Late Checkout by Beth Dolgner

Author:Beth Dolgner [Dolgner, Beth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Redglare Press
Published: 2021-09-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

Emily jumped and whirled around, but the space in front of her was empty. She stood with her back pressed to the door for a moment, and her initial fear quickly gave way to curiosity as she realized the footsteps hadn’t been marching up to her but away from the door. It was like the noises she and Trip had heard earlier were Jaxon pacing in his room, and now he had left his room and was walking toward the stairs.

It certainly seemed as if Jaxon’s ghost was haunting Eternal Rest, especially since Emily knew from GG and Kelly that he had done a fair share of pacing in his room, but that just didn’t make sense to Emily. He had died at the hotel, so if his ghost was anywhere, it should be there. And if, for some reason, his ghost had made it all the way from Mountain View Manor back to Eternal Rest, then it must have taken a while to do so. Otherwise, she and her guests would have heard the footsteps throughout the night.

For someone who lives with a lot of ghosts, I sure don’t understand their ways.

After waiting a few more minutes in the hallway, Emily gave up on hearing the footsteps again and returned downstairs. She double-checked that Trip was okay, still sensing his nervousness about the paranormal activity despite his bright smile and reassurances, then left for town. It was much too early to pick up lunch at The Depot, but Emily needed to talk to Detective Hernandez, and she wanted to get Sage’s input before heading to the police station.

Emily arrived at Seeing Beyond shortly after ten, and she was glad to see that Sage didn’t have a client yet. Instead, Emily found her friend wiping angrily at the front of her black dress. It was covered with white dust.

“What did you do?” Emily asked as soon as she walked through the door.

Sage didn’t even look up. She kept wiping away the mess as she answered, “I thought I’d treat myself to donuts, and I let Trish talk me into getting the stupid powdered sugar ones. I should have known better.”

“If you need to go home and change, I can watch the shop for you,” Emily said, trying her best not to laugh.

“No, it will come out eventually.” Sage looked up long enough to gesture to the sofa. “Sit. I have no news for you, but you have news for me.”

“How did you know?” Emily asked as she sank onto the sofa. Even though she and Sage had been best friends for a long time, she was still occasionally caught off-guard by Sage’s perceptiveness.

Except, this time, there wasn’t anything mystical behind her friend’s knowledge. “You wouldn’t have come to see me otherwise,” Sage said simply. She finally gave her dress one last shake and sat down next to Emily. “By the way, I did call Reed’s cousin last night. She didn’t have any additional information, and she’s just as intrigued as us about what could be preventing Scott’s spirit from coming back to Eternal Rest.

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