Natural Reaction - A Mary O'Reilly Paranormal Mystery (Book 6) by Reid Terri

Author:Reid, Terri [Reid, Terri]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2011-12-18T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-three

“So you actually spoke with him?” Rosie asked Mary and Ian, her tea cup nervously clattering against the saucer.

“Yes, we did,” Mary said. “And he seemed like a very nice man.”

“Did he know why he’s still there?” she asked.

“We really didn’t have enough time to get into details,” Ian confided. “We’re hoping to find a way to get back into the school.”

Rosie bent over, placed her cup on the coffee table. “And this time it must be honestly,” she said. “I couldn’t face disappointing Bradley again.”

Mary smiled. “Well, of course we need to do it honestly. So, who do we know that can let us in?”

Suddenly Rosie sat up and smiled widely. “Why, of course, how silly of me.”

“How silly of you what?” Ian asked.

“Why I went to school with the superintendent of schools,” she said. “Wally Gormley. But he likes to be called Walter now.”

“And how would you go about having Walter get us a key to the school?” Ian asked.

Rosie thought for a moment. “I could tell him you were a professor from a University in Scotland,” she announced with delight.

“Aye, I can see how he might be believing that,” Ian said with a smirk. “And what would I want to be doing tooling around the high school at night.”

She thought for another moment. “You’re sensitive to light, so you need to do your work at night, when no one is there?”

He shook his head. “I sound like a Scottish vampire, I don’t think he’d let me wander the halls with that kind of a reason.”

“Well, vampires are all the rage these days,” Rosie replied.

“But not something the superintendent would sanction in the high school,” Mary added. “What other reason would someone want to study a building when no one is occupying it?”

“Why don’t I tell him that you’re researching radon gas exposure,” she said slowly. “And you can’t get correct readings when the students are walking around and the doors are opening and closing.”

“That’s a good idea, Rosie,” Mary said.

“It is?” Rosie asked.

“It is?” Ian asked.

“Yes, it is,” Mary replied with a smile. “We’re considered a Zone One for radon, which means we have the highest potential for it. A study like that would make sense.”

“Well, Rosie, apparently that was brilliant,” Ian said, lifting his cup of tea up to toast her. “Would you like me to go with you when you meet with him? I could say a couple of things in Scottish.”

Rosie considered Ian’s words for a moment. “No, no, I think I should go and meet with Wally all by myself at first. We used to be an item and I don’t know how he’ll react if he were to see me with such a young and handsome fellow.”

“Ach, but you’re a flatterer, you are.”

She stood up and smiled at Ian. “You start researching radon, just in case he wants to talk to you about the study,” she said. “We have to be believable.”

“Yes, ma’am,” Ian said.

Rosie slipped her coat on and walked over to Mary and gave her a hug.

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