I Text Dead People by Cooper Rose

Author:Cooper, Rose [Cooper, Rose]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2015-06-09T07:00:00+00:00

“How was work?” Anna asked.

Her mom paused between bites. “Good.” She hadn’t felt like cooking tonight, so they were just having turkey sandwiches and coleslaw from the deli. Anna didn’t mind. She wasn’t that hungry anyway. “I’m sorry to hear about that girl from your school,” her mom said, sighing.

“I didn’t really know her. But it’s so sad.”

Anna was afraid she might blurt something out about all the strange things happening around her lately. And to her. She didn’t want to worry her mom and make her think she wasn’t trying to adjust to their new life. Or worse, that she was going crazy like her great-uncle Maxwell.

Her mom wiped her hands on her jeans. “I want to talk to you.”

“Sure. Everything okay?” Anna asked.

“I’m going to be gone this week. Just for a few days, though.”

Anna put down her sandwich. “What? Where are you going?”

“I was offered a gig—makeup and hair for an Autorama show in Reno.” Her face lit up. “This will be a great opportunity for me. It will help to bring in more money. And my friend Winston is close by, so if you need anything, he can help you.”

“Winston?” That was the first time Anna had ever heard that name.

Her mom waved her hand dismissively. “Oh, he’s just the mortician over at the mortuary here. He took over after Mr. Leavitt retired. But he’s practically in our backyard, he’s so close. So keep that in mind.”

“Oh…” Anna nodded slowly, absorbing all this new information. The thought of being alone in the creepy mansion gave her chills. Normally she was perfectly fine being left alone, although it rarely happened. But lately things had been rubbing her the wrong way. The guy outside the house, the weird dreams, the spooky phone and texts. The hallucinations. Maybe it was nothing and she was overreacting, but she had also felt eyes on her more than once. And now her mom was going away, and if she needed anything, she’d have to ask the local undertaker? Someone who worked with the dead on a daily basis?

Not likely.

“I want you to feel okay with this,” her mom said. “It’s just such a great opportunity, and I didn’t want to turn them down….”

Anna shook her head. “No, Mom, it’s fine. Really. You don’t get many chances like this. I think you’ll have fun.”

Her mom grinned. “I’ll call you every day.” She gave Anna’s shoulder a little squeeze and put her plate in the sink before padding down the hallway toward the stairs.

The phone buzzed in Anna’s pocket. Thankfully, her mom had already left the room and was out of earshot.

Anna shoved a potato chip in her mouth as she walked to the library, reading the messages on the phone. She slammed the door behind her and turned the light on. Dust swirled around, dancing in the beam of light from the lamp. She flopped into an old leather chair, propping her feet up on the gigantic antique desk that sat in the middle of the room.

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