feeling?”
“I just took a shower and I think I’m going back to bed.”
“Good idea. Don’t sleep too long, I’m making breakfast.”
“Just make sure it all reheats well.”
“No problem.”
I climbed out of bed, took a quick shower, and tossed on a pair of sweats and an old T-shirt. I made a breakfast casserole that could sit in the fridge uncooked until Angelica was up. Then I made myself a batch of whole-grain pancakes with organic blueberries and a side of scrambled eggs.
I was halfway through my first pancake when a knock at the door made me drop my fork. I ran a hand through my hair and hurried to the door.
Reid, eyes bloodshot, hair matted, met me at the door. “Hey baby,” he said in a voice that was too steady and clear for the way he looked. “Miss me?”
He tried to push past me into the apartment, but I blocked him and stepped out into the narrow hallway, pulling the door closed behind me.
My heart was racing, and I wanted to run back into the apartment and shut the door in his face, but more than that, I wanted him to leave me alone, and I didn’t think hiding in my apartment for the rest of my life was a reasonable alternative to confronting him. “What are you doing here? How do you know where I live?”
“You live above the flower shop off Main Street. You told me that yourself your first week at work.”
“Really? So the idea is that you are channeling Landon? Because I seriously doubt Landon remembers anything I said to him. He was always stoned when I knew him.”
“I remember a lot more than anyone gives me credit for,” Reid said calmly. “You all thought I was so stupid, I know. But if I was so stupid, how was it that I did no work, while you did everything for half my pay? Bow, wow, wow.”
Anger replaced my fear. “So not only are you going to try to scare me by pretending to be possessed by Landon, but you’re going to insult my intelligence, too? You have no idea what it was like to have him for a boss. I don’t know what he told you, but he made everyone at the store miserable.”
Reid took a step back. “You’re just jealous ’cause everyone liked me better. I was a fun boss.”
“Landon wasn’t a boss at all. He was a warm body to fill a chair, and nobody in that store liked him.”
Reid could have easily found out where I lived, and anyone could have told him about Landon’s penchant for ’90s slang, but no one would have told Reid that Landon was a good boss. Either he had gotten some serious misinformation mixed in with the good, or Landon really was inside him. Landon’s ego knew no bounds.
“You bitch,” Reid growled and got in my face. I backed up until I stood flush against the door, the doorknob hard against my hip. “Are those the kind of lies you’re going to spread about me now that I’m dead? Those girls loved me, all of them, even you.”
“Nice try, Reid. I’m pretty sure Landon has never cared about his reputation dead or alive.”
He laughed. “Shows how well you knew me. I would like to thank you, though, for making this easy for me. I was starting to feel a tiny bit bad about ruining your life, but you are helping rid me of that feeling entirely.”
My fear returned when Reid started talking about ruining my life. “I don’t even know you. Why are you doing this to me?”
“I don’t even know you,” Reid mocked in a high falsetto and did a little girly prance that got him out of my personal space. I stepped away from the door, but kept a hand on the knob.
“I’m doing this because I can, Kelsey. I want what you have and I’m going to take it. God knows, you’re not my first choice. I’d much rather be alive as a dude again, at the very least, but that’s not the way this works. Besides the asshole who killed me, you were the last person to see me alive and you are the only one I can possess.”
“Really?” I said. “Then how is it that you are possessing Reid?”
“He’s drunk as hell right now, as good
“I just took a shower and I think I’m going back to bed.”
“Good idea. Don’t sleep too long, I’m making breakfast.”
“Just make sure it all reheats well.”
“No problem.”
I climbed out of bed, took a quick shower, and tossed on a pair of sweats and an old T-shirt. I made a breakfast casserole that could sit in the fridge uncooked until Angelica was up. Then I made myself a batch of whole-grain pancakes with organic blueberries and a side of scrambled eggs.
I was halfway through my first pancake when a knock at the door made me drop my fork. I ran a hand through my hair and hurried to the door.
Reid, eyes bloodshot, hair matted, met me at the door. “Hey baby,” he said in a voice that was too steady and clear for the way he looked. “Miss me?”
He tried to push past me into the apartment, but I blocked him and stepped out into the narrow hallway, pulling the door closed behind me.
My heart was racing, and I wanted to run back into the apartment and shut the door in his face, but more than that, I wanted him to leave me alone, and I didn’t think hiding in my apartment for the rest of my life was a reasonable alternative to confronting him. “What are you doing here? How do you know where I live?”
“You live above the flower shop off Main Street. You told me that yourself your first week at work.”
“Really? So the idea is that you are channeling Landon? Because I seriously doubt Landon remembers anything I said to him. He was always stoned when I knew him.”
“I remember a lot more than anyone gives me credit for,” Reid said calmly. “You all thought I was so stupid, I know. But if I was so stupid, how was it that I did no work, while you did everything for half my pay? Bow, wow, wow.”
Anger replaced my fear. “So not only are you going to try to scare me by pretending to be possessed by Landon, but you’re going to insult my intelligence, too? You have no idea what it was like to have him for a boss. I don’t know what he told you, but he made everyone at the store miserable.”
Reid took a step back. “You’re just jealous ’cause everyone liked me better. I was a fun boss.”
“Landon wasn’t a boss at all. He was a warm body to fill a chair, and nobody in that store liked him.”
Reid could have easily found out where I lived, and anyone could have told him about Landon’s penchant for ’90s slang, but no one would have told Reid that Landon was a good boss. Either he had gotten some serious misinformation mixed in with the good, or Landon really was inside him. Landon’s ego knew no bounds.
“You bitch,” Reid growled and got in my face. I backed up until I stood flush against the door, the doorknob hard against my hip. “Are those the kind of lies you’re going to spread about me now that I’m dead? Those girls loved me, all of them, even you.”
“Nice try, Reid. I’m pretty sure Landon has never cared about his reputation dead or alive.”
He laughed. “Shows how well you knew me. I would like to thank you, though, for making this easy for me. I was starting to feel a tiny bit bad about ruining your life, but you are helping rid me of that feeling entirely.”
My fear returned when Reid started talking about ruining my life. “I don’t even know you. Why are you doing this to me?”
“I don’t even know you,” Reid mocked in a high falsetto and did a little girly prance that got him out of my personal space. I stepped away from the door, but kept a hand on the knob.
“I’m doing this because I can, Kelsey. I want what you have and I’m going to take it. God knows, you’re not my first choice. I’d much rather be alive as a dude again, at the very least, but that’s not the way this works. Besides the asshole who killed me, you were the last person to see me alive and you are the only one I can possess.”
“Really?” I said. “Then how is it that you are possessing Reid?”
“He’s drunk as hell right now, as good
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