Donna’s deep sigh caught Eddie’s attention. He looked up and saw her standing before the mirror, gazing intently at the reflection that stared back at her.
‘I found another one, Eddie. On the left side of my face this time. It’s bigger than the one I saw last week.’
Eddie grinned and pretended to ignore her, his eyes closed.
‘I think it’s spreading, Eddie. Four last month and two already this month.‘
Now, Eddie chuckled, drawing a sharp retort from Donna. ‘Stop that! This is serious!’
He walked over and put his arms around her waist, gently placed his chin on her shoulder and gazed into the shiny surface that showed them their visages. ‘It’s called growing old, my dear. See that one? You got that when Bella left for college. This one, near the chin? That’s from Matt’s accident, when we thought he wouldn’t survive. The curved one, near the eye, well, I think we both know where that came from.’
‘The cancer?’ she whispered.
‘The cancer,’ he nodded. ‘They’re smile and worry lines, my dear. Perfectly normal.’
Donna’s voice shook as she said, ‘Normally, I would agree. But, we’ve been dead for three years. Why am I still worrying?’
Eddie’s ghostly arm linked Donna’s and softly whispered, ‘You’re worried they’ll stop thinking of you.’
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Shailaja , each one of A-Z posts are a marvel. This one made a tear escape my eye. The ending.. just beautiful. Its so true that we want to be loved, to be thought about , deep in our hearts, however strong and independent we pretend to be.
And your writing has given me fresh motivation..to write better, to think better. I have such a long way to go. Sigh!
I’d actually forgotten about this one 🙂 Trust you to dig it up for me! Thank you so much. I had no idea you were going through the A-Z posts. Stop it or you’ll tempt me to sign up this year 😉
Please do write. I love it when people write and keep fine tuning their writing. It’s immensely liberating. Don’t sell yourself short. I am sure you are your worst critic 🙂
That was amazingly brilliant, Shailaja. We just won’t stop worrying, will we ever??
Haha…didn’t expect that one. So basically what you’re saying is that even after death, my worries won’t cease?! Damn.
Oh Somehow I was expecting a gory ending for this one not a sad one 🙁 Makes you wonder – will people always remember us ?
Another unexpected ending! I hope when I’m a ghost that all the wrinkles disappear. 🙂
Trust you to worry about the wrinkles, Debbie 😉
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Spooky! I dint see that coming. Loved it Shailaja!
Thanks a ton, Parul 🙂
woww your imagination!! that’s awesome twist 😀
Thanks Raj 🙂
OMG Shailaja! You ARE a ‘master’ (or mistress) storyteller: BRILLIANT! I SO LOVE your wild and creative thinking aka imagination! 😉 <3
What? Not done. 🙂
This one is a bit scary. So, we are not able to let go of our attachments even after death!?! Interesting!
Powerful and yet a sweet tale Loved it .Shailaja your pen had super powers .????
I was getting so carried away by all that romance happening, when I was struck by the ‘deadly’ end! 🙂
Chilling and unexpected ending 🙂 great flash, as always ???
Oh wow!! Never guessed the ending! :O
Oh my! you blew me away with this one.
Thank you 🙂
Just when I thought how is this story coming along without twists, you had me!! Brilliant 🙂
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Like Prasanna, I was also thinking whether dead people can see themselves in the mirror 🙂 Good one!
OMG. It was creepy in the end but I thought dead people can’t see their reflections in mirror, or can they? Superb twist, never expected it 🙂
OMG! Didn’t expect that. too cute 🙂
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Thanks Sundari 🙂
Nice twist there 🙂
Thank you Keirthana!
Good one, Shailaja- I was reading so suspicious from the beginning “what was she looking for..?”, but that twist -in the last turn – took me by surprise:-)
Glad it did, Eli 🙂
Powerful and a huge surprise!
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Thanks 🙂
This is your best story to date, exceptional. Your creativity knows no bounds…bravo
Thanks Sulekha! Very touched by that!
This one chilled me!!! Nicely done girl… you are the queen of alternate angles 🙂
Thank you so much 🙂
Nice one.
Thank you 🙂
See? I knew you were going to pull it out as usual :). Superb!
<3
Nooo! This is cheating! You can’t see the reflections of dead people in the mirror. 😐 Did you not see the bollywood movies that set all these rules in place? 😛
P.S. I am kidding. This one was brilliant! 😀
He he he, if Bollywood was the standard for fiction writing, I should have never started writing 😉 Also, these are ghosts, not vampires. Those suckers cannot see themselves. Ghosts can! No really! 😉
Oh that’s sweet. Didn’t see that ending coming, but so sweet.
Thank you <3
That completely took me by surprise. You have such a great imagination!
Well, thank you very much <3
I definitely didn’t see that one coming. I suppose, on a deeper level, that that’s something most of us worry about. If we’ll be remembered after we die. Well written as always, Shailaja.
True, Vinay. How will we be remembered? Food for thought.