Ghosts of Yorkshire by Karen Perkins

Author:Karen Perkins [Perkins, Karen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-09-29T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 31

25th July 2015

Helen took a deep breath and opened the door to Spellbound.

‘Oh hello,’ Donna said from behind the counter. ‘How are you?’

‘Hi, I’m fine, thanks,’ Helen said, then hesitated. ‘Well, not really, to be honest.’

‘What’s wrong?’

‘You remember that spirit board I bought from you?’

‘You’d better come through,’ Donna said, and pulled back the curtain from the alcove behind the counter where she did her tarot readings. ‘Take a seat,’ she said, and took the far chair for herself. ‘Tell me.’

‘You know feva is coming up?’

Donna nodded.

‘I’m with the Castle Players and we’re putting on a play about Morville and the other knights who murdered Thomas Becket then hid out at the castle here.’

‘I see,’ Donna said, drawing the words out.

‘The guys were having trouble connecting with their characters and I thought the spirit board would be a fun and different way to embrace them.’

‘I told you when you came in, the Ouija is not “fun” – it’s serious and you need to treat it with respect.’

‘I know, I know, and I did – I followed all your instructions.’

‘And the others, did they take it as seriously?’

Helen said nothing.

‘Let me get this straight – are you telling me you used the spirit board to contact a medieval king, four of his knights and the priest they murdered, as – what – a theatre game?’

‘Exercise rather than game,’ Helen said. ‘And it worked, the improvement is amazing! I thought at first that they’d let go, relaxed and embraced the characters, but now . . . now I think it’s something more.’

‘Why?’

Helen took a deep breath. ‘Everyone’s . . . changed.’

‘Changed – how?’

‘Well, Dan and Sarah have split after ten years and two kids – and it’s nasty. He’s become aggressive and belligerent, which he never was before, and Sarah . . . Well, Sarah’s lost her mind. She’s taken up with one of the other guys – someone she’s always been friendly with. I reckon he’s fancied her for years, but she never felt the same.’

‘Are you sure?’

‘Yes. I can’t count the number of times we’ve talked about him and she’s always thought he was sweet, but boring. He never did anything for her, and now she’s besotted.’

‘Is there any correlation between that and their characters?’ Donna asked.

Helen thought for a minute. ‘I guess so. It’s hard to know for sure, the historical record’s sketchy at best, but Sarah plays Richard le Brett, who served William de Tracy, who Mike plays. They were the meekest of the four knights, so it stands to reason they were close.’

‘And the husband?’

‘Dan plays Reginald FitzUrse – a brash, vulgar bully. Which is what he’s turned into.’

Donna nodded but remained silent awhile before asking, ‘And what of the others?’

‘Well, Paul and Charlie – they play King Henry and Becket – they’re acting oddly too. They were always good friends with plenty of banter, but lately it’s more – they’re so competitive it’s unreal, and Paul’s getting to be a right pain, throwing his weight around and taking everything over.

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