Headmaster by Tara Sue Me

Author:Tara Sue Me
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2018-01-16T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER

Eight

Mariela was walking through the woods and it made her feel sick because she knew she was on the mainland and not the island. She turned around, trying to find a way out, but the trees were so thick and tall, they made everything look the same. Her chest grew tight and she felt a bit panicky because the light was fading and it would grow dark soon.

She searched frantically for a path or anything that would lead her out of the woods and to the water. It was close, she felt it. Now all she had to do was find it. The first thing she had to do was calm down, she told herself, so she stopped, closed her eyes, and took several deep breaths.

“You won’t find your way out with your eyes closed.”

It sounded like . . . but it couldn’t be. Mariela spun around.

“Surprise.” Winnie sat on a rock, her legs crossed and a big smile on her face.

Mariela screamed.

Winnie’s smile disappeared and in a flash too quick to see, she moved from the rock to stand directly in front of Mariela.

“Stop it,” Winnie said. “Don’t do that.”

Mariela nodded and forced herself to stop screaming, but it took several tries before she could get any words out. “You’re . . . here and now I’m here . . . am I . . . oh shit.” Everything grew fuzzy and she felt the earth tilt.

Winnie slapped her. “Don’t pass out on me. And no, you’re not dead. You can say it, you know. I’m well aware of what I am.”

“Why am I here?” Mariela wasn’t sure she believed her. After all, she’d always thought if you saw dead people, you were also dead. That’s the way it should work anyway.

“I’m guessing you did something stupid and now you need advice.”

“You’re going to give me advice?” Mariela laughed. “That’s funny. You were always the one asking me for advice.”

“I know, right? Isn’t it funny how the universe works? It took dying for me to get smart.”

Mariela sobered up. She was standing with her best friend, the woman who was like a sister to her. She’d never thought to see her again and suddenly her eyes prickled with tears. “It is you. I’ve missed you so much. Can I hug you?”

“Better not. Now come over here and sit down. We’ve got a lot to go over and not much time. You have to find your way out before dark.”

“What happens at dark?”

“Don’t ask.”

“I just did.”

Winnie sighed. “I turn into a pumpkin, okay? Now sit.”

Mariela sat on the rock Winnie had recently vacated.

“First of all,” Winnie said. “You have got to cut Lennox some slack.”

“What?”

“He’s grieving. I’m hard to get over.”

“I don’t mean any disrespect, but seriously? You’ve been gone for three years.”

Winnie laughed. “You still have it, I see. He hasn’t killed your spirit yet. That’s good, because he’s a hardheaded one.”

“What are you talking about?”

“The way you tell it like it is. He needs someone like you, he just hasn’t accepted it yet.

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