Page 43 of Ghost of a Chance
·Ways to free a spirit from an object (K)
She passed the list around the table.
“I wanted to check out the campus anyway.I’ll bring back lunch.I’ll text y’all later,” Gia said.
“I don’t have an answer,” Jasper said when he saw what she’d marked for him.
“I know.But you’re the only one who knows his family and friends.I think you should make a list and then we can contact them later,” Kirsty said.
“I’ve just added everyone to a WhatsApp group.Let’s put our updates in there.Dan, are you staying here?”Gia asked the other man.
“Actually I’ll catch a ride with you.I want to try to get some small cameras to install in the living room.That way I can get footage of the TV and anything else that goes bump in the night around here.”
“Good thinking,” Kirsty said.“They use infrared cameras on those ghost hunting shows.”
“I’m not sure what my budget is,” Dan admitted, scratching his head.“I’ll see if I can rig something up with my phone at least.”
Seemed like everyone had a plan of what to do.It didn’t take a mind reader to see that Jasper wasn’t thrilled that it was just the two of them staying at the house.He immediately took Chewie out for a walk after Gia and Dan left.
Kirsty settled in the living room with her phone and the two books she’d brought with her.Awaken Your Psychic AbilityandMentor Medium.Both books really weren’t helpful with getting rid of spirits, but more on questions she could ask the other realm.She was a bit scared she’d drawn in a negative spirit last night.
Maybe something slumbered in the house that she awakened the night before.Or the wiki she’d followed for the séance might not have been accurate.Not her most rigorous research.
It wasn’t like she suddenly believed she had psychic powers, but she owed it to Jasper to take this seriously.Bringing down candles and salt from her room, she made a circle on the floor of the family room, which was empty except for a treadmill pushed into the corner and an exercise ball.
She took her time with the circle, reciting a mediation she’d read in a newsletter she got about moon magic and the divine feminine.Mixing magic probably wasn’t the best idea.But at this rate she’d try anything.
Sadly, it was a bust.Her only other idea was to try the incantation from last night one more time.
“I welcome friendly spirits who can help me find answers.All good spirits who are near this circle are welcome to contact me.I only seek information and mean no harm.”
Keeping her eyes closed she repeated it, chanting in a low voice, reaching out with her senses.If her third eye was really going to awaken…it needed to do it now.
Nothing happened.No cool breeze.No flickering candlelight.No creepy detached voice.
Nada.
Not even Paul seemed interested in his normal shenanigans.Her legs were starting to get numb when the front door opened.Chewie ran past the exercise room as Jasper’s tall frame darkened the doorway.
She got to her feet, blowing out the candles.
“Any luck?”
“Nothing.”She paused, giving him an expectant look.“We need to figure out why he’s so shy,” she said.It was the closest she was going to come to apologizing to him for her words.
“Yeah.So now you think I’m not lying?”
“Take the win for fuck’s sake.I never said that you were lying…just that it wasn’t always easy to believe.You and I both know that if we’re at odds he’s never going to perform on camera, and then Bri and Periwinkle Press will cut the funding and we’ll go home.That means you and Paultogetherfor the rest of your life,” she pointed out.
“Yeah, right.”He sighed.“I texted Paul’s mom.Hopefully we’ll hear something soon.”
He glanced down at her books spread out on the floor.Standing a bit straighter, she waited for him to comment.
“Brushing up?”he asked.
Taking a deep breath and then exhaling slowly, she forced herself to let go of the attitude that she’d been carrying around this morning.“Yeah.I mean Paul is stubborn.If we’re going to get anywhere I need to be at my best.”
“Fair enough.He always was a dick when I pushed him to try something new.”
