Kestrel & Kee (Paranormal Investigators) The Siren of Lake Killikee by V.L. Locey

Author:V.L. Locey [Locey, V.L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2024-10-17T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

The closer Friday night got, the more nervous I grew.

Tray and Roxie were ecstatic with the response to the pay-per-view announcement. Over one hundred people—one hundred and four to be exact—had shelled out $9.99 to watch two bumbling doofuses try to conjure up a ghost in a cornfield/pumpkin patch. Grandpa had even signed up and was making jalapeno poppers for him and his new lady friend, Monique, for the event. His joy at seeing me finally doing something with my gift sent him into the stratosphere. Also, the cash flowing in would cover perhaps one-sixteenth of the taxes we owed, which eased his worry a little. According to our finance/promo/arts team—Tray and Roxie—we could easily pull in enough to get us caught up with the tax man, plus start with some improvements to the shop. I might be able to stay at Liverswell U too if we could come up with entertaining and quality content.

Phil was sure we could. Of course Phil was. Phil was the perpetual optimist. I, on the other dour hand, was already sweating bullets. I didn’t know of any way, short of performing a seance, to invoke the undead to appear at will. I was not going to appeal to some random ghost to inhabit me, even if it meant I could remain in school, which was good because Phil was at school. Phil might be sharing my Asian studies class if we could get him to focus on his Pinyan more and this ghost hunting side gig less. Case in point, he was rabbiting around the store with his collection of paranormal contraptions as I readied myself for a night spent in a frosty pumpkin patch. Hopefully, the Mennonite farmer was an FIA. How I’d handle a non-friendly apparition while cameras rolled was beyond me. Did running and falling over pumpkins while an irate phantom pursued you count as entertaining content? Maybe. It always worked for Shaggy and Scooby. Cue groovy 70s cartoon chase scene music.

“So I managed to scrounge up an old infrared camera from the film department, but I had to order static cameras from an online ghost hunting store. Oh! A buddy of mine had some night vision goggles, so we have a pair of those too. I wish we had the static cameras for tonight, then we could set up a perimeter and if Farmer Zeke stepped into the circle we’d know, but they won’t arrive until next week even with expedited shipping.” Phil pulled on the night vision goggles, smiled brightly, and then backed into a bookcase filled with children’s books. “Oops.”

“You’re fine.” I bent down to pick up a well-loved copy of Clifford the Big Red Dog and returned it to its place. “You do know that we don’t need all these things? I can see the spirits.”

“Well, yeah, you can but the rest of us can’t. If people see even a few pings, a flash, or something weird then that can be hyped up as a real ghost.

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