Haunted House by Heather Graham

Author:Heather Graham [Graham, Heather]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Krewe of Hunters, Heather Graham, 1001 Dark Nights, paranormal, romance
Publisher: Evil Eye Concepts, Incorporated
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 6

“M—as in Mary,” Kylie explained to Jon. “What Angela discovered was that the women who went missing and were later found dead—Ann Chester in the jack-o’-lantern, and Lily Franklin in the wall—were descendants of Ezekiel Johnson from his first wife. If someone is trying to right an old wrong, they might have etched out the letter M. The killer was saying the murder had been done for her—for Mary.”

“Okay, that makes sense. But Ezekiel Johnson went to the gallows after being convicted of her murder. Mary is in holy ground. And as far as I know, her spirit did not remain. And I believe we would know—Obadiah would have said something.”

“Do you think the first wife—?”

“She couldn’t have had anything to do with Mary’s death. She was already dead. A widower could remarry, but don’t forget, this was Puritan New England.”

“But she had children. We know that much. Angela traced the ancestry. And Mary had children, though from what I’ve seen on the ancestry sites, they spread out like wildfire—west and out of the country.”

“This is confusing,” Jon said. “Unless…”

“What?”

“Maybe the children of the first wife didn’t believe that she died of natural causes. Perhaps Ezekiel didn’t kill Mary. Maybe one of his children did. That could be why a descendant of Mary and Ezekiel wants to kill the descendants of the first wife? As crazy as that may be. But killing and placing bodies in jack-o’-lanterns and walls indicates a warped mental capacity to begin with.”

A knock sounded at the door.

“See what you can find out about Ezekiel’s first wife’s death. Find out if he knew Mary before his first wife died,” Jon said, walking to the door.

“Uh, sure. Just like that. Pity they aren’t walking around. We could just ask them,” Kylie said.

He arched a brow and headed to the door. “You’re right. Obadiah would know if Mary or the first wife—”

“Her name was Teresa.”

“He would know if one of them had remained, and he would have said so. But he might know more about what happened. He would have been long gone himself, but…”

“We need to see him again.”

“I think he’ll see us. He’s spying on the neighbors, remember?”

“Right. Get the door. I’ll get back to research.”

Kylie quickly returned to the kitchen. She was listening as he talked to the neighbors. And she was curious. She didn’t want to be drawn from her computer out to the interviews, but she did like seeing the people before they left.

She keyed in her first search—her effort to discover the timing of Ezekiel’s first wife’s death.

She half-listened as Jon spoke with the widower, Ned Olsen. He sounded like a tired and very sad man. She peeked out before he left and saw him stooped and weary. She found herself feeling sorry for him. Wishing there were something someone could do for him.

The Matheson family came next—not the little girls, just Mr. and Mrs.—Joe and Darleen. They gave the same report that Calvin had given. A truck came with two men who brought up the new bed.

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