Bones in the Wall: Ghost Hunters, Book 1 by Susan McCauley
Author:Susan McCauley [McCauley, Susan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781951069056
Publisher: Celtic Sea Publishing
Chapter 10
I snuggled under my duvet and started reading. If only I had special talents like Bod in The Graveyard Book. Maybe if Iâd actually grown up seeing ghosts like Bod or any normal psychic, then I wouldnât be so freaked out right now. A freaked-out freak. So much for being the most popular ghostball player at school. I scowled at Mrs. Wilsonâs round bottom, which sat plunked on the edge of my bed. She hadnât said a word, but kept bouncing. Bouncing. Bouncing. It was driving me crazy.
âWould you please stop,â I snapped. âI told you weâve got holy water. If he comes back, Iâll throw it on him.â I sounded way braver than I felt. Who was I to try and comfort a ghost, anyway? I set the book on the bedside table, picked up the three-ounce vial of holy water, and studied it. Would it actually do any good?
âWhat could have happened to the key?â It was the six hundredth time Mrs. Wilson had asked the question.
âI told you. I. Donât. Know.â I rummaged around my bedside table again. âIt was there last night. Now itâs gone.â
âAnd youâve checked the floor? Under the bed?â
âYou know I have. And if you ask me one more time, Iâll dump the holy water on you,â I growled, feeling instantly guilty Iâd said something so nasty.
But the squeaking bounce of my bed stopped immediately, and Mrs. Wilson sat frozen on the edge . . . her eyes superglued to the door.
The handle twitched and began to slowly turn.
My chest grew tight and I gripped the glass vial, hardâready to spray the nasty spirit.
The handle turned all the way.
I put my thumb just below the plastic lid and prepared to pop the top.
The door creaked open; Mrs. Wilson let out a high-pitched shriek and tore out of the room.
The door swung open.
Dad.
I let the bottle of holy water dip beneath the covers. If I wasnât so scared, I would have laughed at Mrs. Wilson who had shot through the bedroom wall in a blur.
Dad came in and sat on my bedside, his well-trained eyes avoiding the family picture with Mom that I kept on my dresserâthe only picture of her up anywhere in the house. Maybe thatâs why Dad barely ever came in here. âI thought I saw your light on. What are you still doing up?â
I dropped the bottle of holy water under the sheets, reached over, and grabbed my book. âReading.â
âThe Graveyard Book?â Dad squinted at the cover.
âItâs for Language Arts. Itâs on the required reading list.â I flipped it open.
âHumpf.â Dad didnât look impressed. âHow is it?â
âPretty good.â I didnât say that I wished I knew Bod and his graveyard full of ghosts. Maybe then Iâd actually know how to handle them better.
Dad took the book and read the back cover. âIâm not sure you should be reading about ghosts right now. It might make your nightmares worse.â
Not this again. âItâs fiction, Dad.â
He set the book on the nightstand. âWell if it gets too much for you or you start having those nightmares again, let me know.
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