A STRANGER

Ch.4 APPETITE

I started laughing. What does a ghost EAT?? Is that a question?? I thought James had gone mad , why was he asking such things??
I know one thing... Thats is what we eat... We eat pizzas, pastas, bruchetta, lasagne, spinach and many more such things...
How would I know what a ghost eat??
I saw James looking at me curiously..I think he understood what I was trying to think... Then he again asked.. " Jerome.. Say up man, what does a ghost EAT?? .. I thought for a moment and said, " why does a ghost need to eat anything. They are not alive, so they don't eat. "
James seemed impressed by my reply, he gave a short laugh which sounded more like a chuckle.
Then he said, " But they do need energy, and for energy they need food, so in total, they also need food to exist. Now, tell what do you think they eat?? "
I thought for a moment, then said that I thought ghosts eat human beings. Maybe, they love to eat the flesh of humans. What do you think James, Am I correct?
James was concentrating at something. Then he said, " Ghosts eat humans when humans don't listen to them, why would they kill them without any reason? . I think ghosts eat the human brain and heart. They try to capture the most powerful organs of the human body. They try to capture it so that they can easily control the human body. They slowly eat up their brains and start making them act foolishly. " I observed, when he was telling this, he had a contented look on his face.
I asked, " how can a ghost EAT our brain, it's equivalent to killing us, if our body won't have a brain how can we live??
He stared laughing insanely, so weirdly that it gave me goosebumps... ..
Then I thought, I thought again...
WHY IS JAMES SO DIFFERENT FROM OTHERS. IS HE HIDING SOMETHING FROM ME??