Mary Maurice, Malcontent Niece

I saw her. People think I'm crazy but I'm not.

I said "Bloody Mary come alive!" 3 times at the bathroom mirror in the dark & I swear I saw someone looking back at me. But the weird thing is she didn't look like what I thought Bloody Mary would look like. For example, I thought she'd have stringy hair, but her hair was totally

sprongly. Like all over the place. And she wasn’t covered head to toe with blood either. And her name wasn’t Mary. “It’s Maurice,” she corrected. Well alright, not so bloody Maurice, I hath summoned thee for a most important bidding. Except… what did I want her to do? I pondered.

“Hey Maurice,” I finally spoke, “Go bring me some ketchup!” She floated out the bathroom and came back with a bottle of ketchup, red stains all over her dress. It’s all coming together. “Now pretend your name is Mary. If anyone asks, it’s Mary. Got it?” “It’s Maurice!”

"C'mon Maurice. Mom is going to flip if she learns the ghost haunting my place has the same name as her deceased second husband. Just for the afternoon. How about 'Mara' or 'Maureen'?"

Just as those words were uttered, said Mom stormed into the room. Upon seeing Maurice, she froze dead in her tracks. "I thought I made sure you were gone for good when I pushed you off the balcony, you fool! Guess I'll just have to kill your ghost, too!" And she did.