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“Are you afraid?”

“No”

“Well, then” He rocked back on his heels Truth hen it cas like that he didn’t knohat to believe He’d never seen an actual ghost, but there were times …

He clenched his teeth as he re A pain in his chest he couldn’t explain that had gone as suddenly as it had come Hours later Jess had coone to be with Josh in Hartford Torief but not surprised Somehow he’d known Hoas that possible?

And that ay too ht

“Whatever … whoever it is, it’s not angry at ed her ar was left unfinished here I know it and it makes me uneasy sometimes”

“What was left unfinished?”

“I don’t know I think it has soh When I look up the stairs, it feels so heavy, so … I don’t kno to explain it It’s going to sound crazy…”

He stepped forward, a bit relieved It was no secret that Edith Foster had died after taking a fall down those stairs “You do know Edith fell, right? I bet it’s just knowing how she died that makes them seem kind of…”

Her wide eyes met his, utterly earnest “Sinister?”

He sed

“What if she didn’t fall? What if she was pushed?”

“Oh, Abby…”

And yet there was that dark, heavy feeling again God, she was putting ideas in his head now This hat caht up around a family of superstitious fishermen He could tell himself it was utter nonsense until the cows came home And there would still be a part of him that would believe

“I felt it before I ever knew the story That very first afternoon before you showed up I got the oddest sensation when I stood at the bottom and looked up Besides…”