Falling For The Mortician

Chapter 3

Amarula.

I was starting to wish I would have stuck to my firm 'no' without feeling sorry about it. More than ever I didn't wish to be there .

" let us hold our hands " Fiona said merrily.

We held our hands together.

She began to speak in some funny terminologies, tongues ,I have no idea what she was muttering.

Quivering vigorously .

Donna nodded at me to ignore and just focus on the ceremony or whatever it was .

She stopped her absurd movements and took out a set of cards , saying her voodoo phrases , spell, incantation I had no clue what she was doing.

She turned one of the cards .

" is he still alive ? Will I ever see him" Donna inquired .

Isn't she so eager to meet this boy.

Fiona turned the cards .

" yes he's alive , quite closer than you could imagine . But he's not here for you"

This is intriguing.

" who is he here for ? Where is he ? "she asked.

Fiona turned to me.

" you did the impossible, he's now your responsibility. " she said .

" what do you mean?"I asked

" he's elevated "

Ah! She's referring to Sam .Sam is graduating, he's elevating makes sense .He is also my responsibility since I am in charge of him.I have to make sure he does not get into any trouble. It's easy for an inmate to go back. Sam has proven to me he wants to change ,to be a better man .His girlfriend looks up to him, I am sure he wouldn't want to dissapoint her.It would be a disgrace for her to spend days going to see him behind a glass wall.

" yes he's always been my responsibility" I told.

" your pain will be his pain "she said .

" Sam and I are like brother and sister " I answered.

" s*x, quite steamy "she chuckled

Oh ! That part.

" we had s*x , it was just one time "

Donna arched her brows she doesn't know about that, I had never told her because I felt it was one of the most guilty s*x episodes I had ever had .

" You called forth on the devil from his sanctuary" her aunt proceeded.

" he needed a place to stay, I helped him out, he was willing to change. I don't think he's a bad person. He's proven himself already"

She smiled at me , this is getting weird.

" patience with him , he is a little stubborn"she said

Sam was stubborn at first but he's been a good boy .

" okay... Thank you both for the session . I need to get home , I have an important schedule tomorrow"

" it was lovely for you to join us " Fiona said .

" thank you, for the session " I am sure the spirits are telling her how eager I am to leave.

Donna escorted my to the car .

" You didn't tell me you had s*x with Sam"

I wish I didn't have to tell her .

" It happened once we were at the heat of the moment, couldn't help ourselves. "

" I will want to hear all the juicy details " she whispered .

I chuckled.

" speaking of which , what cologne do you use ? " I asked

" mild vanilla "

" vanilla? "

" yes, it's mild and not too concentrated because of my work . " she said .

" what of Mark? "

" he has an allergic reaction to colognes "

" oh okay"

Who's scent was it . I have to be wary of scents .Scents tell me more than i can think of.

" why do you ask? "

" curious".

" I will see you tomorrow, I have a leave for a day, "

" sure come , you will have really helped me . Sam is out of town I need a hand "

" sure no problem"

Her house is like three houses away so I am able to walk.

It's a dark street, the street lights were off but none of that scares me .

As I walked I heard footsteps behind me.

I turned around , there was no one.

I ran , like dude am not going to ask " is any body there " Just run , a tiger might be on the loose . I stopped right in front of my house to catch a break and air .

A funeral director and pathologist as myself running away from nothing. I mean what a joke right ?

I saw a silhouette figure of a man he vanished as soon as I blinked .

My mind is playing tricks with me .

I got into my house and shut the door ,my safe heaven.

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I locked my car .

Made my way into the facility.

I noticed a matte black Ferrari was parked on the parking lot a few steps away from my car. Well , today we have a very wealthy visitor .

I walked into the waiting lounge .

I was greeted by a gentleman . He looked similar to the body that arrived difference was his hair was dark brown and not jet black.

He eyed me from head to toe , fascination all over his face. Had I forgotten to wash my face or applied shoe polish instead of lip gloss . From the way he's staring at me, it's a very awe look of deep analysis .

I let out my hand to him .

" Good morning, my sincere apologies for keeping you waiting"

He cleared his throat while shaking my hand.

Am I making this handsome man nervous.

Did Donna's aunt do some kind of voodoo on me that am not aware of ?

" I have just recently arrived ...well not too long ago , erm ..., am so sorry where are my manners" he said .

" it's okay , "

" you are here to identify Diablo's body?"

" yes ,how did you know ?"

" you look alike "

He laughed pearl white teeth displayed before my eyes .

" yes , he's my nephew "

Nephew? They look right about the same age .

" am deeply sorry for your loss "

" thank you "

" could you give me a minute so I could set everything ready for viewing "

" sure "

" would you like some tea, coffee, juice , of soda?" I asked

" thank you , I just had a mugful of coffee."

