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"Perhaps we couldat my heels," Aubry said

She smiled, confident that whether or not this felloas a sensationalist journalist, she could handle hih around here," Aubry warned

The oak was near the open grave Darcy found herself curious about its intended inhabitant

"Mrs Morrison," Aubry said

"Pardon?"

"Old lady Morrison She was a hundred and one on her last birthday Died a few days ago in her sleep, surrounded by loving fao, I do say," Aubry said

"Certainly"

"So!" They stood behind the oak "You’re a psychic investigator Did you see the skull in a vision? How did you do it? Do ghosts talk to you? People are fascinated by such phenomena, you know"

"Actually, Mr Aubry, I was able to find the skull because I looked up the history of the legend at the library After that…it was awhere the h tihosts?" he said, disappointed

She would never let thisthat she did "We all have incredible minds, Mr Aubry And we don’t use all of our ations is a coreat deal of research We ferret out shams, and we can say that there aren’t always answers to the unexplained They e of science and technology So, if you want to write up what happened, I discovered the details of the story at the library"

"You fell through the floor there, too," Aubry told her "You weren’t hurt?"

"No"

"The sheriff saved you, huh?"

"Yes, luckily, he was around"

He was staring at her, trying to get to soed

"That was odd, don’t you think?"

"What was odd?"

"That the sheriff was there," Aubry said i research there It was natural that hewas good"

"Do you think that a ghost, afraid of what you ht discover, followed you from Melody House to attack you at the library so that you would cease your hed out loud "Mr Aubry! The floorboards gave because someone spilled a cola on thehost drifted over from Melody House, sneaked a soda into the library, and spilled it all over the floor"

Aubry blushed

"Weren’t you scared, though?"

"When the floorboards gave? Of course"

"Aren’t you scared now?"

"Why would I be scared now?"

"Because the ghost "

"Mr Aubry, I don’t rehost And there would be no reason for a ghost to be disturbed that I was ued with her "Obviously, Matt Stone called you because of a ghost!"

"Mr Stone allowed Harrison Investigations in because of a few reported incidents that had occurred in his ho research, just as I did when I heard about Amy’s murder, which is how I found the skull, Mr Aubry And that’s it I’ve talked to you, and I’ else to say"

"What do you think about the fact that soup in the last several years? Think the Stones are trying to invent ghosts in order to bring in the tourists?"

"Since Matt Stone doesn’t believe in ghosts, he’d hardly go about inventing thehosts, but he’d do just about anything in the world to hold on to Melody House," Aubry said "He was married to Lavinia Harper, you know A very wealthy woman Since they divorced he doesn’t have her money behind him anymore She’d once wanted to put all kinds of money into the house We haven’t seen hide nor hair of her for ages, though So there you go Money problehosts to invent the incidents at his house, Mr Aubry If you need to ask any more questions, my associate--and the founder of my firm--Mr Adam Harrison, is here Perhaps you should talk to him"

"Where is he?" Aubry asked sharply

"He was over by thetoward the church

"Thanks!" he told her

Darcy leaned against the oak, feeling oddly drained, and once again, uneasy Aubry pretty

Matt Stone had married for money Then he’d divorced He needed money

His wife had disappeared