Ghost Girl Book 1

Chapter 17

Lindsay said goodbye to Andrew and Sara, promising both that she would call them as soon as she got back from her dessert date with Oliver. She grabbed her cell off the table and flopped down on her couch thinking about how to answer his text, finally it came to her... ya i could do dessert tonight, time and address? She hit send feeling that it was a casual text and not eager or too girly. Her phone chimed  within seconds, 6:00... Kings Court Inn room 137.

She laughed at the thought of Kings Court Inn,  she spent more than a few nights drinking and partying there, in high school it was a known place for some of the senior students to rent rooms and have parties, the owners didn't care as they charged double for the rooms. Lindsay looked at the clock it read 3:30, lots of time before she had to get ready. She turned to Bubbie who was shimmering in his window. "Hey Bubs" she started "remember  before Andrew and Sara showed up I asked you about Madeline Matthews, you got an answer for me?". Bubbie's shimmer pulsed a little quicker "what question" he responded.

Lindsay asked Bubbie again if Madeline Matthews was really gone, she remembered the feeling of being cold and the feeling of a cold mist coming from within her then leaving as quickly as it came, she remembered her shirt and bra being torn and the stain on Andrews pants but she can't remember anything other than that and when she asks Andrew he only gives her half truths, the look of fear on his face stops her from asking anymore.

Bubbie floated over to Lindsay and said "well you don't see her hanging about do you, and its been ten years since it all went down so....". "I want a yes or no answer" she demanded. Bubbie floated back over to his window and Lindsay watched his shimmer dull "No" Bubbie replied. Lindsay felt her stomach drop, "what do you mean no?" Lindsay asked.

Bubbie explained to her that although he managed to absorb  her spirit and dissolve it there may have been some of her spirit that got away and if there is a part of the spirit still existing then its possible for it to get stronger if it has something to feed off of. Lindsay sat there stunned, she didn't ever question if it was truly over she just accepted that after that night when nothing else happened  life had moved on and she was gone, now to hear that her spirit may still be lingering, feeding off of.. well, Lindsay didn't know what she would be feeding off of. "Bubbie" asked Lindsay in a cautious tone and continued "why would she still be around?", Bubbie floated over to Lindsay and said "to reclaim you".

Her mind went to Andrew, oh god, poor Andrew, how is she going to tell him about this, should she tell him about this, she remembered the look on Andrew's face the next day when she asked him what exactly happened at the graveyard how his face lost all of it colour and he looked like he was going to cry, "it was scary, I won't lie, I pissed my pants" a sixteen year old Andrew said and continued "you looked like you were having a seizure then your eyes rolled in the back of your head, you started acting crazy and tearing at your clothes but Bubbie protected you, made it go away". Lindsay knew there was something he wasn't telling her but the look of trauma on Andrew's face stopped her from asking instantly.

Lindsay walked over to Bubbie in the window and asked"so what do we do?" Bubbie shimmered quickly and said " you do nothing, you need to stay away from this, I've been looking into this for a while now, I have it under control". "The fuck I will" exclaimed Lindsay and she started to pace "why wouldn't you tell me this Bubbie, how long have you known, is the secret you have?" Bubbie began to float beside Lindsay keeping pace with her and started talking "I've always known this was a possibility, I've always been on the look out for her, I felt disruptions in the spirit world a few times but that's not uncommon when so many different people are passing away all the time but lately it's gotten worse, when we were in the forest I could feel something, I was planning on going back to the wood tonight while you were sleeping."

The thought of going into the woods at night, especially after the day they had didn't excite Lindsay and she said to Bubbie "we can go check it out first thing tomorrow, if we go in the early hours say 4:30 or 5:00 it should be quiet enough for us to feel the area" but Bubbie cut her off "I need to go alone, this is something beyond your ability, as your protector I am forbidding you to come" Bubbie knew as soon as he said it that it was a bad choice of words.