Ghost Fire (The Ghost Files Book 3) by Eve Paludan

Author:Eve Paludan [Paludan, Eve]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Published: 2012-05-12T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

“What if the malevolent shadow spirit of the chupacabra thing shows up and starts, you know, devouring us?” I said softly to Ellen. I kind of hated to even ask her, but I had a bad feeling about all of this. I sure didn’t want that thing sucking out all of my blood and dragging my dead body through a concrete wall into some alternate dimension.

“If that happens, I’ll deal with it,” Ellen said. “More than one spirit may make its presence known and we can hopefully convince some of the more benevolent ones to help us fight it. We will see who or what shows up. I’ll take it from there and hopefully, Sandy will be of help, too.”

“Should we wait until Sister Maggie gets back from cooking at the soup kitchen?” I asked Ellen. “I mean, she seems to have a legion of angels as an entourage wherever she goes. It would be nice to have that kind of backup on a B team. I mean, not saying religion is the B team to ghost hunting, but it’s not that different. Sister Maggie’s perspective probably works the divine mysteries from the sky down, and we work on them from the ground up.”

Diego interjected, “Oh, no, no, no! Sister Maggie wouldn’t participate in this tonight. I know her opinions on these matters. Even though she creates spiritual paintings, she is highly offended by what she calls ‘dabbling,’ where people deliberately try to invoke any entity that isn’t an angel. I am sure that a séance to contact a dead loved one would cross the line for her.”

I shrugged. “Okay, it was just an idea.”

“We’ll have to proceed without Sister Maggie, then. There’s no better way to get this solved,” Ellen said, “other than to get Rosa’s ghost here to shed some light on the negative-energy entities surrounding Diego and tormenting his life and his art gallery with the fires and all of the psychic disturbances. A séance has to be our first step toward cleaning house before the First Friday Art Walk and the co-op gallery opening.”

“It would be very bad for business if the public knew this place was haunted,” Diego said. “And not by friendly ghosts, either.”

“Agreed,” Sandy said. “But, from what I know, everyone at a séance has to be receptive or neutral at the very least.”

“I’m neutral, but I have faith in Ellen’s abilities,” I said.

“You’re on our side, Monty,” Ellen said. “Science meets spirit. With your instruments, you validate what I feel and what I know.”

I felt useful. “It’s good science to gather data from paranormal investigations to verify and solve problems,” I said.

Even though I was the most skeptical person present, I’d seen what Ellen could do and she was certainly no fake. Apparently, neither was Sandy, our cab driver. Sandy just didn’t have the same kind of sensitive experience that Ellen had.

I removed the patio umbrella from the table while Ellen arranged the twelve tall purple candles into concentric triangles inside of each other on the tabletop.

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