Visitors and Victims: An Isle of Man Ghostly Cozy by Xarissa Diana

Author:Xarissa, Diana
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-05-12T16:00:00+00:00

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“I didn’t mean to upset anyone,” Zack said as he sat down next to her in the Tale and Tail. “As soon as I saw Megan, I fell in love with her. I wanted to spend the rest of my life with her.”

“And then you did,” Erin snapped. “You were with her right up until a few moments before you died.”

Zack shook his head. “Why are you here? We were finished.”

“What about the children?” Erin demanded.

“I would still have been a good father, even after we’d separated. They would always have been my second priority,” he replied.

“Second, not first?” Erin asked.

“Megan was going to be my first priority. She’s really special. And she’s going to be really rich one day, too,” he said.

“Rich?” Erin repeated.

“She’s Fenella’s heir, of course. She and her sister, but even half of Mona Kelly’s fortune is a lot of money. Once I’d talked Megan into letting me manage her investments, I’d have been untouchable at work. I’m sure I could have persuaded Margaret to do the same, and then I’d have had the two biggest clients at the entire bank. Walter would have had to treat me a lot better, or I’d have taken my two clients elsewhere.”

“You were only interested in Megan for her money,” Fenella gasped.

Zack shrugged. “Everyone in the world is going to be interested in Megan for her money. Margaret, too, but she seemed as if she’d be more difficult to attract.”

“What makes you think Megan and Margaret are my heirs?” Fenella asked.

“I wasn’t sure until after I’d talked to Megan for a while. She told me that you have four brothers. Only two of them have children, though, and the other child is a nephew. I just assumed that you’d do the same as Mona and leave your fortune to your nieces.”

“Maybe I’m leaving it all to charity,” Fenella replied.

“I can’t see why it matters now,” Erin said. “Fenella is still alive and you’re dead,” she told Zack.

He shrugged. “Dead isn’t so bad.”

“But who killed you?” Fenella asked.

He stared at her for a moment and then laughed. “Oh, no. I’m not going to make this easy for you. If you want to find my killer, you’re going to have to work at it.”

“That’s just dumb,” Erin said. “Don’t you want your killer behind bars?”

Zack shrugged. “I’ll still be just as dead. Once the killer is behind bars, it won’t be nearly as much fun haunting him or her, anyway. I’ve quite enjoyed wandering through the killer’s dreams.”

“I didn’t kill you,” Fenella said flatly.

“I’m not sure why I’m here, actually,” Zack said. “Why don’t you dream about something more pleasant so that I can go and upset my killer?”

“Why don’t you tell me who killed you so that the police can solve the case?” she countered.

“That would be too easy,” he replied, laughing as he slowly faded from view.

“Why does he keep leaving me?” Erin asked. “I dream about him every night, and he always leaves me before morning.”

“Every night?”

Erin nodded.

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