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"Yeah, sorry, I had a late night," Matt said Aubry reuy was an inch or so taller than he hich made him around six-four, but he was so skinny he appeared taller Maybe because he couldn’t seeet an inch of either fat or muscle on his bones, he shaved his head for a fiercer look Didn’t help He just looked like a hungry ferret

"Tellout for some lunch"

"Great I’ll join you"

Max stared at him

"Business appointment, huh?" Aubry said He knew Matt didn’t like hiht that journalists were supposed to report the news, and not make up what they’d like to be the story that ith it

"Givelady working for you I just thought that you ivethe su for a firations They look into so-called hauntings They do research on an area--and reveal when those who call thees We have a lot of folklore around here, which is usually based on fact Every schoolkid in the area has heard about the headless girl in the forest Miss Treate the murder, deter skull"

"So the ghost will no longer haunt the forest, is that right, Sheriff?"

"I was never of the persuasion that a ghost did haunt the forest," he said fir different, Aubry, you’ll have a lawsuit on your hands"

"Ah, come on, Matt!"

"I mean it, Aubry You caused a poison scare here when Julie Cristopher had a stomachache one afternoon The donut shop nearly had to shut down because you stated it was the last place she had eaten"

"It was the last place she had eaten"

"But she hadn’t been poisoned! She told the doctor at the hospital that she’d drunk milk she probably shouldn’t have because her brother had left it out on the table overnight!"

"Kids! What are you going to do?" Aubry said, brushing the complaint aside

"I’m not a kid And if you print a bunch of fiction, Aubry, I’ll see you in court"

"All right, all right! You sure have got soood for a place like Melody House"

"Why in hell does everyone believe that?"

"Because the rest of the world has a sense of roo have your lunch I’ator will be a lot nicer Sheesh!"

Aubry turned and walked away Matt was teo after Darcy

But he couldn’t

Aubry had every legal right in the world to interviehoever he wanted

He watched Aubry go, daiven hiht have left Darcy alone He considered calling Darcy to warn her Tell her…what? Tell her that no matter what the hell she really believed, she had to tell Aubry that she didn’t believe in ghosts?

Swearing, he headed for his car As he slid into the driver’s seat, he was startled to feel a strange urge to head soers froze around the keys in the ignition He could have sworn that he heard the word as clearly as if so his head against the steering wheel They were all going toon the back burner of hisforward And now, for so it echo