Muses by Elizabeth Andre

Author:Elizabeth Andre [Andre, Elizabeth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Tulabella Ruby Press
Published: 2019-06-02T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Let’s make a deal

On the drive home, Maya was quiet. She ruminated on why the ghosts wouldn’t talk to her or through her. She wanted to know why they were playing hard to get, why they were sometimes so violent, why they kept showing them what they did. What was their secret?

Steve, who was driving his trusty Range Rover, Penny, and Eddie chatted away about the investigation. They speculated about possible reasons why the Stephenson sisters hadn’t left that house. On one hand, Penny wondered if Eleanor, who had died first, haunted Rosamund and Madeleine when they were still alive.On the other hand, Eddie thought that maybe it was the death of Rosamund, who died after Eleanor and Madeleine, that triggered the hauntings. Steve was sure that Richard called them forth somehow and blew them off when they were no longer useful.

Steve said, “I wouldn’t be surprised if the sisters offed him. Ghosts can be sons of bitches if you disrespect them.”

“Hey, honey,” Eddie said. “Remember that guy we had on the show that one time? He claimed he’d been beaten up by a gang of ghosts he said he used to try and find some treasure in an abandoned copper mine in Colorado? He pissed them off when he decided he didn’t need them anymore.”

By the time they were approaching Penny and Maya’s place, they had switched gears to more personal topics. Steve and Eddie were planning a trip to Puerto Vallarta before winter ended. Penny and her girlfriend Jessica were going through a rough patch.

“I’m just not feeling like we’re connecting, you know,” she said as she ran her fingers through her long black hair.

“Steve!” Maya shouted. “Turn around! We have to go back.”

“Why? What’s going on, Maya?” said Penny as she began getting her camcorder out of her backpack.

Steve pulled over and turned around to look at Maya. The winter streets were clear, but it was dark, cold, and late. There were few other cars on the road. “Tell me what you’re thinking, darling.” He had turned on his ultra-soothing voice. He sounded like a deejay on a late-night music program.

“I have an idea about how to get Maddie to interact with me, not just show us stuff,” Maya said.

“And it has to be right now?” Eddie asked. He was watching Maya via the rear view mirror. He looked tired, and Maya had to admit she was tired, too.

“I guess not.”

Steve pulled the Range Rover back onto the road. “Lily should be all right tonight. We can go back tomorrow morning.”

Penny had her camcorder trained on Maya. “Can you tell us what your idea is? Or is it a big secret?”

Maya didn’t reply at first. She told herself she didn’t want to be coy, but realized what a lie that was. She did want to be coy, at least for now. “I want to make a deal with a ghost.”

“A deal?” Eddie sounded leery. “Maya, I really don’t think—I mean ghosts can’t always be trusted.”

“I think it’s the best way to figure out what they want and how to get them out of that house.

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