My head reeled at the possible reason as to why he was here because I sure remembered Elvis saying that my soul could be collected only at a particular time. Gwen was sitting right next to me but she hadn't notice him and her eyes did glance that way, why hadn't she noticed him?!
He didn't look like the last time I saw him in the school's restroom, his face was void of emotions and it reminded me the day he almost killed me. Maybe I was just hallucinating with all the stress. I saw him walk towards the back exit of the restaurant slowly but he stopped suddenly to turn back and look at me.
When I was about to turn towards Elise and Gwen he shook his head.
It was like he wanted me to follow him. Alone.
I saw him exit the door and seconds felt like minutes as they passed. Taking a deep breath I said,
"Excuse me," getting up from my seat and walking towards the back exit.
The exit led to the back alley where no one was there. Where did he go?
"Thought you would never e," I heard Ace's voice behind me, startling me. I looked at him carefully, taking two steps back.
Out of instinct I followed but now that we were standing face to face I felt my mouth turn dry like someone had stuffed sand in my mouth.
"W-what are you doing here?" I asked him slowly. He looked alive with no trace that he was dead. He looked like the time we had first met with his biker boots and jacket. It was nostalgic, "I thought you were dead," I said making him his lips twitch darkly.
He pulled his jacket to the side and placed his free hand on his chest, pushing it so that his fingers sank in. His chest was hollow, I realized, Luke had ripped his heart out that night.
"Almost," he murmured glancing back at me, "I needed to talk to you, Lilly before I left this world for your good."
"What do you mean?" I asked him. He walked near to the trash can with the lid and sat next on top of it.
"I don't have much time so let me speak first," he said looking away from me the wind blowing his black hair, "I'm not going to ask for your forgiveness because given the chance I would take every opportunity to get her back. Danger is lurking at your doorstep waiting and the other one you've already stepped into."
"Stepped into?" I asked him but he didn't seem to hear what I said as he asked me,
"Don't marry him without knowing who he is," He looked at me, face void of emotions, "You d-"
"Why does it matter to you?" I gritted my teeth together. He had no right to even discuss about me! First, he betrayed me, straying me and now he was telling me not to marry Luke. And Luke was a nice person that was once you crossed over that bipolar attitude of his.
"Because when you visit hell you see and hear various things," he explained but I shook my head not wanting to listen to his bullshit.
"You don't know him so shut up. At least he's not like you trying to kill me or trying to sneak on me in the school restroom!" He tilted his head at the last part of it, staring at me and not saying anything.
"The last time I saw you was when my heart was ripped out," he said raising his brows, "To begin with I wasn't here but instead in hell all these days. Thanks to your future husband," his voice was bitter with hate.
"You were there," I said affirmatively.
He stared at me with a grim expression. I clearly remembered looking at him with that sinister smile on his face when he watched me and-wait a second. I reeled back my memory again, going through the scene in my head one by one. It was that smile, it wasn't Ace's and instead someone else. Shit, it wasn't Ace but my father from my previous life.
The remaining blood in my face drained out. Why? I mean how did he...why Ace?
"My time has e," he said standing up on both his feet, "I believe you have figured out one of the danger I was talking about."
"Are you going back to hell?" I asked him and he shook his head as the velocity of wind increased. His body was dissipating to little flakes like fire.
"Dust thou art, dust thou returnest," he quoted from 'A Psalm of life'. His legs had already disintegrated in the air and it was moving up, "For some of us it's different
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