(eng) Juliet Blackwell - Haunted Home Renovation Mysteries 04 by Home for the Haunting

Author:Home for the Haunting [Haunting, Home for the]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

I shook my head.

“Let’s . . . ignore it for now,” continued Annette. “Probably those kids you were talking about.”

“Okay. But I think we should go back down, anyway, since that’s where the murders occurred.”

The very moment I turned to go down the stairs, the overhead light went out.

An apparition appeared at the bottom of the stairs.

Was that Sidney himself? Holding out a gun?

But no, it wasn’t a gun, but a flashlight. Simone came up to join him and I realized it wasn’t Sidney

at all; it was Hugh. Alive and breathing.

“What is it?” he said. “Do you see something?”

“Sorry,” I said, shaking it off as we descended the stairs. “For a second, I thought I was looking at

your father’s ghost.”

He nodded gravely.

“He gets that a lot,” said Simone. “Linda thought the same thing when she was here that last . . .

well, the last time we were here.” She sighed and explained: “Hugh sent Linda to one of the best

rehab clinics in California, but her counselor said her addiction was her way of trying to deal with

past trauma. We were getting her therapy, trying to address the root cause, but not surprisingly, she

didn’t want to think about that night. We were hoping being in the house would help Linda to face the

past, but when she saw Hugh standing here like this, she thought it was that night all over again. It was

like PTSD. She panicked.”

“Do you think that’s what happened?” Hugh asked, looking into his wife’s face so intensely, it was

as though he knew the truth was there somewhere, if only he could find it.

“I think Linda was a disturbed woman,” Simone said, placing her hand on his shoulder and

returning his gaze. “You did everything you could for her, Hugh. You and Ray both. No one could have

done more. This is all because of your father’s actions, no one else’s. Remember what the therapist

said?”

Hugh nodded and took a deep breath, as though gathering his thoughts.

It was oddly fascinating to watch these two. Simone seemed to play the role of mother as much as

mate, but they certainly seemed to care deeply for each other in a relationship that appeared beyond

the norm. I supposed someone like Hugh would require a special kind of love. In fact, it was hard to

imagine him romancing anyone, taking the time to court or even respond to another person’s advances.

But then, as was pointed out to me so often, I was no expert in the field of romance.

Our foursome continued on the tour of the house, and Simone and Hugh suggested upgrades and

renovations they’d like to see. By and large, the ghosts were still. I caught glimpses of movement in

my peripheral vision, a sense of yearning, but no one spoke to me. Not that I really expected them to.

In my experience, ghosts were pretty fickle about when they decided to make contact. Usually, they

waited until particularly inopportune times.

Or maybe there were simply too many people here. If I was truly brave, I thought, I would come

back all alone.

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