I felt only weariness and thought, "Why had I ever fallen for such a person? Was it because I had spent so long among the dead that I could no longer discern the living clearly?"

My lingering fondness for Max vanished in an instant.

The ghost, Scott, beside me stretched and sneered, "How dare you harass my Kathy? I'll teach you a lesson."

"What? What does he mean?" I exclaimed.