Chapter Six - The Hunted
I was so mad at Dad last week. I'm still mad today. How could he?
How could he leave us?
How could he be with that evil woman?
I knew there was something not right about that Bella woman from the moment I saw her, and now I have proof.
As I watched Maria do her homework, I started thinking about Dad, and how much Maria missed him. Oh, she would never complain, but I know it hurts her. I kept thinking about Dad, and Maria, and I was determined to do something to fix this situation.
Maria was becoming obessesed.
She painted night...
...and day.
She was getting good, but there was something sad about her work.
Every day, Maria spent more and more time by mother's grave.
Her anguish was almost unbearable to watch.
We decided it was time to go to college. There was one final breakfast today, and I watched my precious baby sister go off to start her new life.
As she waved goodbye from the cab, I knew it was go time.
The rest of the afternoon I prepared. I was going to get the evidence I needed on Bella...one way or another.
After driving to a secluded spot where I could watch for Bella's arrival home, I hunkered down and prepared to wait.
I waited.
And I waited.
My persistence paid off. As Bella approached her home, I found a large tropical shrub to hide in, and watched.
What I saw I couldn't believe.
I watched as Bella entered the house. She made a beeline for Dad, and suddenly slipped into some sort of trance. Dad, who used to be so brave and so strong, trembled in fear.
When Bella emerged from the trance, she sat on the sofa and Dad began working out like a madman. Bella just sat.
I was to find out only too soon this was merely a distraction.
A distraction which served to keep Dad from seeing what she would do next.
Bella walked out onto their small deck and a large dog with glowing eyes appeared.
She raised her hand, and the dog's eyes glowed brighter as he stood transfixed.
When she lowered her hand, off the dog ran.
Off the deck he went, and across the lawn...
...and straight to where I stood!
I tried to hide, but it was too late.
The dog knew where I was, and Bella had sent him to kill me. I could only sit, paralyzed with fear as the same reaper who had taken my mother, came for me.
So, now you know my secret. I am dead and gone. Maria is through college now; I have watched her grow into a beautiful young woman. But she is in danger...the gravest of danger, and she doesn't even realize.
Maria has moved in with Bella and Father.
And there's nothing I can do to save her.
And so I plead, as only a ghost can...through the electronic world of the internet. Little did I know, when Mother gave me the computer so many years ago that it would become my saving grace, for we sad creatures known as ghosts can communicate quite easily through electrical devices.
It has taken me a while, but now my story is there for the world to read, and I beg of you...there must be a DiPotere woman left, somewhere, who can help break the curse.
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