Chapter 397. Seconds

JASON

She started to cry and a grimace of laughter appeared on my face. It was like a play in which nothing made sense. Dove thought I was dead. That I was a ghost and that’s why she couldn’t see me.

By now, I understood that this was real. I was communicating with her without having to be in the same place.

I strained to shout.

“I’m not dead!” I shouted, with all my might. To make her stop sobbing inconsolably.

Dove kept sobbing. I tried to grab her by the shoulders so she would realize that I was not a ghost who had come to say goodbye.

I didn’t know what to do and the situation was desperate. I pulled her hair, trying to make her understand that I was not dead.

“Ah…” she let out a groan of pain.

I almost pulled out a lock of her hair. I didn’t think I could pull so hard. She groaned and looked around, searching. She must have thought she was going crazy. I had to think of a way. Something to make her understand that I was alive, tha