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Joan Read
Abigail
Woods and her husband Ted had been living in their house for ten
years it was an old colonial house still with its original fixtures
close to the old quarter in New Orleans. She and her husband Ted had
bought it when he was transferred from the sheriffs office in Texas
where they had been for five years. They loved it all year round but
especially the night of All Hallows' which Abigail used to find
enormously entertaining with the tricking and treating the weird and
wonderful costumes and the parties. But just recently she had been
having scary nightmares it all started two weeks ago. Every night
when she closed her eyes the figure would appear dressed from head to
toe in black and say with a gentle voice "Follow me" she
had no choice but to get up and they would walk through the streets
where people were in dressed in fancy clothes as skeletons, zombies
witches and warlocks some with make believe skin falling of their
bodies it was just like the Michael Jackson DVD Thriller she would
close her eyes and try not to make a noise because she did not want
them to see her. They arrived at the cemetery she tried to turn round
but could not, on through the church yard to the church he opened the
door but no she would not go in she woke herself up crying for Ted
but of course he was working as usual.
She had tried for the past two
weeks to talk to him about it but he just ignored her. She went down
the stairs to the kitchen to make a drink but found she was just to
tired to lift the kettle she must not go back to sleep. He was there
again "follow me" this time people were dressed in their
normal clothes she recognised some of them she tried to say hello but
of course she was dreaming they reached the church this time she made
up her mind that she would finish this dream so she went in he
crooked his finger for her to follow she went to the alter where the
coffin was, breathing hard, she looked round and there was her
husband her parents and friends so this was a warning someone they
knew or loved was going to die.
She watched as the vicar started the
service then her husband got up and started to speak in her dream she
screamed she turned and looked into the coffin and she realised what
this nightmare was it was her in the coffin she was dead she had been
knocked over by a drunk driver two weeks ago and the figure had been
trying to tell her it was time to move on she realised now thankfully
that Ted had not been ignoring her he just couldn't see her but
ahead she could see the bright light shining she took one more look
at her loved ones and walked towards the light.
