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Wow. Chelsea Keller just used ghost hunting and interesting in the same sentence. And it was completely void of sarcasm. Who knew? 12
Chapter Two It didn’t take me long to decide that I was going to have to go back to The End Shelf and ask Tucker some more questions. I didn’t really have much time to think about it while I was at work the next day, except a little in the slow time between ticket sales. Then, when I came home from the movie theater smelling like a mixture of popcorn and disappointed audiences, I found it wasn’t going to be so easy to push it from my mind. The second I walked through the door, I saw that there was something standing between me and my beloved shower. That something was in the form of my ten-year-old brother, who literally leapt from the couch the moment I stepped inside. “Chelsea! Tell me about the ghost hunting class!” He wore my mother’s huge smile plastered across his face as he bounded over to me. At his side was the skinny black frame of Trouble, who knocked his head into my knees and wagged his feathery tail. The dog was all short hair except that tail and some fuzzy tufts around his ears. As I bent down to scratch our dog’s shoulders, Gunner grinned at me expectantly. “Did they teach you about the advantages of different types of EMF meters? Cell sensors?” “Yeah, probably. I mean, they told us a lot. I think Dad is probably going to remember more than I am.” I tried to move past him so I could at least make some progress toward the bathroom, but Trouble stayed pressed tightly against my knees. My brother was not about to be deterred so easily. “Well, tell me what you do remember! Dad is working late again. I don’t know when I’ll see him again to ask him. Come on, Chels. I’d have killed to be able to go!” “Really? You’d kill someone?” I raised my eyebrows. “Yes. Then I’d have a ready-made ghost.” He fought to hide the smile that was threatening to burst forth again. “That has bad idea written all over it.” I stepped right over the dog, but instead of heading for the shower, I plopped down on 13
Page 3 and 4: The Haunted Hearts on Fire By Kathe
Page 5 and 6: Dedication For Lisa, who showed me
Page 7 and 8: Thank you, Rob, for opening my eyes
Page 9 and 10: Chapter One For his fiftieth birthd
Page 11 and 12: happened to be walking by and see m
Page 13 and 14: try and give this a chance. It may
Page 15 and 16: slowly. She pointed at one man in t
Page 17 and 18: trained me for three months to teac
Page 19: trying to break through that crowd.
Page 23 and 24: used book store. Well, the guy who
Page 25 and 26: again. I had plenty of questions of
Page 27 and 28: “I’m walking out of here in ful
Page 29 and 30: “I have good news. The future lea
Page 31 and 32: Chapter 3 There had been a time whe
Page 33 and 34: I raised a finger in protest. “I
Page 35 and 36: You might hear a gunshot on a battl
Page 37 and 38: “Get out. That’s awesome. I’m
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Page 43 and 44: Chapter Four I spent the following
Page 45 and 46: “Yeah, well, we’ll see.” I at
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Page 49 and 50: Susannah. As in, Tucker’s friend
Page 51 and 52: movie and bolted from the room. Tha
Page 53 and 54: Ethan popped a little black device
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Page 57 and 58: Susannah and Ethan spend a lot of t
Page 59 and 60: What? I whipped my flashlight up to
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Page 63 and 64: My face immediately heated up like
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Page 67 and 68: Chapter Six “First of all, let me
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“You mean I can’t just go flop
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shaped black couch in another, and
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could smell whatever Old-Spicey aft
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“Primal Fear. That was Edward Nor
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Shortly after We Came as Romans bla
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“Hey. Listen, I know we haven’t
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“Nope. It was pretty slow today.
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wrote that Adrian felt a slight tug
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Tucker didn’t answer at first, an
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I considered this for a moment. Up
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“Let’s head right for the goods
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Susannah’s hand instantly covered
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“Yeah, you look like you’ve see
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The blood rushed to my cheeks and I
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He shrugged. “Yeah. I mean, it wa
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“Trouble,” Gunner said proudly,
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he was gone, closing the door behin
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“Oh. Good point.” I immediately
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I gave them a little bit of backgro
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touch the soft black comforter that
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They roved gently down my arm, hesi
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Part Two 105
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He placed one more kiss in my hair.
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Now that she had his attention, Tim
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“He lives in my closet. He doesn
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“What about Timmy? Has he seen a
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was in the same situation, I’d ha
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anything else out of him when he wa
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“Hmm. Let me help you find your w
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volunteer to set up one of the vide
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“Is there anyone in here with us?
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Before Tucker had a chance to keep
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nervous with the out-of-it look on
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Eventually, Daisy spoke up. “Wow!
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was a very real possibility that I
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“I have to ask,” I said, keepin
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And what about Tucker? Would he be
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deeper than I could see. It was so
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Chapter Thirteen I tried really har
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fire. When he pulled it away from t
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He picked up on the third ring, and
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was different. The way he carried h
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and humble, and as far as I knew, h
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“Look. I don’t know what’s up
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flipped my light switch behind me a
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“Hi, guys,” she greeted us befo
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Once Tucker had dropped off Susanna
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Tucker laid me down on his bed, and
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that wasn’t the most disturbing p
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I ground my teeth together violentl
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I seriously contemplated my options
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he watched the little flame dancing
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At that moment, several things seem
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window one last time. That same hol
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“Whatever was in that house was e
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Next, it was my turn to ask questio
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Richard and Daisy both sat down and
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Susannah’s expression instantly m
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Chapter Seventeen On Tuesday night,
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“She never wanted me her whole li
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“I don’t want anything. I want
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But I couldn’t help but feel stun
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“Whatever was there went home wit
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there around eight. Ethan, Richard,
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When a few minutes had passed, Crai
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of emotion it pretty much anchored
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He must have understood that being
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creative and used a knife. Once I e
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