A Ghost from the Shadows by Elizabeth Eagan-Cox

Author:Elizabeth Eagan-Cox
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: ebooksonthe.net
Published: 2010-05-11T14:32:40.644000+00:00

Chapter 23

Because Zach new the layout of Avalon it took only ten minutes for us to get to the older neighborhood where Cortez Avenue and Cruse Drive intersected with Cabrillo Street. We parked on Cabrillo Street at curbside near the front of an eatery called the Crow and Quill, Ye Olde Publick House and Parlor. Keeping in mind we might need a place to eat later on, I walked up to the front of the restaurant. It looked like it had been recently refurbished in an English tavern theme. Out front to the side of the door was the explanation that the parlor was the family-friendly pizza restaurant side of the eatery and the pub side offered traditional tavern foods and spirits, without the kids games appointed to the parlor side. I turned to Zach, “This is a possibility for later, don't you think?"

"Sure, as long as we avoid the pizza side. I suspect we'll need a quiet table to talk about our day's adventure.” He took my hand, “Ready to explore on foot?"

We walked to the corner of a three-point intersection where the roads of Cortez, Cruse and Cabrillo met. Zach took out his digital camera that has an instant playback viewer and carefully took pics of the area, panning in a 360-degree circle. When he finished we checked them to make sure he covered all of it.

"Looks good to me,” I commented. “Zach, do you know anything of this area's history, or does anything about it look, well, hopeful in regard to all my clues?” We walked back a few paces to the side of the Crow and Quill and stood under its awning. Zach looked out at the intersection and quietly contemplated the scene. I waited and watched. I look around again and again; hoping something I spied would trigger recognition.

Zach broke our silence, “The florist shop, over there on Cortez, it's called the Lily Garden, maybe that's a clue?” He looked at me.

"Yeah, I noticed that, too. It's closed, but maybe we could look around it?"

"Sure,” Zach agreed. We walked over to it and around it. The back was closed off with decorative iron fencing, so even though we could not get inside the shop, we did get a good look around. The name aptly described the back of the shop. Instead of a grubby alley or trash storage, we found a garden in full bloom with a great variety of lilies and other flowers. There was a storage shed about fifteen feet away at the very back of the property. It looked to be a garage that had been converted. Zach took a once over look at it and came to the same conclusion. “Unless there's some deep dark secret in that shed that we can find out about right away, I think we best be on our way."

I looked at the shed and couldn't draw my attention away from it.

"What's up Shannon?” Zach looked from me to the shed.

"I don't know, it's just a feeling I have.

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