Dead Heat (Partners in Crime) by TK Eldridge

Author:TK Eldridge [Eldridge, TK]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Graffridge Publishing
Published: 2022-07-30T04:00:00+00:00

Mike paced the terrace while Mari perched on the edge of a container that held a bush in the early stages of spring growth. Jamie and Tara were out and about while the two ghosts brainstormed the best way to handle their problem.

“I called him by name, and it didn’t do shit,” Mike said. “Wasn’t it supposed to pull him to me?”

“As far as I know, yes,” Mari replied. “What did you call him?”

“Matty Joshin,” Mike said.

“Ah,” Mari replied. “You have to use the full name. Matteus Wallace Joshin.”

“Seriously? It has to be that specific?” Mike was beyond frustrated now. “What if there wasn’t someone like me around to stop this thing? What would happen?”

“A lot of people would continue to die until the revenant met up with someone who was stronger in spirit. Basically, it’d screw up and try to slide into someone who wasn’t so easy to control – and that person would banish it. Or it’d get stuck in someone and end up with a priest doing an exorcism, or whatever faith practice was used to end possessions.”

“That sounds like an awfully shitty way to do things,” Mike said. “A lot of people have died already and we’re not any closer to stopping this thing.”

“It doesn’t help that no two of you on your team have the same belief structure,” Mari said. “Tara was raised in a household of both Jewish and Catholic faiths. Jamie is a lapsed Catholic. Jack doesn’t practice any faith but leans towards a generic spiritualism. You’re a lapsed Catholic that went to a Protestant church for your ex-wife. Kendrick is more Buddhist in practice than anything. When you toss all of that together, you get a spiritual salad that has a variety of strengths and weaknesses – the largest weakness being that there is no one way to address the issue.”

“Yeah, see, that’s where I think you’re wrong. You see it as a weakness, when I see it as a strength. If one way doesn’t work, we try something else,” Mike said. “The other thing is – we all believe in love. Facts are facts, follow your heart, and trust your friends. That’s how we’ve faced everything we’ve had thrown at us the past two years.”

“Maybe,” Mari said. “Maybe that’ll be enough. I don’t know.” She shook her head, then looked out over the city. “It’s not like anything else has worked so far.”

“Chin up, Mari. I’ve got some ideas. I’m going to get my minions to go out in pairs and see what we can find. Don’t lose faith in us yet,” Mike said. “I haven’t.”

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