CHAPTER 8: A CHANCE OF PEACE

Aria gaped at Frank. She was thinking that maybe whoever was standing in front of her was Frank's ghost. She wanted to come closer, to take a better look, probably - she is right. Maybe this is Frank's ghost, playing with her mind.

But her feet seemed to be glued on the floor. She can't even speak. It's like she was stunned and could not do anything about it.

"What now, love? Have you gone deaf?" Frank asked sarcastically. He walked closer to her. Her heart and mind are arguing whether to flight or fight. Either way, she wanted to move. But she's frozen.

Her heart was pounding so fast she could feel it might go out of her rib cage.

All she managed to do was to take a tiny step back from Frank.

"But, you're dead," she said. Frank laughed at her as if she made the funniest joke he had ever heard, but his emotions quickly changed as he suddenly looked at her sharply with flowing red