Alicia

The ghost of Tanya doesn't float toward me as I initially thought, she walks toward me instead, smiling mischievously, exactly the same way Tanya used to when she was alive. I blink repeatedly but she's still there, still smiling, and still looking at me.

"T. . . Tanya?" I say once again, noting the tremor in my voice.

Tanya's ghost smiles wider. "Hi, sis."

Instead of fainting, like most women would, I let out a piercing scream loud enough to wake the dead. A hand snakes around my waist and it takes a few seconds for me to realize Ash is speaking to me.

". . . relax, it's...