Foretold (A Ghost Gifts Novel Book 2) by Laura Spinella

Author:Laura Spinella [Spinella, Laura]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781542046749
Publisher: Montlake Romance
Published: 2017-10-23T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

Dan headed out first, fielding phone messages, his giant strides putting him a good distance ahead. That was fine with Levi, who stopped Aubrey midway through the parking lot. “There is another angle here. Something I didn’t want to bring up in front of Piper or Dan. Something you refuse to consider.”

“What’s that?”

“Zeke Dublin.”

“Levi, Zeke has nothing to do with any of this—a John Doe or those missing boys.”

“How can you say that? He works for Serino Enterprises. He just happens to be in town. At the very least, it’s remarkable timing.”

“Remarkable how?” She folded her arms. “Thousands of people work for Serino Enterprises. Are they all under suspicion? And suspicion of what, exactly? To think Zeke knows anything about the disappearance of two teenage boys . . . it’s ridiculous.”

“I wasn’t necessarily thinking of Piper’s cases. Hell, based on what just happened back there, I’d be more inclined to suspect a dead Eli Serino.”

“I believe you can count out a dead Eli as much as a live Zeke. Spiritual entities, no matter how unpleasant, aren’t capable of kidnapping.” Yet Aubrey’s glare, which continued to skewer him, told Levi she was far from finished. “And neither is Zeke. It’s absurd. File it under ‘unrelated circumstance.’”

“I agree that Zeke, in all likelihood, is not tied to the disappearance of those boys. But as for our John Doe . . .”

She huffed in reply.

“Don’t let sentiment cloud your judgment, Aubrey. We do have a dead body found not that far from here. I know a little about Jude Serino; compared to his brother, his business practices aren’t what I’d call squeaky clean.”

“So what’s your plan? Throw everything remotely connected to Jude Serino on the wall, see what sticks, including Zeke.”

“Stranger things have been determined with less. How about we add some green tape to the clues, see how that sticks together?”

“Clever, Levi.” She narrowed her eyes. “Too bad you’re out of the headline business: The Green Tape Caper.”

“Fine,” he said. “I’ve no problem approaching this from the status of hard facts.”

“Here we go,” she muttered.

“First, Zeke Dublin shows up in Surrey with impeccable timing, just as a dead Eli Serino elbows his way into the conversation. Point two: While it’s a bizarre clue, there’s no dismissing green tape located at the vanishing point of both boys. From there, it grows even murkier when the same tape turns up binding the bones of a dead body in Maine. I can’t connect any of it just yet, but I also find it fascinating that”—Levi arched his arm past Aubrey—“all this occurs as your gift starts to mirror your father’s. A man who had secrets and ghost gifts, things no one knew about but your grandmother, her dead husbands, Yvette, Carmine . . . and Zeke Dublin.”

“Zeke did not come here to steal more ghost gifts.”

“How can you be so sure of that?”

“Because he told me why he’s here.”

Levi’s gaze turned laser like. “And that would be?”

“He cares about me, Levi. Zeke just wants to be present .

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