Ghostly Echoes
6 – Sarah
The car braked to a halt outside the sisters’ ivy-covered old house
and Sarah realised guiltily that since the journey started she had
been entirely wrapped up in her own thoughts. While waiting for
her lift, earlier, after locking the back door, she explored the
garden looking for signs of an intruder. Satisfied that all was well
she began walking away but something made her glance back
and she saw a child picking daisies on the grass: the spirit form
of a little girl! As if she’d hoped to be seen, the child laughed
delightedly and ran to take Sarah’s hand. “You must come with
me,” she urged, pulling Sarah across the smooth lawn. Sarah
looked down on the bright crown of fair curls, filled with
wonder.
As always at such moments she felt enormously privileged
to be granted such glimpses of life beyond death. A daisy-chain
necklace broke from the child’s delicate throat as she bounced
with impatience at Sarah’s slow gait. “Hurry, hurry,” she
pleaded.
A car horn shattered the peace and the vision.
Elsie, the Vicar’s wife, had arrived. Sarah stooped to pick
up the linked daisies and was overcome with sadness as they
dematerialised in her hand but the child needed help and would
undoubtedly come again.
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