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He cursed the fact

He had never believed in ghosts He’d never wanted to believe In fact, he’d warned Katie not to ever talk about the fact that she had "strange encounters" or had been "gifted" or "cursed" froe The majority of the world would think that she should be institutionalized

He wasn’t pleased that he saw Bartholome he had the fear that he would one day wind up institutionalized himself

And he was far from pleased that the dapper centuries-old entity had now decided to affix himself to Sean

"I will not answer you I will never answer you in public," Sean said

Bartholoain, we’re hardly in public, you know I think the whole island is still asleep Besides, you’re a filmmaker An ‘artiste!’ People will happily believe that you are eccentric, and it’s your brilliance causing you to speak to yourself"

"Right Don’t you feel that you should go and haunt my sister?" Sean asked

"I believe she’s busy"

"I’ around for soone on, and I haven’t You seem to be someone I must help"

"I don’t need help"

"You will, I’

"So what do you think he wanted?" Bartholomew persisted

"I don’t know," Sean said flatly "But he wanted solance Bartholoo for a deed he hadn’t cos, buckle shoes, vest and tricornered hat all fit his tall, lean physique quite well In his lifetiht dryly, he had probably made a few hearts flutter Sadly, he had died because of the death of the love of his life, and an act of piracy bla the island since then, he had recently found a new love, the "lady in white," legendary in Key West When they filmed their documentary, Sean meant to make sure that he covered Bartholomew’s case and those of his old and new loves

He’d heard once that ghosts ree their unjust deaths, they needed to help an ancestor or they were searching for truth There were supposedly ghosts ere caught in ti the last moments of their lives But that was considered "residual haunting," while Bartholomew’s determination to remain on earth in a spectral for

Bartholomew had been around for a reason--he had been unjustly killed But Sean couldn’t figure out why he rened with David Beckett and his family, and Sean had to ady Murders, all connected to the Becketts

Maybe he had stayed because of the injustice done to hi to the Becketts All Sean kneas that he had been Katie’s ghost--if there was such a thing--and now he seemed to be with hireat deal of wit and he knew his history He was loyal andtheir lives

But it was unnerving frohost It orse realizing that the ghost was no longer deterlue, but had ood conversationalist--and thus the problem Sean was far too tempted to talk to hi mad upon occasion

Ghosts were all over the place, Bartholomew had informed him Most people felt a whisper in the breeze, sohost was "intelligent" and "active," ita breeze, causing a bang in the dark of night, and so on Katie had real vision for the souls lurking this side of the veil So far, thank God, he’d seen only Bartholomew, and maybe a mist of others in the shado and then

Sean had been dahost at all