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Epilogue To The Dead Don T Talk

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CHAPTER TWO The Dead Don’t Talk Twist Tisalton our co-crime sleuth was waiting for us in the office (aka tree house), dressed in his usual checkered vest and tie, button-down shirt, and trousers. “Where were you last night?” Seth said. “You missed all action.” “I was at the science fair, blasting a giant freeze gummy bear into a million pieces.” He kicked his oversize loafers up on a couple of crates. “It was amazing. Until one of the judges got punched in the nose by its severed fist.” Seth shrugged. “Cool. Did you win?” He smiled flaunting his new braces. “Second place.” “Sweet, but you should have been there, dude,” Seth said. “We saw a ghost.” “Yeah,” I agreed. “And, then we heard this.” I turned on my recording and fast-forwarded to the creepy shrieks. …show more content…

Empty, that is aside from for the Captain’s body lying at the bottom of the stairs with a broken neck. When the cops finally arrived, they determined that he had been drinking, and somehow slipped on a rug and fallen down the stairs. In their report they wrote that the house was empty because the servants had fled, afraid they’d be blamed for his death. They never did find his wife. So his death remained a mystery. His sister inherited his estate, but she refused to live in the house. She got rid of all the values and used the money he left her to buy land. Finally, about three months ago Emma MacBride, the captain’s sister’s great-granddaughter, sold the property to a company who is tearing it down to build a shopping mall.” “So,” I said, “that’s why they’re demolishing it. Hey, look at this headline in The Hallow Town Crier.” I laid out the paper and pointed to the caption: WRECKING BALL REVIVES THE GHOST. The Screaming Ghoul Seen Far and Wide Leaves The Town Paralyzed with Fear. The story that followed was written in an entertaining way, but provided the same particulars as the

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