Svetlana's Back

Travis woke up to the birds chirping, sun shining through the living room window, and the sound of Marry walking in the kitchen. Marry is wearing her blue pajama set a long with white fuzzy slippers. Travis woke up in the same clothes he had on the day before. Plain t-shirt and jeans. That doesn't normally happen but he was stressed and tired from work. He also missed Svetlana. Travis got up from the pullout couch, turned it into a normal couch, and walked over to Marry. "Good morning." Travis says, dragging his feet across the floor. "Morning." Marry looks at Travis and his clothes. She can see the dark circles under his eyes. She also noticed that he didn't wake up in pajamas. "Rough night?" "Yea well, you know. Work is work. Plus it wasn't fun coming home afterwards to hear," Travis pauses. "It's ok Travis. We all miss her." "I just hate that I wasn't there for her in her final moments." Travis walked over to the coffee machine and poured a cup of coffee from what was already brewed. "I understand but you couldn't help it. You had to work. You already took off five days to visit her." Marry looks over at Travis. He sets down his cup of coffee and puts his hand on the counter like it's the only thing keeping him standing. "Hey, are you alright?" "I'm fine just a bit dizzy." Travis walks over to the kitchen table and sits on one of the chairs. "I'll get you some water." "I have some coffee on the counter." "Thats not going to help you. You need water." Marry says as she grabs a glass cup and fills it up with tap water. "Here. Go easy for today." "I have work Marry. I can just "go easy"." Travis argued as he looked up at Marry. "Just try. We don't want you fainting." "I'll try my best." Both smiled at each other. "Is Ezra going to school?" "No actually he'll go back in three days. This is very hard for him. " Marry says sitting down in the chair beside Travis. "Poor guy. Does he understand what's going on?" "I believe so. I told him that when someone dies they basically fall asleep and won't wake up." Marry looks behind her shoulder. She feels something watching her. She looks around the room and sees Ezra hiding behind the corner you turn before going into the kitchen. "Hey Ezra. Come on let's get you some breakfast." Travis says as he starts to stand up. "Uh no. You sit down and I'll get Ezra some food. What do you want to eat?" "Toast with jelly please!" Ezra said with a smile across his face. "You seem a lot happier today bud." "I am. I feel a lot better. Especially sense Svetlana came to visit me this morning." Ezra says as he sits down across from his uncle. "Did you have a dream about her?" "No I saw her. She walked out of my closet and told me that she'll be here to look after us. Which I don't get how. She's only five." Ezra said confused. Travis looks at Marry with shock. "Ezra has a big imagination." "I'm not imagining this momma! She really did talk to me." "Okay, I believe you. Here's your food Ezra." Marry stets down the food infront of Ezra as her and Travis walk to the other room. "He can see her, Marry this is huge." "It's just make believe. You kept seeing Leo after he passed and those were hallucinations." Marry began to walk back into the kitchen when Travis said, "But kids can actually see ghosts. He's still young thats why he can see her. Maybe if he talks to her-." " No. I don't want Ezra to have hope in something that isn't there. Don't tell him that he's seeing ghosts. He'll freak out or want to talk to her more and I don't want my child doing either." Marry walks off into the kitchen to sit with Ezra. Travis sighs as he goes to the bathroom to get ready for work.

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