" okay , " I smiled.

I disappeared into the lab , I took out his body from denier slid it to the trolley bed .

I opened the bag to confirm it was indeed him , the room was filled with the mysterious cologne.

I walked out of the lab and summoned for the handsome hot stuff of a man .

He followed after me into the lab.

" are you comfortable seeing the body?"

"yes, he was my best friend "

I gently unzipped exposing his face till his pelvic area not his groin though.

" Is this the body of Diablo"

" yes , I can't believe it's really him . " he wept .

I held his hand .

" am really sorry "

" can I be left alone with him please ?"

" yes "

I walked out feeling so sad for him . The cologne was back stronger , mixed with hot stuff's cologne of fresh oceanic breeze.

Donna had texted she would arrive late , she overslept.

I called Sam glad he had arrived safely and is getting ready for his graduation am so proud of him.

I heard a cough . I returned my phone into my white coat pocket.

" sorry for interrupting you "

His eyes were red from crying , I feel his distress.

" it's okay"I said

" I will send you his clothes at the course of the day, embalm his body for an open casket . As for his coffin ,black with golden handles "

He was in agony .

I hugged him.

" it's hard, am really sorry , you need to stay strong . "

"thanks , am glad he didn't suffer a lot of pain , I didn't make it to see him while he was in hospital"

" his injuries were saddening "

Am making it worse for him.

Yes ofcourse I am .How does my statement make anything better?I should probably work on that.

He showed me the pictures of the car wreck from his phone. They were grizzly, I had to look again to realize it was a vehicle. The car looked like some ball of trash with broken glasses and oil around it and some red substance... wait that was blood ! He lost a lot of blood !

" that's scary" I commented.

" very scary , I came as soon I heard about his accident "

" you did your best , accidents happen , we can't stop them at times"

" he looks more alive than dead " he said .

" that's how dead people look " I answered.

" how do you manage around dead bodies ?"he asked curiously.

" I got used to the job , at first it was scary but with time I got the hang of it, as a kid I had a strong heart for morbid art"

He glanced at me for a moment. Maybe I shouldn't have said that, now he thinks I have been having a corpse fetish .

" am so sorry I didn't get your name , am Nate ."

" am Amarula "

" that's your real name?"

" yes "

" Incredible, it was lovely meeting you Doctor Amarula"

" Doctor?"

" it's written on your coat" he said .

Oh, yeah.

" hope to see you soon " he said

" Me too "

His eyes enlarged , clearly not the correct response.

As a mortician never say "hope to see you soon"

The first golden rule.

" have a lovely day Nate" I giggled .

" you too "

I went back to the lab . hearing the roar of his automobile come to life.

" time to get down to work on you my love "

I assembled my tools , first I will have to cut him open get out the stomach content, drain all the blood and inject him with the embalming fluid to make him look more alive like a prince in his slumber hopeful that some Bianca to come and kiss him to wake up... Disney that's n*********a!

I unzipped the entire bag taking it off underneath him .

I turned on some oldies , softly jamming to my favorite music as I get to work .

The first time I held him his body was limp today he feels so heavy and stiff, rigor mortis setting in .

Rigor mortis is a postmortem change resulting in the stiffening of the body muscles due to chemical changes in their myofibrils. Rigor mortis helps in estimating the time since death as well to ascertain if the body had been moved after death.

I parted his legs , remember she I said I will have to look at his member at some point ,well now is the time. I touched his thighs gently squeezing , I caressed his balls , to confirm if any foreign object was in it or blood clot . In my head I began to make groan sounds .Just for the fun of it.

He had an erection , it's common for dead bodies to have a boner that is mostly after the body suffered head trauma especially through hanging.

As I inspected the body I noticed something strange , the bruises were missing , and the skin was starting to take on the normal skin color , light pink . Something isn't right.

For Caucasian males his skin ought to shift to light blue because of being stored in cold temperature for long and no circulation going on ... not light pink. Light pink is an indication that there is blood circulation going on .

I went back to his file to read through his injuries.

Only his skull suffered trauma relating to the head and not pressure in the brain. So why is there a boner on his member ? I looked at the pictures I took yesterday when the body arrived .

There were bruises on it but looking at the body again they were missing.

His skin was blue and now it's getting light pink.

The file dropped from my hands something is terribly erroneous . This doesn't happen at all . I called Donna she texted she was almost at the gates .

His chest arched up abruptly , then slowly down, then up again gently , veins were visible on his hand and feet very clear as day . An artery emerged underneath the skin of his neck .

His eyes opened his head turning straight at me .Like a restored killer robot fully powered to bring havoc .

This man is alive !