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I won’t be in trouble for passing on creepy legends.”
    The girls agreed, and Emma began walking out, Sophie close behind. As Sophie prepared to ask what was going on, Emma shook her head. “In your room,” she said. The girls snuck back down the stairs and into Sophie’s room.
    When Sophie closed the door behind them, Emma collapsed in the chair. She’d gone from shocked to grim.
    â€œWell, it’s Millicent all right,” Emma said.
    â€œWhat convinced you?” Ophelia asked.
    â€œThere are some things I haven’t told you guys. Like, every time Trey and I are alone, something weird happens. Like, something breaks or noises seem to come from out of nowhere.”
    â€œThat’s horrible!” Madeline said. “How do we get rid of her?”
    â€œThere’s more,” Emma continued. “Trey and I always meet in the science room. You know, the room where Millicent went crazy?”
    â€œMore like stabby ,” Kayley said.
    Ophelia’s eyes started glittering. “Oh, yeah. It’s Millicent, all right. And I know just what to do. We use a spirit board, and we make her back off.”
    Kayley said, “A spirit board? We don’t want to ask her questions. We want her gone! What made you think of a spirit board, anyway? After everything you’ve been through with ghosts, I’d think the last thing you want to do is talk to one.”
    â€œA spirit board is the only thing we can do that will help. I did a lot of research after the whole … incident I had. I never wanted to feel that way again. And damned if I’d let one of my friends go through something like that. So I’ve been researching ghosts.”
    Sophie sat on the bed by her. She recognized that look in Ophelia’s eyes. Ophelia was on a mission.
    â€œAlmost everything I’ve researched,” Ophelia said, “says that ghosts stay on the earth to relive things over and over again. Their old lives get mixed up with the living, and they get confused. Maybe this Millicent thinks Trey is like Thomas. You know—two best friends fall for the same guy …”
    Had she really brought forth a ghost? Sophie wondered. Just because she’d had a crush?
    Ophelia went on: “I think we somehow need to let her know that this isn’t Thomas. That this isn’t the same thing she went through and that she’s not living it through you guys now.”
    She looked at Sophie. “We’re all going to be involved, but you might have to be the one who asks her to stop. I don’t know for sure, but I think this Millicent is living out what happened in her life through you and Emma—which makes you, her, and Emma, Emily. If sites I’ve been reading are right, we need to talk to her stat. Before this gets any worse.
    â€œThis isn’t some girl who was sad,” Ophelia continued. “This is a girl who committed murder. She could be really dangerous.”
    â€œI’ll do whatever it takes,” Sophie said. “No one is going to hurt Emma. No one.”
    Emma smiled through tears in her eyes. “And no one will hurt Sophie.”
    â€œYeah, yeah,” Kayley said, “this is all well and good, but where are we going to get a spirit board?”
    Ophelia smiled slowly. “I thought you’d never ask. I haven’t just been researching ghosts. I’ve been stocking up on ghosty supplies.” She stood up. “Girls, come to my room and check out my new spirit board.”

Chapter 12
    â€œIt has to be the third-floor science room?” Emma asked again. “This is where it happened. It’s so … creepy.”
    Ophelia rolled her eyes. “Exactly. That’s why we have to call her from here.”
    Emma shivered. “OK, I guess.”
    Sophie cleared her throat. “And, well, this is where I first saw you and Trey … It’s like Ophelia said: she thinks all our high emotions agitated