Ghost House by Alexandra Adornetto

Author:Alexandra Adornetto
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2014-09-21T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

I spent the rest of the day on tenterhooks waiting for Alex to appear so I could tell him about the episode in the guesthouse. But he didn’t show up. The whole of the following day, too, passed without any sign of him. I told myself it didn’t matter, but the knot in my stomach told a different story. The worst part was having no means of contacting him. I was so accustomed to people being a call or a text or a Facebook message away. But I just had to accept his absence without any means of questioning it.

At the same time Alex decided to decamp, Isobel’s presence seemed to intensify. Every night I could hear her in the halls, sometimes laughing, other times crying. Sometimes I would be woken in the night by an earsplitting shriek. One day Harry drove me into town to get supplies from the pharmacy, and on the way home, I saw her by the lake, twirling in a gossamer gown to a silent melody. It made Gran’s ownership of Grange Hall feel fraudulent, as if Isobel was still the real mistress of the house. It made me feel like I was trespassing, too, but I figured that was exactly how she hoped I’d feel.

I didn’t get it, though. Isobel’s hatred for me seemed disproportionate. What did she think was going to happen between Alex and me? What could happen? Maybe I was missing something. I resolved to ask him about it if he ever deigned to make an appearance again. He was the only one who could possibly answer my growing list of questions. Why was I having these visions? What did they mean? Was Isobel controlling them, or were there other forces at work? And just to address the elephant in the room, where the hell was Alex? What was he playing at? Had he been unsuccessful in his attempt to sever Isobel’s hold over him? Was he staying away in some twisted attempt to protect me? Could he be jealous over my burgeoning friendship with Joe? I couldn’t deny that I liked Joe, but I needed Alex…and not just for protection. I felt like he was a key I needed to unlock a vital part of myself. His absence was making me uneasy, in a lull before the storm kind of way. I spent my nights tossing and turning and constantly looked a little worse for wear as a result. Gran looked at me curiously as she neatly tapped the top off a boiled egg at breakfast.

“You look tired, dear. Didn’t you sleep well?”

“Not really,” I admitted.

“Perhaps you ought to try meditation.”

Sure, Gran, I thought, bitterly. That’ll solve all my problems.

“Or a long bath,” she went on. “That always helps clear my head.” As an astute reader of people, she knew something was up. But she’d never be able to guess what. Besides, she wasn’t the type to believe in anything weird or wacky. If there was no concrete evidence, she’d just dismiss it.

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