Ghost Wanted by Carolyn Hart Read Free Book Online

for me even though I broke his heart. But I can’t bear remembering. . . . I’ve tried so hard not to bring back those days, but now it seems as though it were yesterday and my world turned dark and gray and empty.” She withdrew her hand.
    Colors dissolved. Lorraine was no longer visible.
    â€œI’ll leave.” I knew as I spoke that she was no longer here. The room had an empty feel. Yet, just in case, I said quickly, “I won’t bother you again.” I had no sense she was there to hear me. I had so many questions I wanted to ask. How had she known Wiggins? What made her cry in remembering him? Why did she feel guilty? Why had she remained on earth all these years? And for now, what had happened at the library? Why was she considered the cause of these events? But clearly she didn’t want to deal with me about either the past or the present.
    Perhaps someday I might learn about Lorraine and Wiggins. For now, I must discover what had occurred at the library, see if I could restore luster to her memory. “I came looking for a place to stay. I’ll go now.”
    I disappeared and once again had to deal with the
Bugle
s. I opened the door cautiously. I stepped into the empty hall, closed the door softly behind me. The
Bugle
s, of course, appeared to float serenely through the air. At the far end of the hall, I saw a nameplate:
Sanctuary
. I took that as an omen, placed the
Bugle
s on the floor, moved inside, made certain no guest was in residence, opened the door, and picked up the papers.
    The beautifully appointed room might have been waiting for me. Perhaps it was. I was delighted by a four-poster with floral flounces and curtains at each corner that matched the drapes at the front windows. Violets and ivy, a lovely combination. I admired the lace spread and patted a downy pillow. I took the precaution of wedging a straight chair beneath the doorknob. Anyone trying to enter would alert me in time to remove evidence of my presence. I returned to my pink flannel gown and snuggled into the four-poster with the
Bugle
s.

Chapter 4
    The
Bugle
, Page 3, Monday, October 14
    History Senior Excited by Hands-On Project
    Bugle
editor Joe Cooper
    Chair of the History Department Dr. Malcolm Gordon announced Friday that Tulsa senior Michelle Hoyt will be the first student to base a senior paper on private journals.
    Dr. Gordon hopes Hoyt will blaze a trail for future Goddard history majors in writing a paper based on original research of previously unexamined material.
    In an interview Friday, Hoyt explained she will write a history illuminating the political impact of the late Susannah Fairlee, a leading Adelaide citizen, based on Fairlee’s diaries. Hoyt begins work on Friday.
    â€œMy overall objective is a complete exploration of the diaries,” Hoyt said. “Mrs. Fairlee retired from the city council two years ago. She began keeping diaries when she was first elected to the council twenty-seven years ago. The diaries that cover her twenty-five years on the city council should provide insight into Adelaide history including bond issues, school expansion, and park development. I intend to scan the last two years, extract any meaningful political observations, and return those two volumes to her daughter, Janet Fairlee Hastings, who wants to keep them as mementos of her mother. I will then concentrate on the diaries that recount her activities on the council. The library will be the repository of the diaries that cover the twenty-five years of her government service.”
    The diaries were donated by Mrs. Hastings to Goddard Library. Hoyt’s study is a cooperative effort between the library and the History Department.
    Fairlee passed away September 17 at the age of seventy-three. She was a member of the city council for twenty-five years. Her civic accomplishments include serving as president of the Adelaide Friends of the Library, chairman of the United Way, and on the