The Last Laugh: A Ghost Mystery Story (Second Hand Ghosts Book 3) by Gillian Larkin

Author:Gillian Larkin
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2013-04-02T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

I stood up and looked at Jake, “What’s going on? You told me you slipped. Did Tommy push you? Are you trying to cover up for him?”

“I did slip! I was acting like an idiot. Ask him why he said that!” Jake exploded.

I looked down at Tommy and said, “I told you that Jake’s here with me now. He said that he slipped off the bridge, it was nothing to do with you.”

Tommy’s eyes grew wide as he looked around the room, “Where is he? I can’t see him. Is he mad with me?”

Jake nodded vigorously.

I said, “He’s just confused. Why did you say you killed him. Tell me what happened?”

“We were out round Leeds, celebrating getting our university places. We’d had a bit too much beer. Jake’s daft when he’s sober, he was even worse when he’s drunk. He was telling me that when he was little he wanted to be a clown at the circus. He started doing cartwheels down the street.”

I looked over at Jake. He was smiling at the memory.

“Then he said he could walk across that bridge over the canal, like it was a tightrope. What did I do? I encouraged him. I told him to do it backwards. And he did! And that’s when he fell off. It’s all my fault,” Tommy hugged his bed cover tighter.

Jake’s face softened as he looked at Tommy, “It wasn’t your fault. I would have done it anyway. It’s all my silly fault. Don’t go beating yourself up, Tom.”

I told Tommy what Jake had said. He gave a little smile and said to the ceiling, “Do you forgive me, Jake?”

Jake spoke and then I said, “He says there’s nothing to forgive.”

I looked again at the tablet packets, “Do you usually have so many pain killers in your house?”

“No, Father Devlin left them for me,” Tommy said.

“What?” I cried out. “Why did he do that?”

“I told him what I just told you, about thinking it was my fault that Jake died. And he said he’d have to call the police but it would be better for me if I did the right thing and gave up my life for taking Jake’s.”

“He said that?” I was horrified. “That man, or whatever he is, is evil.”

Tommy suddenly shivered, “If you hadn’t turned up, I might have killed myself!”

Jake said something.

I said, “Jake says you’re too much of a coward for that.”

Tommy grinned.

I asked Tommy to come with us back to Jake’s house so that he could tell Jake’s mum exactly what happened that night, and he could tell her about Devlin.

Tommy agreed. His cheeks went a bit red and he mumbled, “Can you leave the room please? I’m naked under here.”

I quickly went out, I could hear Jake laughing as I went.

As I thought about Devlin I remembered the disgusting handshake he’d forced on me so I went into the bathroom to give my hands a good wash.

As I turned on the water I looked up into the bathroom mirror. I saw my own face looking back at me.

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