Peri Jean Mace Ghost Thriller Box Set 1 by Catie Rhodes

Author:Catie Rhodes [Rhodes, Catie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Catie Rhodes

Dean had Madeleine pegged. She kept a mind-blowing assortment of junky bakery treats in a plastic storage bin in her closet. Dean shoved them down one after the other, not even looking to see what he grabbed. Madeleine wolfed down an entire package of powdered donuts in a few seconds. I picked at a honeybun, fascinated as always by the way other people lived.

Madeleine sucked down half a bottled water and reached for a Moon Pie.

“You’re going to have to put in double time in the club’s weight room to work off all these calories.” Dean unwrapped his own Moon Pie.

“I don’t work out there anymore.” Madeleine made a face. “Not since I heard the rumor about the peephole in the women’s locker room.”

“What rumor?” Dean ate half his Moon Pie in one bite.

“Back before my time, some tennis coach got caught using it.” Her eyes moved between Dean and me. “The club fired him and repaired the hole. But they kept it hushed up so people would keep their memberships.”

Dean choked on his food. Had I been eating, I’d have choked too. The serial killer Dean suspected of killing Shayne could have seen her scar through that peephole. Dean, now red-faced, guzzled water out of his sister’s bottle and gasped for air. I decided to question Madeleine myself.

“If they repaired it, why do you feel uncomfortable?” Dean and I exchanged a glance, and he nodded in approval.

“Oh, it’s stupid.” She shrugged.

“Tell us anyway,” Dean said.

“A boy at school whose father works maintenance at the club said it wasn’t repaired right, and he still catches boys peeping.”

“Stay away from that place,” Dean said. The eye contact we shared was worth a thousand conversations. All the years he spent believing Marcus Lewis killed his sister had been wasted time. If he’d known about the peephole, he could have looked at other suspects sooner. He ducked his head and glared at the floor.

“I hate to go off-topic, but what was Lisette going on about at dinner? And why did Mom act so funny?” Madeleine directed the question at me.

Dean raised his head to see how I’d respond. I raised my eyebrows, and he gave me a quick nod. I briefly explained I could see ghosts and how they sometimes wanted me to do things for them.

“Oh.” She covered her mouth and blotches of red appeared high on her cheekbones. “I’m sorry I called my great-grandmother a witch in front of you.”

“Why do you tell people that?” Dean scowled and then spoke to me. “She was just a weird old lady who knew about stuff before it happened. Not a witch. She died when I was a little boy.”

A weird expression moved across Dean’s face. I bet there was more to the story, but in front of his sister was not the time or place to try to draw it out. Until now, I thought Dean’s aversion to my ability had to do with the psychic who shot him after he connected her to a string of murders.

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