The Ghost Hunter Next Door: A Beechwood Harbor Ghost Mystery (Beechwood Harbor Ghost Mysteries Book 1) by Danielle Garrett

Author:Danielle Garrett [Garrett, Danielle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-07-30T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

Lucas jumped up and reached for my arm. “Come on, Scarlet. It’s time to go.”

“Hey!” I tried to yank my arm back but Lucas easily held his grip.

“Apologies, Mr. Harrison,” he said with a curt edge to his voice.

Calvin didn’t reply. He followed as Lucas escorted me from the hotel room and slammed the door as soon as we were clear of it.

I whipped around to face Lucas the moment he released my arm. “What the heck was that?” I seethed.

His eyes were stone cold. “Are you trying to get me fired? I thought the whole reason I enlisted your help in the first place was to keep me from getting canned.”

I crossed my arms. “Well, this might come as an unpleasant surprise, but I’m not here to help you! I’m here because of Rosie.”

Lucas scoffed. “Right. The ghosts.”

My jaw dropped. “What—you, you don’t believe me anymore?”

He dragged a hand over his short cropped hair. “I don’t know anymore. This whole thing is so—”

“Crazy?” I hissed.

Okay, so he’d hit a trigger.

Lucas mirrored my closed-off posture by throwing his arms over his own chest. “Yeah! If I’m being honest. I think this whole ghost thing has gotten way out of control.”

“You saw it firsthand!” I screeched. “Or, do you think I hooked those flower pots to fishing wire and did the whole performance myself?”

That shut him up.

“Ghosts are real, Lucas. Whether you find it overwhelming, or inconvenient, or whatever. It doesn’t really matter. Believe me or don’t. Either way I’m—”

I stopped short and rocked back on my heels as an elderly couple rounded the corner. They were headed our way and wore matching expressions that told me our argument had carried down the corridor. They gave us tight-lipped smiles but mainly tried to avoid eye contact as they hurried to their room.

When the door was closed and the hallway quiet, I drew in a deep breath. “Okay, this is getting out of hand. Bottom line, I was trying to help. How else was I supposed to find out what happened that night? I couldn’t think of a better segue.”

“I don’t know, but Scarlet, you hit him over the head with a lead balloon bringing up the ghost stuff. Geeze. I mean, you’ve got to read the room!” He sighed and dropped his arms. He stared at me for another long moment, then pivoted and headed for the elevator bank.

Apparently the conversation was over. I watched after him for a moment, silently hurling curses at his back, before rushing forward to catch up to him.

“You know, I didn’t ask for this!” I hissed once the elevator doors slid closed. “I’m trying to do my best but it’s not like I ever dreamed of going full-blown Nancy Drew all over town!”

Lucas’s jaw tightened. “I’m not asking you to play detective, Scarlet.”

“Aren’t you?” I hurled back at him, crossing my arms. “You’re criticizing my interrogation skills and—”

“Interview skills,” he corrected.

“Whatever!” I threw my hands up. “I’m only here because I want to help Rosie and keep her from making a horrible choice that she’ll regret.

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