Ghosts from the Past by Bonnie Elizabeth

Author:Bonnie Elizabeth [Elizabeth, Bonnie]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Publisher: My Big Fat Orange Cat Publishing
Published: 2018-01-22T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

The next morning, after a dinner of stir fry—which was tasty—and conversation—which was interesting, if mundane—and then an evening of reading the letters as best I could, I woke feeling more refreshed than I had in several days. I hadn’t been kept up by ghosts nor by power outages that made me think of ghosts. I washed with the lightly scented soap I’d brought along, a familiar spicy scent, and was finally relaxed enough to enjoy it.

I hadn’t learned anything much from the letters the evening before. They were just letters between two people who increasingly seemed to be in love with each other. A few were short letters, asking to meet “in their place” which could have been anywhere, though I felt I could narrow it down to someplace outside on the grounds. I also came to learn, over the course of reading, that the mysterious beau was likely some sort of stone mason. It wasn’t much of a lead but it was as much as I could find.

I would look to see if I could find any ledgers in the library and see if I could match a name to the beau. I remembered Jonathan’s story, and that gave me other bits and pieces I could patch together to get a better picture of the couple.

I heard a door close softly across the way when I was nearly dressed to start work. I paused to leave my dirty clothes in a pile on the chair with a note for the cleaning person. I’d love to have my sweater back. The house was so dusty that even my oversized shirt was beginning to feel faintly gritty and I’d only worn that once. I left my room and started down the hallway.

Bethany was just coming out of her room.

“Good morning!” She was bright and cheery even before coffee. I wasn’t sure I could take it.

“Good morning,” I said, thankful that I wasn’t as worn out this morning as I had been the other two days.

“I wanted to tell you that I appreciate you coming to me about something that you found,” Bethany said. “Nathan hates it when his workers go directly to me, though. He’s a wonderful coordinator but he can be a bit fussy.”

She had waited until we were safely in the kitchen before mentioning that. Bob and Pat weren’t paying us any attention. I smelled bacon, eggs, and cheese and wondered what wonderful things they’d made for us that morning.

“I had no idea,” I said. “It was just that it seemed more personal than something from a library which is why I wanted to talk to you.”

The dining room was quiet when we passed through the entry to it. Only Jonathan sat at the table, but he appeared lost in through, sipping at his mug of coffee. The smell of coffee and bacon made my mouth water.

“I understand,” Bethany said. “And I don’t mind, really. In fact, I keep an office on the other side of the kitchen.

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