Restless Spirits: Chapters 11 & 12

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Chapter Eleven

I heard voices in the attic. Lonely and bored, I had begun to wander, looking for some company in the form of people who didn’t hate me. That left out two-thirds of the Bairds. Lilly had recovered from her ordeal and was apparently hiding from her parents. Who could blame her? And Joe was nowhere to be found. I hoped Sarah wasn’t messing with him.

I was in the bathroom on the second floor, distracted again by the pretty tile, when I heard the voices drifting down from above. I couldn’t make out what they were saying, but one of them was high and lilting enough to be recognizable as Lilly’s. A happy sounding bark told me she must be visiting Ed and Buster. I also th…