The Haunting of Meade Mansion by Skylar Finn

Author:Skylar Finn [Finn, Skylar]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-06-23T22:00:00+00:00

The third secondhand store they visited had exactly what Emily wanted, buried in the toys and games aisle.

“I found it!” she exclaimed as she pulled it triumphantly from the shelf filled with old used board games.

“A Ouija board?” said Jesse dubiously. “I don’t know about this.”

“This seems easiest, for our purposes,” said Emily. “Andrea seems to be the only one who uses the typewriter. The younger kids don’t seem to be able to communicate that well at all; the only time I heard them was when we were trapped in the basement. And unless you want to see the shadow again—”

“Okay, okay,” said Jesse hurriedly. “Let’s do it.”

Emily stopped in a second aisle to collect a few partially used candles and went to the register.

“Oh man, we’re really doing this,” mumbled Jesse, eyeing the candles nervously.

“Having a séance?” the checkout girl inquired brightly.

“We’re not really serious or anything,” said Emily. “Just messing around.” In her pursuit of the truth and her quest to clear Matilda’s name, she was growing more and more accustomed to telling half-truths and white lies.

“Well, I always say it’s nothing to mess with,” the girl said solemnly, scanning the game and the candles. “I take the other side very seriously, and I would highly recommend you burn sage and also use a rose quartz.”

“Of course,” said Emily.

“We don’t have that here, but there’s a great place off Pearl where you can get all that stuff—it’s near that alpaca fur store, you know the one I’m talking about? Next to the gluten-free pizza place.”

“I know exactly where that is,” said Emily. She had no intention of going there.

“Good. Did you guys bring your own bags? Otherwise, I have to tack on an extra dime.”

“We’ll just carry them, thank you,” said Jesse.

They took their purchases and carried them out to the truck.

“Please explain why you believed we could live here comfortably and happily for the rest of our lives,” said Jesse.

“I never said for the rest of our lives,” said Emily. “It’s not like I knew what we were getting into.”

“Okay, well, let’s just get home for our séance, then,” Jesse mumbled, starting the truck. “At least we’re not paying rent,” said Emily.

“Yeah, but at what cost, though?” Jesse answered as the truck rumbled down the road toward the steep hill toward the house.

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