Guests and Guilt (An Isle of Man Ghostly Cozy Book 7) by Diana Xarissa

Author:Diana Xarissa [Xarissa, Diana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-05-18T05:00:00+00:00

9

Fenella tried to keep calm as she made her way out of the garage under her building. She hadn’t been driving on the island long enough to be able to make the journey on automatic pilot. She had to focus. While she drove, she tried to decide whether she should have called for an ambulance or the police before she’d left home. If only Daniel were on the island. He lived right across the street from the house where James was staying. He could have walked over and checked on James for Fenella.

The neighborhood was dark and Fenella felt uneasy when she parked in the driveway. As she walked to the front door, a single car drove slowly down the street behind her. Fenella shivered and then knocked sharply. After a minute, she knocked again and then glanced around. There were lights on in a few houses, but most of them seemed to be dark. The evening had flown past, and as Fenella knocked again, she glanced at her watch. It was after ten o’clock, which surprised her. No doubt Shelly would be coming back to the apartment soon. Fenella realized she should have left her friend a note.

Somewhere in the bottom of her handbag, Fenella knew there was an extra key for the house. Doncan had given her two and she’d only given one of them to James. She dug around, pulling out seemingly everything but the house key. When she finally found it, she slid it into the lock and turned it. When she tried to open the door, it wouldn’t budge. She turned the key again and then sighed. She’d been knocking all this time on a door that hadn’t been locked.

“James? James? Where are you?” she called from the doorway. As she took a few steps into the house, she thought again about calling the police. “Hello?” she yelled again, digging back into her bag for her mobile phone. A loud groan answered her call. All thoughts of calling for help vanished as Fenella followed the sound into the kitchen.

“James!” she exclaimed. He was lying on the kitchen floor, holding his head and moaning softly. His clothes were all badly torn and Fenella could see blood seeping through in more than one place.

He looked up at her and sighed. “My head hurts,” he said in a low voice.

Fenella bent over him and took a better look. There was a large lump on his forehead and she could see blood in his hair. “What happened to your head?”

“I tripped and I hit it on the curb,” James replied. “It hurts a lot.”

“I’m going to call for an ambulance.”

“No, I don’t need an ambulance. Help me sit up. I just need to get cleaned up and I’ll be fine.”

“You need a doctor. Head injuries can be very serious.”

“Why are both of you shouting at me?” James asked, frowning.

“Both? You’re seeing double?”

“I’m so very tired,” James replied, lying back down on the floor.

“Right, I can’t pick you up, so you can get up and walk out to my car or I can call for an ambulance.

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