Dina escapes from Mike

"You should seriously consider letting go of such a crazy friend. How about we both go for dinner once my shift gets over?" The bartender passed a small piece of paper with her phone number on it.

She kissed the paper and then dropped a kiss on his cheek too. He slipped the paper into his pockets instantly and said,

"Sure, I would love that! Once I drop this lunatic home, I will give you a call and come pick you up. I will make sure to give you an unforgettable night."

"Sure. sounds good!" She kissed his lips and strolled away to attend to her other customers.

He looked at her voluptuous figure and whistled. He could not believe his luck today. Finally, he is ready to say goodbye to his singlehood and enter into a hot relationship.

"At least you are useful to me at such times, Dina!" He muttered and turned towards his left side.

He shrieked and jumped down from the barstool. There was no one next to him and the person disappeared from where she was sitting earlier. He ran around the bar searching for Dina like a crazy man.

Then he dashed around while cursing, "Shit! Shit! Shit! Dina! When? What the hell? When did you escape? Where are you? You better come out of your hiding."

Even after shouting for a long time, he did not get any response. He thought, 'I am definitely dead this time! Haaaa… As I predicted, she will be the death of me!'

He held his head and ran outside the bar. When he noticed the security guards, he walked near them and asked, "Did you see a tall girl with black hair and brown eyes pass from here?"

"There were several girls, who went out with the same description. Do you have any other specific details, sir?" The security guard inquired.

"Yes, she was wearing a black dress with a weird looking cap on her head that had our company's logo." He took out his phone and showed him the photo of the cap.

The security guard nodded his head but looked at him as if he was a weird guy. The security guard wondered, 'If he had a photo of her cap, why did he not capture her face instead? Only weird kids come to this bar. Maybe, I should really consider changing my job sooner.'

It was not like Mike did not want to take her photo. It's just that, it was nearly impossible to click a good photo of hers. All the photos would come out blurred or she would look like a completely different person in those photos which came fine.

Mike never expected that the cap she designed would come to his help in such a situation. He praised her creative work inside his head for making such a cuckoo cap. If not for that, it might have been difficult for him to search for her today.

He completely ignored the fact about how he dissed her a few days back for wasting her time to create a hat that no one would buy. When she showed him the initial design of that cap, he even puked.

"Yes Sir, we have seen this girl who wore this cap. She walked towards the east side of this street. Maybe, she could have taken a cab by now, who knows. But you can try your luck by going this way, as this is a shortcut to reach the place sooner and also where you can get easy access to taxis." The security guard pointed his finger towards a dark alley.

Mike looked at the dark alley and gulped. He had always feared the dark alleys the most. And to be so true, it was all because of Dina's horror stories that he used to hear every time they pass any isolated dark place.

She would immediately point her finger randomly at the dark corner with shivering hands. Then she would mention that some horrific-looking ghost was sitting over there while munching on a bloodied leg.

In her stories, she would also say that those ghosts were either weeping or dancing or whatever that she saw or imagined at that moment. He shook his body once to get rid of those thoughts from his mind. Once his head was cleared of those horrible images, he looked at the security guard.

"No, I will take the straight route. Thank you," He said to them.

Then he almost ran towards the direction that Dina went as per the security guards. But if only he took the dark alley or even focused a little bit to look that way, he would have noticed her squatting on the ground, just ten feet inside the lane.

"So, tell me what happened? I am really in a good mood today, as I have finally got rid of the guy who was chasing me every day." Dina asked while looking at a gray figure that was squatting on the ground next to her.

"I used to work in this bar as a bartender and I fell in love…" The ghost described the story before her death.

"Love? Why did you treat yourself so badly before you died? Is that why you are still roaming around here?" Dina inquired with disdain clearly visible in her eyes.

"No!! But what can I do? The guy I used to love comes to this bar often compared to other places. So I could only stay here to watch him from afar, whenever he visits the bar." The gray shadow explained to her.

"Why don't you follow him all the time, then? Why do you have to wait for him until he comes here? If you haunt him wherever he goes, then you can always be with him." Dina suggested to the ghost.

"Is it OK to do that? Won't the grim reaper take me away if I attach myself to him? I heard that they are strict in this region especially it's a crime zone. Not many good people die here. So, they have set lots of rules especially for this area." The poor ghost said while shivering in fright.

She had seen several other ghosts who were caught by the grim reaper. They suffered a terrible fate and she did not want to become one of them. At that same time, this was the only thing she liked to do after she turned into a ghost.

"Who is that grim reaper, who has the guts to take you away? Ask him to come to me, I will bite him and then I will teach him a lesson. You don't have to worry about anything when I am here." Dina showed her pure white teeth and made chomping noises.

Then she said,

"Moreover, didn't you say it's a crime zone? So, won't those bad ghosts hurt you and take away your energy for their use. It's not safe for you to stay here. Listen to my advice, and go chase your love. If you want, I can tell you a trick to avoid being visible to the grim reaper."

She moved near the ghost and whispered some spells into the shadow's ears.