The Death Planner (Storage Ghost Murders Book 6) by Gillian Larkin Read Free Book Online

arm. A warmth travelled through Grace. Pearl was the only ghost
who sent warmth through Grace when she touched her. Pearl said, “Be careful.
I’ve got a feeling that the murderer is close to hand. If they find out that
you’re looking into Jenny’s death, they might come after you.”
    Grace
put a smile on her face and tried to feel brave. “I’m sure I’ll be alright.”

 

 
    Chapter
10

 
    As
they drove towards the florist Grace tentatively brought up the subject of the
vision that they’d experienced the previous day. She asked if Jenny could
remember the couple she’d seen talking to each other, the couple that had upset
her.
    Jenny
shook her head. “I can’t quite get them into focus, it’s like they’re shadows,
but I’m sure I know them. Do you think I’ll remember soon? Do you think we
should try going into another vision?”
    “Perhaps.”
Following Jenny’s directions, Grace parked in a small car park opposite a
parade of shops.
    Jenny
floated out of Grace’s car. Grace opened the door and followed Jenny across the
road towards the parade of shops.
    Jenny
called out, “The florist is right in the middle, next to the sandwich shop.”
    Grace
stood in front of the shops and looked left and right. Despite it being Sunday,
some of the shops were open. Grace checked that no one was close enough to hear
her talking before she spoke. “Where exactly? I can’t see a florist.”
    Jenny
floated off the ground and shot from one side of the parade to the other. She
came back to Grace, her face twisted in anguish. “It’s gone! The florist shop
has gone! What do we do now? We have to find Elsa!”
    Grace
merely nodded. She couldn’t talk to Jenny as a couple of women were walking
along the pavement towards her. Grace took her phone out and pretended to have
a phone conversation. “Jenny, it’s okay. We’ll find her, somehow. I’m heading
back to my car now. Bye.”
    Jenny
came to Grace’s side and said, “Where will we look first? Shall we try the
Internet again?”
    Grace
crossed the road and headed back to the car park. Something caught her eye at
the rear of the car park. There was no one nearby so Grace said, “Jenny, look
over there. Can you see that van at the back? It looks like a mobile florist’s.
Do you think…?”
Jenny didn’t hesitate. She whizzed over to the van, shooting high above the
parked vehicles. She returned a minute later with a big smile on her face.
“It’s Elsa! It’s my Elsa! Come on, Grace!” Jenny flew back towards the van.
    Grace
wished she had the power of flight as she made her way through the parked
vehicles. What was she even going to say to Elsa? She didn’t like to tell
people that she could see ghosts. People acted in different ways to that
information. Most people thought she was mad.
    Grace
approached the van. Elsa was standing next to a display of flowers. The flowers
were arranged in buckets on the ground. There were some arrangements hanging
from baskets hooked around the van. Grace felt as if she had just stepped into
a beautiful garden. Despite the smell of nearby cars, Grace caught the floral
aroma of the plants in front of her. It instantly made her smile.
    “Hello,
can I help you?” Elsa asked with a big smile on her face. The smile matched the
one that her deceased sister was also wearing. Jenny stood at Elsa’s side, love
shining in her eyes. Grace felt a small pang as she looked at them both. In the
photograph that she’d seen on the Internet, Jenny had looked older than Elsa.
Now, it was the other way round. Grace noticed that Elsa looked tired. She
quickly took in the hole in her oversized jumper, and the dirt on her scruffy
boots.
    Grace
stepped closer. “Hello there. I almost didn’t spot you at the back here. I’m
looking for some flowers for my brother. Well, for my brother to give to his
new girlfriend.” Grace rolled her eyes and added, “He’s only just met her but he
wants to impress her. He was thinking of roses