Janet McNulty - Mellow Summers 04 - Three Little Ghosts by Janet McNulty

Author:Janet McNulty [McNulty, Janet]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mystery: Cozy - Paranormal - Ghosts - Vermont
ISBN: 1478239859
Publisher: CreateSpace
Published: 2012-09-13T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

At around midnight Jackie and I dragged ourselves into our apartment tired and exhausted. I flopped on the couch releasing a huge sigh of relief. I thought about what Detective Shorts had told me. It never occurred to me that he might have been worried about me ending up in a ditch. I should have known better, but such thoughts usually do not enter my head.

“So, what’s the plan?” asked Jackie.

“What?”

“I know that you won’t let this go,” said Jackie, “So, what’s the plan?”

“I don’t know,” I said, “I might actually let this drop.”

“What?”

“Detective Shorts seemed really worried that something might happen to us. Maybe this time we should just let him handle it.”

“It’s a good thing Rachel isn’t here to hear you say that.”

No kidding. Rachel would have booted me out the door to the next clue. That girl could be very persuasive.

“I’m out of ideas on where to go next,” I said, “Besides, Detective Shorts has a point.”

“Yeah, you say that now,” Jackie rose to her feet, “It won’t be long before you drag me off on another wild chase. I must say that the exercise is really paying off. See ya in the morning.” She went to her room and shut the door.

Yawning, I decided to head for bed as well.

The next morning Mr. Stilton called asking if I could come into work since the pipes had been fixed and everything was cleaned up. I told him I’d be there.

“Mel! I haven’t seen you in quite a while. How’s it going?” said Tammy in her usual peppy voice as I entered the store.

“You saw me a few days ago when I was last here,” I replied.

“Yeah, but that was such a long time ago.”

I wondered about Tammy sometimes. She was so melodramatic at times with an inexhaustible source of energy. “So, I heard you got rained on a couple days ago.”

“What?”

“When the pipes burst.”

“Oh, yeah. It was horrible. One moment I was standing there trying to help somebody when water gushed all over me. My favorite top shrunk two sizes. I’ll never be able to wear it again.”

What a shame. I kept that thought to myself. Her favorite top consisted of pink and neon green tie dye with sparkles all over it. Talk about an eyesore. I think the universe did the world a favor. Not that I would ever tell Tammy that. “Sorry to hear that,” I did my best to sound sympathetic.

“That’s okay,” said Tammy, “I went shopping before I came in today. Look what I got. My new favorite shirt.”

She reached for a plastic shopping bag and pulled out a yellow, orange, and bright red shirt. Tie dyed of course with white butterflies all over it. Fate was cruel.

“It’s lovely,” I said, though I really wanted to burn the thing.

“You really think so?” Tammy’s face brightened. “Well, here. They had a two for one special so you can have the other one.” She yanked it out of the bag and shoved it into my hands.

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