Ghost of Lies (Medium Trouble Book 1) by Alice Winters

Author:Alice Winters [Winters, Alice]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-10-20T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Two

MADDOX

Finally escaping the crime scene, I hurry off to the department. Since Hiro had finished before us, I’d asked Ben, who’d had the day off work, to run him from the hospital to the department since I didn’t want him alone.

We’d ID’d the victim as Sasha Lopez, a local resident. Right now, we don’t have much on her, but hopefully we’ll be able to figure out a tie between her and the others that’ll eventually lead us to the killer.

When I walk in and head over to the room Ben told me they were in, I find him, Wes, and Jonah laughing about something as Hiro grins.

“I’m sorry I bothered you all with picking him up,” I say.

“No bother at all,” Ben says.

“Trust me, no bother. Dad was taking me ‘golfing.’ He won’t listen when I tell him golfing is for old people,” Wes says with a grin.

“You’re still pretty old,” Jonah teases. Even though he and Wes are years apart, they seem to get along well from what I’ve noticed, although I think Jonah and his sister are closest.

“Definitely not for old people,” Ben says. “I’m still young and chipper.”

Wes seems amused by this as he continues to grin. I thank them again as they leave before sitting down across from Hiro who gives me a soft smile.

“I’m really sorry,” I say.

“For? Did you pay her to push me off? I knew it! You know there are easier ways to get rid of me? I do like a good cake, so you could have just set one on the edge and I’d have just gravitated toward it.”

I give him an attempt at a smile, not quite sure I’m prepared to joke about it yet. “You would have died if your hand had slipped.”

“I know,” he says. “I noticed that quite well.”

“How are you?”

“I’m fine.”

“Do your hands hurt?”

“They’re alright, honestly. They numbed me up, made sure nothing was broken, gave me a few butterfly stitches, and sent me on my way. I’ll be good as new in no time.”

“Okay… can we talk?”

“Sure.”

“Do you mind if I record it?”

He shrugs. “Yeah… that’s fine, I guess. I get a little weird with people hearing what I can do but as long as it’s just like… people who are… essential, that’s fine.”

“Okay, I promise I won’t share it with anyone who doesn’t have to hear it, okay?”

“Okay.”

I set the recorder out and switch it on, stating our names and the date, before turning my attention back to Hiro. “So start from the point where I left you. I’d gone to talk to Elena. Can you tell me everything that happened after that?”

“Yeah, the ghost crossed over the fence, a little closer to the drop-off than where I climbed over, and she walked straight over to the ledge, acting like she’d thought about jumping or something. She flailed her arms like she was trying to get her balance before stepping back. At that point, Natalie said something about you, and I turned to look and the ghost of the young woman who’d been following me was there.

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