The Ghost Exterminator: A Karmic Consultants Story. by Vivi Andrews

Author:Vivi Andrews [Andrews, Vivi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781605047188
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Goodreads: 7083477
Publisher: Samhain Publishing, Ltd.
Published: 2009-10-27T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nineteen: The Plot Thickens

“We have a problem.”

Karma waited until Jake and Wyatt disappeared into the house in search of Mike’s much-needed hidden beer stash before turning to Lucy and Jo with those dire words.

Jo didn’t bother standing up. Living in a constant state of crisis was downright exhausting. She just couldn’t work up the energy to panic about whatever this new development was, even though Karma was showing more uneasiness than Jo had ever seen before. “So is this a new problem or just a modification of the same problem we’ve had since Thursday?” she asked mildly.

“I took Rodriguez to the house.”

“The exorcist? I told you it wasn’t demonic.”

“And you were right. He confirmed that it isn’t. But there is something beyond normal ghost activity happening there and I thought he might pick up on something you couldn’t.”

“Like demons.”

“Like the source behind whatever is drawing the ghosts. And to be clear, that is present tense. The house is still drawing new ghosts. Which is a concern in and of itself.”

Jo snorted. “Unless Wyatt wants to hire me to live in the house and transcend them as they come. Talk about job security.”

“I think we should avoid that option if possible,” Karma put in dryly.

“Yeah, that’s right, you think Wyatt is the cause of all this,” Jo grumbled, letting her irritation with that conclusion show through her voice.

“I’ve reconsidered that hypothesis,” Karma admitted. “He hasn’t been back to the house since you left.”

It wasn’t a question, but Jo nodded to confirm that he’d been a good boy.

“But the ghost population is still increasing. That would seem to indicate he isn’t the source.”

“Which is exactly what I told you yesterday.”

“I told you sos are so attractive,” Karma muttered.

Jo just smiled angelically. She loved being right. Especially because she had royally sucked on the espionage front. It was a relief to know there hadn’t been any secret plot to uncover, since she’d uncovered jack shit.

Karma wasn’t done with her revelations. “Rodriguez seemed to think that long-term haunting of a body would have the same effects as long-term possession.”

Jo sat forward suddenly. “The effect of long-term possession is death.”

“It’s just a theory,” Karma said. “But it would also seem to make the culpability less likely to fall on Mr. Haines himself. The danger of his body detaching from his soul would be a powerful incentive against this brand of mischief.”

“You think whatever set the ghost-sucker in the house and shoved the kids into Wyatt wants to hurt him?”

“I can’t imagine a man reaches that level of success without accumulating a few enemies,” Karma said, her tone far too calm. They were discussing murder, after all. “Has he mentioned anyone who might be trying to sabotage him, or worse?”

Jo shook her head, the “or worse” ringing loud in her ears. “He hasn’t said a thing. I don’t think he spends much time thinking about the little people he steps on to get where he is.”

Karma pursed her lips. “He might have to start thinking about it.

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