Ghost Story

that he required delivered. He never wanted to leave the house. Eventually, inevitably, his money ran out. He hadn't been able to afford the mortgage. He was thrown out of his own home. He had to get back in.

She was still in there. He rented a room nearby and worked at whatever odd jobs he could get. He kept an eye in the house. While it was an occupied, Jack often broke in and spent the night to be close to her.

She was still in there and Jack loved her. Yes, he did. Some of his family said she didn't love Jack the way he loved her. That didn't matter. Some people said that it wasn't an accident.

She did it on purpose to get away from Jack. She wanted to go where he could never get her. They didn't know how wrong they were. She was still in there. She was still in the house.

The ghost of Jack's wife haunted their house. He could see her, smell her, watch her move between rooms like a shadowy light like a televised vapor. She would float and rip. Sometimes he could even talk to her.

Jack loved the way she talked now that she was dead. She no longer fought with him or bored him. She seemed to only be able to say the things he wanted her to say, the things she used to say before and had gone sour between them.

A few times Jack found her waiting for him in their bed. It would make love just like they had when they were first married, just like they had when they were still in love. Jack still loved her.