Never Say Dye (A Sibyl Potts Cozy Mystery, Book 3)

Author:Best, Morgana [Best, Morgana]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2015-03-26T16:00:00+00:00

“How helpless we are, like netted birds, when we are caught by desire!”

(Belva Plain)

Chapter Eleven.

“You want to do what?” I screeched.

James smiled as he paced around my living room, studying the shelves and furniture as he moved. “A ghost vigil. Essentially, we just want your permission to stay over and set up our equipment, to see if we find any activity.”

“I thought you guys were here to check out the boarding house.” I suppressed a twinge of anxiety over the way he was studying the room. I hadn't even given him permission yet, but he looked as if he was already plotting out where his cameras and dials and whirligigs were all going to go.

“Yep. But paranormal activity doesn't always stay within four walls. There are even reports of ghosts following their host families halfway across the country. In fact, whole neighborhoods have reported similar paranormal activities. Speaking of which, have you ever felt like you were being watched in here? Weird cold spots? Stuff moving from where you put it?”

“No, I haven’t.” I crossed my arms and shuddered. I would rather have such creepy conversations about being watched in broad daylight. I’d had too many close encounters with the living, to deal with my imagination being driven out of control. “Look, I understand the whole thing with the boarding house, but your rent does not cover poking around my place.”

“It would only be for one night,” he persisted. “It would make great ratings if we found some activity over here too. You never know, one of the deceased might have had a strong connection to this cottage. We would even compensate you for the intrusion after the contract is finalized.”

“Compensate?” I asked. That sounded good to me. “How much, and would you pay in advance?”

James nodded. When he named the figure, I immediately warmed to his idea. “What ratings?” I added. “A contract with whom?”

James squared his shoulders and threw himself, uninvited, into a chair. “A network has already picked up the pilot, and they’ve offered me a nice contract.” His voice shook when he said nice, and I wondered just how much money was involved. “They think we'll top all the other ghost hunting shows,” he continued, “given that we back our research with scientific measurements and equipment.”

“But all those other shows have scientific equipment,” I said.

James laughed. “Not as good as our equipment, and while they occasionally do manage to record something that might sound like a voice, we have collected considerable data. That is our point of difference,” he said firmly, as if delivering a sales pitch.

I took a seat on the sofa opposite him and tried to process the information. I had thought they were just a bunch of guys hunting for ghosts as a hobby, and now I had found out that they were big business involved with major television. “What does this have to do with the boarding house? And my home? You're not saying that you’re planning to put us in one of these episodes?”

“You don't sound sold on the idea.

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