Shaking sounds

Shit, agh... Why is this happening to me, damn it.

I've got three guys chasing me at night through a city where everyone stands back and is afraid of me.

They're trying to hunt me down and they've even given me an arrow that's stuck in my back, this is starting to hurt too much, my god.

Am I a ghost?

It can't be like that, I have human form, my hands, my legs, my whole body.

"Hurry up, surround him! Don't let the 'entity' escape".

Shouts one of the three men chasing him.

An 'entity'? I got it, I have possessed someone's body and the color of my eyes are not those of a normal person, they are white like those of a dead person, and this really isn't me, I must separate from this body and disappear before they kill me.

Where, where, think where I can hide, quickly.

I turned my head to both sides looking for a possibility and saw an alley in the distance.

I'll go down that alley and separate from the body as soon as I cross it.

Come on come on, I'm almost there....

Uh... what... Why... I'm going so slow... my legs can't feel them and I'm falling...

I started to close my eyes slowly until everything went black.

»Five days before...

[University class]

"Hey Javier, it's not long now until you finish your degree, where will you go to work once you finish?". Juan asked me.

While I was resting with my face between my arms I answered him.

"I haven't thought about it yet Juan, I've been busy in part time jobs and haven't seen somewhere to put resumes."

"Well let me help you, my uncle has an electric company, and I'll go work there with him, if you want a position let me know and I'll tell my uncle to help you."

I turned my face, pulling it out of my arms, and looked at Juan.

"Thank you very much Juan, I appreciate it, when I can I'll let you know if I need it".

"You're welcome, I know you're in a bad spot and I'll be here to help you in any way I can."

Juan put his hand on my shoulder and smiled at me, I really am grateful.

I went back to hiding my face in my arms so I could continue resting.

»An hour later...

[Restaurant]

"Good afternoon grandpa, I'm going to change now".

"Hurry son, there are more customers today than usual, we need you as soon as possible".

I went into the bathroom of grandpa's restaurant and quickly put on my waiter's uniform. 

"I'm ready now grandpa".

"Come to work then".

Hours pass until it gets dark and I finish my shift.

I change my clothes back to how I was before I arrived and leave the restaurant saying goodbye to everyone, without first hearing grandpa call my name.

"Hey Javier, in your account is this month's payment, use it well son".

"Thank you very much Grandpa, take care".

"Likewise Javier, take care".

I left the restaurant and waited at a bus stop while I checked my phone.

I caught the bus and headed towards the hospital to visit my mom. 

Once at the hospital I opened the door to my mother's room and found her lying down again with her eyes closed.

I arranged the chair and placed it next to the bed and sat down. 

"Goodnight mom, tomorrow you are finally going to have the operation for your heart problem, I pray that everything goes perfectly and you can go home". 

I took my mom's hand gently with my two hands and my eyes started to get teary.

"I'm taking good care of my little brother even though he's always passing me asking about you".

"Ever since dad died in that car accident everything has been so complicated, I don't want you to go with him too. I... I don't want to live again what I felt that day... so be strong mom and let's go forward together...". 

I said these words as my voice cracked and I couldn't hold back my tears that began to well up.

"Please stay with me...".

I lowered my head and began to cry.

»The next day...

I finished my classes, and now I have to go see my mom as soon as possible.

In an hour they are going to operate on her, please god, let everything go well.

I headed towards the hospital and went into mom's room before they take her to do the surgery.

"You can do it mom, I love you".

I gave her a kiss on the forehead and left the room.

I watched as they moved my mom's body into the surgery room, sat in the seats outside the surgery room and waited for an hour sitting there, quiet and worried.

Until I heard the sound of the door opening and saw a doctor come out of the room.

I got up from my seat and walked quickly to the doctor.

"Doctor, doctor, how is my mom feeling? Tell me please." I asked in a desperate tone.

"Are you the son of patient Mary Kay?". 

"Yes I am sir, I am her son." I affirmed with a worried tone.

The doctor was silent for a few seconds, with a remorseful feeling he looked at me with regret and said.

"I regret to inform you, that your mother has died...".

I was petrified, I could not believe the doctor's words, I refused to believe them, they had to be a lie.

"I-i-it can't be like that doctor, please tell me it's not true, this can't happen to me, doctor." My voice was beginning to crack. 

I grabbed the doctor's shoulders as my tears wouldn't stop flowing.

"Your mother's illness was in a very advanced stage".

"Forgive me for not being able to save her, we did everything in our power".

I couldn't hear everything he said, a ringing started in my ears that didn't let me hear the doctor well, I ended up sitting down again and burst into a disconsolate cry while covering my face.

»Three days later...

A day after mom's funeral, me and my younger brother are standing in front of mom and dad's grave, both filled with flowers.

«I couldn't say goodbye in the right way to you guys, sorry mom and dad».

I thought with a sad look on my face.

"Brother everything is going to be fine, right?".

I pulled myself together and looked at my little brother who had a sorrowful face.

"Yes little brother, don't worry, as long as me, the grandparents and the uncles are here, I will try to take care of you and make sure you do well".

I flashed him a smile, as I stroked his head.

"Come on, let's go home".

"Okay...".

Once we were home, night fell, I had nothing to do and I started to pick up and put away all the things mom had in her room.

As I was picking up Mom's things, I looked at the pictures of the whole family that had been placed in various frames which made me sentimental.

«I would give anything for the two of them to be here forever next to us, Mom and Dad».

I kept picking things up until I checked on the desk and found Mom's laptop.

I sat down and opened the laptop looking for mementos and files Mom had saved.

Mom was a great writer, who after Dad passed away, she alone was able to support my brother and I on the income from her novels until these last few months, when she was unable to write and consequently left works on hiatus, which will never be resumed.

The last one he was doing was this one, called 'Between Worlds: Hunters of the Paranormal'.

I double-clicked on the story and saw the description it had.

'In the world there have been paranormal events that terrorize people, but now instead of just terrorizing, they kill people, humans, after this horrific event, their bodies got a change to face this threat, leading to create an organization of ghost hunters in which the protagonist Erick Stein and his allies will seek to put an end to these monsters'.

"It has 61 chapters, and the last one was uploaded? Three days ago? And it's announcing the end of the first season". 

"Mom could have done the whole show but the last chapters she couldn't have written, she three weeks ago was admitted to the hospital and the day of the announcement of the end of the first season, she died".

"I'm going to take a look at it, the description sounded interesting to me, and I don't have things to do at the moment, so I'll do some reading to see what it's about".

I read from 8 at night and stayed up until 3 in the morning reading, I couldn't believe that this mom-made work had me hooked to the point of finishing the 60 chapter run-through.

And the last few chapters seem as natural as if Mom wrote them, but I know something is wrong.

I'll do even more research on this novel later, for now I'm going to go to sleep, I'm super late.

I turned off and closed the laptop and felt too sleepy.

sigh

I stretched and felt so tired that I could not even get up from my chair and while sitting I fell into a deep sleep as if I had been given sleeping pills....