The Two-Knock Ghost by Jeff Lombardo

Author:Jeff Lombardo [Lombardo, Jeff]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781524540500
Publisher: Xlibris US
Published: 2016-09-12T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 15

WEDNESDAY CAME QUICKLY, but not easily. By the time I finished work and took myself out to dinner before driving to see the psychologist, I hadn’t had a drink in over a week. I also had not hung out in my bedroom to do client work in almost the same amount of time. I had gone to six consecutive days of AA meetings, had spoken again about my problems with alcohol, had seen and talked with Toby three more times, and had visited my favorite tree once and prayed there for the health and happiness of my kids, Christine, and my becoming a better man. I had dreamed about the devil twice since I had made the appointment with my new psychologist and the Two-Knock Ghost had knocked intrusively within three of my dreams—the two of the devil and one where I was in my office with my new psychologist who looked to be exactly like the actor of the same name. Those knocks had especially knocked me off-kilter because I had just met my new psychologist—the famous actor—had found him exceedingly gracious. In my dream I was about to ask him for his autograph when the ghost knocked twice. How rude, I thought. What a punk. Between the devil and the Two-Knock Ghost, I could hardly have a pleasant dream anymore. One or the other would infiltrate my wonderful moments with their unique brands of terror. But tonight I would begin to address those issues as I drove the last mile to the psychologist’s office. I looked forward to the day when those nightmares would no longer invade my sleep. Within the last three blocks before the office, I thought that it would be super if I could go back home to Christine without the baggage of the dreams of the devil and the Two-Knock Ghost. After having them, I would always wake up feeling an emotional drain that was equivalent to a hangover. I would be able to let the effects of the dream dissipate quickly. Although I’d never had a dream about the Two-Knock Ghost while I was at home with Christine, I’d had several about the devil. Each time I had them I felt those lingering effects of the dream detract from my ability to be happy in the present moment. And so many of those present moments were ones that I shared with Christine, who deserved nothing less than my best from moment to moment.

In three more minutes the car was parked on the north side of the building at 8601 Fourth Street North. That building was one of a handful of sights in St. Petersburg where patients could go for kidney dialysis. But in the multi-floored building there were a variety of other office configurations, which included lawyers, new growing firms and several other small to medium sized businesses.

I took the elevator to the third floor, noticing that the hallways were painted a drab gray over an equally drab gray rug. It was a no frills utilitarian hallway.

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