The Campbell Curse by Olivier Bosman

Author:Olivier Bosman [Bosman, Olivier]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Rocket Man Press
Published: 2018-09-04T04:00:00+00:00

7. Moira

Three days had passed since the tragedy. The show had been cancelled and most of the cast and crew had returned home, but Mary, Hardy, LeFevre and Westbrook remained in the hotel. And so did Billings. He was still suspended and was not allowed to leave the city.

He saw little of LeFevre. She refused to see both him and Westbrook. She had left her daughter in their care and blamed them for her death. She had requested for the two men to be moved to another floor, so as to reduce the chance of her bumping into them. But despite this precaution, Billings still heard plenty of her. The nightly wailing and smashing things against the wall continued, particularly after she had had something to drink. In fact, the damage that she had caused to the hotel’s property had been such that Hardy had urged Mary to do her best to control her, because he refused to pay any more for it, insisting that the hotel send the bill to LeFevre instead.

Mary was now in charge of looking after LeFevre, and this was not a mean feat. Both LeFevre’s physical health and her emotional stability were deteriorating rapidly. She still maintained that her daughter’s ghost had appeared to her on the night of her death and was desperate for the apparition to return. She refused to sleep in case Kitty’s spirit tried to pay her another visit, and this, of course, further damaged her health.

In fact, Mary was worried that the shock of the vicious murder had caused LeFevre to go insane. There were two episodes in particular that concerned her deeply. The first one occurred on the day that the newspaper article about her daughter’s death had come out. A large crowd of sympathizers carrying wreaths and flowers had assembled outside the hotel. The police had advised LeFevre not to go outside to meet them, but wanting to show her appreciation, the actress insisted she go out onto the balcony and greet her admirers from there. Putting on her furs and her white gloves, she stepped out onto the balcony and waved at the crowd. The crowd cheered and applauded her, which made her feel better. She tried to make eye contact with every individual member of the crowd, smiling and nodding at them to show her gratitude. But then, quite suddenly, she froze. Her body stiffened, her face went pale, and a look of sheer horror came over her.

Mary, who had accompanied her onto the balcony, scanned the crowd to see who the actress had been looking at to account for this sudden change in her demeanour. It didn’t take long for Mary to find the culprit. It was a woman. A perfectly common woman. She had long grey hair. Uncombed. Tied back with a ribbon. She was looking up at the actress, holding one single rose in her hands. There was an expression of pain and sorrow in her eyes. She was dressed rather shabbily. Not like the others.

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