The Spirit Clearing by Mark Tufo

Author:Mark Tufo
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, azw3
Tags: Horror, Fiction
ISBN: 9781479256440
Publisher: CreateSpace
Published: 2012-09-01T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER ELEVEN - Life Changes

Mike went back to the Coffee warehouse, the security firm he worked for had decided to not replace Jed. From this point forward, all shifts would be manned by one individual. It meant he was on call seven days a week in the event of a person calling in sick. He didn’t mind, it meant he had more time to write. He did miss the additional income he had made playing cards with Jed, but life rolled on.

“I miss you, old man,” he said as every shift started. He even took the cards out of the pack and would lay two hands out, ‘just in case’.

For two more months the world traveled in this fashion, but if there is one thing the planet abhors, it is stagnation. The world thrives on change, it is the agent upon which all life revolves, for good or bad.

“You sitting, Mike?” Jandilyn asked as he walked in the door.

“Do I look like I am?” he asked her, clearly confused.

“You should then.”

There was something clearly wrong, Mike thought. Her brow was beaded in sweat and she looked flushed, like she sometimes did after a go around on the treadmill at the gym.

“Jandilyn?”

“Relax, you baby, I’ve got some news.”

“I hate the news, I never watch it. It’s always about missing people, murder, and drugs—”

“Shush, I’ve got good news and good news. Which do you want first?”

“Jandilyn, my heart is going to come out of my throat—could you just tell me?”

“Which one?” she said, almost dancing back and forth from foot to foot.

“The good news,” he said half rising.

She pushed him back down. “Touch my belly, do you feel anything?”

“Didn’t I tell you to stay away from that Mexican restaurant? You always feel like crap when you go there for lunch with your work mates? Maybe el gato doesn’t agree with you.”

“It is not cat! And the food there is delicious, but yes it does tend to hurt my belly afterwards.”

“And then I’m the recipient. I bet you don’t let go of those stinkers while you’re at work. No, you save them all up for me and I’ve been meaning to tell you, you’re burning out my olfactory—”

“I’m pregnant, you shit!” She laughed.

“Is it mine?” Mike asked, standing up. “Sorry, knee-jerk reaction. That’s awesome.” His grin matching hers.

He twirled her a couple of times around their tiny kitchen.

“You’d better put me down or you are going to see what I had for breakfast.”

Mike gently put her down.

“This is more than I could have ever hoped for, Jandilyn!”

“Are you sure?” she asked, biting her bottom lip.

“What the hell do you think all that practice was for?” he asked, pointing to their bedroom.

“I guess practice makes perfect.”

“I’ll ask for some more shifts at the warehouse. With Lou on vacation and Jeff always calling in sick it shouldn’t be a problem and then there’s holiday pay…” Mike was going on calculating all the different ways he could earn more money.

“Mike, stop for a sec. Now don’t get mad.

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