Chapter 172

“Does it have to do with…the ghost?”

“Not the one who visited you. But yes, it had to do with a ghost.”

David’s lips moved, but I don’t think he was aware he was speaking. What came out of his mouth was an astonished,

“There’s more than one?”

“Oh, there’s way more than one,” I said.

He stared at me some more.

“And you…you can see them?”

“David,” I said.

“This is something I’m all that comfortable discussing...”

“Have you seen the one from last night? The one who woke me up?”

“Yes, David. I’ve seen him.”

“Do you know who he is? How did he die, I mean?”

I shook my head.

“No. Remember? You were going to look it up for me.”

David brightened.

“Oh, yeah! I forgot. I checked some books out yesterday, stay here for a minute. Don’t go anywhere.”

He ran from the room, all of his recent shock forgotten. I stayed where I was, exactly as he’d told me to.

I wondered if Jesse was somewhere nearby,