A Wild Fright in Deadwood (Deadwood Humorous Mystery Book 7) by Ann Charles

Author:Ann Charles [Charles, Ann]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: The Deadwood Mystery Series
Publisher: Ann Charles
Published: 2016-08-24T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

My visit with Prudence left me feeling like I was up to my hips in alligators. Not even the lucky alligator tooth necklace Zelda had given me was going to help me on this count.

After a quiet, thought-filled lunch with Harvey at Bighorn Billy’s, I dropped him off at Cooper’s house and headed back to work. The afternoon was almost as slow as the morning, which I didn’t mind after chitchatting with a bossy ghost. It gave me time to think about her advice on using bait to lure Caly to me. That was if Wanda’s death really was her handiwork. The style of murder sure seemed like Caly’s, but the mention of that goat-pig tattoo had me scratching my head.

“Vi,” Mona interrupted my cogitating. “Your phone is ringing.” She grabbed her purse and headed toward the bathroom.

My phone? I looked at my desk phone. Then I heard the muffled ring coming from my purse. I’d forgotten to take my cell phone out when I returned to work.

I answered it before the ringing stopped without taking the time to look at the number on the screen. “Hello?”

“Violet, it’s Rosy.” When I didn’t make a sound, she added, “the camerawoman for Paranormal Realty.”

“Yeah, sorry. You caught me off-guard. Is everything okay over there?” They were filming in Spearfish today if I remembered correctly. I’d sort of forgotten the details Ben had mentioned this morning because of Prudence’s big fat guilt bomb.

“Yeah, we’re fine. Nothing crazy like what you and I saw the other day.”

What? Nobody else was being haunted by psychotic little girl ghosts or their clown dolls? No fair!

“That’s uh …” Rosy lowered her voice. “That’s why I’m calling.”

“Let me guess, Dickie wants to know all about Wilda?”

“Actually, I haven’t shown him the footage.” I heard muffled sounds from her end of the line like she was partially covering the speaker, or maybe just cupping her phone. “I haven’t shown anyone besides you and Cornelius.”

“Why not?”

“I’ve been thinking about it all. A lot.”

Her too? I waited to hear her take on the insanity that was my life.

“If I show this piece with the ghost girl to anyone on the crew, they’ll want to put it on the air and anywhere else they can place the segment, using you to increase their own celebrity status and bank accounts. Your life as you know it will be over. I’ve seen it happen before with other reality television shows, and with the train of fame comes a lot of bad baggage, including long-lasting notoriety.”

She confirmed the worries that had had me chewing my knuckles off and on since I’d seen the replay of Wilda and me. I had plenty of notoriety around this town already. The thought of it being on a world-wide scale made me want to build an underground bunker for me and my kids to live in for a few years.

“What are you going to do?” I asked her.

“It’s not what I’m going to do, it’s what I’ve done.” Again, more muffled sounds.

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