The Other Side

Episode 6

He concluded and Julie couldn’t believe what she heard.

Wait, who is the “she” he referred to? His girlfriend or what? She fumed in anger again. She wouldn’t let anyone ruin her mission. He didn’t even notice the food she prepared for him.

“Hey Jack”
He didn’t respond and she only fumed the more.

“Jack!”
He wasn’t responding. With an hiss she marched to him and attempted to smack him but her hands simply went thru him.
“Oh my God”

She gasped and tried touching something else. With ease she touched the cushion and the centre table. She was greatly relieved. And then she whisked to Jack again, but still, her hands went thru.

“Jack!”
She realised he couldn’t hear, see nor feel her. She fell to her knees. This was Bernice’s doing, to make sure she failed.

He simply went thru her, out of the house to the his car he parked outside.

She ran after him. There must be something she can do to make him hear her. She couldn’t understand, just yester night he could actually see her. She remembered the stories she had back when she was still human. About the drunk able to see ghosts. So it was Indeed true.

But she can’t follow him around unnoticed. She moved to pick the newspaper that la!d on the car rest, so he could notice her presence. But then, she thought of the accident he would encounter. And her mission would end even before it started.

His phone rang, and she couldn’t clearly she who was calling. He saved it as “baby”
“Hey babe”
He called out.

“Where are you nah…?”
The female voice rang from the other side. The voice sounded familiar but she was too angry to pick the voice.

She tried to snatch the phone but her hands went thru him.

“Ahhhhh!”She exclaimed in hurt and confusion. “How can I make him love me like this? What kind of prize is this… Bernice?”
Her calls and endless pleas without a reply, showed that she was on her own on this one.
He got to Prada designers and alighted from the car. Now she was keen on knowing who he really came to see in her company. She followed, till he got to her office and slowly pushed the door. Her eyes went wide, It was Siera on her seat. Her anger was not compared to the shock she felt next, when Siera hurried and hugged Jack. She kissed him and muttered.
“Oh baby, I’ve missed you”