Falling For The Mortician

Chapter 9

Amarula.

It's been two weeks since I heard from the Handsome Lazarus.

I get dreams about him ,where he would stand still staring at me but does nothing besides just stare coldly with a wryly smile. I will never forget the chilling stare he gave me when he woke up.

Colder than the denier he was stored in .

Donna's aunt flew to France it's been hard getting in touch with her I need her to explain to me more about what she saw. She's a voodoo lady ,ever booked and busy .

How was it possible I could wake a deadman . I swear on my mother's grave ,that man was dead.

" are you ready?" my dad asked .

" yes " I replied

Donna was on her shift she wouldn't be able to join us for a Charity dinner to fundraise a mental health institution for children and a disability facility next to it ,that caters for the needs of persons with disabilities. Sam and his girlfriend would hold it down for me at the morgue. This function would not only help fundraise but also help fix my relationship with my dad.

Sam told me about his girlfriend , he met her on tinder went on a few dates , had s*x and now they are dating.I am pleased by his progress . I can't wait to hear wedding bells next.

She will be beneficial at the morgue . We needed to add more staff , people are dying quicker this days .

She's okay dealing with dead bodies and working besides her man. How they keep it professional is a mystery to me .

To make it clear, Sam and I hooked up before the dated. She met her two months later.

I am joining in support of my father he's worked hard to ensure this is a success among the projects he's aiming to have been made into reality. He's done a lot for this county than his predecessors.

I wore a baby pink gown ,the dress code was for ladies baby pink and gentlemen black suits with crisp white ties.

We got into his car, he started the engine .

" who are coming?"

" Business men, billionaires, Celebrities, it's like a local met gala"

" can't wait to meet them ,"

" just don't tell them stories about your job"

I laughed.

My job stories are not what anyone would deem funny or even entertaining . They are rather chilling and unsettling.

We got out of the car , and on to the city hall for the extravagant gala dinner.

Artifacts , vinyls and treasure items are auctioned .

I will do the honors of holding the items to be auctioned like a model.

I spotted a few actors and singers ,wealthy business men ,it's not my thing to say hi too often .Maybe my work had changed me to being anti social , regardless I like it that way .

I went on stage to do the displaying of the auction materials.

Some costs up to thirty million .

I managed to sell a baseball sighed by Marylin Monroe ,vinyls, tables , albums and many more items.

Last item to be auctioned was a large portrait of a goddess. Her eyes glowed as her skin has shining symbols with impeccable beauty.

No one knows who painted it ,it's older than the country but looks like it was painted yesterday.

Competition was high for the portrait.

Everyone wanted it ,I didn't get why anyone would want a goddess image in their living room or office . Isn't it a little spooky , haven't this people watched Queen of the Damned ?

Regardless ,the more haunted an item is the most likely it is to sell. People are thrilled to see a dead bride roam around their bedroom.

The stakes rose to three million, ten million twenty , quickly rising the need to have that portrait stiff and tense.

" fifty million" came a deep voice amongst the silent crowd.

" anyone else willing to challenge the offer ?" the bidder asked

I was just standing there holding the portrait. My hands were getting exhausted, and smiling was making me feel dry.

No other person took the offer.

" going once , twice, Sold!"

The mysterious man stepped forward.

I dropped the portrait and took a step back.

Diablo!

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Diablo

A few days earlier...

" are you sure you want to go ?" Nate asked.

" yes, my only chance of knowing if am crazy or not"

"I don't think you should do this , you can get any girl out there ."

"not like her, I am telling you she's unique, she's special, I feel like am near to getting answers I know it"

" Diablo, she's not real she's just a fantasy , what girl has glowing eyes and shining symbols on her skin"

"her "

We got out of the car.

" regardless I wish you the best in this , travel safely "

" thank you , next time I call you she will be beside me "

He chuckled. He thinks am crazy .

" I just hope I won't have to ferry you to the psych ward"

I walked up the flight stairs on to my private jet.

He waved at me and got back into the car .

Ever since I was a child I had this imagination, I would see a gorgeous girl with glowing skin and eyes softly and slowly dance around me as she would smile .

As I grew she grew up with me in my head dancing with my imagination .

I thought I was crazy until I connected the dots , I saw a vision of a map , Colorado.

I wasted no time and hopped on the plane Nate thinks am crazy and dealing with stress .

He keeps suggesting I get checked

I am okay , I believe this girl is alive.

I had a painter over , the best of the best who can draw an imagination provided you tell him the description in detail.

He drew out her image , in the modern realistic day she would look like an African American girl.

She was the most beautiful woman I had ever seen .

Her doe brown eyes , her heart shaped full lips were on repeat in my vision.

I landed safely and drove myself to my suite .

It was at night I couldn't see well at night the street lights were off.

Drawn away from reality, wondering how I would find this girl since there are a dozen women that can look like her my heart was stuck to trying Colorado first before losing hope.

Nate will manage the business while am away on this search.

I drove faster not realizing I had passed the speed limit and I was going like a marathon race car .

Suddenly from nowhere I saw a girl on the road in a green dress ,I swayed the other direction to avoid hitting her totally losing control of my car and rolling several times off road blacking out instantly.

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I was in a green land I could see the glowing girl from a far but she would run away as I tried to make out what she really looks like.

" don't worry my love I will take care of you " her soft voice echoed.

I ran after the girl her glow so bright I couldn't see much ,she was a goddess.

I fell into a pit that sunk me in the entire place drifting away further and further to a tiny dot until there was nothing.

I opened my eyes and there she stood .

Her skin was copper-brown, like a windfall autumn leaf.She had smouldering, doe-brown eyes and a queenly figure.Her hair was kinky coral-black and it crashed over her shoulders She had kiss-inspiring lips with a Glamazonian figure.

No longer glowing but a human and in person looking so frightened in a lab coat.

I couldn't move nor speak and above all I could not believe what I was seeing. After all those years of searching ,I finally wake up to her .

I knew it! I was not as crazy as Nate thought.

Maybe it's all a dream again ,I have been through this cycle but this time I was as sure as day it was real .

She ran out to call someone on her phone I scanned around , looking out at the window was the name of the funeral home. I was in a morgue!

She came back with her friend telling her am alive , confusion bubbling on their faces.

They began to talk of going to jail because I am alive , I was taken aback that Nate had come , it must've been very hard for him to hear I was dead .I promised him I would come back with her , he was very hurt now bear to take me back in a coffin.

She decided to inject me with a liquid which she had no idea was an anti paralysis ,I have seen a few of them when I was partly working in the medical field.

I passed out then woke up feeling my hands and legs come to life.

I got out through the window in one of her white coats .

I managed to borrow a teenage boy his phone .

" hello"

" Nate it's me."

" Diablo, there are phones in the after life? Is it as they say ? This is a hoax .I am not crazy .You are dead."

" am not dead , am alive "

" how ? I saw you on the table , impossible this is a joke ,my mind is playing jokes with me " he said frantically

" no , it's not, Meet me at the Suburban diner , come with some clothes too"

" okay"

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He blinked several times holding back tears.

" you are actually alive ,it's not an imagination after all"

" yes , "

" You were right about the girl"

" who?"

" the glowing girl, I saw her ,that funeral home you were in is hers .Sorry I ever doubted you she is just a beautiful as the portrait"

" like a goddess, sadly she tried to kill me "

" what? "

" yes , to save herself from going to jail, I woke up she wasn't expecting I would wake up and in this state mistakenly pronouncing someone death could land you in jail"

" damn that is harsh! Will you report her to the police ."

" nope, for the longest time she's been living in my head , it's time I lived in hers play with her mind a little . The best way to get back at her "