Audrey woke to find her dead husband of six years lying in bed next to her. She wasn’t quite sure what to say to him as he turned his face towards hers and smiled. “Hello Bill,” Audrey said trying to sound as normal as possible. “How are you doing?” Bill just raised his finger to his lips and made the quiet sound. Audrey obeyed and listened.
Suddenly she heard the noise of someone else moving stuff around in the kitchen. Then she heard muffled voices. Audrey’s eyes spread wide with fear. “Burglar?!” she asked Bill. He nodded. Then she felt her dead husband get up out of bed and watched him walk out of their bedroom door and out into the darkness towards where the sounds of the intruder were coming from. Audrey pulled the blanket tight up to her face. She heard the sounds of speaking in the kitchen the sound of a scuffle and the silence. Why was her dead husband here? Had he known she was going to be in danger tonight and had appeared as a sort of guardian apparition to protect her from danger? She knew it was Bill straight away as she felt absolutely no fear when she had woken up with him next to her in their bed.
Audrey heard the sound of her bedroom door open and then the comforting sound of feet padding softly around the bed. The bed sagged as Bill climbed back into bed with her. “Don’t worry,” he said “You’re safe now.” Audrey turned to face Bill and found herself looking at the face of the burglar smiling at her.
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