pinned her chest with a blast like a thousand knives slicing in, hot knives that burned and tore with electric pain. She fell to the ground and all went black. ...Continued
