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"So you’re close"

"Very close"

"I should keep watch while you sleep," Adam said

Darcy hesitated She shook her head then "I’htened Honestly I want to see this through We should set up equipo But we’re not going to get anything on tape--et to the bottom of the dream I need for the entire sequence of events to play out for me"

"I understand you had a seance here"

"Yes, and there was definitely a feeling of spiritual presence--but not through the ht Except…"

"Yes?"

"The ht, as well But soa on the table"

"Who did it?"

"I don’t know"

Ada to recreate the seance"

Darcy grimaced "Adam, the woman who came was earnest and all that, but not a real medium"

"Don’t be silly Your ‘medium’ will be here for the seance, of course We need to recreate it with everyone present as here that night Except for this--you’ll be the ure out as rapping on the table? I can tell you right now--both Clint and Carter can be pranksters And Penny is so deterht have done it herself"

"I’ll be watching for the table rapper et to the botto to have to find thesoul first"

Darcy arched a brow "There’s soht Most of the time, spirits just want us to tell what happened in the past--see the evil culprit nae"

"Let’s see what happens at a seance when you’re doing the co," Adam said He turned back toward the house, then cast his face back in her direction again "Enough of a walk forWe’ve a lot of co to do this afternoon"

"You want to have the seance tonight?"

"Why let grass grow beneath our feet?" he cross-queried "Sure Absolutely If it can be arranged, we’ll plunge right in tonight!"

Matt hung up the phone, groaned, and put his head down on his desk

Naturally, Shirley chose that moment to tap, and walk into his office

"Matt?" she cried with concern

He lifted his head, shaking it, and lifting a hand quickly "I’m fine Just ready to ju, disturbed

"It’s nothing Adam Harrison has arrived, and wants to repeat a seance at the house tonight"

Shirleyup a perch on the corner of his desk "What’s so bad about that?"

"Shirley, you know that I don’t even believe that there is a ghost I think I’ve got a real live person playing tricks around the place" He scowled "Serious tricks"

Shirley shook her head slowly "Any reports back on the wood from the library?"

"Yeah Soda"

"What?"

"They eakened by soda Some kind of cola spilled into them"

Shirley was silent for a minute "Matt, sounds as if some kid was in the library and spilled a drink that they weren’t supposed to have in there in the first place"

"Yeah, that’s what it sounds like, isn’t it?"

Shirley was silent "Matt, do you think you’re protesting this a little bit too much?" she asked "I mean, really, does what happened at the library have to have so on at Melody House?"

"No, it doesn’t"

"And yet you’re still convinced that it does?" Shirley asked softly