An Isle of Man Ghostly Cozy Collection - ABC by Diana Xarissa

Author:Diana Xarissa [Xarissa, Diana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-10-13T23:00:00+00:00

9

Of course, whoever it was didn’t bother to leave a message. Fenella kicked off her shoes and frowned at the answering machine. What was the point in having the device if people weren’t going to use it?

“Your phone has been ringing all afternoon,” Mona said crossly from her seat near the window. “It’s incredibly annoying.”

“You bought the phone,” Fenella pointed out. “And the answering machine that no one uses.”

Mona shrugged. “The phone wasn’t nearly as annoying when I could answer it,” she said. “Although I must say, I wasn’t often home when it rang. My friends used the answering machine, of course.”

“As I’ve no idea who has been calling, I can’t possibly be expected to apologize for their behavior,” Fenella said. “I suspect they’ve all been insurance salesmen or some such thing.”

“How was your trip to Peel, then?” Mona asked. “I wasn’t expecting you back until later.”

“Peter got a phone call and had to come back to sort something out for work,” Fenella explained. “But Peel Castle was wonderful.”

“Maybe I’ll have to go and have another look at it,” Mona said. “I haven’t been out there in years.”

Fenella wanted to ask her aunt a dozen questions about how that would work, like could she fly or just magically transport herself or what, but whenever she asked Mona about being a ghost, Mona always teased her with her answers. Instead, she shrugged and went into the kitchen to make sure that Katie had something to eat and water in her bowl. She’d just refilled Katie’s water when the phone began to ring again.

“Hello?”

“May I speak to Fenella Woods, please,” a voice on the other end of the line said.

“Speaking,” she replied, readying herself to politely refuse whatever the caller was selling.

“This is Jessica Harris with the Isle of Man Ferry Company. How are you today?”

“Fine,” Fenella said hesitantly. What did the ferry company want?

“Excellent, that’s good to hear. I know that the unpleasantness on Saturday must have been upsetting for you. I’m just ringing to make certain that you’re okay,” the woman said.

Fenella raised an eyebrow. Surely the ferry company wasn’t worried about her suing them, were they? “I’m fine,” she said slowly.

“Captain Howard is, of course, conducting his own internal investigation into what happened,” Jessica continued. “He was hoping you might be willing to attend a small meeting tomorrow morning to discuss the matter.”

“I thought the police were handling the investigation,” Fenella said.

“Of course, the police are investigating the murder,” Jessica said. “But Captain Howard is quite concerned as to how Mr. Grosso managed to be on board the vessel well before passengers were meant to be admitted. He also wants to determine how the man came to be in someone else’s cabin. I’m sure you can understand that there are several issues that are of interest to the ferry company that are not of interest to the police as they investigate the man’s unfortunate death.”

“I suppose so,” Fenella said, knowing she sounded as doubtful as she felt.

“Very good,” Jessica said briskly.

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