Desperately Seeking Salvage by Misty Simon

Author:Misty Simon [Simon, Misty]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary, Holiday, Paranormal, Fantasy, Ghosts, Action-Adventure, Humorous/Romantic Comedy
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
Published: 2016-11-08T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

Chester and Becker both followed her out to the back porch, where more often than not her father would deposit items and then hightail it back out onto the road as quickly as possible.

Chester was not pleased that she was checking up on his information, but he could just deal with it. If she had something to go on, then she might be able to get around the book slamming on her hand again.

Sure enough, the old washboard that Darren Hargrove had dropped off early last week was not in its assigned place. She had intended to process the piece and hang it in the kitchen with the other antique wash memorabilia, but she hadn’t gotten around to it, and now it and its inhabitant were gone.

“This is bad. Really bad.” She leaned against the railing on the back porch with her fingers pinched on the bridge of her nose. A rogue was bad enough, but this…

“What is the issue?” Becker said from his place behind her. “You said ghosts have left before, that you’ve taken them out yourself. What’s so wrong about him being gone? Can’t you just go get him back?”

Chester looked expectantly at her, and she sighed.

“It’s not that easy. In fact, it’s damn hard. And if what Chester says is true…” The ghost in question glared at her. She amended that last sentence. “Since Chester told us someone walked off with the washboard, it means the ghost has no constraints. And if I remember correctly, this one wasn’t a good one to begin with.”

“Of course he’s not good, Mel.” Chester puffed out his chest, pinstripes looking like they were ready to break. “He locked me in that box, and I heard him setting some kind of wards against the book. That was the rest of the message I tried to write down for you. He locked me up because I saw him do it, and until you can figure out how to break it, you won’t be able to get that book to tell you anything.”

Damn. She’d been afraid of that.

They all trooped back into the house. Becker was trailing farther behind. Mel didn’t have the heart to ask why. Things had been going so well. He knew what she did, was fine with what she did, at least on the surface, and now that the moment of truth had arrived, he was distancing himself from her. She could feel it, and it hurt like a bitch.

Better to know now, though, she told herself, even as she lifted a finger to wipe a speck of dust from her eye.

Back in the office, she sat behind the desk. Chester took up his perch on the couch, and Becker paced across the room, getting closer and closer to the door that would lead him out onto the front porch and to his truck. She had really thought she didn’t have to worry about this. She guessed she had gotten ahead of herself.

“You can go if you want to.

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