Barefoot Bay: Whispers in the Sand (Kindle Worlds Novella) by Gail Chianese

Author:Gail Chianese [Chianese, Gail]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kindle Worlds
Published: 2016-08-20T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

“Grammy, can you please stop pacing and sit down and talk to us?” Shay begged her grandmother while giving Colin a pleading look for help.

He had no idea what he could do or how to help. The older woman had been in a state when they’d arrived, mumbling to herself, sitting, standing, wringing her hands, and, worst of all, on the verge of tears. Colin could handle it if she were screaming and throwing things, but these were quiet little sniffles, the kind where one wrong move would send the gates crashing down on her emotions.

He’d rather take on a lost child or a scared wild animal.

“Damn fool of a man.” Gram muttered as she made her twentieth or so pass of the living room. “Just as stubborn dead as when he was alive. Always had to have it his way. You’d think he was Elvis or something.”

“Gram?” Shay looked at Colin with her hands thrown up in front of her face. Gram just kept pacing.

“If he hadn’t up and volunteered, he might have still been here. But no, he had to go and be a hero, leaving me an almost pregnant bride.”

Shay turned to him and mouthed, “WTF?”

He shrugged, as he had no clue what “an almost pregnant bride” meant.

With a deep sigh, Mrs. O’Malley’s shoulders drooped and Colin braced himself for the torrent of waterworks to come, but instead the lady started laughing.

“I should leave, let you two talk in private,” Colin offered.

She lifted a mason jar that he suspected contained more than her usual iced tea. “Stay, young man. You and your friends wanted to know the truth. Well, I’ve got a tale to tell. First, you might want to grab a glass for you and Shay and fill it with some of that wine I’ve got in the fridge.”

Shay nodded. Sensing she needed a minute, he slipped into the kitchen and looked around for a couple of glasses. A cool breeze blew across his cheek as he reached for one of the cupboards. He spun around, but there was no one in the room with him. He walked over to the air vent and put his hand up in front of it. Nothing.

Maybe the old guy’s spirit wasn’t gone after all?

Or maybe he was imagining things because he was pretty sure Mrs. O’Malley was about to tell him and Shay she’d made the whole ghost thing up. Which made no sense given what he’d experienced since starting his investigation and the evidence they’d found on his recorder.

He filled two regular wineglasses he found shoved to the back of a cupboard, took one more look around the empty kitchen, and joined the women in the living room. Shay thanked him and took a big gulp. He’d have to ask her if he missed something once they were alone. But for the time being he rested his hand on her leg to let her know he was there for her.

Mrs. O’Malley looked at his hand for the longest time, picked up her own glass and simply stared at the red liquid.

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