A Passion for Haunted Fashion by Rose Pressey

Author:Rose Pressey [Pressey, Rose]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington
Published: 2018-03-29T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

Charlotte’s Tips for a Fabulous Afterlife

Wear gorgeous shoes because your feet never hurt.

What’s that saying?

The higher the heel the closer to heaven.

A short time later we arrived at the theater. Once again I parked in that back lot. It was just as spooky tonight as always. Dark clouds rolled in and settled over the once blue sky. The only sound was the chirp of insects and a hooting owl in the distance. Soon the thunder would boom and lightning would streak across the sky. Just what I needed, inside a spooky building with a thunderstorm outside.

“Are you going in?” Charlotte asked.

I scanned the surroundings. “Yes, of course, as soon as I get up enough nerve.”

Inhaling a deep breath and blowing it out, I opened the car door. Once the door was open I had a short amount of time to get to the building’s back door. It was like a race against time. Kind of like at night when you have to go to the bathroom but you don’t want the monsters from under your bed to get you. Okay, I sounded like a four-year-old. Get yourself together, Cookie, I thought. I was a grown woman. I could handle this. Nevertheless, I hurried across the parking lot, not bothering to glance over my shoulder. If I didn’t look that meant nothing back there could get me. I knew it didn’t work that way, but wishful thinking, I suppose.

If the back door was locked I’d be in big trouble. I had no idea where Charlotte and Peggy were. I assumed they’d already passed through the closed door and were waiting for me. At least I hoped that was the case. What if they’d gone back to the car and left me all alone? Charlotte needed to open the door for me if it was locked, but like I said, she wasn’t always the best at channeling energy to move things. Though she would claim she was the best. I yanked on the door and thank goodness it was unlocked.

I hurried inside the building. The kitchen was quiet and I assumed everyone was onstage practicing. I rushed through the room and over to the steps that led to the basement. Of course it was dark down there. I flipped the switch on the wall. The dim light came on, but it was little help. Why couldn’t they add brighter lights down there? It was almost as if they wanted everyone to be afraid. Once at the end of the hall I reached the costume room. The room was a pitch-black void. Anyone could be hiding in there and I wouldn’t see them. I eased into the room just a bit so that I could reach the light switch on the wall beside the door.

After fumbling for several seconds and starting to panic, I flipped the switch. The fluorescent light added an eerie glow across the room. It felt as if someone might be hiding behind any number of objects in the room.

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