Our Last Night by Taylor Adams
Author:Taylor Adams [ADAMS, TAYLOR]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Joffe Books mystery, suspense, thrillers, and romance
Published: 2015-11-21T05:00:00+00:00
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SENDER: âHoldenâ (509) 555-8727
SENT: 9:11 a.m. Mar 20 2015
DAN ANSWER UR PHONE. Something is wrong I have a bad feeling about this.
3 Hours, 29 Minutes
âI have a bad feeling about this,â Holden told me as we unpacked the Haunted production van under a sky of puffy red clouds. Citrus energy drinks on his breath, his pale hair matted with sweat from the five-hour drive.
I helped him lift an Arri crate. âHow so?â
âThereâs just a . . . weirdness to that lighthouse. Like another dimension is pressing in from behind it. You donât feel it?â
âNope.â
From this parking lot we could see the (allegedly) haunted Disappointment Bay Lighthouse, towering over the nautical museum and keeperâs quarters. A stout pillar of painted brick, with a signal light caged behind dirty glass panes and wire handrails. It was banded red and white, like a hundred-foot barberâs pole. Somehow, in some intangible way, Iâll admit that it didnât quite match the burnt sky or the clumped coastal evergreens around it. If this were a movie, Iâd have sworn the lighthouse was CGIâd in. Maybe thatâs what Holden had meant.
We set the crate on the curb with a leaden thud and the soft-box light jingled inside. Fun fact: of all the moving parts to a guerilla film shoot, the lighting is always the most expensive, the most time-consuming, and comes in the heaviest damn boxes.
âDan,â Adelaide whispered. âWhen is this?â
âThe Disappointment Bay Lighthouse investigation,â I told her. âYou werenât here. This is by Seaflats, Washington.â
âYeah, but when?â
âAugust, I think.â
âWait.â Holden wiped his brow. âHowâd she get here?â
Addie smiled shyly. âHi.â
âShe carpooled with Kale,â I said.
She nodded. âThatâs . . . yes. I definitely did that.â
Holden looked between us. âKaleâs van was full.â
âShe sat in the back.â
âThe back was full, tooââ
âMagic,â Addie snapped. âI got here by magic.â
He shrugged and grabbed another box. âWhatever.â
Production was already racing at double time. Up a slope of fresh-cut grass, LJ, Kale, and our crew were in the museum lobby, clasping lavalier microphones and propping up tripods. It would be our command center, since the ground floor of the lighthouse was too wet and cramped. One assistant with an HD-DVC camera was already prowling the grounds for daytime cutaways, but Iâd already seen the episode and knew none of it would make the final cut. His shot compositions sucked.
Addie looked out into the gray ocean. âWhyâs it called Disappointment Bay?â
âBecause itâs near Disappointment Beach.â
âWhyâs it called Disappointment Beach?â
âBecause itâs in Washington.â
Spoiler alert: our Haunted investigation wouldnât find any actual ghosts tonight. Not for lack of trying, though. Holden would claim to hear spectral footsteps every five minutes or so, and Kale would be perplexed by an electromagnetic glitch that seemed to move up the spiral stairs. Plus, the thermal signature on the balcony that would become Holdenâs Exhibit A for the next seven months â three panels of warm glass.
âI . . .â Addie chewed her lip. âWait. I think Iâve heard of this lighthouse.â
âItâs famous.â I shrugged. âBy lighthouse standards, at least.
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