Faith (THIRD BOOK TO GRINDING W/ YOU)

31.

ariana august

I dialed my mom's number 20 times and my dad's atleast 30. I locked me, Kai, and Jacob in the bathroom in my room.

"Why aren't they answering!" I cried.

"Ari why are you freaking out?" Kai asked. "What happened?"

"I can't tell you, I have to talk to mommy or daddy." I called them both two more times and gave up. I dialed another number.

911 what's your emergency?

there's a ghost stuck in my aunties body!

excuse me?

please help, she might try to kill us!

listen kid, this is an emergency line. we have no time for prank calls.

They hung up, I threw my phone at the mirror, "Stay in here." I told them.

I left out the bathroom and out my room. I saw that all of the lights were off. I quietly walked downstairs and saw Kamren's shadow.

"Kam!" I whispered.

I saw him walk towards the kitchen. I quietly followed him and saw that he was in the fridge. I didn't see Bahja- well Justice anywhere so I walked towards him.

"Kam, where's your mom?" I asked.

He turned towards my direction and knocked me on the ground, holding my wrists together. Not saying a word.

"Let go of me!" I cried. "Get off of me!"

I guess Kai & Jacob heard my screams because they flew downstairs. Jacob instantly got angry when he saw Kam on top of me.

"Get off my sister!" He tried pushing and shoving but it didn't work.

Before we knew it we heard the door open, all of the lights flicked back on and Kamren disappeared.

"Ari, what are you doing on the floor?"

We all looked up and saw our parents, I jumped up and hugged them both tight.

"What's going on?" Dad asked.

"Justice is inside of Bahja's body!" I hollered. "I told you something was up and that's what it was!"

"Wait, how do you know that Ari?" My mom asked.

Dad hesitated at first then whispered in her ear. "She can see-"

"See ghosts!" I interrupted. "Everyone knows it dad you don't have to hide it. And that's why she was looking everyone in the face except me, she knew I would find out!"

Dad thought for a moment. "Where is she?"

I shrugged. "And Kam disappeared when you walked in."

"I'm a witness." Kai said. "Kam was pinning Ari down on the floor and Jacob tried to get him off but it didn't work."

Mom looked at Dad. "What should we do?"

"I know this lady, let me call her."

yn august

We were all sitting in the bedroom with the door locked. Chres had his phone out dialing a number.

"Who are you calling?" I asked rubbing my hands through Jacob's hair.

"Her name is Matty Pearson, she's a paranormal investagator." He explained.

I scrunched my eyebrow. "How the hell did you find her?"

"Justice believed in voodoo and demons and shit- I mean stuff." He said looking at the kids then back at me. "So she made me save her number, suprisngly I still have it til this day."

He dialed the number and put it on speaker, after a few rings she answered.

Miss Pearson speaking, who's this? .

Hi Miss Pearson this is Chresanto August. You don't know me but I need your help with something.

And what's that Mr. August?

A friend of mine got possessed or something- I don't know how that works but it's a ghost in her body.

Okay and why do you believe that?

My daughter, Ariana, sees ghost and she told me and wife about it.

Is your daughter around sir?

Yes.

May I speak to her?

He gave the phone to Ariana.

Hello?

Ariana sweetie?

Yes?

Can you tell me what you saw in your dad's friend?

My aunt- but I saw Justice. She's my dad's ex girlfriend who still visits me and my aunt.

You interact with the ghost?

Yes. Is that wrong?

Only if she's an evil ghost. Is she?

Not really, she's like family. She just hates my parents, but she treats me and my siblings like her own. And my aunt like a sister, they live together.

The ghost lives in your aunts house?

Yes. They're like bestfriends.

Let me speak back to your father.

She gave the phone to Chres and I looked at her. "After all of this, I don't want you and Justice to interact at all! Got that?" I whispered.

She nodded yes and Chres began to speak.

Yes Miss Pearson?

I want to talk to your family, especially Ariana. Could I come over tomorrow?

Sure. What time?

Is 7:30 good?

Yes ma'am. I'll text you the address.

Thank you, and before you hang up I wanna tell you that maybe you and your family-

"Daddy hang up!" Ariana hollered. She grabbed the phone and hung it up.

We all looked at her. "Ari what was that for?!" Jacob asked.

She gulped. "Justice was going to eletrocute the line."