A Tale of Two Ghosts by Sarah Riad

Author:Sarah Riad [Riad, Sarah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9798608371639
Published: 2020-04-16T16:00:00+00:00

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Later that evening, once Maia was asleep and Theo had sneaked in an hour after he should have, I slid into Finn’s room. He sat in his chair facing the TV as he played a shooting game.

‘Hello? Is that Finn?’ I said sitting back on his bed, flinching at the screen every time he shot someone.

‘What?’ he said while flickering his eyes back and forth to me and the TV. He was getting a lot better at following my voice.

‘Oh, you know, just that I can barely recognise you anymore without that big mop of hair on your head. I can actually see your face now.’ I laughed. It seemed crazy, but the haircut had made it easier to see Theo was his twin.

‘You sound like my mum.’ He groaned before quickly jumping up and turning off his game. ‘Oh, I forgot.’ He grabbed his laptop and a bag beside it and sat back down. ‘I have something for you, well, actually two things.’

‘Ooo gimme,’ I squealed with glee as he pulled out a book from the bag.

‘It’s Harry Potter. I figured you wouldn’t have heard of it but it’s, like, huge. There are films and everything. I think there are seven books in the series.’

I flicked through the pages unleashing that book smell. ‘And you only brought me the first one?’ I frowned.

Finn gently laughed as he tapped away on his laptop. ‘No, it’s a library book so once you finish that one, I’ll swap it for the next one in the series. Just read it first, you might not like it.’

‘You went to a library?’ I chuckled at the thought. ‘I wouldn’t have even expected you to know what one looks like.’

Finn faked a laugh as he kept his eyes on the laptop. ‘You should be a little more grateful since I barely escaped the motormouth that belonged to the librarian, Sheila.’

I was thankful for a moment that Finn was not able to see my face as my mouth dropped open. Could it be the same Sheila I knew? My gran’s friendly arch-nemesis? I could remember the many occasions I’d get home from school to find my gran groaning about something that Sheila had said. Sheila was the type that made it her business to know your business and my gran hated it, but in person, you’d have thought they were best friends. They’d only ever greet each other with big smiles and discuss the few happy memories they shared of the past. But could it be possible that Sheila was still alive? She had been a similar age to my gran when I had been alive which would have meant she would be in her late seventies, early eighties by now. If that had been the same Sheila and she was still alive, could that mean my gran could be too?

‘You ok?’ Finn asked having not taken his eyes off the laptop since opening it.

I placed the book on my lap and brushed my fingers on the edge of the pages.

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