The Baker's Ghost by Gerard Fioravanti

Author:Gerard Fioravanti [Fioravanti, Gerard]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9798218258269
Published: 2023-10-14T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 24

Well, hello, young lady, you’re back.

I didn’t think I’d see you when nothing was happening around here. What’s your name, if you don’t mind me asking? And no running away this time until we have a conversation. I’m lonely, too. By the way, you giggle a lot.

Okay, I’ll stay for a little while but only because you need me and thank you, my name is Mattie.

Mattie, what a pretty name. My name is Eddie, nice to meet you finally.

Nice to meet you, too, Eddie, but I already knew who you were.

So, why do I need you?

You need to protect a few people around here, especially Gerard. I like him, his baking reminds me of my mother’s and her peach pie. It was so yummy; I could almost taste it.

He’s an amazing baker but I, I have to protect him?

Yes, and Annie, too. That guy, JT, is up to no good. They’ll need your help.

How do you know this?

I can see the future, well, parts of it anyway.

Really? I can’t see anything but what happens here and I’m kind of stuck here. I can’t see past these four walls sometimes.

I was stuck here, too, for a while. My family owned this land around the time of the Revolutionary War. I tap Gerard’s feet sometimes to remind him to get off my resting place. Franco did it all the time too and I warned him, but as you know, Franco didn’t listen to us.

Wait, what are you talking about?

I’m sorry, are you upset with me? When I hear that tone of voice, I know people are upset with me. I upset so many people, nobody wants to listen to me.

No, no, no, don’t be upset. I don’t want to upset you, I’m happy to talk to you. I won’t ask questions like that. I’m sorry.

I have to go…

No, no, please stay, you have to help me. You said I need to protect Gerard and Annie. How do I do that?

Hmm, okay, I’ll help you, but you’ll need energy, a lot of it. You’ll need to fill yourself with a maximum amount of energy in a short period of time. You might think you’ll explode, but you won’t. Then you’ll be able to move things with strength and precision.

You’ll have to show me. I, I don’t want to mess things up, especially at a critical time.

It’s easy. I’ll show you and you might even be able to show yourself to people every now and then, too.

Like you did?

Uh- huh, like I do.

Wait, come to the back of the kitchen, Gerard is coming in to work.

This morning went pretty smooth around here, no paranormal activity, no bumps, no sounds not much of anything. Until mid-morning.

There were four fluorescent light fixtures in the main kitchen area, each consisting of four bulbs, and the one fixture over my table that, on occasion, flickered on and off.

From time to time, I still felt a banging from the ground beneath my feet. These things seemed to happen randomly, at various times and unrelated to one another.

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