Murder at the Inn by London Lovett

Author:London Lovett [Lovett, London]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Wild Fox Press

Chapter 18

My day had been even more uninspiring than Kenneth Applegate's online series. I'd come to the conclusion that the Applegate Paranormal Preservation Society was little more than a mingling of people with varied knowledge and talent in the area of ghosts. They had few significant experiences to share, but all the while, each person was convinced that they were an authority on the subject. Angela Applegate seemed to have the most knowledge, but she, too, had experienced few notable encounters with the spirit world.

I was relieved when Raine invited herself to dinner at my house. I needed some relaxation and fun. At her request, we'd rolled out a store-bought pizza dough and topped it with an obscene amount of cheese and pepperoni.

I pulled the slice of pizza from my mouth, and for the hundredth time, found myself still attached to the slice by a string of mozzarella. I kept slurping it in, but finally had to reach up and break the tenacious cheese with my fingers to get free of my pizza. I swallowed the bite. "We might have gone just a tad too far with the cheese."

Raine was struggling with her own cheese tether as she shook her head in disagreement. "No such thing as too much cheese. That's like saying the pancakes have too much maple syrup or the corn has too much butter. Can't be done." She sat back with the grin of a cat that’d just finished an entire plate of trout. "I'm full though. Couldn't eat another bite."

"That's a shame because I bought mint chip ice cream for dessert," I said.

"My dinner stomach is full. There's plenty of room in my dessert stomach."

I laughed hard enough to nearly slip off the kitchen stool. "Boy, I needed this. It's been a long, tiring night and day. And I'm going back to Dandelion Inn at ten tonight. They are doing a special summoning session to see if they can get Lauren Grace to materialize."

Raine rolled her eyes. "Oh please. It'll never work. They don't have what it takes. They are all about contraptions and measuring vibrations and temperature changes. According to them, every draft is a ghost reaching out to them for help."

"But I thought you were convinced that Jamie Nielsen was the real deal. He certainly thinks that. Or was it just that he's tall and nice looking and he wears Birkenstock sandals?"

Raine pushed her glasses higher on her nose. "Not going to lie. I came to that same shallow conclusion after Jamie and I talked this morning. Up until then, I'd only heard him speak at book signings. But listening to him drone on about EMFs and these new boxes that allow them to capture ghost conversations through vibrations, I realized I was more interested in his cool goatee than his knowledge. So, there you have it. Your best friend shuns substance for broad shoulders and a nice beard."

For the first time since our talk in the upstairs bedroom the night before, Edward made his appearance.

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