The Reapers Daughter

Something i started but never finished!

I can’t die.

 

Oh no another dead person I've had to walk pass on my way to work, she'll die of a heart attack from an argument with the husband.

I hate knowing how they die, it's a curse I was born with and grown to hate. A terror I've had to live with, Apart of me wishes I could run up to her and say don't argue with your husband or you'll end up dead. And let her tell me I'm a lunatic and have me arrested.

 

How I'd give up my life for something else, something normal; if there is such a thing.

I carried on my journey to Costa coffee shop, where I work. So far that's the only person I've come across with her fate set and hope to god, if he exists, my day goes normal as possible. I almost got the sacked a week ago from having a outburst, a gentleman was rather rude to me and became physical by holding me at my arm. The Coffee shop is non-smoking and he refused to put the f*g out. And so I told him he was going to die of lung cancer a year from now when it will completely consumes him.

 

 He told me I was crazy and my boss escorted him out and then my boss gave me a warning. I can’t afford to lose this job so I consider myself lucky I've still got it. This curse affects my life in more ways then one. I do really hate it, hate it, and hate it.

 

Costa was packed like always, people come for there morning brew before work or having breakfast to pass the day. Then it goes quiet for an hour or two.

While it was quiet and the tables were cleaned, I took my first break of the day, my fifteen minutes break. For a tea, biscuit and read a magazine.

 “Dolly could you served that gentleman please; he's been there for a while." My boss, Terri commanded. The pork belly mongrel sat at his counter, picking at the dirt from under nails.

 “I’m on my break Terri, he'll have to wait and there are four more of us here. Ask one of the other's to do it."  I replied.

 "Do you want your job?" He threatened. How dare he threaten me?

 "I'm entitled to my break!" I said carefully but didn't stop me from showing it on my face that I was angry.

 

Terri stood and pointed at the customer; in frustration I slammed my magazine on the counter in front of Stella. She took a step back and watches me curse Terri as I penetrated my heels in the laminated floor and made my way to the gentlemen.

 "How can I help you sir?" I said fed up- annoyed. Things I have to put up with.

 “Yes I'd like to have a chat with you if I may?" The man asked; I wasn't really listening to what he said and thought he said something else.

 "Sorry we don't have-" I cut my sentence off and moved the note pad from in front of my face.

 

"I'm sorry could you repeat that!" I asked. 

 

 "I'd like to have a chat with you?" I looked at him closely as I sat opposite him and checked if Terri was watching but he wasn't.

 

“Do I know you?" I asked. The man face was very plain, gaunt and had no life in his skin, his eyes were dull and the iris was black- and his hands were long and thin spread out on the table side by side and notice his jacket was dusty and he smelt stale. 

 "No but I do know you, you're grown into a very fine specimen." He told me. Specimen; what the hell is he talking about?

 "Right- I think you should leave!" I asked calmly even though this man is freaking me out. I have to keep my cool.

 “I was afraid you'd ask that, I will leave but do you not want to know how I know you/or where I knew to find you? And that your boss, will die in a week as he is obese and his weight is crushing his organs." He said.

I was speechless, He knew about my curse but I hadn't seen Terri's fate yet.

 

This man was unlocking these questions about my life I've ignore for so long. Purely because I didn't want to know; And because I thought I was the only one, Looks like I'm not. It was a relief but scary at the same time.     

 "Please leave?" My knees felt like they were going to buckle beneath me, I couldn't stay in his company. He needed to go.

 

“Very well Dolly- I will return tonight, we have so much to talk about!" The strange man walked out of the Costa without a second glance and all those questions came to me like a bullet, my stomach acid turned and my breakfast was about to repeat on me. The tea, chocolate digestives were reaching to my throat.

 

“I- think- I'm going-to be-SICK!" I said, Stella heard me and rushed over, Terri panic.

 

“Get her to bathroom NOW!" he yelled at Stella.

 

Stella took my out back, I was just as the toilet door and the sick was filling my mouth I had to get rid of it and pursued all over the floor. Stella held my hair out there way and rubbed my back.

 

“It’s OK" she soothed. It's not OK though I thought. My life never was OK.

 

I lent against the wall to steady myself and Stella stood in front of me and avoided the puke on the floor, she kept rubbing my arms and it was very annoying.

 “Please stop." I snapped. I held her hands at her waist and she froze.

 

"Can I have five minute's to myself Stella?" I said calmly and then rubbed the rest of this sick from my mouth with the mini apron. She nodded and returned to her duties, I'm glad she hasn't asked why I'm puking. No one knows about this curse, only my mother did. She didn't think it was bad, this 'gift.' It was god blessing and how life was set for me. Seeing other people die. And I believed her back then and now I'm not so sure.

 

Terri came to see me after Stella left, I was puzzled why I didn't see his fate and that man did. Terri was coughing hard and felt a little sorry for him, a boss who I named was a fat swine isn't a fat swine after all; he was just taking his problems out on us.

 

“You should get yourself checked out Terri?" I said nicely and he frowned at me because I've shown concern for him.

  "It's just a cough I've had for ages; doctors can’t do anything about it!" He replied.

 

"See another doctor!" This time I had a slight demand in my tone, I want to see if that was man right and this was really happening to him.

 

 “Fair enough, I will! Why do care all of a sudden?" He asked. I wanted to say it's because you’re dieing but i knew saying that will end my job.

 

“I don't." I shrugged. “I’m going to splash some cold water on my face and I'll get back to work!"

 

“Yeah don’t forget to clean up your mess either.”

 

Terri coughs again and again and all i could do was stand there and watch. “Good it's started to build up now after your little misunderstanding again."

 

I happened to look through the port whole window on the door, the Q was building up. I turned to Terri who was still coughing his heart out and turned a deep pink. But there was nothing I could do unless he does it for him self.

 

I left him out in the hall while I went into the women's toilet's, to freshen up a sicken face. And I felt effortless to help him, I've only seen one person change there fate. His name was Gary Brash; he was four years older then me and knew him from school. I never mingled with anyone back then but boys being boys they liked playing with danger and he was narrowly missed by a train. A friend of Gary's pushed him out the way and never made it to safety. I saw it all and I wasn't even there to witness it. I don't know what happened to Gary after that.

 

I filled the basin with cold water and looked at it nervously and wondered what my fate is? Will i ever see it? I put my face in the basin and held it there; the water wasn't cold as I thought it would be. But found I was able to breath under water which shocked me, and took my head out of the water.

 “What?" i said to myself. “That’s impossible!" I went to do it again and Stella came through the door.

 

"What are you doing?" She said surprised and raised her brow at me because my hair and face were dripping of water.

 

“Nothing- I was just freshening up." I lied.

 

“OK- well your needed now." She said and walked out.

 

'You can't die.' A voice echoed behind me, in the mirror I saw that same strange man who claim he knew me. But as soon as I turned he was gone.  

 

I turned around and faced the mirror. “It’s just crazy man; properly escape from rehab or something” I said trying not to freak out.

I blew a raspberry through my lips, pulled myself together and told myself.

 "Today going to be normal today is going to be normal."

 

I hope.  

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