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upstairs and put some action behind those words.”
    Smiling and slightly out of breath, she reached up and
placed a soft kiss on his lips. “You sure know how to sweet-talk a girl,” she
replied with a chuckle.
    “Only my girl,” he
said, kissing her once again before letting her go.
    “When you two are done making out, can we have a
conversation here?” Mike asked, appearing next to them.
    Bradley pulled Mary back into his arms and shook his
head.   “No. I just decided that making
out with my wife is far more interesting than having an early morning
conversation with you.”
    “Yeah, that would be cute and all,” Mike replied, his tone
flat, “but we’ve got some trouble.”
    “Trouble?” Bradley asked, releasing
his hold on Mary and turning to Mike. “What do you mean?”
    “Have you looked at the article?” Mike asked, turning to
Mary. “Did you read what that reporter wrote about you?”
    “No, we just got the paper,” she said. “What’s wrong?”
    “Well, how can I put this?” he mused. “There’s a shift in
the force this morning.   You are on the
minds of a lot of desperate people.”
    “What?” Bradley asked, scooping up the paper. “Why?”
    He scanned the print and shook his head. “Mary, did you tell
the reporter that ghosts are drawn to you wherever you go?” he asked. “And that
you can communicate with anyone who has died?”
    Shaking her head, Mary took the paper from Bradley to read
it herself. “No, of course not,” she replied. “But she didn’t just quote from
me.   She went on an internet forum that discusses
my work.”   She looked up at Bradley.
“There’s an internet forum that discusses my work?”
    Mike nodded. “Yeah, you’re pretty popular with the
paranormal researchers,” he said. “Not only have you had interaction with
spirits, you’ve had witnesses who can verify your contacts with them.   They are pretty excited about that.”
    “But I had no idea Jerry was going to…” she began.
    “Turn the article about you into some salacious,
over-the-top, controversial, hyped-up report?” Bradley asked.
    She sighed. “Yeah, I should have known better,” she
said.   Then she turned to Mike. “So, what
do I do next?”
    “Lay low for a couple of days,” Mike advised. “This should
blow over in a week or so.”
    He looked at Bradley for reassurance and Bradley shook his
head. “Not in this town,” he said. “If she goes into hiding, it will only
confirm the paper’s side of things.   She
needs to go out there, be seen and laugh it off.”
    “But, I can’t really laugh it off,” she inserted. “Even
though I didn’t say this, most of it is true.”
    “The problem is,” Mike said, “it’s taken out of
context.   You can only make contact with
spirits who want help.   You’re not out
there having séances to attract spirits to you.   That’s the last thing you would be asked to do with your gift.”
    Bradley turned from Mary and looked at Mike. “Why?” Bradley
asked Mike.
    “Why?” Mike repeated.
    “Yeah, I always wondered why Mary didn’t just have things
like séances or use tools like Ouija boards to contact spirits. Wouldn’t that
be a faster way to do things?” he asked.
      Mike started to speak
when they heard Clarissa’s footsteps on the stairs. “Let’s talk after Clarissa
leaves for school,” he suggested. “There are definitely some things you need to
know about the unseen world around us.”

Chapter Nine

 
    After reassuring Clarissa that they would both attend the
Halloween party at the end of the month and confirming the kind of treats she
wanted to pass out, Clarissa was finally ready to walk over to the Brennans’
and wait for the bus.   Mary slipped on
her jacket to walk her over.
    “I’ll do it,” Bradley offered.
    She shook her head. “No, you sit down with Mike,” she said,
sending Mike a knowing look. “I’ll be back in a minute. I’ll let Mike fill you in.”
    She and Clarissa left