Burn Like Fire by Jayme Morse & Jody Morse

Author:Jayme Morse & Jody Morse [Morse, Jayme & Morse, Jody]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B00AUGCN2W
Published: 2001-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

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Back in the bathroom of their motel room, Lexi pulled her hooded sweatshirt over her head and tossed it to the tiled floor. She glanced at herself in the bathroom mirror. She’d noticed that, recently, she no longer got pimples or any other type of skin imperfections for that matter. It was still too early to say, but Lexi was pretty sure that immortality was taking kindly to her.

Lexi stared at herself in the mirror for a few moments before she noticed the light that radiated above her head. She turned around and that’s when she saw the white, elegant, and somewhat-translucent body floating above her.

“Mom?” Lexi squealed. No matter how long it had been between her mother’s visits, she always had the hardest time containing her excitement. Even though it was getting easier to go on without her mother, it somehow made her feel better to know that her mom probably wasn’t out of her life for good. They might go long periods of time without seeing each other, but her mom always seemed to make her way back to her sometime.

“Hi, Lexi,” her mom said, softly, wrapping her arms around her.

It was the first time Lexi’s mom had ever tried to hug her while she was in ghost form, and it felt strange—but good strange, not bad strange. It felt like Lexi was being enveloped by a cold, misty cloud-like substance.

“I miss you, Mom,” Lexi said. “But, then, I always miss you.”

“I know, Lexi. I miss you, too, but just remember that I’m always watching you, even when you don’t realize I’m there. I want you to know how proud I am of you. You did the right thing by drinking the immortality potion.”

Lexi nodded. “I know I did the right thing, but . . . it worries me sometimes.”

“Why does it worry you?” her mom asked, pulling back to stare at her. Even though her mom’s eyes were more translucent now, they still had the same twinkle that they’d had when she was alive.

“Because if I’m here forever, it means I’ll never be able to join you,” Lexi blurted. It was the first time she had mentioned that this worried her out loud to anyone. Even though she had been worrying about it for weeks, she hadn’t even mentioned it to Dan yet because admitting it made her worries seem all the more real.

“Lexi, I don’t want you to think that way. You have to do what’s best for you . . . and for Dan. I’m happy you’ve found someone who loves you so much. Don’t take him for granted,” her mom said. “I’ll visit you for as long as I can and even if there ever comes a time when I’m no longer stuck in this in-between state, I will always be watching you. I can promise you that.”

“I know, but it won’t be the same,” Lexi said, and a tear trickled down her cheek. She wiped it away with her wrist.

“No, but sometimes, change happens and there’s nothing we can do about it but accept it.

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