Two estranged sisters must use their paranormal gifts to prove themselves innocent when a college student goes missing.
Having escaped her dysfunctional past, Jess has been quietly enjoying her normal college experience. But all that changed the ni...
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Deputy Elijah Odugu stared at the phone in his hands. In calling Ash, he'd probably broken five police conduct rules. If anyone found out, it could cost him his badge.
A tapping in his window made him jump. He turned to see a fellow police officer leaning down to speak with him and rolled down the window.
'Sheriff wants to speak to you.'
Elijah nodded and stepped out of the vehicle.
'At least they caught it early. Could have lost the entire building.'
'When can the fire inspectors get here?' Elijah asked.
'Sheriff's on a call with them now, but they won't enter the building until it's deemed safe.'
'And the fire crews? What are they saying?'
'Same thing we all think. Arson. No doubt about it. That one room was blazing like the depths of Hell. Rest of the building didn't really catch.'
'Accelerant?'
'Possibly. But I'll leave that to the inspectors.'
Elijah looked up at the still smouldering building. It was the corner roof that had suffered the most damage. He'd bet his next pay packet that it was the hidden room behind the bookcase. He still needed to talk to the fire crews before he could confirm that.
They both stopped in their tracks as they saw the Sheriff visibly shaking in anger as he talked briskly on the phone.
'I need you here,' he barked into his phone before grimacing at the response. 'Just get here as quick as you can then.' He pressed the end button on his phone so harshly that Elijah thought the thing would snap in half.
'Blasted inspectors,' he swore and then sneezed.
'What's wrong with the inspector?' Elijah asked.
'The regular guy is down with the flu. And the replacement is out on another job,' the sheriff said, pulling a used tissue from his pocket and blowing his nose.
'Must be the same thing that's going around the station. Garcia and Williams are already off sick,' the other officer pointed out.
'And O'brien. He called in this morning,' Elijah said.
The sheriff swore and pushed the tissues into his back pocket. 'We're stretched thin enough as it is with Romaro on maternity leave. Why they thought a rookie was a suitable replacement for a seasoned officer like Romaro, I'll never know,' complained the sheriff.
'Tomos isn't so bad...' the officer trailed off under the evil eye of his superior.
'With the way this flu is hitting the station, he may be the only one left,' Elijah said.
'Heaven help us. It was hard enough with the missing girl. And now this,' exclaimed the Sheriff.
