Hard Proof by Rachel Lee

Author:Rachel Lee
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2020-06-09T19:25:32+00:00

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DOWN BELOW, Steve wended his way among boxes and furniture that looked at if it might have been in the house when they bought it. Maybe they thought they could use some of it. The odor down there was musty, exactly like most basements.

When he reached the back of the basement, near Viv’s room, he immediately noticed that in order to be right under the child’s room, the basement needed to extend farther. He’d ask about that when he was done.

In the meantime, he had other things to take care of. He imagined this was the area Todd had checked out. There didn’t seem to be any other place to go.

He set up his EMF detectors around the basement. If electromagnetic fields were involved, he wanted to know where they were strongest. Plus, not everyone had a problem with them. At least not the kind that would cause hallucinations of any sort.

But Viv might be sensitive to them, and this was an old house. It might have hidden wiring problems.

He positioned motion detectors as well, although they’d be little use while he was down here. But later he’d ask the parents to listen for their going off. Or maybe he could just get back here to pay attention himself. He still really needed some local lore and a way to fact-check it. If Candy was willing, she’d probably be an invaluable resource.

He found a sawed-off two-by-four and used it to bang on a pipe. He couldn’t imagine that sounding like anything other than it was. Then he checked the heating ducts to see if any part was even a tiny bit loose.

He called Candy on the radio. “Anything?”

“Banging pipes,” she answered drily.

He grinned into the radio although she couldn’t see it. “About what I expected. A bit longer, if you don’t mind.”

“We aim to please.”

Ouch, he thought. She really wasn’t happy about this. Not that he could blame her. A deputy turned into an unwilling ghost hunter? Ha. Yeah, she’d love that.

He walked around checking the EMF meters. Only one place showed an elevated reading, right by the breaker box. Not unusual, and not high enough to cause concern for Viv.

Damn, he needed to find a way to help that child. A good reason that would help her and calm her parents. He hadn’t the least doubt that no matter their outward calm around Viv, she could still sense their response to what she was experiencing.

Kids were gifted that way, with innate sensitivity to stress around them. Hard to fool. He wished parents would be more truthful with their children when they were upset.

Anyway, none of his business. He had a more immediate concern, a little girl he needed to help. And the potential for some outside threat against the family. That still concerned him, that the Castelles might have fled some threat at their previous home. Or that something unpleasant was going on in their marriage and a child was being used as a weapon.

There was one thing he could say about his current occupation.

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